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FROM: JOE VALENTINE, DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT o Sia Costa
DATE: April 25, 2006 °�srA�oKt``� County
SUBJECT: CONSIDER SUPPORTING GRANT APPLICATION BY THE ROSIE THE
RIVETER TRUST
Specific Request (S) or Recommendation (S) & Background and Justification
RECOMMENDATION (S):
SUPPORT a grant application submitted by the Rosie the Riveter Trust to the
California Cultural and Historical Endowment requesting $2,377,113 in State
endowment funds to renovate the County's Maritime Children's Center in
Richmond, and AUTHORIZE the Chair, Board of Supervisors, to send a letter of
endorsement to the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This grant application is being submitted by the Rosie the Riveter Trust to obtain
$2,377,113 in matching funds from the California Cultural and Historic
Endowment to renovate the Maritime Center. The balance of matching funds for
this project will be generated by the Trust. If this grant application is funded,
County's involvement will co insist of continued support by Community Services
Department staff to assist the Rosie the Riveter Trust as well as the National
Park Service in the development of this project, under a proposed lease from the
County to the Rosie the Riveter Trust.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
On November 18, 2005 the California Cultural and Endowment announced the
issuance of round two of a State-wide grant application process in the amount of
$43 million dollars funded by Proposition 40 funds. Proposition 40 was created to
support the acquisition, development, preservation and interpretation of buildings,
structures, sites and artifacts that preserve and demonstrate culturally significant
aspects of California's history and for grants for these purposes.
The County's Maritime Children's Center in Richmond, which was constructed in
1943, is considered by most to be the first publicly-funded child care center for
working families in the United States. The Maritime Children's Center was chosen
by the Rosie the Riveter Trust to be considered for a grant. The grant application
was prepared by the Trust in concert with staff from the County, the National Park
Service, Richmond Children's Foundation, and other public/private organizations
and submitted by the State'slJanuary 31, 2006 deadline. The Trust was notified
this past week by the State that its application had passed the review stage and
would be considered by the State Endowment Board for possible funding at its
April 27-28 hearings in Sacramento. If funded, the Maritime facility, which has
been closed since 2003 for safety reasons, would be completely renovated to
meet current code and seismic standards, and would be used to house the
proposed Maritime Historic Center for Working Families as pa of the Rosie the
Riveter World War II/Home Front National Park.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE:
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_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _RECOMMEN TION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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