HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01072014 - C.27RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim County Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a Pacific Library
Partnership Innovation and Technology Opportunity Grant in the amount of $15,000 to produce and supplement a
Veterans’ Community Story Online Exhibit entitled, War Ink, for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31,
2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No Library Fund match.
BACKGROUND:
The above grant will supplement the library’s grant award from Cal Humanities, and supports the library’s existing
partnership with StoryCorps, to record the narrative of veterans in our region. The innovative online exhibit, War Ink,
provides attendees the opportunity to learn about the impact of the veteran experience through a compelling visual
and audible narrative as told by veterans returning to our communities.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Library will not participate in the PLP Innovation and Technology Opportunity Grant.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None.
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RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/07/2014 APPROVED AS
RECOMMENDED
OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Kathy Middleton,
925-927-3290
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 7, 2014
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 27
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Cathy Sanford, Interim County Librarian
Date:January 7, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Pacific Library Partnership.