To: Board of Supervisors
From: Libraries
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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California State Library, Library Services and Technology Act Sustainability Grant for the Kim Yerton Memorial Library (KYML) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 and Supplemental Budget (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve acceptance of $17,835 in grant funds from the California State Library, Library Services and Technology Act Sustainability Grant, for KYML;
2. Return to the Humboldt County Library the executed copies of the agreement; and
3. Approve the attached supplemental budget in the amount of $17,835 for FY 2022-23 for the Humboldt County Library Budget Unit 1500-621 (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California State Library: Library Services and Technology Act
Library Fund (1500)
DISCUSSION:
The Hoopa Valley Reservation (HVR) lies in a remote portion of Humboldt County, far inland from the coastal population centers. Geographic realities, limited road access, and extreme weather events frequently conspire to isolate the HVR from vital supplies and services. Tribal members have a long history of sustainability and self-sufficiency and of working in partnership to achieve community goals, such as fisheries and forestry to provide for future generations. The KYML is a partnership between the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the Humboldt County Library.
Community leaders, library staff and others, with lifelong ties to the community, consulted to develop the grant proposal.
This project will promote self-sufficiency and foster ongoing, sustainable and traditional skills and connections by:
* Creating a "library of things"-physical items (tools, cookware, sewing machines, fishing equipment, etc.) that can be checked out from the library; and
* Contracting with elders and other educators to share their knowledge of traditional technology (food cultivation, fishing, wildf...
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