HomeMy WebLinkAboutZIP_25-60_PALM_DESERT_award_letter8/15/2025
Mr. Chris Escobedo, City Manager
PALM DESERT LIBRARY
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA, 92262
Subject: Zip Books Project ZIP 25-60
Dear Mr. Chris Escobedo:
The California State Library is pleased to approve the grant application for the Zip
Book Project for a total of $12,160 in California Library Services Act funds.
Read the enclosed award packet thoroughly and contact your grant support team if
you have any questions. Hard copies of this correspondence will not follow. Keep the
entirety of the correspondence for your files and consider these award materials your
original documents.
This grant is governed by the attached Grant Agreement and Certification of
Compliance, which includes the project period, reporting requirements, and payment
schedule as well as the proposal outlining the project plan and budget. Please sign
the claim and certification forms at the back of your award packet using the
DocuSign system. Please understand that it can take from six to eight weeks from
receipt of a fully executed claim form with no errors before grant funds are delivered.
If you have not received your payment after eight weeks, please contact your grant
monitor.
Requirements Specific to Your Project
The following are requirements that are specific to your project. Please contact your
project support team if you have any questions about or require support in fulling these
requirements.
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• It is an expectation for this project that the project manager or other project
staff will attend four (4) community of practice sessions (schedule to be
determined) over the course of the grant period.
• It is an expectation of this project that at least 85 percent of the materials
purchased as part of this project will be added to the libraries collection. (The 85
percent number may include items shipped to other libraries to add to their
collection).
Project Support Team
Awardees are provided support throughout the project period by a project support
team comprised of a grant monitor and Library Programs Consultant from the State
Library. The project support team is available throughout the project period to assist
you.
• The Grant Monitor is available to assist you with compliance and reporting
matters. The Grant Monitor assigned to your project is Monica Rivas and can be
reached via email at monica.rivas@library.ca.gov.
• The LPC is available to assist you with programming questions. The Library
Programs Consultant assigned to your project is Chris Durr and can be
reached via email at chris.durr@library.ca.gov.
Best wishes for a successful project.
Respectfully yours,
Greg Lucas
California State Librarian
CC: Monica Rivas, monica.rivas@library.ca.gov
Annly Roman, annly.roman@library.ca.gov
Yesenia Urdarbe, yesenia.udarbe@library.ca.gov
Shannon Vonnegut, SVonnegut@palmdesert.gov
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