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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 4, 2011 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA ? As Recommended <br />STATE LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATION ? As Amended <br />ADJUSTMENT FOR LIBRARY SERVICES El Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />ENHANCEMENT GRANT FUNDS ? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />California State Library in the amount of $5,000 for a Library Services and Technology <br />Act, Our Lives are Our History grant, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $5,000 from the California State Library <br />in the LSTA Grant Awards revenue account (no. 15411002 52001) and appropriating <br />same to expenditure account (no. 15411193 various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) is a federal grant program managed by the <br />Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered in California by the State Librarian. <br />The State Library has awarded a $5,000 LSTA grant to the Santa Ana Public Library in support <br />of its program, Our Lives are Our History. Documenting, Collecting, and Preserving Santa Ana's <br />History. The Grant was awarded through the State Library's Eureka Leadership Development <br />Program, which selects promising young librarians to train as potential industry leaders. <br />The "Our History" project will provide bilingual teenagers and college age young adults with the <br />training to civically engage and connect with their local community through a series of history <br />related workshops, instructional courses, and digital preservation programs that will document, <br />collect and digitally preserve the unique, cultural history of Santa Ana. In the process, they will <br />interact with and interview limited English speaking adults who have come to Santa Ana from <br />Central America. Funds will be used to purchase recording and preservation equipment and to <br />support program staff. The Library will use in-kind personnel costs to provide the preferred 50 <br />percent match. <br />20A-1