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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-10-22 BOLT MINSW-314.1911W� LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES October 22. 2003 Chula Vista Heritage Museum 4:04 PM All Items May be considered for Action CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL, Trustees Clover A , Pasqua P , Valerio A , Chair Hubbard P Vice Chair Hartman P Others Present: Frank Roseman, Glenda de Vaney, John McLaren, John Parks, Nancy Parks, Peter Watry, Kim Laru, Maureen Roeber, Paula Brown. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — Meeting of August 20, 2003 Approval of the minutes of August 20, 2003 was continued to the next meeting. II. DEDICATION OF FRANK ROSEMAN GALLERY Library Director Palmer outlined the history of the Chula Vista Heritage Museum and Frank Roseman's role in its success. A sign designating the gallery space within the museum, as the Frank Roseman Gallery was then "unveiled." Chair Hubbard expressed his thanks and appreciation of Mr. Roseman's efforts on behalf of the Board. III. CONTINUED MATTERS A. Library Bond -Act Application Library Director Palmer announced that the Bond Board would meet on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 and would, at that meeting select the Cycle II grant recipients. Mr. Hartman arrived at 4:20 pm. B. Internet Access Policy Assistant Library Director Brown described the key elements of the new policy and how it was designed to meet the provisions of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The Library will now provide three levels of filtering: a high level of filtering for children under the age of 17, a lesser degree of filtering for adults, and no filtering only if requested by an adult customer. The City Attorney has opined that this procedure will comply with the Supreme Court's CIPA decision that requires libraries to unblock the filter if an adult customer so requests. Ms. Brown reported that in the first week of implementation only 23 customers requested unfiltered access. Trustee Pasqua asked about the impacts of the filters on students doing legitimate research. Ms. Brown indicated that staff would assist students in finding appropriate materials to meet their research needs. MSUC (Pasqua/Hartman) to approve the Library's revised Internet Access Policy. C. FY 2003-04-05 Budget Library Director Palmer reported that the City was awaiting action on the Vehicle License Fee (VLF) by the Governor -elect. Should VLF be reduced or eliminated, and not be back filled from another revenue source, the City could lose as much as $8 million annually. Mr. Palmer opined that such a large decrease would undoubtedly impact the Library budget. Assistant Library Director Brown indicated that due to the current budget constraints, that the Library now had 8 vacant positions. As a result, the Library would be eliminating most adult programming and children's craft programs between January and June 2004. Board members and Friends President Joan Roseman expressed their dismay at this situation. IV. NEW BUSINESS A. Election of Officers MSUC (Pasqua/Hartman) to elect Tris Hubbard to another term as Chair of the Library Board of Trustees. MSUC (Pasqua/Hubbard) to elect George Hartman to another term as Vic - Chair of the Library Board of Trustees. B. Local History Room Focus Group Assistant Library Board Brown reported that a consultant firm had been hired to study the Library's Local History Room. She invited a member of the Board to attend a focus group meeting that the consultants will conduct on the morning of Saturday, December 6 at South Chula Vista Library. Trustee Pasqua volunteered to attend. V. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT A. Parking Lot Construction Library Director Palmer reported that the impact of the Right of Way Construction on F and 4th Streets adjacent to the Civic Center Library would start to ease in mid-November. At that time, part of the southwest parking lot would become available. However, the full lot will not be available until February 2004. The new driver side book drops will be installed and usable by mid-November. B. Board Membership Mr. Palmer reported that he had discovered that in order to implement the Charter change from five to seven board members (approved many years ago by the voters), it would be necessary to ask Council to approve a new Ordinance. The consensus of the Board was that increasing the Board's membership to seven members was a good idea and requested the Library to move forward with such a change. C. Monthly Statistics Assistant Library Director Brown distributed the August 2003 statistics. D. Legislative Update Library Director.Palmer indicated that there was nothing to report this month. E. Other As in the past, the Board agreed to combine their November and December meetings. Therefore, the next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 3 at 4:00 pm. VI. COMMUNICATIONS A. Friends Friends President Joan Roseman reported that the group had sponsored a program entitled "'Our Water" on October 11, 2003. Presented by the Sweetwater Authority, it was an excellent program, but had attracted a small audience. Trustee Pasqua indicated that she had not seen any publicity for the program. Mrs. Roseman also reported that the Civic Center Chapter would again conduct a special book sale on December 6 and 7. She also reported that the chapters were receiving the annual "Wish List" requests from staff and expected that the Friends would fund those. She also indicated that the Friends had recently acquired Liability Insurance. Mrs. Roseman also announced that she would be retiring as President of the Friends in December. Chair Hubbard thanked her for her years of work and support. B. Public Comments None C. Written Comments None D. Board Comments None Respectively submitted, David J. PaWer Assistant City Manager/Library Director