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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />REPORT <br /> <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />August 28, 2000 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Redwood City 2000 Agreement <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Execute the Agreement between the City of Redwood City, the County of San Mateo, the Redwood City <br />Elementary School District and the Sequoia Union High School District for support of Redwood City 2000 for <br />fiscal year 2000/2001. <br /> <br />Background <br />The City in partnership with the Redwood City School District, the Sequoia Union High School District and the <br />County of San Mateo formed Redwood City 2000 (RC 2000) in 1995. The partners have been jointly funded <br />RC 2000 since the beginning and this agreement continues that practice for another year. <br /> <br />Each of the funding partners has allocated $20,000 in their 2000/2001 budget to support RC 2000. Council <br />approved these funds ($20,000) at the June 26th meeting as part of the City's fiscal plan. In addition to these <br />funds, grants from the United Way ($20,000), the Hancock Foundation ($25,000), the Peninsula Community <br />Foundation ($20,000), and Human Services Agency of San Mateo County ($25,000) have been secured to <br />support the sustainability of this effort. RC 2000 also received four Healthy Start Planning Grants ($200,000) <br />which will allow the collaborative to explore the feasibility of expanding school based services to Hawes, John <br />Gill, Roosevelt, and Kennedy Schools. Finally the collaborative is entering into a partnership with Stanford <br />University (Graduate School of Education) to create the John Gardner Center for Youth Development which <br />will bring Stanford expertise to Redwood City. <br /> <br />Redwood City 2000 has achieved many accomplishments since its formation, including: facilitating the <br />expansion of Healthy Start school based services, creating the innovative Frontiers In Leadership Program for <br />people of color interested in civic affairs, designing and facilitating the planning process for the newly created <br />Project Bridges (Even Start Family Literacy Program) at John Gill School, and producing a Youth Master Plan <br />for after school recreation and enrichment and utilized the plan to leverage state and federal funding to create <br />after school programs at six Redwood City School District schools. <br /> <br />Fiscal Impact <br />$20,000 general fund dollars have been approved for fiscal year 2000/2001. <br /> <br />Alternative <br />Council may chose not to enter into this agreement. <br /> <br /> <br />f2Ei~ <br /> <br /> <br />City Manager <br /> <br />Attachment: <br />Redwood City 2000 Agreement <br /> <br />""~-"'-""T' <br />