REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 16, 2020
FROM: MAYOR LEE BRAND
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember
Council District 7
BY: TIM A. ORMAN, Chief of Staff to the Mayor
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to COVID-19 response and the Central Valley Children Services Network:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with Central Valley Children Services Network for child care services for essential workers in the amount of $2,389,808
2. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 1st Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2020-159 appropriating $2,389,808 from the City's Coronavirus Relief Fund to fund the Central Valley Children Services Network child care program (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mayor, Councilmember Esparza and the City Manager recommend the Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a grant agreement with Central Valley Children Services Network (CVCSN) to provide childcare services for essential workers and to approve the 1st Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution No. 2020-159 to fund the project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
After the Administration presented Council with a Coronavirus Relief Fund Strategic Plan on June 11 that included a child care voucher element, the Central Valley Children Services Network submitted a proposal to Councilmember Nelson Esparza. At the Councilmember's request, the Administration reviewed the materials and the Administration and Councilmember Esparza both met with the principals of CVCSN, Brooke Frost and Lupe Jaime, to learn more about their budget and proposal for the proposed project. The Councilmember and Administration are more than satisfied that the proposal and budget that are attached to this staff report are an effective use of the City's CARES Act funding and that this project will help mitigate the serious impacts the COVID-19 pa...
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