[Library Advisory Board on May 5, 2024.]
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SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ROLL CALL.
AND THEN IS ANGELA ONLINE? YEAH, ONLINE.
SO CURRENTLY, WHILE WE'RE CHECKING ON THAT, UM, I'LL JUST LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TARA CHAPPELLE AND JAMES
AND THEN ANGELA HARTMAN WAS, UM, EXPECTING THAT SHE WOULD JOIN ONLINE, THAT SHE'S NOT CURRENTLY ONLINE.
SO AS SOON AS SHE LOGS IN, IF YOU'LL JUST LET US KNOW, WE CAN RECORD THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THEN MOVING RIGHT ALONG, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS FOR STAFF COMMENTS.
UM, WELL ACTUALLY I PUT MYSELF FOR LIBRARY STATISTIC, UM, SHARE THEM.
I DO WANT SAY OVERALL WE'VE BEEN KNEE DEEP IN OUR STATISTICS HERE LATELY BECAUSE ON BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM AND CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THUS FAR AND HOW HERE RECENTLY AS WELL.
UM, AND USING THOSE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS AND STUFF MODIFY, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT STAGNANT AND WE'RE ALWAYS MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
SO I COMPILED THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO THAT DOES INCLUDE THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE LAST A LITTLE BIT FEBRUARY, UM, WHICH WERE INCREASES ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT WERE DECREASES EXPLANATIONS, UM, SO PLEASE LOOK AROUND EDIT, LEMME KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THAT IS, AND WE'LL START WITH THE RENEWAL.
THE RENEWALS WAS MAINLY A
UM, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE NUMBERS
UM, BUT I DO REMEMBER PROGRAM SKYROCKETING AND UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST GRAPHICS THAT YOU'LL SEE.
WE OVER ALMOST BY HALF OF WHAT WE DID, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH CHANGE.
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JUST GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT.UM, WE HAVE EVERYBODY ON STAFF IS DOING SOME SORT OF PROGRAMING AND IT NOT BECAUSE THEY YOU TO DO THIS CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THEM.
WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT? LIKE IT, DO YOU EVEN WANT TO, UM, DO A PROGRAM? AND THEY ALL WERE LIKE, THEY CAME TO ME WITH IDEAS, LET'S TRY IT OUT.
UM, SO EVERYBODY IS, IS CHIPPING AND IT'S NOT JUST WEIGHING ON.
AND AS FAR AS THE, WHEN YOU SAID LIKE STAFF WERE INVITED TO SHARE THE THINGS THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THESE ARE ALSO THINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH INTEREST SURVEYS AND THERE WAS A, AN INTEREST IN THAT AREA, RIGHT.
IT SORT OF FELT IT WAS, IT WAS ALMOST MAGICAL THE WAY IT FELT BECAUSE WE SAW A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT A D AND D CLUB, RIGHT? AND THEN WE JUST SO HAPPENED TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DEAF WHO WORKED AT, UM, AT THE COMIC BOOK STORE WHERE THEY DID D AND D AND ALL, AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO DO ALL THE WAY FROM LOWER LEVEL TO ADVANCE.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, I WANT TO DO THAT.
SO IT JUST, EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF FELL INTO PLACE THAT WAY.
WE ALSO HAVE UTILIZED THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN, A COUPLE HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, BUT WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL BE BACKUPS.
SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY CALL IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO CANCEL THE PROGRAM.
UM, OR WE HAVE ONE, UM, WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO'S INCREDIBLY, UH, CREATIVE.
AND SO SHE WILL COME UP WITH A, LIKE A PLANT SWAP OR THE POKEMON, UH, CRAFTS THINGS THAT WE SEE A NEED FOR.
AND THEN SHE'LL KIND OF GRAB ONTO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HER OWN WHEELHOUSE.
AND SO SOMETIMES OUR PROGRAMS ARE LIKE OUR CONSISTENT PROGRAMS LIKE STORY TIME, YOU GONNA HAPPEN FOUR TIMES A WEEK EVERY WEEK.
UH, BUT THEN OTHER ONES ARE JUST OUR ONE-OFFS THAT, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STUDY ROOMS. MM-HMM
UM, SO WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE STUDY ROOMS. UM, IT'S, THE INCREASE DOES NOT SCALE TO WHAT I WOULD'VE EXPECTED GIVEN THAT THE FOOT TRAFFIC BEING SO INCREASED.
UM, I THINK I HAD HEARD TO RESERVE A STUDY ROOM, YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN PERSON.
THERE'S NO ONLINE RESERVATION.
AND ALSO, UM, I KNOW THERE'S JUST A HUNDRED INCREASE, BUT THINK ABOUT YOU HAVE, LIKE TODAY WE WERE OPEN 10 TO SIX AND ABOUT INCREMENTS, STUDY ROOMS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A DAY THAT I'VE WORKED HERE THAT THE STUDY WEREN'T BOOKED OUT COMPLETELY.
'CAUSE I'LL HAVE LOTS OF LAST MINUTE MEETINGS.
LIKE SOMEBODY WILL COME IN AND WANT TALK IN MY OFFICE, I'LL GO OUT AND I'LL ALSO GET SERVICE CENTER AVAILABLE ON EVERY TIME
BUT, UM, THAT NUMBER IS REALLY A, US BEING MAXED OUT WITH THOSE TWO.
SO IS THERE A TIMES THAT YOU MIGHT GET A REQUEST FROM ONE THAN TWO HOURS? YEAH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROCEDURE WHERE, BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE VERBALLY, BUT IF THEY COME TO COUNT, THAT IS A SESSION.
RIGHT? IT'S SIX 12 AND WE HAVE ANGELA HARTMAN JOINING US JUST FOR THE MINUTES.
CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY, ANGELA? OKAY, PERFECT.
AND ALSO, I, I, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SHARING, THAT IS TOTALLY FINE.
UM, SO, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS A LOT TOO.
UM, SO LIKE SOMEONE CAME IN RIGHT AT 10 OR 11 WHEN WE OPENED THIS MORNING AND THEY SAID, IS THERE A PRIOR ROOM?
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WELL, THEY WERE BOTH BOOKED AND SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHO WAS HELPING, BUT SHE SAID TO HIM, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS TIME OPEN IN THIS ROOM AND THIS TIME, OR WHATEVER.SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOO IS IF THEY'RE BOOKED UP AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HERE, THEY WILL JUST USE A SPOT IN THE LIBRARY.
LIKE ONE OF OUR LITTLE SORT OF QUARTER AREAS.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE, I KNOW THAT NUMBER IS EVEN MORE, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRACKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMEBODY WHO TRIES TO GET A STUDY ROOM AND DOESN'T GET ONE AND THEN ENDS UP STILL USING, UTILIZING OUR SPACE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE CAPTURED, UM, ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS WE OPENED OUR, UM, PUBLIC LIBRARY GENERAL FEEDBACK SURVEY.
WE STARTED IT IN JANUARY AND WE HAVE HAD 178, NO, 179.
I I FORGOT TO HAVE, UH, RESPONSES.
AND WE DID A DRAWING FOR A TEXAN, UM, CAFE GIFT CARD, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, THAT REALLY HELPED US GET EVEN MORE, UH, FEEDBACK.
BUT ONE OF THE DATA PIECES THAT I THINK IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND I'M NOT SORRY I'M NOT READY TO PROJECT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU OF THOSE 179 PEOPLE, WE ASKED THEM TO SAY WHY THEY'VE BEEN TO THE LIBRARY RECENTLY.
AND SO THEY CAN CHECK MORE THAN ONE THING.
UM, THE TOP ANSWER, OF COURSE, 150 OF THOSE 1 39 HERE, TWO, RIGHT.
COMING IN AT SECOND PLACE AT EIGHT, NINE PEOPLE IS PROGRAMS. AND THEN TIDE FOR THIRD PLACE IS MAKING COPIES.
THEY'RE USING THE PRINTER, THEY'RE USING THE COMPUTER.
AND THEN A QUIET PLACE TO STUDY COMES IN, LIKE FORTH.
SO YOU CAN SEE LIKE, UM, WELL YOU CAN'T SEE.
I CAN SEE, BUT YOU CAN HERE THAT, UM, THERE, THESE, THESE SPACES ARE BEING UTILIZED AT MAX CAPACITY LITERALLY FROM THE TIME WE, UNTIL THE TIME WE CLOSED.
WE LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE AND DOING MORE THAN ONE THING.
THEY ONLY DOES SOMEBODY JUST COME IN HERE TO USUALLY SOMETHING ELSE THEY'RE DOING AS WELL.
SO IT DOES, IT'S A REALLY GOOD, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO UNFORTUNATELY TURN PEOPLE AWAY FOR PROGRAMS BECAUSE AT MAX CAPACITY HAVE, UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO START TRACKING FOR RESERVATIONS WHEN WE HAVE TO TURN THEM AWAY? YES.
AND I, I DO WANNA REPORT THAT WE HAVE NOT TURNED ANYONE AWAY VERY LONG TIME.
UM, WE HAVE FOUR STORY TIMES NOW TOO.
UM, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD TO TURN ANYONE AWAY.
WE'RE UTILIZING COUNCIL CHAMBERS MULTIPLE TIMES A MONTH FOR OUR PROGRAMMING.
THE STICKY PART IS LIKE WE JUST FOUND OUT THERE'S GONNA BE A RUNOFF ELECTION.
SO OUR SUMMER READING KICKOFF PARTY WAS MEANT TO
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LIKE, WE'RE GONNA USE THIS SPACE AND HOLD THE DOOR OPEN AND THEN USE PART OF THE LOBBY AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN.
JUST DOING IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
LIKE WHEN IS THE, THE SUMMER KICKOFF? IT'S MAY 30TH.
I'M WONDERING, I HAVE IS MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO POST THIS, IF THAT EVEN MAKES SENSE TO CHANGE THE LOCATION.
IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CUT RESOURCE CENTER ALREADY COMING.
THEY'RE GONNA DO A TABLE ABOUT THREE MEALS FOR FAMILIES OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THEN OUR FRIENDS GROUP IS GOING TO, UM, HAVE A TABLE AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU CAN FIND LIKE A, BECAUSE WE, WE REACHED OUT TO DISCOVERY.
WE HAVE SOMETHING BOOKED WITH THEM, UM, DISCOVERY UNITED METHOD CHURCH EVENT CENTER.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR CHEMISTRY ROAD SHOW THERE OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE THAT IS SO HEAVILY ATTENDED.
I'M TALKING LIKE 300 PLUS PEOPLE, UM, THAT WE HAD TO GET A BIGGER SPACE FOR
UM, IF YOU HEAR OF ANY OTHER PLACES, LIKE LET ME KNOW.
UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANNA EVER HAVE TO DO AGAIN.
UM, ANY OTHER LIBRARY STATISTICS? ARE WE READY TO GO ON TO CORE 0.2? DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE JUST QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T AND THAT'S ANNUALLY DONE.
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EVERY LINE IS AN IMPROVEMENT.SO THAT WILL, WE'LL GET RESULTS FROM THAT LATER THIS YEAR.
OH, IT'S SO EVERY ACCREDITED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, AND THAT, THAT REMIND ME, I'LL SAY THIS QUICKLY.
UM, SO THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE NEWS, IF YOU'VE HEARD OF IMLS BEING FUNDED FEDERALLY, INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES, THAT ACTUALLY HAS DEFUNDED THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL.
UH, BECAUSE THE FEDERAL FUNDS, THE STATE AND OUR STATE IS, IS T SLACK.
I'VE HEARD THAT, BUT IT'S TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES AND COMMISSION, OR LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEY, UM, GIVE US A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT ON OUR ILL.
SO WHEN WE DO INTER LIBRARY LOANS AND WE'RE SENDING OUT THE OTHER ACCREDITED, UH, THEY DO A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, UH, FOR US, WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO RECEIVE THAT.
UM, SO I AM ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 26 BECAUSE ONE OF THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED WAS INCREASING OUR, SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER WAY THAT I-M-L-S-D HAS AFFECTED US IS THROUGH PROTECTION DATABASES.
SO WE GET LIKE A DEAL, LIKE A DISCOUNT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ACCREDITED, I THINK WE PAY LIKE $400 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE, AND, AND WHEN I SAY DATABASES, I MEAN LIKE THERE'S TONS OF DATABASES IN THERE FROM PAGES BIRTH ALL THE WAY UP ON, ON A HOST OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.
AND UM, THERE'S ALSO THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF
SO THAT HAS BEEN DEFUNDED AS WELL.
UM, SO, UM, I'VE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO STILL BE ABLE TO COVER THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT USAGE.
UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WONDER ABOUT THAT.
IT IS AFFECTING US SO FAR IN THOSE TWO THINGS.
I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR AGENDA REQUEST, UH, I'LL ASK NOW, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP THE EMAIL IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
COULD YOU PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMS IMPACTED BY ANY OF THE BUDGET CUTS OR JUST SO THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT? THANK YOU.
I HAVE A, WHAT WHAT MINUTES IS OUR VIDEO STREAMING LIBRARY
THEY'RE JUST A DIGITAL, UM, OR A TEXT MEMBER, ANOTHER LIBRARY VIDEOS,
UM, THERE IS ONE SOLUTION I'M GOING IS LINKING IT UP WITH OUR CATALOG.
UM, I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME WE ADVERTISE CANOPY AND WHAT IT IS, WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAVE THAT.
HAVE, UM, ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, SHE'S
AND I THINK THOSE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THINGS DIGITALLY TO KIND OF FREE UP SOME SPACE.
NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE HERE, WE DEFINITELY DO, BUT IT MAY MAKE THAT MORE APPROACHABLE FOR PEOPLE.
KNOW BETTER VERSE WITH PLATFORMS. ALSO A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH
RECENTLY I DID THE OF HIGH SCHOOL CAREER FAIR AND INSTEAD OF LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY JOB OPENINGS, BUT I TOLD 'EM ALL ABOUT OUR ONLINE RESOURCES, UHHUH,
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA SEE A, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARY STATISTICS, ANGELA? JUST CONFIRMING YOU CAN STILL HEAR.
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OKAY.CAN I, SORRY,
I JUST, MY CONNECTION'S NOT GOOD, BUT IT'S CUTTING IN AND OUT, BUT I'M HEARING MOST OF IT.
SO ONTO DEBRIEFING OF THE PUBLIC BUDGET WORKSHOP.
ALRIGHT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THIS, TANYA AND I WERE THERE.
UM, THIS WAS, THEY CALL IT THE DOT THE DOT EXERCISE.
APPARENTLY IT WAS DONE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS, AND THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING IT.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, SO IT WAS AN OPEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS EVEN CHILDCARE PROVIDED ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC COULD COME.
UM, AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS WERE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THAT CAME UP.
AND WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK THAT CITY SURVEY, THAT REALLY LONG CITY SURVEY, REMEMBER I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT HAD THE VIDEO FOR EACH DEPARTMENT AND THEY, IT WASN'T THE DEPARTMENTS THAT IDENTIFIED, UM, THESE VALUE ADDS, UM, OF THINGS TO DO WITH UPCOMING, UPCOMING BUDGET.
AND SO THEY TOLD ME LIKE THE THREE THINGS THAT CAME UP REPEATEDLY FOR THE LIBRARY WAS A NEW LIBRARY BUILDING, UM, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL LIBRARY PROGRAMMING BECAUSE WE COULD SEE SUCH A PROGRAMMING AND I HAD TO DO A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTAL WITH GRANTS, UM, TO FUND ALL OF THAT EXTRA STUFF.
UM, AND THEN AN INCREASE IN INVENTORY, NOT JUST PHYSICAL, BUT DIGITAL AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE IDENTIFIED, UH, THINGS.
AND, AND AFTER, I MEAN THIS WAS LIKE A FOUR HOUR WORKSHOP.
EVERYONE, 'CAUSE OF COURSE PARTS IS ON, THEIR PD IS ON THERE, ENGINEERING IS ON THEIR PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNICATIONS.
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE THERE IN SOME WAY.
UM, AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE ITEM THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE, IN THE BUDGET.
AND SO CITY MANAGER WENT AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT EACH ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY, UM, AND THE INFORMATION, LIKE I FOUND THIS SO HELPFUL JUST IN PERSON.
I WAS LIKE, OH, THEY HAD, UM, THE TOTAL COST, WHETHER IT WAS AN ANNUAL COST OR A RECURRING, I MEAN A ANNUAL COST OR A ONE TIME FEE.
AND THEN IT WOULD, AND THEN THAT PERCENTAGE OF HOWEVER MANY PENNIES IT WAS GONNA COST EXTRA, WE'LL SAY ON, ON THE TAX INCREASE.
BUT THEY WORKED THROUGH, UM, AND THEY AS A GROUP, THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEY WENT THROUGH WITH THESE DOTS.
THEY WERE RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEANT, BUT IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS A, WE NEED THIS RIGHT NOW.
LIKE THIS IS A, WE NEEDED THIS YESTERDAY.
ONE WAS, IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE FIRST PLACE.
LIKE WE DON'T NEED IT AS BAD AS THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND THEN GREEN IS, IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE CAN WAIT.
SO TRADITIONALLY LAST YEAR LIBRARY WAS, UM, PICTURE, I'M PICTURING HOW IT ENDED UP.
THEY TOOK ALL OF THE, EACH ONE OF THE ASKS, SO THIS, THIS ONE WOULD SAY LIBRARY BUILDING AND IT WOULD HAVE THE AMOUNT AT THE TOP OF THAT PERCENTAGE OR WHATEVER.
THEY ARRANGED THEM BASED ON THE RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN, UH, DOTS, THE MOST IMPORTANT, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE LEAST IMPORTANT.
AND THERE WERE LIKE 25, UH, UH, PAPERS THERE.
AND THEN TO FINE TUNE IT AND MOVE IT AROUND, THEY DID A SECOND SORT OF, UH, GO THROUGH AND SAID, OKAY, NOW THAT WE SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS OF WHAT EVERYBODY DID INDIVIDUALLY AS A GROUP, LET'S DECIDE WHAT'S REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO THEY LITERALLY MOVED, YOU WOULD SAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE? IS THIS EQUALLY OR IS THIS MORE IMPORTANT? IS THIS LESS IMPORTANT? AND THEN THEY MOVED THEM AROUND AND THEN AT THE END WE HAD OUR LIST AND THEY DID A, TOOK SOME COLORED TAPE AND THEY SAID, IF A PERSON IS WILLING TO SPEND, LET'S SAY AN EXTRA $10 A MONTH, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET.
SEE EXACTLY WHAT AN EXTRA $10 A MONTH GET.
AND THEN AN EXTRA $20 A MONTH YOU CAN SEE.
AND THEN I WANNA SAY ALL 25 THINGS THEY SAID WAS A, AN ADDITIONAL $25 IN SOME.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THOSE EXTRA FUNDS MEAN, WHAT YOU CAN GET WITH THEM.
WELL, I ALMOST SCREAMED WITH JOY BECAUSE THE LIBRARY TRADITIONALLY IS AT THE END, BUT USUALLY WE'RE AT THE VERY END, RIGHT.
LIBRARY BUILDING WAS NUMBER THREE.
AND I WAS JUST SITTING THERE LIKE, HOLY MOLY, BECAUSE IN, IN THE SURVEY, THAT PUBLIC FACING SURVEY AND ALSO OUR SURVEY THAT WE DO HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SAY THE MOST.
RIGHT? SO WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE KNOW.
AND IT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED BACK AS WE KNOW.
IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK FOR THREE YEARS.
JUST THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT FIRST.
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WE WERE JUST LIKE, OH MY SO EXCITED THAT THERE WAS A RECOGNITION.NOW THE UM, FURTHER DOWN THE LINE WAS THE, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR PROGRAMMING AND INCREASED INVENTORY.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT WENT.
FIRST WAS ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS.
AND THAT WAS, UM, ADDITIONAL, IT WAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 PATROL OFFICER OFFICERS.
SECOND WAS ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE FROM THE, THE COMMUNITY.
SOME OF 'EM I'VE SEEN BEFORE AT MEETINGS AND SOME OF THEM I I
UM, AND THEN AFTER US CAME THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UM, AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VEHICLE, ADDITIONAL TEEN CAMPS, WEATHER MONITORING STATION, ALL OF THOSE CAME AFTER.
NOW DOES THAT MEAN THAT ANYTHING IS SET IN STONE? NO.
WHAT IT DOES REFLECT IS THAT THERE THE NEED IS, IS THERE, PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE AND WE MIGHT BE IN A POSITION TO WORK WITH THAT FOUR YEAR PLAN.
UH, THE FIRST FIRST YEAR BEING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND THEN IT KIND OF PROGRESSES THROUGH THE, THOSE FOUR YEARS.
SO I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT RESULT JUST BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S VERY EASY, I THINK SOMETIMES TOO.
'CAUSE WE LOOK AT THE PRICE TAG OF SOMETHING, UM, IT'S VERY EASY TO LIKE, OH, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT, BUT IT'S AT SOME POINT WE NARROWED THE GAP.
THEY SEE THE NEED IN A BIGGER SPACE.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS THAT, THAT THAT IS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.
AND, UM, I'M REALLY, REALLY HOPEFUL THAT OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL GO THROUGH HERE.
DO WE HAPPEN TO KNOW OF THE PARTICIPANTS FROM THE PUBLIC? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ACTIVE LIBRARY USERS? I'M JUST REALLY CURIOUS.
NO, UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THEM, SO THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING.
UM, BUT UH, I MEAN HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE? IT DID SAY THEY COMPARED IT TO WATCHING, BUT ONLY BY
AND THERE WERE ALL DIFFERENT AGE RANGES.
MALE, FEMALE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY DIVERSE GROUP.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO KIND OF, SORT OF BEYOND THE OUTSKIRTS OF THAT, HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE BEING HAD CAME UP AND TALKED TO TA AND I AND ASKED US VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN EXTRA INVENTORY? YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET ADDITIONAL INVENTORY? WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE READING PROCESS.
CERTAIN, UH, THE BOOKS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE LOST OR DAMAGED.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE FACT THAT WE CAN FOR DIGITAL PURCHASES AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT, UM, WAS ACTUALLY I THINK A REALLY GOOD, UM, EXERCISE.
UM, AND SO I GET, I CAN NOW USE THAT AS A DATA POINT.
I THINK IT'S ALSO EXCITING BECAUSE I KNOW THIS BOARD HAS BEEN QUITE INTERESTED IN THAT.
THE LAST TIME WE DID, SORRY, MY ASTHMA IS ACTING UP.
THE LAST TIME WE DID KIND OF A DEEP DIVE.
UH, WE WERE UPSTAIRS, IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR.
AND WE DUG THROUGH A SURVEY THAT, THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US AT THE TIME.
AND IT WASN'T SPECIFIC TO THE LIBRARY, IT WAS ACROSS ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND AT THE TIME WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE COMMENTS AND SAW HOW THINGS WERE PRIORITIZED, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME.
LIKE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BUILDING HAS REACHED NEXT CAPACITY, BUT IN THE, THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF ALL THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ADVOCATE.
WE, WE NEEDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING, BUT WHICH IS WHY THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD REALLY GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S WATER, UM, WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR COMMUNITY OUR SIZE, AND THEN ALSO PLANNING FOR GROWTH.
UM, AND SO TO YOUR POINT, I THINK, YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GETTING A BUILDING TOMORROW.
BUT IT IS TIME TO START DOING THAT BUILDING SETTING SO WE CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT, WHAT BUDGET IMPACT WOULD THAT EVEN HAVE? YOU KNOW? YES MA'AM.
I CAN SAY PERSONAL THAT, UM, DID THE SURVEY.
OH REALLY? I, FOR ONE TRIED ON FOUR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND EVERY TIME I WOULD CLICK ON IT BECAUSE I WOULD GET A REMINDER, HEY, YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN A SURVEY YET.
HEY, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT I TRIED, THE LAPTOP, TABLET DID NOT MATTER.
I COULD NOT ACCESS THE SURVEY.
I'M GONNA SHARE THAT WITH COMM.
I WOULD ASSUME YOU'D BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF LIBRARY INITIATIVE.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF EVEN WITHOUT YOUR INPUT.
EVEN IF MY VOICE, MY VOICE COULDN'T BE HEARD.
HOW MANY DON'T HAVE THAT'S TRUE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY FORMS? WEREN'T ABLE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE MAIL OUT SURVEY THIS YEAR.
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YEAH.THE FIRST WEEK I GOT DIDN'T WORK, SO THEN I CALLED AND THEY SENT ME A SECOND LINK THAT DIDN'T WORK.
BUT WHEN MY SON WENT TO FILL IT OUT, HIS DIDN'T WORK.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE CALLED OR NOT, BUT I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO CALL AND MY RANDOM DAYS OFF AND IT, I WOULD TRY.
AND I'M TRYING TO THINK, I TOOK IT AS A PERSON WHO WORKS IN WAS A SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SPECIFIC.
IT NORMALLY IS ONE PER HOUSEHOLD IN THE WRITTEN FORM, BUT THE LINK ALLOWED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SURVEY IF YOU COULD.
THE LINK THAT WAS SENT TO YOU IS SPECIFIC TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
YOUR LINK WAS SPECIFIC TO YEAH.
WELL I DON'T KNOW HOW MY SON GOT IT BECAUSE HE CAME AND ASKED ME, HE'S LIKE, I GOT THIS
OH, I, AND I SAID, YEAH, IF YOU GET IT, DO IT.
I DID NOT GET ONE, BUT I DON'T LIVE WITH MY HUSBAND GOT A LINK AS WELL.
AND HE'S LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? AND I'M LIKE, CLICK ON IT, SEE IF IT WORKS FOR YOU.
DID IT WORK FOR YOU? SO I IS GOOD FEEDBACK THOUGH THAT I WILL SHARE WITH COMMS. UM, ALSO BRINGING THAT UP, LIKE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY BECAUSE I WORK HERE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE IF YOU'RE ON BOARD, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD INCLUDE THAT TOO.
SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE GROUPS THAT CAN TAKE IT.
SO THE LINK THAT I USED, I THINK DIRECTLY, I WANNA SAY I ALSO FISHED.
SO IN THAT CASE I COULD HAVE TAKEN IT.
I JUST DID NOT EVEN WHEN I TRIED GOING THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THOUGH, ON LINK, ANYTIME I WOULD CLICK ON IT AND I DID THE SAME THING, COMPUTER PHONE, SAME.
THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
'CAUSE WE REALLY WANT AS ACCURATE OF DATA AS WE POSSIBLY CAN GET.
I WILL SAY THOUGH, UM, AS FAR AS THE DATA THAT WE GOT FROM THE LIBRARY, WHICH I WAS REWRITE THE VERY END OF THE SURVEY AND IT'S LIKE 5 MILLION HOUR SURVEY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I'M LIKE, HOW DID WE GET SOME DATA? WE GOT SOME GREAT DATA, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE DID GET SOME CRITICAL DATA.
I MEAN THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW HAD SOME VERY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS, BUT IT'S ALL HELPFUL.
UM, AND SO IT, IT WAS, IT WAS HELPFUL THAT WE GOT AS MANY RESULTS AS WE DID.
UM, ARE THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR? UM, I THINK IT WAS.
THEY DID, BUT IT WASN'T AS MANY AS I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING GET.
I THINK THEY SET, I THINK THEY SET THEIR GOAL JUST ABOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I WAS, AND IT, AND IT WAS A LOT BIGGER THAN, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT NOW HEARING THAT BECAUSE HAVE BEEN FOR US, IT WAS GREAT TOO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WHO COMES IN THE LIBRARY AND USES OUR SERVICES AND THEY SURVEY, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE DO AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWAKE.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY, THERE WERE A LOT OF RESPONSES.
LIKE, I DIDN'T REALIZE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MY LITTLE VIDEO PLAY AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN LIKE, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAD ALL THIS STUFF I DIDN'T REALIZE.
SO THAT WAS GOOD FEEDBACK FOR US TOO BECAUSE, UM, WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE, UH, WORKING ON THAT AWARENESS PIECE.
BUT I WILL, I WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO COMMS. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THE WORKSHOP? IT WAS OUT, BUT THAT JAMES DOES A WONDERFUL, BUT THEY'RE WANTING MORE AND MORE TO COME.
SO PAGES THAT BE MADE TO MODIFY KNOW THIS YEAR THEY ADDED ON CHILD FOR CHILDCARE, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TIME.
BUT IT ALSO, LIKE I, I KNOW I WAS, UM, GONNA MISS MY CHILD'S SOCCER GAME TO BE THERE.
SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF PARENTS PROBABLY WEREN'T ABLE TO, 'CAUSE IT REALLY IS THAT SORT OF SEASON, WHATEVER SO BUSY ON SATURDAYS.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY HAVE BEEN BROKEN OUT ALREADY? WERE PUBLIC CONSUMPTION LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR? BECAUSE IF IT HAS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL
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WORK FOR US JUST TO LOOK AT THAT TOGETHER IN OUR NEXT MEETING.YEAH, I ALMOST WISH I WOULD'VE THOUGHT TO ASK ABOUT THAT FOR TODAY SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING CONVERSATION, WE'LL HAVE AND JUST A LITTLE BIT HAVE THAT LENS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SORRY, I'M JUST GONNA BE ANNOYING AND ATTENTION SEEKING.
AND THERE IS A LOT, I MEAN, UM, IT STARTED OUT LIKE THEY, THEY, UH, COMMS, UM, GAVE ME LIKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MM-HMM
AND I WAS LIKE, OH NO, WE NEED TO COLLECT MORE DATA THAN THIS.
UM, AND WE, I I WHITTLED THEM DOWN TO WHAT, BECAUSE I ALSO THINK, UH, LIKE ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE HAD IS NOT TO JUST, AND, AND NOT THAT WE WOULD EVER ASK THIS.
AND, AND NOT THAT ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING THIS, BUT KNOWING AT TIMES OUR PRIORITIES.
THEY'RE PRESSING AND URGENT TO US IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
THEY MAY NOT BE THE MOST PRESSING OR URGENT THING, BUT IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE PRESSING AND URGENT GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC, HOW CAN WE HELP KIND OF MOVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS? AS YOU GUYS REMEMBER, THAT IS HOW WE WROTE OUR GOALS LAST YEAR, WAS LOOKING AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID WERE PRESSING URGENT THINGS, WHAT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EACH INDIVIDUALIZED, LIKE WHAT THEY SAID INDIVIDUALLY WERE THEIR GOALS.
AND WE MADE A WHAT I FELT LIKE A REALLY SUPPORTIVE NETWORK OF RELATED GOALS SO THAT WE COULD HELP THEM MEET THEIR GOALS, BUT ALSO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD IDENTIFIED AS THE MOST PRESSING URGENT NEEDS.
WELL, THANK YOU LADIES FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
NEXT UP, UM, IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 4TH AND FEBRUARY 10TH.
YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE, UM, THOSE COPIES OF THOSE MINUTES.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO REVIEW THEM, I KNOW NOVEMBER WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
UM, BUT IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A PEEK AT IT ONCE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU APPROPRIATELY PERUSED IT, JUST GIMME A THUMBS UP.
AND I, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE, UM, NOVEMBER OH YEAH, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024 AND FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025 MEETINGS.
THE SECOND TANYA MAKES THE SECOND.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? THERE'S A TYPO MOTION.
SO THEN I WILL AMEND THAT MOTION TO REFLECT A CORRUPTION ON THE TOP OF THE AGENDA.
IT WAS THE FEBRUARY 10TH MEETING.
WILL ANYONE EXCEPT THAT FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THAT, UH, THE MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 10TH MEETING AND THE NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE DATE FOR THAT FEBRUARY MEETING.
UM, KYLE, THAT YOU WERE THE MO MAKER OF THAT MOTION, WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT OF CORRECTING THAT DATE? ABSOLUTELY.
TANYA, YOU ALRIGHT THEN AS WELL? ANY OTHER
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DISCUSSION RELATED TO THAT? THAT WAS OUR MOST COMPLEX MOTION, YOU GUYS.IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL FOUR ZERO TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.
COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, ON PUT THIS ON YOUR RADAR AT THE, UM, WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WANTED TO DO IS TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, UM, SENDING AN INVITE FROM THE DEIV COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A JOINT MEETING WITH US EITHER IN JUNE OR JULY.
UM, THEY MEET ON THE THIRD TUESDAY FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
UM, IF WE WERE TO DO JUNE, IT WOULD BE THE 17TH.
IF WE WERE TO DO JULY, IT WOULD BE THE 15TH.
UM, FIRST, ARE WE OPEN TO A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THEM?
SO DO WE HAVE A PREFERENCE? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE GROUP HERE, BUT THEIR PREFERENCE, UM, BETWEEN THE JUNE DATE FOR THE JULY DATE BE JUNE 17TH OR JULY 15TH.
ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF DATES RIGHT NOW? THERE'S NOTHING ON EITHER DAY FROM MY CALENDAR.
SO, SO IF IF NOBODY HAS A STRONG PREFERENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE, UM, OFFER UP THE JUNE DATE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING COMES UP, THEN WE CAN REVISIT THAT AND POSSIBLY DO JULY INSTEAD WORK.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE'LL LET, UH, KRISTEN GO AHEAD AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STAFF LIAISON TO GET THAT SCHEDULED.
AND SHE'LL SEND OUT INVITES THAT'S ON OUR CALENDARS THE JUNE 17TH.
UM, SOME OTHER, OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS, UM, I'D ALREADY REQUESTED IT, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, YOU KNOW, BUDGET IMPACTS TO OUR SERVICES AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER IN THE FUTURE, MAKING SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND SO KRISTEN AND I HAVE ALREADY KIND OF BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO, UM, CERTAINLY WE WANNA DISCUSS THAT OURSELVES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF IT, BUT BE THINKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN TACTFULLY COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE, THE PUBLIC.
UM, NOT WE'RE PICKING SIZE OR, OR, OR ANYTHING JUST AS A, A LEVEL OF AWARENESS IF OUR PROGRAMS LOOK DIFFERENT, WHAT'S DRIVING THAT DECISION MAKING? UM, SOME OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS WE KNOW THAT WE EACH HAVE, UM, FOUR TERMS. UM, AND WE SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY KIND OF THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU WERE TO MOVE, FOR EXAMPLE, KYLE, YOU GO SOMEPLACE ELSE, HAVING A PIPELINE OF POTENTIAL LAB MEMBERS I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
HOPE THAT EVERYONE STAYS THERE FULL TERM.
UM, BUT IF YOU EVER KNOW, IF SOMEBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO GET THEM INVOLVED, PERHAPS INVITE THEM TO A LAB MEETING.
THERE'S A PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE MEETING ITSELF IS LIKE, IT'S A MEETING HELD IN THE PUBLIC, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC MEETING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A SENSE OF WHAT, WHAT BEING ON THE LAB MEANS AND, AND WHAT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
WHICH LEADS ME, I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS I HAD INITIALLY FOR CHAIR COMMENTS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I HAD SAID? I WAS, UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, FIVE THREE EXPIRING BOARD TERMS. SO I HAD ASKED KRISTEN IF WE COULD HAVE THIS AS AN ANNUAL TOPIC.
SO WE GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE WHO, UH, WHOSE TERM IS UP NOW WE KNOW AS LAB MEMBERS, UH, WE SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS. AND TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO EXPIRATION.
LIKE YOU CAN CONTINUOUSLY SERVE AS LONG AS YOU'RE REAPPOINTED, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO, UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE COMING UP.
ONE BEING JAMES MATTLOCK AND HE HAS INDICATED HE PLANS TO REAPPLY.
THE OTHER POSITION, UM, THAT IS UP WOULD BE TARA'S AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SHE INTENDS TO APPLY.
AND SO IN ACTS, SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO SHE CAN'T SPEAK FOR HERSELF.
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ENDING IN JUNE.SO BEFORE OUR NEXT LAB MEETING.
SO I ASK TO YOU IS IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT, ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SHOW AN OPENING.
NOW, THE THOUGHT WOULD BE LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET PEOPLE, UH, VETTED, INTERVIEWED.
AND SO POTENTIALLY WE HAVE THAT SPOT FILLED BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING SO WE DON'T GO, WE MEET SO INFREQUENTLY WE CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO HAVE A VACANCY.
SO IT JUST SO HAPPENS THIS HAPPENS.
UM, BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS, ANGELA'S ALSO UP.
SHE, UM, THAT SHE COVERED, SO SHE CAME IN.
SO THEN ANGELA, YOU ARE, YOU WERE, UM, SETTING IN FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM.
SO YOUR TERM IS ALSO COMING UP IN JUNE.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW IN THE CALL, BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT IF YOU INTEND TO REAPPLY, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A HEADS UP SO WE, UH, RECRUIT, UM, ACCORDINGLY.
SO, OR I SHOULD SAY, IF YOU DO NOT PLAN TO REAPPLY, IF YOU'LL LET US KNOW.
SO WE ARE RECRUITING APPROPRIATELY.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY HAS TO REAPPLY.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE RE-INTERVIEWED, BUT THAT IS THE EXPECTATION.
SO EVEN THOUGH FOR EXAMPLE, ANGELA REALLY LITERALLY JUST GOT INTERVIEWED AND SHE JUST GOT AN APPLICATION, SHE WOULD JUST RE RESUBMIT AND PUT A NEW DATE ON IT.
JAMES AND I SIGNED ON THE SAME.
I KNOW, BUT I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UM, BECAUSE WE FILLED IN FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT YES, I THE CITY SECRETARY AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SHE INDICATED THAT YOU WERE FILLING IN FOR A POSITION TOOK OVER WHATEVER THE TERM DATE WAS.
SO EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH, UM, JUNE 30TH IS EVERYBODY'S TERM END, IT'S JUST THE YEARS ARE DIFFERENT.
NEXT MEETING THAT WHERE I, WE ALL GOT SWORN IN ON THE SAME NIGHT BECAUSE I GOT SWORN IN.
I THINK THE SAME NIGHT Y'ALL GOT SWORN IN.
WHAT YEAR DOES EVERYONE WELL IN OUR EXPIRING MEETING, I DUNNO, GOT CORRECTED.
YEAH, AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH KRISTEN.
UM, BECAUSE THESE PHYSICIANS ARE LIKE ALLOTTED TO A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME, UM, WE KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF TURNOVER IN NOT ONLY STAFF BUT ALSO BOARD MEMBERS.
THE, SOME BOARD MEMBERS WOULD MAKE IT TO ONE MEETING AND NEVER COME BACK AGAIN.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STABILIZED.
AND SO, UM, IT, ONE THING WE COULD DO IN OUR NEXT MEETING WHEN WE COME BACK IS WE CAN COME WITH A LIST OF EVERYONE'S, UM, EXPIRATION DATE.
NOT THAT WE ARE EXPIRING OUR TERMS EXPIRATION DATE.
I HAVE, IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE OKAY, PERFECT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT THE DATES HAVE BEEN FIXED BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WAS DISCREPANCY ABOUT THE DATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT NOW IT'S ALL STANDARDIZED.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS, RIGHT? BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE TURNING OVER YEAR TO YEAR SO THAT WE, AGAIN, WE ONLY MEET QUARTERLY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE QUEUED UP TO SERVE IN THOSE ROLES.
UM, SO THAT WE DON'T SPEND ONE MEETING.
OH, HALF THE, WE DON'T HAVE A BOARD OF HALF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SO.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOARD FIRMS CONVERSATION? I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M AN AUTOPILOT, SO I DON'T WANNA TALK THROUGH THINGS.
IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OR TALK OVER THINGS THAT, THERE'S THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.
UM, SO THEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO FIVE FOUR, FINALIZING THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID PROBABLY THE THING THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF, WE GOT TOGETHER, WE SHARED IDEAS, WE CAME UP WITH TANGIBLE, MEASURABLE GOALS.
WE USED A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES, RIGHT? LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, LOOKING AT THE, THE PRIORITIES OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, KNOWING THAT, THAT WE, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IN LINE WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO.
HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? UM, AND SO I WAS SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
AND SO GUESS WHAT? IT'S TIME TO DO THAT AGAIN.
UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE A LIST OF THE PRIORITIES FROM THE OTHER, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE KNOW WHAT KRISTEN HAD SHARED.
THE TOP THREE AREAS OF, OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD RECOGNIZED FOR US WOULD BE,
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UM, NEW LIBRARY BUILDING, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING AND INCREASING THE INVENTORY.WE KNOW THOSE THINGS SAT DIFFERENTLY ON THE SPECTRUM OF NEEDS, BUT I READ THEM IN THE, IN THE ORDER OF PARTY AS PROVIDED TO US.
UM, HOW WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO GO ABOUT THIS? OR DID YOU GUYS INTEND TO FACILITATE? THERE'S NOBODY'S NAME ON IT.
FOR ME, THE, THE DEMAND IN PROGRAMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS ONE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR MM-HMM
UM, AND WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND THE ATTENDANCE SCALED ALMOST THE EXACT SAME RATE.
THAT'S LIKE 60% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
60% INCREASE IN PROGRAMS, 60% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE.
THAT TO ME MEANS THERE'S STILL A DEMAND FOR ATTENDANCE.
BUT WE BROKE IT DOWN QUITE A BIT LAST YEAR AS WELL WHERE IT WAS IDENTIFYING SENIOR PROGRAMS VERSUS TEAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THE WAY WE GOT THAT INFORMATION WAS BY LOOKING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
WHAT WERE THE THINGS THAT MAYBE IT WASN'T IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LIBRARY, BUT THESE WERE NEEDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND SO WE FIGURED OUT LIKE WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? CAN WE TAG ONTO AND PICK UP AND RUN WITH BETTER TERM? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO.
WE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN, LIKE DEAN AND SENIOR MM-HMM
SO SEEING HOW THOSE HAVE TURNED OUT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE MORE DEMAND IS NOW, KNOWING THAT WE ONLY MEET QUARTERLY AND I'M FINE EITHER WAY.
I WONDER IF THERE IS VALUE IN, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN FOR THIS SURVEY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE EXACT SAME FORMAT, BUT AS LAST YEAR, I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SUGGEST A SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO MEET MAYBE IN JUNE TO DO THAT ALREADY.
HAVING A SPECIAL CALL MEETING MAYBE MM-HMM
IT'S NOT LAB SPECIFIC SEPARATELY.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT ANOTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUT PLANNING THAT WOULD BE ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.
UM, MAYBE WE CONSIDER DOING LIKE A SATURDAY MORNING.
I WELL THAT'S HARD FOR YOU, ISN'T IT? OKAY.
WOULD IT BE A VIRTUAL? UM, I THINK THAT IS TRICKY BECAUSE YOU USE TEAM RIGHT? FOR, AND THAT COULD STILL MAKE IT PUBLIC.
THERE'S A LOT FOR US TO COMMIT TO THE SECOND TUESDAY WE CAN DO THE DE I.
UM, AND SO THE 16TH OF JUNE IS A, IS A TUESDAY.
DOES ANYBODY CARE ABOUT WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK TO MEET? UM, MONDAYS ARE TUESDAYS.
UM, IF WE WANNA USE THIS SPACE MONDAY, BUT THAT'S A TUESDAY NIGHT.
WELL THEN IF, IF EVERYONE'S AMENABLE TO IT, I WOULD SAY LET'S STICK WITH MONDAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THE DAY OF THE WEEK THAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE USED TO MEETING LONG.
IS THIS NOT THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
WE COULD DO THE FIRST, THE FIRST MONDAY.
AND I, I THINK OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING IS GONNA BE MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DATA POINTS.
WHAT I WILL DO OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING IS I WILL WORK WITH KRISTEN ON GETTING THAT REPORT.
UM, I CAN ALSO DO A CURSORY FIRST PASS LIKE I DID LAST TIME.
I WILL PROVIDE THAT TO HER BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES LOOKING THROUGH AN ENTIRE, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE'S LONGER, UM, IF I CAN HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THE, THE MEATIER DIGESTION OF IT, I'M HAPPY TO.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE ELEMENTS THAT I HAVE LIKE FLAGGED OR WHATEVER.
BUT IF IT'S HELPFUL GETTING THE CONVERSATION STARTED SO WE CAN DO A LITTLE INDEPENDENT READING BEFORE WE COME IN SO WE HAVE LIKE A, A LAUNCH PLACE, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? WE COULD SEND OUT AN EXCEL, JUST SPECIFIC NOTES.
NOW SHE DID FIND A PUBLIC FACING SORT OF, IT'S NOT REALLY ALL OF THE DATA, IT'S JUST A VERY SMALL SNIPPET.
UM, SO I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE AND I'M SURE THAT IT'LL BE FINE
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THAT I CAN SHARE.IT'S AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY, SO THERE'S NO NAMES ON IT OR ANYTHING, BUT UM, THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC DATA.
UM, WOULD, WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO SEND THAT OUT? PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I CAN DO THAT THIS WEEK.
UM, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN WE GET TOGETHER FIRST EVEN JUST OVER THE PHONE AND LOOK AT THE FORMAT AND I CAN SEE IF THAT'S THE FORMAT THAT'S GONNA BE MOST HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD.
AND SO LET'S AIM TO HAVE THAT SENT OUT TO YOU ALL WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW IT.
SO THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TWO WEEKS FROM THAT POINT THEN TO DO YOUR OWN INTERNAL RESEARCH.
AND LIKE I SAID, WHAT I WILL DO ON FOR YOU GUYS IS I WILL DO MY OWN ANALYSIS AND FLAG IT LIKE I DID LAST TIME.
SEND IT TO YOU IF YOU OR I'LL SEND IT TO KRISTEN, SHE CAN SEND IT OUT.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THAT, YOU CAN.
I'M USED TO READING THROUGH LIKE EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES AND SO IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR ME TO DO THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S, IT'S JUST ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
WHATEVER JUST PUBLICLY POSTED.
I JUST DOWNLOADED THIS AND OKAY, PERFECT.
BUT YOU WOULD LIKE IF WE'RE ABLE TO THE RAW DATA IN ADDITION.
NO, I MEAN THAT GETS YOU PERSPECTIVE.
SO JUNE 2ND, IS THAT WHERE WE LANDED? YEP.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT, UM, SEND THAT CALENDAR INVITE OUT TO EVERYBODY AS SOON AS WE CAN.
SO LOOK HOW QUICKLY WE WERE ABLE TO STRATEGIC PLAN.
FINALIZING THE SENIOR SURVEY SO YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
I JUST, I LITERALLY JUST UH, DON'T HAVE TO RETYPE ANYTHING.
THIS IS, UM, WHAT I SENT OUT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AS A GROUP AND THE ASK WAS, UM, WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, AND IF YOU HAD ANY OTHERS THAT YOU FELT REALLY PASSION ABOUT OR THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THIS GROUP OF FIVE, UM, THEN WE COULD DO THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT USING, UM, MICROSOFT, UH, FORMS STARTED A A TEMPLATE AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, AFTER WE DECIDED ON THE QUESTIONS, UM, KIND OF HAVING A PLAN FOR WHO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TAKE THIS SURVEY, HOW WERE WE GOING TO GET IT OUT? UM, SO I THINK, UM, AND MAYBE I DREAMT THIS UP, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE A METHODOLOGY OF HOW TO GET IT OUT, WE KNOW NOT EVERYBODY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE KNOW NOT EVERYBODY IS TECH SAVVY.
UM, ONE THING I THINK THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM, ONCE WE STAND ON THE SURVEY ITSELF, THE QUESTIONS, WE COULD PARTNER WITH THE HEAD RESOURCE CENTER.
THEY HAVE A SENIOR DELIVERY PROGRAM AND WE COULD INCLUDE THE SURVEY IN ONE OF THEIR FRIDAY DELIVERIES.
ACTUALLY GOING PERSON IN PERSON.
I COULD TALK TO PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TALK AND, AND THEN ALSO BE PREPARED TO GO BACK THAT NEXT TIME SO THAT IT'S THE SAME BASE THAT THEY, AND THEN THE TRAILS.
WE HAVE A GREAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST SPOTS.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE HRC BOARD, BUT AT ONE POINT WHEN I WAS ON THEIR BOARD, I WANT TO SAY WE WERE DOING ABOUT 40 HOME DELIVERIES TO SENIORS AND MORE THAN HALF OF THEM WERE ON THE TRAILS.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP THERE BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT WILL ALSO HELP GET, SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ALSO Y MCA A OH YEAH.
AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM 10:00 AM I THINK.
YEAH, THEY, YEAH, THE LATE, MY YOGA, YOGA TAI CHI,
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THEY DO ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF.SO UHHUH UM, AND I KNOW THAT IF I WERE A CONTACT ASK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN I EITHER BE THERE IN PERSON AND HAVE A SURVEY THEY CAN TAKE RIGHT THEN OR CAN WE DO LIKE A QR CODE AND, AND ASK FOR THAT DATA TO COME BACK.
WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE CHURCHES IN THE AREA PUT IN THEIR BULLETIN? I HAVE CONTACT NUMBERS FOR A NUMBER OF THE AREA CHURCHES.
NOT ALL OF THEM OBVIOUSLY CAN HELP GET YOU IN CONTACT AND DO INTRODUCTIONS.
UM, WE JUMP RIGHT TO HOW TO DIS DISSEMINATE THE SURVEY, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, SO LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE HERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO BE CONCLUDED? YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THAN, YEAH.
SO NOT TRYING TO LEAD THE QUESTION CAUSING ME DO YOU, WOULD YOU GET TO THE LIBRARY? OH, AS IN LIKE, DO THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS? BUT I THINK WELL COULD WE, I THINK WHAT IT'S ASKING IS YOU NEED TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO MAYBE WE COULD JUST ADD THAT, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HOLD UP TOO COMPLICATED ALREADY? UM, MAYBE AT THE, AT THE END OF THE SURVEY, IF YOU HAVE, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, GIVING THEM A WAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE ISD ON IS, SO I DID TALK TO THE ISD, UM, AND AT FIRST THEY WERE LIKE, UH, YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT MY ASK WAS, AND THEIR VANS AND THINGS ARE NOT BEING USED DURING THE DAY, BUT WE USE THEM TO POSSIBLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MM-HMM
UM, IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND THEN DROP BACK OFF.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THEY ESCALATED TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND THEY TURNED BACK.
UM, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION THOUGH WITH PARKS.
UM, THIS IS NOT A THIS YEAR SOLUTION, BUT THIS IS A FUTURE SOLUTION.
THEY, THEY APPROACHED ME ABOUT, UM, WANTING SOME SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR SUMMER CAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY DO FIELD TRIPS.
HAVING A VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE FIELD TRIPS AND THEY SAID THAT OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE IN USE ONLY DURING THE CAMPS, BUT WE USE IT FOR SOMETHING AND I GUESS WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY USE IT.
SO THAT IS A, JUST KIND OF THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
WHAT ABOUT UM, REACHING OUT TO SENIOR ACCESS? IF WE HAD PREDETERMINED TIMES, IF SENIOR ACCESS COULD SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, THE NONPROFIT IN THE AREA, THEY GENERALLY PROVIDE RIDES TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET WITH THEM IF WE TELL THEM HERE ARE THE DATES, HERE ARE THE PICKUP.
LIKE WE DO A LOT OF LEG WORK TO GET THOSE THINGS SHORED UP.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES.
SO IF SOMEBODY HAS LIKE A WHEELCHAIR, WHATEVER THEY'RE EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THE VAN IS NOT ACCESSIBLE THOUGH.
AND THEN MY BRAIN WENT, TIGER ROCK HAS, OR THEY ONLY USE THEM PRE AFTER SCHOOL PICKUPS, BUT AGAIN, NOT ACCESSIBLE.
I THINK THE TIGER ROCK ONE IS PROBABLY EASIER TO GET IN AND OUT OF FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES BUT CAN'T HOP UP INTO THE CARGO VAN.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST SAY, AND SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING THAT IT'S PUBLICLY POSTED, IF THERE ARE ANY KINDS OUT THERE THAT HAVE INTERESTING IDEAS TO SOLVE SOME TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES, WE ARE OPEN TO ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THE QUESTIONS WE'RE SAYING MAYBE
YOU GUYS ARE EDUCATED, LEMME READ IT TO YOU.
NUMBER THREE, WE'RE CHANGING TO, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION? MM-HMM.
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ACCESS.ARE WE GONNA TRANSLATE THIS ALSO SO IT'S AN AVAILABLE LANGUAGE? OKAY.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE INCLUDING SOME INFORMATION IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A STAFF MEMBER ABOUT THE RESPONSES.
UM, HOW THEY COULD BE CONTACTED.
PARDON ME? WANTS TO JUST THROW IN SOMETHING LIKE WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS FROM SENIORS TYPE THING.
OH, THAT'S A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IDEA.
I'M ALSO JUST THINKING SOFTBALL TO WARM UP TO THE QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? LIKE OH,
WELL MAYBE THEY'RE NOT A READER BUT THEY WANT A PLACE TO DO SOCIAL THINGS BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE A REAL, BESIDES THE TRAILS.
THEY DID NOT HAVE A PLACE TO CONGREGATE.
CAN YOU CONTACT, BECAUSE WE JUST DISCUSSED SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL PLATFORM COMPUTERS HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER.
BECAUSE MY MOM WOULD ALLOWED FILL IT OUT.
BUT SHE'S NOT GONNA FILL NO, MY DAD WOULD NOT, BUT HE WILL SURE.
DRIVE UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SURVEY.
I'M JUST SAYING MY MOM WILL CALL AND GIVE YOU EAR.
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING YOU WANNA KNOW.
AND SO WHEN WE SEND OUT DATA UHHUH, I'LL ALSO INCLUDE DRAFT OF THE SENIOR SURVEY MM-HMM
THAT WAY YOU CAN EYEBALL IT AND SAY THAT DON'T LIKE THAT QUESTION.
OR TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU STILL GOING TO BE SEEKING INPUT AT THAT POINT OR HAVE WE GIVEN THE INPUTS? YOU'RE NOT WAITING ON US TO ACTUALLY DISSEMINATE THE SURVEY.
WE DO ALL INPUT UNLESS ANYONE FEELS LIKE THEY NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN.
WELL, I MEAN IF YOU WANNA JUST GET EYES ON IT REAL QUICK, JUST NOT THE EXPECTATION CHANGE ANYTHING.
SO SENIOR SOCIAL WOULD BE GOOD THOUGH.
LIKE DURING THE DAY, KIND OF LIKE DANCE OR SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT.
THERE'S, UM, READING A LOT ABOUT INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING, BUT THEN ALSO SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
THERE'S UM, HAVING LIKE THE CLASSIC OLDER MUSIC MM-HMM
UH, AND, AND ENCOURAGING THEM.
THEY CAN COME DRESS HOWEVER THEY WANT, BUT IF THEY DO LIKE GETTING ALL STAND UP, THEY CERTAINLY CAN AND HAVING THAT SPACE FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, TEA AND WATER AND YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO HRC DID THAT FOR VALENTINE'S DAY LAST YEAR I THINK.
AND THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE TOO.
IT WASN'T JUST THAT ONE TIME AND I'LL SAY IT WAS SO WELL ATTENDED.
I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO HER AND OKAY.
GRANDPARENTS AND THEY HASN'T PLAYED IN YEARS BUT, OH WELL I KNOW IT.
UM, IN HARPER HEIGHTS, I DUNNO IF YOU KNOW, UM, THEY DID A SENIOR, SENIOR PRO MM-HMM
AND IT WAS SENIORS LIKE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN SENIOR CITIZENS FROM THE, AND THEY HAD, UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT ASK YOUR, YOUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING.
SO WE HAVE REACHED MY FRIENDS THE END OF OUR, UM, AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST BE CONSIDERED? WE HAVE
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TALKED AT THE DINNERIS TO CODE PROPER AND
UM, SO THEN, UM, MAYBE OUTSIDE THIS THING, WE CAN SEE IF EITHER OF THOSE BOARDS, UM, ARE INTERESTED IN A PROJECT LIKE THAT.
IF THEY ARE, WE CAN HAVE A JOINT MEETING TO DISCUSS LOGISTICS OF IT.
JIM, WHO CAME IN? OR JIM AND DEBBIE.
UM, AND THEN WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE PARKS BOARD TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, IN LIKE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
THOSE TWO FOLKS ARE ON THE BEAUTIFUL, UM, BOARD.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS SEVEN 14.