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Home My WebLink About2020-03-17 Public Comments After 4:301 Sheree Kansas From:Kerry Bigelow Sent:Tuesday, March 17, 2020 4:44 PM To:Sheree Kansas Subject:FW: Public Comment for March 17, 2020 City Council Meeting Kerry Bigelow, MMC | City Clerk (619) 407-3590 | kbigelow@chulavistaca.gov Please note that email correspondence with the City of Chula Vista, along with attachments, may be subject to the California Public Records Act, and therefore may be subject to disclosure unless otherwise exempt. From: Andres Wong <wongarg1@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 4:41 PM To: Glen Googins <GGoogins@chulavistaca.gov> Cc: Michael McCabe <mac.mmccabe@usa.net> Subject: Re: Public Comment for March 17, 2020 City Council Meeting Good afternoon, City Attorney Glen Googins. I submit exactly the same letter for the City Council meeting tonight. For your consideration. Thank you. Respectfully, Andres Wong Chula Vista Resident and Veteran On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:59 PM Michael McCabe <mac.mmccabe@usa.net> wrote: City Attorney Glen Googins, I have submitted the following statement to the City Clerk to be read into the record for today's meeting of March 17, 2020. This is regarding the use of City Library branches for the presentation or public programs by outside groups, Respectfully submitted, Michael J. McCabe Resident of the City of Chula Vista Honorable Mayor Salas and Members of the City Council: This statement regarding a proposed policy for use of the City Library branches by public groups is hereby presented to be read into the record Warning: External Email 2 during the Public Comments portion of the Chula Vista City Council meeting on March 17, 2020. I want to make reference to a policy recently adopted by the Hudson Area Public Library Board on February 11, 2020 (available at the following link: https://hudsonpubliclibrary.org/wp‐content/uploads/2020/03/7.15‐Programming‐Policy‐1.pdf), which I believe is an effective example for adoption within the City of Chula Vista. I request that adoption of such policies regarding the public use of library space within the City of Chula Vista be coupled with a requirement for consideration of the proposal by the City’s Board of Library Trustees, with advance notice to the public being made available by posting of the Commission agenda in advance in accordance with current City procedures. The purpose of this request is to afford the opportunity for effective public input into the consideration of any programs that may prove to be controversial, especially with respect to vulnerable audiences such as young children. The City should ensure that any decision made by the Library Board of Trustees regarding a controversial program to be presented in a library branch can be appealed to the City Council for a final decision made as an agenda item subject to public input and discussion. Such procedures should be adopted by the City Council as a City Ordinance if deemed necessary to enforce the adoption of these public review process stages. I believe that the adoption of the foregoing procedures would provide for a fair and effective process of public input and review of reading and other programs presented in our Library branches, together with the inclusion of a background checks for outside group presenters of proposed community programs. These procedures should be adopted in an enforceable form such as a City Ordinance or Resolution of the City Council. By ensuring a procedure for public input into the consideration of public library programs that are potentially controversial in nature, a significant cost to the city and public that was incurred as a result last year’s scheduling of a “drag queen” children’s story hour can be averted in the future. Respectfully presented, Michael J. McCabe Resident of the City of Chula Vista 1 Sheree Kansas From:Webmaster Sent:Tuesday, March 17, 2020 5:44 PM To:CityClerk; Sheree Kansas Subject:City of Chula Vista: City Council Meeting Comments Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Flagged A new entry to a form/survey has been submitted. Form Name: City Council Meeting Comments Date & Time: 03/17/2020 5:44 PM Response #: 50 Submitter ID: 73234 IP address: 2600:8801:a000:1f6e:98a7:4005:5934:7d77 Time to complete: 3 min. , 55 sec. Survey Details Page 1 Please use this form to submit comments on items that appear on the City Council's agenda or general comments to be provided to the City Council. Comments submitted up to 30 minutes prior to a Council Meeting will be provided as part of the meeting. Comments submitted later will still be accepted, but will not be provided to the City Council as part of the meeting. All comments will be provided to the City Council and available to the public. If you have questions about using this form, please email the City Clerk at cityclerk@chulavistaca.gov or call (619) 691‐5041. Council Meeting Date 03/17/2020 Is your comment related to an item that is on the agenda for the meeting date selected? (○) No Page 3 Comments (if any) Any comments submitted will become part of the public record. Please cancel drag queen story hour in Chula Vista. Thank you. 2 The following information is optional, although we do request it for follow up purposes. Name Farrah Karol City of Residence Chula Vista Page 4 Contact Information (This information will only be provided to staff and City Councilmembers; it will not be made available to the public.) 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