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Home My WebLink About1981-03-31; City Council; Minutes0 'i Meeting of : CITY COUNCIL/LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Joint Meeting) Time of Meeting: 7:OO P.M. s4 y Date of. Meeting: March 24, 1981 COUNCIL Pl'ace of Meeting: Council Chambers MEMBERS ~ . . .. . . ... . . ." . - ..... 1 CALL TO ORDER was .made by May-or Packard, 1 I ROLL CALL: The following Council Members and Trustees were I present: council Members : Packard Trustees : Falkenstein Casler Brownley Anear Cipriano Lewis Trigas Kulchin ' Dearie ,.I .I ' :' . . '. .. PI~ESENTATION: Mayor Packard read and presented a proclamation to Florine Mardei, proclaiming the week of April 5 - 11, 1981, as "Women of Achievement Week". . .. . .. .. .-. .. I [63] 1, CENTRAL LIBRARY - TIME-TABLE/CIP. I The City Manager gave a brief introduction to the matter noting the concern of the Board regarding inactivity relating to development of a central library. He stated that the Library Director, Mrs. Cole, would present additional staff report on the matter. Mrs. Cole gave.a brief history of the matter of a central library since adoption of the Library Master Plan entitled "Matching User Needs". She also referenced the updated Master Plan entitled "Moving Ahead" which was completed in October, 1978, and its.. contents wherein it details the need to proceed toward locating a central library near the geo- center of the City. .. I Site a- - I I Council Member Anear referenced the memorandum dated March 24, 1981, furnished to Council which contained an excerpt from the Board minutes of July 16, 1980, and questioned where the 20-acre figure was obtained. He also expressed concern about .. planning on locating the libcary in Macario Canyon since the property does not yet belong to the City, and there appear to be a number of conditions placed on the property with which he is uncomfortable. Council Member Casler stated the Master Plan calls for a 3 to 5 acre site for the central library. She continued expressing the opinion that the City can no longer afford to .implement Mr. Holt's suggestions in the Master Plan, and can only afford to build one more library,, comparable to our existing library. d She also stated the Macar,h- Canyon property would not be the proper location for the library due to inaccessibility. Council Member Casler concluded by suggesting that a library be.placed on El Camino Real, south of Palomar Airport Road, and that it be built in phases to an ultimate size and capacity larger than the existing. facility, in order to accomodate storage space and conference rooms. She also suggested that if the library is built from money in the General Fund that its use should be restricted to citizens of Carlsbad. Council Member Lewis indicated the citizens he talked with had expressed concern about the expenses involved in building a central library and several branches. Trustee Trigas stated that the residents in the southern 1 portion of the City feel a great need for a library in that I location D ~ I - -. 0 . .. .- ~. . ... .. -. .. " 70 u COUNCIL MEMBERS March 24, 1981 Page 2 .. As a point of clarification, Mrs. Cole stated' no decision had been made on the 20-acre figure. She indicated the concept of locating the library in the Macario Canyon area had resulted in dreams of a 20-acre site for use as a cultural center for the City, a part of which would be the library. ". f .. Council Member Kulchin expressed agreement with the concept of the cultural center located in Macario Canyon, but expressed concern about the length of time involved before any development could take place in that area. In response to query 'by Council Member Kulchin,' Mrs. Cole stated the SERRA System would not allow a city with two .. . .. . , librar,ies. .t-& join SERRA in only one of the facilities. Trustee Falkenstein expressed concern about whether another large library in the city would require another Library Director and Board as well as other considerations which could result in duplication. He stated previous meetings had resulted in agreement on a central library, and questione what events. had changed that concept. I C -. c 3, ~ 0 \ I, .. - ."" ._ . .- . ".. . 41 t; .- - . :. ...- ". . - , .. -.. . i i'. COUNCI~~" -- -.- .". - _.. :. . . ..~ . . . . , . ..i .. March 24 , 1981 Page 3 MEMBERS Trustee Dearie gave a brief history of previous-libraury requests for funds and expenditures, and requested a commit- ment from Council regarding utilizing the money for preparation of. a building program statement. Council discussion related to whether a site selection should occur prior to commitment of furids, purpose of a building program statement, and whether funds should be set aside at this time, or paid from the General Fund at the time required. Council determined that the $25,500 should remain in the'. Packard existing account, earmarked for library purposes, until such -Casler time as Council .determines' that .its usage for a building. Anear. program- statement is the proper place for the funds. Lewis :T.' ' '.. ..'. , :- . " .' .. Kulchin ,. . . 2.a. Reconcile City Code Following a brief explanation, Council directed the City Attorney to prepare documents deleting subsection (4) from Section 2.16.060, of the Municipal Code. 2.b. Reconcile City Code Mrs. Cole explained the contents of the memorandum detailing the deletion of Section 21 from the Municipal Code relating to a Library TrusYFund, and requested that the section be,re- stored in the Code. The City Attorney explained that the section had not been deleted' from the Code, but had been placed in the proper portion, and was, therefore contained in Section 3.24. ' He further explained that Council did-not control the expenditure of those funds. Packard Casler Anear Lewis Kulchin ! I d I ". . L L e > t 0