DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2022
DEPARTMENT: LIBRARY & COMMUNITY SERVICES
FROM: KRISTAN LUNDQUIST, LCS DIRECTOR
BY: MILA RIANTO, DEPUTY LIBRARIAN
TITLE: PURCHASE OF CHILDREN’S AREA FURNISHINGS FOR CESAR CHAVEZ LIBRARY RECOMMENDED MOTION:
A motion to approve a resolution authorizing the purchase children’s area furnishing for Cesar Chavez Library from Demco in an amount not to exceed $35,000.
BACKGROUND:
On December 14, 2021, the City Council accepted and established an appropriation of a $40,000 grant award from Sunlight Giving, a private foundation, for the improvement of children’s area at Cesar Chavez Library. This project will create an expanded space for children and families to experience healthy play and positive interactions through relocation and addition of age-appropriate furnishings.
Salinas Public Library staff have worked for the past year to evaluate appropriate furnishings and ready to move forward with procurement of these items from Demco, a specialized vendor that provide furnishings and services specific to library. Furnishings that will be purchased including shelving for children’s books, tables and chairs for children area and computer stations, and soft seating suitable for children and families Since the grant funding was already established and appropriated, City Council approval is required to continue the procurement process due to the purchase cost exceeding $30,000.
CEQA CONSIDERATION:
The City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). In addition, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 includes the general rule that CEQA applies only to activities which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Because the proposed action and this matter have no potential to cause any effect on the environment, or because it falls within a category of activities excluded as projects pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378, this matter is not a project. Because the matter does not cause a direct or foreseeable indirect physical change on or in the environment, this matter is not a project. Any subsequent discretionary projects resulting from this action will be assessed for CEQA applicability.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
This request support City Council’s Vision and Strategic Goals of Youth and Seniors, as well as Infrastructure and Environmental Sustainability by providing means to improve City facility that provides services for youth and families.
DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION:
The Library & Community Services Department will work with the Facilities and Finance department for procurement and installation of these furnishings.
FISCAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT:
Funding for this purchase would come from the already established Sunlight Giving grant. There is no general fund impact.
ATTACHMENTS:
Demco Quotation.
Resolution
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