AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 10/02/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Library and Recreation Services Department
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City Council consideration of accepting and appropriating $45,000 from the California State Library for the Family Literacy Program Fiscal Year 2019/2020.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Accept and appropriate grant funding from the California State Library for the Family Literacy Program.
2. Appropriate $45,000 to the Library and Recreation Services' operating budget and increase revenue estimates by the same amount in the Library Adult and Family Literacy Grant Fund.
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ANALYSIS:
In Fiscal Year 2018/2019, the Corona Public Library (CPL) was awarded funds from the California State Library to support family literacy. The funding has allowed the Library's Literacy program to expand services to the families of low-literate adults to improve their reading and writing skills and foster family-wide literacy.
In Fiscal Year 2019/20, CPL has been awarded $45,000 to support existing family literacy programming in our community. These funds will be used to strengthen the services provided to the learners enrolled in the California Library Literacy Services program and support the Library in reaching out to and engaging underserved adults and families.
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:
In Fiscal Year 2019/2020, the City will receive and budget $45,000 from the California State Library, which will fund literacy-related materials as well as partial funding for one part-time position. The grant funds do not have a matching requirement. The Family Literacy Program grant is budgeted in the Library Adult and Family Literacy Grant Fund. Grant funds must be encumbered by...
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