* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] OKAY. ALL [Library Advisory Board on June 02, 2025.] RIGHT. IT IS SIX O'CLOCK. UM, I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY OR BOARD TO ORDER. THIS IS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH ROLL CALL. SO, UM, I'M HERE TANYA KYLE, PRESENT NAME'S MATT LOCK IS NOT CURRENTLY PRESENT. ANGELA HARTMAN HERE. MELLY SALINAS IS NOT CURRENTLY PRESENT AND NEITHER IS TARA CHAPPELLE. AND THEN WE HAVE WITH US FOR STAFF. WE HAVE KRISTEN. AND WE HAVE TANYA. ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALRIGHT. UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS YOU GUYS HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU. WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING. UM, SO KRISTEN PRINTED OUT SOME PACKETS FOR US. AND SO THIS REALLY IS GONNA BE PRETTY INFORMAL. SO WE ARE GONNA BE DIGGING THROUGH DATA, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR PATTERNS OR THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE IDENTIFY PRIORITIES. WE'LL TALK THROUGH IT. WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY HARD AND FAST DECISIONS TODAY. IT'S JUST LIKE THE BRAINSTORMING ELEMENT OF IT. UM, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO, IN OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WOULD FORMALLY ADOPT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, UM, SO THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS LOOK THROUGH DATA COLLECTED AND THE CITY'S BUDGET, FY 26 SURVEY AND THE HU PUBLIC LIBRARY GENERAL FEEDBACK SURVEY TO IDENTIFY OUR FOCUS FOR THE LAB STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, KRISTEN, IF YOU WANNA GIVE US SOME HIGHLIGHTS. UM, I REALIZE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I MISS. IT COULD BE, UH, THE FIRST PART, , THAT'S THE, WHAT WE CALL THE HPL GENERAL SURVEY. IT'S BEEN SINCE JANUARY AND PEOPLE TAKE IT ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE QR CODES HERE, SO THEY COME IN ALL THE TIME. PEOPLE. WE ALSO HAVE A PAPER PENCIL ONE, SO FILLS OUT. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS 179 RESPONSES. UM, AND IT, IT IS LESS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A LIBRARY CARD THAT'S JUST, UM, DATA COLLECTION. BUT THE, THE COMMENTS, WELL, WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS YOU LOOK THROUGH HERE IS THERE'S SOME PATTERNS THAT MIGHT LEND THEMSELVES TO, TO OUR STRATEGIC THAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON. UM, BUT AFTER THE, THE BLUE AND WHITE, UH, CHART, THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS TWO PAGES FRONT AND BACK. IT DOES IN THE VERY FRONT START WITH THE ENDING OF WHATEVER PARTS AND REC WAS ON THAT CITY BUDGET SURVEY. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE LIBRARIES THERE, AND IT'S JUST SORT OF LIKE A, I FORGET WHAT SHE CALLED IT. IT STARTED WITH AN S AND IT WASN'T SUMMARIZATION, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS. MM-HMM . UM, AND IT IDENTIFIES, UM, PATTERNS THAT WERE FROM OVERALL THE ENTIRE, UM, BUDGET SURVEY. AND THEN IF WE TURN PAST THOSE, YOU'LL SEE THE BAR GRAPHS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. THOSE, UH, THOSE DATA POINTS. UM, THIS WAS HELPFUL TO ME TOO BECAUSE WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT, BUT THIS IS A VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING ALL THE TIME IN THE LIBRARY. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO TOOK THE SURVEY. IT COULD BE ANYBODY, RIGHT? BUT IT MATCHES, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE'LL SEE IN OUR GENERAL SURVEY. SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. UM, AND THEN THE LAST BULK OF THE PAPERS IS REALLY THE, UM, CITY'S BUDGET SURVEY CLOSE UP. UM, AND IT IS TINY PRINT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I DO HAVE THE, UM, I DID SEND OUT THE, UM, DIGITAL VERSION OF IT AS WELL. UM, ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THAT WE CAN USE THIS, UM, AND SHE DID, I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THOSE, THOSE CERTAIN COLUMNS, BUT, UM, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE, THE HIGHLIGHTED ONES ARE ONES THAT, THAT PEOPLE PUT THEIR OWN ANSWERS INTO. SO IT WASN'T SOMETHING WHERE THEY CHOSE ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10 OR, UM, BUT THESE, IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU, THESE WERE ONES THAT THEY ACTUALLY COULD, UM, TYPE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. UM, AND SO, UM, NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE OTHER DATA THAT'S THERE BECAUSE IT DOES TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING INCREASE IN TAXES. SO , YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE YELLOW, UM, IS WHAT PEOPLE JUST WROTE IN ON THEIR OWN. SO WE HAVE MEMBER AND, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE, THE [00:05:01] DIGITAL VERSION HAVE TO RESEND THAT. UM, I REALIZE THAT IT'S SO HARD TO SAVE PAPER. UM, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION EVEN THOUGH THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT SURVEYS WITH TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. MM-HMM . WE SEE A LOT OF THE SAME PATTERNS, UM, IN BOTH, WHETHER THEY ARE LIBRARY USERS OR AREN'T. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND SO THE GOOD NEWS, LIKE, UM, KRISTEN HAD SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF DATA POINTS TO GO THROUGH. I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTS US TO HAVE ALL THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS SOLVED TODAY. I THINK THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SIT, TALK THROUGH THE DATA. UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS SO THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A, LIKE, MAJORLY FORMAL THING. SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE YOUR SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, CLEAN WHAT YOU THINK ARE SOME INTERESTING PATTERNS. WE'LL DO THE SAME THING AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER AND KIND OF SHARE OUR AHAS. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT OUR, ALL OF OUR AHAS ARE VERY SIMILAR. UM, IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU GUYS IDENTIFY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN OUR TABLE DOES. UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT INFORMATION TO KIND OF DRIVE WHAT WE, WHAT THE PUBLIC IS SAYING OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, BUDGETARY, BUDGETARY REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE KIND OF DRIVING TOWARDS, OBVIOUSLY IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS IDENTIFIED. AND SO ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS SHOULD THEN ALL ALIGN THAT TO HERE. THE, THE THINGS THAT WE SET ARE GOING TO BE OUR PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. SO ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, KRISTEN? I DON'T THINK SO. UM, I'M CURIOUS, ARE WE GONNA JUST WE CAN, OR IF YOU HAD A BETTER IDEA. I TOTALLY DON'T HAVE A BETTER IDEA. I WONDER IF ANYBODY ELSE DID . I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S FINE. I DON'T KNOW. DID ANYONE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW ANY OF THIS IN ADVANCE? YOU DID. OKAY. SO I MADE NOTES ALL OVER MY COPIES, WHICH IS WHY ON OUR TEAM. OKAY, PERFECT. SO MAYBE WE TAKE LIKE 15 MINUTES TO KIND OF GET OURSELVES ACCLIMATED AND I'M GONNA TALK WITH TANYA AND SEE WHAT SHE GLEANED. AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN. UM, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO BE HERE TWO HOURS TONIGHT. UH, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE NOT EXTEND BEYOND THAT IF WE NEED MORE THAN TWO HOURS. I DON'T KNOW THAT DOING IT ON A MONDAY NIGHT IS THE BEST PLACE. MAYBE WE GET BACK TOGETHER ON A SATURDAY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HAD LIKE A LARGER BLOCK OF TIME AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE THE FULL BOARD AT THAT POINT, UM, TO DO THAT. SO, UM, WE WANNA SET A TIMER FOR LIKE 15 MINUTES. ALRIGHT. WHAT YOU GOT? I'M JUST GOING BASELINE. IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE A LOT IS ALIGNS TO THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY. YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, AND I HAVE MORE COMPRESSED. ONE PAGE VERSION. MM-HMM . OR A TWO PAGE VERSION. OH, I KEPT A ONE PAGE, ONE PAGE VERSION OF ALL MY NOTES FROM EVERYTHING. SO ONE THING I DID NOTICE IS THAT, UM, THERE WERE WRITE-INS ON SOME OF THEM AND COULDN'T READ THE WRITE-INS. IS THAT THIS? IT MIGHT BE IN THIS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LIKE CLICKING THROUGH ALL THE SURVEYS THAT THEY SENT US, I WAS LIKE, NOT IN THAT ONE. OKAY. SO YEAH, IT'S GOTTA BE IN THE ACTUAL SURVEY ITSELF WHERE THEY HAVE THE, WHERE IT SAYS OTHER PIECE OF . YOU COULDN'T SEE WHAT WROTE, UH, WAIT, TELL ME. I MEAN, I, I ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU SENT, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE, TELL ME THAT AGAIN. SO IT SAYS PLEASE SPECIFY UHHUH , BUT IN THE PACKETS THAT WE GOT IN THE EMAIL, THE FOUR THINGS TO, TO READ THROUGH UHHUH , YOU DIDN'T SEE WHAT WAS WRITTEN. GOT IT. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DID EVERYONE WRITE IN? SO, BUT IT IS ON THIS ONE. IT LOOKS THAT WAY. WHAT QUESTION NUMBER WAS THAT? UM, BOTTOM THREE OTHER. ALL RIGHT. SO BECAUSE I DON'T SEE SPECIFY ON THIS, I'M ON THE SPREADSHEET. OKAY. HOLD ON. IS THERE A QUESTION NUMBER? I DID NOT APPARENTLY GET THAT FAR WHEN I WAS DOING MY NOTES. UM, OKAY, HOLD ON. [00:10:04] OH, THAT'S THE WRONG SURVEY. THAT WAS JUST SURVEY THAT THEY DO HERE IN THE LIBRARY, BUT SPECIFICALLY NOT THE BIG SURVEY. OKAY. SO I'M REFERENCING HERE WHERE WE HAD THE TOP THREE ANSWERS, WHICH WERE SPACED. YEAH, I'M SEEING HERE. LIBRARY. AND THEN I WENT THROUGH THE BOTTOM THREE ITEMS, WHICH WERE BASED ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE. AND WHAT DID I SAY? BRING TEEN, UH, TEENS TO PROGRAMS, MEET UP WITH FRIENDS AND OTHER, THOSE ARE THE BOTTOM THREE. PRIORITIES. PRIORITIES. YEAH. AND WHERE IS THAT FROM HERE? IT'S FROM THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. AH, YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT, OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. . THERE WERE SOME ONE THAT ARE MORE SPACE AND MORE SPACE, BIGGER SPACE OFFER A BETTER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO RESIDENTS REQUIRING LIBRARIES AND EMAIL NOTIFICATION STARTED IMMEDIATELY INTO A DEDICATED BUILDING. SO YEAH. THEY JUST WERE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE SAME INFORMATION. LOOKS LIKE. YEAH. RIGHT. SO KYLE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE US A T CHART, NOT WHAT THIS IS FOR. LIKE YOU COULD PROBABLY HAS A COMPUTER. I KNOW I WAS THINKING'S IN THE CAR. YOU CAN MAKE A WORD CLOUD FOR US REAL QUICK. YOU CAN, YEAH. UH, PEOPLE WORK AND IF, IF WE DECIDE WE DON'T NEED 15 MINUTES TO GET ACCLIMATED. 'CAUSE NOW I'M, I MEAN YOU CAN SEE PRETTY QUICKLY THERE'S SOME MAJOR THEMES. SOME THINGS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REMEDY. OKAY. BUT I THINK WE CAN REMEDY THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS DON'T SEEM TO ENJOY YOUR JOBS. OH MY GOSH. I LOVE YOU WANNA SPEAK INTO THE MIC? THE MIC. ONE THING I DIDN'T SAY BECAUSE WE STARTED THIS IN JANUARY, WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THE REQUESTS THAT ARE ON HERE. LIKE, LIKE THAT. RIGHT? I THINK THAT THE SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE REALLY A SOLUTION FOR MM-HMM . WE'VE WORKED ON OTHER THINGS. MM-HMM . I LOVE THAT OPINION. I KNOW IT'S JUST STRAIGHT OUT THERE. ONE OF THE COMMENTS, WELL, I JUST CLOSED IT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY STRIKING IS THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGED, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DID ALL THAT. CREATING EVEN MORE AWARENESS THAT THEY KIND ADDED THEM OR ADDRESS WHAT THE LIBRARY, I THINK SO MOST OF THE DATA GOES, THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, YEAH. CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. I LIKE THAT. UH, MORE BOOK SELECTIONS. ALWAYS MORE BOOKS. WELL, AND THEN TELL, REMIND US AGAIN, KRISTEN, THE INNER LIBRARY SHARE. UM, I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE BEFORE AND NOW IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE WITH THE CUTBACKS. IT'S AVAILABLE. UHHUH, , UHHUH . I KNOW THAT , I ATTENDED A LIBRARY DIRECTOR MEETING WITH ALL THE TEXAS DIRECTORS THAT, UM, THEY WERE TELLING US WHAT THEY DEFINITELY KNOW AND WHAT THEY STILL DON'T. HUNDRED PERCENT. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE DONORS AS WELL, SO THAT THEY DON'T USE A PROGRAM WHERE IF ANYBODY NEEDS LIKE, SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO LIKE BRAILLE OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ORDER IT. UM, AND IT CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE PERSON TO USE. LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS FUNDED. SO THEY'RE REALLY WORKING HARD. SO THEY GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY FIND FUNDING FOR UHHUH. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FOR IL SO OUR KICK TO USE IT MORE AND MORE AND MORE, IT'S GONNA COST US NOW, UM, INSTEAD OF REIMBURSEMENT, WE, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S FINE. 'CAUSE YOU WE'RE NOT GONNA ANTICIPATE THIS QUESTION. DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST NOW THAT THAT GRANT IS, HAS GONE AWAY? WHAT DOES THAT COST US A YEAR? UH, SO WE SPEND ON AVERAGE [00:15:01] 15 OR SO, THAT'S OUR ONLY EXPENSES. THE POSTAGE. OKAY. OKAY. I MEAN, YES AND NO. I MEAN, DO OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES LOSE OUR BOOKS THAT YES, THAT HAPPENS TOO. BUT AS FAR AS, UH, POSTAGE IS CONCERNED, THAT'S THE, THE MAIN, BECAUSE WE WON'T BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. MM-HMM . SO I'LL TELL YOU THERE'S MM-HMM . MM-HMM. OKAY. VERY, VERY LOW. MM-HMM. S INCLUSIVE. YES. SO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SO WITH THAT NO LONGER BEING ACCESSIBLE, YOU COULD STILL SEE THAT, SAY ROUND ROCK LIBRARY HAS WHAT THIS PERSON'S LOOKING SYSTEM IT JUST SO THE PERSON COULD THEN DRIVE OVER TO ROUNDROCK USING THE CARD STILL. OR DO THEY NEED A ROUND ROCK CARD NOW? SO IT COMES TO US. WE CAN'T SEND THAT BOOK FROM LIBRARIES. OKAY. AND THE LIBRARIES, IT MIGHT NOT COME FROM THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE LIBRARY FOR POSTAGE SAKE, BUT UM, IF ANYTHING SEND IT PAY IF BOOK BASED ON BUDGET FOR THAT LIBRARIES THAT ALSO ANTICIPATE WE TRYING DOESN'T MEAN THAT OTHER LIBRARIES ARE GONNA BE ALSO. SO, UM, WE'RE OUR LIST, BECAUSE SHE SAID IT PUTS OUT THE REQUEST TO ALL OF THE LIBRARIES THAT HAVE THAT TITLE MM-HMM . AND THEY NEED TO REJECT IT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE REJECTIONS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT HARDER TIME SOMEONE BECOME FOR THAT. I KNOW THAT WHEN I LEFT A LITTLE STICKY NOTE THE ONE TIME YOU GUYS HAD AN ANSWER FOR ME WITHIN 24 HOURS, AND BY THE WAY, YOUR STUFF'S NOT ORDERED AND IT'LL BE HERE THIS DATE AND YOU CAN HAVE IT FROM THIS, THIS TIME TO THIS TIME. AND BOTH ITEMS CAME THE SAME LIBRARY AND BOTH ITEMS WERE, SO I THINK WHAT KRISTEN IS SAYING NOW THAT THAT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT HAS GONE AWAY, WE MAY SEE, EVEN THOUGH THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE, YOU MAY SEE OTHER, OTHER THEY REJECT. RIGHT. OKAY. OR THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THEIR POSTAGE BUDGET FOR THE QUARTER OR A YEAR OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN WORKED OUT. YES. OKAY. OKAY. WELL WE HAVE THAT WAY. NOT ALL REQUESTS . WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAID THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT BUDGET, DOES THAT MEAN SOMETIMES IF YOU GET A REQUEST FOR A BOOK, WE'LL GO OUT AND PROCURE IT AND THEN IT'S A PART OF OUR COLLECTION FOR MORE TIMES. MM-HMM . SOME FOLKS ARE ALREADY, IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE [00:20:05] . AND SO, JUST FOR MY OWN SAKE, I KNOW THAT THIS SURVEY IS AN ON DEMAND SURVEY THAT WE HAVE QR CODES THAT ANYONE WHO'S A LIBRARY PATRON CAN ANSWER THIS ONE. UM, WAS IT LIMITED ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? REMIND ME WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF PAPER WHO LIVE HERE MM-HMM . WHO WORK HERE, WHO ARE STUDENTS HERE? THIS AREA. UM, THERE WAS, I DON'T THINK IT WAS, THERE WAS A BOUNDARY AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT IN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. SO REALLY ANYBODY COULD HAVE TAKEN THE SURVEY. SO THE, IT WAS LIKE LIVE LINKED ON THE WEBSITE. YES. AND PEOPLE WHO FIT THIS PARAMETERS WERE INVITED LIKE THROUGH EMAIL OR EMAIL PROBABLY IF YOU'RE SUBSCRIBED TO HEY HUDDLE, I IMAGINE IT WENT OUT THAT WAY. PROBABLY A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. BUT THEN I KNOW THEY ALSO ADVERTISE IT JUST ON ITS OWN OWN LINK. SO IF WE WERE PART OF THE FACEBOOK PAGE, OR I KNOW I GOT TEXT MESSAGES SAYING, HEY, YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN YOUR SURVEY. HEY, YOU'RE YOUR SURVEY. BUT MY LINKS NEVER WORKED. UM, I WENT SEE HIM. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, BUT WE HAD, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD. YEAH. SO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT HOW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE AND I TRIED IT ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. I TRIED IT ON MY LAPTOP. I TRIED IT ON A TABLET. OH YEAH. MELLY HAD SAID SHE HAD TROUBLE TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK THERE MINIMUM, BUT THEY, YEAH. BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE, OKAY, SO ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE. OKAY, SO OF COURSE ON THIS ONE, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE PERSON, UM, THESE ARE LIBRARY LEVERS. THESE ARE LIBRARY USERS. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT COMPLIMENTS TABLE, COMPLIMENT OR COMPLIMENT COULD BE EITHER, IT COULD BE SOME, THERE ARE SOME THAT, THAT LOVE THE LIBRARY. THERE'S SOME THAT DON'T. THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE GREAT SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. UH, SO IT IS MORE OF A MIX OF JUST THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WELL, THIS ONE, THE LIBRARY IS MUCH TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW ON THIS ONE I THE PAGE NUMBERS. BUT, UM, THIS ONE THAT JUST HAS THE, THE WRITEUP, THIS, THIS WAS THE, SOME SENTIMENT SUMMARY. NOW I REMEMBER WHAT IT'S CALLED. SENTIMENT SUMMARY. AND THAT VERY FIRST ONE, UH, A STRONG SENTIMENT IS ASPACE. DID YOU GO IN ? YEP. YEAH. AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RAW DATA, YOU SEE THAT COMMENT FAIRLY FREQUENTLY AND OVER, UH, OR WE WANT MORE PROGRAMS, BUT FIRST WE NEED MORE SPACE PROGRAMS COMES UP A LOT. BUT THEN I THINK THAT TIES INTO AWARENESS WE DID BEFORE, BUT MM-HMM . MATCH THE SAME ATIONS, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND REALLY PROMOTE THAT. SO SAYING AT ONE OF THE PROCLAMATIONS, THE LIBRARY HAS THIS TO CELEBRATE, UM, THIS MONTH ON THIS DAY, WHATEVER. UM, AND THEY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID TO ME WAS LIKE, THE LIBRARY WAS DOING STUFF, BUT WE DIDN'T, KNOWALL WERE DOING 15. 15. SO, UM, THEY WERE LIKE, WE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING ALL THIS AND THEY ARE HERE AT A CITY HALL, UM, ON A BOARD. MM-HMM . SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE THROUGH HERE. I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THAT. OR THEY SAY WE PROGRAMS HAVE A PROGRAM. SO THE AWARENESS IS A BIG MM-HMM . SO I KNOW LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, KNOWING THAT, UM, [00:25:02] LIKE REQUESTS WERE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS SAME SURVEY, THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY LAST TIME MM-HMM . AS A GROUP. WE IDENTIFIED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD SAID THAT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER PRIORITIES IN THE LIBRARY. AND SO BEING RESPECTFUL OF THAT, WE ALIGNED ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS TO SUPPORT THOSE SPECIFIC PRIORITIES FROM THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH COMMUNITY SURVEY. SO WE HAD ONE ON LIKE HAVING MORE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS TO BRING AWARENESS BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT PERHAPS THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO LIKE WE DILIGENTLY DID THAT. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE ON PARKS AND REC. YEAH. PARKS AND REC. FINDING THINGS THAT WE COULD GET FOR SENIORS AND TEENS, BECAUSE THAT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY WHAT WAS REPRESENTED IN THAT SURVEY. AND SO, UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY CONTINUE THAT PATH. THE STRUGGLE THAT I I'M HAVING IS THAT EVEN ALIGNING WITH ALL THAT SAME APPROACH AGAIN, THE FACT REMAINS LIKE HOW, WHERE DO THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IF THE SPACES ARE ALREADY OCCUPIED ALL THE TIME? IT'S LIKE THE MEETING ROOMS ARE ALWAYS FULL. UM, THE ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR SOME MOVING IT HERE, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT, UM, THAT IS ALWAYS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. MM-HMM . WE ALSO ARE USING DISCOVERY, UH, DISCOVERY. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET A DISCOUNT, BUT IT'S A FAIR PRICE FOR HOURS. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT FOR LOT OF OUR REALLY WELL ATTENDED. SO THAT'S OUR SOLUTION RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM . IS, IS JUST UTILIZING WHATEVER SPACES WE CAN MM-HMM . IT, IT DOESN'T HELP WITH, UM, ANYBODY WHO HAS TRANSPORTATION STILL , WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND MM-HMM . AN ONLINE BOOK CLUB FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE. YEAH. IT IS KIND OF, WELL, TRANSPORTATION I THINK WILL ALWAYS BE A CHALLENGE FOR US, BECAUSE DOESN'T MATTER THEN REALLY IN, IN MOST CASES, I ASSUME, AND I COULD BE WRONG, IF TRANSPORTATION IS A HURDLE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO OVERCOME THAT HURDLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIPS OR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. UM MM-HMM . NOT SOMETHING TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND VANS. AND THAT WAS A NO. UM, NEXT IDEA IS TO A POINT. BUT, UM, THERE IS ALWAYS A SPACE ISSUE. MM-HMM . WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY CENTER. IF WE DID, WHAT WOULD WE LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'D STILL HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. WE'D STILL HAVE CERTAIN ISSUES WITH WHERE IS IT LOCATED NEAR WHERE ALL OF THE BOOKS ARE. MM-HMM . I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. RIGHT. UM, WE WILL NEVER BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS TRY TO MEET THE BULK OF THE NEEDS FOR THE BULK OF THE PEOPLE. AND THEN MAYBE AT SOME POINT THERE'S A CREATIVE WAY TO, TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. BUT THAT'S NO. TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING LIKE THE BOOK BLENDING THROUGH MEALS ON WHEELS. YES. I'VE LOOKED THROUGH THAT. THE, UM, VAN THAT SHE HAS, SHE SAID IS NOT A SAFE VAN TO TRANS SUPPORT UNLESS YOU, UM, VISUALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MIGHT BE DISABLED. UM, THE VAN IS [00:30:01] TOO HIGH AND IT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A RAMP OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO THAT. TALKED ABOUT CREATING THAT SENIOR SURVEY IS TO, UM, DELIVER THE SURVEY MM-HMM . AND I'VE OFFERED ALSO TO GO WITH THEM SO THAT I CAN TALK TO FACE TO FACE MM-HMM . UM, DELIVER THAT SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME MORE, UM, DATA MM-HMM . WE HAVE OFFERED TO HELP. I THINK THE, THE TRANSPORTATION THING, AGAIN, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY FILE THAT AWAY AND BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THAT NEED MET? AND IF IT ALIGNS TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT WORK. BUT THAT MAY NOT BE A SPACE THAT WE CAN MOVE YET. NOT, NOT THAT WE COULD NEVER IMPACT IT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE YET. WELL, BASED ON THE SURVEY DATA, THE TOP THREE THINGS WERE, UM, REGULAR ACCESS FROM THE LIBRARY TO CHECK OUT PHYSICAL BOOKS, DIGITAL MEDIA AND BOOKS, AND BRING YOUNG CHILDREN TO PROGRAMS, WHICH THEN FALLS UNDER TRANSPORTATION. WE CAN'T GET OUR SENIORS HERE. WE ALSO CAN'T GET OUR YOUTH HERE. UM, AND TWO OUT OF THE THREE OF THOSE REQUIRE LARGER SPACE. YEAH. EVEN IF WE IN HAD THE PROGRAMS AND THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THEM TO THE ROOM, WE'RE LIMITED BY THIS ROOM, WHICH MAX IS. SO IF YOU HAVE A PRESENT OR PRESENTATION GOING ON, YOU HAVE THE PRESENTER AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LIBRARY STAFF. YOU COULD HAVE MAYBE 30 ISH PEOPLE THAT'S, THAT'S 15 ADULTS AND 15 CHILDREN THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG SHOWING. WE GO AHEAD AND IT'S A MILLION OTHER THINGS. RIGHT. BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GUARANTEE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO TWO, LIKE OUR AUSTIN REP SHOW COMING UP ON THURSDAY, WE'RE DOING TWO MM. AND IT IS REALLY, IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE INTRICATE, UM, THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO WITH JUST, COME ON, EVERYBODY JUST COME ON IN. WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TO GIVE OUT TICKETS BECAUSE WE ON PAST ATTENDANCE ATTEND. SO FOR TWO, TWO SHOWS SO THAT IF ANYBODY WHO CAN'T GET INTO THE FIRST SHOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO MM-HMM . UM, BUT HAVING TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT. AND REMEMBER WHEN I I, WHEN I TALKED TO YOU GUYS ON THE STORY TIME SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT? WELL, AND I TOLD YOU THAT THE LAST MEETING, THE UPDATE WAS THAT WE HADN'T HAD TO TURN AWAY BECAUSE WE IT TO FOR STORYTIME. WELL, OVER THE SUMMER WE GO BACK TO TWO STORY TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH OTHER PROGRAMMING AND, UM, WHAT THINK HAPPENED VERY FIRST. UH, AND SO WE HAD, UM, AND THIS WAS ONLY JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER 11 WHEN WE STARTED TO ACCOMMODATE. BUT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM IN OTHER WAYS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN CRAFTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE CAN, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND. THE ACTUAL REASON THAT THEY GOT DRESSED, GOT HERE, GOT YES. MM-HMM . SO I WONDER IF BY LOOKING AT, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SENTIMENT SURVEY, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TOP THREE AREAS PRIORITIZED. RIGHT? THE SPACE, WE KNOW SPACE WILL BE AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CALL OUR WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL. IF, IF THE BOARD FEELS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL CONTINUE TO KNOWING THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE TOMORROW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE NEXT YEAR. BUT WE KEEP THAT KIND OF AS AN AREA OF IMPORTANCE. UM, EXPANDED RESOURCES AND, UH, WAIT, EVERYBODY WAITING. OH, THIS IS THE MOOD LIGHTING SENSOR. UM, UM, THOSE, THOSE THREE BULLETS EXPAND RESOURCES AND OFFERING, TALKING THROUGH, WE WANTED TO TAKE THE SAME TACK, LOOK AT THESE PRIORITIES AS THEY'RE LISTED AND FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH LIKE THE DEIP COMMITTEE WHERE WE'RE INCREASING OFFERINGS, BUT THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH THEIR DIVERSITY PROGRAMMING. BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING, THERE'S A DESIRE FOR A WIDER VARIETY OF MATERIALS, INCLUDING DIVERSE SELECTIONS. UM, NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN EXCLUSIVELY DIVERSITY, IT MEANS LIKE A VARIETY OF THINGS. BUT IF WE WERE TO START THAT SAME ACTIVITY AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE TIE THESE TO THE PRIORITIES OF OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF SWIMMING THE SAME DIRECTION, MIGHT BE THE MOST MUTUAL BENEFICIAL WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS. I'M OPEN TO ANY OTHER IDEAS IF ANYBODY HAS OTHER THOUGHTS. UM, [00:35:01] AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC ONES THAT WERE MADE BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM MM-HMM . I, SO I CAN BACK TO THE AWARENESS PIECE, WHICH, UH, I DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN MARKETING, BUT WE HAVE REALLY, I MEAN, HAVE OUR SOCIALS. WE WORK WITH COMMS. UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE KIND OF KNOW HOW TO DO. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL IDEAS AND THINGS THAT DOING. UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL WELL ATTENDED, RIGHT? THEY ARE, UM, OUR PROGRAMS ARE WELL ATTENDED, BUT THEN AGAIN, THEN WE, THE SURVEY, WE'LL SEE WE HAD, UM, ESL CLASSES. WE LITERALLY HAVE ES L CLASSES TWICE A WEEK MM-HMM . EVERY WEEK. LIKE, YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? MM-HMM . SO IT'S LIKE, UM, IT'S AWARENESS PIECE THAT I THINK IS, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ADDING MORE PROGRAMMING SPECIFICALLY MM-HMM . IT'S THE AWARENESS OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM HAVE THAT WE DO USE OUR FEEDBACK SURVEYS TO DETERMINE WHAT PROGRAM MM-HMM . SO IT'S NOT JUST A THING THAT WE REALLY KEEP TO HAVE THAT MM-HMM . WE LISTEN. UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUTTON MAKING STUFF, AND IT DID OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS NINTH GRADE CENTER, UM, BEFORE WE STARTED OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM. AND THAT'S HOW WE DID OUTREACH WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF THE TABLE DURING LUNCH. WE HAD OUR BUTTON MAKER THERE. WE TOLD 'EM ABOUT THE SUMMER PROGRAM AND ALL THE COOL THINGS HAVE GOING ON. AND THEN THEY MADE A BUTTON. THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK? THEY SAID, WELL THIS, CAN WE DO, CAN THIS BE A PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY THIS SUMMER? SO THEN WE ADDED THOSE TO OUR JUNE AND JULY CALENDAR. MM-HMM . SO EVERYTHING IS DRIVEN BY, BUT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. MM-HMM . SO I KEEP COMING BACK TO DEIB MAINLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THEY WANNA WORK WITH US. AND SO A THOUGHT I HAVE IS IF WE WERE TO DO SOME OF THOSE MORE SYNERGISTIC SORTS OF THINGS, UM, WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL THEN TO TAP INTO THEIR AUDIENCE? 'CAUSE IT'S IN LINE WITH MAYBE SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS OR IDEAS, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AS PROMOTING A SENSE OF BELONGING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE AWARENESS. 'CAUSE THEY'RE REACHING A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE THAT THOUGHT THAT WE HAD. YEAH. WE HAVE A DATE ON THE CALENDAR. RIGHT. I, I WANTED TO BE THERE, JUST TO TELL IS LIKE A OWN DEIB COMMITTEE MM-HMM . UM, AND THAT WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE EV EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND FOR NOW, CAN THEY JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, MAYBE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHARE THOSE THINGS OUT. BUT PEOPLE, SOME MORE, I SEE IT MM-HMM . BECAUSE WE FIGURED OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PARTY PEOPLE, FACEBOOK HAS THAT ALGORITHM. THE MORE YOU SHARE SOMETHING BEFORE VISIBLE, IT SUDDENLY BECOMES MM-HMM . WE'RE VERY RECEPTIVE THAT MM-HMM . I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL TOO. BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THE MORE EVERYBODY'S TAPPING INTO A DIFFERENT GROUP, IF EVERY GROUP IS SEEING A SAME TREND OR PATTERN, THEN WHY NOT LIKE GATHER OUR RESOURCES AND ALL KIND OF COLLECTIVELY MOVE THAT DIRECTION. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S AN ONGOING NEED. CITY READING DAY. WHY NOT PROMOTE A CITY READING DAY? EVERYONE BRING YOUR FAVORITE BOOK, MEET UP IN ONE OF THE PARKS. DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD NO. SAYING THAT YEAH. AWARENESS ISSUE ALL OVER AGAIN. I'M ALSO WONDERING YES. AND, AND LITTLE THINGS. THINGS MEAN SO MUCH BECAUSE WITH THE, THE FACT THAT, UM, VOTING HAS BEEN HERE, UM, THAT HAS INCREASED OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO VOTE AND THEN THEY JUST MEANDER ON OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND I SAY, OH, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE HERE. AND I GET A LIBRARY CARD, UM, ON SATURDAY. I, I MEAN, BACK TO BACK I OPENED SIX LIBRARY CARDS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. UM, ALL, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT DID ATTEND OUR, UM, SUMMER READING PROGRAM, KICKOFF PARTY, THEY TOLD PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEIR FAMILY. AND THEN WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TRICKLING ALL DAY SATURDAY AND TODAY, UH, PICKING UP READING LOGS, UM, GIVEN NOW LIKE 500 READING LOGS MM-HMM . THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S BUILDING MM-HMM . BUT WE NEED TO, WE KEEP BUILDING MORE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT. MM-HMM . UM, WE HAD A, A LADY HERE THAT I KNOW FROM THE TRAILS, UM, I GAVE HER, I, I PRINTED OFF A FEW OF OUR UPCOMING SENIOR FRIENDLY PROGRAMS AND ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD TAKE THOSE AND POST THOSE AT THE TRAILS. UM, TALK TO HER FRIENDS. SO I BELIEVE THERE'S SO MANY UNTAPPED THINGS. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING SO MUCH, BUT IS WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. BUT THE AWARENESS PIECE THAT [00:40:01] MM-HMM . I THINK THE GAME THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE WHAT WE HAVE, RIGHT. MAXIMIZE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, MAXIMIZE THE CIRCULATION THAT WE HAVE, THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE. UM, SO IN THE LAST YEAR WE WERE ALL ABOUT LIKE, LET'S DO MORE PROGRAMS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR TIME OR CAPACITY. RIGHT. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM ALSO THAT IT'S, IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE PRESENTERS COME AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE HAD MULTIPLE ASK ABOUT. SO WE LET THEM KNOW. WE LET THE COMMUNITY AND WE DID ALL THE THINGS, SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON SOCIALS AND HOW TO CONNECT AND ALL THAT STUFF. MM-HMM . SPRING WORD. AND THEN TWO PEOPLE SHOW UP. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HARD BECAUSE THEN MY DATA SAYS WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM AGAIN. WELL, WE HAD TWO PEOPLE COME. AND SO, AND MAYBE IT IS A, A REALLY VALUABLE PROGRAM. SO MAYBE GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD AND ASK PEOPLE, BUT DAY OF THE WEEK WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER. UM, WHAT TIMES WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER? WE TRY SO HARD. UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY WANT MM-HMM . AND THAT I WANT, I WANNA SAY THAT'S VERY, VERY LIMITED. LIKE USUALLY WE HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A, UM, WE HAD A WORKSHOP FOR SOLUTIONS. FOR THE INTERVIEW SKILLS. YES. UM, AND I THINK TWO PEOPLE CAME TO THAT. AND WE GET, WE GET ASKED ALL THE TIME ABOUT RESUME BUILDING INTERVIEW SKILLS. SO WE HAD THAT. WE REALLY, REALLY PROMOTED IT, TALKED ABOUT IT EVERYWHERE. AND THEN WE HAD TO . SO I WONDER IF THAT'S A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE AGAIN THOUGH. IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE. AND AND ALSO, UM, THE HOURS, WE HAVEN'T SAID THAT YET, BUT THAT COMES UP A LOT. YEAH. THE EXTENDED HOURS. LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN ONE PERSON. WE'RE A SIX PERSON TEAM RIGHT NOW. WHEREAS BEFORE WE WERE SEVEN. BUT WE'RE STILL OFFERING, LIKE WE'RE SEVEN. WE'RE JUST DIVVYING IT UP AND DOING BEST WE CAN. BUT, UM, WE'RE OPEN AS MANY HOURS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BE RIGHT NOW. UM, WITH MORE PEOPLE. WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE MORE HOURS. UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN MORE. SO, UM, TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE IDENTIFIED ISSUES. AND HOURS IS ANOTHER ONE. I KNOW THAT MEETING UP WITH FRIENDS WAS LISTED, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE, AGAIN, MORE HOURS AND A LARGER SPACE. OR MORE SPACES I SHOULD SAY. NOT JUST A LARGER SPACE, BUT MORE SPACES. 'CAUSE YOUR LITTLE STUDY ROOMS CAN HOLD HOW MANY? SIX AND EIGHT. SIX AND EIGHT. AND UH, AND ISN'T IT PARTITIONED? SO YOU COULD POSSIBLY YEAH. WE, WE BEEN, THIS IS SCHOOL AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM THEY . OKAY. YEAH. WE TAKE OUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S STILL 14 MAX. SO AGAIN, I MEAN THE MEETUP WITH FRIENDS, WE CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS THAT AT ALL. WELL, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I PERSONALLY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE. IF THERE WAS ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE, THIS LIBRARY WAS NOT REALLY DESIGNED IN THAT WAY. IF YOU GO TO OTHER LIBRARIES, THERE ARE LARGE OPEN SEATING AREAS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. WE DON'T, WE, WE OPTED FOR MORE BOOKS THAN, THAN THE SEATING AREAS, I THINK IS WHAT I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE LESS COLLECTION SPACE. SEE, THAT'S THE THING. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID LAST TIME. YEAH. ONE AREA. YEAH. AND THAT'S THE THING. SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND THAT WAS IN THE BOTTOM THREE, THE MEETUP WITH FRIENDS. SO IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE IT'S ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. MM-HMM . BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THEIR PRIORITIES. PHYSICAL BOOKS. THE DIGITAL BOOKS AND MEDIA. AND THEN THE MORE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING IT, IT BRING YOUNG CHILDREN TO PROGRAMS. OKAY. WELL IF A PARENT HAS ONE CAR AND, AND DAD OR MOM IS USING IT FOR WORK, WAIT, ARE WE, THAT ONE DOES THAT? LIKE WHY DO YOU COME TO THE LIBRARY, BRING YOUNG CHILDREN, WHAT SERVICES? OH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S NEED, THAT'S HOW THEY ACCESS THE LIBRARY. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT IS TO THE, OKAY. YEAH. ONE, UM, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE THAT, SORRY, SURVEY BY LIBRARY USERS. IT LOOKS SIMILAR, BUT WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THIS IS THE ONE, THIS IS A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE REASONS PEOPLE COME TO LIBRARY. SO THOSE PEOPLE THINK IT'S JUST GROUP BOOKS. [00:45:01] BUT YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE COMING OUT, THEY'RE COMING HERE TO ATTEND PRO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. THEY'RE COMING HERE TO MEET UP WITH FRIENDS, COPY AND PRINT WITH THE WIFI PRINTING SERVICE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED. THAT'S, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THAT JUST AS MANY PEOPLE COME HERE TO PRINT AND USE OUR WIFI SERVICES AS THEY DO TO CHECK OUT BOOKS. OH WOW. UM, OUR STUDY ROOM SPACES ARE, ARE ALWAYS CLOSED. ALWAYS FROM THE TIME WE OPENED FOR DESIGN, WE CLOSED. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA. A LOT OF IT WAS JUST REALLY, UH, PEOPLE REPEATING. THEY, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ON HERE AGAIN. BUT IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE COME. MM-HMM . NOT JUST ONE OR TWO THINGS. AND, AND HERE'S ANOTHER PRETTY TELLING THING TO ME. IF YOU'RE ON PAGE 49 OF THE BAR GRAPHS, UM, THE QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU SUPPORT A TAX INCREASE OR HOURS INCREASE IF IT MEANT INCREASING TAXES? 64% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID NO. YEAH. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, THAT'S, THAT'S . BUT 43 OR 27. SORRY. 70%. YEAH. YEAH. AND IS THAT BALANCE INDICATE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. RIGHT. STANDARD. BUT WHAT WAS TELLING FOR ME ON THAT WAS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO THAT QUESTION. MM-HMM . THERE'S ONLY LIKE 28 RESPONSES TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS. 20. THAT'S 101 RESPONSES FOR THAT ONE. YEAH. YEAH. SO 101 RESPONSES VERSUS 28 RESPONSES FOR PROGRAMS SPECIFIC TO DEMOGRAPHICS. WHEN WE DID, UM, IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, RIGHT BEFORE, I THOUGHT IT WAS BEFORE SPRING BREAK WORKSHOP, ALL STUFF OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE PUT UP THERE BUILDING. YEAH. LIKE 25. SO THAT DIFFERENT DATA IS SHOWING DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED MORE SPACE IS JUST GETTING TO THAT. RIGHT. HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL? THAT QUESTION SOMEONE WHO'S NOT INTO THAT DOWN. MM-HMM . THAT REALLY HELPED. YES. MM-HMM . I THINK $15 ONCE THEY SAW HOW MUCH THE RAISES. I ALSO THINK THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STEREOTYPE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT PROFILES OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO COME TO CITY HALL TO DO A BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT'S A D LIKE THEY'RE DEEPLY IN TUNE. AND SOMEONE WHO MAYBE IS TAKING A SURVEY ONLINE. NOT TO SAY THAT THAT ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER, BUT THERE MAY BE PERSPECTIVE. PERSPECTIVE. AND I THINK THE PERSON WHO'S COMING UP THROUGH THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MAYBE HAS MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 'CAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE YOU ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF, HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE GONE TO SOME OF THE OTHER STRATEGIC PLANNING THINGS JUST IN GENERAL, NOT JUST FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT THESE FINANCE MEETINGS ARE GENERALLY VERY SPARSELY ATTENDED. YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DEEP INFORMATION AND SO YOU GET THAT CONTEXT. AND SO I, I COULD SEE WHY THERE MIGHT BE A DISPARITY IN RESPONSES IN THOSE TWO BUCKETS. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROCESS. I, I JUST KIND OF WONDER, I MEAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEING UP ON THE WALL FOR PEOPLE TO SEE, HEY, WE'VE IMPROVED A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN TO USE THIS STUDY ROOM MORE THAN LAST YEAR. EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST US, BUT, AND THE THINGS ASK CONSERVING [00:50:01] ENERGY. HAVE, THERE IS NO, IS THE PARTICIPATION FOR PROGRAMS ALONE? YES. IT'S JUST UNDER. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, AND I WOULD LOVE, I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO SEE THIS, HEY GUYS, WE HEARD YOU. HEY GUYS, WE ARE LOOSENING AND WE ARE REPORTING ON THAT. NOT THE NUMBER OF PROGRESS WE'RE, UM, CHECKOUTS OF DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL. AND THEN I WANTED TO ADD, BECAUSE I JUST AS MY OWN AS A PATRON OF MY, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY OWN LIBRARY, UM, MONEY SAVED AND THAT'S ON EVERY RECEIPT. AND SO JUST A SNAPSHOT, IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, APRIL WE'RE USING OUR SERVICES, THE POST PAYMENT, UM, SAVED 65,800. I THOUGHT THAT'D BE A NICE IMPACTFUL, UM, I LOVE THAT STAT. SO THAT STAT INDICATES LIKE IF, IF ALL THE PATRONS WHO CHECKED OUT BOOKS WERE TO HAVE GONE OUT AND BOUGHT THAT BOOK INSTEAD, THAT'S WHAT THE COLLECTIVE COST WOULD'VE BEEN PAID FOR. INSTEAD OF USING OUR FREE, UM, SOME OF OUR RESEARCH DATABASES, THAT DOESN'T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE FREE ASSISTANCE THAT WE GET THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT WE DO. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. YEAH, THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE MAKING LIKE A DASHBOARD. IT'S GONNA BE ON THE CITY OF WEBSITE. WHEN YOU GO TO THE DEPARTMENT THERE, SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE FACING UPDATED EVERY MONTH, $65,000. THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS IN TAX DOLLARS. THERE'S STILL A COST TO THAT THOUGH. THERE'S A COST OF THAT AND LIKE, HOW MUCH DID IT COST FOR US TO BUY THOSE BOOKS AND YEAH. AND I THINK IF THERE WAS A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ON THAT MM-HMM . THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT LOOK AT THIS QUESTION AGAIN AND GO, OKAY, MAYBE I DON'T MIND THE EXTRA DOLLAR IN MY TAXES GOING UP. MM-HMM . IF IT MEANS SAVING $65,000 IN ONE MONTH, THAT THAT, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT MATH DOESN'T REALLY WORK. 'CAUSE ONE HOUSEHOLD ISN'T SAVING 65,000. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE THING IS, SO YOU CALCULATE IN WITH THE COST OF, BUT ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S RECEIPT. SO LIKE CHECK AND I ASK FOR RECEIPT AND THAT THIS IS JUST THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A HORRIBLE THING TO SAY, BUT THAT'S ALSO THAT MUCH LESS THAN SALES TAX WAY THAT THAT CAN BE, WE DON'T HAVE A BOOKSTORE THAT IS NOT MEANING AT ALL. WE DON'T AT OUR PHYSICAL DASHBOARD, I, THIS IS ENOUGH BACK TO LOCALLY MM-HMM . AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY BRAIN WAS GOING, WAS LIKE, HEY, THIS IS DRASTIC. DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU'VE SAVED BY UTILIZING YOUR LIBRARY RATHER THAN DRIVING TO ROUND ROCK OR PFLUGERVILLE TO GO TO , BARNES AND NOBLE AND ANY OTHER STORE. NOW OUR MATERIAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT EVEN YEAH'S NOW INTO THE SIXTH MONTH. SO THAT'S, THAT'S DRASTIC. I WAS JUST LEAVING THE HORRIBLE ARGUMENT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YEAH. YEAH. SO I GUESS, I MEAN, HOW, HOW DO WE GET TO THE GOALS? MM-HMM . OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE MAJORLY IDENTIFIED HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTATION AND SPACE. MM-HMM . IF WE'RE HAVING TO SPEND MONEY TO RENT SPACE, THAT'S MONEY THAT'S NOT GOING INTO OUR PROGRAMS. THAT'S MONEY. THAT'S NOT GOING INTO OUR BOOKS FOR STAFF. AND IT'S STILL GONNA HAVE TO BE MONEY THAT'S BUDGETED THOUGH, JUST OUTTA THE SHEER NECESSITY. AND SO, [00:55:02] I DON'T KNOW. I THINK ABOUT LIKE THE, THE LARGER SPACE THING. AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE LONG TERM GOALS THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON IT NOW, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO HAVE IT WRITTEN SOMEWHERE. LIKE WE HAVEN'T FORGOT. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE NEED A LARGER FACILITY. YEAH. UM, WE HAVE, WE, WE USE THE GRID WE USED TO USE RIGHT OUT HERE, BUT TION CUT OFF AND OUT HERE IN THE FRONT. BUT WE'RE JUST WORRIED WITH LIKE CARS BEING RIGHT THERE. DANGEROUS. IT WAS GREAT HAVING THIS SIDE FOR THE LONGEST. WE ALREADY MOVED OUT THERE. WE JUST HAD LIKE, PAINT WE'RE SUPER MESSY. WATER WE DID OUT THERE MM-HMM . SO, UM, WE'RE GETTING THAT BEING DONE AND US BEING ABLE TO MM-HMM . WHEN ARE WE, BUT, BUT NOTHING ON LIKE STAGES DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHY I ASKED A FEW MONTHS AGO BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE I THINK SO, AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, I HAVE QUESTION. ALTHOUGH NOVEMBER OUTDOORS IN TEXAS, IT DEPENDS. RIGHT? LIKE, SO KYLE WAS ASKING, DO WE EVER THINK ABOUT YOU? NOW IT'S WEATHER DEPENDENT, RIGHT? AND HEAT DEPENDENT. BUT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO USE THAT, THE CITY GREEN SPACE BEHIND TOP NOTCH? MAYBE THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE COULD DO SOME PROGRAMS. YES. AND OVER THE SUMMER WE'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT MAYBE HOW WE CAN EVEN LIKE SPLASH PAD SOMETHING. UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO USE THE GIN, BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE NO AC AND THE , LIKE IT'S JUST A SPACE. YEAH. UM, WE WORK TO USE IT. THEY DOUBLE BOOK CHAMBERS FOR SOMETHING. WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE IT HERE. LIKE WE ALMOST USE IT THEN I WAS LIKE, WE GONNA TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND BATHROOM. SO THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL OPTION IF IT WAS MM-HMM . FOR RESTAURANTS, THEY WOULD BE INTERESTING. I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULD. BUT I DID HEAR THAT THEY'RE BUILDING BATHROOMS OVER HERE BY THE SPLASH PAD. THEN I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL THEN THEY WOULD JUST BE CROSSING THIS AREA. YEAH. THERE IS A CROSSWALK AND SO MAYBE THAT WILL BE AN OPTION FOR US. HAVE THAT. BUT LIKE AIR CONDITIONING, I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM YET. SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD MOSTLY USE IT PROBABLY FOR FALL PROGRAMMING. I MEAN, HONESTLY WHEN THE, WHEN THE WALLS ARE UP, WHEN THEY OPEN UP THE GATE, THE CROSS FREEZE, THE WAY THAT THE BUILDING IS ORIENTED, THERE IS A NICE FREEZE THAT COMES THROUGH. YEAH. BATHROOMS. IT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. SO TANYA HAS GOTTEN OUR, OUR BIG NOTEPAD LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE . YEAH. ALRIGHT, SO FIRST NEED IDENTIFIED WAS SPACE OR TRANSPORTATION. ONE WAS THE SPACE OF THE ONE SPACE. AND I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD. LIKE WE NEED TO PUT THAT AS A FIVE YEAR PLAN. SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S BECAUSE I, I DO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AT ANY TIME SOMEBODY BRINGS THIS, ESPECIALLY FROM LIKE UPPER LEADERSHIP WITH THE CITY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THIS TOMORROW. LIKE, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH IN A VACUUM. THIS IS DATA THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED FROM US OR TO US. AND SO GATHERING DATA, RIGHT? YES MA'AM. I KNOW THAT WE REQUEST THAT THESE VOTES LAST JURY, THAT NEXT. RIGHT. THE QUESTION IS, IS HOW LONG IS THAT THESE BUILDING STUDY GOOD FOR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN BY BUDGET OR NOT BUDGET BY FINANCE, IS THAT IT'S THE FIRST STEP OF A FOUR YEAR SET POINT. OKAY. SO IT'S WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PLAN. YES. OKAY. AND THEY USE, THEY USE DEMOGRAPHER'S INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTED GROWTH, GROWTH AND COMPARISON INFORMATION. YES. THE POLICE IS THE ONE. SO IT, I WOULD, IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT COST. IT MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH OF A COST. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, AWARENESS, SO MUCH FIGURE OUT WHAT'S LOOKING . WE ALSO, ALRIGHT, WELL YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY NEWS [01:00:02] CALENDAR. YES. UM, WHEN, RIGHT NOW BETTER. BUT WE, THAT COMMUNITY THEM, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT, IT'S A COST. OKAY. SO THAT'S, WE WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET, BUT MAYBE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM ON IT WILL BE A POINT OF DISTRIBUTION. MM-HMM . IF YOU LET US GIVE YOU A MONTHLY CALENDAR. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH DICTATING HOW WE ADDRESS THESE THINGS. I THINK OUR ROLE IN OUR SCOPE IS IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE HIGH PRIORITY THINGS ARE AND THEN THAT'S WHEN STAFF TAKES OVER AND THEY SAID, OKAY, THIS IS THE DIRECTION. HERE'S, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOGETHER, BUT THAT IS THEIR LANE TO DETERMINE LIKE HOW WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. SO, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONVERSE BEFORE ABOUT TALKING TO THE LOCAL DIFFERENT, UM, THE HOOD NEWS, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THE TAYLOR PRESS AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP GET OUT THE FORMAT AND PRINT. I THINK THAT DOES MOST SOME INTO, YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, SO THE TOP THREE THINGS ACCORDING TO THIS QUESTION, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WANNA SEE THE LIBRARY ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? THE TOP THREE THINGS. PHYSICAL SPACE, EXPANDED RESOURCES AND OFFERING. OUR, OUR POINT IS WE ALL THESE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR, WE HAVE. SO THAT'S WHERE AWARENESS COMES FROM. AND THE THIRD ONE IS PROGRAMS, PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES. SO I, I THINK THAT'S ALSO AWARENESS. YEAH. THAT COMES BACK INTO THESE QUESTION HEADINGS. SO RIGHT. YEAH. SO MAYBE WE HAVE TWO PRIORITIES WITH THE THIRD STRETCH GOAL BEING, ALIGNING, SEEING WHERE OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS CAN ALIGN WITH THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PRIORITIES SO THAT WE'RE ALL, AGAIN, BUILDING THIS COHESIVE, UM, OFFERING. AND MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN ALIGNING WITH, MAYBE IT'S FIGURING OUT HOW OUR, OUR WORK CAN SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. LIKE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT OVERLAP, UM, , THE BOARDS CAN LEVERAGE LIBRARY. YEAH. BECAUSE WE, I WOULD SAY WE ARE RESOURCE RICH AS FAR AS NOT LIKE MONEY, BUT ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THIS IS NATURALLY A PLACE WHERE ACTIVITIES HAPPEN. SO HOW CAN WE HELP THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR IDEAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUSH OFF, UM, AND HELP FACILITATE THAT. AND TO CLARIFY WHEN I SAY RESOURCE RICH, THAT DOES NOT MEAN DOLLARS. YEAH. I WAS LIKE, THAT WAS, YEAH. INFORMATION IS ALSO RESOURCE I'M WITH AND WE ALREADY HAVE A CONDUIT FOR THAT. YOU KNOW. WHAT'D YOU SAY? INFORMATION AND, AND LIKE THIS SPACE, JUST LIKE THE PARKS AND REC, LIKE THEY'RE ALSO RESOURCE RICH AS FAR AS LIKE BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF THE FENCE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR LOG TRANSPORTATION SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER, AND SO I KNOW CHRIS AND YOU'D SAID THAT YOU'RE DOWN A PERSON. IS THAT TEMPORARY? IT IS TEMPORARY ON WEDNESDAY. OKAY. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK UP TO SEVEN SOON. MM-HMM . IT MEANS OUR LITERAL BUSIEST TIME. SO I WONDER IF THIS IS A GOOD, I KNOW IT'S ONLY SEVEN O'CLOCK. I WONDERING. I HAVE IS, UM, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THIS PATH, IF THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO PAUSE, SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND TIME AND SPACE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TRUE WORK SESSIONS WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT PERHAPS WE DO SOME LIKE RESEARCH OR OUTREACHES TO THE OTHER BOARD AND COMMISSIONS TO GET SOME INSIGHT TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT ARE THEIR, WHAT HAVE THEY IDENTIFIED AS THEIR PRIORITIES AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THOSE INTERSECTING POINTS LIE. ARE YOU OPPORTUNITIES, [01:05:03] ARE YOU ASKING? YES. I'M ASKING. OH, I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO THEM AND FIND OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE STRATEGIC PLANNING ALREADY OR NOT HAS, YEAH, THEY'RE VERY ORGANIZED, SO I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO PLUG IN WITH THEM. LIKE, UM, THE, UM, HPCI KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN IS HAVING US HOST ONE OF THEIR BOOKS WHERE PEOPLE AND I IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS? YES. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR BOOKS, UH, THROUGH OUR, UM, DIGITAL, UM, LIBRARY. AND SO IT'S THE AWARENESS UHHUH THAT THEY'RE THERE. AND THEN AS, UM, I, I SPOKE WITH THEM AS THEY UPDATE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON IT, GETTING ME THE NEW, UM, UPDATED VERSIONS. I THINK THEY HAVE ONE PRINTED COPY AND THEY ALSO HAVE A DIGITAL VERSION. YES. YEAH. BUT THEY'RE, THE WAY THAT THEY DESCRIBE IT, THEY'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON IT. SO THEY, THEY FELT MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING THE DIGITAL, UH, FORMAT RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . IT'S RIGHT NOW WITH OUR DIGITAL . OKAY. WEIRD. YOU GUYS POST OR BROADCAST THESE OUT? IS IT WRITTEN FLYERS, TEXT? MM-HMM . VIDEO? YES. SO COMMS, UM, THEY STARTED SINCE WHEN WE STARTED, BUT WE HAVE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WE'RE USING. UM, AND IT IS AN AMAZING TOOL BECAUSE I CAN MAKE ONE POST AND BOTH OUR, UM, INSTA AND OUR FACEBOOK AND IT SUGGESTS HASHTAGS FOR ME TO PUSH THERE. UM, IT HELPS ME LIKE SOME DAYS IF I'M, IF I WORK 10 HOURS AND MY POST LOOKS REALLY LIKE BASIC, I COULD SAY MAKE THIS SOUND A LOT MORE EXCITING AND IT'LL DO THAT FOR ME. UM, IT HAS A GREAT PHOTO LIBRARY, SO IF WE, UM, DON'T HAVE A PHOTO AT OUR DISPOSAL AT THAT MOMENT, IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT THAT STUFF. AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO RUN CAMPAIGNS AND THEN IT KEEPS ALL THE ANALYTICS SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S BEING PUT ON THE MOST, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR. UM, ANGELINA, SHE'S OUR C TECH, OUR CURRENT TECH, SHE HAS BEEN DOING OUR, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA MOSTLY. WE ALL CHIP IN, BUT SHE'S SORT OF THE PERSON, THE VIDEOS AND OUR REELS GET THE MOST. UM, SO SHE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DOING WEBINARS AND THINGS THAT KIND OF COME UP, UM, LIKE HEY STUDY. BUT, UM, WE, I, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE LEAPS AND BOUNDS, UM, WITH THAT. AND THEN THE HU CONNECT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TOO, USING IT. SO, UM, IT'S A REALLY COOL TOOL. BUT THEY LAUNCHED HU CONNECT AT THE SAME TIME THEY LAUNCHED CU SOLVE IT AND THE WATER SMART. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS CONFUSING. LIKE, WHICH IS WHICH AND DO I USE WHAT FOR? SO WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE HU CONNECT EXPERIENCE AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, IF YOU WANNA KNOW LIKE WHAT PARKS AND REC IS DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT LIKE THE ROTARY CLUB IS DOING IN ANY ORGAN ORGANIZATION AND YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WANNA DO THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANIMALS OR YOU LIKE GARDENING, YOU CAN PICK UP, GET YOUR FREE ACCOUNT, YOU CAN PICK YOUR OWN CATEGORIES THAT ARE INTERESTING TO YOU, YOUR EVEN YOUR AGE GROUPS. AND IT WILL CONSTANTLY SHOW YOU AND ALL YOU DO IS HAVE TO CLICK IT JUST LIKE A FACEBOOK, UM, EVENT AND IT WILL REMIND YOU, UM, OF THAT EVENT. SO IT'S, IT'S THIS ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'S HAVING A SLOW START. UM, SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN HERE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT. IS IT AN APP OR WEBSITE? IT'S AN APP. UM, AND, BUT I THINK WE NEED, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PULLING BACK BECAUSE THEY, THEY, UM, I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW THAT IS MARKETING ME IS NOT MY, MY FORTE. BUT, UM, I ASSUME THAT BECAUSE THEY LAUNCHED THREE THAT MAYBE THEY'RE PULLING BACK A LITTLE BIT NOW SO THAT PEOPLE, 'CAUSE THE HUDDLE SOLVE IT IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FORERUNNER OF THE, OF ONE THAT'S MOST INTERESTING TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. AND THEN MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA DO A BIG CAMPAIGN FOR, UM, THE HOW CONNECT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SPREAD OF THE WORD OUT. SO GETTING THAT NOW, THAT RESOURCE, I THINK IN LIKE THREE YEARS TIME, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE USING THE HOW CONNECT APP AND IT'S, WE, WE WON'T BE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION ON OUR NEEDS. AWARENESS IS, IS NUMBER TWO, BUT IT DOES TAKE SO LONG TO GET ALL KIND OF, SO MAYBE THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE AWARENESS PIECE IS IF WE CAN ALL COMMIT TO SIGNING UP FOR A A HU CONNECT ACCOUNT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALREADY AND SHARING THAT WITH AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S AN EASY THING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE INTERIM WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THESE THINGS. IT ALSO [01:10:01] HAS ALL OF, WHEN EVERYBODY'S MEETING TOO, LIKE ALL THE BOARDS ARE SO IT PEOPLE HAVE THAT AWARENESS AND THEY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE GO OUT AND LIVE OUR LIVES AND WE FORGET ABOUT THINGS SOMETIMES. MM-HMM . EVERYTHING. SO WHEN USED, IT'S AN EXCELLENT TOOL. MM-HMM . BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE MASTERS OF INFORMATION USING THAT HAS HELPED US BE ABLE TO RIGHT. PERFECT. IS AN ONLY, I DON'T HOW TO CONNECT ON THE GOOGLE WHERE IT ONLY CAME UP WITH HOW TO SOLVE IT. SEARCH IT ON THIS BE THE BIG PROBLEM THERE. APPLE. HOW TO SOLVE IT, HOW TO SOLVE IT. I SENDING A TICKET. HOW TO, THERE YOU GO. GO TRY GET SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETE. OKAY, WELL I'LL, I'LL WE'LL DIFFERENT ONE. I BET YOU THEY HAVE ONE. IT'S JUST MAY NOT BE NAMED REALLY EASILY NAME. YOU CAN TYPE IN HOW CONNECT ACTUALLY ON GOOGLE. CAN YOU TEXT THAT TO KYLE PLEASE? HE IS NOT GETTING OUT OF THIS. YOU JUST GOOGLE HOW TO CONNECT AND IT'S NOT AN APP, IT'S JUST, IT SHOWS IT, IT SHOWS ON THE, IN THE APP. DOES READ MORE, UH, OUR MEETING ON HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT? OKAY, SO WE HOW GOOGLE, I THOUGHT THERE WAS ENOUGH FOR THIS. INTERESTING. MAYBE IT'S JUST LIKE A DASHBOARD. CAN WE GET IT ADDED TO HOW TO SOLVE IT? GOOGLE HUDDLE LATEST. AND WE CAN SHARE THE PAGE ON OUR SHARE THE LINK. THAT PICTURE MISLEADING RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LANDING PAGE. THERE'S A OH, INTERESTING. YEAH. LIKE, LIKE A GOOGLE SITE KIND OF. BUT IT HAS, I MEAN THIS IS ONE WHERE I HAVEN'T GONE IN AND PUT IN MY, MY UHHUH. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO THE SOCIAL PHONE AND IT LITERALLY SHOWING EVERY SINGLE ONE. MM-HMM . SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PLANNING IN VOTING AND MY HOMEWORK IS DONE. . ALRIGHT. WELL I, I FEEL LIKE TONIGHT WAS USEFUL IF FOR NO OTHER REASON TO KIND OF DIG THROUGH AND THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE BIG IDEAS. AND ALSO I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR STAFF TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE SEEING KIDS PROGRAMS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE HAVE THAT. SO HOW CAN WE WORK ON THAT AWARENESS PIECE? UM, SO MAYBE WE PUT A PIN IN THIS FOR NOW. WE SCHEDULE ANOTHER SESSION. WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING? IT'S AUGUST. WE'VE GOT A MEETING AUGUST THAT'S PARTNERING WITH WHAT DATE IS THAT AGAIN? THE 17TH. I LOVE HAVING A SCRIBE. JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M WEIRD. YOU'RE NOT WEIRD. STOP IT. TIME MODULE. SO JULY 15TH WE COULDN'T USE AS A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HOWEVER WE CAN TOUCH UPON THIS WITH DEIB. SO WE GET A SENSE FROM THEM WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE. MAYBE WE CAN, UH, FRONT LOAD THAT WITH THEM. SO THEY COME WITH SOME PRIORITIES. THEY MEET MONTHLY, DON'T THEY? YES. THEY'RE, THEY MEET FROM SIX TO EIGHT LIKE WE DO. OKAY. AND THEY MEET UPSTAIRS IN THE, UM, THE BIG ROOM, THE EXECUTIVE ROOM. OKAY. EXECUTIVE ROOM. OKAY. UM, THOSE ARE GONNA BE MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION. I'M HAPPY KRISTEN, I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO YOUR CHAIR AND KIND OF SHARE WHAT WE DID TODAY. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. ASKING THEM TO BRING THE THREE PRIORITIES. THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW THAT SETTLES IN WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS . WE'RE IN OUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING WAS IN MAY. OKAY. IT SAYS RIGHT HERE MAY 20TH. NOPE. BUT THAT'S WHEN THIS WAS POSTED. JUST KIDDING. OH. 'CAUSE NORMALLY WE'VE, WE HAVE THE, THE FOLLOW UP DATE RIGHT HERE. AUGUST 4TH. OKAY. AUGUST 4TH. [01:15:03] SO THEN, UM, MAYBE WHAT WE'LL DO AUGUST 4TH IS FINISH THE REST OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE WOULD HOPE WE HAVE THE FULL BOARD HERE. WE STARTED A LOT OF THAT WORK AHEAD OF TIME. WE'LL MEET IN JULY WITH DEIB. THAT WILL ALSO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION. UM, AND THEN, UM, I CAN GET WITH KRISTEN TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE TOUCH POINTS WITH THE OTHER BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS. IT, FOR SOME OF THEM IT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF ZONING HAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OR IF THE PLANNING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS HAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT. YEAH. YEAH. BUT WE CAN REACH OUT AND ASK. YEAH. IS THERE A MEETING ON JULY 17TH? IT'S THE 15TH. IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT ONE. OKAY. DO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT STOPPING HERE THOUGH? WE HAVE THREE THINGS AND WE HAVE THREE THINGS. YEAH. AND THEY DO LINE UP. YEAH. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STARTING POINT. AND I THINK ONCE WE MAKE THOSE OTHER TOUCH POINTS, I THINK WE WILL REALLY HELP FURTHER NARROW DOWN AND THEN HAVING MORE REPRESENTATION. THE BOARD I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT, SO. OKAY. UM, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, OH, LITTLE BEAR IS DOING A READING PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE A CUTE LITTLE BOOK THAT YOUR BEAR AND THERE WAS A T-SHIRT YOU CAN THROUGH YOUR BEAR, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE, CAN YOU SEND THAT INFORMATION TO KRISTEN? MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SHARE OUT WHENEVER THEY BRING. AND HERE'S THE LITTLE BOOK. IT SAYS UPON ADUR, I'M ABOUT TO ADJOURN, NOT HAVE A LITTLE WHY WE CALENDAR ON THEIR WEBSITE. I'M SURE THEY WOULD. KRISTEN HAS ALREADY BEEN MEETING WITH LIBRARIANS TOO, SO THERE'S ALREADY WHY WE DISTRICT OH, PUT OUR, OUR CALENDAR ON THEIR YEAH, I THINK THEY WOULD. YEAH, WE CAN MAKE SURE, UM, WE HAVE TRASH. IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'M GONNA, DURING THIS MEETING AT, UH, SEVEN 18. ALL RIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.