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Library Department recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 027-2023 accepting Building Forward grant award BF-1-21-104 in the amount of $85,333 for the Pollock Pines Library from the California State Library; and
2) Delegate authority to the Library Director to execute the Grant Agreement and all grant-related documents, including all associated documents necessary to secure grant funds that do not increase the Net County Cost and implement the approved grant program.
FUNDING: 66.7% California State Library Building Forward Library Infrastructure Grant Program, 23.3% General Fund, 10% Pollock Pines Library Special Revenue Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Building Forward Library Infrastructure Grant Program provides California’s public libraries with support for capital projects addressing critical maintenance needs, improving energy efficiency and sustainability, and expanding access digitally and physically. The Building Forward Library Infrastructure Grant Program is the largest single investment in California’s public libraries. The California legislature allocated $439 million in one-time funds toward this project in 2021 (SB129) and an additional $50 million in 2022 (AB 179). In Round One of SB 129, the State Library awarded over $313 million in grants to 246 local libraries to address some of the most pressing life-safety and critical maintenance needs in 182 cities across 34 counties. El Dorado County was awarded three of the 246 local grants for our Cameron Park, South Lake Tahoe, and Pollock Pines Libraries.
The Pollock Pines Library has many urgent projects that need to be addressed:
1. The restrooms are not ADA-compliant and are required to be upgraded.
2. The alarm panel poses a safety hazard for staff and needs to be relocated.
3. Install security cameras.
4. The electrical was installed in1950s, and an electrical analysis/plan for the entire wiring system is recommended.
5. The broadband ...
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