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July 1 4, 2015
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ReviewedNerified By:
City Manager
TO: Honorable Mayor and Finance Director
Members of the City Council To Be Presented By: Yolanda Moreno
Library Services Director
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1 SUBJECT
Request to accept and appropriate into the City's revenue budget a $10,000 grant for Latino
Americans: 500 Years of History from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
2. SUMMARY
This $10,000 grant will be used to present the PBS documentary and other programs that collect
and highlight the contributions of Latino Americans to city history. Funds will be used for
speaker fees, program materials, and marketing. Acceptance of the revenue and its appropriation
into the FYI 5/16 budget is requested.
3. RECOMMENDATION
1) Accept in the City's revenue budget a $10,000.00 grant from NEH into revenue account
#100.2001.45150.3007 (NEH Grant); and
2) Authorize the appropriation of $10,000 into expenditure account 4100.2001.51001.30077
(NEH Grant).
4. FISCAL IMP
Upon appropriation of this grant, the Library budget will increase by $10,000.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOA
3. Enhance and promote quality of life in the community.
e. Develop and strengthen collaborative partnerships to enhance and promote quality of life
programs, projects and services.
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1 6. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
5.0 Meet the educational, cultural, civic, information, recreation, business, and life -long learning
needs of residents through the provision of library resources.
5.4 Promote collaborations among community groups, educational institutions and the Public
Library to enhance sharing of information, resources, and financial support for library
facilities, services and programs.
17. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
The Orange Public Library has been selected to receive a $10,000 programming grant for Latino
Americans: 500 Years of History. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has
generously provided support for 203 libraries, museums, historical societies, cultural and
community organizations, and other nonprofits nationwide to participate in this program, and our
organization is one of 55 selected for a $10,000 award. This grant is meant to highlight and
promote the history and experiences of Latinos in the United States by means of the NEH funded
PBS six -part documentary series Latino Americans.
The grant will enable the Library to present the PBS documentary and other programs that collect
and highlight the contributions of Latino Americans to city history. Funds will be used for
speaker fees, program materials, and marketing.
18. ATTACHMENTS
None.
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