HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19640-.-- RESOLU'FION NO. 19640
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCtL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING A FOUR YEAR GRANT
AWARDED TO THE CHULA VISTA LITERACY TEAM
CENTER BY THE CAI,[FORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION FOR AN EVEN START FAMILY LITERACY
PROGRAM; AMENDING Tt4E FISCAL YEAR 1999/2000
BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT
FUND REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $256,325 TO THE
LIBRARY AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR
EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVEN START
FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM; APPROV1NG THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
OF CHULA VISTA AND THE CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING JOINT OPEP, AT[ON OF THE
EVEN START FAMII,Y LI"FEI>,A('Y PROGRAM. AND
AUTHORIZING TIlE DII~,E('TOP, OF LIBRARY AND
RECREATION TO EXECUTE THF, MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
WHEREAS. in April, 1999. tile Chula Vista Public l.ibrary. in collaboration with the Chula
"" Vista Elementary School District, subnfitted an application to tile Calilbrnia Department of Education
for $275,000 in Even Start Family Literacy Progran~ grant fluids ibr Fiscal Year 1999-2000; and
WHEREAS, Even Start is a t~derally funded, mlergenerational l:amily literacy program
designed to provide intensive in-home and centeM~ased services to parents and their young children
considered at high risk fi.3r ginire academic lhihu-e and continuing cycles of poverty; and
WHEREAS, a grant of $25(~,325 has now been awarded tbr tile first year of operation for
Fiscal Year 1999/2000 and represents first year fi. mding ofa fi~ur-year grant cycle ending on June 30,
2003~ and
WHEREAS, tile Literacy Team IllList subnfit a continuation application each and tile maximum
federally fimded share of the total prqiect all)otlnt will decrease by approxinlately 10 percent in each
subsequent year; and
WHEREAS, the $256,325 requested to be appropriated in Fiscal Yea)' 1999/2000 represents
the first grant year reduction ill thuds [i'om the original grant an)ount of $275.000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE tT RESOI.VED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does
hereby accept a tbur year grant awarded It.) the Chula Vista lAteracy Team Center by the California
Department of Education fbr an Even Start Fanlily I.iteracy lh'ogranl
Resolution 19640 ,""'
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED l liar tile Fiscal Year 1999/2000 budget is hereby amended
by appropriating unanticipated grant fired revenue m the amount of $256.325 to the Libra~7 and
Recreation Department budget fi3r expel~ditures associated with the Even Start Family Literacy
Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOI. VIZI) that the Memorandum of Understanding between the City
of Chula Vista and the Chula Vista Elcn~cntary School District regarding joint operation of the Even
Staa Family Literacy Program. a copy of which shall bc kept on file in the oilice of the City Clerk,
is hereby approved,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of LibtarT and Recreation is hereby
authorized to execute the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Chula Vista and the
Chula Vista Elementre7 School District
Presented by ,kpproved as to t~rm by
David Pahne~ m M. Kahen~
Libra~ Director .,' '
Resolution 19640
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPI'ED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 9'1' day of November, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councihnembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia, Salas and Hotton
NAYS: Councilmennbers: None
ABSENT: Cotmcihnen~bers: None
Shirley l lor/6n, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk '
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VIS'FA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chnla Vista, Calill. mlia, do hereby certil~/that the fi3regoing
Resolution No, 19640 was duly passed, allproved, and adopted by tile City Conncil at a regular
meeting of the Chnla Vista City Council held on tile 9"' day o1' November, 1909
Executed this 9"' day of November, 1999
Susan Bigelow, City ('lerk