HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2020 0115 REG CCSA ITEM 10KCITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of January 15, 2020
ACTION Adopted Resolution No. 2020-
3882. BY B.Garza.
K. Consider Acceptance of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant
Funds and Resolution Amending FY 2019/20 Budget to Accept and Appropriate
$3,400 in Grant Funds. Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No 2020-3882,
accepting Library Services Technology Act Funds and amending the Fiscal Year
2019/20 budget to appropriate the grant funds to the Library. (ROLL CALL VOTE
REQUIRED) (Staff: Jessica Sandifer)
Item: 10.K.
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Jessica Sandifer, Community Services Manager
DATE: 01/15/2020 Regular Meeting
SUBJECT: Consider Acceptance of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
Grant Funds and Resolution Amending Fiscal Year 2019/20 Budget
to Accept and Appropriate $3,400 in Grant Funds
BACKGROUND
The California State Library (CSL) provides various grant opportunities to local libraries.
Some of the grants are funded with pass-thru Federal Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA) funds. Recently CSL announced availability of a Copy Cat Grant program.
The Copy Cat program allows libraries to apply for funds to “copy” a previously funded
successful LSTA project or program, and implement it at the local library.
DISCUSSION
The City’s Contract Library staff applied for a Copy Cat grant for the Learning2Go
Literacy project. The Learning2Go Literacy kit project, previously funded with LSTA
funds, were designed and created for circulation among daycare providers and other
early childhood education providers with limited resources to create a literacy-rich
environment for their children. Each portable, circulating kit contains books and
manipulatives with a common theme that can be used in various settings. Library staff
members take kits to partner organizations, workshops, storytimes and other community
gatherings to demonstrate their use.
Learning2Go literacy kits were created to bring early literacy resources out of the library
and into the community. The goal was to provide home-schooled children, childcare
providers, preschools, and library staff with the tools to make a difference in early
childhood education, and to make it easy for providers to do so on a limited budget, with
limited staffing, and minimal access to training.
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Honorable City Council
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The Learning2Go literacy kit’s aim is to increase literacy and pre-literacy skills in the
community through the use of developmentally appropriate literature, manipulatives,
educational toys, and activities, as well as to aid in creating a learning environment in
which children are entertained, engaged, and excited to learn.
The Moorpark Library version of the Literacy2Go kit is the Discovery kit. Discovery Kits
mirror the Literacy2Go kits in that they will enable staff to bring high quality learning
activities and materials out of the Library into the community, allow for enriched site
visits to area preschools and daycares, and support and expand existing partnerships.
Learning to Go CopyCat grant funds will be used to purchase materials for 12 Discovery
Kits (9 in English and 3 in Spanish). Through partnership with the Moorpark Community
Services Center, Ruben Castro Charities and First 5, Library staff will identify low-
income and non-English-speaking families who would benefit from access to
developmentally appropriate materials and resources. Grant-funded outreach efforts
will include training of childcare providers, preschool teachers and family members in
the use of the Discovery Kits. The Library Circulation policy will need to be updated to
include the Discovery Kits.
Since this grant results in funding in the amount of $3,400 provided to the City of
Moorpark, a budget amendment is required to accept the grant and appropriate the
grant funds for use in Fiscal Year 2019/20.
FISCAL IMPACT
The grant award amount is $3,400. A budget amendment is needed to record the
incoming revenue and appropriate the funding to the Library budget. The City’s contract
Library Staff will purchase the materials for the Discovery Kits and the City will
reimburse them from the grant funds.
COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE
This action does not support a current strategic directive.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED)
Adopt Resolution No. 2020-____, accepting Library Services Technology Act Funds and
amending the Fiscal Year 2019/20 budget to appropriate the grant funds to the Library.
Attachment: Draft Resolution No. 2020-____
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ATTACHMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FISCAL
YEAR 2019/20 BUDGET TO INCREASE REVENUE IN THE
LIBRARY OPERATING FUND (1010) BY $3,400 FOR
RECEIPT OF COPY CAT GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA
STATE LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATE $3,400 FROM THE
LIBRARY OPERATING FUND (1010) FOR DISCOVERY
KIT PROJECT
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2019 the City Council adopted the Operating and
Capital Improvement Projects budget for fiscal year 2019/20; and
WHEREAS, a staff report has been presented to the City Council recommending
acceptance of the Copy Cat Grant for Discovery Kits project from the California State
Library; and
WHEREAS, a budget amendment is needed to increase the revenue in the
Library Operating Fund (1010) by $3,400 and to appropriate $3,400 from the Library
Operating Fund (1010) for the Library for Discovery Kit project; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and made a part hereof, describes said
budget amendment and the resultant impact to the budget line items.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. An budget amendment to increase revenue by $3,400 and increase
expenditures by $3,400 in the Library Operating Fund (1010) for acceptance and
programming of the Copy Cat Grant funds as more particularly described in Exhibit “A”,
attached hereto, is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of January, 2020.
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Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Ky Spangler, City Clerk
Exhibit A – Budget Amendment 837
Resolution No.2020-____
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FUND BALANCE ALLOCATION:
Fund-Account Number Amount
1010-5500 -$
Total -$
REVENUE BUDGET ALLOCATION:
Account Number Current Budget Revision Amended Budget
1010-000-G0020-46550 -$ 3,400.00$ 3,400.00$
-$ -$ -$
-$ -$ -$
-$ -$ -$
-$ -$ -$
Total -$ 3,400.00$ 3,400.00$
EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATION:
Account Number Current Budget Revision Amended Budget
1010-530-G0020-52050 -$ 3,400.00$ 3,400.00$
-$ -$ -$
-$ -$ -$
-$ -$ -$
-$ -$ -$
Total -$ 3,400.00$ 3,400.00$
Fund Title
Library Operating Fund
EXHIBIT A
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR
LIBRARY OPERATING FUND (1010)
FOR COPY CAT GRANT REVENUE AND EXPENSE
FY 2019/20
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