June 7, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: June 7, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Melinda Cervantes, Interim Deputy Director of
Community Services – Library
Susan White, Librarian II
Subject:
Accept and appropriate California State Library Lunch at the Library summer 2022 grant award
FINANCIAL IMPACT: No impact on General Fund.
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STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Richmond Public Library has been granted $3,200
by the California State Library to support Lunch at the Library programs during summer 2022.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE a grant of $3,200 from the
California State Library for the Lunch at the Library
program into the Library’s Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget – Library and Community Services Department (Melinda
Cervantes 620-5452).
DISCUSSION:
The Richmond Public Library has been awarded $3,200 by the California State Library to support the Lunch at the Library program in Richmond during summer 2022. The Lunch at the Library program helps libraries provide programming at free summer meal sites and deliver books to children. The Richmond Public Library will use this funding to AGENDA
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June 7, 2022
purchase books to distribute to children at summer meal sites, provide STEM activity kits, and hire a performer or storyteller.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – LatL Award letter