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DESCRIPTION:Dear Neighbors,\nWe are parents that live in the Emeryville who use the 
 Emeryville Child Development Center (ECDC).\n\nThe Emeryville Child 
 Development Center has been serving families and children from ages 4 
 months-PreK in Emeryville for 31 years.  It brings together children 
 subsidized under a state grant along with families that pay full rate in a 
 high-quality, neighborhood program.  \n\nOn Dec. 21st parents were notified 
 of the City’s move to begin the process of outsourcing ECDC’s services 
 and firing all of ECDC’s teachers!\n\nDespite parent protests that 
 included a meeting with 60 angry parents, the Emeryville City Council and 
 City staff have been moving forward with a plan to outsource the Center.  
 We have repeatedly asked for an ECDC task force to work on a long-term, 
 sustainable funding solution for our Center.  Our parents are serious, 
 thoughtful, and committed to finding a solution.  \n\nBy outsourcing, the 
 City Council adds another layer of bureaucracy between themselves and the 
 people who live here.  It ensures that the companies and businesses won't 
 be approached for fundraising and there will be no need for "give-backs" to 
 the community from developers when they're provided with generous 
 subsidies.   Outsourcing may retain a form of childcare, but it will 
 weaken resident voices and the accountability of the Council to the people 
 that live in Emeryville.\n\nThe Rec Center programs will be considered next 
 in the plan for outsourcing, and then what will remain in Emeryville is an 
 imbalance of high-level administrators whose full-time jobs will be to make 
 sure that the people who use the services here are at a remove from the 
 City Council.\n\nThe Council will be voting on the final move to outsource 
 on April 6th @ 6pm at City Hall.\n\nContact our council members to voice 
 your concern about the outsourcing of City Services: \n\nJennifer 
 West emeryvillewest@gmail.com\nNora Davis 
 noradavis652@sbcglobal.net\nRuth Atkin ratkin@ci.emeryville.ca.us\nKurt 
 Brinkman kbrinkman@ci.emeryville.ca.us\nKen 
 Bukowski kbukowski@ci.emeryville.ca.us\n\nor call them at Ph: (510) 
 596-4376\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/14/18640970.php
SUMMARY:Emeryville City Council
LOCATION:Emeryville City Hall, 1333 Park Avenue  Emeryville, California 94608
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/14/18640970.php
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