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Home My WebLink About1980-07-16; Library Board of Trustees; MinutesY LIBRARY BOARD Regular Meeting - July 16, 1980 "LIBRARY OF -TRUS The meeting was called to order by President Falkenstein at 3:03 p.m. In attendance were Trustees. Brownley, Trigas, Cipriano and L'Heureux. Also: Mrs. Cole, Library Director; Mr. Aleshire, City Manager and Mrs. Schramm, President Friends of Library. President Faulkenstein welcomed Hap .L'Heureux _to his first board meeting as Trustee. ' The minutes of the June 18, 1980 meeting were approved and adopted. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT ^ ..'-'. .'"' ".'."'' Mrs. Cole reported on staff "projects now occurring. Joe Sxyraba is making trip into San Diego on his own time to-judge films for the Informational Film Production Association. The reasons are two-fold: (l) help j'udge for awards (2) see what is coining out for the library. Another staff member, Ray • • • Brookhart, gave, a class on Genealogy,~Sunday', July 13 for about 25 people. - July 16, 1980 the library put on a slide show for the City management and mid- managemenf groups. Thanks go -to -Joe Skymba, Georgina Cole and Bobbi-e Hoder for the presentation. The -L.'A. Braille Institute will be doing visual testing - - July 22-24 -at the'. library. '.'• -;'.';-:. '•. -•• . -• • - .;-'. -. -"--,, - . ' - ' COMMITTEE REPORTS - - Building and Grounds: of the committee.. No report.: Hap L'Heureux accepted--the chairmanship . Fudget: No report..' Seena .Trigas;accepted the chairmanship of the committee. Personnel: Brownley' reported on the happy results we had with the volunteer .help during Chris and Dan's_ absence visiting La Costa in the Bookmobile. ; . Also, the fantastic response in getting 30 volunteers" for the registration of children in the summer-reading-program. . Five, were chosen to li-sten -to' reports and this. Friday they; will be-'training with Dan. Children_'s Division: The summer read-ing program has 370 members as of today and we expect" to add -ah additional 20.-'50 per day. Thanks were given to " Brownley and Hallman for'working'on.getting the adult volunteers. Also -mentioned was the assistance, of the Junior High students. Report given by - Cipriano.- "•••.--. .-•••-.- - _ - • •. . - -- . __ -- . ... OLD BUSINESS '•'--" - ••^l:-^(..^' : . ' ,"'". " -"-•-- ' - ' : '---"-' - ;.. :..:-/.-. a;.; Goals and Objectives; -ft.;'"-'Site for Central Library. These two were.. • combined"and President Falkenstein suggested a "committee to report on site selection and capital needs, as. required by'the City and in accordance with last month's "minutes...-A five-year cap-ital improvement list on anything over $50,000.00 is required by "August 8, 1980. The committee tc report on/the budget will-be Trigas, Brownley and. Cipriano.;. "Deadline to report to Cole will be August 1, 1980.~ : Cole will-be ex-offic.io member. _Trigas" will look'at Master Plan for Central Library, Brownley at the "number, and locations "of branch libraries and Cipriano the timetable." 'A'second committee will be formed of L'Heureux and Falkenstein to look "at the Library Ordinance and"to " make recommendations for changes to the Council. c. Methods for financing for.the library were deferred to a later date.•. d. Budget 19-80-81 - no discussion-. •- . • NEW BUSINESS Levante Park Building: Falkenstein offered options: (1) should library accept the Shappell Sales Building; (2) what will we do with it; and (3) will it be functional. His suggestions were: (l) branch library; (2) interim branch; (3) meeting place to supplement St. Elizabeth's; (4-) Children's Library Program Center. Have programs several times a week and as a base for Bookmobile. Cipriano questioned the building's size as not being 2,OCO sq. ft. The minimum size for a branch should be at least 10,000 which eliminates the branch option. Physical structure doesn't lend itself tc bookshelves. Trigas expressed'the views of the community reading into the minutes a letter from the President of La Costa Youth .and his desire for a community- sports-meeting center. The building, Trigas expressed, is inadequate for a library both in size and glass walls. There are no meeting places -other than the church and this building would function in that capacity better than as a library. uAHL^HMJ L'l 1 V LIBRAR.Y . LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting - July 16, 1980 — . page two NEW BUSINESS (Continued) • . . Brownley mentioned the option of an interim library and also.expressed the notion that- it would not function as a branch. ' ; L'Heureux wondered who would have control if it were to be a meeting place— Parks and Recreation or the Library; whose budget- it comes out of?; and is Levante the only site available? ' - Cole mentioned visiting the site and the danger the glass walls and weak floors might pose for a library. It was mentioned that the building- had been offered to Parks and Recreation and it was suggested-a committee meet with Parks and Recreation. Cole'referred, to the lack of- population and circulation against using that location. South of Palomar, west of El Camino 'has a circulation" of 36,'131; east of_El Camino, of 26,056. Also refer to hand out on why small parks are undesirable as library sites. Cole recom- mended taking the Bookmobile to public meeting hall. " Brownley asked if the library puts up capital outlay, will it deter future - . facilities. " Aleshire..said'itv.vill..end up. in-our budget, if .library takes over '• It was. decided to delay-a'decision, until the-^committee meets. : . .Frank Aleshire spoke' on. the Macarip Canyon.Park-Central Library .and brought proposed site locations .and maps.- If the City -receives-the. land, we will get 300 acres (-S.D.G.E". option to Koll Co.). Carlsbad is also, negotiating to acquire 90 acres--from S.D.G.E. to '-.tie .in with Hub. .Park-. -It-is be ing-proposed .that-the flatland be used as-a champion golf course * The hill area .with amphitheater, parks-and passive'recreation. -The Central Library-would be .located on 20 acres-. .Aleshire felt the next 60. days will determine "the acquisition. A land; planner will be hired during the next year to develop a plan: 20-year program. •."••;- : - It was mentioned that this chang;es our past plans; from small branches to one .central library. Cole mentioned ;Chula" Vista's library of 62,000 sq. ft. as a model fo'r us to use .in-our central-library. . • : ' - FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. .-•-•.-• '.-'•'::-:', • '•'. "'•.:." . .'. V'•' ' ' Sharon Schramm was introduced as the new President of the Friends and reported that they spent $1,468 for reupho'lstering three couches, .and repairing - upholstery on four leather chair's in the library. ....--../--.•. . .'.-;/-. . . GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY . .'•'"''- •';. .; •' • _- :. •.-';'. ,. . _.'-/• - . ' No : report. •.;'•- ' ' ; .•"."'?-'...' "... • •"'':' • Meeting adjourned at 5:02 "p.m; ..".'. " •' ..'--• Seena Trigas Secretary Next meeting, to be concerning CI'P report, on" July 22, 1980 at 2:00 p.m.