Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.10. 4/25/2023 File #: 23-0283
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Dave Curtis, Library Services Director
1. SUBJECT
Appropriation of $32,200 in designated grant and donation funding received from the California Library Association, California State Library, and Friends of the Orange Public Library.
2. SUMMARY
Grant and donation funds from the California Library Association, California State Library, and Friends of the Orange Public Library will be used to enhance and expand the Library’sprogramming and resources, provide books and hotspots to enhance and expand the Library’s collections, purchase comfortable furniture for use by the public, and enhance and expand the Library’soutreach to families.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Accept into the City’s budget $32,200 in grant and donation funds from California Library Association, California State Library, and the Friends of the Orange Public Library into the following revenue account numbers in the General Fund:
$ 2,200 100.2001.45495.30121 - Lunch at the Library Grant $30,000 100.2001.48390.19990 - Friends of the Library
2. Authorize the appropriation of $32,200 in grant and donation funds into the following expenditure account numbers in the General Fund:
$11,000 100.2001.53301.19990 Library Books
$13,500 100.2001.55131.19990 Furniture, Machinery, and Equipment $ 2,500 100.2004.55131.19990 Furniture, Machinery, and Equipment $ 3,000 100.2014.53340.19990 Craft Supplies
$ 2,200 100.2016.53340.30121 Lunch at the Library Grant
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total appropriation for this grant and donation is funded by the additional revenue received from California Library Association, California State Library, and the Friends of the Orange Public Library.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
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Item #: 3.10. 4/25/2023 File #: 23-0283
programs, projects, and services.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The Orange Public Library has been awarded a $2,200 Lunch at the Library Grant for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY23). The California Library Association and California State Library have generously provided support to our Library to ensure children’sbodies and minds are well-fed this summer. This program is made possible through the dedication of trained Library staff and by a collaboration with Orange Unified School District, which also distributes food at lunchtime to other locations around the community. For many children in low-income communities, the stability and nutrition offered by the lunches they get at school ends with summer vacation. Summer meal programs like Lunch at the Library help combat childhood hunger and obesity by providing free, healthy meals to children in low- income neighborhoods while connecting them with library resources and programming. This summer, children visiting El Modena Branch Library at lunchtime will receive a lunch, crafts, free books, and a Summer Reading Club log to track their reading. Last year, the Library served 947 meals to children; families who participated in Lunch at the Library collectively experienced $4,024.75 in food savings.
All funds must be spent or encumbered by the end of July 2023.
The Friends of the Orange Public Library (Friends) are donating $30,000 to meet various Library needs, including:
· $11,000 to purchase fiction and nonfiction materials for all ages for the three Library locations. · $13,500 to purchase tables, chairs, and displays for the Library’s public areas. · $2,500 to purchase damaged or lost hotspots for the Library’s collection. · $3,000 to purchase supplies for Pop Up Library outreach.
The Orange Public Library will publicize the Friends’contributions in a variety of ways, including bookplates where appropriate, and credit for programming support on the Library’swebsite, flyers, and social media.
7. ATTACHMENTS
· Lunch at the Library Grant Award Letter
· Lunch at the Library Grant Claim Form
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