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WELL, WE KNOW THAT HE WAS WORKING VISITS OVER THERE,
[Library Advisory Board on August 4, 2025.]
SO LET'S LET HER LOG OUT AND LOG IN.OKAY. SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT WHILE WE WAIT.
WERE THERE ANY PROGRAMS YOU SAW IN AUGUST THAT YOU'RE KIND OF THINKING? I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ME? I'D BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN. I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE GIFT OF ADVANCED CARE PLANNING IS.
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? SO WHAT THE BENEFIT IS OF THAT ONE.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ONE, THAT SAME ONE IN JUNE.
AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS FROM THE PUBLIC AFTERWARDS TO ASK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ATTEND THAT ONE. WE HAD AUSTIN HOSPICE COME AND THEY NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THESE PACKETS THAT THEY HAD PREPARED.
THEY WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT NOT JUST YOUR, YOU KNOW, DO NOT RESUSCITATE. BUT LIKE ALL OF THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE IN ORDER AT END OF LIFE, BUT ALSO THINK THEY WERE GREAT AT DEFINING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIKE, PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE CARE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS. BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOTARIES.
SO IF ANYBODY BROUGHT ANYTHING WITH THEM, THEY WERE ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON THINGS.
IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, TO PROMOTE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY.
MORE THAN ANYTHING. AND I ATTENDED IT MYSELF, AND I FOUND IT INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE.
AND WHAT WE FOUND, BASED ON THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE, IS THE REASON THAT THEY CHOSE TO ATTEND IS BECAUSE THEY RECENTLY LOST SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THEIR THINGS IN ORDER, AND THEN NOW THEY'RE THINKING, WELL, I BETTER GET MY STUFF. SO WE'RE HAVING A SECOND ONE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
WOULD THAT ALSO BE APPROPRIATE FOR, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE LIKE A, AN ALMOST ADULT CHILD THAT'S ABOUT TO AGE OUT, LIKE BEING ABLE TO DO TRANSFER RIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO THEY CAN ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. AND AND THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE IT SET UP TOO, IS THEY HAD A PRESENTATION THAT THEY DID. BUT THE LAST I WANT TO SAY 30 ISH MINUTES WAS REALLY Q&A.
AND IT WAS IT COULD BE SPECIFIC TO YOUR SITUATION.
THEY WERE ALSO WILLING TO GO INTO ONE OF THE ROOMS PRIVATELY IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO ASK IN FRONT OF THE GROUP. SO THAT'S OPTION AS WELL.
THIS MAY BE SOMETHING GOOD TO TAKE TO THE PARENTS IN CASE THAT'S OF INTEREST.
SO THERE'S I THINK, SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? SO MAYBE REACHING OUT TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR, LETTING HER KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING OFFERED. I DON'T KNOW IF THE ISD DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT I COULD SEE THAT BEING A BENEFIT TO NOT JUST THE END OF LIFE CARE.
YEAH. WHAT TIME DOES THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? ON THE 14TH AT 7 P.M. SEVEN.
AND WE'LL BE OUT BY 730, MOST LIKELY.
WE HAD LAST FRIDAY OUR SUMMER READING WRAP UP PARTY THAT HAS GONE REALLY, REALLY WELL. I DON'T HAVE FINAL NUMBERS YET BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE LOGS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SO MAYBE WE'RE ON VACATION AND THEY'RE JUST COMING BACK.
BUT I'LL SEND THOSE OUT TO YOU WITH THE EMAIL WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DATA.
AND REALLY WE DID THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE FINDING IS IF WE DIDN'T SEPARATE IT, IT WAS HARD TO FIND A CRAFT THAT BOTH AGE GROUPS WOULD REALLY ENJOY.
BUT OUR RULE OF THUMB WITH ALL LIBRARY PROGRAMS IS WE DON'T TURN PEOPLE AWAY.
SO IF SOMEONE MESSED UP AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE COMING TO ONE AND THEY COME TO THE OTHER, WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM IN AND LET THEM HAVE FUN AGAIN.
SOUNDS FUN. OH, I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T ASK ABOUT SPEED FRIENDING.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT SPEED FRIENDING IS? ALRIGHT, SO I KNOW YOU KNOW SPEED DATING IS RIGHT.
EVERYONE'S HEARD ABOUT THAT. SO WE HAD A SPEED FRIENDING EVENT ACTUALLY IN JANUARY AND IT WENT REALLY WELL. IN FACT, THE THE FAMILIES THAT CAME, IT WAS MOMS WITH EITHER NEWBORNS UP TO TODDLERS WHO WERE NOT SCHOOL AGE YET, AND IT WAS IT'S JUST A PLACE FOR THEM TO WE LITERALLY HAVE IT SET UP VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. AND YOU GO TO THE OUTER CIRCLE USUALLY STAYS PUT, AND THE INNER CIRCLE TRAVELS AND YOU GO UP TO EACH PERSON AND YOU HAVE A, I HAVE A LAMINATED LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT COULD HELP YOU START OUT.
NOW OF COURSE, ONCE THEY STARTED TALKING THEY WERE USING THOSE QUESTIONS. BUT IT ALSO SHOWED THE KIDDOS HOW TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PERSON TO.
AND SO THEY WOULD INTRODUCE THEIR KIDS TO IT.
THEY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN HOUR LONG.
WE WERE HAVING TO KIND OF ASK THEM TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION AND ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
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HALF, AND THEY MADE PLANS TO MEET UP DIRECTLY RIGHT AFTERWARDS.AND SO WE THOUGHT WITH SCHOOL STARTING, THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR MOMS AND DADS THAT WHOSE KIDS HAVE STARTED SCHOOL.
THE OLDER KIDS HAVE STARTED, AND THEY CAN COME AND DO THIS SPEEDRUNNING EVENT AND MAYBE MEET SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, DO PLAY DATES WITH AND STUFF.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S BEING OFFERED IN AUGUST? YES, THAT WE PUT OUT TODAY IT'S ALMOST GONE.
WE KEEP MAKING MORE AND MORE AND MORE. I THINK THEY STARTED OFF MAKING ABOUT 40 TO 50, AND WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO LIKE 75 TO 100.
AND THEY'RE USUALLY GOING TO THE VERY FIRST DAY THEY COME OUT.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE WAITING AT TEN WHEN WE OPEN TO COME IN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CRAFT KIT.
SO YEAH. AND IT'S A REALLY FUN ONE.
JELLYFISH FUN LITTLE TENTACLES.
THOSE LEADING THE ADULT BOOK CLUB THE ADULT BOOK CLUB THAT MEETS HERE ON THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IS ACTUALLY RUN BY ITSELF.
SO THAT'S BEEN GOING FOR YEARS HERE.
IT'S THE SAME GROUP OF LADIES THAT I BELIEVE THEY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY INVITE NEW PEOPLE IN, BUT THEY'VE BEEN MEETING HERE OVER THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH FOR YEARS. I JUST FINISHED THAT BOOK. SO SO, YEAH, A LOT GOING ON.
LAST THING. I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK TO THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY AND AND OFFER SOME CLARIFICATIONS. SO THERE THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, STARTED BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.
HAS BEEN UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL DURING BUDGET SEASON.
THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH YEAR AND THE LAST THREE YEARS IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF.
YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY THAT WITHOUT CONVERSATION.
AND SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST TALK ABOUT WHAT THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY IS.
AND THEN ALSO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH COUNCIL AS WELL. SO THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
SO FIRST OF ALL, LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY IS NOT IS NOT ASKING FOR A NEW LIBRARY RIGHT NOW. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO TAKE MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. WE ALSO ARE INCREDIBLY AWARE THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS SO MANY THINGS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH OUR PD, ALL OF THE THINGS GOING ON.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE FIRST IN LINE FOR ANYTHING.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO HAVE THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ACTUAL EXPERTS ASSESS THAT NEED.
SO IT'S NOT JUST NOW, OF COURSE, I'M THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR THE LIBRARY.
RIGHT. BUT THIS IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NO STAKE IN THE LIBRARY OR, YOU KNOW, ME OR ANYONE HERE THAT CAN ASSESS IT AND THEY CAN COME BACK WITH THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE AND THEIR DATA MIGHT COME BACK THAT NO, WE CAN WAIT X AMOUNT OF YEARS, OR THEIR DATA MIGHT SAY WE NEED IT, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE MORE, BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT ARE UP KIND OF TO BE DISCUSSED AN AQUATIC CENTER, A COMMUNITY CENTER, THE PARKS AND REC OFFICES.
AND THEN, OF COURSE PD IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY STUDYING? AND IN PUBLIC WORKS. SO THERE'S A LOT THERE, RIGHT? I LOOKED UP ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GOT AT OUR SATURDAY BUDGET.
WHAT WASN'T A QUESTION? IT WAS A COMMENT ABOUT WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THESE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE GOOD FOR, WHICH IS A GREAT POINT.
SO I LOOKED IT UP. AND THE WAY THAT IT'S BROKEN DOWN IS ACTUALLY BY SHELF LIFE IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. AND IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS INFORMATION BEFORE I LOOKED FOR IT.
AND SO YOU MAY YOU MAY KNOW ALL OF THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE IT OUT.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT'S ASKED OF ME EVEN AT THURSDAY'S BUDGET MEETING WITH COUNCIL.
SO THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE COMMUNITY GROWTH IS GOOD FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS.
AND SO IT'S IN A PLACE LIKE HUTTO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FIT ON THAT 3 TO 5 YEAR SCALE.
BUT I KNOW THAT WE ALSO ARE GROWING INCREDIBLY RAPIDLY.
SO IF I HAD TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION, IT WOULD BE ON THE ON THE CLOSER TO THE THREE YEARS. THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH THEY DO, THE BUILDING, THE SITES, ALL OF THAT IS 5 TO 10 YEARS.
SO I THINK THAT PROBABLY GOES ALONG WITH BUILDING CODES,
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YOU KNOW, THAT MARKET AND HOW THAT HOW IT CHANGES FOR LIBRARY USAGE AND SERVICES ANALYSIS THAT HAS A 2 TO 4 YEAR SHELF LIFE.AND THAT'S BECAUSE PATRON BEHAVIOR CAN DEPEND ON POPULATION GROWTH.
RIGHT? WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT WITH DATA IS THAT AS THE POPULATION HAS GROWN, OUR ACTIVE CARD USAGE HAS GONE UP, OUR PARTICIPATION HAS GONE UP, OUR PROGRAMS HAVE GONE UP, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THIS WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO A COMMUNITY WIDE AND IT WOULDN'T BE LIBRARY FOCUS.
IT WOULDN'T BE IT WOULDN'T BE A SURVEY THAT I DID OR THAT THE LIBRARY WAS DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIKE THEY DO FOCUS GROUPS, WHICH OFTEN THEY WILL DO ALONGSIDE WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY. THOSE ARE 2 TO 3 YEARS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SENTIMENT CAN SHIFT QUICKLY DEPENDING UPON THE CURRENT CLIMATE.
WE'RE SEEING A BIG SHIFT RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE A YEAR FROM NOW BASED ON WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THIS MOMENT.
SO THAT'S A THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTER FOR 2 TO 3 YEARS.
AND THEN THE COST ESTIMATES, THOSE ARE 1 TO 3 YEARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE AND WE KNOW EVERYTHING'S EXPONENTIALLY MORE EXPENSIVE AND IT'S CONTINUING TO GO UP. SO I EXPECTED THAT THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE LOW.
SO IN SAYING THAT WE WOULD LOVE WHAT I'M ASKING COUNCIL FOR IS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ESSENTIALLY ABOUT THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
I'M GOING TO SHARE ALL THE SAME INFORMATION WITH THEM THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU.
AND OF COURSE, WE'LL DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. COUNCIL DECIDES THAT WE WILL DO WHETHER WHETHER IT BE A FEASIBILITY STUDY OR NOT.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH LET'S SEE WITH THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR. I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED BECAUSE WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEING LIKE A SEPARATE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THE LIBRARY IS ESSENTIALLY IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A COMMUNITY HUB.
SO RESOURCES HUB, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CITIES.
THERE'S ONE IN HARKER HEIGHTS THAT HAVE BUILT A LIBRARY SLASH COMMUNITY CENTER IN ONE PLACE, WITH THE LIBRARY BEING ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEING ON THE RIGHT, AND THEN PARKS AND REC LIBRARY ARE ABLE TO COLLABORATE EVEN MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SAME SPACE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO THEM AND WHAT I'M WHAT I'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WITH A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHEN THEY DECIDE TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
IT BE A JOINT FEASIBILITY STUDY BECAUSE THEN IT'S JUST ONE STUDY.
I ALSO THINK IT'D BE A MUCH BETTER USE OF RESOURCES TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE BUILDING, ON ONE STOP SHOP. JUST THINK.
I MEAN, LIKE SOMEONE FAMILIES.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. THIS IS WHAT MY FAMILY DID. BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WOULD DRIVE FROM TEMPLE, WHERE I LIVE, TO HARKER HEIGHTS TO USE IT, AND MY OLDER ONE WOULD GO OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE THEY HAD, LIKE, TEEN KIND OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON OVER THERE.
AND I WENT WITH THE YOUNGER ONE OVER TO THE LIBRARY SO FAMILIES CAN USE THE SAME SPACE FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY TAKE ON IT.
WHEN I TALKED TO JEFF OVER AT PARKS AND REC, HE WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN THAT DISCUSSION HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, JUST SO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY? THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING IN CONVERSATIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
I DO THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD OPTION.
IT SEEMS LIKE I MEAN, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN, IN VERY FEW PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE IN LARGE ENOUGH AREAS ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IN SOME REGARDS, WE ALREADY ARE ACTING AS A COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF, A LOT OF SENIOR PROGRAMING NOW, WHICH WE FOUND A NICHE.
AND OF COURSE WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT HERE.
THEY'RE COMING OUT MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
SO TRANSPORTATION MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH OF A HINDRANCE AS IT WAS WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IN 2024.
BUT WE, WE HEAR FROM SENIORS ALL THE TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE A SENIOR CENTER.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THAT THAT NICHE OR THAT NICHE.
WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER THEM SPACE WHERE THEY'RE COMFORTABLE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE THE TRAILS OF CARMEL CREEK, TO OFFER THE PROGRAMING AS WELL SO THAT THEY HAVE OPTIONS FOR WHERE TO HAVE IT.
BUT YES. WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE NEED, BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING WE DO, SPACE CAN BE AN ISSUE.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY CREATIVE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO USE OUTSIDE SPACES WHICH WE LOVE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE WITH OUR BUDGET.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD TO USE THE DISCOVERY CENTER EVENT CENTER FOR LAST WEEK'S CHEMISTRY
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ROAD SHOW, AND IT WAS HUGELY ATTENDED.IT'S LIKE ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR THINGS OVER THE SUMMER, BUT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO OUTGROW COUNCIL CHAMBERS BASED ON THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR.
AND SO THEN WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE USE OF THAT SPACE, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WE CAN'T AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
IT'S JUST WE CAN'T WE CAN'T JUST KEEP PAYING FOR THOSE KINDS OF SPACES.
WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT DON'T CHARGE US TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT YOU WITH AN UPTICK IN BUSINESS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT SPACE ALWAYS IS A CONSIDERATION IN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE DO HERE.
ONE THING I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I THINK TO ME, IT SEEMS VERY APPARENT IN THE PROGRAMING WE'RE OFFERING, IF YOU GUYS CAN FLASH BACK TO TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE UPSTAIRS MEETING TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE AS A LIBRARY, HOW DO WE ALIGN OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS? AND LOOKING AT THE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT WE WE DUG THROUGH REALLY DEEPLY.
WE DID SOME YOU WEREN'T ON THE BOARD YET, BUT WE DID SOME REALLY BIG DEEP DIVE WORKING BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT LIKE YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY PRIORITIES IN FLIGHT.
SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY THE CAPITAL TO DO LIKE THIS MASSIVE OUTBUILD.
SO IN THE INTERIM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR TURN, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE OTHER GROUPS? AND WE CAME UP.
THERE WAS THREE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS OF NEED.
AND I, I LOVE SO MUCH THAT WE HAVE REALLY LEANED INTO THAT BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THERE CLEARLY IS A NEED FOR IT.
AND AND WE'RE MEETING MORE SENIORS THAT HADN'T COME ANYWAY.
AND SO SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT SOME SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.
ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WAS APPARENT ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AT THE TIME, WHICH I THINK THAT SENTIMENT HAS CHANGED, WAS THAT THERE WAS AT ONE POINT, SOME OF A A WONDERING OR CONCERN ABOUT BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. AND SO I WAS REALLY PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, OUR ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO TO KIND OF OFFER THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE TIME JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF STAFF TRANSITION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE A REALLY GOOD TEAMMATE IN THE COMMUNITY IS WHILE WE'RE WAITING OUR TURN, PATIENTLY AND RESPECTFULLY THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE THE NEEDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW CAN WE MEET THOSE NEEDS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BUILDING COMMUNITY? AND SO I THINK LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON. AND IT'S SO CLEAR.
AND THE THIRD AREA WAS TEAM PROGRAMING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, WE STILL SEE THAT PREVALENCE OF TEAM PROGRAMING AS WELL, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TEEN CENTER LIKE, YOU KNOW. SO THAT THAT HAS BEEN I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD A FEW TIMES. BUT JUST A QUICK UPDATE.
THEY DESIGNED SHIRTS ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEN THEY BROUGHT TO OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUP TO HELP PAY FOR THESE SHIRTS FOR EVERYBODY. WELL, THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED.
THE AND REQUESTED THEY VOTED TO PAY 100%.
AND THEN LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE MAYBE, MAYBE IT WAS LIKE THE LAST WE HAD WE HAVE A CRICKET HERE IN THE LIBRARY, AND WE PULLED THAT OUT.
WE GOT SOME SUPPLIES AND THEY PERSONALIZED WHETHER IT WAS THEIR NAME OR SOME SAYING OR WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO ON THEIR, ON THEIR SHIRT.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A, A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
WE, WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THAT AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ARE EITHER VOLUNTEERS FIRST, THEY COME TO GET OURS, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND? THEY COME TO TEEN ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, I CAN VOLUNTEER TO VOLUNTEER HERE, TOO.
AND SO THAT'S SORT OF BEEN A GOOD KIND OF CONNECTION THERE.
BUT THEY ARE CREATING THEIR OWN PROGRAMS AND WE'RE JUST FACILITATING THEM.
THEY ARE CREATING A MAKER FAIR, AND WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO USE THE GIN FOR THIS, WHERE THEY INVITE OTHER ENTREPRENEURS, OTHER TEEN ENTREPRENEURS TO COME SELL THEIR GOODS. AND THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE FALL A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS EXPO, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT UBTECH.
BUT THEY WANT TO DO IT SPECIFICALLY FOR TEENS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE ISD LIBRARIANS AND REALLY PROMOTE THAT AND INVITE KIDDOS TO COME OUT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE JUST US HELPING THEM, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES WITH ALL THE IDEAS.
THEY COME UP WITH THEIR OWN GRAPHICS FOR ADVERTISING AND EVERYTHING FOR THE MAKER
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FAIR. YOU MAY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE CHAMBER BECAUSE THEY HAVE STARTED AN INITIATIVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.AND SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE THERE.
SO AS YOU AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK KRISTEN WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THE PURPOSE OF THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY. THAT WAY IF YOU ARE ASKED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT FOR? WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE? AND ALSO, AGAIN, THE REALIZATION THAT, LIKE, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THE LIBRARY, A NEW BIG BUILDING TOMORROW LIKE THIS TELLS US, DO WE EVEN NEED THAT? HOW CAN WE EVEN BETTER UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US NOW? AND SO I THINK THAT WILL HELP US INFORM NEXT STEPS, IF ANY. OR HOW DO WE STREAMLINE RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO JUST THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT RESEARCH, HAVING THAT READY, GIVING THE LAB A PREVIEW OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN ALSO BE GOOD ADVOCATES AND STEWARDS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING US, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A HOT TOPIC. AND I JUST I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS AROUND THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY? THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD WAS I DO THINK THAT THE IDEA OF KIND OF GOING LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF TYING IT INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING, I FORGET WHICH SCHOOL IT WAS MAYBE A YEAR AGO OR SO, AND WE WERE LISTING ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THE LIBRARY PROVIDES AND ACTUALLY KIND OF STEPPING BACK. IT WAS REALLY MORE OF WHAT DOES THE LIBRARY NOT PROVIDE, RIGHT? THAT WAS KIND OF A HARDER QUESTION FROM THE PROGRAMING TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING IS REALLY IS OUR THIS IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER, REALLY. AND SO TO TIE THAT IN TO, TO IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO ONE, THAT MAY BE OUR, OUR BEST BET.
ANY OTHER LAST COMMENTS ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEMS? OH, AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE IT'S 637.
TONYA WARD IS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, AND I BELIEVE I ANNOUNCED THIS EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING THE MEETING. BUT MELANIE SALINAS IS ALSO ON LINE FOR ATTENDANCE PURPOSES.
THANK YOU, LADIES FOR JOINING US. AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING IN ALSO. OKAY.
ALRIGHT. CHAIR COMMENTS. I AM SO INSPIRED AND EXCITED.
JUST LIKE JAZZED UP. THERE'S SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS HAPPENING CURRENTLY.
SO AND I'M SOME OF MY COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND SHARE.
ANGELA AND I ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LEARNING THAT WE DID TOGETHER THAT I THOUGHT WAS INCREDIBLE. SO THAT WAS EXCITING.
SO KRISTEN HAS INVITED US TO KIND OF SHE SHE BROUGHT US AN ACTION ITEM.
SHE BROUGHT US CALENDARS SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE COMMIT TO 1 OR 2 ITEMS HERE.
ALSO, LIKE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE FRIENDS OF OR THE PUBLIC.
HELLO, FRIENDS. THE THEY ARE FRIENDS.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ORGANIZATION.
EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REFRESH PAPERWORK, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT ORGANIZATION IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A A NEW 500 1C3 BE FORMED.
AND SO THE HPL FRIENDS IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER TO TWO YEARS AGO, UPSTAIRS IN THE OTHER ROOM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD AND THE PURPOSE OF A FRIENDS ORGANIZATION.
SO THE FRIENDS ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE IS TO BE THE FUNDRAISING ARM, THE KIND OF LIKE THE THE RIGHT HAND PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY EFFORTS.
SOMETIMES WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEED TO KIND OF DO FUNDRAISING TO DO EXTRA THINGS LIKE THE, THE SEED LIBRARY THAT WE HAVE NOW OR A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT HERE IN THIS LIBRARY WAS FUNDED AND DONATED BY THAT OTHER FRIENDS GROUP.
AND SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HEAR SOMEONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY, THE HBO FRIENDS IS ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET THEIR FOUNDING BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN FINISH UP THE 500 1C3 APPLICATION STATUS.
SO A LOT OF THE PAPERWORK IS DONE, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A FOUNDING BOARD.
I THINK THE BYLAWS ARE CLOSE TO DONE, IF NOT ALREADY.
AND SO I'M ALSO MEETING WITH SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A BOARD IN PLACE.
IT'S JUST A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH PUTTING SOME THINGS ONLINE AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS, JUST TO KIND OF MAKE THINGS EASIER, PUT SOME MARKETING STUFF TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY THEY ARE AND SOMEBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN BOARD SERVICE
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IN A YOUNG BOARD, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR THUMBPRINT ON THINGS THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T THINK LIKE TIME INTENSITY.I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE LIFT.
AND EVEN IF IT'S THIS ISN'T IDEAL, BUT I THINK EVEN IF THEY CAN TEMPORARILY SAY I CAN BE ON YOUR BOARD FOR SIX MONTHS JUST TO GET THE STATUS GOING BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO START DOING IS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE ARE INITIATIVES THAT CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT, THE FRIENDS ORGANIZATION COULD HELP FUND IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A 500 1C3 SO PEOPLE CAN DONATE FREELY AND ALSO GET THAT TAX BENEFIT FROM IT TOO.
I WANTED TO REFINE HIS COMMENT.
OKAY. SO SHE HAS CONNECTED THE HPL FRIENDS TO THE GROUP, AND SO THEY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO BE MEMBERS OF OUR FRIENDS GROUP, TRY TO BRAINSTORM SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
AND SO THAT THAT WAS A A REALLY AWESOME THING TO DO TO KIND OF HELP US WITH THE WORD ANYONE MEMBERS. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, TANYA.
SO I ALWAYS TRY TO THINK OF LIKE, HOW CAN WE BETTER LEVERAGE THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE IN THE COMMUNITY? THERE'S NO SENSE IN DUPLICATING EFFORTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE MAKER FAIR, I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON MORE BUILDING OUT THAT PROGRAM.
AND SO ANYTIME YOU SEE WAYS TO TIE IN OTHER EFFORTS WHERE WE CAN EITHER HELP LIFT THAT LOAD OR IF THEY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THEY NEED SOMEONE TO KIND OF CO-SPONSOR A PLACE FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN KIND OF THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS AND PERHAPS RATHER THAN DUPLICATING EFFORTS OR EXPENDING THE SAME RESOURCES THAT WE CAN TEAM UP, AND YOU CAN MAKE A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, EXHAUSTING RESOURCES.
SO I'VE BEEN THINKING OF WAYS TO DO THAT, IN ADDITION TO COMING TO AN EVENT THIS THIS MONTH. DO WE KNOW WHEN THE NEXT FRIENDS MEETING? YES. ACTUALLY, WE MEET MONTHLY.
WE MEET ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 5 TO 6.
BUT IF WE HAVE A FUNDRAISER, WE DON'T DO A MEETING AND A FUNDRAISER.
SO IN AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO MEET IN OUR BIG FUNDRAISER, BLIND DATE WITH BUG WHICH IS HAPPENING AT THE WINE BAR ON AUGUST THE 20TH FROM 5 TO 7.
AND THAT WILL BE THAT WILL BE THE MEETING.
OKAY. YEAH. WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO IT TWICE IN ONE MONTH.
IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO THE BLIND DATE WITH THE BOOK.
AND I'M JUST BE HONEST, I HAVEN'T. BUT I'VE HEARD RAVE REVIEWS.
SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO WITH THEIR GIRLFRIENDS OR GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. COULD BE DATE NIGHT.
YOU GO IN YOU, YOU KNOW, PERUSE THE COVERED BOOKS.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. IT JUST SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A SMALL DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF BOOK. ANGELA'S BOOKS, SHE DECORATED THEM WITH, LIKE, OLD LIBRARY CARDS AND STICKERS.
AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, I ALMOST LIKE, WANT TO JUST KEEP THEM ALL FOR MYSELF. YEAH. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE.
OH, THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR PREVIOUS TWO THAT WE HAD, BECAUSE THIS ONE WILL HAVE CHILDREN'S AND JUNIOR BOOKS AS WELL.
WE SAW IN THE LAST BUDGET WITH THE BOOK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE COMING AS FAMILIES, WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GETTING OFF AND THEY THEY CAME TOGETHER. THE HEADLINER IS A FAMILY PLACE.
AND SO THE KIDDOS THAT WERE THERE, I COULD SEE THEY WERE JUST LIKE I SAID, IF WE DID THIS AGAIN, WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE BOOKS FOR YOUR AGE TOO? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BOOKS FOR KIDS AS WELL.
JUST ANOTHER WAY TO FIND WAYS TO CONNECT PEOPLE, TO LOVE OF LEARNING AND LOVE OF READING. AND I THINK THAT'S SUCH A FUN THING.
THEY HAVE ALSO WITH WINE BAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH SHARING OF SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT THE EVENTS LIKE THAT ONE WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN MORE REGULARLY, BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN PFLUGERVILLE. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE COMING TO THESE EVENTS. AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT YOU KNEW THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE COMING TO THE LIBRARY. SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY. SO OUR REACH IS IS ENDLESS.
AND AND ALSO JUST TO TELL YOU THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO ANYONE, IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD TO COME TO PROGRAMING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE FINDING A LOT OF PFLUGERVILLE FRIENDS AND TAYLOR FRIENDS AROUND OUR FRIENDS BECAUSE THERE IS NO THERE'S NO BARRIER THERE.
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. AS FAR AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I KNOW THAT I ATTENDED THE THE FIRST WORKSHOP FOR THE FINANCE.
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FOR THE BUDGET. EXCUSE ME.IT WAS LAST SATURDAY HERE AT CITY HALL.
THERE IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST FORMAL PRESENTATION.
MORE OF A DEEP DIVE THIS THURSDAY.
FOR CITY COUNCIL. I SUSPECT THAT MEETING IS GOING TO RUN KIND OF LONG.
AND SO IF YOU'RE A NERD ABOUT MEETINGS LIKE I AM COME AND SIT WITH ME AND LISTEN IN.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION SHARED THERE. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE PERSPECTIVE OF ALL OF THE THE COMPETING NEEDS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T ALSO SHARE, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY IS LOOKING TO FILL.
IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE THE SEVEN OF US.
IT'S NOT FOR US. IT'S THESE ARE THE THINGS BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THROUGH SURVEYS, THE FORMAL CITY SURVEY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING, LIKE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING WITH PEOPLE, IF THEY ASK LIKE, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR? KRISTEN HAS BEEN SINCE ACTUALLY SHE GOT HERE AND I'M GOING TO CREDIT JAMES WITH THIS.
HE HAD REALLY ENCOURAGED HER TO DO THINGS LIKE, LET'S PUT THESE QR CODES.
ANYTIME SOMEONE COMES TO THE LIBRARY, WE GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE. DID THEY DID WE HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE? TRACKING HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WERE HAVING TO TURN AWAY FROM EVENTS TO, TO KIND OF TELL THAT STORY, THAT THERE'S A DEMAND THERE.
AGAIN, DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR NEEDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYONE ELSE'S, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CONTEXT. THIS THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF A VACUUM OF LIKE, A LACK OF INFORMATION.
SO SO THERE'S THAT. AND THEN ALSO WE SO, YOU KNOW WE HAD SOME MORE TURNOVER.
SO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANGELA AND JAMES HAVE REQUESTED TO GET THEIR TERMS RE-UPPED. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN DONE.
WE HAVE ONE POSITION THAT WAS LEFT TO FILL.
SO THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW, AND I THOUGHT I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE PROCESS SAYS THE BOARD CHAIR GOES, AND SITS IN AND ASKS LIKE RESOURCE QUESTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.
AND SO WE MAY HAVE A NEW APPOINTEE ON THURSDAY WHICH I THINK WOULD BE EXCITING BECAUSE THEN WE GET BACK TO A FULL BOARD AGAIN.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ONLY MEET QUARTERLY, BUT I JUST HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT HOPEFULLY OUR VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS CAN HEAR THIS BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S SO HEARTFELT WHEN WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS BOARD, REALLY, THE THREE OF US, WE WERE ALMOST LIKE A BRAND NEW BOARD AND KIND OF GETTING OUR LEGS UNDER US, FIGURING OUT WHERE THINGS WERE.
AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HOW STABLE AND HOW COHESIVE THIS GROUP HAS BEEN AND HOW IT'S LIKE LASER FOCUSED AND PASSIONATE AND REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND NOT ONLY THEIR GIFT OF TIME, BUT CONSIDERING, LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT WORK CONTINUE.
WE ONLY MEET QUARTERLY, SO ATTENDANCE IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE NOVEMBER 3RD ON YOUR YOUR CALENDAR.
THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
AND THEN LATER IN THE MEETING WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS AND KIND OF LIKE WHAT THE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I FEEL LIKE SOME OF MY OTHER STUFF WILL COME LATER ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING? NO. I ALSO WANTED TO BRAG ON KRISTEN.
KRISTEN HAS BEEN REALLY WORKING OVERTIME AND PROVIDING SOME CLARIFYING INFORMATION, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE INFORMED WITH SOME OF THE ASKS, THE PURPOSE OF SOME OF THE REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I HAVE HEARD REALLY POSITIVE THINGS FROM SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WITH QUESTIONS, AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY THE NEWER MEMBERS EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT KIND OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING, BUT ALSO THE VALUE ADD AND REALLY THE IMPRESSIVE JOB THAT HAS BEEN EXECUTED BY YOU GUYS WITH LIMITED STAFF, LIMITED RESOURCES, AND NOT NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GRATEFUL FOR THE RESOURCES AND STAFF THAT WE HAVE, BUT LOOKING AT THE DEMAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE FILLING.
SO I THINK THAT THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALSO YOUR ABILITY TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE KIND OF WHAT THOSE EFFORTS ARE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONTEXTUAL, AGAIN, A FULL PICTURE OF KIND OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE STILL HERE.
SO ALRIGHT. SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY CHAIR.
COMMENTS. I KNOW, SO KRISTEN HAD TOLD ME SOMETHING ABOUT FIVE TWO AND I'M JUST GOING TO I LISTENED AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR IT.
SO THEN AS FAR AS OUR MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, YOU HAVE THEM IN THE BACK OF THE PACKET WHERE APPROVING, YOU CAN SIGN UP ALSO. I'LL SIGN YOUR THING.
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COPY. THAT'S FINE. I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT THEY WERE IN OUR PACKET.OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO TWO MEETINGS TO APPROVE.
IF YOU REMEMBER, JUNE 2ND WAS OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION TO KIND OF BE THINKING ABOUT AGAIN. SO THE LAST TIME WE DID SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT OUR DIRECTION WAS IN LINE WITH CITY DIRECTION AND CURRENT NEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK THAT OVER.
WE'LL SEE. I'LL PROBABLY WANT TO FIX THAT BEFORE YOU SIGN.
OKAY. SO DO YOU. YOU'RE THE TYPE OF BINDER, AREN'T YOU? YEAH. LET ME KNOW WHAT ELSE.
ONCE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THEM, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM WITH THE AMENDED FIXING OF TYPOS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 5TH AND JUNE 2ND.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY KYLE.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMENTS? CONCERNS? NOPE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS WAS PRESENTED WITH THE EDITS OF THE TITLE IS CORRECTED FOR ZERO.
I ON THE PHONE. THEN. GO AHEAD.
TANYA. SO WE ARE ALSO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE ALSO CONFIRMING WHEN OUR MEMBERS PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN VOTING.
KRISTIN AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I BELIEVE AS LONG AS THERE'S A QUORUM IN THE PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE THE MEETING IS TO HAPPEN, THEY CAN BUT THERE MAY BE SOME CLARIFYING INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T REALLY HEAR THE VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS CHIMING IN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT CLARIFIED SO THAT WE KNOW THAT DEFINITIVELY.
BUT WE HAVE QUORUM, BY THE WAY.
MINUTES. APPROVED. GOOD JOB GUYS. OKAY.
FUN STUFF. SO ON LAST WEEK ANGELA AND I AND KRISTEN GOT TOGETHER AND WE PARTICIPATED IN SOME VIRTUAL TRAINING. WE SAT TOGETHER AND LEARNED TOGETHER.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, IF I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DURING THE DAY, DURING THE WORK DAY. SO PERHAPS NEXT YEAR, IF YOU GUYS HAVE AVAILABILITY, WE CAN DO IT AS A WHOLE GROUP.
BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THERE WAS SOME REALLY INSPIRING, INTERESTING INFORMATION SHARED.
I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT ENOUGH.
AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND JAMES KNOWS THIS ABOUT ME.
WHEN YOU'RE ON A BOARD WITH PEOPLE, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LEARN TOGETHER, BECAUSE THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARN IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR CURRENT BOARD FORMATION.
SOME OF THESE BOARDS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WERE LIKE SUPER LIKE NATIONAL BOARDS.
WE'RE NOT THAT RIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE A LOCAL BOARD.
AND SO EVERYONE IS COMPRISED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. THEIR BYLAWS LOOK DIFFERENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE WALKED AWAY WITH SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND ALSO JUST REMEMBERING WHY WE ARE ON THIS BOARD, RIGHT? EVERYONE CAME IN HERE FOR A REASON.
HOPEFULLY YOU STILL HAVE THAT THAT PASSION THAT YOU CAME TO THE TABLE WITH.
STILL BEING MET AND AND MAYBE EVEN GROWING.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS. AND HOPEFULLY WE SELL IT SO HARD THAT NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS WILL BE LEARNING WITH US.
AND THEN KRISTEN CAN BUY YOU A BREAKFAST TACO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST. I'LL GO FIRST JUST TO JUST TO KIND OF SET IT UP.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL I WENT TO MY AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE AT THE END OF JUNE. AND SO ONE OF THE SESSIONS ACTUALLY ATTENDED AN HPL, HPL FRIENDS, BUT A FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY SESSION JUST TO GET MORE INFORMATION WITH THAT. AND THEN I ATTENDED A SESSION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIBRARY BOARDS, BUT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AS A TRAINING, AND I WAS LIKE.
SO I SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE AND, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY UPON MY RETURN.
BUT I KNOW IT WAS A SUPER QUICK TURNAROUND.
BUT NOW THAT WE KNOW IT EXISTS, I DO WANT TO SAY AND WE WE TRIED IT.
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I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.SO AS SOON I JOINED OUR MAILING LIST AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE DATE FOR 2026 THEN WE CAN MAYBE PLAN FOR THAT A LOT BETTER.
THIS GO ROUND. AND IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY, THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN REQUEST FROM COUNCIL, THEY HAVE A BUDGET FOR TRAINING, I BELIEVE, EVEN LIKE PARKS AND REC IS AT THIS UPCOMING MEETING IS GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING TRAINING FUNDS.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS TRAINING IS IF EVEN IF ALL OF US CAME, WE COULD HAVE IT WAS A GROUP RATE.
RIGHT. SO I BELIEVE WITH THE GROUP RATE, IT WAS.
AND I'M, I KNOW I'M MISSPEAKING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT.
THERE'S AROUND 200 TO $225 FOR EVERYBODY TO TO ATTEND THIS ALL.
WELL, I SAY ALL DAY, IT STARTED AT 930 AND I THINK IT WENT ON UNTIL ABOUT THREE.
THERE WERE SOME OPTIONAL THINGS AT THE END. THERE WAS A LIKE AN AUTHOR'S TEA, AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY RELATED TO BOARDS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL ONCE I GET THE DATES, MAYBE FOR US TO DISCUSS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT TO ATTEND AND THAT'S REASONABLE FOR.
THAT'S VERY. YEAH. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TRAINING AND, AND I WILL BE THE I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY I AM NOT WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A LIBRARY PERSON AND BECOME A LIBRARY PERSON BY BEING ON THE SPORTS.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ORDER TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF LIBRARY WORK. SO FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME THAT IS NOT A LIBRARIAN AND DID NOT SPEND I MEAN, BESIDES, LIKE IN COLLEGE AND GRAD SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN I DID MY LIBRARY TIME.
SAY. YEAH, BUT I MEAN, GRAD SCHOOL KILLED MY LOVE OF READING.
I'M GETTING IT BACK, THOUGH. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, TOO. BUT I THINK IT WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE AWARE OF, LIKE SOME OF THE NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME OF THEM.
AND ALSO JUST GETTING EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE YOUR, YOUR LIBRARY PATRONS AND, AND FIGURING OUT LIKE, HOW CAN YOU ENGAGE THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND TO BE REALLY INTERESTING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS WITH US NEXT TIME WE COME TOGETHER IN NOVEMBER, THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR FULL BOARD.
IS THIS IDEA OF A COMMITMENT FORM? SO WE ALL COME TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, A, A BOARD MEMBER AGREEMENT, BUT ALSO GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SAY LIKE THIS.
BUT THIS IS THE OTHER THING THAT I'M COMING FOR.
WE'RE ALL COMING TOGETHER AND KIND OF GROUNDS US IN WHY WE'RE ON THE BOARD TOGETHER.
AND WHAT IS THAT WORK THAT WE FEEL SO PASSIONATE ABOUT? AND WHAT VALUE DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS BRINGS? AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WITH YOU, MAYBE WE CAN DRAFT IT AND THEN BRING IT FORWARD.
AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO TOGETHER.
JUST AGAIN, TO KIND OF RECOMMIT OUR FOCUS AND KIND OF OUR WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I HAVE THAT ON MY LIST, TOO, FROM THE TRAINING AND ALSO THAT WE WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. AND IT'S NOT A ONE TIME.
YEAH. AND JUST LIKE STRATEGIC PLANNING SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU TOUCH UPON.
YOU CAN'T HAVE, LIKE, A WILD NEW PLAN EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SENSE OF DIRECTION.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO FRAME IT.
AND THEN PERHAPS WE THINK ABOUT ANNUALLY THAT WAS SOMETHING ALSO THAT'S CALLED A TICKLER.
BUT LIKE, NO, THAT'S SO WEIRD.
BUT BASICALLY, LIKE YOU HAVE AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAPPEN ANNUALLY.
YOU WANT YOUR MEETINGS TO BE INTENTIONAL AND PURPOSEFUL AND AND ALSO THAT YOUR BOARD MEMBERS WALK AWAY FEELING LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME. NOT THAT I'M JUST LIKE RUBBER STAMPING EVERYTHING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IS LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN HAPPEN ANNUALLY? LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAP THOSE THINGS OUT ON OUR OUR MEETINGS SO THAT WE DON'T EVER MISS IT. LIKE WHEN IT'S TIME TO RECERTIFY FOR OUR OUR LIBRARY CERTIFICATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN LIKE WHEN SHOULD WE DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, BOARD OFFICERS AND LIKE, HAVE THOSE THINGS BUILT OUT.
BUT THEN THAT BUILDS OUT TIME TO DO THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
LIKE WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEED DISCUSSION, OR WE USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AWARENESS TO THINGS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU PROVIDED TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED.
PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS COME IN IN THE PUBLIC TO OUR MEETINGS, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE THINGS TO AGAIN, LIKE HAVE WE NOT TALKED ABOUT HERE? MAYBE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT GIFT, ADVANCE CARE PLANNING AND WHAT VALUE THAT MIGHT BRING.
AND IT MAY NOT BE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT COULD UTILIZE SOMEONE TO WALK THEM THROUGH HOW TO DO LIKE A DNR OR STUFF LIKE THAT AND HAVE THE THE FUNDRAISER TO DO THAT.
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SOMETHING ELSE THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND THINK ABOUT FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS.SO WHERE WOULD THOSE PEOPLE COME FROM? COULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE A MATRIX WHERE WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD? ARE THERE ANY GAPS CURRENTLY? SO LET'S SAY JAMES WAS IN A FINANCE GURU, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A FINANCE PERSON AND WE DO THIS ASSESSMENT, WE'RE LIKE, OH GOSH, WHEN IT'S TIME TO START FILLING AND RECRUITING FOR POSITIONS, MAYBE WE NEED TO START RECRUITING FOR SOMEONE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FINANCE MINDED, FIND THAT IT HAS THAT EXPERIENCE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO REALLY BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT DIVERSITY OF SKILL WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS SO THAT YOU DO HAVE A WELL ROUNDED BOARD.
AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS SHE WAS HAVING SOMEBODY FROM THE YOUNG ADULT COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FRESHLY 19 OR 20 TO JOIN AS WELL, BECAUSE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHAT'S UP WITH US JUST FOR OUR TEAM YOU KNOW, PROGRAMING AND PLANNING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN OPTION TOO. THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT OR MAYBE INCLUDING LIKE ALLOWING SOMEBODY FROM THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD TO COME AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT A VOTING MEMBER, BUT PERHAPS THEY HAVE A STANDING AGENDA ITEM WHERE THEY CAN SHARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO THAT HELPS US STAY GROUNDED IN THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM. AS YOUNG AS I LIKE TO THINK I AM, I'M NOT THAT YOUNG ANYMORE. AND SO IF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID WAS IMPORTANT TO US IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD PROGRAMING FROM, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY STAGE IN LIFE.
I THINK THAT WE CAN SAY WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME OLDER PERSPECTIVES PRESENT.
WE CAN PROBABLY TAP INTO SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS BY THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT I THINK IT ALSO IS BUILDING A PIPELINE OF GIVING A VOICE AND SPACE FOR OUR YOUTH THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR THEM IN POSITIONS LIKE THIS.
AND SO PERHAPS THAT THE PERSON THAT'S COMING IS LIKE A RESOURCE EVENTUALLY CONVERTS INTO A BOARD MEMBER. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TURN 18.
IT WAS REALLY A GOOD USE OF MY TIME.
IT WAS WELL WORTH TAKING THE DAY OFF.
THANK YOU FOR FOR FINDING THAT.
SOMETHING I NOTED WAS THAT THE TEN THINGS THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER SHOULD KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING A JOB DESCRIPTION, AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I, I JUST SAID, YEAH, DO IT.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD SAY YES TO.
SO IF WE HAVE A SPECIFIC JOB DESCRIPTION I CAN HELP.
AND THEN I THINK THE ARE THEY ABLE TO GO ONLINE AND SEE THE ONLINE MODULES THAT WE SAW? I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THEM AND I BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE, IF THE MONEY THAT WE PAID FOR OUR ALLOWS US TO SHARE IT.
SO LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
I THOUGHT THAT WHOLE CHART ON THE TRUSTEE PROJECT WHERE THEY WERE SUPPORTING IDEAS FOR COLLABORATING, IDEAS FOR SELECTING MORE MEMBERS, AND IDEAS FOR TRAINING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS FULL OF SO MANY GOOD IDEAS.
SO THERE'S SOMEBODY IN KENTUCKY THAT WAS DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT, AND I FELT SO BAD FOR HER.
AND SO AS SHE WENT ON, SHE GOES, WELL, THIS HAS TAKEN LONGER. MY FUNDING GOT CUT FOR THIS.
BUT SHE WAS TRYING TO DISCERN LIKE WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CHALLENGING FOR BOARDS, BUT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING EXCLUSIVELY AT LIBRARY BOARDS, ALL TYPES OF LIBRARY BOARDS.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL.
AND SHE THAT'S WHERE WE LEARNED ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, TOO. BUT OFTENTIMES DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE LIBRARY BOARDS, AGAIN, THE SNAPSHOT THAT THEY WERE USING WAS KENTUCKY EXPLICITLY RIGHT? BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, IT DID NOT AT ALL EVEN CLOSELY ALIGN TO THE BOARD COMPOSITION, BECAUSE GENERALLY IT WAS OLDER WHITE WOMEN LIKE 65 OR OLDER OR EVEN OLDER THAN THAT.
IT'S LIKE IN THEIR 70S, MAYBE.
AND SO WHEN YOU ASK YOURSELF ABOUT LIKE, IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A BOARD COMPRISED OF A MORE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING, FOR EXAMPLE YOU MIGHT CONSIDER HOLDING YOUR MEETINGS AT NIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T GET OFF OF WORK DURING THE DAY. WE ALREADY DO THAT. BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING. AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES, JUST BECAUSE. SEEING HOW DO YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT PROBABLY ARE NOT BEING DONE INTENTIONALLY? IT'S JUST THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THINGS. AND ALSO IN THAT STUDY. A LOT OF HERE'S HOW THE BOARD PERCEIVED.
OH YEAH, THE DUTIES AND THE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN HERE'S HOW THE BOARD MEMBERS PERCEIVED IT.
YEAH I THINK THAT WOULD I MEAN IF WE'RE ABLE TO WATCH SOMETHING TOGETHER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY INSIGHTFUL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER, LIKE WE LOVE OUR LIBRARY BUT WE'RE NOT THE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.
RIGHT. WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THE GUARDIANS OF THE LIBRARY. AND WE ENTRUST THE STAFF TO DO THE LIBRARY STAFF STUFF THAT THEY ARE TRAINED AND SKILLED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE IN AND THINGS
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LIKE THAT. YOU CAN SAY THERE'S A SLIDE SHOW OF THAT.I KNOW IT WAS A LONG PRESENTATION.
OH YEAH. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY.
YEAH. THERE WAS ALSO A SUGGESTION THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE ALL BUSINESS RIGHT.
FOR THE MOST PART. WE COME HERE FOUR TIMES A YEAR, SOMETIMES FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS AS WELL.
BUT TO HAVE SORT OF JUST A LIKE WE ENDED UP WITH THAT THAT DINNER THAT WE HAD AT THAT WAS THE DIB COMMISSION AND US, BECAUSE WE HAD 100% ATTENDANCE AT THE THE COMMISSION. YEAH, YEAH.
THAT WORKSHOP AND NOT EVERYBODY COULD ATTEND, BUT THOSE OF US THAT COULD, IT WAS SUCH A COOL, LIKE WAY JUST TO BE CASUAL AND NOT.
AND NOT WE DID TALK SOME BUSINESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT HAVING THAT JOINT WORK SESSION BETWEEN OUR TWO BOARDS, BECAUSE THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE.
BUT IT WAS GREAT JUST TO KNOW AND TO KNOW PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, I SEE THEM AT MEETINGS, I SEE THEM AT LOCATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT JUST JUST TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, LIKE, NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE KUMBAYA STYLE, BUT MORE JUST LIKE A MOVIE.
LIKE AN ANNUAL. LITTLE LIKE A LITTLE GET TOGETHER.
THAT'S. IT'S CASUAL. WE CAN KIND OF NOT BE, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL OF THIS, BUT JUST KIND OF JUST HANGING OUT.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE INTERACTIONS WHERE YOU FIND OUT KIND OF ACCIDENTALLY SOMETIMES, LIKE THE THINGS THAT PNC, FOR EXAMPLE, IS INTERESTED IN.
THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GOT GOING OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR UNLESS YOU HAVE THAT UNSTRUCTURED TIME TOGETHER.
THAT'S PURPOSEFUL AND INTENTIONAL.
THOSE CONNECTIONS DON'T HAPPEN. SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE OF THAT.
AND I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT IN MY CHAIR. COMMENTS IF I CAN.
I WAS SPEAKING WITH RICK PENSON, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF PNC, AND HE HAS EXPRESSED A STRONG INTEREST IN A PLANNING LIKE A JOINT WORK SESSION TOGETHER.
AND YOU GUYS KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK LATER TODAY ABOUT OUR JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE EIB COMMISSION. SO I JUST THINK THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN ALL LEVERAGE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS FIRST IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY.
SO IT'S GOOD. TO TALK ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TIME MANAGEMENT.
ANYTHING ELSE THERE? ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU FOR OFFERING.
YEAH. SO GOOD. CARL OR JAMES? DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YOU HAD MENTIONED THEY DID DISCUSS, LIKE, THE NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT OF COURSES FOR ALL DIFFERENT SIZES OF BOARDS. DID THEY, WAS THERE SESSIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR LOCAL BOARDS OR WOULD THEY JUST GOT. YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF A BROAD LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THEM PRESENTED.
IT IS THESE THEY'RE BECAUSE SOME BOARDS ARE DECISION MAKING BOARDS.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT THAT LEARNING WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
BUT THEY DID GIVE LIKE MODIFIED VERSIONS BASED ON WHAT YOUR SITUATION IS.
SO THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT DIDN'T PERTAIN TO US, BUT IT STILL WAS GOOD. LIKE WE STILL TALKED ABOUT IT. LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, JUST EVEN KNOWING THAT WE DON'T DO THAT. RIGHT. SO KNOWING WHERE, LIKE, THE LINES ARE.
YEAH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE BOARDS AGAIN DEPENDING ON HOW THEY'RE CHARTERED, DO FINANCES LIKE THEY'RE A WHOLE SEPARATE ENTITY.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TAXING ENTITIES LIKE OURS IS NOT LIKE THAT OBVIOUSLY.
SO THEIR TRADE WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT.
AND THE THINGS THAT THEY GRAPPLE WITH WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE THINGS THAT THAT WE DO AS AN ADVISORY BOARD VERSUS, SAY, IF WE'RE NOT REALLY A DECISION MAKING BOARD, COLLECTIVELY, WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING FORWARD.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY.
NOTHING ONLINE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN SHARE.
YES, I'D LIKE TO SEE. YEAH I'LL JUST SEND ONE EMAIL.
PROBABLY WITHIN. WE WANT TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL SAYS, TOO. WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
BUT I WANT TO JUST SEND ONE EMAIL WITH EVERYTHING.
THAT WAY I'M NOT SENDING YOU A BUNCH OF EMAILS, SO IT MIGHT BE A WEEK OR SO BEFORE I SEND IT, BUT I WILL SEND AN UPDATE.
I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO SHARE IN THEIR PORTAL BY SUNDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE LIKE A MONTH OR SO TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE MATERIALS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO ALL RIGHT, ON TO OTHER EXCITING THINGS.
NEXT UP ITEM FIVE FOUR IS TO REVIEW THE LAB ORDINANCE TEN DASH 004-00
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AND DISCUSS CREATING BYLAWS MOVING FORWARD.SO DO YOU WANT ME TO START WITH THE BACKSTORY? DO YOU WANT TO START WITH. WELL, I'LL START WITH MY PART OF IT.
SO ONE OF OUR FIRST IS OUR FIRST MEETING.
IT WAS IN AUGUST, LIKE AUGUST 5TH.
AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED IN THAT MEETING WAS I DON'T KNOW IF THE TERMINOLOGY BYLAWS WERE USED, BUT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY LIKE, WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR POLICIES? LIKE WHAT FOR MEANING AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I STARTED WITH CITY SECRETARY AND SHE FOUND THE DOCUMENT THAT I'M SHOWING TO YOU RIGHT NOW. THIS IS TOWARDS THE END OF OCTOBER, I MEAN, AUGUST, BUT SHE SAID, THIS IS FROM LITERALLY MARCH 18TH, 2010, WHICH IS QUITE OLD.
AND SO SHE SAID, GIVE ME SOME TIME TO SEE WHAT ELSE I CAN FIND.
AND SO WITH THE TRAINING THAT WE, THAT WE DID THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT COMING UP, LIKE IN THURSDAY'S MEETING, THAT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, THEY ARE HAVING NEW BYLAWS APPROVED.
SO I THOUGHT, OKAY. SO I REACHED BACK OUT LAST WEEK AND I SAID, HEY, DID YOU WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING THAT WAS MORE RECENT? SHE SAID, NO, THIS WAS IT.
AND THEN I SAID, OKAY, WELL, TELL ME ABOUT OTHER BOARDS.
WHAT? WHO HAS UPDATED BYLAWS? AND SHE SAID IT WAS JUST THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
AND SO I SHOULD PROBABLY WORDED THIS DIFFERENTLY ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO DO ANY LIKE WE'RE JUST REVIEWING IT TODAY, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT IT SAYS BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE'RE IN 2025.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DISCUSSION ON SOME CHANGING.
I KNOW THAT THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS IF WE WERE TO CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE WOULD APPROVE IT AT THE BOARD LEVEL.
THE VOTING MEMBERS WOULD PUT IT HERE FIRST, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT TO COUNCIL FOR THEM TO APPROVE ANY CHANGES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND.
REMEMBER HOW WE HAD THAT MYSTERIOUS NOTEBOOK THAT WAS NEVER FOUND? YEAH. BUT THIS IS AS FAR AS WHAT THE CITY HAS IN THEIR RECORDS.
THIS IS THE MOST RECENT PAPERWORK THAT GOES ALONG WITH MY ADVISOR.
SO ALONG THE SAME VEIN, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP REMEMBERING OUR TIME UPSTAIRS. TWO YEARS AGO, IF YOU REMEMBER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHY SOME PEOPLE'S TERMS ENDED IN SEPTEMBER AND IN JUNE, AND WE HAD DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY I HAD ASKED ABOUT IT, BECAUSE GENERALLY SPEAKING, NOT ALWAYS, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WORD TERMS ARE FINE. AND SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY WERE TO NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH OUT THEIR TERM, YOU WOULD APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE LIKE THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TERM, AND THEN EVERYONE'S ROTATING IT KIND OF THE SAME TIME SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE EVERY WELL, NOT EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY SPEAKING, OR STAGGERED TERMS. AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE A TON OF TURNOVER ALL AT ONCE.
AND EVERYONE'S REALLY CLEAR ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEIR TERM IS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO I THINK WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE, THE LAB ITSELF, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE PRACTICES CHANGE.
THEN LIKE WHEN I WAS READING THIS, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. BUT THAT'S WHEN WE STEPPED INTO IT.
WE WERE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TOLD, LIKE, YOU NEED QUARTERLY AND THERE'S SEVEN MEMBERS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER IS PERHAPS A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO SIT DOWN, LOOK AT WHAT IS THERE CURRENTLY.
IF THERE IS A TEMPLATE WE NEED TO CONSIDER, OR IF FOR SOME REASON THERE IS ANOTHER DOCUMENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE KNOW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER.
SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE SOMEWHERE.
WE JUST HAVEN'T LOCATED IT YET.
THAT IS MORE CURRENT THAN THIS.
BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANYTHING ELSE NEW, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING ITSELF, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY REFRESH, USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO ASK OURSELVES, LIKE, ARE THESE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING? WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE ARE NOT DOING THAT WE SHOULD? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT PERHAPS THE, THE LAB KIND OF TRANSITIONED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF A VERY ACTIVE FRIENDS ORGANIZATION PRE-COVID, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT FOR EXAMPLE WE DON'T LIKE WE SET MISSION, VISION AND MISSION, BUT WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS ON THE OPERATION OF THE LIBRARY.
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THAT'S THE LIBRARIAN'S JOB.SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE WAS A FULL TIME LIBRARIAN AT THIS TIME OR IF THAT WAS A PART TIME, I DON'T KNOW EITHER.
YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME THINK THAT PERHAPS THESE MINUTES ARE THESE.
THIS ORDINANCE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BACK THEN, BUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE SIZE OF THE CITY AND THE STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTED IS THAT IN THIS ORDINANCE, IT MENTIONS THAT THERE ARE MONTHLY MEETINGS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S POSTED ON THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE. AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE THERE THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER UPDATED DOCUMENTATION, BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEONE JUST DECIDED WE'RE NOT DOING IT THAT WAY. I THINK THERE PROBABLY WAS SOMETHING, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S RECORDED IS A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
BUT I THINK DOING THAT TOGETHER WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
AND AT THAT POINT MY HOPE WOULD BE PERHAPS WE HAVE THAT POSITION FILLED.
AND SO THAT IS LIKE OUR OUR FIRST BIG PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER WITH OUR NEW BOARD, ANYTIME YOU ADD EVEN ONE PERSON INTO AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER.
AND ALSO ASK OURSELVES, LIKE CURRENTLY WITH LIKE WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING, IS IT IN LINE WITH THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL? THE CURRENT CITY CHARTER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF LEADERSHIP CHANGES.
AND SO THERE'S I DON'T KNOW, I JUST SEE IT AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT IF THIS IS THE ONLY DOCUMENT AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING IT, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.
AND THIS IS NOT BEEN MALICIOUS OR INTENTIONAL.
WE COULDN'T LOCATE IT UNTIL NOT THAT LONG AGO BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING THAT PERHAPS THERE WAS STILL MORE TO BE FOUND.
AND IT TURNS OUT AT THIS POINT THERE ISN'T ANY.
SO BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO KNOCK OUT TOGETHER.
AND THAT CAN BE KIND OF LIKE A, A TEAM BUILDING THING THAT WE DO.
SO YEAH. SO IF ANYBODY HAPPENS TO FIND A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE THAT'S NEWER.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. I'VE ALREADY THROWN A COUPLE, AMENDED SOME OF THE THINGS OUT HERE. OH, PERFECT. SO WE HAD ONE FROM JANUARY OF 2015.
THERE WAS ONE IN APRIL OF 2018.
YEAH, THERE'S BEEN. THAT'S IN THE CITY OF ECO THREE.
60. YEAH. IF YOU JUST LOOK UP CITY OF CITY CODE ORDINANCES, IT'LL TAKE YOU THERE AND YOU CAN SEARCH BY SEARCH TERM.
AND IF YOU JUST TYPE IN LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, IT'LL BRING YOU TO ALL THE STUFF THAT'S IN THERE, WHICH, FUNNILY ENOUGH, THE CHAPTER, CHAPTER ONE, ARTICLE 1.03 IS NOT WHERE ANY OF THAT STUFF'S LOCATED ON THE ECO, ON THE DIGITAL SIDE OF IT.
SO I HAVE HEARD I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT, WHAT'S WRONG IN THIS CASE, BUT IT IS ALL JUST SORT OF GOBBLEDYGOOK AROUND AND YEAH, THIS THIS DOESN'T WHAT IT HAS LISTED HERE FOR ACTUALLY PERTAINING TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, JUST NOT MENTIONED ANY OF THE LIKE THE SHALLOW ELECTED CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY LIKE THIS MUST ALL BE LIKE BYLAWS THAT WERE FOLLOWED BY THE ONE OF THE OLDER BOARDS AND NEVER ACTUALLY CODIFIED.
MAYBE. RIGHT. THIS IS MORE OF LIKE A WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS.
AND IT'S LIKE THIS YOU'RE NOT SEEING IN THERE ANYWHERE. NOPE.
ALRIGHT. SO WHEN I SAY WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THIS TOGETHER.
I'M ON THE ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION.
I'VE GOTTEN USED TO LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF. I KNOW I THINK I HAD MAYBE IT WAS HERE. DOES SAY THE SEVEN MEMBERS.
OKAY. OH, GOOD. CUZ I WAS LIKE, OH, LORD.
OKAY, WELL, I'M GLAD YOU LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
YEAH. NO WORRIES. SO BUT MAYBE IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO STILL KIND OF GO THROUGH IT, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE I DON'T, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T READ IT JUST YET, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A FEW THINGS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED.
YEAH I KNOW. AND THEN. OR MAYBE WE JUST LIKE THE WAY IT IS AND.
WELL, I WONDER TOO, IF THERE IS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE ORGANIZATION WE JUST HAD TRAINING WITH.
DO THEY HAVE SOME BOILERPLATE BYLAWS TO START WITH THAT WE COULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND DO IT REALLY, REALLY WELL AND GET IT UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.
SO IT IS VERY CLEAR WHAT WE DO VERSUS LIKE BNZ OR ONE OF LIKE A DECISION MAKING BOARD.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK LIKE? I THINK SO, YES. BECAUSE THEY'LL WANT TO HAVE EYES ON IT BEFORE WE.
YEAH. BEFORE WE EVEN TAKE IT TO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL LIKE THAT.
YEAH. SO WHILE WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE ON ANYTHING, I DID WANT TO GET A GENERAL SENSE OF IF THERE WAS AN APPETITE TO DO THIS WORK TOGETHER.
YES. YES, YES. YEAH. AND PROBABLY END UP DOING THIS JUST FOR FUN.
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HI, ALL. WELL, BECAUSE, LIKE, ON HERE, I'M JUST.I'M JUST READING IT FROM NOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL SHOWING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, EXCEPT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE NEWER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE LIBRARY. AND SO I'M GOING TO BE DOING A WORK SESSION.
OKAY. OCTOBER 16TH. BUT LIKE I'LL INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND THAT WORK SESSION.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU IT'S IT'S AN OPTIONAL KIND OF THING, BUT THEY MAY WANT TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVES, TOO.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST MORE OF AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION AND LESS OF A, YOU KNOW, LIKE SUPER STRUCTURED AND REALLY A Q&A.
LIKE, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? BECAUSE WHAT I FOUND IN THE LAST YEAR WORKING HERE IS THAT THE LIBRARY IS THIS ENIGMA THAT, LIKE SOME PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
BUT INSTEAD OF MISINFORMATION GETTING OUT THERE, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO JUST TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AND DATA AND PERSPECTIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DO LIKE THAT, THAT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD KEEP INTO.
THERE'S THE QUORUM CHANGE TO I WONDER NOW IF WE EVEN NEED THAT, LIKE, BECAUSE REALLY IT'S NORMALLY HALF OF YOUR BOARD, PLUS ONE IS A QUORUM. BUT BECAUSE THERE WERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE QUORUM FOR SEVERAL, I THINK SEVERAL MEETINGS IN A ROW, AND THEY ONLY MET QUARTERLY.
CITY COUNCIL AMENDED IT SO THAT YOU ONLY NEEDED THREE PEOPLE FOR QUORUM.
I FEEL LIKE NOW OUR BOARD IS ACTIVE ENOUGH.
WE CAN PROBABLY CHANGE THAT BACK.
SO YEAH, AWESOME. I ACTUALLY MY FIRST THING IS I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH DEFINITIONS BECAUSE THE DEFINITIONS HERE ARE VERY, VERY SPARSE.
YEAH. WE HAVE TERMS LIKE CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIRPERSON, SECRETARY, THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED OUT.
YOU HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT THOSE ARE. REPORTS AND DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT STUFF AND EVERYTHING TO.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM YOU.
YEAH. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, AND MAYBE THAT'S MORE OF LIKE OUR FRIENDS GROUP.
SO PARTICIPATING MIGHT LOOK LIKE JUST SUPPORTING LIKE COMING OUT, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD IS FOCUSED ON DOING WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PROBABLY EVEN SINCE THAT WAS DONE, THERE IS CURRENTLY A FUNDRAISING ORDINANCE AND THERE'S AN ORDINANCE ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND NOT THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH IDEAS THAT HBO FRIENDS COULD DO.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
AND I THINK INADVERTENTLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO REALLY NICE THINGS NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, AND SO BEING VERY CAREFUL.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A AN OVERVIEW AND A FUTURE MEETING ON THE SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDRAISING.
PARAMETER. JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW INSTALL.
BOARD. AND SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO GET A REFRESH ON THAT.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ADD IT TALKS ABOUT THE GRANT FUNDING AND IN-KIND THIRD PARTY DONATIONS THAT OF COURSE LIKE YOU SAID.
THERE'S THERE'S MORE OF A POLICY ON THAT KIND OF STUFF NOW.
BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT GRANT WRITING, AND I DIDN'T UPDATE IT EARLIER, BUT I MEANT TO.
GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO WE HAVE WRITTEN I'VE WRITTEN FOUR GRANTS AND WE'VE GOTTEN ALL FOUR, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND MISS HANNAH HAS WRITTEN TWO GRANTS, AND SHE'S GOTTEN BOTH OF HER GRANTS AS WELL.
THESE ARE MOST OF THEM ARE VERY LIKE THEY'RE JUST MATCHING GRANTS FOR OUR PERFORMANCES OVER THE SUMMER. AND SO WE, WE'VE ONLY GONE WITH LOCAL PEOPLE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES OR OVERNIGHT STAYS OR FOOD OR ANYTHING.
BUT SO THESE ARE LIKE 200 TO $300 TYPE MATCHING GRANTS.
AND THEN THE $2,000 GRANT WAS THROUGH THE ATV.
DO YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CHECK OUT, THEY ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO DONATE SOME MONEY TO WHATEVER ORGANIZATION THEY'RE SPONSORING? AND FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, THEY WERE SPONSORING TEXAS LIBRARIES.
AND SO IT WAS A SUMMER GRANT FOR THEM.
SO WHILE I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT WE CAN'T WRITE GRANTS FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO DO THOSE MAYBE WE THERE'S SOME THERE'S ONE THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR ABOUT THAT WE CAN TALK TOGETHER AS A, AS A BOARD AS WELL. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO OR I DON'T KNOW.
OR IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE LET HBO FRIENDS KNOW IF THEY HAVE SOMEBODY ON THEIR BOARD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ADEPT AT GRANT WRITING.
IT COULD BE A WAY TO PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL.
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COMMENTS, WONDERINGS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE STUFF? I FEEL AS IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT SAY WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY MEETINGS.THIS IS ONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WOULD THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NOW? SO WE START RESEARCHING IT? I'M GUESSING WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THERE'S A SEPARATE CLAUSE.
I'M GUESSING AT SOME POINT IT WAS CHOPPED UP AND PUT INTO THE CURRENT FORM.
OKAY. BECAUSE, LIKE, CALLING OUT THE CLAUSE HERE SPECIFICALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
LIKE, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OF THIS. LIKE, THIS WAS LIKE A LOT OF FLUFF THAT NO WONDER IT GOT TRIMMED DOWN TO WHAT IT IS NOW.
SO THINKING ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS AND THE MORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IS ALL THIS ACTUALLY DIVIDES BECAUSE I THINK THE REST OF IT'S ALREADY CURRENTLY THE BINDING CODE FOR LIKE COMPOSITION AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO REALLY ALL WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS THE DEFINITION SECTION, PORTS AND DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY. AND THAT WAS REALLY OUR FOCUS ON BYLAWS. WE DON'T SORT OF BEAT AROUND THE BUSH AND DO A BUNCH OF WORK AND GET 7 IN 10 YEARS TIME.
YES. OKAY. AWESOME. I WILL TELL YOU, I YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL ABOUT WHAT I KNOW. ME TOO.
THANK YOU. WELL, ALSO, I'LL LET CITY SECRETARY KNOW WE FOUND SOMETHING. YEAH, YEAH.
LAURA. MAYBE SHE HASN'T SEEN THE SEARCH FEATURE.
SHE KNOWS. SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND YOU ANYTHING. THAT'S.
WHY. ISN'T ANYTHING IN HERE ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE THE LAST, ALMOST LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND IS TO TALK ABOUT A LIST OF TOPICS TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSION.
SO FIRST, IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A SEPTEMBER 16TH DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD IT SCHEDULED FOR LAST MONTH AND IT NEEDED TO GET RESCHEDULED.
SO THANKS FOR BEING FLEXIBLE ON THAT.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT AT THE THE JOINT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WORK DAY. THERE WAS A DESIRE TO GET TOGETHER TO AGAIN TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT EACH OTHER'S EFFORTS. ALIGN RESOURCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THAT CERTAINLY WAS REKINDLED WHEN WE HAD OUR DINNER FOR THE PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
SO I THINK KRISTEN HAD ASKED PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.
YOU'RE NOT LIKE, THESE ARE NOT HARD AND FAST.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING MARRIED TO THIS IDEA. BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE BEST UTILIZE OUR TIME WITH THAT BOARD? AND I DID MEET WITH HIM.
I DID GO TO THEIR APRIL MEETING, I THINK IT WAS AND JUST TOLD THEM IN PERSON.
HOW WE, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM, BUT THEN ALSO ASKING THEM FOR HELP WITH AWARENESS OF LIBRARY EVENTS, BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE LIBRARY TOO. SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL DO THE PROCLAMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND I WANT TO SCREAM, WE HAVE THIS GOING ON IN THE LIBRARY.
SO JUST BRINGING AWARENESS TO THAT.
BUT THEY WERE INCREDIBLY OPEN TO ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO THEM AND, AND TO DISCUSS. I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME.
WHAT IS THE TIME? SEPTEMBER 16TH.
IT WOULD BE AT 6:00. RIGHT? AND THAT WOULD BE HERE? YES. COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I KNOW THEY DO. UPSTAIRS WHERE Y'ALL USED TO DO IT.
OKAY. YEAH. WHERE WE GOT KICKED OUT.
THE EXECUTIVE MEETING. WHERE? I'M ACTUALLY THE TYPE OF PERSON I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT WORK IN THE SPACE THAT YOU'RE SERVING IN.
SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT WE'RE IN THE LIBRARY. I'M ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THE PREPARATION WAS I KNOW WE FOCUS FROM THE LENS OF THE LIBRARY, BUT FROM THEIR LENS, IF THERE ARE ANY UNINTENDED BOUNDARIES OR BARRIERS THAT THEY SEE FOR NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING IN.
RIGHT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.
AS WELL AS I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW, 40, 50 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN.
I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, RESOURCES THAT WE CAN OFFER.
I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO KARINA ZEPEDA BEFORE AND SHE HAD BECAUSE SHE'S ON THE DEIB COMMISSION, AND SHE HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GETTING READY TO RAMP UP AND LAUNCH WHAT THEY'RE CALLING WORK GROUPS.
SO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS OR SIMILAR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET NOT ONLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT ARE THOSE BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AND SO WONDERING I HAD WAS HOW COULD WE EITHER THROUGH SPACE OR THROUGH OUR PATRONS OR PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW,
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THOSE WORK GROUPS, RESOURCES? YEAH. SO. OKAY.I'M SORRY. I GOTTA SHIFT GEARS.
I GOTTA GO FROM ORDINANCES INTO MORE CREATIVE STUFF.
I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WHEN THERE IS A PROCLAMATION THAT'S TYPICALLY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND WITH KIND OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LIBRARY, BUT I WONDER IF THERE IS.
I WONDER. I KNOW FOR A CERTAIN POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES BEING QUIET CAN BE DIFFICULT, RIGHT? KIND OF TO HAVE THOSE INCLUSION DAYS OR INCLUSION NIGHTS FOR SOME OF OUR MAYBE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHO THEY WANT TO BE IN THE SPACE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T FEEL REALLY WELCOME.
SO, HEY, WE HAVE A LOUD BOOK NIGHT OR READ ALOUD OR SOMETHING, AND MAYBE WHAT THEY SEE ON THEIR END, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE OPEN TO THAT.
AND SO JUST SEEING IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES.
LIKE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PLACES THAT YOU GO IN PUBLIC, SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE SENSORY SENSITIVE THAN OTHERS.
AND I THINK IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CHALLENGE, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT, LIKE EVEN THIS ROOM.
IT HAS KIND OF AN ECHO. FOR SOME PEOPLE. THIS WOULD BE AN IMMERSIVE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE SOUND REVERBERATION. SO I THINK THAT'S A AN INTERESTING IDEA.
HOW COULD WE ALSO MEET THAT NEED.
AND WE MADE IT THROUGH I MEAN NOT JUST I HEARD HER.
AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARKS AND REC TO I KNOW THEY DO A AN INCLUSIVE DANCE AND WE DO SENSORY FRIENDLY STORYTIME, BUT THERE'S I MEAN, THAT'D BE AWESOME. LIKE, IF ALL THREE OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THAT. EVEN WITHIN THAT SPACE, THERE'S SUCH A IF YOU USE THE WORD SPECTRUM BECAUSE IT SEEMS KIND OF CLICHE, BUT THERE'S SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF SENSORY SENSITIVITY.
SO BEING KIND OF MORE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS SO THAT WE DON'T OVERINDEX ON SOMETHING THAT'S MORE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO I THINK YOU KIND OF ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT TO SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT YOUR INITIATIVES? MAYBE NOT JUST THROUGH LIBRARY PROGRAMS, BUT AS PEOPLE LIKE WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO TO SPREAD THE WORD OR YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED VOLUNTEERS? YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, JUST BRINGING AWARENESS TO SOME OF THE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP FILL SOME OF THEIR NEEDS.
AND I THINK MAYBE I MADE THIS UP, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S AN INITIATIVE CURRENTLY TO KIND OF CALENDAR OUT ALL OF, LIKE, THE ANNUAL PROCLAMATIONS.
AND SO PERHAPS WITH THAT IN PLACE, WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF AND NOT TO SAY WE'RE NOT DOING IT, BUT MAYBE WE COULD MAKE THAT AS PART OF OUR, OUR PROGRAMING OR, YOU KNOW, DISPLAYS PUT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MONTH, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND SO THAT BECOMES PART OF THE ROTATION OF HOW DO WE PRESENT THOSE THINGS EITHER IN BOOK FORM OR PROGRAM FORMAT, EVEN A PREVIEW FOR NEXT MONTH? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND IS THAT EVEN SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT? THAT'S THE OTHER THING. JUST BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. SO.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IF THEY HAD ANYTHING IN MIND FOR US? WHEN I MET WITH THEM, I THINK THEY WERE REALLY JUST IT WAS LIKE THE INITIAL JUST BRINGING AWARENESS BECAUSE MOST OF THEM WERE LIKE, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING. SO WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEM HAVE BACKGROUNDS IN MARKETING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY GAVE ME SOME TIPS FOR SPREADING THE WORD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY COMMITTED TO WAS TO WHEN THEY SEE OUR EVENTS ONLINE, SHARE THEM OUT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CALENDARS SO THAT WHEN THEY,
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YOU KNOW, MEET SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY OR SOMEBODY THEY ALREADY KNOW, SAY, OH, YOU LOVE GARDENING, RIGHT? WHEN THE LIBRARY DOES THIS FOR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT FIRST MEETING WAS LESS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER AND MORE JUST ABOUT WHAT DOES THE LIBRARY EVEN HAVE TO OFFER.SO I THINK I BET THEY WILL COME WITH, WITH SOME IDEAS AS WELL.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET TO SEE THOSE BEFOREHAND.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I THINK THAT I KNOW THAT IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT I. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WALKING AWAY FROM THOSE JOINT BOARDS AND COMMISSION DAYS, SO EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER BOARDS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GENERALLY THE SENSE, PERHAPS THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN MODEL, LIKE A CLOSER ALIGNMENT WITH THAT PARTICULAR BOARD AND SHOW THAT, LIKE WITH TIME AND SPACE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY COMBINE EFFORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND PERHAPS WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR HAVING THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSION DAY LIKE TWICE A YEAR WHERE THIS IS WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S ALREADY PREDETERMINED FOR US TO CHECK IN ON HOW THAT'S GOING. BECAUSE HONESTLY, GETTING EVERYBODY ON SCHEDULES, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE POSTED AND IT'S LIKE, I KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG ORDEAL, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN USE THIS TO KIND OF PLANT THAT SEED AND SEE ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. YEAH, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE WEREN'T EVEN THOUGH WE DID GET TO TALK TO OTHER BOARDS WHILE WE WERE OVER THERE. IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY TO COLLABORATE, BUT IF WE HAVE ONE SESSION THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER BOARDS, EVERYONE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT.
BUT I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THIS IS NOT NEEDED, BUT LIKE THE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION THEY WANTED TO HAVE US PUBLISH THEIR BOOK AND IT'S WE HAVE IT, RIGHT? WE HAVE IT DIGITALLY.
THEY DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE THEY KEEP UPDATING IT.
SO IT'S JUST EASIER TO WELL, THEY HAVE IT IN PRINT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT WE JUST UPDATE IT AS THEY SEND US NEW NEW THINGS.
WE UPDATE IT ONLINE, SO WE HAVE IT.
HONESTLY, I THINK THE TOPIC IS HOW DO WE HELP EACH OTHER? AND THEN IT JUST TURNS INTO A SPITBALL SESSION. YEAH I AGREE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M TRYING TO SOLVE AN EQUATION RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? I WILL. ALSO IN THAT SAME EMAIL WITH LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS WE WANT WORLD WIDE EMAIL I'LL HAVE THE IDEAS THAT WE WROTE DOWN.
JUST SO ANYTHING POPS INTO YOUR HEAD EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU WANT TO ADD IT, LET ME KNOW, AND THEN I'LL SEND IT OFF TO CHRISTIE BARNES, WHO IS WHO? THE STAFF MEMBER THAT GETS TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSION TO SHARE WITH THEM. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE? I DO NOT THINK SO. ALL RIGHT.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS? FOR BYLAWS, STUFF WILL BE THE FUTURE AGENDA.
YEAH. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT BE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING SEPARATELY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE JUST LIKE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TIME FOR IT.
SO I WOULD SAY WE DO THAT AS A SEPARATE MEETING.
AND WE CAN DO CALENDAR CHECKS AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH. SO THEN IF THERE ARE NO OTHER AGENDA IN THE REQUEST.
AND I WOULD SAY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LET'S SEE, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 16TH ON THE CALENDAR, THEN OCTOBER 16TH FOR THE WORK SESSION, THE WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN NOVEMBER 3RD IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND WE WILL LIKELY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SOMETIME, POTENTIALLY IN OCTOBER, TO DO THE BYLAWS WORK.
SO IT'S 6:00 O'CLOCK BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT.
IT'S THE HOUR BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IS CITY COUNCIL LIBRARY CARD TIME? YES, YES. YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME.
AND THEN THIS THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH IS THE THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
THERE MAY BE SOME I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO IN SUPPORT OR TO BE THERE AS A RESOURCE.
I'M SURE KRISTEN WOULD NOT HATE THAT.
SO RIGHT THEN IT IS 739 AND WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
WE DIDN'T PLAY ANY OF THE FUN GAMES THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DUMB QUESTIONS I WOULD ASK YOU, THOUGH. OH, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID FOR THE THE TRAINING THAT WE DID.
ARE WE DOING RECORDING? YES. ONE OF THE TRAININGS THAT THEY DID WAS NOT TRAININGS.
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THEY OPENED IT. AT FIRST WE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED. WE WERE LIKE, ARE WE AT THE RIGHT TRAINING? BUT THEY DID JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TRADITIONAL, LIKE READING RAINBOW WHERE THEY JUST TALKED IT UP, SOME OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE COMING OUT AND GAVE LIKE A LITTLE SYNOPSIS UNTIL THEY READ THEM, IT WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, READING OFF THE BACK OF THE BOOK.SO MAYBE NEXT TIME WHEN WE MEET,
WE CAN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.