HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 128-2020 (20-750)City of South San Francisco P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
• 400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
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Resolution: RES 128-2020
File Number: 20-750 Enactment Number: RES 128-2020
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE
OF $40,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE
WOODLAWN FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT PROJECT
READ'S LEARNING WHEELS FAMILY LITERACY
PROGRAM AND AMENDING THE LIBRARY
DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021
OPERATING BUDGET PER BUDGET AMENDMENT
20.016.
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco ("City") Library Department established Project
Read to assist adults and their families in reaching literacy goals; and
WHEREAS, Learning Wheels, a program of Project Read, provides literary services to low
income, low literate families in South San Francisco and surrounding cities through site visits; and
WHEREAS, the Woodlawn Foundation has awarded the City $40,000 in grant funding to support
Learning Wheels; and
WHEREAS, funding from the Woodlawn Foundation will help support the Library's mobile
literacy programs including story times, literacy activities, book giveaways and family workshops to
hard -to -reach neighborhoods and service points; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the acceptance of grant funding in the amount of $40,000 from the
Woodlawn Foundation to support Learning Wheels, a program of Project Read; and
WHEREAS, grant funds will be used to amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 Operating Budget of
the Library Department via Budget Amendment 20.016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco
does hereby accept $40,000 in grant funding from the Woodlawn Foundation and approve Budget
Amendment 20.016 to amend the Library Department's FY 2020-2021 Operating Budget in order to
reflect an increase of $40,000.
At a meeting of the City Council on 10/14/2020, a motion was made by Vice Mayor Addiego, seconded
by Councilmember Nicolas, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
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File Number: 20-750 Enactment Number: RES 128-2020
Yes: 5 Mayor Garbarino, Vice Mayor Addiego, Councilmember Nagales, Councilmember
Nicolas, and Councilmember Matsumoto
Attest by
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�sa Govea Acosta, City Clerk
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