HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2012-201RESOLUTION NO. 2012-201
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING A GRANT OF $40,000 FROM
"BE THE CHANGE" TO FUND AN ELEMENTARY GRADE
READING TUTORING PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2012/2013 OTHER GRANTS
FUND BUDGET
WHEREAS, in September 2012, the Office of the Mayor's Chula Vista Serves, was
awarded a $40,000 grant from Be the Change's ServiceNation campaign to implement Third
Grade Reads, avolunteer-led tutoring program in partnership with the mayors office, the Chula
Vista Elementary School District and Oasis Tutoring, anon-profit agency focused on K-3
literacy; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista is a City of Service, part of a network of more than 130 cities
that have committed to promote community service as a means to solve local challenges; and
WHEREAS, OASIS Tutoring has volunteer-based tutoring program in literacy and has a
long-standing relationship with the Chula Vista Elementary School District; and
WHEREAS, the $40,000 grant award will allow the Office of the Mayor to hire apart-
time volunteer coordinator to recruit and support 100 new volunteers to tutor children identified
by the Chula Vista Elementary School District teachers as having the lowest reading levels
through the OASIS program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby accept Be the Change's ServiceNation campaign's grant in the amount of $40,000
and appropriates said funds to the Other Grant Fund's Fiscal Year 2012/2013 budget as follows:
$11,718 to Personnel Services, $6,282 to the Other Expenses category, and $22,000 to the
Supplies and Services category.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that City staff is authorized to take all other actions
necessary and appropriate to implement the grant-funded program.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Amber Weber
Chief Service Officer
Resolution No. 2012-201
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23rd day of October 2012 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, M or
ATTEST:
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Dorma R. Norris, M ,City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2012-201 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 23rd day of October 2012.
Executed this 23rd day of October 2012.
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Donna R. Norris, MC, City Clerk