HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-05-20; City Council; 6137-1; Library Task ForceCITY OF CARLSBAD
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AGE14DA BTLL 140. 6137 -- Su6p #1 Initial_: ti �_)
1980 Dept. lid.
DATE: May-20,
' C. Atty —
DEPARTMENT: Library C. Mgr.
Subject:
LIBRARY TASK FORCE
Statement of the Matter
At the March 20, 1979 City Council meeting, Resolution No. 015 was adopted
accepting the Library plaster Plan Report (update), subject to the concerns
expretsed in the minutes of the February -13, 1979 study session..
The library Board -of Trustees•at its December 19, 1979 meeting voted to
recommend that a task force'be appointed to facilitate the preliminary decisions
which -the Council must make concerning site selection, selection of architects,
and methods of financing a Central .Library. (page 97 - Moving Ahead: Master
Plan No. II. At the January 15, 1980 City Council meeting, agenda bill No. 6137,
the Council vatevd•to table the request for a task force until such time as the
Council goals and objectives were further refined. The Library Board of Trustees
would request that Council give'consideration to the task force concept at the
earliest convenient time, possibly by July 1980. It is recommended that the task
force as appointed by the Council be comprised of seven members with one representative
each from the Library staff, the Library Board, the City,Council, and the City
Administration; two members of the general public, one -each from the.northern and
southern portions of the City; and one member -at -large as selected by the Mayor.
Exhibit
Letter from Library Board of Trustees dated 1-9-80..
'.Recommendation -
If Council looks with favor bn the recommendations of the Library Board of Trustees
to establish the task force, instruct staff to take the necessary steps to
implement such a committee.
Council Action
May 20; 1980 - Council directed staff to schedule a work study session to
discuss the Library Master Pian.
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Boart! of of CorlllluJ Qjij LiLtory
i January 9, 1980 '
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i Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of -Carlsbad ,
•1200 Elm Avenue
Carlsbad, California 92008
Dear Mayor Packard and Members of the City Council: '
The Library Board of Trustees respectfully requests the City
Council to appoint•a task force to facilitate the preliminary ;
decisions which the Council must make concerning site selection,,
selection of architects,.and methods of financing a•Central
Library. .;"page 97, Moving Ahead: Master Plan No. II) =
z It is hoped that the full implementation will lead to an '
expedited consideration and resolution.
Sincerely your ,
' Herbert B. Falkenstein, '
jPresident
i Library Board of Trustees .
HBF:ch
1130 LLM AVENUE CAALSOAD, CAUroxm s2oog Lf?t�Ii�D116 - '