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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Melinda Cervantes, County Librarian
Date:	November 14, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant of $8,020 from the Pacific Library Partnership

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/14/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Alison McKee, 925-608-7790

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 14, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $8,020 from the Pacific Library Partnership to provide materials and equipment to the Antioch Library for the period of November 1, 2017 through July 1, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No Library Fund match.

BACKGROUND:

The Pacific Library Partnership (PLP) was established in 2009 as 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. There are 42 libraries within PLP, including 33 public libraries and 9 academic libraries.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

PLP has awarded grants to Contra Costa County Library on many occasions. If awarded, this grant will allow for purchases that will support the pilot warming center that will open in the Antioch Library meeting room in November of 2017. The pilot warming center is a partnership between the Contra Costa County Library and the Contra Costa County Health, Housing and Homeless Services Department and will serve families with children on an invite-only basis. The funds from this grant will allow the library to purchase 5 Chromebooks and associated software, 20 nap mats for children, a variety of early literacy toys and books, and vinyl murals to brighten the meeting room.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Items for warming center will not be purchased.