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Recommendation to increase appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,500, offset by the $500 of Fifth Council District One-time District Priority Funds, $500 of Eighth Council District One-time District Priority Funds, and $500 of Third Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide donations to the Long Beach City College Foundation to support the citywide Long Beach Reads One Book event held on March 19, 2020, at the Long Beach City College Liberal Arts Campus; and
Decrease appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
DISCUSSION
Councilwoman Mungo Flanigan would like to join her colleagues in support of the revitalized citywide Long Beach Reads One Book event by contributing to the participating and coordinating nonprofit, Long Beach City College Foundation for things such as the venue costs and author expenses at the LBCC Liberal Arts Campus which will host up to 1 ,100 residents and provide free entry to all Long Beach students.
Long Beach Reads One Book is back and is encouraging the entire City of Long Beach to read the same book during the month of March 2020, consider and discuss its themes and value, then meet and hear the author at a city-wide event on the campus of Long Beach City College on March 19, 2020.
Long Beach is credited to be the third major U.S. city to establish this community reading program that builds a sense of community and promotes literacy. This citywide event, in partnership with LBCC, is a public relations project calling attention to the City. It will highlight Long Beach's vast and diverse educational institutions and library programs/services and their capabilities to cross collaborate for community-wide initiatives that elevate our City as a hub that promotes literac...
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