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City Council
Resolution: RES 31-2025
P.O. Box 711 (City Hall, 400
Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
File Number: 25-129 Enactment Number: RES 31-2025
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF
$127,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN
MATEO FOR THE BIG LIFT LITTLE STEPS PRESCHOOL AT
THE GENE MULLIN COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER
AND AMENDING THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 OPERATING
BUDGET PURSUANT TO BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER
25.044.
WHEREAS, the Big Lift initiative, a collaborative launched by the County of San Mateo, the San Mateo
County Office of Education, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, aims to help San Mateo County students
achieve reading proficiency by the end of third grade; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has been the recipient of Big Lift grant funds since
Fiscal Year 2014-2015, using these funds to open the Little Steps Preschool at the Gene Mullin Community Learning
Center in April 2016; and
WHEREAS, these grant funds will be utilized to fund the Little Steps Preschool and support reading
readiness, parent engagement, improved attendance, and enhanced preschool teacher trainings, as allowed by the terms
of the grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of these funds does not commit the City to ongoing funding after the close of the
grant cycle; and
WHEREAS, receipt of these grant funds enables the Parks and Recreation Department to offer 10
subsidized preschool spaces at the Little Steps Preschool to low-income households pursuant to California Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) income ceilings, and eligible families would be assessed tuition on a
sliding scale, not to exceed the City's adopted preschool fee of $714 per month, based on family size and household
income; and
WHEREAS, through the Big Lift, the City will work collaboratively with other Big Lift partners to enhance
the quality of City and community preschools.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the
City Council hereby authorizes the acceptance of $127,000 in grant funding from the County of San Mateo for the Big
Lift Little Steps Preschool at the Gene Mullin Community Learning Center and amends the Parks and Recreation
Department's Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget pursuant to Budget Amendment Number 25.044.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the
documents necessary to accept the grant funding and take any other actions necessary to carry out the intent of this
resolution on behalf of the City Council, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
City of South San Francisco
File Number: 25-129
Enactment Number: RES 31-2025
At a meeting of the City Council on 3/12/2025, a motion was made by Councilmember Nagales,
seconded by Councilmember Coleman, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Mayor Flores, Vice Mayor Addiego, Councilmember Nagales,
Councilmember Coleman, and Councilmember Nicolas
Attest by Lm)t�nk IiA L
sa Govea Acosta, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco