HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2022-38RESOLUTION NO.2022-38
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA LIBRARY
LITERACY SERVICES (GELS) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,750 TO FUND THE
NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY'S LITERACY SERVICES ESL PROGRAM FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY
GRANTS FUND APPROPRIATION OF $9,750 AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE
BUDGET
WHEREAS, since 1984, the California Library Literacy Services ("GELS") Grant is
designed to support the Library's Literacy Services Program to English-speaking adults
who seek to improve their reading, writing, and math skills; and
WHEREAS, the National City Public Library began an English as a Second
Language ("ESL") pilot program in 2018 and, since then, has developed the program to
assist students on different learning levels and has assisted 146 ESL learners to date;
and
WHEREAS, the CLLS ESL learners include those who include as primary goals,
and spend a large proportion of their tutoring or instructional time, working on English
language acquisition, conversational fluency, and pronunciation; and
WHEREAS, the National City Public Library applied for and was awarded $9,750
from California Library Literacy Services to fund an English as a Second Language (ESL)
Program for our community residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Authorizes the acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $9,750
from California Library Literacy Services to fund the National City Public Library's Literacy
Services ESL Program for Fiscal Year 2022.
Section 2: Authorizes the establishment of Library Grant Fund appropriations in
the amount of $9,750 and a corresponding revenue budget.
Section 3: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
Resolution No. 2022 --
Page Two
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of March, 2022
Ale ndra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
ATTEST:
Liz Molina, Cit
erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
0,2„.1 4t:
Charles E. Bell Jr., Cityttorn y
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on
March 15, 2022 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Sotelo-Solis, Bush, Morrison, Rios, Rodriguez
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
Luz Molina
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
n �
BY:elley Chapel, r1C, Deputy City Clerk