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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Barbara Flynn, County Librarian
Date:	November 15, 2011

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Subject:

Apply for and Accept a Grant in the Amount of $1,500 from California Council for the Humanities

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/15/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:

Gail McPartland, 925-927-3204

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 15, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a California Reads grant from the California Council for the Humanities in the amount of $1,500 for materials and programming at the Martinez Library for the period January 1, 2012 through November 30, 2012.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No library fund match.

BACKGROUND:

California Reads is a state-wide initiative of the California Council for the Humanities and the California Center for the Book. The library’s participation in the California Reads program will unite the community through various events, discussion and partnerships centered on the book "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. The grant program will provide an opportunity for the library to bring in members of the community who are not the usual library stakeholders and make them library supporters for life. The California Reads program provides an opportunity to showcase the library as a facility and as a resource for the entire community.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The library will not be able to provide cultural and reading enrichment programs to the Martinez community.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Programs funded by the California Reads grant meet outcomes 1, 2 and 5 of the Children’s Report Card. Programming from the grant meets outcome one by providing curriculum support for middle and high school students to help them succeed in school. The programs meet outcome two by providing programming that will prepare youth for a productive adulthood through civic discourse. The programs meet outcome five by providing a high quality of cultural programming and promoting civic engagement among youth and families.