June 7, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: May 17, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Melinda Cervantes, Interim Deputy Director of
Community Services – Library
Janelle Van Hook, Librarian II
Christopher Larsen, Librarian II
Subject:
Accept and Appropriate a $250,000 California State
Library Stronger Together Grant for Design and
Procurement of Replacement Bookmobile
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Required cash match will be funded by Library Impact Fee. No impact on the General Fund.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
None.
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Richmond Public Library has been awarded
$250,000 by the California State Library for the design and procurement of a new Bookmobile.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE the grant of $250,000 from
the California State Library into the Library’s Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget for the design and procurement of a
replacement Bookmobile – Library (Melinda Cervantes
620-5452).
AGENDA
REPORT
June 7, 2022
DISCUSSION:
The Richmond Public Library applied for, and has been awarded, $250,000 by the California State Library for the design and procurement of a replacement Bookmobile.
The Bookmobile provides mobile library services to children and families in Richmond, with an emphasis on preschools, elementary schools, and summer lunch sites. The present Bookmobile has been in service since 1993 and is ineligible for registration renewal in January 2023, unless the engine is replaced. The approved grant budget will allow the Richmond Public Library to contract with a consultant for the design and procurement of a replacement Bookmobile to continue the tradition of mobile library outreach for the future.
The Library will fund the required cash match from the Library Impact Fee. Additional matching funds for collections and equipment are funded by existing appropriations for those purposes.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Award Letter