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November 18, 2002 Subject Redwood City 2020 Agreement Recommendation Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement between the City of Redwood City, the County of San Mateo, the Redwood City Elementary School District and the Sequoia Union High School District for support of Redwood City 2020 (RC 2020) for fiscal year 2002/2003. Background The City in partnership with the Redwood City School District, the Sequoia Union High School District and the County of San Mateo formed Redwood City 2020 (formerly known as Redwood City 2000) in 1995. The partners have been jointly funding RC 2020 since 1995, and this agreement continues that practice for another year. Each of the funding partners including Redwood City has allocated $25,000 in their 2002/2003 budget to support RC 2020. In addition, RC 2020 also receives funds from the following: $25,000 from John W. Garner Center, $19,310 from Peninsula Partnership, $539,093 from Children and Families First Commission, $25,000 from GoServ (AmeriCorps), $60,000 from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, and $90,000 from Federal 21st Century Funding. Redwood City 2020 has achieved many accomplishments since its formation which include the following most recent accomplishments: I Facilitating the partnership between Redwood City 2020 and the John W. Gardner Center at Stanford University to create Y.E.L.L (Youth Engaged in Leadership and Learning) and produce the Redwood City Youth Budget. 2) Expanded the Redwood City Family Centers to Kennedy School and completed planning for a fifth Family Resource Center that will serve Gill, Hawes, and Roosevelt Schools. 3) Raised additional funding to support after school programs at school sites. 4) Facilitated the expansion of resources to Sequoia High School to support the creation of a Teen Resource Center. 5) Accessed funding to implement school readiness activities that benefit Hoover, Garfield Charter, Adelante, Hawes and Taft Schools.