Resolution No. 2024-217
Resolution 2024-217
November 6, 2024
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-217
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO ACCEPT GRANT
FUNDING IN THE AMOUNTS OF $50,000 FROM THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CDE) AND
A “BLOCK GRANT” OF $73,200 FOR ADULT AND FAMILY
LITERACY SERVICES FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LIBRARY’S CALIFORNIA LIBRARY LITERACY
SERVICES (CLLS) PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
SERVICES TO AMEND THE FY 2024/25 LITERACY
PROGRAM BUDGET INCLUDING ADJUSTING THE CDE
PROGRAM BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY
DIFFERENCES IN THE ESTIMATED GRANT FUNDING
VERSUS THE ACTUAL GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED AND
APPROPRIATING $73,200 OF GRANT FUNDING IN BOTH
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR CALIFORNIA
ADULT AND FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS The San Bernardino Public Library (SBPL) has a Literacy Department at the Feldheym Central Library, in the Jack L. Hill Lifelong Learning Center, that is mostly grant funded. The Literacy Department budget, adopted by the Mayor and City Council, is a projection as the actual amounts from the CDE and Adult and Family Literacy Services from CLLS is not known until the fall of each year. The Literacy Program applies for these grants on annual basis.
The CDE funding is from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. The Literacy Program is a partner of the San Bernardino County Workforce Development Board; and
WHEREAS, Literacy offers various services to help City residents improve their lives.
Besides basic English and English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy services, Jack L. Hill Lifelong Learning Center also offers citizenship history and interview classes, and homework assistance for students in kindergarten through eighth grade for English and math at the Feldheym Central Library; and
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Council hereby accept grant funding in the amount of $50,000 from the CDE and a “block grant” of $73,200 for Adult and Family Literacy Services Resolution No. 2024-217
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from CLLS and authorizing the Interim Director of Finance and Management Services to accept and amend the FY 2024/25 budget for the Literacy Program, including adjusting the CDE program budget to account for any differences in the estimated grant funding versus the actual grant funds received and appropriating $73,200 of grant funding in both revenues and expenditures for the California Adult and Family Literacy Programs.
SECTION 3. The Mayor and City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, 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.
SECTION 4.Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 6th day of November 2024.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
Resolution No. 2024-217
Resolution 2024-217
November 6, 2024
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2024-217, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 6 th day of November 2024 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______
IBARRA _____ _____ _______ _______
FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______
SHORETT _____ _____ _______ _______
REYNOSO _____ _____ _______ _______
CALVIN _____ _____ _______ _______
ALEXANDER _____ _____ _______ _______
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this ___ day of ____________ 2024.
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk