Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute agreements with the Long Beach Unified School District for the operation of the After School Education and Safety Program at Burbank, Edison, Garfield, Grant, King, Lafayette, and Lee Elementary, and Hudson K-8 school sites; authorize the required 15 percent in-kind match of $207,929 in the form of Community Development Block Grant and General Fund monies; execute any future documents, including amendments, necessary to accept, implement, and administer the agreements; and Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PR) by $1,102,544. (Districts 1,2,4,6,7,9)
Report from Parks, Recreation and Marine. Recommendation to execute agreements with the Long Beach Unified School District for the operation of the After School Education and Safety Program. Authorize the required 15% in-kind match of 270 207,929 and increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by 1,000,100. $1,102,544. District 124679. Thank you, Madam Clerk. There's been a motion by Councilmember Richardson and a second by me, Mr. West. Acting director Steve Scott and Gladys Kaiser, Vice Mayor, members of the City Council. The item before you tonight is to execute agreements with the Long Beach Unified School. District for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine to operate afterschool programing. Onsite at. Eight Long Beach schools. This is a. Program that's funded through the. State and administered by Long Beach Unified School District. The department is one of eight providers, contracted providers. Through the district. We provide services at eight sites. The remaining. Seven providers provide services at another 49 649. Sites. This is our eighth year providing the. Service and we expect to serve about 200,000 students this. Year. We're open for any questions. Thank you. Is there any public comment on the item? Seeing none. Members, cast your vote. I'm sorry, Councilman Andrews. It's late. It's late. No. It's. It's not late, Councilman. All right. Good. You know, as a teacher, I really see the hands of the importance. You know, the benefits of my school program. And I think that they are linked in the significant gains. You and standardized test scores and work habits, as well as reduction in behavior. You know, after school hours are always the peak time for juvenile crime and risky behavior. So I serve this, you know, and prevent this type of activity as well. So I'm definitely flavor in favor of continuing this program for our youth. And thank you for bringing this forth. Thank you, Councilman Andrews. Is there any public comment on the item? Seeing none. Members cast your vote. Motion carries nine zero. Thank you. Item 30. Yes. Yes.