City Council

3. ACCEPT GRANT: ALHAMBRA CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY - F2M23-18, M2M23-18\nThe California State Library developed the Stay & Play Grant Program to support the\nlearning needs of library staff around early childhood literacy and help libraries provide\nspaces and programming to cultivate early literacy development. In November 2022, the\nCivic Center Library applied for the Stay & Play Grant Initiative and was subsequently\nawarded. The Initiative provided staff training and $4,000 to convert the Library’s Storytime\nRoom into a Stay & Play early literacy learning space. The grant funds will be used to\npurchase literacy learning tools, toys and furniture that will enhance discovery and\nexperimentation in young residents. Upon completion of the space transformation, the\nnewly trained team will host 12 weeks of free programs for the community in late spring of\n2023.\n3\n2-27-23\nRecommended Action: City Council accept $4,000 in grant funds from the California\nState Library to support the Library’s conversion of the Storytime Room into a Stay & Play\nearly literacy learning space; appropriate revenue and expenditure funds in the amount of\n$4,000; authorize the City Manager or designee to sign the grant agreement with the\nCalifornia State Library, subject to final language approval by the City Manager and City\nAttorney; and, direct staff to undertake the steps necessary to finalize Council’s action.\n(M2M23-18)