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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 1, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA <br />STATE LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT FOR LIBRARY SERVICES <br />ENHANCEMENT <br />r <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1st Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />California State Library in the amount of $59,100 for a Library Services and Technology <br />Act grant for the program Santa Ana Civic Archive: Connecting Future Leaders to their <br />Community's Past. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $59,100 from the California State <br />Library in the revenue account (no. 15411002 52001) and appropriating same to <br />expenditure account (no. 15411193 various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Library Services and Technology Act is a federal grant program managed by the Institute of <br />Museum and Library Services and administered in California by the State Librarian. Grants are <br />intended to expand service to diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups, underserved urban <br />populations, and those with limited functional literacy. <br />The State Library has awarded a $59,100 LSTA grant to the Santa Ana Public Library for the <br />program Santa Ana Civic Archive: Connecting Future Leaders with their Community's Past. <br />The program is designed to expose Santa Ana youth to the importance of leadership in the <br />history and future development of the community. It will provide a series of training and <br />mentoring sessions in partnership with the Voice of OC (VOC) news agency. These will train 14 <br />youth interns to assist in documenting, editing, and digitally archiving oral histories of community <br />leaders that will be used to develop bi-weekly reports spotlighting these leaders for the VOC <br />website. The grant will pay the Santa Ana youth selected for the intern positions and provide <br />20A-1