PREPARED BY: J. KELLY SESSIONS DATE OF MEETING: 05/06/19
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SUBLEASE SUPPLEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DETAILING HOURS OF OPERATION AND THE COST OF SERVICE FOR THE SAN PABLO LIBRARY FOR FY 2019/20
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Build a Healthy Community / Build Opportunity to Participate in the Local Economy is a top City Council policy goal under the FY 2018-21 City Council Priority Workplan Update, effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
The City's execution of the Sublease Supplement is not subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act because it would not result in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore is not considered a "project" subject to CEQA review. (Pub. Resources Code, ? 21065; 14 Cal. Code Regs.? 15378.)
BACKGROUND
The City of San Pablo ("City") has long partnered with County of Contra Costa ("County") to provide its citizens with a local branch of the County library system. Generally, the City has been responsible for securing space for a local library branch and paying rent, maintenance and operational costs related to the space, while the County provides all library services at that location. Increasingly, the County has required cities to pay for services beyond a baseline of hours now set at 35 hours per week.
Operation of the San Pablo Library ("Library") is governed under a Library Sublease and Service Agreement ("Sublease") with the County. Under the Sublease, the County Librarian provides a Sublease Supplement ("Supplement") to the City by March 31 of each year which sets forth (i) the number of weekly baseline hours of library service the County will provide in the upcoming ...
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