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Home My WebLink AboutItem 12 - St Jude Dream Home ]�� ' , � TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER�� SCOTT WILLIAMS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR MEETING DATE: JANUARY 15, 2008 SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO WAIVE BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 2008 ST. JUDE DREAM HOME RECOMMENDATtON: City Council to consider approval of a resolution to waive building permit fees for the construction of the 2008 St. Jude Dream Home located at 4321 Crestwood Court. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Development Services Department has been approached by Cary Clarke of Cary Clarke Homes to waive all construction related fees for the St. Jude Dream Home being constructed at 4321 Crestwood Court. Mr. Clarke is constructing this home for no profit, and all subcontractors are being asked to donate labor and/or materials. The home will ultimately be the subject of a raffle, and the proceeds will benefit St. Jude's Research Hospital for Children. The breakdown of the fees that are being requested to be waived are as follows: Building Permit Fee $1,722.25 Lot Drainage Fee 150.00 Impact Fees 2,778.00 Meter Fees, Tap & Deposit 190.00 Total Fees $4,840.25 Attached is the proposed resolution, a letter from Mr. Clarke requesting fee waiver and some information about St Jude's Hospital. JSW/sb R:�AGENDA\01-15-08\stjudes.memo.doc � 01/09/08 3:01 PM �� - �>�„� �i'�zsc�l � w,.t Y��r`�-"'€ CA� � =�� -� A �. R RKE f December 20, 2007 - %� ��/� �.- �� r��....- Mr. Scott Williams Assistant Director, Development Services City of Grapevine 200 South Main Street Grapevine,Texas 76099 Re: St.Jude Dream Home at 4321 Crestwood Court(Lot 1, Block 1, Crestwood Hollow) Dear Scott, Cary Clarke Homes is honored to be selected as the builder for the 2008 St.Jude Dream Home.The Dream Home project is one of the largest fund raisers for the St.Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis,Tennessee.This special organization treats children diagnosed with life threatening diseases, regardless of their ability to pay, and freely shares their cutting edge research with hospitals all over the world, including Cook Children's Hospital in Tarrant County. It is a selfless charity which helps a lot of deserving people with approximately 85 percent of every dollar received going directly to treat the children. It was founded by Danny Thomas in 1962 with his belief that"no child should die in the dawn of life."The hospital's current motto is"Finding cures.Saving children." and has treated more than 20,000 children from over 70 countries. Our company has been blessed to be able to build some of the finest homes in Grapevine. Sharing with others has been a core part of our philosophy from the very beginning. Our Mission Statement was written before we ever built our first home with the last line reading"...and enable us to give back to the community in which we serve".This project is very personal to each of our team members because of the opportunity to be able to make a major contribution to such a worthy cause. We are building this home with no profit or overhead and asking all of our subcontractors and suppliers to contribute whatever they can to reduce the construction costs so we can send more money to benefit the children. There will also be raffle tickets sold during the marketing period,with the home being given away in a live drawing lune 29th on NBC Channel 5 News. Our goal is to make this project a community event. We feel that it will bring great exposure to the City of Grapevine. I hereby request that the City waive all fees associated with the construction of this new home. I would welcome the opportunity to appear before the City Council to formally ask for their approval of this request and answer any questions they may have. I understand that if the Council does not approve this request we will be happy to pay the building permit and pubtic works tap fees that have been temporarily waived.Thank you for your assistance in this matter and please feel free to call me at 817-480-9904 if I may be of further service. Sincerely, � �i . �� f .�--- Cary arke 204 N.Dooley � Grapevine,Texas 760�1 � 81 i.410.8400 I wwtia:CaryClarkeHomes.com . _. _ j; w # } « � #�� ,� `� _ . , � }� ��. �t�d� ��a�-� ��.. . ��j��.�� . �.�� .� � � ��'<�t.r�- O��pc��ti�r��it�' to lt�c�ke Drec��1s Coyrr.e "�'y-i�re ��'1th St. .��i� ��il�lr��'� 1�PC�;��-r� HoS�it;�j „�, 9t11/�78-67�i2 Presentecl to: Car Clark Homes Y �. � __ �. . ,�� [ � a �� - - r-� ,qZ � �- ��. � - '� ' �� ,_...�,,, v�.��' , �' '�� .i -:�� . : .:. .3 " ' -: _.. - ... � ��t � �.- _ �rC �. � LC��< . _..� :: ,_ y; _-� �� '� �� r� /// � �;� .�. � -- �f �.. �R •, , . . . . � :�.:�:�' . . . - �,_:.. _. _ � . :�.� m,�.. ��...� - F _' �✓ark%�; ' _ � � � � x k.Y f �• ` �,� t��%�.r� ��. .�f�`1}�_ St_Jude Children's Research Hospital,founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is one of the world's premier centers for the research and treatment of catastrophic childhood diseases including cancer,pediatric AIDS and sickie cell disease. It is a haven where children can find treatment reQardless of their race,religion,creed or family's ability to pay. � • St.Jude is the only research hospital that pays for all treatment and expenses not covered by insurance,includin�travel,lodging and food,regardless of a family's ability to pay.� • Since opening in 1962,St.Jude has developed protocols that have brou�ht the survival rate for childhood cancer from less than 20% to 70°l0 overall. • St.Jude immediately and freely shares its discoveries with hospitals around the world. "�°"" -� Dr:Peter poherty,a St.Jude faculty member,won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1996. • St.Jude has treated children from a1150 states and more than 70 foreign countries. � '�i /, �' ��z��,�_r , - 4 4 _.�£3`� - � f IIII 3. .� '. f �� - i . y / e.�rxF �� ,' `-�_ _ f; �` � - . .. � -T. �� _ � - �.�:.. � . <as x �":k..-.. _ . . y `i �� , . :.':y� � . . � � ..r:... a r�� z..: ; .-,. ��`�� _ .:•�'�� .�- - ./� .. r ;'- �. � n. .,.; ::,.- . :# ��r,: t� ��- - � � „�-� ;�a � � , �.�- - r�: �� $ ��;` " ` � i_ . .� ��-e�� .�t��rs�i� �:�a�h ��. ,�� '0��. P;��vr�rzs�.!P Ft%or;xs Developing a cause-related or sponsorship marketin�partnership between your company and St.Jude will enhance your community relations and marketina initiatives by combining the strenath of a global charity brand with that of your brand. Moreover, St.Jude's approach to cause-related and sponsorship marketing assures our partners increased brand awareness, positive employee morale,customer satisfaction, and, ultimately,increased sales. St.Jude has created paRnerships with some of the nation's top corporations and retailers,developing long-term, mutually bene�cial relationships that work.Our approach to partnership includes developing an initial overview of opportunities and discussing these in detail to determine the next steps in our partnership development. Followin�is a program overview for you to consider in developing a partnershi;�with St.Jude: � ___ _ ��FL=�T C�UR S7�. .I(%1�F_�I�h'F_r1 A9 HO.rL'1F_ PA�27''£Ft.S r'�RE SAY'1;�'G - . "We decided thnt the Dream Home might helr�genernte the baryer traffic flotiv thut Hidden Springs has�zever enjoyed. l nm pleased to tell��ou that our year-to-datc sc�les nre more than doitble frorrc any otl�er previot[s tiear. Our trn�c count is trp, wa��cr�. Not onl��did tl2e Dream Horrce tearn sell out alI the tickets, but they helped p�ct Hidden Snrings o�z the map as u residential commatnity of choice in the market." Lee Goderstad,Vice President,Developers of Hidden Springs;Boise,ID Dream Hc,me "After seeino the��eople of St. Jude, I hnve a much greuter apE�reciation for whnt we did. We would dv it agairT nnd tive would do it agriin quickl>>." Steve Stilling,Prairie Tree Landscaping;Chicago,IL Dream Home "To associate yoccr brand with St. Jude is one of the best moves yocc cam m�ke. Helping children nnd enhnncing your iinage, that's a very powerful combinntiola." Dan Modisett,Vice President&General Manager,WLBT TV; Jackson Dream Home TV Partner "1 thirik it's i�nportant for even'body in the world to support St. Jude... to see wlz.at they're doing with their researcli and develo�fnent and how they slzcire it witlz the world." Ann Danner,President,Residential Homes of America,Chicago,IL Dream Honae � i': r_i: {;ay. '� z.' �� , �. `, �: a ` - _� r_._ __. . , . :-:: '�h� �T�l�e c��' ��-�r�erir� ��-�� `�, �T�� Clr_(1�:=;L I:t�;'f';�C'T Our mission is to save the lives of children stricken with catastrophic illnesses-not just in Memphis,but around the world. That's why St.Jude Children's Research Hospital shares its research freely with physicians and scitintists throughout the entire medical community. Since openin4 in 1962, St.Jude has t�eated 19,Q00 children from all over the United States and 70 foreign countries. When the hospital first began its research and treatment,childhood cancer cure rates were at 20 percent overall. St. Jude has developed protocols used worldwide that have brought that survival rate to 70 percent today. St. Jude continues an extensive expansion program to bolster the hospital's research and treatment efforts,more than doubling the size of the oriainal St.Jude campus.The expansion includes the Children's GMP, LLC,the nation's only pediatric research _ center on-site facility for production of highly specialized medicines and vaccines, V and an expanded Immunology Department.Future growth will include a new Chili's --�` - -- - Care Center where ra idi evolvin CT com uterized tomoara h and MR - - P� Y g { P b P Y) (ma�netic resonance) technology will keep St. Jude at the cutting edge for radiation therapy in a pediatricladolescent setting. �1.�f�4;�7 ."i ti11!c':ti�C'E Because of the mass appeal and awareness of St.Jude, our tar�et audience is a broad mix of the general population. We have more than three million active donors nationwide with varied demographics. Through our cause-related and grassroots marketin�efforts, St.Jude creates and implements proarams to target special markets includin=youth,college/young adults, the Hispanic community,small businesses and major corporations. .�i�1•'!_':�'�_I'f{ C�t'�c'.;lZ b'fi.�1��%17 � 91 percent of Americans have heard of St.Jude Children's Research Hospital* • St.Jude is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world in terms of the number of patients enrolled in research protocols and successfully treated. • St.Jude Children's Research Hospital is the most recognized and respected children's charity in the United States-ranking first in awareness amon� national children's charities. � • In 2006, St.Jude was awarded by the Brand Council as one of America's '� greatest brands. '�`2006 Zogby Intern��tiona!Survey Cause Survey �t.F � �e- «F :b' � ti� '�`h� �is�� o� tt�e �t. `T�jde �re��n H��a�,� The St.Jude Dream Home was created in 1991 by Dr_Donald Mack,a pediatric physician from Shreveport,Louisiana. Dr.Mack is a member of the ALSAC/ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Board of Directors and Governors who has relied on St.Jude Children's Research Hospital to treat many of his youn�patients with catastrophic diseases.The first St.Jude Dream Home was constructed in Shreveport and raised$160,000 for St.Jude.Tociay,the St.Jude Dream Home Giveaway is the largest sin�le-event fund raiser for St.Jude nationwide and has raised more than$125 million for St.Jude.This year,the prob am includes over 30 St.Jude Dream Home Giveaways and will continue to �row. ,��:Jt�r��:��r�:er��:1��Yx��tl��.�:t' • A free opportunity to drive 5,000 to 12,000 people to your neighborhood_ • An extensive marketinv program that reaches across local TV,radio,and print media and portrays your company as a home builder that"stands above the � —._. ._. .----_ _ market in carin�and�uality." _ : • The St.Jude Dream Home program involves sellin�a limited number of$100 chances to win a brand new, sin�le-family"dream home." • Each St. Jude Dream Home has a market value ranging from$350,000 to $700,000 and is constructed utilizina donated products and services. 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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, DECLARING CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION FEES BE WAIVED FOR CHARITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Whereas, St Jude Children's Research Hospital treats children diagnosed with life threatening diseases regardless of their ability to pay and shares their resources with hospitals across the country, including Cook Children's Hospital in Tarrant County; and Whereas, Cary Clarke, owner of Cary Clarke Homes, a business located in Grapevine Texas, has been selected as the builder of the 2008 St. Jude Dream Home; and Whereas, the Dream Home project is one of the largest components of fund raising for the St Jude Children's Research Hospital; and Whereas, the St. Jude Dream Home will be given away in a raffle, with proceeds going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; and Whereas, Mr. Clarke has agreed to construct the Dream Home with no profit; and Mr. Clarke has invited the City of Grapevine to participate in this charity by waiving all construction related fees due to the City; and Whereas, a list of all construction related fees due to the City are hereby attached as Exhibit "A". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That the St Jude Dream Home project is a worthy cause that warrants the participation of the City. Section 2 .That all fees contained in the attached Exhibit "A" are hereby waived. Section 3. That this resolution shall take effect from and after the date of passage. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of January, 2008. APPROVED: ATT E ST: .�.. APPROVED AS TO FORM: � � RES. NO. 2