* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] SO WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO [Library Board on November 7, 2022.] ORDER. AND THESE NEED TO BE ON. OH, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING. AND YOU HAVE COPIES IN FRONT OF YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF OUR, UM, MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? POST? OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE WILL POST, UH, SKIP OVER THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS UNTIL MORE OF OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE. UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENTS. YES. THANK YOU. UH, I'M EXCITED. TONIGHT WE HAVE ADAM GREENUP. HE IS OUR NEW, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, UM, FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, THREE. YEP. THREE, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. , UM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA GO AROUND AND DO INTRODUCTIONS. SURE. OKAY, SURE. SO, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US, WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH YOU , TELL US WELCOME AND PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO JOIN YOU. UM, UH, REALLY HONORED TO, UH, TAKE A PLACE, UH, AT, AT THIS BOARD THAT DOES IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. UM, MY NAME IS ADAM GREENUP. I AM AN ATTORNEY, UH, WITH THE LAW FIRM OF SNELL AND WILMER IN, UH, DOWNTOWN DALLAS. MY, UH, HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A HOUSE IN GARLAND ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND, UH, SO WE'RE NEW NEWISH RESIDENCE TO GARLAND. UM, BUT WE'VE ADOPTED THE AREA VERY QUICKLY. WE REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE AREA. WE LIVE KIND OF IN THE OLD COUNTRY CLUB AREA OF GARLAND, WHICH IS SEEING A LOT OF NEW GROWTH AND CHANGES, A LOT OF CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. SO OUR PLEASURE. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES MOVE IN, SO THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS OUT PLAYING AND RIDING BIKES, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. SO I THINK, UM, THE LIBRARY'S GONNA PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THOSE KIDS ARE FULLY INTEGRATED IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, I AM, UH, FROM EL PASO ORIGINALLY, UM, KIND OF, UH, THEN RELOCATED TO SAN ANTONIO WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY, UH, ADULTHOOD, UH, WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I WAS THE, UH, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF AND HEAD SPEECH WRITER FOR THE MAYOR AT THE TIME OF SAN ANTONIO, WHO THEN BECAME HUD SECRETARY UNDER OBAMA. AND, UM, AND THEN I WENT INTO LAW AND MADE DALLAS AND GARLAND MY HOME. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. IT'S A PLEASURE TO, TO BE HERE AND I'M EXCITED TO GET TO WORK. WELCOME, WELCOME. FABULOUS. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE, THANK YOU. KRISTEN. UM, KRISTEN LITO, AND WE ALREADY MET, BUT SECOND MEETING. SO, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN GARLAND AND, YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SOUTH GARLAND IN 2001. MOVED FROM DALLAS, WHEREVER WE WERE IN AN APARTMENT AND TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE WE WANTED TO LIVE. UM, BUT GARLAND OFFERED SO MANY THINGS AND, AND THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT IT WAS A, AN APPEALING ASPECT OF THE CITY. AND, UM, SO I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS JUST BEEN A LIBRARY PATRON. UM, AND, UH, LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTRIBUTE AND, AND HELP, UH, HELP THE LIBRARY SYSTEM EVOLVE EVEN FURTHER. AND, UM, I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO'S IN HIGH SCHOOL AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S A JUNIOR. UM, AND SO SHE'S GROWN UP GOING TO SUMMER READING PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY AND ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES AT THE LIBRARY. GREAT TO HAVE YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. GREAT. I'M TERRY CHOPRAI. I'M THE VICE CHAIR, AND I, UM, HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SO, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE STILL IN OUR STARTER HOUSE THAT WE BOUGHT IN 1980 SOMETHING. UM, BUT WE, WE MOVED HERE FOR [00:05:01] JOBS AND WE LIKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL THOSE REASONS ARE GONE. OUR CHILDREN ARE GONE AND THE JOBS HAVE CHANGED. UM, PROFESSIONALLY, I'M A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR A NONPROFIT HERE IN GARLAND. AND UM, I'M ALSO A PART-TIME REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DALLAS COLLEGE, RICHLAND CAMPUS. SO, UM, YES, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LOVE LIBRARIES, WE LOVE BOOKS AND UM, AND WE LOVE OUR LIBRARY COMMITTEE. , SO GWEN, AND SO I, MY NAME IS GWEN AND DANIELS, I GO BY GWEN AND I PROBABLY BEAT OUT EVERYONE, BUT MAYBE ONE PERSON IN HERE. I'M A 48 YEAR RESIDENT OF GARLAND. I AM A DEVOUT ADVOCATE FOR GARLAND AND I'VE SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND I HAD TO BE COM KIND OF JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT IN A NICE WAY, BUT MY COUNCILMAN WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO SERVE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. I'M LIKE, REALLY? ? WELL, IT HAS BEEN VERY INVIGORATED, VERY EXCITED. SO MUCH INFORMATION. I WOULD NEVER HAVE CHOSEN THIS BOARD ON MY OWN, BUT I'M SO PROUD TO BE SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM. THAT'S EXCITING. NICE TO MEET YOU. MY NAME IS DOROTHY MCALLISTER AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER, LONG, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF GARLAND. OH, RIGHT. UH, MY CHILD, CHILDREN ALL GO TO RICHESON SCHOOLS, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE BORDER. VERY HAPPY, GOOD EDUCATION. I HOPE IT GOES ON. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN A GROUP LIKE THIS AND LISTEN WHAT'S GOING ON. LIBRARIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE JUST GETTING MORE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. UM, I'M WILL MASSEY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE GARLAND NICHOLSON LIBRARY FOR 15 YEARS. UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN LIBRARIES, I THINK ABOUT 22 YEARS NOW. SO I CAME FROM DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY 15 YEARS AGO IN JANUARY. REACH YOU. I'M KAREN ARCHIBALD. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES FOR GARLAND. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS. IN, IN THE POSITION FOR, UM, A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH KATHLEEN DID REMIND ME ONE DAY LAST WEEK. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE PANDEMIC. . WOW. SO READING, ENDORSE, SHE SAT IN LOVE, BUT IT WAS KIND OF TRUE. LIKE I STARTED AND THEN EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING CHANGED VERY FAST. BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS WELL. 22, 23 YEARS. AND I COME BY WAY OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA TO GET HERE TO, TO GARLAND. NICE TO MEET YOU. AND MY NAME'S KATHLEEN CHE, PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. UM, I'VE BEEN HERE IN GARLAND SINCE 1985. UM, JOINED THE LIBRARY, UH, 22 YEARS AGO. SO I'VE ALL MY TIME'S BEEN WITH THE NICHOLSON LIBRARY SYSTEM AND, UM, I WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, SPURS YOU. YEAH, , ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S HIS TEAM TOO. SO , I WAS BORN IN KERRVILLE, SO NOT TOO FAR FROM. AND, UM, THIS WAS NOT WHERE I THOUGHT I WOULD END UP, BUT, UM, WHEN I WENT TO, WHEN I STARTED GOING TO COLLEGE AND THEN LOOKING AT AT DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, I FOUND WAYS THAT I COULD BLEND MY INTEREST, UH, INTO HELPING PEOPLE. AND I SPENT ALL MY TIME AT THE LIBRARY ANYWAY, AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO I I WENT INTO, UM, LIBRARIANSHIP AND I, I DON'T REGRET IT AT ALL. I LOVE, LOVE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. SO NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. YOU. OH, UM, HI. I, , , SABRINA ELLIS, UM, THE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR TOO FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE FOR LIBRARY. UM, I HAVE BEEN A GARLAND RESIDENT AND A CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEE FOR SIX YEARS NOW. UM, I MOVED HERE WHEN I GOT THE JOB, BUT, UM, MILITARY BRAT, I KIND OF CAME FROM ALL OVER, BUT BLIND. I'VE LIVED ANYWHERE'S TEXAS AND, UH, I LIKE GAR, I LIKE THE LIBRARY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO WHEN I GROW UP, BUT I MADE IT HERE. [00:10:01] SO . WONDERFUL. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION ACCREDITATION? YES. THIS IS JUST OUR ANNUAL, WE DID RECEIVE ACCREDITATION FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR OF 2023, WHICH, UM, FROM THE, FROM TS A. SO WE DO GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, UM, THE SERVICES THAT THAT PROVIDES, INCLUDING THE, THE TS A DATABASES, UH, SUMMER READING, INTERLIBRARY LOAN, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SERVICES THROUGH THAT ACCREDITATION. THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS TO HEAR. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND BOND PROGRAM UPDATES. YES. SO, UM, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SMALL UPDATE ON THE CENTRAL LIBRARY TIMELINE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SHOW AND TELL, WHICH I HOPE IS A LOT OF FUN FOR BOTH CENTRAL AND WALNUT CREEK, UM, CENTRAL. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TO BID FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AROUND PROBABLY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023. UM, BUT CLOSING DOWN THE LIBRARY IN APRIL AND MOVING INTO TEMPORARY LIBRARY FACILITIES, BEGINNING MAY OF 2023. THOSE TEMPORARY LIBRARY FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC, WERE ACTUALLY GONNA USE THE, UH, WOMEN'S ACTIVITY, UM, BUILDING, UH, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE, THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S RIGHT ON THE SAME BLOCK. IT'S JUST MOVING EVERYTHING DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S A MUCH SMALLER SPACE, SO WE WILL HAVE FEWER MATERIAL, MUCH FEWER MATERIALS, GREATLY REDUCED, GREATLY REDUCED, UM, IT'LL ONLY BE LIKE THE BEST OF THE BEST HAVING SOME PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, BUT ONE OF THE, THE TWO BIG DRIVERS THAT WILL BE OFFERED IN THAT, UM, TEMPORARY FACILITY. ONE OUR ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, INTERNET LAPTOPS, UH, PRINTER, SCANNER, COPY MACHINE, UM, CUZ THAT GETS USED BY THE PUBLIC A LOT. AND THEN TWO, UM, PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAVE REALLY FOUND THAT CENTRAL AND THAT CENTRAL HAS WORKED SO HARD ON SINCE WE OPENED BACK UP AFTER THE PANDEMIC, IS MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AGAIN. AND WE'VE HAD A, A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT THAT'S BEEN BUILDING, COMING BACK AND, AND COMING TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AND I THINK AND NEW PEOPLE TOO. NEW PEOPLE. YES. UM, GOODNESS. LET'S SEE. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, WE, WE HAVE A GREAT CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN WHO SPEAKS SPANISH. SHE'S ABLE TO OFFER, UH, PROGRAMS IN SPANISH, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, NOT JUST GARLAND, BUT SURROUNDING AREAS TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, OUR TODDLER, UH, STORY TIME, I, WE HAVE SEEN AS MANY AS 40 SOMETHING, 50 SOMETHING AT THAT EVENT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO HEAR ALL THOSE LITTLE FEET COMING INTO THE LIBRARY AND USING THE LIBRARY. SO, WE'LL DEFINITELY WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE TWO THINGS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND STILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF SPACE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE PROGRAMS. I'LL ALSO SAY WE'RE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GARLAND'S, UM, CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, AMY ROSENTHAL, UM, TO BE ABLE, SO IF WE ARE HAVING LARGER EVENTS, SUMMER READING, SENIOR SOCIAL HOURS, SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE STILL IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND TO OFFER THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO WE'RE STILL FINE TUNING ALL OF THAT. DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING QUITE SCHEDULED, BUT, UH, REST ASSURED THERE WILL STILL BE ACCESS TO MATERIALS BETWEEN THE, THEY'RE CALLING IT THE, THE BOUTIQUE LIBRARY BETWEEN THE BOUTIQUE LIBRARY, BETWEEN OUR LIBRARY KIOSK THAT'S ON, UH, WILL BE INSTALLED AND READY TO GO AROUND JANUARY CLOSE TO CITY HALL. AND BY HAVING, YOU KNOW, USING SOME RESOURCES AND FACILITIES IN DOWNTOWN TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OFFSITE PROGRAMS AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW LAPTOP KIOSK AT CENTRAL THAT WE CAN MOVE OVER. ABSOLUTELY. UM, ONE SPOT OF GOOD NEWS, THE THE FIRST BID PACKAGE WENT OUT FOR CENTRAL, UM, AND IT CAME BACK LESS THAN WHAT THE ESTIMATE WAS FOR THE, FOR THOSE ITEMS BY ABOUT $350,000, WHICH IS AWESOME. THAT IS AWESOME. WE'LL STOP WITH THAT . AND Y'ALL KNOW, I MEAN, WITH, UH, INFLATION INTEREST RATES RISING, THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT THE, THE BIDS ARE GONNA COME BACK WITH, BUT THE FIRST, AT LEAST THE FIRST PACKAGE, AND THIS WAS ELECTRICAL H V A C, UH, DRYWALL AND I THINK ACOUSTICAL TILES WERE ALL IN THAT, THAT FIRST PACKAGE, UM, IN JUNE, THE SPRINGTIME WHEN THEY DID THE, THE LAST ESTIMATE, THOSE NUMBERS WERE ASTRONOMICAL AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THE BIDS WERE [00:15:01] COMING BACK, NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS WHAT THE ESTIMATE WAS. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. UM, ONE THING I'VE FAILED TO MENTION IS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR CENTRAL, ONCE WE'RE OUT OF THE BUILDING, LOOKS TO START IN THAT LATE MAY JUNE AREA. UM, FOR CENTRAL THEY'VE GOTTA DO SOME PREP WORK AND SOME DEMO WORK TO THE SITE BEFORE THEY CAN REALLY START, UM, RENOVATING CENTRAL. BUT ALL OF THAT WILL START HAPPENING IN THAT TIMELINE. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE? NOPE. SOUNDS LIKE GOOD NEWS THOUGH. IT'S GREAT. YES. AND OUR HOURS IN THE WOMEN'S BUILDING FOR THE LIBRARY AND PRETTY MUCH REMAIN THE SAME, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND I THINK THE, THE INTENT IS, UM, AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS BECAUSE CENTRAL IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN GARLAND, IT MAKES SENSE TO OFFER THE HOURS OR SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ONLY HAVE ONE LOCATION AT THE VERY NORTH OR ONE LOCATION ON THE SOUTHERN END THAT ONLY OFFERS THOSE SUNDAY AND UM, MONDAY AND SOME OF THE EVENING HOURS. SO MORE THAN LIKELY, I'M 85% SURE THAT CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE WITH EITHER VERY CLOSE TO IT OR THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AS FAR AS HOURS ARE CONCERNED. MY DREAM IS TO ONE DAY WE CAN OPEN MULTIPLE FACILITIES, ADDITIONAL HOURS THAN WHAT THEY ARE AT THE BRANCH LOCATIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT WITH THE COLLECTION, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE DRAMATICALLY SHRINKING THE COLLECTION IN THE TEMPORARY LOCATION, WE DO STILL HAVE THE OTHER THREE LIBRARIES AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH, UM, TRANSFERRING THE MATERIALS FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION. SO IF SOMEBODY FINDS AN AN, UH, TITLE THAT IS NOT THERE AND IT'S AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY CAN REQUEST IT TO BE SENT AND IT'LL BE PLACED ON HOLD FOR THEM. ABSOLUTELY. CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? YEAH. UM, I KNOW IT'S STILL VERY PRELIMINARY REGARDING ANY SAVINGS THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO FUNDS THAT ARE SAVED IN TERMS OF DIVERSION OR GOING TO OTHER PROGRAMMING? SO I USE SAVED , YOU GOT QUOTES. UM, RIGHT NOW WE, JUST BASED ON THE ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE SPRING, WE'RE STILL WAY OVER BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT. SO IT'LL ALL TRY TO WORK TO GET US BACK IN LINE BUDGET WISE. AND THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE ALSO HAS A CONTINGENCY OF FUNDS FOR BOND PROJECTS AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST LIBRARY, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER DIFFERENT, UM, CITY DEPARTMENT PROJECTS BECAUSE INFLATION AND ESCALATION HAS HIT CONSTRUCTION SO HARD. SO THEIR PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE IS VERY SMART AND THEY'RE WORKING TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO HELP DIVERT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA GET EVERYTHING ON OUR LIST. I THINK IT MAY STILL COME DOWN TO WE HAVE SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE OF WHAT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND MAYBE WHAT TO, TO PUT OFF TO A, UM, A FUTURE PROJECT OR PHASE TWO OF A PROJECT. BUT THE INTENT IS TO GET AS, AS MUCH AS HUMANLY DONE WITH THE RENOVATION AND ALL THE BOND PROJECTS FOR THAT MATTER. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. SO I'M EXCITED , BECAUSE NOW IS THE FUN PART FOR WALNUT CREEK AND FOR CENTRAL WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING WITH THE FINISHES, UM, BEING ABLE TO SHOW HOW THINGS MAY CONCEPTUALLY LOOK INSIDE THE LIBRARIES. UM, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL. ONE'S GONNA BE EASIER TO SEE THAN, THAN THE OTHER ONE. SO WE'RE GONNA END WITH THE, I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA END HIGH . SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH CENTRAL AND I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR THIS. SO WHAT'S SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN, UM, IS DOWN IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, REMOVING ALL OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE BASEMENT AREA TO CREATE A CHILD-CENTRIC, CONTAINED SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT VERY BRIGHTLY COLORED CARPETS THAT WILL START PASSING AROUND, UM, FOR [00:20:01] YOU TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT. UM, AND THE, THE THEME FOR DOWNSTAIRS IS MINDFUL PLAY. WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE A REALLY FUN, UM, ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO LEARN AND TOUCH AND, AND EXPERIENCE THE LIBRARY. I WILL SHOW YOU, THIS IS ONE OF THE PRELIMINARY RENDERINGS, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UM, CARPET IS CHOSEN. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PATTERNING WITH THE CARPET, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE PATTERNS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. IF IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CONFETTI ACROSS THE CHILDREN'S AREA OR DO WE MAKE THIS MORE OF, UM, IT'S FUN. OH, IT'S FUN. WE WANT TO CREATE A PLACE THAT'S FUN. I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S HAIR. , YOU CAN'T TELL IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH. SO WITH THAT BEFORE WE LEAVE CHILDREN'S THOUGH HMM. THAT'S ALSO THE STAFF AREA? YES. THIS BACK OF HOUSE HERE IS THE STAFF AREA. THIS IS WHERE ADMINISTRATION WILL END UP. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, HERE'S ANOTHER, UM, PLAY WITH, WE WERE LOOKING AT PATTERNS OF MAYBE WE TAKE ALL THE BLUE, ALL THE GREEN, THE ORANGE AND THE PURPLE, AND KIND OF USE IT AS WAY FINDING THROUGHOUT THE CHILDREN'S AREA. AGAIN, STILL WORKING ON THAT, BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREED THAT AT LEAST THE LIBRARY SIDE, WE LIKED THAT FUN CONFETTI PATTERNING ON THE FLOOR. SEE, SO WE ALSO HAVE, NOPE, THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S OKAY. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT'S, UM, WE HAVE A NICE STARE, A READING STARE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SLIDE THAT GOES FROM THE MAIN FLOOR DOWN TO THE, THE CHILDREN'S FLOOR. AND WE NEEDED A REALLY, UM, NOT CUSHION, A SOFTER LANDING FOR KIDS. SO THIS IS A REALLY FUN, COLORFUL, ALMOST RUBBERIZED MAT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE DOWN AT THAT END. IF YOU WANNA TOUCH THAT . AND THEN HOW DO I OPEN THIS? OH, THERE IT IS. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE CHILDREN'S, THE STORY TIME, ACTIVITY ROOM, HAVING THAT FUN TILE ON THE FLOOR. SO MOVEMENT, FUN ACTION, SOMETHING THAT WILL HIDE MESSES AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE. I LOVE THAT. THOSE TWO. SO ON THE MAIN FLOOR IN THE ADULT AREA, WE'RE LOOKING AT STILL THINGS THAT ARE IN THE SAME COLOR FAMILY, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE SUBDUED, SOPHISTICATED UP ON THE, THE MAIN FLOOR. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO FEEL THAT MUCH ENERGY, UH, IF YOU'RE AN ADULT COMING IN TO THE BIG FLOOR. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S FINE, BUT SO WE HAVE IN OUR, UH, LET'S SEE, I GOT THAT GOOD. AND SOME OF OUR BREAK ROOM SPACES AND IN SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE L V T, WE HAVE THIS REALLY NICE, UM, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A, UM, IS ITWE, I'M THINKING OF PATTERNED L V T. SO IT'S A A NICE SURFACE MATTER. WHICH ONE JUST THIS IS, UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT THE ARCHITECT HAS REALLY HONED IN ON AND LOVES IS THAT WE HAVE A MID-CENTURY MODERN BUILDING. AND SO A LOT OF THE FINISHES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO STICK WITH KIND OF, UH, COMPLIMENT THE AGE OF THE BUILDING WHEN THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED, BUT KIND OF MODERNIZE IT AT THE SAME TIME A LITTLE BIT. LIKE THIS IS ANOTHER COVERING THAT WILL BE USED. AND THEN THESE ARE SOME CARPETS ON [00:25:01] THE MAIN FLOOR IN THE ADULT AREA THAT WILL BE USED. SO LIKE THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PATTERNS AND IT DOES NOT SHOW UP VERY WELL IN THE SMALL BLOCK, BUT THIS IS A GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN THAT IT WILL BE IN THE NEW RESTROOMS THAT THE, UM, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING CLOSE TO THE NEW, UM, COMMUNITY ROOM. AND IT MAKES US REALLY COOL GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN ON THE WALL, BUT IT'S, IT'S OUT OF A TILE. AND THEN THIS IS, UM, SOLID SURFACES FOR THE NEW RESTROOMS. SO OUR MAKER SPACE, UM, WE HAVE THIS, IT'S NOT CORK, IT'S A PRETTY HARD A HARDY MATERIAL. UM, AND IT'S KIND OF GRAY. IT HAS SOME AMBER FLEX IN IT. IT'S, IT LOOKS INDUSTRIAL, WE WANT IT TO LOOK INDUSTRIAL. TO BE IN THE MAKER SPACE. MAKER SPACE IS GONNA BE REALLY COOL THE WAY THEY'RE OUTFITTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL. I THINK WE'RE HAVING THE, UM, YES, THE PULL DOWN ELECTRICAL THAT WILL BE IN THAT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. THEY'RE OUTFITTING IT WITH ALL DIFFERENT, UM, THE WATTAGE OR AMPS FOR THE, THE PLUG. SO WE CAN HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN THAT SPACE. I'VE DONE NOTHING BUT CLEAN CARPET. AND THEN FOR OUR WOOD FINISHES OH, OKAY. OUR WOOD FINISHES WE'RE GOING WITH, UM, A WALNUT FINISH, UH, WHICH ALSO COMPLIMENTS THE MIDY MODERN LOOK AND TIME PERIOD. MY GOODNESS. LOTS OF STUFF. AND THEN LAST THING ABOUT THE MAKER SPACE THAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID. AND AGAIN, UH, IN THE NEXT PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE SOME 3D RENDERINGS OF THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL THAT A LOT OF THESE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AND IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE. BUT I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE IN TOUCH THE FINISHES. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECTS. THESE TWO ITEMS ARE, UM, ACOUSTICAL TREATMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE MAKER SPACE ROOM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY DON'T LOOK VERY SNAZZY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BUT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT THEY, UM, CAN CUT THESE. SO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT HAVING, I THINK IT'S, UM, WAVES IN THAT ROOM SO THAT THE, THE MAKER SPACE NOT ONLY HAS THE PULL DOWN ELECTRICAL PANELS, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME SOUND, ACOUSTICAL SOUND MITIGATION IN THAT SPACE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST PLAIN BORING ACOUSTICAL TIMES. AND THEN LAST WE HAVE SOME PAINT SAMPLES. THESE PAINT SAMPLE PAINT SAMPLES ARE IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA AND SOME OF THESE ARE UP ON THE ADULT AREA. THE ADULT, AGAIN, IS A LITTLE SOFTER, BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF COLOR ON THE, THE MAIN FLOOR. THIS THE ACOUSTIC . I'M YOU, I DON'T THINK IT SHOWS UP. THIS IS THE, THE WALL COVERING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IN THE RESTROOM. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE CHOSE. WE ALSO CHOSE WHITE DROP, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A SAMPLE OF HERE, BUT THE CHAIN IS JUST A REALLY COOL EFFECT ON THE WALL. WONDERING WHITE ON WEAPONS. IT'S THE GRAY. MM-HMM. . IT'S A VERY SOFT GRAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CENTRAL? WELL, LET ME LET YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO FINISH LOOKING AT CENTRAL KAREN, WHO IS ON THE COMMITTEE, WHO'S BEEN MAKING ALL THESE DECISIONS. [00:30:01] I BE, THIS IS A GROUP OF, IT'S, IT IS THE GROUP. UM, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY'S FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OFFICE. UH, KATHLEEN WILL AND I ARE ON IT. BECKY KING, WHO'S OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR THAT WE REPORT UP THROUGH. UM, WE HAVE THE ARCHITECTS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE. AND I WILL SAY, UM, KAYLA FROM THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE KIND OF TAKES A STEP BACK, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SHE, SHE HAS NUGGETS OF WISDOM AND WILL SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, PAST PROJECTS, THIS HAS WORKED REALLY WELL VERSUS THIS. AND IT'S TRIED TO HELP GUIDE US IN A MORE, UM, AESTHETICALLY PLEASING BUT PRACTICAL AS, AS DOES, UH, JENNY FOR YES, ABSOLUTELY. SHE, UH, HAD US, SHE TOOK KAREN AND I ON A TOUR OF, UM, THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER AND TO LOOK AT ONE OF THE FLOORING SAMPLES THAT WE ARE, LOOK AT A SAMPLE OF THE FLOORING THAT WE WERE, UH, CONSIDERING MM-HMM. . AND WE DISCOVERED IT REALLY WASN'T THE GOING TO END UP BEING THE BEST OPTION FOR US. SO WE MADE SOME CHANGES. BUT SHE'LL SAY THAT WITH CARPETING, THIS TYPE OF CARPETING, IT DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG. THIS IS A BETTER PAINT CHOICE. AND SO SHE IS NOT, SHE HAS OPINIONS ABOUT STYLE, BUT MOST OF IT IS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH THE, THE PRODUCT. YEAH. D DURABILITY. WONDERFUL. OKAY. BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO FOR WALNUT CREEK, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED, WE WANNA SHARE THIS. GONNA START WITH THE KIDS AREA. ME TO BE THE HOLDER. HMM. WANT ME TO BE THE HOLDER? OH, THAT WAS A CREEK . SO ACTUALLY LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK TOO. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BIRD'S EYE VIEW TOO, OF WALNUT CREEK, REMEMBER WE'VE GOT THE PROMENADE THAT GOES DOWN THE CENTER AND SEPARATES THE ADULT AREA, UM, COMMUNITY ROOM AND THE CHILDREN'S AND TEENS AREA WITH SOME STAFF AREA OVER HERE. LIKE I'M ASK YOU TO . UM, SO DOWN THE PROMENADE, WE'VE, UH, THE CEILING DOWN THAT AREA IS GONNA BE A WOOD-LIKE, UH, SUBSTANCE. SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. PROBABLY NOT WOOD, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S HARDER, THE WOOD THAT CAN TAKE, UM, SOME WEAR AND TEAR AND UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE FLOORING IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING IN THIS GENERAL AREA. WE'RE STILL FINE TUNING WHAT FLOORING WE USE DOWN THAT, UM, STRETCH A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT ACOUSTICAL WITH A TILE FLOOR, WITH HAVING VERY TALL CEILINGS AND, AND OPEN SPACE AND HEARING CL CLACK, CLACK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HEELS AND NOISE, REVERBERATE, REVERBERATING. UM, BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING IN THIS GENERAL, UH, COLOR SCHEME. WE'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT REALLY COOL LIGHTING, UM, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THAT, UH, LIKE IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA UP HERE, HUGE CIRCLES THAT, UH, REALLY SHOW, PROVIDE SOME FUN AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN JUST HAVING A PLAIN CEILING IN THE SPACES AND HAVING SOME OF THOSE THINGS OVER IN THE ADULT AREA AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE ADULT SIDE HERE, I THINK. DO I HAVE, YES. OKAY. SO THIS GIVES YOU A, A RENDERING HERE OF THE, EXCUSE ME, THE PATTERN, THE COLORS OF THE CARPET ON THE, THE FLOOR. AND I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND FORGET THAT YOU SAW THE PROMENADE IN THIS COLOR IN THE STAFF AREA AND THIS COLOR . SO, OH NO, I'VE GOT MY ADULT SECOND HAIR. PERSONALLY, I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS CARPET AND I WANTED TO USE IT SOMEWHERE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE USED IN THE STAFF AREA CUZ IT KIND OF IS A LITTLE TOO LOUD TO BE ON THE FLOOR. I LOVE THIS COLOR. IT'S GONNA BE IN KAREN'S OFFICE. OH, WE COULD, WE COULD JUST PUT IT IN MY OFFICE. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. UM, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, DOWN THE PROMENADE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF A, A NEUTRAL COLOR THAT GOES DOWN THE CENTER WAY IN THE ADULT AREA. WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY PRETTY SHADE OF BLUE, THE SOFT BLUE AND THE SOFT GREEN WITH [00:35:01] SOME GRAY. UM, THAT WILL BE ALSO IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY ROOM AS WELL. AND REMEMBER THAT THE COMMUNITY ROOM CAN BE SUBDIVIDED DOWN THIS, UH, WAY HERE TOO. SO WE'LL HAVE A BLUE ROOM AND A GREEN ROOM. OKAY. WE'VE ALSO GOT, LET'S SEE, RESTROOM TILES HERE, WHICH ARE, ARE NICE. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE REALLY COOL ACCENT TILES IS BECAUSE WE WERE AT A PARK, WE GRAVITATED TOWARD THIS PARTICULAR TILE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UM, OR WOOD, WOOD, WOOD, IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? I CAN'T, THE RINGS. THE RINGS WHEN YOU CUT A TREE, BEING ABLE TO SEE THE RINGS AND IN THESE TWO TYPES OF RESIN ACCENTS ON PIECES. I THINK I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES HERE. YES. LIKE, UM, THE FRONT DESK THAT YOU'LL WALK UP TO HAVING THIS RESIN, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. THESE ARE, UM, PIECES OF MAGAZINES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT UP AND THEN PLACED IN THE RESIN. SO IT'S FUN AND KIND OF COOL. AND THEN THE PAINT COLORS THAT ARE, UM, PROPOSED FOR THE ADULT AREA, THE LAMINATE. OH, AND THEN YES, SO THIS WOULD UM, WILL BE THE SHELVING, THE END CAPS OF THE SHELVES. WE WANTED A WOOD LOOK TO IT. AND THEN ALSO HAVING SOME VERY, UM, SORT OF NEUTRAL FINISHES ON LAMINATE TO DIFFERENT DISPLAY PIECES SUCH AS THIS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE THIS SPACE. NOW FOR THE KIDS SECTION. YEAH, WE CAN PASS IT. SURE. SO ONE OF THE MOST FUN THINGS, UM, ABOUT THE KIDS SECTION AND THIS WHOLE ENTIRE AREA OF THE LIBRARY IS, REMEMBER WE'VE GOT THREE STUDY ROOMS HERE, WHICH IF YOU'VE BEEN IN WALNUT, WALNUT HAS ZERO STUDY ROOMS NOW. SO THEY'RE GETTING THREE STUDY SPACES. UM, WE'RE CALLING THIS, UH, IT'S A MAKER SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INNOVATION LAB BECAUSE IT MAY NOT ALWAYS JUST BE FOR MAKERS. IT'S A FLEXIBLE USE SPACE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THIS SPACE. IT'S GONNA BE A CONCRETE FLOOR, THERE'LL BE ACOUSTICAL TILES, BUT WE CAN ALSO GET EXTREMELY CREATIVE AND MESSY IN THIS SPACE AND CLEAN IT UP FAIRLY EASY. UM, THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM ROOM, WHICH WILL, IS HOLDING THE LOVELY, UH, PROGRAM ROOM FLOOR. IT'S GREEN, SO AGAIN, WE'RE AT A PARK, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE GRASS TO BRING THE OUTDOORS AND IN THAT SPACE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PATTERNS UP IN THE CHILDREN'S . WE'VE GOT ORANGE, THAT'S FOR THE, THE SUPER LITTLES. THIS ORANGE AREA IS A HANDS ON LEARNING PLAY AREA. IT'S INTERACTIVE. WE'VE GOT BOARD BOOKS. UM, WE'LL HAVE THINGS THAT ARE ON CASTERS SO WE CAN MOVE THE ROOM, RECONFIGURE THE ROOM AS WE NEED TO. WE'VE ASKED, AND IT, IT ALL DEPENDS ON FUNDING, FUNDING, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD EVERYTHING. WE WANT SOME LOW TECH AND SOME HIGH TECH, HIGH TECH THINGS IN THIS SPACE FOR KIDS. UM, IN THE GREEN AREA, WHICH THIS SHADE OF GREEN, AND I HAVE TO SAY, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THESE CARPET SAMPLES, THIS IS TO LOOK LIKE A BETTER ROCKS AND A RIVER. WHEN YOU PUT 'EM TOGETHER, IT'S AGAIN, TRYING TO BRING NATURE IN SIZE. UM, THIS IS THE JUNIOR FICTION NONFICTION AND PICTURE BOOK AREA. THEN WITH THE BLUE, THIS REALLY PRETTY BLUE COLOR HERE, THAT'S THE TEEN AREA. SO WE'RE USING THOSE COLORS AS WAY FINDING, BUT ALSO TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE COLORS UP HERE SO YOU KNOW HOW TO GO BACK, UM, INTO THE STACKS. AND THEN HAVING A, JUST A NEUTRAL GRAY. NOW THE THREE PROGRAM ROOMS OR PRE PROGRAM ROOMS? THREE, UM, STEADY ROOMS. EACH ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF GRAY CARPET, BUT EACH ONE IS PAINTED. UM, THE WALLS WILL BE PAINTED ONE OF THESE COLORS SO THERE POPS UP COLOR IN THOSE ROOMS AS WELL. SO IT'S VERY COLORFUL, VERY LOVELY AND A LOT OF FUN. AND WE DO HAVE A FAMILY RESTROOM THAT'S BEING BUILT INTO THIS, UM, LIBRARY TOO. AND IT'S SOMETHING SO SMALL, BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. SOME OF THE TILE, THAT'S THIS REALLY FUN, COLORFUL PIECE OF TILE THAT HAS THE ORANGE, THE BLUE, THE TEAL TO, TO WORK WITH THAT. [00:40:01] AND THERE ARE TWO RESIN, UM, ACCENTS HERE HAVE THE LIVELY COLORS, THE P DOTS, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USED ON SOME SHELVING, BUT ALSO IN THE, UM, CHILDREN'S AREA. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A LARGE COUNTER THAT ON ONE SIDE IS KIDS, LITTLE GUYS AND ONE SIDE IS TEENS, UM, FOR COMPUTERS. AND THE, UH, A W E COMPUTERS, WHICH I CANNOT REMEMBER NOW. WHAT A, THE EDUCATIONAL GAMES AND, UM, IS THE COMPANY THAT IT'S, UH, THE S S EARLY LEARNING LEARNING WOULD YOU, EARLY LEARNING STATION, WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE FOR A NORMAL CROWD IN THAT LIBRARY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I HOPE IT'S WALL TO WALL. WHEN WE OPEN THE DOORS. IT'S WALL TO WALL NOW. SOMETIMES YES, SOMETIMES NO. BUT AFTER SCHOOL YOU'LL GET PROBABLY A TON OF PEOPLE AFTER SCHOOL, I THINK WITH A NUMBER OF FAMILIES. THE SCHOOLS LETTING OUT. UM, THIS, THIS STANDS TO BE A REALLY HEAVILY USED FACILITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING BY TWINS AND TEENAGERS, ESPECIALLY BEING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE REC CENTER THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW BASKETBALL GYM AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WAY. THERE'S, THERE'S SHARED OPPORTUNITIES THERE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TOTALLY ENCLOSED BASKETBALL COURT, SO WHATEVER. BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE GOT NOW OVER THERE AT WALNUT CREEK IS YOU COULDN'T HOLD A MEETING OF ANY SORT. WE CAN'T NOW. WE CAN EVENTUALLY. IT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT? THIS PROJECT GOING TO BID, UM, IN THE EARLY PART OF 2023 AS WELL, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOING AS WELL AS POSSIBLE. BOTH CENTRAL AND WALNUT CREEK WILL HAVE GRAND OPENINGS IN 2024, WHICH WILL BE AMAZING. , THAT'S BUSY A BUSY YEAR. IT'LL BE A BUSY YEAR, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT FOR SURE. THANK YOU. KAREN, IS THAT FOR THAT SECTION? YES. ALL RIGHT. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS LIBRARY BRANCH NAME. YES. SO WE, WE NEED DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IMMEDIATELY GOING TO CITY COUNCIL. IT, IT, WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME. HOW DO WE DO THIS FLAGSHIP? WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME, UM, WITH THIS, BUT WITH BUILDING A NEW WALNUT CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY AND MOVING IT, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE NAMING CONVENTION OR THE, THE NAME OF THE, THE LIBRARY. OUR CURRENT NAMES, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER LOCATIONS ARE WE TAKE IT WHERE THEY'RE PLACED IN THE SYSTEM OR WHERE THEY'RE PLACED OVER THE CITY OF GARLAND, WALNUT CREEK IS OR IS AN OUTLIER THERE NOW. IT'S, IT'S CLOSE TO THE CREEK, BUT IT, IT IS AN OUTLIER GEOGRAPHIC. RIGHT. UM, SO WE WERE LOOKING AT TAKING FORWARD, UM, A BOARD RECOMMENDATION OR TO, TO DISCUSS AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMENDATION BE FOR THIS NEW FACILITY? IS IT KEEPING WALNUT CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY? IS IT USING SORT OF THE, THE CONVENTION, UM, THAT THE OTHER THREE LOCATIONS HAVE OF KEEPING IT GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED AND IT WOULD BECOME THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY? UM, OR IS THERE EVEN ANOTHER OPTION OUT THERE TO CONSIDER? WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE HO LAW CENTER? THE HOLLOW BAR REC CENTER? YEAH, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO SEE GET RID OF THAT WALNUT CREEK BECAUSE THE MEMORIES ARE NOT FUN THERE. OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I THINK WHAT COMES TO MY MIND IS [00:45:01] IF YOU RENAME IT, THEN IT WILL BE CLEARER THAT IT HAS MOVED. UH, THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GO TO WHERE SO AND SO USED TO LIVE AND TURN RIGHT AT THE OAK OAK TREE THAT USED TO BE THERE. YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE GIVE DIRECTIONS THAT WAY. UM, IF YOU SAY WALNUT CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY, PEOPLE WILL GO TO EDGEWOOD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. WHEREAS IF IT'S GOT A NEW NAME, PEOPLE, PEOPLE MAY RECOGNIZE IT AS A, A NEW LOCATION. I JUST THINK THAT SECOND BULLET UNDER OPTION IS GONNA BE THE MOST PRACTICAL. IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY CREATIVE, BUT IT IS NO CONSISTENT NOT CREATIVE. I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU ABOUT , ABOUT THE CREATIVITY THERE. I GOT A NORTH GARLAND BRANCH, SOUTH GARLAND BRANCH. SO I GUESS THINKING ABOUT FUTURE, OH, SORRY. I GUESS FOR FUTURE NAMES FOR LIBRARIES THOUGH, MAYBE KEEPING THAT IN MIND, ARE THERE STILL OTHER OPTIONS IF YOU GO WITH THE DIRECTIONAL NAMING CONVENTION, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE EAST, DO YOU HAVE SOUTHEAST? DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. MM-HMM. , I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH A NEW NAME AND A REBRANDING KIND OF WOULD HELP, LIKE YOU SAID, MAKE A DISTINCTION FROM THE OLD LIBRARY AND THE NEW LOCATION. DO WE GET ANOTHER SHOT AT THIS, AT A FUTURE MEETING IF WE WON'T? YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S VERY DOABLE. OKAY. SO OUR COMPATRIOTS WHO AREN'T HERE TONIGHT MAY HAVE OPINIONS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KAREN. UM, RESPONSE TO LIBRARY DISRUPTION. WELL, FROM WHAT I HEARD, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THAT AREA WHO DON'T BELONG THERE. AND THAT'S, UH, SINCE MY NEIGHBOR MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING TRACK OF WHO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE APARTMENTS. RIGHT. WE'VE GOT TROUBLE MAKERS, OR AS THEY SAY IN THE THING, YOU GOT TROUBLE RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY. UM, OH, I'M SORRY. SHE DID. THE LADY WHO'S RUNNING THAT LIBRARY DOES NOT HESITATE TO CALL THE POLICE. NO. UM, MILLICENT IS, DID, DID A REAL GOOD JOB ON THAT ONE. IS THERE A, OKAY, UM, I, I DO WANT TO TALK FOR JUST A SECOND. UM, WE HAD A VERY UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY ON OCTOBER 27TH. AND THIS WAS AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WE HAD. UM, WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME EVERYONE INTO THE LIBRARY. WE DEAL WITH THINGS BASED ON BEHAVIOR, NOT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE IN YOUR ACCOUNT, WHAT GRADES YOU COMPLETED IN SCHOOL, OR IF YOU'RE YOU'RE HOUSED OR UNHOUSED. WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO CAME INTO THE LIBRARY ON OCTOBER 27TH AND CAUSED, UM, A BIG DISTURBANCE IN THE LIBRARY. AND I HAVE TO SAY THE STAFF HANDLED IT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, THAT INCIDENT, THE WAY THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HANDLE IT, THEY ASKED HIM, UM, TRIED TO HELP HIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN IT ESCALATED TO A POINT THAT THEY HAD TO ASK HIM TO LEAVE WHEN THEY ASKED HIM TO LEAVE. THINGS ESCALATED FROM THERE AND THE POLICE WERE CALLED, POLICE RESPONDED, AND HE LEFT THE BUILDING. UM, THINGS WENT ON ABOUT THEIR, THEIR NORMAL, NORMAL DAY. UM, BUT BECAUSE THE MAN HAD SAID A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE LIBRARY REGARDING HAVING A FIREARM AND DOING SELF HARM, UM, PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE, THEY WERE ON ALERT. IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHER INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED, OR AT LEAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME, A VERY DIFFERENT INCIDENT. THE GENTLEMAN DID COME BACK A SECOND TIME AND CAME CHARGING INTO THE LIBRARY, UH, TO MAKE STAFF AND PATRONS THINK THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MUCH DIFFERENT, A WORSE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE LIBRARY THAN WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING. UH, CENTRAL HAS BEEN OUTFITTED [00:50:01] A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH AN EMERGENCY PANIC BUTTON, AND STAFF MADE THE DECISION TO PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON, WHICH THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED AND WAS ABLE TO SUBDUE THE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND TAKE HIM. UM, BUT LIBRARY STAFF ALSO WERE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO SAFETY. UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEMSELVES TO SAFETY AND HELP NOT ALLOW ADDITIONAL PATRONS TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING. SO STAFF DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND I HAVE TO SAY, PART OF THAT, I THINK IS WE TAKE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY AT THE LIBRARY. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE TRAININGS WITH GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN FACT, OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY RECENTLY, WE HAD ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. UM, AND WE, WE TRY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS HOPING THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO EMPLOY THEM. BUT SINCE THIS WAS SUCH A MAJOR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED, AND UNLIKE ANY OF THE, THE OTHER INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE FELT THE NEED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED MARSHALL THAT'S WORKING AT CENTRAL, OR I SHOULD SAY MARSHALLS, THAT ARE WORKING AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, UM, DURING THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR OPENING HOURS NOW. UM, WE, UH, HAVE WORKED WITH MIKE BETS AND HE'S PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT. HE'S ALSO OUTFITTED DIFFERENT SERVICE DESKS WITH A WIRELESS, UM, DOORBELL FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MARSHAL WITHOUT HAVING TO GET UP OR CALL THE MARSHAL. AND IT COULD BE FOR JUST SOMETHING OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WALK THE FLOOR OR MAY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. UM, AND SO FAR THAT HAS HELPED. UM, IT'S BEEN SOME POSITIVE STEPS FORWARD. WE WILL BE WHERE CENTRAL IS CONCERNED, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT I'M NOT, PART OF THAT IS ACCESS CONTROLS. I THINK PART OF IT'S GONNA BE SECURITY SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT ALL OF THAT WILL ENTAIL OR WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH A MULTI-DEPARTMENT TEAM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MANY MEASURES TAKEN AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL BE ABLE, STILL BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AS WELL. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN UNWELCOMING PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN. IT STILL NEEDS TO, TO FUNCTION AS A PUBLIC LIBRARY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE, JUST A COMMENT. YEAH, I THINK, UM, I, I APPRECIATE SHARING THAT. UM, THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS IT'S A RESPONSE TO LIBRARY DISRUPTION. IS THERE A NEED, UM, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SOME SORT OF MEDIA RESPONSE? OR IS IS THAT, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RESPONSE TO LIBRARY DISRUPTION MEANS THE, UH, LIBRARY'S RESPONSE TO THE DISRUPTION AND THE, THE MEASURES WE'RE TAKING FORWARD? NO, I DON'T THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO DO, UH, OKAY. RESPOND TO THE MEDIAN, UH, AT THIS TIME WITH ANYTHING. NOW, IF THINGS HAD GONE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WE'D BE HAVING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY, YES, SURE WOULD HAVE TO BE DOING THAT. BUT, UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S BAD WORDING ON MY PART. THIS WAS OUR RESPONSE TO, TO THAT INCIDENT. I DO THINK THAT, UH, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, UH, YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A VERY REASONED AND MEASURED APPROACH. AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UM, THE FOCUS IS GONNA BE NOT TO CHANGE THE WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY WANT TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND, UH, ALSO KEEP IN MIND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING IT REALLY WELL. THANK YOU. AND IT, I HAVE TO SAY IT'S A MULTI DEPARTMENT TEAM. IT'S NOT JUST THE LIBRARY. IT'S A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING CITY ADMINISTRATION WHO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, KAREN. UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE STAFF IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR ALL THE TRAINING AND YES. GOOD TO HAVE THE TRAINING. IT'S SAD TO HAVE TO USE IT. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS LIBRARY BRANDING PROJECT. YES. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL END ON A GOOD NOTE. A REALLY POSITIVE , NO. UM, WE HAD, UH, A REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PIGGYBACK WITH PUBLIC MEDIA AND PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS, PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS, UM, TO WORK WITH A CONSULTANT THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH, UM, ON A COUPLE OF OTHER OCCASIONS. IT'S PYRO AGENCY TO WORK ON BRANDING AND MARKETING FOR [00:55:01] THE CITY. UH, IF THEY'RE BEHIND THE, UM, UM, MAKE YOUR MARK, MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN. OKAY. UM, IT IS NO SECRET AND IT'S IN OUR LIBRARY MASTER PLAN THAT WE NEED. UH, WE NEED A BRAND, WE NEED A CLEAR MESSAGE. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT LOOKS VERY POLISHED AND PUT TOGETHER TO PUT OUT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE RENOVATING THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND BUILDING OUR NEW WEST'S WALNUT CREEK BRANCH, LIKE WHATEVER THE NAME ENDS UP BEING FOR THAT LOCATION. UM, WE HAVE AN IDENTITY CRISIS OF NOT KNOWING ARE WE GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, NICHOLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM? ARE WE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY? IS THAT NICHOLSON? WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK THROUGH, BUT WE COULDN'T, OR I'LL SAY I COULDN'T LET THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY PASS US UP. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. IT WILL BE FAST AND FURIOUS. I THINK A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE COMPLETED A SURVEY, WHICH I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UM, TO GET FEEDBACK. BUT OUR, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH JOHN, UM, BIT ON THE PROJECT AND HIS TEAM, OUR NEXT BIG PROJECT, OUR BIG, UM, HURDLE IS ON NOVEMBER 18TH TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE GO THROUGH AND TRY TO START FIGURING OUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE WANT OUR MESSAGE TO BE, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. SO I'M EXTREMELY EXA I DROVE WILL CRAZY AT THE END OF THE, THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. CAUSE I'M LIKE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS IN SOME WAY. SO, OR SHUFFLING THINGS, THINGS THERE EVER ANY DOUBT, RIGHT? NO, THERE'S NEVER ANY DOUBT WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH A CONSULTANT BY THE FIRST OF 2023 AND THEN BE ABLE TO FINE TUNE SOME THINGS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL OUT THIS NEW CAMPAIGN. UM, NOT MAYBE AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. WE DO WALNUT AND CENTRAL, BUT, BUT CLOSE TO IT. YOU DON'T MEAN NEW LIBRARY, SWAG, LIBRARY, SPECIFIC COLORS, ALL THE FUN STUFF. NEW LIBRARY CARDS. IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TOO AND THEN REALLY HYPE OURSELVES. YES. EXCELLENT. YES. YAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE MISCELLANEOUS, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE ELECTION. I DIDN'T WANNA FORGET THAT. UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HERE WE ARE. UM, SO EVERY YEAR WE ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR. THE CHAIR PRESIDES AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AND THE VICE CHAIR PRESIDES IN IF THE CHAIR IS ABSENT. UM, ANOTHER DUTY IS TO, UH, REPRESENT THE BOARD TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE LIBRARY. THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS COUPLE TIMES A YEAR. AND, UM, AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE'RE ASKED TO ATTEND, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO, UM, TO REITERATE, WE'LL BE ELECTING A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR, AND ANY BOARD MEMBER MAY MAKE A NOMINATION. YOU MAY NOMINATE YOUR YOURSELF. UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE NOMINATING. AND THE FIRST POSITION IS BOARD CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? UM, MADAM CHAIR. UH, I'M GWEN DANIELS AND I WISH TO NOMINATE TERRY CHARE CHARE, UM, FOR OUR CHAIR POSITION. THANK YOU. UM, I ACCEPT THIS NOMINATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YOU'VE DONE A FINE JOB SO FAR. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN THE, UH, NEXT, NEXT POSITION IS BOARD VICE CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? WELL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, NO. MY NAME IS TERRY CHOPRAI AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE GWEN DANIEL AS VICE CHAIR. DO YOU ACCEPT THIS NOMINATION? I DO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED AND WE WILL PROCEED TO THE VOTE. TERRY CHOPRAI HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE [01:00:01] POSITION OF CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. UH, GWEN DANIEL HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ELECTED OUR OFFICERS. CONGRATS. THANK YOU. THIS IS A GOOD GROUP. UM, ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA, TO THE MISCELLANEOUS SECTION. AND I SEE WE'VE GOT SOME HANDOUTS, IF THAT'S OKAY. OH, WE HAVE, WELL, ONE IS JUST, UM, IN THE, UH, BYLAWS, IT SAYS THAT WE MEET THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. UM, WE GET INTERRUPTED WITH, UH, LABOR DAY MEMORIAL COUNCIL, BUT THERE'S A GWIN HOLIDAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. COUNCIL FLUCTUATES THEIRS, SO IT BUMPS INTO OURS AND COUNCIL MEETS NEXT DOOR AND IN HERE, AND THEY MEET ON MONDAY AND TUESDAYS, UM, OF THAT WEEK. SO WE GET, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, UH, IN JANUARY AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY LIKE TODAY IS NOT THE SECOND. YEAH. MONDAY MM-HMM. , UM, THEY CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULE. SO NEXT YEAR THIS IS JUST THE LINEUP OF WHAT WE GUARANTEED THIS ROOM FOR. SO DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE MEETINGS THAT DAY, IT'S JUST THESE ARE THE PROPOSED DATES THAT WE HAVE LOCKED DOWN FOR THIS ROOM. SO THANK YOU SABRINA. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. OKAY. AND THE COUNCIL MAP. YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING IS I GAVE YOU GUYS THE COUNCIL MAP, PATIENT KNOW, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN UNSEND ROSTER OF EVERYBODY SINCE THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGING OF, UH, POSITIONS. SO, UH, IT'LL CHANGE AGAIN WITH CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A MAYOR, UH, APPOINTEE AS WELL. OKAY. THAT IS WONDERFUL. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING FOR THIS BOARD? NO. KAREN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR TONIGHT, BUT I DO WANNA, UM, SAY IN EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, A AN OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT, UH, MORGAN'S TEAM IS WORKING ON TO BRING, UM, LIBRARY SERVICES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T ALREADY HAVE A LIBRARY VERY CLOSE BY. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, DO BE ABLE TO SHOW, SHOWCASE THAT MORGAN MORGAN IS OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, MORGAN BLACKBURN. WONDERFUL. I'D LIKE TO SAY WELCOME AGAIN TO OUR, OUR NEW MEMBER AND OUR NOT SO NEW MEMBER ANYMORE, . AS WELL AS TO THANK OUR SEASONED MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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