Agenda

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C. 55

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Alison McKee, County Librarian
Date:	June 22, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

FY 2020-21 Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund Grant Extension to Bay Point Library

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/22/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Walt Beveridge 925-608-7730

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: June 22, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to accept a grant in the amount of $3,021 from the Keller Canyon Landfill Mitigation Fund to provide the Bay Point Library's "VR Expeditions" initiative for the period October 23, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No Library Fund match.

BACKGROUND:

The Keller Canyon Landfill Mitigation Fund (KCMF) process was established in August 1992 to mitigate effects of the landfill site by funding community-based organizations and County Departments for programs in the following areas: youth services, code enforcement, community beautification, public safety, and community services.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

In Fiscal Year 2019-20, the Bay Point Library received funding from KCMF to establish a "VR Expeditions" initiative (Expeditions), which offers STEM-focused after-school programming using virtual reality. Through Expeditions, middle school-aged patrons access hundreds of virtual reality experiences

exploring history, science, the arts, and the natural world. Expeditions offers participants the opportunity to handle new and exciting technology, experience new places around the world, and learn in an innovative environment. The Bay Point Library is located in the Riverview Middle School and serves thousands of middle school students in the Bay Point and Pittsburg communities.

Purchase of virtual reality devices, viewers, and equipment as well as development of program administration took place following the Fiscal Year 2019-20 grant award; however, completion of the purchasing and program set-up was unable to be completed as anticipated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdown of public library branches in Contra Costa County. On August 11, 2020, the Board approved a Fiscal Year 2020-21 grant award of $3,021 from KCMF to the Bay Point Library in order to complete purchasing for the Expeditions program launch.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this proposal is not approved, Bay Point Library will not be able to offer STEM-focused after-school programming using virtual reality.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This project supports the community outcome of “children read for and succeeding in school.”