Form Rev 3/6/2023
RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING GRANT
FUNDS FOR THE ZIP BOOKS PROGRAM, STAY & PLAY
PROGRAM, AND READY, SET, GROW CHULA VISTA
PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Library System strives to provide the latest technologies and resources to its patrons; and
WHEREAS, the Library Development Services Bureau (“LDS”) of the State Library administers state and federal funds in the form of awards; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista was selected by the State Library to receive state grant funds in the amount of $4,914 through the process adopted by the State Library in administering such grants; and
WHEREAS, the award agreement pertains to Chula Vista Public Library’s Zi p Books project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Library System strives to provide the latest technologies and resources to its patrons; and
WHEREAS, according to a 2015 report by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, informal childcare is the most common form of nonparental childcare in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Stay & Play is a program specifically designed to serve and support the needs of informal childcare providers and the children in their care; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Library System as a participant in the Packard Foundation Funded Stay & Play project is awarded $4,500.00; and
WHEREAS, the project’s primary goals are to help California public libraries connect informal caregivers to library and community resources, and to each other as well as promote and model early learning practices; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Library System strives to provide the latest technologies and resources to its patrons; and
WHEREAS, the State of California made federal funds a vailable through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) ; and
WHEREAS, the Library Development Services Bureau (“LDS”) of the State Library administers state and federal funds in the form of awards; and Resolution No.
WHEREAS, the award agreement pertains to Chula Vista Public Library’s LSTA-funded “Ready, Set, Grow, Chula Vista!” project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Library System was selected by the State Library to receive LSTA award funds in the amount of $30,000 through the process adopted by th e State Library in administering such grants.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it hereby accepts $39,414 from the California State Library and amends the Fiscal Year 2023/24 budget by appropriating said funds to the Other Expense category of the Library section of the State Grants Fund for the Zip Books pro gram, Stay & Play program, and the Ready, Set, Grow Chula Vista program.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Joy Whatley Jill D.S. Maland
Deputy Director of Community Services Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak Acting City Attorney