HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05132014 - C.34RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $1,000
from Shell Martinez Refinery to provide reading incentives for the Kids Summer Reading Program at the Martinez
Library for the period June 14, 2014 through August 23, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No Library Fund match.
BACKGROUND:
Each year the Library offers its popular Summer Reading Program to adults, teens and children to celebrate reading
and to become lifelong library users who recognize the library as an important partner in community education. The
Kids Summer Reading Program encourages children age 2 through fifth grade to continue reading through the
summer school break. Research shows that children lose a portion of their reading skills if they stop reading during
that time. The Kids Summer Reading Program is designed to help children retain what they worked so hard to learn
during the school year. When they participate in the Kids Summer Reading Program, children are able to return to
school in the fall with their reading skills intact.
The award of the grant will continue a long partnership with Shell Martinez Refinery to support community-based
programming in Martinez. The grant will also provide reading incentives in the form of a new paperback book for
those children completing the program. By completing the program, children will take an important step in their
reading development.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/13/2014 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: Gail McPartland,
925-927-3204
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: May 13, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 34
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Jessica Hudson, County Librarian
Date:May 13, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Apply For and Accept a Grant in the Amount of $1000 from Shell Martinez Refinery
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the funds are not awarded, then the reading incentives will not be included in the Kids Summer Reading Program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Funding provided by this grant will meet the Children's Report Card outcome of Children Ready for and Succeeding
in School. By encouraging reading throughout the summer school break, children are better prepared to continue their
learning in the fall, thereby increasing their ability to succeed in school.