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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-08-20 BOLT MINSMINUTES LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES August 20 2003 Library Conference Room 4:03 PM All Items May be considered for Action CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Trustees Clover A , Pasqua P , Valerio P, Chair Hubbard P Vice Chair Hartman A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the minutes of July 9, 2003 was continued to the next meeting. II. CONTINUED MATTERS A. Library 2003-04-05 Budget Library Director Palmer discussed the impact of the new State Budget on the Library. Funding for the Public Library Fund has been cut by 50% to $15,766,000 statewide. Chula Vista's share will now be $88,500, down from $288,850 in FY 2000-01. If PLF were to be fully funded, the Library would receive $466,100. Fortunately, the Transaction Based Reimbursements from the California Library Services Act were not reduced. B. Library Bond Act Director Palmer reported that the State Bond Board is scheduled to meet and decide upon Cycle -2 funding on October 28, 2003. C. Internet Use Policy Director Palmer reported that the Federal Communications Commission had adopted an order outlining steps that libraries must take in order to be compliant with the Children's Internet Protection Act. Mr. Palmer recapped the informational memo provided to the Trustees regarding this subject, including (1) CIPA only applies to libraries applying for Internet connection and internal communications discounts; (2) Chula Vista only applies for telecommunications discounts and is therefore not compelled to comply with CIPA; (3) in April the Library Board approved a new Internet Use Policy which continues filtering for children and included "light" filtering of adult Internet workstations; (4) however, the City Attorney's office has indicated that we must allow adults to have the ability to conveniently access unfiltered Internet workstations per the Supreme Court ruling; (5) as a result the Library will be once again revising its Internet Use Policy to easily facilitate that requirement; (6) the new policy will most likely eliminate the one to three unfiltered adult workstations and return to the filtered or unfiltered card scenario previously used for adults; (7) finally the new policy may continue to allow parents and guardians the ability to select unfiltered Internet access for their children. The new policy should be brought to the Library Board for consideration in September. III. NEW BUSINESS A. Friendship Park City Landscape Architect John Krizan made a presentation regarding potential ideas for enhancements in Friendship Park, the park adjacent to the Civic Center Branch Library. Possible enhancements include a rose garden, public art and a tot lot. Trustees indicated their general support for public art pieces but did have concerns about the City's ability to adequately maintain a high maintenance rose garden. Trustee Pasqua indicated her support for a tot lot. Joan Roseman, President of the Friends of the Library, indicated her support for public art and agreed with the comments about the rose garden. She also said that she was very much opposed to a tot lot. Mr. Krizan indicated that he was gathering comments from a variety of sources and would soon be producing a proposed plan for the park based upon those comments. He announced that he would return to the board once those plans have been development. B. Board Flections This item was continued to the next meeting. IV. LIBRARY DIRE, CT®R'S REPORT A. Summer Reading Program Public Services Manager Maureen Roeber announced that 5,100 children and young adults had participated in this years Summer Reading Program with approximately 850 attending the grant finale carnival on August 2 in Friendship Park. She also announced that the top three readers from each branch will be presented to City Council on August 26. B. Other Library Director Palmer announced that invitations were being mailed for a "donor appreciation" event to be held on Friday, September 12 at South Chula Vista Branch Library. Roberto Limon will be the featured artist. He invited the Trustees to attend. Mr. Palmer also announced that the Library was once again producing a comprehensive monthly report. Unfortunately, that report will not be ready to be included with the mailed board packet; therefore it will be distributed at each board meeting. The July 2003 report is ready and will be mailed to the Trustees for their review. V. COMMUNICATIONS A. Friends — Joan Roseman, President of the Friends of the Chula Vista Library reported that the Friends had donated over $11,000 towards this years Summer Reading Program and another $15,000 for books. Mrs. Roseman also announced that the Friends now had 587 members. She further reported that the group had recently conducted an interesting program on Mars and that both Civic Center and South Chula Vista friends would be conducting special book sales on September 6 and 7. Chair Hubbard asked how the Friends advertised for donated books and it was reported that was not necessary since so there is already an abundance of book donations B. Public Comments —None C. Written Comments — None D. Board Comments — Trustee Valerio asked about the recent KUSI report on graffiti at the South Chula Vista Library. Library Director Palmer reported that the gentleman living across the street from the library had been upset that he had been cited for graffiti when he saw graffiti on the Library. It turned out to be on the roof and could really only be seen from certain vantage points. That graffiti has now been removed. . VL ADJOURNMENT ' T —. The meeting adjourned at 4:45 pm. The next meeting of the Library Board will be on September 17, 2003.