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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 TITLE: AGREEMENT WITH RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1St Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with the Rancho Santiago Community College District in the amount of $88,463 to provide instructional services to eligible youth participating in the Seeds to Trees Digital Media Academy, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION On June 20, 2011 the City Council awarded $150,000 in Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds to the Santa Ana Public Library to operate a Youth Training Program. The Library will utilize the funds to create the "Seeds to Trees Digital Media Technology Academy" program. The Library currently operates the Seeds to Trees Academy, which utilizes the library's Circle of Mentoring model and funds from the IMLS Laura Bush 21St Century Librarian grant to provide training and employment for youth who are interested in entering the library profession. The Digital Media Technology component of the Seeds to Trees program, developed in partnership with the Rancho Santiago Community College District's ( RSCCD) Corporate Training Institute (CTI) and Digital Media Center (DMC), is a comprehensive, post secondary program comprised of paid training and work experience in the field of digital media technology. Twenty students, ranging in age from 16 -21, will receive approximately six months of hands -on training from the RSCCD's DMC and CTI to develop necessary experience in the digital media field. After completion of the first phase of the program, they will begin five months of on- the -job paid work experience in the Library's web design and CTV -3 video production units. RSCCD will provide skilled instructors and administrative management, curriculum development, as well as the equipment, textbooks and materials required to support the curriculum for a total amount of $88,463. The WIA funds will provide $72,450 with the balance of the contract costs funded through the City's Public Library Fund account. This agreement term will be September 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. 25D -1