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Resolution authorizing the acceptance of $20,000 from the Broadcom Foundation, via the South San Francisco Friends of the Library, to support STEM programming in South San Francisco through the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem and accepting Budget Amendment 19.037.
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco (“City”) Library Department established the Community Learning Center (CLC) to assist adults and their families in reaching educational goals; and
WHEREAS, the Community Learning Center joined the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem to support STEM learning in South San Francisco through partnerships with other STEM agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Community Learning Center has been selected as a lead agency for the STEM Ecosystem; and
WHEREAS, the Broadband Foundation has awarded the City, through the South San Francisco Friends of the Library, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting the Library, $20,000 in grant funding for STEM Ecosystem activities; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem Activities will leverage the work conducted as part of the San Mateo County STEM Out of School grant awarded to the Library and Parks and Recreation Departments in 2018; and
WHEREAS, funding would be used to enhance the SSF STEM partnership by providing staff training and public programming support to the agencies in the South San Francisco STEM community; and
WHEREAS, grant funding will be used to amend the Library Department’s Fiscal Year 2018-19 Operating Budget per Budget Amendment 19.037.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby accepts $20,000 in grant funding from the Broadcom Foundation via the South San Francisco Friends of the Library to support the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem and approves Budget Amendment 19.037.
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