AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 7/18/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Library and Recreation Services Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to accept and appropriate up to $10,000 of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funds for the 2017/18 Makerspace project.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Accept grant funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for the 2017/18 Makerspace project.
2. Appropriate funding and increase revenue estimates by up to $10,000 from the Library Other Grants Fund.
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ANALYSIS:
The Corona Public Library has been awarded funds as part of the 2018 Developing Library Makerspaces project. The LSTA 2017/18 Makerspace grant will be dispersed to participating pilot libraries to build, run, and sustain successful makerspaces that can assist their own library system as well as other interested libraries throughout the state.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Not Applicable
STRATEGIC PLAN:
This item supports the City's Strategic Plan Goal 4: "Actively engaging in public and private partnerships to provide services and amenities."
FISCAL IMPACT:
The up to $10,000 in federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds will reimburse the cost of the Makerspace project start and requires no cost share or matching.
Fund
07/01/18 Est.
Fund Balance
Budgeted
Revenues/
Sources
Budgeted
Expenditures/
Uses
Fund Balance
Impacts
06/30/19 Est.
Fund Balance
Library Other Grants Fund 415
$8,725
$215
$0
+$10,000 Revenue
($10,000) Appropriation
$8,940
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
No environmental review is required because the proposed action is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act.
PREPARED BY: KATHERINE BACKUS, MANAGEMENT ANALYST
REVIEWED BY: DAVID MONTGOMERY-SCOTT, DIRECTOR, LIBRARY AND RECREATION SERVICES
REVIEWED BY: KERRY D. EDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: MICHE...
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