AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 4/17/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Library and Recreation Services Department
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City Council consideration of acceptance and appropriation up to $3,000 from the Veterans Connect @ the Library Project Grant for Fiscal Year 2018/19.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Accept and appropriate funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funds for the Fiscal Year 2018/19 Veterans Connect @ the Library Project.
2. Appropriate up to $3,000 to the Library and Recreation Services’ operating budget and increase revenue estimates by the same amount in the Library - Other Grants Fund.
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ANALYSIS:
The purpose of the Veterans Connect @ the Library project is to reintegrate California veterans into the California workforce and the local community and to provide them with a quality of life similar to other Americans. The goals for this grant are to:
• Provide benefits and local service information to veterans and their families and help connect them with local organizations serving veterans, especially county service offices, CalVet, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Increase the number of registered veterans through use of myCalVet.
• Increase California veteran benefit claims.
• Increase use of local libraries by veterans and their families.
Libraries are expected to participate over multiple years. In this first year, libraries receive the largest amount of funding to establish the program locally. In year two, additional funds are provided, but in a lesser amount, for program support. Libraries are expected to fund the program beginning in year three. However, LSTA will continue to provide program support and ongoing staff training. Funding for future years is conditioned on California State Library funding the Veterans Connect @ the Library program. This is a federal reimbursement grant, and the fiscal agent for this grant is Pacific Library Partnership (PLP).
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:
Approval of the recommended action will result in an appropriation and estimated revenue increase of up to $3,000 in the Other Grants Fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
No environmental review is required because the proposed action is not a project governed by the California Environmental Quality Act.
PREPARED BY: KATHERINE BACKUS, MANAGEMENT ANALYST
REVIEWED BY: DAVID MONTGOMERY-SCOTT, LIBRARY AND RECREATION SERVICES DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: KERRY D. EDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: MICHELE NISSEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
SUBMITTED BY: MITCHELL LANSDELL, ACTING CITY MANAGER