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C. 45

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Melinda Cervantes, County Librarian
Date:	August 7, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant in the amount of $100,000 from the Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/07/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

ABSENT:

Candace Andersen, District II 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: August 7, 2018
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 $100,000 from Keller Canyon Mitigation Fund to provide funds necessary to complete the addition of restrooms to the Bay Point Library for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No Library Fund match.

BACKGROUND:

The Mt. Diablo Unified School District, in partnership with the Contra Costa County Library, will purchase a modular public bathroom to be located at Riverview Middle School for Bay Point Library patrons. Purchase and installation of the unit and all related permits and construction to make it operational will be facilitated through the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. As there are no bathrooms located in the library, patrons of the Bay Point Library currently only have access to the student bathrooms and therefore may only use them outside of school hours.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The Bay Point Library is located inside the Riverview Middle School Library. It is available for students to use during the school day and for the general public after school hours. Currently, the Bay Point Library is only open 18 hours a week, serving a population of 21,349 (2010 Census). Other cities within the Contra Costa County Library service area with similar or smaller sized populations (El Sobrante, Moraga, Orinda, and El Cerrito) have libraries that are open anywhere from 35 to 60 hours each week. As a result of not having bathrooms available for public use when school is in session, the Bay Point Library can only be open to the public after school hours. This means that the library sits unused for most of the week. By providing a bathroom available to public library users when school is in session, and upon receiving approval by the Board of Supervisors at a future date, the Bay Point Library hours of operation will increase from 18 to 35 hours per week while maintaining a safe environment for Riverview Middle School students.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The bathrooms will not be added to the Bay Point Library and the number of hours the library is open per week will remain at 18 instead of 35.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

As a result of nearly doubling the open hours at the Bay Point Library, children and other library users will have twice the access to on site library materials, programs, resources and spaces. The Bay Point Library will be open on Saturdays and be available to many children who currently are not able to visit the library during its open hours schedule since there are currently no weekend hours at the Bay Point Library.