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[EBR Library Board of Control on September 21, 2023.]
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL MEETING TO ORDER.
AND WHY DON'T YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE CALL ROLL NICOLE ALMOND.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING.
ANY OPPOSED MINUTES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED? OKAY.
THERE'S NO SPECIAL ORDERS REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR.
I, SO TANYA ALLISON WILL GIVE US THE AL REPORT.
I'LL BE GIVEN THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, UM, IN PLACE.
SO FOR 2023, OPERATING EXPENDITURES THROUGH AUGUST 31ST ARE $28,415,768 AND 8 CENTS ARE 52.93% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET THROUGH AUGUST.
WE SHOULD HAVE SPENT NO MORE THAN 67% OF THE BUDGET.
CASH COLLECTIONS FROM PROPERTY TAXES FOR 2023 REMAIN AHEAD OF THOSE COLLECTED IN 2022 AS WE ARE APPROXIMATELY $4.7 MILLION AHEAD.
ACTUAL INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR IS $4,672,544 AND 77 CENTS, AND 9.5% AHEAD OF THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE AUGUST REPORT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO INTEREST EARNINGS OF 1.2 MILLION REPORTED FOR THE SECOND QUARTER THAT WERE JUST RECORDED AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
THEY USED TO BRING TWO PEOPLE TO DO THAT JOB.
NOT EVERYTHING HAS A PICTURE, BUT IT'S ALL WONDERFUL.
WE HAVE CLOSED THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT, THAT'S PART OF PHASE ZERO FOR THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.
AND Y'ALL OVER 3000 RESPONSES TO A LONG SURVEY, UH, IN A SURVEY FATIGUED ENVIRONMENT.
WE SPOKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WITH OUR TIMING, BRE JUST DID A SURVEY.
BRAX DONE A SURVEY, BRAS DONE A SURVEY, ALL KIND OF OTHER PEOPLE DONE SURVEYS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR SURVEY OUT THERE AND IT'S OKAY.
UH, HAPPY CONSUMERS OR CUSTOMERS OR PATRONS AND NON PATRONS ANSWERED THE SURVEY AND WE WILL HA HAVE A DEEP DIVE INTO IT LATER.
WE JUST GOT THE NUMBERS TUESDAY AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED.
LOTS OF FEEDBACK, LOTS OF, UM, NARRATIVE IN THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS AND A NICE AGE SPREAD BETWEEN 18 AND ABOVE.
THEN MORE MATURE ADULTS AND THEN SENIORS.
WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF TEENAGERS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE GREAT BRIBES.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THEN IS WITH THE NEXT PART OF THE STUDY, DO FOCUS GROUPS WITH SOME OF THE TEENS WHERE COOKIES AND PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT FOR THE NEXT 10, 15 YEARS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT EVENTUALLY WILL CARE THE MOST, WE THINK.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE TWO SLIDES FROM IT.
UH, WHAT DO YOU TYPICALLY DO AT THE LIBRARY THAT YOU VISIT MOST?
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AND THEY STILL LOOK FOR BOOKS.Y'ALL,
THEY BRING A CHILD, THEY ATTEND A PROGRAM, THEY ATTEND A MEETING, THEY ATTEND A LIBRARY PRESENTATION.
OH YEAH, THEY USE COMPUTERS, THEY USE OUR WIFI, THEY USE OUR STUDY ROOMS. THEY USE SPECIAL SERVICES SUCH AS THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OR GRANTS OR GENEALOGY.
THEY HANG OUT, THEY MEET FRIENDS AND THEY USE THE MAKERSPACE.
AND WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE BRANCH? AND NO MATTER WHERE THEY WERE ANSWERING, AND WE WILL PARSE THIS OUT BY BRANCH LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE OVERALL, THE OVERALL AMALGAMATED NUMBER IS, I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AND I LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE LIBRARY STAFF.
AND I LIKE THE MATERIALS THAT ARE THERE.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE IS STILL A QUIET SPACE IN MY LIFE AND THAT THERE'S SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND MEETING ROOMS. IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ON AND ON.
ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DISCERN ABOUT WHAT SPACE NEEDS TO OFFER IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FOR.
SO YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK TEASER.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CANDIDATE FORUM.
I GOT TIRED OF STICKING THINGS ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, I FOUND A NEW ONE.
I FOUND A NEW, UH, TOWN HALL, A NEW PUBLIC MEETING, A NEW MEETING ABOUT TRAFFIC, A NEW MEETING ABOUT BUSES, A NEW MEETING ABOUT SCHOOL ISSUES, CRIME ISSUES, CANDIDATES, MEETING THE PUBLIC.
IN FACT, IN THIS ROOM LAST FRIDAY, 21 CANDIDATES AND THEY WERE FROM EVERYWHERE.
SECRETARY OF STATE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, CLERK OF COURT REPRESENTATIVES, BESSIE BOARD IS REALLY COOL.
SO WE ARE ALSO STILL AN EARLY VOTING SITE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN WE ARE A VOTING SITE IN NOVEMBER.
SO PART OF YOUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THIS IS NOT NEW TO YOU, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S A SURPRISE TO THE PEOPLE WANDERING IN THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE HOSTED THE BLACK BUSINESS BLOCK PARTY.
SO WE WERE AT JONES CREEK IN THE MORNING, AND BY WE, I MEAN THE SMALL BUSINESS STAFF, THEY, THEY WORKED 12 HOURS THAT DAY.
THEY WERE AT JONES CREEK IN THE MORNING AND THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THEM HERE IN THE BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED JONES CREEK BRANCH.
AND THEN HERE THEY ARE, JUST EVERYWHERE.
AND THERE IS ONE OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS LIBRARIANS, AUSTIN.
AND HE BOOKED SO MANY PERSONAL INTERVIEWS AND COACHING SESSIONS.
UH, HE'S GONNA BE BUSY FOR MONTHS.
IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR THE ORGANIZERS, MEYER RICHARDSON.
AND THEN HER CREW OF DEDICATED YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS, UH, PUBLIC OFFICIALS WERE HERE.
AND THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST ONE.
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC ABOUNDS Y'ALL UKULELES.
DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A UKULELE ORCHESTRA IN TOWN? THERE THEY ARE.
WE ARE HOSTING, WE HOSTED THE HIP HOP FESTIVAL.
UH, THEY WERE DANCING, THEY WERE HOPPING, THEY WERE HIP.
UH, THERE WAS A JOYFUL NEWS NOISE MADE BY ALL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING A MUSICAL PETTING ZOO LATER ON, UH, COMING UP SOON.
BTO FEST OUTSIDE THIS COMING SUNDAY, THE BATON ROUGE CONCERT BAND WITH THEIR FALL CONCERT.
AND Y'ALL, THEY'RE GONNA DO N DORMA AND THEY'RE GONNA DO, CARMEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S THE CIVIC ORCHESTRA WILL BE DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU, YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP UP WITH THE NEWSLETTER.
I CAN'T, IT'S TOO MANY THINGS TO COUNT.
THE HOME LIBRARY PROJECT IS BACK FOR ITS THIRD SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE AT CLAIBORNE, JEFFERSON TERRACE, BEL AIR, MCKINLEY MELROSE IN WINDBORN MELROSE IS THE SCHOOL THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE BATON ROUGE ROTARY.
THE OTHER FIVE MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME NAMES AS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SOMETIMES THEY CLOSE ONE SCHOOL AND THEY MOVE THE CHILDREN TO ANOTHER SCHOOL WHILE THEY'RE RENOVATING THAT SCHOOL.
OR BECAUSE OF THE, THE CENSUS OF THE SCHOOL.
MAYBE THEY'VE COMBINED SOME THINGS.
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THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.AND HERE THEY WERE ON MONDAY AT JEFFERSON TERRACE.
AND THERE ARE SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE THIRD GRADERS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE STORY TIME, PICKING OUT THEIR PERSONAL BOOK TO GO IN THEIR HOME LIBRARY.
SO THIS IS THESE THIRD GRADERS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS NEW BOOK THAT IS THEIRS FOR AND EVER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO EVER GIVE IT BACK.
THEY CAN SHARE IT IF THEY WANT.
AND PROBABLY WE'LL SEE THAT HAPPENING JUST LIKE IN PREVIOUS YEARS AS THEY START TO FORM LITTLE BOOK CLUBS AND SWAP BOOKS AND SHARE THEM WITH, UH, THEIR RELATIVES AND THEN SOME OF THEIR CLASSMATES.
OUR PARTNERS THIS YEAR ARE OF COURSE E B R SCHOOLS, OUR PATRONS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUP KIDS, SCOOP NEWS, WHICH IS, UH, PART OF THE BATON ROUGE PARENTS FAMILY RESORT GROUP FOUNDATION.
UH, THE BATON ROUGE ROTARY CLUB LINE FOR LINE.
YOU MAY REMEMBER BARBERSHOPS, READ, EARN A HAIRCUT, UM, AND THE BATON ROUGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE SUMMER IS OVER, BUT WE'RE STILL KEEPING IT STEMY LEADING INTO THE MAKER FAIR, Y'ALL.
BUT I JUST LOVE SEEING THESE ARE KIDS ALL OVER.
IT'S NOT JUST AT THE MAIN LIBRARY.
THIS IS DELMONT, THIS IS BLUE BONNET.
MAKING THINGS, FIGURING THINGS OUT.
THESE MAY BE FUTURE ENGINEERS.
THIS WAS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT FELL IN OUR LAB AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I GOT A CALL FROM FRANCE.
SOMEHOW THEY HEARD ABOUT WIFI TO GO AND, AND THEY WERE VERY INTRIGUED ABOUT THE IDEA OF CIRCULATING HOTSPOTS.
AND THEY HAD US, THEY HAD A REPORTER ROAMING AROUND THE AMERICA DOING OTHER THINGS AND THEN SENDING IT BACK HOME THE WAY YOU CAN THESE DAYS.
SO THEY SENT A REPORTER TO US, SOPHIE, AND UH, SHE INTERVIEWED SOME OF OUR PATRONS AT THE CARVER BRANCH LIBRARY AND ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO IS SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS SERVICE HIMSELF.
AND HE HAPPENS TO BE BILINGUAL, UH, FLUENT IN FRENCH.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF FUN FOR HER.
BUT, UH, WE ELICIT, THIS WOMAN IS LIKE A HUMAN BOOK MOBILE FOR HER AREA.
AND SHE HAS BEEN GETTING THE KIDS BOOKS IN THEIR HOMES.
HER FAMILY HAS BEEN USING IT TO LEARN THINGS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
AND THEN DAVID USED IT, UH, AS HE WAS TRAVELING AROUND, UNABLE TO GET WIFI.
HE MADE SURE THAT HE HAD IT SO THAT HE COULD DO HIS WORK.
'CAUSE YOU'RE NEVER THAT FAR AWAY FROM WORK, ARE YOU WITH A PHONE?
IF YOU'RE WATCHING H G T V AT NIGHT LIKE I AM, YOU MAY SEE A WINDOW WORLD COMMERCIAL AND GO, WAIT, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THOSE SHELVES.
THEY DID A COMMERCIAL ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE RIVER CENTER BRANCH LIBRARY.
AND THEY EVEN, UM, HAD FUN PUTTING GONE WITH THE WINDOW.
UH, SOME OTHER KIND OF BOOKS ABOUT WINDOWS AND DOORS, UH, IN, IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND THEY SHOT A HAPPY LITTLE COMMERCIAL.
THE A 28 SECOND THING THAT'S OUT THERE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN FEATURED ON SOME OTHER ANIMATIONS, ESPECIALLY ON FACEBOOK.
OUR NEW STUDENT INTERN FROM THE MASS COMM SCHOOL AT L S U, UH, DOES ANIMATIONS.
AND SO OUR LITTLE MAKER FAIR SPROCKET IS FLYING AROUND TOWN.
VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK SERIES, Y'ALL.
NEXT MONTH, RICK STEVES IS GONNA TAKE US EUROPE UP THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.
REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T JUST A PODCAST.
HE BELONGS TO US FOR THIS EPISODE.
SO YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE.
AND THEN, UH, BRANDON, THE MODERATOR WILL GET THEM TO HIM.
AND REMEMBER, THE ARCHIVES ARE THERE.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND SEE ANYTHING FROM THE PAST STRICTLY BUSINESS.
I HEARD MIKE POLITO FROM MAP CONSTRUCTION TALK YESTERDAY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE NEW GUARD AND KIND OF TURNING OVER THINGS.
UH, COMING UP NEXT WE'LL HAVE DR.
CRAIG GREEN, UH, BOARD CERTIFIED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
SO GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE.
I MENTIONED MAKER FAIR IS HAPPENING SOON, Y'ALL, I HOPE OCTOBER 7TH IS ON YOUR CALENDAR ALL DAY, ALL OVER WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES AND VERY
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SOON SEPTEMBER 28TH, WHICH SEEMS LIKE NEXT WEEK, ISN'T IT? YES.SO NEXT WEEK, A LOVELY AUTHOR AND POET, CAROL BOSTON.
WEATHERFORD WILL COME IN, OH, I HAVE A TYPO.
AND HER SON, ILLUSTRATOR POET JEFFREY BOSTON WITHERFORD.
SO ROSANNA, WE'RE GONNA FIX THESE BEFORE WE POST THEM, UH, TAKES A VILLAGE.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY DO BOOKS THAT ARE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH RELUCTANT READERS, THEY EITHER WANT SOMETHING THAT'S WAY OUT THERE OR THEY WANT TO READ SOMETHING THAT'S REAL.
AND THEY'VE DONE BOOKS ABOUT REAL PEOPLE.
UH, I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE ONE ON THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UPSTAIRS, THE ROOFTOP TERRACE PROJECT IS COMPLETE WITH ONE EXCEPTION.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH A MORE ROBUST TREE.
WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT IT WILL MAKE IT, AND COMING SOON A FLAG BOX PROJECT.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANY MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT LOOK FOR NEWS IN YOUR NEXT, IN YOUR NEXT BOARD REPORT.
JUST LIKE TANYA SAID, WE'RE UP FOUR TO 7% IN MOST OF OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
AND AS BEFORE, I'M SEEING PEOPLE COME IN AND I'M SEEING THAT THEY'RE STAYING LONGER AND LONGER AND LONGER.
OUR TEENAGERS ARE BACK NOW THAT SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION, AND SOME OF THEM ARE BEING DROPPED OFF AFTER SCHOOL.
SOME OF THEM ARE FINDING THEIR OWN WAY TO US, AND MANY ARE FINDING US ON SATURDAY FOR FREE TUTORING.
I HOPE THEY'RE ALL FINDING THE FREE HOMEWORK TUTORING ONLINE TILL MIDNIGHT.
AND IF YOU'RE A PARENT WHO'S DESPERATE FOR HELP, ESPECIALLY WITH MATH OR SCIENCE, IT'S THERE FOR YOU.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU, MARY.
OKAY, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, MARY.
SO I, I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO COIN THAT PHRASE STEMY, RIGHT? BECAUSE I I LIKE THAT YOU'RE KEEPING IT, WE'RE KEEPING IT STEMY.
WE ARE, WE'RE KEEPING IT STEMMY EVEN THOUGH THE SUMMER'S OVER WITH YES.
I'M, I HAVE BEEN CATCHING UP ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND SO I'M GONNA TRY AND KEEP THIS BRIEF.
UM, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH MAINTENANCE.
WHEN I SAY EVERYBODY, I MEAN COLLECTIVELY IN THE PARISH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO HOT.
BUT FACILITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ACROSS THE PARISH AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING 'EM FUNCTIONING.
WE'VE HAD TO CLOSE ONE BUILDING FOR A SUNDAY FOR FOUR HOURS BECAUSE THE AC WASN'T WORKING, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN.
AND, UM, THE FACILITY STAFF HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT RESPONDING EVEN AFTER HOURS.
AT THE MOMENT, ONE OF OUR ISSUES IS A LEAK IN, UH, ONE OF THE LINES LEADING TO THE CHILLER AT CARVER IS THE HOT WATER LINE.
THE LEAK HAS BEEN LOCATED, SO WE'RE GETTING A QUOTE TO GET IT REPAIRED.
AND IT MAY BE THAT WE REPAIR BOTH THE HOT WATER LINE AND PREEMPTIVELY REPAIR THE CHILLED WATER LINE AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME AGE, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE OTHER ONE COULD FAIL AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GETTING A QUOTE TO EITHER JUST DO ONE OR TO DO BOTH.
UM, AT CARVER LAST MONTH, ONE OF THE HOT WATER LINES FROM THE BOILER RUSTED THROUGH, THERE WAS A LITTLE WATER INCURSION INTO THE RESTROOMS THAT WAS CLEANED UP VERY QUICKLY.
THE PIPE, THE PIPE HAS BEEN REPAIRED, THE WATER HAS BEEN REMEDIATED.
WE'RE ALL, WE ARE, WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, WE'RE HAVING THE VARIABLE AIR VOLUME BOX COILS CLEANED AT ZACHARY THAT'S IMPEDING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AIR CONDITIONING.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO YOUR MAINTENANCE IN, IN, AT YOUR HOUSE WITH YOUR AIR CONDITIONING, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO IS CLEAN THE COILS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT DONE AT ZACHARY.
AND THEN THE CHILLER AT GREENVILLE SPRINGS HAD SOME ISSUES.
AND THAT'S THE, THE RESULTED IN THE FOUR HOUR CLOSURE ON SUNDAY, UH, ONE SUNDAY LAST MONTH, TRAIN HAS COMPLETED THE WARRANTY WORK, BUT THEY NEED TO REPLACE SOME FAN MOTORS AND THE MOTORS ARE ON ORDER.
AND SO I KNOW YOU HEAR THAT A LOT.
THE PARTS ARE ON ORDER, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY WE THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING BROKEN
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WINDOWS AT EDEN PARK WITH GREENWELL SPRINGS AND CENTRAL.THE HOT WATER PUMP AT DELMONT HAS A BREAKER THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND AT BAKER, THE STUCCO WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE PORTICO SHARE, UM, FOR OUR SMALL CAPITAL.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PART? OKAY.
FOR THE SMALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MANY WE HAD.
OKAY, SO YOU REMEMBER SOME MONTHS AGO THE JONES CREEK WATERLINE RUPTURED, ALL OF THAT'S BEEN REPAIRED EXCEPT FOR THE, THE DOOR TO THE BOILER ROOM.
BUT THE PARTS ARE IN THE LAST REMAINING PIECE OF THE BOILER ROOM DOORS IS IN.
AND THE INSTALLATION IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 28TH.
I JUST GOT THAT INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON, SO THAT SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE WRAPPING THAT UP.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING CHILLER REPLACEMENTS AT FIVE BRANCHES.
THE BID WAS APPROVED BY THE METRO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 24TH.
AND GALLO MECHANICAL HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
THE CONTRACT'S STILL IN PURCHASING, BUT AGAIN, OUR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AS ISSUED A LETTER OF INTENT SO THAT THE COMPANY CAN START DOING THE WORK ON THE PROJECT.
UM, THAT'S NOT, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE USED TO HAVE TO DO.
BUT WITH PRICES THE WAY THEY ARE AND INFLATION, WE, THEY'RE LETTING THE COMPANIES HAVE THIS LETTER OF INTENT SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET STARTED.
AND THAT SHOULD BE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR THEM TO, TO PROCEED SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
UM, THE MAIN LIBRARY, SERVER ROOM, HVAC SYSTEM, THE DESIGN HAS, THEY HAVE THE A HUNDRED ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES HAS THE PLANS AND THE SPECS FROM THE ENGINEER AND IS REVIEWING THAT DOCUMENTATION.
SO THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE GO OUT, GOING OUT TO BID SOON.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES TO GET A STANDARD DESIGN FOR OUR MONUMENTAL SIGNS AT JONES CREEK AND AT GREENWELL SPRINGS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT A SIMILAR DESIGN AT, UH, THE SOUTH BRANCH.
AND SO THE DESIGN IS ACTUALLY BEING, THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE AND WE'RE WAITING ON THE SOUTH BRANCH PRICING BREAKDOWN FROM THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO USE IT AS BUDGET NUMBERS FOR THE GREEN WOLF SPRINGS IN THE JONES CREEK SIGNS.
AND THEN WE'LL BE SENDING THAT OUT TO BID OUTREACH RENOVATIONS.
UM, THE LIEBERT AIR CONDITIONING UNIT'S ARRIVAL.
SO THOSE ARE THE, THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SERVER ROOM.
THEY'RE SLATED DELIVERY SLATED FROM MARCH 12TH, 2004.
IT'S GONNA TAKE FIVE WEEKS TO INSTALL IT.
THE CONTRACTOR'S ALREADY INSTALLED THE FLOORING WHERE THE BERTS ARE GONNA BE.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE CHANGE ORDERS.
UM, WE'RE CHANGING THE SWITCHES, THE LIGHT SWITCH CONTROLS, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE A THREE-WAY SWITCH IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND A THREE-WAY SWITCH IN THE FRONT SO THAT WHEREVER THE STAFF COME IN, THEY CAN CONTROL THE LIGHTING MORE EASILY.
WE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PAINTING SO THAT CREDIT CAN HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THAT EXTRA SWITCH.
AND, UH, WE MAY OR MAY NOT RECEIVE A CREDIT FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING AS A RESULT IN THE CHANGE OF THE SWITCHES.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR WAS SCHEDULED TO START THE, THE STRIPING OF THE PARKING LOT TOMORROW.
AND AT OUR MEETING WE OBSERVED AN AREA WHERE THE BOT, WE HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK, TUESDAY, AND WE, WE OBSERVED A PLACE WHERE THE BOOKMOBILE IS KIND OF DRAGGING AS IT TRIES TO GO INTO THE BACK AREA.
SO WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT.
AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING THE CONTRACTOR DID.
THEY, THEY INSTALLED THE CONCRETE, CONCRETE EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO AND EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.
BUT THERE'S A, A, A DIP AT THE ROAD.
SO ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IS GONNA TALK TO D P W TO SEE ABOUT ADJUSTING THAT WITH THE ASPHALT AND RAISING THE CATCH BASE IN THERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT DIP, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE, THE BOOKMOBILE SCRAPING THE BOTTOM AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO JUST DRIVE INTO THAT AREA.
SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONTRACTOR, IT'S JUST THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD AT THE MOMENT.
FOR THE ROOFING PROJECT FOR JONES CREEK, UM, AT JONES CREEK, THE LIMESTONE AND WINDOW REPLACEMENTS AT THE CUPOLA STILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED.
SO WE HAVE CANOPIES FOR ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY EXITS AND THEY STARTED INSTALLING THEM A FEW DAYS AGO, SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE EMERGENCY EXITS.
AND IF THAT PROVIDES ENOUGH WEATHER COVER, THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE CARPETING AT THOSE EMERGENCY EXITS WITH, WITH CERAMIC TILE.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
AND THE CONTRACTOR STILL NEEDS TO SEAL THE BRICK AND THE LIMESTONE, THE ROOFING PROJECT AT,
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AT BLUE BONNET, UH, THE HANDRAILS IN THE BACK COURTYARD NEED TO BE INSTALLED AND THE CONTRACTOR STARTED INSTALLING ADDITIONAL CONCRETE WORK AT THE EMERGENCY EXITS.THIS IS SO THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HANDICAPPED WITH WHEELCHAIRS OR SOMETHING CAN GET OUT OF THAT EMERGENCY EXIT AND HAVE A PLACE FOR THAT WHEELCHAIR TO BE, TO REST ON THAT LANDING AND BE IN SAFETY INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S, THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND SOME OF THESE EXITS WILL ALSO HAVE CANOPIES.
THE CANOPIES ARE IN, BUT THEY HAVEN'T STARTED INSTALLING THEM YET.
UM, AND AT ZACHARY, SOME OF THE GUTTER INSTALLATION HAS TO BE CONNECT CORRECTED OR REINSTALLED, AND THE ARCHITECT IS GONNA PROVIDE SHOP DRAWINGS SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN, CAN MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE KIND OF ROOFING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE THING.
THE MULTI BRANCH IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
SO AT CARVER, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE UPDATES ON THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AT FAIRWOOD.
NEW FLOORING HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, THE CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S AREA, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE INSTALLATION IN THE STAFF LOUNGE.
AND THEN AT PRIDE CHENEY V THEY'VE RELOCATED THE GUTTER DOWN SPOUTS THAT WERE IN THE WRONG SPOT, ALONG THE WRONG COLUMN.
AND THEN, UM, THE INITIAL SCOPE OF WORK CALLED FOR REPLACING THESE TWO DECORATIVE LIGHTS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN THE BUILDING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T GET GET PARTS FOR THOSE LIGHTS ANYMORE, SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT REPLACING ALL OF THE LIGHTS.
AND I SPOKE TO ALAN ALVIN ABOUT IT, AND HE HAS SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW THAT CAN BE, HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN A CHANGE ORDER, BUT THE BUILDING IS, WAS OPEN IN 2005, SO IT'S 18 YEARS OLD AND THAT'S WHAT HA A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN'T GET PARTS FOR LIGHTING LIKE THAT, SO IT GETS DISCONTINUED.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH, I HOPE.
UM, AT DELMONT GARDENS, I THINK KRISTEN MENTIONED THAT WE HAD SOME MOISTURE ISSUES AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBSTITUTING THE FLOORING AND FINDING ANOTHER SOLUTION WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLING A DIFFERENT FLOORING THAT'S GONNA ALLOW, UM, THAT'S GONNA NOT REQUIRE A MOISTURE REMEDIATION OR WE MAY GO BACK WITH THE ORIGINAL VINYL TILE AND, AND DO A MOISTURE BARRIER.
SO WE'RE GETTING PRICING FOR BOTH TO SEE WHICH ONE IS THE MOST ECONOMICAL.
UM, WE'RE GETTING QUOTES TO INSTALL WEEP POLES ON ONE PART OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND WE'LL BE REPLACING WINDOWS IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THE WINDOWS ARE NOT ALLOWING THE WATER TO DRAIN.
SO IT ALL KIND OF WORKS AS A SYSTEM.
THAT'S KIND OF AN EDUCATION FOR ME THAT THE WINDOWS AND THE WAY THEY DRAIN AND THE WEEP HOLES, UH, WORK TO PREVENT WATER FROM STAYING IN THE BUILDING.
AND SO THAT CORRECTION MAY ALSO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR, WE MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH MOISTURE INCURSION, YOU KNOW, INTO THE CONCRETE SLAB.
SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND ALVIN IS WORKING WITH THE STAFF WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS PROPERLY.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE BLUEBONNET RENOVATIONS.
THE, UM, THE ARCHITECT HAS SUBMITTED A COMPLETE SET OF THE DRAWINGS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL.
HE'S RECEIVED THEIR REVIEW COMMENTS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, ASKED FOR A 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SET TO REVIEW, AND ONCE THEY FINISH THEIR REVIEW AND WE SUBMIT ANY COMMENTS WE HAVE, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE MANY, I DIDN'T HAVE MANY THE FIRST TIME I REVIEWED THEM, UM, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO START THE BIDDING PROCESS.
AND I HEARD FROM ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES TODAY THAT ONCE THEY, YOU KNOW, THE ADVERTISING AND THE BIDDING AND THE, THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR BIDDING, THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT SIX WEEKS OR SO.
SO ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY START ANNOUNCING IT SIX WEEKS FROM THE TIME THEY ANNOUNCE IT, THEY BID, THEY OPEN THE BID BID, UH, RE UH, THEY HAVE THE BIDS, UH, OPENED AND THEN THEY AWARD IT AND START SENDING IT TO PURCHASING.
SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME NOTICE TO PROCEED.
I'M HOPING IT'LL BE SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER, MAYBE DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU WITH REGARDS TO THIS.
IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT LITTLE PROJECTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MORE OF A COMMENT? I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND DOING MY ANNUAL SURVEY OF THE BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
UH, AND, UH, THE DOWNSPOUTS AT PRIDE, UH, AND THE NEW GUTTERS LOOK GREAT, BY THE
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WAY.UH, WE PAINTED IT SINCE THEY HAD THEIR, THEIR FAIR DAY OUT THERE.
UM, THE OTHER BUILDINGS, ALL UH, JONES CREEK LOOKED GREAT.
IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THE, UH, UM, DIRT DABBERS? THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THERE'RE DIRT DABBERS THAT ARE, ARE GETTING ON ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS AND, AND NEST, AND I'VE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM AT MY HOUSE.
SO IT'S KIND OF A TWOFOLD QUESTION.
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT AN ANSWER FOR ME THERE TOO.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE CAN, WE MAY, WE HAVE A PEST CONTROL COMPANY ON, ON CONTRACT SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AND ALSO TALK TO ALVIN AND SEE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST, NOT JUST A MATTER OF KNOCKING THE, THE, THE NESTS DOWN.
IT'S A MATTER OF CLEANING UP THE, THE AREA WHERE, WHERE THE NESTS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, ON, LIKE I SAID IN PARTICULAR AT PRIDE, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MY, WOW, THIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOK AROUND, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DIRT DOBER NESTS.
THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
AND I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DRY AND HOT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVITY, BUT I WILL TALK TO BETH, UH, PEST CONTROL COMPANY OR HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY, AND THEN I'LL TALK TO ALVIN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT GETTING IT CLEANED UP ONCE THEY'RE DONE.
BUT SO FAR EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT ON MY TOUR.
UM, AND CERTAINLY LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU OBSERVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THAT'S IT.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MARY FOR MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, HUH? YES, AND LET'S LET BRYCE GO FIRST.
FOR OUR COM COMPUTER SERVICES REPORT, OUR WEBSITE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE VENDOR AND BY THE LIBRARY.
SO IT NOW GOES THROUGH THE CITY'S APPROVAL WORKFLOW TO EVENTUALLY BECOME SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.
WE LEARNED RECENTLY THAT THE VENDOR THAT PROVIDES OUR CURRENT WEBSITES ON ONLINE CALENDAR HAS MADE THE DECISION TO DISCONTINUE ALL OF ITS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THAT CALENDAR AT THE END OF AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, WE'RE HAPPY THE NEW WEBSITE IS COMING AND, AND THIS WILL BECOME A TOP PRIORITY ONCE WE BEGIN WORKING WITH THE NEW WEBSITE VENDOR TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BEFORE, UH, THAT CALENDAR IS DISCONTINUED.
WE'VE BEEN HIRING IN COMPUTER SERVICES, SO WE'VE JUST HIRED A NEW WEBMASTER LIBRARIAN, ASHLEY, WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED HERE IN THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT AT MAINE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD AS WE START THE NEW WEBSITE PROJECT.
AND WE HAD TWO OPEN NETWORK TECHNICIAN ONE POSITIONS, AND WE'VE JUST HIRED ONE, UH, WHO SHOULD BE STARTING SOON.
SO WE'LL BE, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM START AND BE REQUESTING A LIST OF NEW CANDIDATES TO FIND SOMEONE FOR THE REMAINING OPEN POSITION.
THE PROJECTOR HERE AT THE MAIN LIBRARY IN THIS ROOM STOPPED WORKING FOR A FEW DAYS LAST MONTH DUE TO A BROKEN RECEIVER IN THE AV CLOSET.
SO OUR AV VENDOR, T S G CAME BY, UM, THEY LOOKED AT IT, THEY ORDERED THE RENEW RECEIVER, THEY REPLACED THE NEW RECEIVER, SO IT'S NOW UP AND WORKING AGAIN, BUT REALIZING THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER RECEIVERS IN THE BUILDING THAT ARE THE SAME AGE AND MIGHT BE FAILING SOON, WE PLACED AN ORDER FOR, UM, SEVERAL OF THEM TO HAVE IN STOCK FOR IN CASE THE OTHERS ALSO START TO FAIL.
FOR OUR STATS, THE SELF-CHECKOUT KIOSKS, AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 30% OF CHECKED OUT ITEMS WERE CHECKED OUT AT A KIOSK THIS YEAR, WHICH REPRESENTS 229,343 ITEMS. AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN AT ABOUT 30% THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR CREDIT CARDS.
THERE HAVE BEEN 1,188 CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS MADE THIS YEAR BY 1076 PATRONS FOR A TOTAL OF $18,671 AND 15 CENTS, $237 AND 60 CENTS OF THIS AMOUNT WAS CONVENIENCE FEES.
AND THIS REPRESENTS 15.38% OF ALL PAYMENTS MADE FOR THE HOTSPOTS.
THEY HAVE CIRCULATED 3,623 TIMES BY 954 PATRONS SO FAR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN FOR OUR TROUBLE TICKET SYSTEM IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE RECEIVED 188 TICKETS THAT WERE CREATED AND 197 TICKETS WERE RESOLVED.
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UM, IVE NOTICED AS I GO AROUND THE BRANCHES, EVERY NOW AND THEN I SEE THE, UH, CHECKOUT KIOSK OR OUT OF ORDER SIGN ON THEM, AND THEN OCCASIONALLY I SEE SOME COMPUTERS, BUT I WAS TRYING TO SEE HOW OFTEN THE CHECKOUT KIOSK, UH, YOU KNOW, GO OUT OF ORDER AND ARE YOU ABLE TO FIX THEM RARELY, VERY QUICKLY OR, OR NOT? THANK YOU.YEAH, SO IT, IT, IT DEPENDS ON WHY THEY GO OUT OF ORDER OF COURSE, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR THAT SO THAT WHEN THEY DO GO OUT OF ORDER, THEY CAN REPORT IT TO US AND WE REPORT IT TO THE VENDOR AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES, UM, A MATTER OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS AS TO HOW, HOW SOON OR, OR HOW LATE IT GETS RESOLVED.
UM, SOMETIMES A PART HAS TO BE ORDERED AND COME IN AND SOMETIMES THAT PART HAS TO BE INSTALLED AND SO THERE'S COORDINATION WITH THE R F I D COMPANY TO GET SOMEONE TO HELP OR, OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SOME, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE RESOLVED PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT SOMETIMES IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.
DOES THE VENDOR COME OUT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR DO Y'ALL DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE? MOST OF THE TIME IT'S US TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE.
UM, AND, AND, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S IN COORDINATION WITH THE VENDOR.
UM, SO IT'S, THERE MAY, MAY, THEY MAY NOT BE ON SITE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR TICKET SYSTEM TO, TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE SEE AND TO MAKE THE FIXES IF WE CAN.
AND A FEW MORE MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.
FIRST OF ALL, AT YOUR SEAT, YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THE, OUR NEW STATE LIBRARIAN, MEG PLAQUEY, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BASICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ACT 4 36 REQUIRES OF LIBRARY POLICIES AND OUR FORMAL REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION FORM.
YOU MAY RECALL, OUR FORMAL FORM IS CALLED A STATEMENT OF CONCERN.
AND WE HAVE HAD A POLICY WHICH WAS IN FACT, UH, COMPLIMENTED DURING THE HEARINGS FOR SENATE BILL SEVEN AND HOUSE BILL 25.
AS THEY WERE DRIVING FORWARD TO ACT 4 36, THE, OUR POLICY WAS COMPLIMENTED AS ONE THAT WAS SENSITIVE AND SEEMED TO COVER MOST OF WHAT THE AUTHOR OF THOSE BILLS WERE AUTHORS OF THOSE BILLS WERE LOOKING FORWARD FOR IN NEW POLICIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE ARE KIND OF DOING A COMPARISON NOW BETWEEN OUR OWN EXISTING BOARD APPROVED COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROCEDURES, WHICH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, SEE PROCEDURES FOR CHECKOUT, OUR BORROWING CARDS, AND WHAT EACH BORROWING CATEGORY CAN DO.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR FORM FOR STATEMENT OF CONCERN, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RECOMMENDED.
AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO OUR FORM.
UH, SO WHERE, WHERE DID YOU FIND THE, THE BOOK? THAT'S NICE TO KNOW.
THERE, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD ADD.
PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION, THE PURPOSE STATEMENT WE DON'T HAVE, THAT DOESN'T HURT ANYTHING FOR US TO ADD IT.
WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
WE, WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT FORMATS IN OUR FORM MORE AND MORE.
THE THOUGHT ON WRITING POLICIES IS TO MAKE THEM BROAD ENOUGH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ARTICULATE EVERY LITTLE THING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE WILL EMAIL YOU A DRAFT.
OUR THOUGHT IS THAT YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS DRAFT AT YOUR OCTOBER MEETING THE THIRD THURSDAY IN OCTOBER, AND THEN BE READY TO VOTE ON IT AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR DEC DECEMBER 31ST OR JANUARY 1ST, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACT 4 36.
SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MENTAL WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THAT, AND WE SO APPRECIATE THE HELP OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND
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THE STATE LIBRARY AND THE STAFF HERE THAT, UM, THAT ARE WORKING HARD ON IT.I MEAN, WE COULD JUST TAKE THEIR BOILER PLATE AND JUST SLAP OUR NAME IN IT, BUT, BUT WE HAVE A PERFECTLY GOOD POLICY, SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THAT.
UH, THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO THERE.
THE SECOND THING I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STARTED A PROGRAM WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, IT IS A 12TH GRADE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHEREBY SENIORS WHO WILL BE GRADUATING IN MAY NOT ONLY COME TO THE LIBRARY FOR TWO WORK SESSIONS A WEEK, BUT THEY EARN CLASS CREDIT FOR THAT, AND THEY EARN MONEY FOR IT.
THE MONEY DOESN'T COME FROM THE LIBRARY.
IT IS SPONSORED THROUGH BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN SECURED THROUGH THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO WE RECEIVED THE NAMES OF 10 STUDENTS FOR THE MAIN LIBRARY, BLUE BONNET, JONES CREEK, GREENWELL SPRINGS, AND FAIRWOOD TWO EACH.
YOU ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH FOR THEM TO DO AND THEY'RE COMING EXACTLY THE SAME TIME.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF TO DO, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EXACTLY AT THE SAME TIME.
AND TO COMPLICATE MATTERS BECAUSE OF THE BUSING ISSUES, THEY DID NOT START WHEN THEY, WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA START THE FIVE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION.
EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE DRIVING OR THEY HAVE AN ADULT WHO'S WILLING TO COME GET THEM, BRING THEM TO THE LIBRARY, AND THEN BRING THEM BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS TAKES PLACE DURING THE SCHOOL.
DAY FIVE HAVE STARTED, OR THEY STARTED TUESDAY, SO THE OTHER FIVE WILL COME ALONG WHENEVER THE BUS SITUATION GETS SORTED OUT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THAT'S A FUN PROGRAM.
ALSO RELATED TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND BUSING, WE GOT CALLS FROM FRANKLY CONCERNED PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE FELT ABOUT USING LIBRARIES AS COLLECTION DEPOTS AFTER SCHOOL, AS WELL AS IN THE MORNING FOR PICKUP.
AND I TRIED TO BE VERY CAREFUL, UH, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNING BEFORE WE OPEN, PEOPLE OFTEN ARRANGE FOR CARPOOLING IN OUR PARKING LOTS.
WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE NOT OPEN, WE DON'T SEE IT.
UH, WE EX WE EXPECT IT'S GONNA WORK IN OUR PARKING LOT AS GOOD AS IT WORKS ANYWHERE ELSE.
BUT AFTER SCHOOL, YOU MAY RECALL THAT KIDS HAVE BEING DROPPED OFF, BEEN BEING DROPPED OFF AT BLUE BONNET AND MAINE FOR YEARS, NOT NECESSARILY BY EAST BATON ROUGE PERRY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE, REMEMBER THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
UH, OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE DROPPED KIDS OFF AND MAN, IT'S A BUILT-IN TEEN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT 400 OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, WITH TEENS, THE NUMBER THAT YOU WANT IN A REGULAR PROGRAM IS THE SAME AS WITH TODDLERS.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT A SMALL GROUP SO THAT YOU CAN BE ENGAGED, BUT THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT ABOUT THE YOUNGER ONES? AND SO WE SHARED WITH THEM, OUR POLICY IS NINE YEARS OLD AND UP UNATTENDED IS ALLOWED.
WE DON'T LOVE IT, BUT IT'S ALLOWED, WE HAVE A LOT OF LIBRARIES WHERE CHILDREN, NINE YEARS OLD AND UP WALK TO THE LIBRARY ON SATURDAYS AFTER SCHOOL, WHATEVER.
AND IT'S A WONDERFUL SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM.
BUT OUR POLICY PRECLUDES UNATTENDED EIGHT YEAR OLDS, SEVEN YEAR OLDS, SIX YEAR OLDS, FIVE-YEAR-OLDS, AND FOUR YEAR OLDS.
AND SO THE QUESTION WAS RAISED, CAN THOSE CHILDREN BE DROPPED OFF AFTER SCHOOL? AND I JUST KEPT SAYING, WELL, IS THE BUS DRIVER STAYING WITH THEM UNTIL THEIR PARENT COMES BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK IS THE PARENT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WAITING FOR THEM.
BUT WHAT IF THE PARENT IS LATE? WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG? WE ARE NOT THE PARENT.
WE ARE NOT OUTSIDE DOING CARPOOL.
WE'RE NOT MONITORING THESE KIDS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THESE KIDS ARE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR PARENTS ARE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MATCH A KID UP WITH A PARENT.
DOES, DOES SOMEONE STAY WITH THEM
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WHO IS EITHER THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER OR SOMEONE AUTHORIZED, VETTED AND TRAINED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION ABOUT THE EIGHT YEARS OLD AND UNDER, WE FEEL FOR THE PARENTS, WE FEEL WE WANT THE KIDS NOT DRIVING AROUND FOR FOUR HOURS.UH, WE WANT THEM IN A SAFE PLACE.
UH, AND TO ME, FOR THE YOUNGER ONES, THAT MEANS THERE'S A, AN ADULT, A RESPONSIBLE ADULT IN CHARGE OF THEM.
SO WE'LL JUST SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT.
UM, EVERY NOW AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER EMAIL OR CALL.
YOU THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS THAT UP? YEAH.
AND MY LAST THING TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR MISCELLANEOUS RELATES TO DELMONT GARDENS AND THE SITE SELECTION.
AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE SEE AT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, SPENCER SENT A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY OFF PLANK AT BETWEEN MOHICAN AND WELLER.
IN THE MEANTIME, UH, COUNCILMAN HURST PROPOSED THAT WE CONSIDER HIS LOT BEHIND HIS COMMUNITY CENTER AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR THE DELMONT GARDENS BRANCH.
AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THAT.
I SENT YOU THEIR FINDINGS LAST WEEK, I THINK, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GO OVER THAT ONE MORE TIME IN CASE YOU HAD SOME OVERALL HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS.
UH, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DOES NOT THINK THAT THE LOT ON PLANK ROAD BEHIND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR OUR PURPOSES.
EVEN IF WE DID A TWO STORY BUILDING, IT'S NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING THAT WE REQUIRE.
UH, WE LOVE THE IDEA OF COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES.
AS YOU KNOW, WHENEVER POSSIBLE WE CITE A LIBRARY NEXT TO A PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM A HEAD START CENTER, YOU KNOW, SOMEPLACE THAT'S GOOD.
AND, AND WE'LL HAVE OTHER KINDS OF ACTIVITY, BUT WE JUST DON'T, BASED ON THAT, WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT THAT'S TENABLE.
AND YOU ALSO RECEIVED A MONTH AGO THE NEW APPRAISAL OF THE LOT THAT WE ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER.
AND SO I'M JUST RAISING THAT FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT.
I JUST WANNA KEEP IT IN YOUR MIND, UH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO GO FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THERE, WE'RE READY TO GO FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS? DID THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REPRESENTATIVE, UH, HAVE ANY GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU ABOUT, UH, SOMEONE STAYING WITH THE CHILDREN AND THEY ARE AWARE THAT, THAT WE WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR? YES, SIR, THEY ARE, THEY ARE AWARE THAT WE CANNOT TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNATTENDED CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF NINE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT OR EVEN IN THE LIBRARY.
UH, THAT, THAT, THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO BE ARRANGED WITH A RESPONSIBLE ADULT AND THAT WE CAN'T BE THE ONES MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS.
WE CAN'T BE CHECKING KIDS OFF.
WE CAN'T BE MATCHING KIDS UP WITH A PARENTAL UNIT OR AUTHORIZED FRIEND.
UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THEM.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FEELS FOR THE SITUATION BECAUSE, UH, IT IS NOT THE KID'S FAULT, OF COURSE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT AT LEAST THE OLDER ONES WE CAN HANDLE AND MAYBE THAT TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF SO THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE YOUNGER KIDS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO MARY, IS IT, IS IT, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE OLDER KIDS? OR IS THIS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE? UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED, LIKE YOU SAID, WE, WE ALL FEEL, BUT FEEL FOR IT.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS OUR POLICY THAT WE CAN HAVE OLDER KIDS UNATTENDED, A FORMALIZED PROGRAM LIKE THIS, I FEEL LIKE COULD POTENTIALLY HEIGHTEN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR RISK.
UM, AND SO MY CONCERN IS IF, IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ASSISTING, UM, IN THIS, IN, IN THIS MANNER FOR HOW LONG? SO I DID ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, HOW LONG DOES THIS GO? AND IF THEY ARE DROPPED OFF, HOW LONG DO THEY
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STAY BEFORE THE PARENT PICKS THEM UP? AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE PARENTS.PART OF THIS IS PARENT DRIVEN AND, AND IF ENOUGH PARENTS PULLED TOGETHER THEIR COLLECTIVE WILL AND SAID, THERE'S 25 OF US WE WANT TO ARRANGE, THAT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORTH THEIR WHILE.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER 25 AND LESS THAN 50, UH, OF, OF WHATEVER AGE IT WAS FROM WHATEVER SCHOOL IT WAS THAT IS IS WORTH THEIR WHILE TO DO IT LOGISTICALLY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE OLDER KIDS, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO BLUE BONNET COME EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR.
AND IT'S BEEN A SMALL ENOUGH AMOUNT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT.
THE FIRST TIME THEY GOT OFF THE BUS, WE WERE LIKE, WHOA, WHAT HAPPENED? UM, AND THEN WE REALIZED, OH, BUILT IN TEEN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, UH, AS LONG AS WE CAN CONTROL THE NUMBERS AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE NUMBERS.
UH, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT WHERE THE KIDS ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND DIFFERENT AGES OF KIDS AND KNOWING THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, IT, WE DON'T REALLY THINK IT WOULD BE BUS AND BUS AND BUS OUT THERE.
WE THINK IT WOULD BE ONE BUS, MAYBE TWO.
AND THIS IS PARENTAL DRIVEN OR SCHOOL DRIVEN.
IN THE CASE OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT IS PARENTAL DRIVEN.
THE PREVIOUS SCHOOLS THAT WERE DROPPING SCHOOL THAT WAS DROPPING OFF AT BLUE BON, THAT WAS JUST A REGULAR STOP FOR THEM, THE SAME WAY THEY MIGHT DROP OFF THE KIDS AT THE MALL.
UH, THAT WAS NOT A PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THOSE KIDS WERE GREAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DROPPED CHILDREN OFF AT THE MALL EITHER.
THIS IS, UH, IF YOU LIVE OVER IN MY AREA, THE, THE, THE KIDS WOULD GO THERE LIKE IT'S SIX 30 OR SOMETHING IN THE MORNING AND WAIT FOR THE BUS AND THEN THEY WOULD BE DROPPED OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE, THE SITUATION, BUT IT WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND IT WAS A, A, A MAGNET SCHOOL THAT MM-HMM.
SO IT'S HARD LOGISTICALLY, BOY, I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY DOES IT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT KIDS FROM EVERYWHERE ON SCHOOLS WHERE THEY ARE MAGNETS OF SOME KIND.
AND, UH, I, THAT IS A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE.
IT'D BE LIKE A VIDEO GAME, I THINK
SO, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP YOU INFORMED WITH THAT I SIGNED NOTHING.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED UNDER ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR ON THE AGENDA REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES UPDATE FROM DIRECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD, UH, FOUR INTERVIEWS TODAY.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE TOMORROW.
UH, I THOUGHT THE INTERVIEWS WENT WELL.
WE HAD A LOT OF ROBUST DISCUSSION AND I, I, THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME EXCITING, UH, POSSIBILITIES THERE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TWO TOMORROW.
AND, UH, FROM THERE WE WILL NARROW IT DOWN TO PROBABLY ABOUT THREE.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT REGARDING THAT ISSUE? OKAY.
UH, MOVING ON, UM, BEFORE I GO REAL QUICK, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? UM, ASK A QUESTION.
UM, DO, IS THERE A LIST AVAILABLE OF THE CANDIDATES OR IS THAT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE? DO Y'ALL HAVE A LIST OF AGENDA AVAILABLE? CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF? OH YEAH, MY NAME'S GARRETT DESHAW.
UM, I'M A LIFELONG BATON ROUGE CITIZEN.
I, I JUST FELT THAT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND BE INVOLVED.
I MEAN, I, I USE THIS LIBRARY.
OUR FAMILY USES THIS LIBRARY ALL THE TIME.
UM, WE'RE, SO WE LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON EAST THURMAN AND THAT, THIS IS THE REASON WE MOVED, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, UM, I JUST, I'M INTERESTED HE DIRECTING THIS BEAUTIFUL LOT, THIS BEAUTIFUL, UH, LIBRARY SYSTEM.
WELL, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF VETTING THAT LIST.
I MEAN, THERE IS A LIST AND UM, AS I SAID, WE'LL FINISH UP TOMORROW.
AND THEN WE WILL BE DOWN TO THREE.
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OF THESE PEOPLE'S EMPLOYERS DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE SEEING ANOTHERWE HAVE TO KIND OF, THAT'S FINE.
SO IT'S NOT, YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID PUTTING OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AT THIS POINT.
UM, MOVING ON TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS UPDATE ON SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY.
SO ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ISSUED A LETTER OF INTENT SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN START LINING UP THEIR SUBS, UH, AND THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND THE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION HAS SHARED INFORMATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR ABOUT HOW TO SET UP TO REGISTER WITH THE VENDOR AS A CI THE CITY.
THEY'RE ALREADY REGISTERED, BUT, BUT TO SET UP, UM, A C H ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS.
UM, THAT'S BEEN MORE AND MORE OF A QUESTION FROM VENDORS.
AND SO THERE IS A PROCESS WITH PURCHASING, UM, THIS WEEK, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, UH, NOTE ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED THE MAGIC LETTER OF THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WITH A SEPTEMBER 25TH START DATE.
AND I THINK MARY HAS SENT YOU AN EMAIL, UH, ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH AT 10:00 AM SO I THINK MARY JUST GOT THE APPROVAL OF THE INVITATION.
SO THAT WILL BE GOING OUT AND, AND MARY'S GONNA BE SCURRYING AROUND TO GET EVERYTHING LINED UP AND GET SOME SHOVELS AND GET SOME GOLDEN HATS.
SO WE SHALL WE, AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE ONE DAY IN OCTOBER THAT IT RAINS OR MAYBE NOT
YEAH, WE MIGHT, THAT MIGHT BE THE WEEK WE HAVE FALL
AND ON SCOTLANDVILLE, ON AUGUST 9TH, THE METRO COUNCIL APPROVED THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOW BID BY RATCLIFFE CONSTRUCTION.
THIS INCIDENTALLY IS THE SAME GENERAL CONTRACTOR AS HAS BEEN ENGAGED FOR SOUTH.
UM, A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AT THE SCOTLANDVILLE BRANCH.
AFTERWARDS, THEY, THE MEETING, AFTER THE MEETING, THEY WALKED THE AREA, LOOKED AT WHERE THE UTILITY LINES WERE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ON AUGUST 11TH, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ISSUED ANOTHER LETTER OF INTENT TO THE CONTRACTOR.
SO, SO THEY CAN GET THEIR CONTRACTS, THEIR SUBS, UH, LINED UP AND MARY IS WORKING ON, UH, A DATE FOR THAT GROUNDBREAKING FOR PHASE ONE.
AND WE'LL DO THAT AS SOON AS WE GET A NOTICE TO PROCEED.
SO IT'S REALLY, BOTH OF THESE ARE REALLY HAPPENING AND, UM, YES, THEY ARE REALLY HAPPENING.
I KNOW THIS SEEMS EARLY, BUT A YEAR GOES BY REALLY FAST AND I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN GONNA BE A WHOLE YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER BUILDING AND IT'S A SEPARATE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GET READY TO MOVE INTO THE ARCHIVE BUILDING TO OCCUPY IT AS A TEMPORARY LIBRARY.
AND THEN THEY'LL START, THEY'LL START WORKING ON SCOTLANDVILLE, THE LIBRARY RENOVATION.
UH, I DID GET A CALL FROM, FROM THE ARCHITECT.
UH, SHE WANTED TO GET THE FINAL REVISIONS, THE FINAL DRAWING REVISIONS TO ME SO I COULD REVIEW THOSE, GIVE HER MY COMMENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE VALUE ENGINEERED IT A SECOND TIME.
SO SHE, THEY HAVE SOME, SOME SLIGHT DRAWING REVISIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETE.
SUBMIT, WE'LL REVIEW IT AGAIN.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT KIND OF CONCURRENTLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? THE SOUTH BRANCH, WE'VE MADE, UH, BIG EFFORTS TO BUILD IT AROUND A SPECIFIC TREE.
UM, HOW'S THE TREE DOING? ARE WE GETTING IT ENOUGH WATER? UH, IS IT GONNA BE THERE? UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF
YOU KNOW, I, I ASKED THAT QUESTION AT THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THINGS I'D HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN FULLY GROWN TREES HAVING ISSUES WITH SO MUCH SO LITTLE WATER.
AND, UM, I THINK WE, THEY CHECKED, KRISTEN CHECKED
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AND I THINK THEY SENT AN EMAIL BACK SAYING IT WOULDN'T HURT TO PUT A LITTLE WATER ON IT.BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING HAS.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAVING ANY DISTRESS, BUT WE HAVE ENGAGED SOMEONE TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE BUILT THIS LOVELY U-SHAPED BUILDING ONLY TO NOT HAVE A REASON TO HAVE A U-SHAPED BUILDING.
OKAY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED UNDER ROMAN NUMERAL SIX ON THE AGENDA? UNFINISHED BUSINESS? OKAY, SEE YOU.
UH, THERE'S NO NEW BUSINESS COMMENTS BY LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR NEWEST PATRON AND HIS FAMILY FOR MOVING HERE,
AND I HOPE WE CAN QUOTE YOU ABOUT WHERE THE REASON YOU MOVED HERE.
UH, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND MORE.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YEAH, A MOTION.
OH, JAY, OH, UH, UH, MARY, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFICS ON THE, UM, THE USE OF THE LIBRARY CARDS? UH, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR LIBBY AND YES, BECAUSE IT SEEMS AWFULLY COMPLICATED AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, PEOPLE THAT SUDDENLY THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN'T CHECK OUT THINGS THAT THEY USED TO, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE DOING PAPERS OR, OR, OR SCIENCE PROJECTS OR HISTORY PROJECTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK PERHAPS IN MY OPINION, WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED, IT DIDN'T, UM, ANTICIPATE A, A MODERN LIBRARY SYSTEM WITH OVER 150 DATABASES.
SO, UH, IT BECOMES, UH, COMPLICATED, UH, IN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND ALSO IF WE COULD GET, UM, A KIND OF AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH THIS IS GONNA COST US IF WE HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE, THE, UH, KIDS GROW UP, THEY'LL BE CHANGING CARDS.
AND SO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOW MANY CARD SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, TO HAVE TO HAVE AND, UM, AND THEIR IMPACT ON, UM, USING THE LIBRARY, UH, REMOTELY.
ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED.