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C. 29

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Melinda Cervantes, County Librarian
Date:	October 25, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Pacific Library Partnership.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/25/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

925-927-3290

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: October 25, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Pacific Library Partnership to create Tinker Trucks: a Pop-Up Library Outreach Adventure in Concord, Crockett, Rodeo, El Sobrante, San Pablo, and Pittsburg from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No library fund match.

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa County Library is requesting funds from the Pacific Library Partnership to implement Tinker Trucks: a Pop-Up Library Outreach Adventure. Tinker Trucks will consist of four customized transport wagons that will bring books and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math) activity kits to underserved families in Concord, Crockett, Rodeo, El Sobrante, San Pablo, and Pittsburg. The Tinker Trucks will be made to look like various trucks and vehicles, for example a fire truck or garbage truck. The Tinker Trucks will provide library card registration, paperback books, programs and a Wi-Fi hotspot at locations outside of the Library in Concord, Crockett, Rodeo, El Sobrante, San Pablo, and Pittsburg. The programs will focus on STEAM subjects and exploration of free creative expression. The project will launch during summer 2017.

The Pacific Library Partnership is a consolidation of four library systems, BALIS (Bay Area Library and Information System), serving Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties; PLS (Peninsula Library System), serving San Mateo County; MOBAC (Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Library System), serving Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties; and SVLS (Silicon Valley Library System), serving Santa Clara County. PLP grants a total of $150,000 on an annual basis to member libraries for programs and technology.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The library will not be able to provide Tinker Trucks, STEAM activities or the paperback books outside of the Library in Concord, Crockett, Rodeo, El Sobrante, San Pablo, and Pittsburg..

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This program supports outcome number two, Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood: Tinker Trucks: Pop-Up Library Outreach Adventure, STEAM activities, and paperback book exchange will introduce children to STEAM activities. These activities will engage them in integrated learning as they explore the world around them, create innovative solutions to problems and communicate their results.