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City °JArts &Innovation City Council Memorandum IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: AUGUST 16, 2022 FROM: LIBRARY DEPARTMENT WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AWARD FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY COOPERATIVE HOME CONNECTIVITY KIT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR VARIOUS TECHNOLOGICAL ITEMS FOR THE RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 — SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ISSUES: Approve the acceptance of a reimbursement grant award from the California State Library and Southern California Library Cooperative Home Connectivity Kit Project in the amount of $25,000 for the purchase of various technological items for the Riverside Public Library and authorize a supplemental appropriation in the same amount. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1. Accept a reimbursement grant award from the California State Library and Southern California Library Cooperative Home Connectivity Kit Project in the amount of $25,000 for the library to purchase technological items; and 2. With at least five affirmative votes, upon receipt of the reimbursement grant award, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record an increase in estimated revenues and supplemental appropriation in the amount of the grant award in the Grants and Restricted Programs Fund, Library Gift & Trust revenue and expenditure accounts; and 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute grant documents with the California State Library, including making minor and non -substantive changes. BACKGROUND: The Riverside Public Library actively pursues grant funding as an alternative funding source and/or supplement to City funds to enable the purchase of library materials to enhance its collection for use by the public. Grants offer valuable, unique opportunities for local jurisdictions to compete for funding sources available through State, federal, or other agencies to assist in covering the costs of select projects.