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RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Accept and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents Related to the California Library Literacy Services Award of $104,178 for FY 2021-2022 and to Appropriate These Funds for Project Literacy
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WHEREAS, California Library Literacy Services (CLLS), governed by the California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Service Program (see Attachment titled California Education Code Title 1, Division 1, Part 11, Chapter 4.6, Section 18880-18883), established by the California State Library in 1984 under the name, “The California Literacy Campaign” to help reduce the high level of illiteracy in California and connect more Californians with public libraries; and
WHEREAS, in 1985, the California Legislature established support for the program through the California Library Services Act and in 1988, the legislature funded the Families for Literacy Initiative to help libraries reach and serve the children of adult literacy learners; and
WHEREAS, Project Literacy at the San Leandro Public Library was originally established in 1989 with a five-year CA State Library Literacy fund and has continued since to receive grant funding to maintain a basic adult and family literacy program and provide new expanded services in order to meet the current needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, CLLS funding can be used to support a broad range of literacy services, literacy programs, and day-to-day operations to maintain service to the public, including material acquisitions (consumable workbooks for adult learners, reading materials specifically designed for adult English language learners, training materials, e-books, and e-subscriptions), training workshops, staffing; and
WHEREAS, on July 15th, 2021, the Library submitted its annual application for grant funding through the California State Library’s Public Library Statistics Portal, called Counting Opinions, to continue the Project Literacy service which provides low-literate adults and non-native English speaking adults with free tutoring services and programs; and
WHEREAS, Project Literacy was awarded CLLS funding of $104,178 for FY 2021-2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro hereby RESOLVES as follows:
1. That the City Council accepts, and the City Manager is authorized to execute all documents related to the CLLS award for continued literacy and tutoring services and programs totaling $104,178; and
2. That an appropriation of the CLLS funding of $104,178 to account #150-3607 for expenditures from account #150-68-019 is approved.
3. That an original executed agreement shall be attached to and made a part of this resolution.