CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
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Libraries, Norma Martinez, (915) 212-3200
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STRATEGIC GOAL:
Goal 4 - Enhance El Paso's Quality of Life through Recreational, Cultural and Educational Environments
SUBGOAL: 4.2 Create innovative recreational, educational and cultural programs
SUBJECT:
APPROVE a Resolution / Ordinance / lease to do what? OR AUTHORIZE the City Manager to do what? Be descriptive of what we want Council to approve. Include $ amount if applicable.
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The City Manager be authorized to sign an Agreement between the Public Library Association (PLA) (the "Association"), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the El Paso Public Library ("Awardee"), for the 2020-2021 Digital Skills for Job Seekers Initiative. The Association agrees to distribute $20,000 to the Awardee to promote digital skilling and employment resources and serves the municipal purpose of providing the community members access to internet as a strategy to find or improve employment.
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BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION:
Discussion of the what, why, where, when, and how to enable Council to have reasonably complete description of he contemplated action. This should include attachment of bid tabulation, or ordinance or resolution if appropriate. What are the benefits to the City of this action? What are the citizen concerns?
The Association agrees to distribute $20,000 to the Awardee to promote digital skilling and employment resources. The Awardee agrees to increase access to low cost devices and internet access for community members (including job seekers and students), and to promote digital skilling programs and certifications, as a strategy to find or improve employment, broadly via library communications and via partners in the community, focusing on programs and services of the library as well as the Microsoft Skills Initiative and its resources through Microsoft Learn,...
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