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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 21, 2011 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA ❑ As Recommended <br />STATE LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATION ❑ As Amended <br />ADJUSTMENT FOR THE SKILLS TO WORK El Ordinance on Reading <br />El on 2 ° n d Reading <br />PROGRAM ❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />;t <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />California State Library in the amount of $5,000 for a Library Services and Technology Act <br />grant for the Skills to Work: Developing your Employment Potential program. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $5,000 from the California State Library in <br />the revenue account (no. 15411002 52001) and appropriating same to expenditure account <br />(no. 15411193 various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) is a federal grant program managed by the <br />Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered in California by the State Librarian. <br />Grants are intended to expand service to diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups, underserved <br />urban populations, and those with limited functional literacy. The State Library has awarded a <br />$5,000 LSTA grant to the Santa Ana Public Library in support of its program, Skills to Work: <br />Developing your Employment Potential. Skills to Work will provide job searching capability for the <br />adult Hispanic community who are struggling to cope with today's technology driven employment <br />requirements. <br />The program will provide an ongoing series of six classes in resume creation, online job <br />searching, and e-mail communication at the Jerome Recreation Center. Adult volunteers will be <br />recruited and trained to conduct the classes. Funds will be <br />software and supplies required to support the curriculum, and to <br />assist with classes. The Library will use in -kind personnel costs <br />matching funds. <br />41UN <br />used to purchase equipment, <br />pay part-time bilingual staff to <br />to provide the preferred 50% <br />