HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 76-2021 (21-309)City of South San Francisco P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
City Council
Resolution: RES 76-2021
File Number: 21-309 Enactment Number: RES 76-2021
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE
OF $20,000 FROM THE BROADCOM FOUNDATION,
VIA THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO FRIENDS OF
THE LIBRARY, TO SUPPORT STEM
PROGRAMMING IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
THROUGH THE BAY AREA STEM ECOSYSTEM
AND ACCEPTING BUDGET AMENDMENT 21.049.
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco ("City") Library Department established the
Community Learning Center (CLC) to assist adults and their families in reaching educational goals; and
WHEREAS, the Community Learning Center joined the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem to
support STEM learning in South San Francisco through partnerships with other STEM agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Community Learning Center has been selected as a lead agency for the STEM
Ecosystem; and
WHEREAS, the Broadband Foundation has awarded the City, through the South San Francisco
Friends of the Library, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting the Library, $20,000 in grant
funding for STEM Ecosystem activities; and
WHEREAS, the STEM Ecosystem grant would be used to support Early Literacy based on
STEM activities, professional development of teachers addressing student learning recovery/ distance
learning models, and STEM career exploration for teens; and
WHEREAS, funding would be used to enhance the SSF STEM partnership by providing staff
training and public programming support to the agencies in the South San Francisco STEM,community;
and
WHEREAS, grant funding will be used to amend the Library Department's Fiscal Year
2020-21 Operating Budget per Budget Amendment 21.049.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that the City Council hereby accepts $20,000 in grant funding from the Broadcom Foundation
via the South San Francisco Friends of the Library to support the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem and
approves Budget Amendment 21.049.
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File Number: 21-309
Enactment Number: RES 76-2021
At a meeting of the City Council on 4/28/2021, a motion was made by Councilmember Nicolas,
seconded by Vice Mayor Nagales, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Mayor Addiego, Vice Mayor Nagales, Councilmember Nicolas, Councilmember
Coleman, and Councilmember Flores
Attest by &A a4-1�1�
Rosa Go Acosta, City Clerk
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