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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 21, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENTS WITH THE CALIFORNIA <br />STATE LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT FOR LIBRARY SERVICES <br />ENHANCEMENT GRANTS <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <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 program, Digitizing Yourself into the Internet Community, subject to non-substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />California State Library in the amount of $4,983 for a Library Services and Technology <br />Act program, Literacy on the Move, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney. <br />3. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />California State Library in the amount of $3,000 for a Library Services and Technology <br />Act program, Santa Ana Youth Overcoming Obstacles, subject to non-substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />4. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $12,983 in the LSTA Grant Awards <br />revenue account (no. 15411002 52001) and appropriating same to expenditure account <br />(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 />Grants are intended to expand service to diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups, and <br />underserved urban populations. The State Library has awarded three grants to the Santa Ana <br />Public Library in support of its programs through their Eureka Leadership Development <br />Program. <br />LSTA awarded $5,000 for the "Digitizing Yourself into the Internet Community" program to <br />establish a library-based Tech Club supported by volunteer interns recruited from local colleges. <br />The Club will provide a place where members can learn, share, and participate in web <br />publishing under the tutelage of the interns. They will test their skills on non-funded projects for <br />20A-1