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• Resolution: RES 94-2025
P.O. Box 711 (City Hall, 400
Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
File Number: 25-318 Enactment Number: RES 94-2025
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
2025-26 OPERATING BUDGET PURSUANT TO BUDGET
AMENDMENT NUMBER 26.006.
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 2014-15, 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, 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, that the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco 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 2025-26 Operating Budget pursuant to Budget Amendment
Number 26.006.
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: 25-318
Enactment Number: RES 94-2025
At a meeting of the City Council on 7/9/2025, a motion was made by Councilmember Nagales,
seconded by Vice Mayor Addiego, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 4 Mayor Flores, Vice Mayor Addiego, Councilmember Nagales, and
Councilmember Coleman
Absent: 1 Councilmember Nicolas
Attest by
Govea Acosta, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco