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Minutes of the REGULAR Meeting of March 3, 2005 |
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To Be Approved |
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A REGULAR meeting of the Library Board was called to order
by Chairperson, Kenneth Breisch, at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 3, 2005 at the
Montana Ave. Branch Library, |
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Call to Order |
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PRESENT: |
Chairperson Breisch, Vice Chair Edwards, Boardmember
Field, Boardmember Oppenheim and Boardmember Stern |
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Roll Call |
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ALSO PRESENT: |
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No report. |
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Communications from
the Public |
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Boardmember Field made a motion to approve the minutes of
the Library Board meeting of February 3, 2005. Boardmember Stern seconded the motion. The minutes were approved in a unanimous
voice vote. |
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Approval of the
Library Board Minutes |
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The Board heard a presentation by Liz Bar-El, Associate
Planner, on Shape the Future 2025,
the City’s new land use and circulation elements and zoning ordinance
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Presentation by the
Planning Division |
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Ms. Bar-El began her presentation by giving out the
answers to the historic photography quiz and explaining the General Plan. The
General Plan is the blueprint for development in the City in all different
spheres. Planning staff is currently working on the land use and circulation
elements. Both of these components
affect the zoning ordinance and are the policies that guide development in
the city for both private and public property. |
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In December of 2004 City Planning began the public
outreach portion of the two year Shape
the Future 2025 project. Planning staff is currently conducting a survey,
Vision for |
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Youth in |
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The Youth Planning Project will culminate with an open
house youth forum taking place on Thursday,
April 21, 2005 at Santa Monica High School. Participants’ projects
will be displayed and students will
make presentations to the community. |
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Jon Arenberg, Chair of the Friends of the Santa Monica
Library, gave a report to the Board on the recent Friends activities. At the
February meeting the Friends discussed their strategic plan for the remainder
of the year. Their strategic plan concentrates on two main areas; to occupy
the book store and grow the organization with increased opportunities for
volunteerism. Subcommittees have begun working on these issues. The Friends
Board reviewed their budget for the interim three months (March – June) until
the next years budget starts in July 2005. |
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Report from the
Friends of the Library, a Library Support Group |
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Mr. Arenberg reported that largely through the efforts of |
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Library staff asked the Board to approve modifications in the
wording of the Library Rules of Conduct. Modifications were developed through
a number of suggestions from staff and feedback from the City Attorney’s
office. |
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Library Rules of
Conduct |
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The Board asked for follow up on the Huntington Beach
Public Library cell phone use policy. |
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Boardmember Oppenheim made a motion to accept the Library
Rules of Conduct as amended. Boardmember Field seconded the motion. The
motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. |
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Chair Breisch discussed Library participation in Curating
the City the Los Angeles Conservancy’s tour of |
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LA Conservancy Tour
of |
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The Board reviewed carpet samples and a sample of the hand
rail for the New Main Library. |
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Update on the New
Main Library |
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The roof work at the New Main Library is 90 percent complete.
Installation of the doors, gutters and raised flooring will begin. Mechanical
work for the elevators is almost complete. The Morley and City trailers at
the construction site will be moved away at the end of April and staff will
set up offices in the building. |
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The Board discussed if there has been any progress on the |
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The Board discussed RFID tags for the Library collection.
The Library has a plan for tagging materials and implementing the new system.
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Nationwide Current
Library Trends - Review of Library Journal Articles |
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The Santa Monica Public Library teen website www.smplteens.org received kudos in Voya magazine. |
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The Library Teen Council and |
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Secretary’s Report |
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City Librarian, Wini Allard’s, retirement is official. The
Library Board wants to write a letter of thanks. Board discussion followed. |
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City Librarian
Retirement |
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Consultant, Ilene Forte, and a conservator viewed and
evaluated the Stanton MacDonald-Wright mural panels at the Smithsonian. They
have written a report on the condition of the panels. |
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Mr. Mullen reported that fabrication of the art piece, Underwater
Canopy, by Carl Cheng for installation in the Main Library café is
nearing completion. The metal skin will be installed in late March and the
glass will be installed on a future date. |
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Carl Cheng Artwork |
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400 people attended the gang violence workshop at |
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Gang Violence
Workshop |
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The annual Board and Commission Dinner is March 28. All
Boardmembers are encouraged to attend. Vice Chair Edwards will tape a 60
second report for City TV which will be shown at the Board and Commission Dinner.
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Board and Commission
Dinner |
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The Board discussed the results of the Friends of Sunset
Park Neighborhood Survey. The Library will include some questions regarding
parking at the Fairview Branch in its’ April Customer Satisfaction
Survey. |
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Friends of |
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The Library Board asked that the following items be
included in next Library Board agenda: update on the Marketing RFQ. |
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Vice Chair Edwards moved to adjourn the meeting. Boardmember Oppenheim seconded the
motion. The motion was approved in a
unanimous voice vote. The meeting was
adjourned at 8:55pm. |
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Adjournment |
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Attest: |
Approved: |
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Kenneth
Breisch |
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Library
Board Chair |
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