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HERE.I'M GOING TO START, SO ENJOY YOUR
[Library Board on April 10, 2023.]
DINNER.LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER LIKE HIS HOME.
ALRIGHT, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND, AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
SO SABRINA HAS SUPPLIED US WITH MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 13TH MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS.
THOSE ARE MICHAEL'S CORRECTIONS.
WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, LOOKS LIKE EDITORIAL, IS THAT THE WORD I WANT? UM, SO EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS? NO, NO CHANGE TO CONTENT, BUT TWO, YEAH, JUST NO CHANGE TO CONTENT, BUT TO, TO FORMAT AND, AND, UH, SENTENCE STRUCTURE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE WILL CONSIDER THE MINUTES TO BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED.
NEXT ITEM, UM, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND I GUESS I SHOULD, UH, SAY HELLO, KATHLEEN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHE IS OUT OF TOWN.
SO AS WE MOVE TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TO WHO'S UP? I'M, I'M UP FIRST
SO WE WANTED TO, UH, INFORM YOU THAT, UH, DOROTHY MCALLISTER HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.
UH, SHE WAS APPOINTED BY ROBERT VERA, UH, DISTRICT SIX.
SO WE WILL BE WITHOUT HER UNTIL, UH, OR THAT POSITION UNTIL IT IS, UH, FILLED, HOPEFULLY.
AND DOROTHY HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND SHE WAS HERE WHEN I GOT HERE.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THAT WE'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE ON THE BOARD.
AND, OKAY, SO ARE WE DONE WITH THAT ONE? YES.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION PRESENTATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, AMY ROSENTHAL.
SHE'S THE, UH, UH, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR.
UH, SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT DESIGNATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK AFTER THE PRESENTATION FOR APPROVAL FROM, UH, THE BOARD.
AND I WILL SET YOU UP, LET YOU GET GOING.
I'M THE, UM, SECOND LONGEST CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND FOLLOWING FROM, YOU KNOW, MISS PATTY, WHO WAS, UM, A LEGEND LEGENDARY THERE FOR, FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.
SO, LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT, UH, DESIGNATION.
BUT BEFORE I EVEN GET INTO THIS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR THE GREAT SUPPORT FOR BIG ART DAY.
THE LIBRARY WAS OUT IN FULL FORCE, A BIG ART DAY WITH A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY MURAL.
I MEAN, IT WAS SO COOL AND PEOPLE LOVED BEING A PART OF IT.
SO CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT COME TO LIFE WITH A FULL, UM, AND IT'S FULL GLORY.
SO WHY SHOULD WE PURSUE CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION? WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? WELL, THIS IS THE STATE SAYING THAT GARLAND HAS CULTURAL ASSETS THAT ARE WORTHY OF RECOGNITION.
IT'S A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE FANTASTIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
THERE'S LOTS OF WONDERFUL PROMOTIONAL AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
AND IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LET US DEVELOP OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASE COLLABORATION.
PLUS, UM, WE LOVE THIS, AND I KNOW LIBRARY WILL LOVE THIS AS WELL, TOO.
UH, IT HELPS OPEN UP SOME FUNDING, SOME GRANTS FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND FROM FOUNDATIONS AND FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT F FOR THE ARTS.
SO Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK INTO 2017, THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION MADE
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A SPECIAL TRIP, UM, TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND.AND THEY, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING, AND THEY WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF SOME OF THE ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS THAT WERE HAPPENING.
UM, AND ON THEIR LIST RIGHT THERE CIRCLED IN RED, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HEY, GARLAND REALLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
SO AGAIN, THIS REFERENCES ALL THE WAY BACK INTO 2017.
UM, BUT JUST EVEN REALLY RECENTLY, UM, EARLY IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION, UH, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ABOUT ECONOMIC STRATEGIES FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, UM,
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SHARED WAS HELPING TO DRIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, GARLAND IS A DESTINATION FOR WEEKEND AND NIGHTTIME ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO REALLY SUPPORT AMENITIES THAT PROMOTE GARLAND.
UM, AND AGAIN, HERE TOO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, AND EVEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, THEY BOTH, UM, IDENTIFY THIS CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION AS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
SO WHAT IS A CULTURAL DISTRICT? UM, A CULTURAL DISTRICT IS THE ANCHOR OF A RECOGNIZED LABELED MIX USE AREA OF A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THERE EXISTS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND EVENTS THAT ARE PROMOTED TO ATTRACT CULTURAL TOURISTS.
SO WHAT ARE CULTURAL TOURISTS? AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS DEFINES CULTURAL TOURISTS AS INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SEEKING DISTINCTIVE EXPERIENCES, FOCUSING ON VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, CUISINE, AND CRAFT.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD MISS MAVA STAPLES AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE HAD, UM, ATTENDEES FROM KANSAS, FROM NEW MEXICO, FROM OKLAHOMA.
THOSE ARE TOURISTS THAT WERE COMING TO GARLAND TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE.
AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THOSE TOURISTS IS THAT THEY SPEND MORE MONEY WHEN THEY COME, BECAUSE USUALLY THEY'LL GO TO A SHOW AND SEE A, YOU KNOW, GO TO DINNER AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF FUN.
SO WE LOVE CULTURAL TOURISTS WHO SHOULD APPLY COMMUNITIES WITH AN EXISTING CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS IN ONE WALKABLE AREA OF THE CITY THAT THEY WANNA PROMOTE TO VISITORS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MAP, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS WALKABLE, WHAT IS A WALKABLE AREA? UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE DESIGNATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT A MILE TO A FEW MILES IN TERMS OF, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
LIKE YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY THINK, OKAY, WELL THAT'S WALKABLE FROM POINT A TO B, BUT THE, THE STATE SAYS THIS.
SO YOU DON'T SAY ALL OF GARLAND IS A CULTURAL DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT STRATEGICALLY, WHERE ARE AREAS OF THEIR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THESE TYPES OF ASSETS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CITIES THAT HAVE THE DESIGNATION ALREADY, THERE ARE 52.
UM, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, IN NORTH TEXAS, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE THIS DESIGNATION? ARLINGTON, DENTON, MCKINNEY, PLANO, UM, DALLAS HAS THREE DISTRICTS.
DALLAS HAS, UM, OF COURSE THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT AND FAIR PARK AND DEEP ELM.
SO, UH, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO, THERE ARE FOUR DISTRICTS.
UM, BUT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GARLAND, WE'RE PROBABLY THINKING THAT THERE'S ONE DISTRICT IN GARLAND.
UM, THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT THIS IS A REALLY COMPETITIVE, PRESTIGIOUS PROCESS.
SO WE, UH, WE STARTED BACK, UH, IN JANUARY AND THE CITY MANAGER ISSUED A LETTER OF INTENT TO APPLY TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
AND THEN I'VE BEEN ON A BIT OF A ROAD SHOW TONIGHT.
I HAVE TWO SHOWS, Y'ALL ARE THE EARLY MATINEE.
AND THEN I GO ON TO LANDMARK, UM, TO, TO TALK WITH THE LANDMARK BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING.
SO WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE TO PARKS AND REC, WE'VE TALKED TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS, UH, ASSOCIATION.
WE'VE BEEN TO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TO THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, HERE I'M WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT.
I'LL HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 26TH AT THE PLAZA.
AND THEN IN MAY WE'LL GO TO THE COUNCIL AND WE'LL ALSO ASK FOR A COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
SO THE REQUIREMENTS, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GREAT COLLABORATION.
AND, AND GARLAND ALREADY DOES WITH THE GARLAND.
WE WORK SO WONDERFULLY WITH OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WITHIN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THERE'S ALREADY THAT SENSE OF COLLABORATION IN GARLAND.
UM, THERE HAS TO BE A RESOLUTION.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CULTURAL ARTS PLAN, WHICH THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS AN AMAZING CULTURAL ARTS PLAN.
IT'S A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, TERRIFIC PLAN.
UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MARKETING PLAN,
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME STRATEGIC LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.SO THAT MEANS WE PROBABLY WILL ASK FOR SOMETHING FROM OUR STATE REP.
WE'LL, UH, WORK WITH THE CHAMBER.
WE'LL THINK ABOUT SOME BUSINESS OWNERS.
WE'LL GET TOGETHER SOME REALLY STRATEGIC LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.
THERE'S A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO, AND THAT'S 50% OF THE SCORE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR P M R GROUP, AND THEY'RE AWARD-WINNING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TERRIFIC.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY NICE PRODUCT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY COMPETITIVE.
AND SO I HAVE ARLINGTON AND LEGACY WEST ON HERE JUST TO, UM, SHARE A COUPLE THINGS.
A LINKEDIN HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TWICE.
SO IT'S, UH, AGAIN, IT'S A PRETTY CHALLENGING TYPE OF PROCESS, AND I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT GO THROUGH THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
THE OTHER INTERESTING THING TO THINK ABOUT IS LEGACY WEST.
Y'ALL KNOW, LEGACY WEST AND PLANO, THEY APPLIED THE SAME YEAR THAT MCKINNEY WAS APPLYING.
AND LEGACY WEST DID NOT, WAS NOT ACCEPTED.
SO I THINK IT SHOWS THAT, UM, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS IS VERY, UH, THEY, THEY REALLY WANT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AUTHENTIC.
THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THESE ASSETS THAT ARE REALLY, HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTITY.
AND IT'S NOT JUST KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, NOT A COOL PLACE WITH COOL RESTAURANTS AND COOL RETAIL, BUT REALLY AUTHENTICALLY A CULTURAL DISTRICT.
SO THE DISTRICT SPANS, UH, FOR 10 YEARS THAT DESIGNATION IS GOOD FOR 10 YEARS, AND THEN A COMMUNITY IS ASKED TO REAPPLY OR TO UPDATE THEIR APPLICATION.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR GARLAND? OKAY, FOR GARLAND, THIS MEANS THAT THE STATE SAYS, YES, GARLAND HAS THESE, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT ASSETS, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS, COLLABORATION, AND GRANTS.
SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF AWARDS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, FROM CULTURAL DISTRICT GRANTS.
UH, ABILENE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING TO LIGHT SOME SCULPTURES.
AMARILLO RECEIVED FUNDING FOR A CONCERT SERIES, UM, UH, CANADIAN, WHICH IS WAY OUT THERE IN WEST TEXAS BY MARTHA AND ALPINE.
THEY RECEIVED, UM, SOME FUNDING TO HELP WITH AN ELEVATOR, UH, IN THEIR ART MUSEUM.
SO AGAIN, IT COULD BE PROGRAMS, IT COULD BE CAPITAL ASSETS.
UM, DENTON RECEIVED MONEY TO HELP WITH THEIR DENTON ARTS AND JAZZ, UH, EL PASO FOR AN ART EVENT, CHALK THE BLOCK, GALVESTON FOR A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS, UM, IN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS IN HOUSTON TO HELP WITH MARKETING.
SO YOU CAN EVEN USE THESE DOLLARS FOR MARKETING OR PROMOTIONS.
UM, ANOTHER DISTRICT IN HOUSTON, WHICH IS FRESH ARTS, IS AN ARTIST RESIDENCY.
UM, AND THEN YOU LOOK OVER TO LUBBOCK, IMPROVEMENTS TO A COURTYARD SAN ANTONIO, AGAIN, ANOTHER WEBSITE OR MARKETING ASPECT, TEXARKANA TO ACTIVATE ALLEYS AND MURALS AND LIGHT SCULPTURES, AND THEN WACO FOR THEIR D MARTOS.
SO, UM, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE AND THINK ABOUT HOW THESE GRANTS COULD IMPACT GARLAND.
SO HERE'S GARLAND'S OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AN EXISTING CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS IN A WALKABLE AREA OF THE CITY, THE THESE THINGS TEND TO RISE TO THE SURFACE.
SO OF COURSE, YOU HAVE OUR INCREDIBLE DOWNTOWN, UM, YOU HAVE THE ART CENTER, YOU HAVE CENTRAL LIBRARY, YOU HAVE THE MUSEUM, YOU HAVE THE COLLEGE.
THIS DOT FARTHER TO THE NORTH IS A NEW POTTERY STUDIO THAT'S COMING INTO THE AREA.
UM, YOU HAVE THE LOU HUFF REGION, YOU HAVE THE CARVER CENTER, YOU HAVE MAGIC 11TH STREET, YOU HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU ALSO HAVE CENTRAL PARK.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME OF THE, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF GARLAND IS LOCATED, IT IS THE CENTRAL AREA.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO IT'S THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE THAT SOME OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, WELL, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BANKHEAD IS PRETTY INTERESTING IN ITSELF.
IT WAS LIKE THE, ONE OF THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL, UM, ROADWAYS FROM WASHINGTON DC TO SAN DIEGO.
THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN GARLAND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAME THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
THOSE MERCHANTS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ON THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, GOING ON THROUGH.
UM, AND THE, AND THE, ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS TOO ABOUT THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY IS THAT GARLAND HAD VOLUNTARILY ORGANIZED AND WENT, WENT TO WORK WITHOUT ASKING FOR HELP.
I KIND OF THINK OF THAT AS THE GARLAND
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT HAS
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A ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL IMPACT.SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE AUTO REPAIR RESTAURANT SERVICE STATIONS, AND IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT THAT, UM, CENTRAL PARK, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY WILLIAMS PARK, MR. WILLIAMS MADE SURE HE PUT OUT SOME PICNIC TABLES, AND HE KIND OF, UH, DAMNED UP A SWIMMING HOLE BECAUSE HE WANTED THOSE PEOPLE TO STOP.
AND HE WANTED TO SELL CONCESSIONS TO EVERY, TO ALL OF THE TRAVELERS.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS RIBBON OF ROAD THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THOSE ASSETS, UM, IT'S MORE THAN JUST DOWNTOWN.
IT'S THE BANKHEAD CULTURAL DISTRICT.
IT'S THE BANKHEAD ARTS DISTRICT.
BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS DESIGNATION WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GRANTING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR LOU HUFF PROVIDE GRANTING OPPORTUNITIES IN CENTRAL PARK.
SO WE WANT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN JUST THAT CORE DOWNTOWN.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MAGIC 11TH STREET, IT HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY.
DOWNTOWN HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY.
LOU HUFF HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY, AND THIS DESIGNATION DOESN'T ECLIPSE THOSE IDENTITIES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE INFOR INTERESTING INFORMATION ON VISIT GARLAND.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REFERENCED AS THE BANK HEAD THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, ROUTE SIX OR 66, UM, UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THE 1950S.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT, HERE'S KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THE DISTRICT WOULD LOOK LIKE THERE.
UH, AND THEN THESE ARE TRAFFIC NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THERE'S SOME INCREDIBLE LOCATIONS FOR SOME PUBLIC ART OR SCULPTURE OR WAYFINDING OR SIGNAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF VISIBILITY IN THIS AREA, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO KNOW THAT AS PART OF THEIR MASTER PLAN, THEY'RE REALLY WORKING ON CONNECTIVITY AND WIDENING TRAILS AND HAVING BIKE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S SAFE TO TRAVEL ON BIKE, UM, AND EVEN ON FOOT THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A PHOTO ACTUALLY FROM BIG ART DAY, JUST A COUPLE SAT, OR LAST SATURDAY, APRIL, THE FIRST
SO WHAT I'D LOVE TO DO IS GET A LITTLE FEEDBACK OR INPUT FROM, FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL DESIGNATION.
UM, I'D LOVE TO GET SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.
AND THEN IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO PUT ON THE APPLICATION THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND'S LIBRARY BOARD IS IN SUPPORT OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT, UH, PURSUIT FOR THIS AREA OF GARLAND.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, CITIES ARE REJECTING? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT RECEIVE THE DESIGNATION ARE NOT ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE A COLLABORATION WITH THEIR OTHER PARTNERS.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALSO SOME CITIES MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
ARLING, WHEN ARLINGTON WENT THROUGH IT TWICE, I BELIEVE THAT ARLINGTON'S FIRST SHOT, THEY DID NOT DEMONSTRATE HOW UNIQUE IT WAS.
I, I, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, THEY DID NOT REALLY SHOW THAT, HEY, OUR AREA, SO THAT IT'S REALLY PRIMARILY THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE AS MUCH OF AN IDENTITY IN THEIR FIRST APPLICATION.
I DO FEEL THAT GARLAND'S BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, GARLAND HAS A LOT OF STRENGTHS.
THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A, I MEAN, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ME COMING IN AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN HERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, AND THE WAY THAT THIS ROAD CONNECTS SOME OF THE CORE CENTRAL ASSETS IN, IN GARLAND, I THINK IS PRETTY COMPELLING.
AND I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, DEMONSTRATE OUR AUTHENTICITY AND OUR IDENTITY.
SO DO THEY EVALUATE OR PERHAPS SOME SORT OF SYSTEM IN TERMS OF EVALUATING THE ASSETS? THE ASSETS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY WOULD GRADE THE ASSETS, BUT I, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD AN ART CENTER FOR 40 YEARS, WHICH IS PRETTY FANTASTIC.
UM, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO LOOK TO, AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I MEAN, THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE RECENTLY THAT GARLAND HAS STARTED DOING SOME OF THIS STUFF.
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JUST A YES.SO, UM, WHEN IS THE APPLICATION DUE AND WHEN IS THE, IS THE, I'M ASSUMING TO THE APPLICATION WILL BE PUBLIC? YEAH, SO THE APPLICATION IS DUE ON JUNE 15TH, AND THEN IT'S EVALUATED IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
THEY ANNOUNCE IN SEPTEMBER, THE C THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE, UH, DESIGNATING.
I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE NINE COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT ARE APPLYING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS KI THAT'S KIND OF A LOT ACTUALLY.
AND THEY PROBABLY WILL ONLY DESIGNATE MAYBE THREE.
SO, UM, WHO, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION? SO OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION, BUT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL TOO.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, LIBRARY IS DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT PARTNER TO THIS APPLICATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE DOWNTOWN FOLKS.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSETS, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S GOTTA BE A GOOD ONE THAT WE HAVE THE DART RAIL LINE STRAIGHT DOWN THROUGH.
IN, IN TERMS OF CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO HAVE THE DART STATION RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS LIKE CARVER YES.
WHERE IT USED TO BE THE COLORED SCHOOL YES.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW, UM, I THINK THEY'RE STILL HERE, DWELLINGS HERE IN DOWNTOWN, LIKE OLD HOUSES THAT'S BEEN DESIGNATED.
ARE THOSE ANYTHING THAT WOULD, WOULD, UM, BE PART OF THE ASSETS? I, I, YES, YES.
SO I KNOW THE, THE COMMISSION REALLY WANTS COMMUNITIES TO TELL THEIR WHOLE STORY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M, I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW TO, TO GARLAND.
THIS BECOMES A PROCESS FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE WHOLE STORY AND WHAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE THAT COULD HELP BRING THE WHOLE STORY, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE ABOUT THE WHOLE STORY.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO RELY ON THE COMMUNITY TO HELP ME.
YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, THIS IS ALWAYS A JOURNEY TOO, JUST BECAUSE WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND WE SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME COMPONENTS WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND DEVELOP AND TO FIND, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP BRING THOSE STORIES TO LIFE.
AND ARE THERE, UM, SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF US IF WE GET THE DESIGNATION? YEAH, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED ON A YEARLY BASIS.
THERE'S NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A WEBSITE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, OUR GARLAND, YOU KNOW, BANKHEAD CULTURAL DISTRICT, OR GARLAND BANKHEAD ARTS DISTRICT.
UM, BUT NOT A FINANCIAL, JUST AN ANNUAL REPORT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETIMES FROM COMMUNITIES GET Y YES.
YOUA, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY WENT THROUGH THAT SORT OF THING.
CAUSE UM, WE'RE AN EMORY, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY, BUT GOING THROUGH THAT IT IS POTENTIAL CULTURAL DESIGNATION.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE A MAIN STREET COMMUNITY, THERE'S A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND KIND OF AN INTENSE REPORTING PROCESS.
WHEN YOU HAVE A HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THERE CAN BE, UM, REGULATIONS PUT INTO PLACE FOR PRESERVATION AND TO PROTECT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CAN BE KIND OF GOOD AND BAD, CAN BE KIND OF CHALLENGING SOMETIMES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN CERTAIN, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS THE INTENT OF THIS IS PROMOTIONAL AND MARKETING ABSOLUTELY.
TO HELP KIND OF RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALSO TOO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS, UM, I'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE A PIECE OF ART, UM, INSTALLED AT DIFFERENT SIGNIFICANT LOCATIONS.
AND SO PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL AROUND TO SEE, TO SEE THE ARTWORK HERE, AND THEN TRAVEL OVER HERE TO SEE AN ARTWORK.
IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT, UM, RAISE US UP.
SO WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GARLAND.
HOPE YOU'RE, UH, SETTLING IN WELL TO YOUR NEW POSITION.
UM, I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE WEST SIDE CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT WHEN I WORKED IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY REALLY FOCUSED ON WAS KIND OF ESTABLISHING A NARRATIVE THAT KIND OF COULD BE EASILY CONVEYED AND UNDERSTOOD BY PEOPLE.
HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE WITH GARLAND TO KIND OF A UNIFYING NARRATIVE THAT WE CAN PRESENT? I THINK WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE,
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WE'RE STARTING THAT NARRATIVE, THE STORY, ONCE UPON A TIME, WE ARE STARTING THE STORY.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY MY HOPE IS THAT TO GET THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, TO, TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET THE SUPPORT, KIND OF GET SOME INPUT.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK THIS BANKHEAD IS A UNIFYING WAY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS CENTRAL AREA OF GARLAND.
UM, INSTEAD OF SAYING CENTRAL GARLAND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THIS AS KIND OF THIS BANKHEAD DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE STORIES AND WHY THINGS DEVELOPED THE WAY THEY DID BECAUSE OF THIS ROADWAY.
UM, I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, THE STORY, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE, I THINK GARLAND'S BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN TO HELP SHARE ITS STORY GARLAND.
UM, WE'VE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB OF SHARING OUR STORY OR LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN GARLAND.
SO I DO FEEL LIKE THIS WILL BECOME A WAY FOR US TO KIND OF HELP SHARE THAT STORY.
UM, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD AS IN TERMS OF, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THAT NARRATIVE IS HAPPENING NOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW IN THE WEST SIDE, UM, CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT DESIGNATION WAS, UH, THEY CREATED THE DISTRICT AND CREATED THE NARRATIVE, BUT A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS OUTSIDE OF THAT DISTRICT FELT THAT THEY WERE ALSO PART OF THE NARRATIVE.
UM, AND IT CREATED A LOT OF INFIGHTING.
AND SO I'M WONDERING, HAVE HAVE THERE BEEN ANY INSTANCES THAT YOU HAVE NOTICED WHERE, UM, GROUPS OR, UM, LANDMARKS OUTSIDE OF THE, THE DESIGNATION WANT TO BE INCLUDED? THAT'S, OH BOY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION TOO.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU INITIALLY LOOK AT IT AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT DOWNTOWN AND THE LIBRARY AND THE MUSEUM AND THE ART CENTER.
BUT IT REALLY IS SO MUCH MORE.
I MEAN, IT IS EMORY, IT IS LOU HUFF.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE THE WHOLE CITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPENING WITH THE RIDGEWOOD THEATER AND THAT AREA, AND THAT'S, SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND I GUESS YOU DO HAVE TO DRAW BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITY.
I, I FEEL LIKE, AND THE INPUT THAT I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT THIS KIND OF BEST INCORPORATES, YOU KNOW, ARE THE HISTORIC, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR MOST PROMINENT ASSETS.
UM, THE THING ABOUT THE DESIGNATION, YOU ARE ABLE TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES AND MODIFY THE BOUNDARIES SLIGHTLY.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO COME OUT, BE LIKE, OKAY, NOW FIRE WHEEL IS PART OF IT, YOU KNOW? BUT, BUT I THINK AS WE, I THINK THERE WILL BE STORIES THAT WE UNCOVER, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ADDING OR TWEAKING OR MODIFYING.
WELL, IT'S GREAT THAT THE CONVERSATION'S STARTING AND, UH, APPLAUD YOU ON YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS AT WISH YOU SUCCESS.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DOWNSIDES TO THIS.
ARE THERE ANY DOWNSIDES? SHOULD WE GET THIS
IT JUST, IT OPENS UP SOME WAYS THAT IT, IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO REALLY KIND OF SHARE YOUR STORY.
IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ASSETS THAT ARE IN YOUR CITY.
OPENS UP SOME FUNDING POSSIBILITIES.
I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THERE'S A DOWNSIDE.
I JUST KNOW IT'S SO COMPETITIVE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, THEY ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 52 IN A AND, AND SEVERAL IN NORTH TEXAS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAYING, HEY, GARLAND IS DIFFERENT THAN RICHARDSON.
GARLAND IS DIFFERENT THAN CO YOU KNOW, CARROLLTON, WE HAVE OUR OWN STORY HERE.
WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE WORTHY OF THIS DESIGNATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IS, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO THOSE FOUR THAT YOU HAVE IN A DIFFERENT COLOR? YES.
THOSE ARE THE CITIES THAT HAVE APPLIED MORE THAN ONCE? NO, THOSE ARE JUST IN NORTH TEXAS.
SO I KNOW ARLINGTON HAS APPLIED TWICE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, WELL, I KNOW CONROE TOOK THEM THREE TIMES.
SO, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THESE ARE KIND OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO IF YOU'RE AN EVALUATOR SAYING, WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE IN ARLINGTON AND ONE IN PLANO, WHY DO WE NEED GARLAND? NO, GARLAND IS DIFFERENT.
AND RICHARDSON DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
NO, RICHARDSON DOES NOT HAVE ONE.
BUT THE, BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DESIGNATION.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY BE ON RICHARDSON'S LIST.
I KNOW IT'S ON FRISCO'S LIST,
SO, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S LIKE, AND AGAIN, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY GARLAND, WE HAVE IT.
WE'VE HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE JUST NEED TO, TO GET IT OUT THERE.
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IT AUTHENTIC.THEY DON'T WANNA LIKE, JUST KIND OF A MANUFACTURED, I KNOW, YEAH.
EVERYBODY TRIES TO KIND OF, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IT'S, I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
GARLAND HAS SUCH A GREAT STORY TO TELL AND SUCH, SUCH GREAT ASSETS TO OFFER UP.
BUT DO YOU THINK, IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THIS TIME, DO YOU THINK THERE'S SUPPORT AND ENERGY BEHIND IT ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, TO, TO KEEP AT IT? I, I DO.
I THINK THAT, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OUR, OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL, JUST, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ARTS AND CULTURE IS WHAT A GARLAND'S BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE, UM, HAVE SUCH GREAT THINGS TO SHARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND SUCH GREAT THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO.
YOU KNOW, I, I, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT.
AND SO I DO THINK IF, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
SO, BUT, UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE PUT FORTH THE STRONGEST APPLICATION POSSIBLE.
ARE THERE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN ASKED AS A BOARD TO, UH, TO STATE THAT WE SUPPORT PURSUIT OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THAT, TO THAT END, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, THROW OUR FULL SUPPORT BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE, THE, THE LIBRARY BOARD THAT WE SUPPORTED.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
SO, SO, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA GO AWAY AND IGNORE THINGS FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING FURIOUSLY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND HOPEFULLY THE HOPE WOULD BE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A BIG PARTY WHEN THE DOWNTOWN OPENS IN OCTOBER.
WE COULD HELP CELEBRATE THIS TOO.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NEW LIBRARY SERVICE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, JOHN REED.
HE'S OUR SENIOR LIBRARIAN FOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT A NEW LIBRARY SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A, A LITTLE WHILE IN THE MAKING.
UH, AS HE SAID, I'M JOHN REED.
I'M ONE OF THE SENIOR LIBRARIANS AT THE LIBRARY, UH, IN CHARGE OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT.
I, UH, BY THE ADULT MATERIALS AND MY, UH, COLLEAGUE CHRISTIE BUYS THE, UH, JUVENILE AND TEEN MATERIALS.
AND, UH, WE'VE BOTH WORKED TOGETHER WITH ADMINISTRATION TO, UH, PUT THIS TOGETHER.
AND I AM, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS RIGHT AWAY, BUT I WANTED YOU TO HAVE A PACKET TO TAKE WITH YOU AFTER I TALK ABOUT IT, SO YOU COULD SEE HOW TO GET ON THERE AND MAYBE YOU COULD FILL IN SOME BLANKS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT IT.
BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE OFFERING, AND, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT THIS RAISES FOR YOU.
AND LET ME KNOW IF I GO TOO FAST, PLEASE.
UM, SO HOW MANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH OUR OVERDRIVE SERVICE? AWESOME.
SO, UH, WE HAVE OVERDRIVE SERVICE.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE OVERDRIVE SERVICE, UM, THOUSANDS OF EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS.
UH, WE WORK VERY HARD TO CURATE THAT.
AND, UM, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE ENVY OF A LOT OF OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE AREA.
WE DON'T JUST BELIEVE IT CUZ WE WANT TO.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT A POINT TO COME TO GARLAND AND GET A CARD TO USE, UH, THAT COLLECTION.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM, UH, BY MOVING INTO THIS, UH, OTHER PART OF ONLINE CONTENT, UH, WITH HOOPLA AND WITH THE DIFFERENT MEDIUMS THAT IT HAS.
AND SO, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
SO, WHAT HOOPLA IS, IS IT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF OTHER FORMATS OF DIGITAL CONTENT.
SO THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE OVERDRIVE, WHERE YOU LOG IN WITH YOUR CARD, YOU CHECK OUT A BOOK, IT DOWNLOADS, YOU READ IT, THIS IS THE SAME THING, BUT WITH, UM, MEDIA CONTENT.
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OFFERING IS MUSIC AND MOVIES AND TV SHOWS.AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE COMIC BOOKS AND SOMETHING CALLED BINGE PASSES, BUT I'LL GO ONE AT A TIME ON THIS.
SO, UH, TO LEAD OFF WITH THE TOP STORY, WE, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MUSIC COLLECTION IN SOME TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER HAD ONE.
AND, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SORT OF BE IN A SITUATION WHERE A SERVICE LIKE HOOPLA REALLY DELIVERS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN GET AS A LIBRARY CUSTOMER FOR YOUR PATRONS.
I THINK ONLY ONE LABEL DOESN'T PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
THEY'RE VERY OPEN TO STREAMING.
AND SO OUR ABILITY TO GET INTO THIS SPACE, UH, ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH HOOPLA, WE HAVE THIS FULL MUSIC COLLECTION.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, PATRONS WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT ALBUMS FROM HOOPLA FOR, UM, SEVEN DAYS.
AND THEY CAN, UH, THE FLEXIBILITY OF IT IS WHAT I THINK IS GONNA BE SO EXCITING BECAUSE YOU, OR PERHAPS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY USE THEIR PHONE, TABLET TO STREAM CONTENT, UM, YOUTUBE, APPLE MUSIC, UH, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, BUT OF COURSE APPLE MUSIC IS NOT FREE AND SPOTIFY IS NOT FREE.
UH, BUT FOR THE PATRONS, HOOPLA IS FREE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THEIR PHONE, GET ON THEIR TABLET, GET ON THEIR PC, OPEN THE WEB BROWSER, WHAT WHATEVER WAY THEY WANT TO GO ON THE INTERNET, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET ON HOOPLA AND LISTEN TO, UH, JUST A INCREDIBLY WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC.
UH, ALSO IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH CARPLAY OR ANDROID AUTO.
IF YOU HAVE CARPLAY OR ANDROID AUTO, YOU KNOW THAT THE APPS APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT APPS APPEAR.
THE APPS, THE APPS THAT WORK WITH APPLE CARPLAY, ANDROID AUTO AUTOMATICALLY POPULATE.
AND JUST LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE A YOUTUBE MUSIC OR AN APPLE MUSIC ICON ON YOUR LITTLE CAR SCREEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE HOOPLA ICON.
SO IT STREAMS JUST THE SAME WAY.
IF YOU'RE A FAN OF STREAMING MUSIC, UH, OR STREAMING, AUDIOBOOKS, HOOPLA WILL WORK THE SAME WAY, INTEGRATE THE SAME WAY FOR YOU AND FOR ALSO FOR OUR OTHER PATRONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THIS MUSIC AND IT'S GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY JUST THE BEGINNING CUZ WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE MOVIES.
UM, WITH THE MOVIES, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, I PUT DOWN THE MOST POPULAR STUDIOS, UH, HALLMARK.
THE, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HALLMARK MOVIES THAT COME OUT AND THEY'RE REALLY TREMENDOUSLY POPULAR AND WE BUY THEM ON DVD, BUT THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE YET ANOTHER GREAT WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THIS STUFF.
UH, MGM A 24 MAKES VERY POPULAR INDEPENDENT MOVIES.
DISNEY IS ON THERE, UH, BBC MOVIES, UH, P B S, UM, AND MORE.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR ONES.
SO WITH THE MOVIES, THEY CAN DO THREE DAY CHECKOUTS AND, UM, WITH, UH, IF YOU HAVE LIKE A PHONE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON YOUR PHONE AND WATCH IT.
AND THEN AFTER THE THREE DAYS IS UP, IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETURN IT.
IT'S LIKE WITH OVERDRIVE, YOU DON'T HAVE, DON'T HAVE TO RETURN AN OVERDRIVE BOOK BECAUSE IT'S ELECTRONIC AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO RETURN ANY OF THIS STUFF EITHER.
I TRIED TO PUT DOWN AS MANY OF THE MOST POPULAR, UH, UH, STUDIOS CHANNELS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
UM, IF YOU ARE A FAN OF ACORN, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT ACORN IS.
BASICALLY IT'S THE BBC'S VERSION OF RELEASING ALL OF THE, UH, ALL OF THEIR TV SHOWS OVER THERE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A SERVICE YOU CAN PAY FOR CALLED ACORN TV.
THAT'S LIKE A STREAMING SERVICE.
UM, BUT YOU WON'T NEED TO ANYMORE BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO HAVE THAT.
UM, PBS HISTORY CHANNEL, UH, LIFETIME, LIFETIME MOVIES, UH, A AND E DOCUMENTARIES, UM, TV SERIES, COMEDY CENTRAL, UH, FOR KIDS THERE IS NICKELODEON.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NICKELODEON ON, ON HOOPLA AS WELL.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKES LIKE THE, UM, SORT OF THE, UH, NORDIC CRIME, UM, POLICE PROCEDURALS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY FIND HOOPLA TO BE JUST ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS.
AND, UH, WITH, UH, TV SHOWS, YOU CHECK OUT THE EPISODE INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE SEASON, SO YOU CAN KIND OF PACE
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YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT.AND THOSE ARE ALSO THREE DAY CHECKOUTS.
UM, WE HAVE COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS, SO IT, IT, UM, IT, WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR IS JUST STRAIGHT UP MEDIA, MUSIC AND MU AND MOVIES.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GRAPHIC NOVELS.
UH, THE JUST THE ABSOLUTE EXPLOSION OF THE POPULARITY OF THOSE, UH, NOT ONLY IN, UH, PHYSICAL, BUT ALSO, UM, UH, IT KIND OF LENDS ITSELF WELL TO BEING ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN READ IT ON YOUR PHONE, READ IT ON A TABLET, AND JUST SWIPE THROUGH THE PAGES.
AND, UH, JUST KIND OF LIKE WITH MUSIC, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE, UH, JUST ALMOST EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, ALMOST EVERY MAJOR PUBLISHER IS GOING TO BE ON HERE.
AND SINCE THEY'RE MORE LIKE BOOKS, THEY ARE BOOKS, THEY HAVE 21 DAY CHECKOUTS.
PEOPLE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THOSE NOW.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, THE PRIMARY THING WE'RE GONNA HAVE IS CALLED A BINGE PASS.
SO THE REASON IT'S CALLED A BINGE PASS, THE HOOPLA CALLS IT THAT, IS THAT YOU, YOU DO A SEVEN DAY CHECKOUT AND IT ALLOWS YOU ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE, WHATEVER THE THING IS THAT YOU'RE BINGING.
SO, UM, THIS TOP ONE HERE, GREAT COURSES, UM, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THIS BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME THERE'S BEEN DVD SETS OF GREAT COURSES WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE 10 DISKS AND A BOOK, AND IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A COLLEGE CLASS IN A BOX.
AND NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S, IT'S ONLINE AND IT'S BEEN ONLINE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO YOU, YOU MAKE A, YOU CHECK OUT A BINGE PASS, YOU GET SEVEN DAYS, YOU GET ACCESS TO ALL OF THE GREAT COURSES AT ONCE, AND THEN YOU JUST, UM, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO IN THAT SEVEN DAYS.
AND THEN IF YOU, UH, NEED TO GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN, YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.
AND I MEAN, JUST THE DEPTH OF THIS, LIKE FROM AN, FROM AN ASPECT OF HOW, LIKE THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF IT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I LOOKED UP LIKE MATH, LIKE, UM, CALCULUS ONE, CALCULUS TWO, CALCULUS THREE, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND SPEND LIKE A WHOLE SEMESTER TRYING TO LEARN FROM SOMEBODY.
UM, HARD TOPICS, BUT ALSO FUN TOPICS TOO.
LIKE YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL IN THIS GRAPHIC.
BUT THERE'S, UH, CELTIC HISTORY, CHESS, UM, GEOGRAPHY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE VERY SERIOUS, BUT THEY MEET A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO, UH, DEVELOP THEMSELVES IN A VERY ECONOMICAL WAY, IN A FUN WAY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE CURIOSITY STREAM, WHICH ARE DOCUMENTARIES, UM, BY MOSTLY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS.
AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE, UH, COMING UP.
AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE BENCH PASSES.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT WE'RE KIND OF STARTING WITH, BUT JUST THINK OF THAT AS YOU JUST SORT OF CHECKING OUT A WHOLE BASKET OF GOODS AND YOU, UH, YOU JUST BRING IT BACK AFTER A WEEK.
SO, UM, LAST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS KIDS MODE.
SO WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE CHECKING OUT A LOT OF MOVIES, TV SHOWS AND MUSIC, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERN ABOUT, UM, WHAT IS MY CHILD BROWSING? AND SO A KID'S MODE IS AVAILABLE IN HOOPLA.
UM, YOU SIMPLY TOGGLE IT ON OR OFF AS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC HERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH A LOT OF STREAMING SERVICES.
UM, AND LATER IN THE SUMMER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WHERE YOU CAN, UM, FOR A PARENT, YOU CAN TURN IT OFF, YOU CAN TURN ON KIDS MODE AND THEY CAN'T TURN IT OFF IF THAT'S A CONCERN.
SO IT WOULD ONLY BE, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE FILTERED TO BE JUVENILE OR, OR TEEN MATERIALS.
AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE'RE JUST, UH, WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO REACH THE PATRONS WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE TREND OF PEOPLE WANTING THINGS AS CONVENIENT FOR THEM AS POSSIBLE, UM, IS NOT GOING TO REVERSE.
AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING THAT NEED WITH OVERDRIVE, UM, VERY SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE, UH, WHERE THIS GOES, WHERE IT IS JUST ANOTHER AVENUE WHERE THE LIBRARY IS PROVIDING PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT AT A PERFECT PRICE FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT ANOTHER SERVICE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO.
WE SUBSCRIBE TO IT AND WE'RE PROVIDING IT TO THEM.
THE LIBRARY PHYSICALLY HAS TO CLOSE EVERY NIGHT, BUT THIS DOES NOT JUST KIND OF LIKE OVERDRIVE.
LET ME KNOW, PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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UM, WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.UH, BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS IS THE LIBRARY PAYS WHEN IT IS USED.
IT'S CALLED A COST PER CRC MODEL.
SO WITH THE TRADITIONAL LIBRARY BOOK, WE, UH, WE MAKE THE PURCHASE UP FRONT, THIS BOOK IS GONNA COST $25 AND WE BUY IT AND IT'S OVER.
AND WE, UH, WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT IS SUCCESSFUL AND CHECKS OUT.
UM, WE, THIS BASICALLY WE TURN ON THE SERVICE AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MATH ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPECT IT TO COST, BUT BASICALLY WE TURN ON THE SERVICE AND THEN WE GAUGE ITS, UM, SUCCESS RIGHT AWAY, SEE HOW PEOPLE TAKE TO IT.
AND IS IT ON RIGHT NOW? IT'S NOT ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME, UH, LAST MINUTE THINGS TO SET IT UP, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSER THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN.
I'M BASICALLY COMING TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT AS, UM, RIGHT AS IT'S, IT'S COMING UP.
UM, AND THE DETAILS I TOLD YOU ARE WHAT ARE, ARE, WHAT ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE WHEN IT IS TURNED ON.
SO IF YOU KEEP THAT FOR YOURSELF FOR LATER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS I GAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE SHY ABOUT IT WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE AND THAT THOSE ARE THE WAYS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT SET UP FOR, UM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE IT ON.
SO WHEN DO YOU, WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED DATE I'M GONNA REFER WITH THE JUDGES, CAN WE GET THE JUDGES BACK? THAT SOUNDS TOP SECRET.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, IT'S JUST THIS IS MAKING A LOT OF, UH, IT'S TOTALLY SECRET
AND, UM, WE JUST RECENTLY GOT, UM, THE RESPONSE FROM THEM FROM THEIR MARKETING TO DO THE SETUP.
AND PART OF IT IS REQUIRES, UM, OUR SYSTEMS PERSON TO SET UP THE IP ADDRESS AND ALL OF THAT.
HE'S CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY, SO HE WILL BE BACK APRIL 13TH.
AND, UH, YEAH, NEXT MONDAY AND HE'LL DO WORKING ON THAT.
SO WE'RE, IT'S LIKE MID-APRIL, WE'RE HOPING AT LEAST A SOFT LAUNCH.
IT'LL BE OUT THERE, BUT WE WANT THE MARKETING AND STUFF TOO.
AND THAT MAY TAKE A A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THE FULL MARKETING OUT THERE, BUT WE USUALLY DO LIKE A SOFT LAUNCH TO GET IT OUT THERE EVEN WITHOUT THE MARKETING.
AND, UM, WHAT OTHER AREA LIBRARIES ARE DOING THIS? YOU REMEMBER, THERE'S, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE DO WE ARE NOT THE, UNLIKE WITH OVERDRIVE WHERE WE WERE THE FIRST IN TEXAS TO HAVE THAT.
UH, WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS ONE BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF HELD BACK, JOHN MENTIONED THE COST PER CIRCULATION.
UM, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THAT.
UH, THERE WAS, THEY REQUIRED UPFRONT PAYMENT ON, UM, LIKE ALMOST LIKE AN ESCROW ACCOUNT.
AND, UH, THEY STILL ASK FOR THAT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM.
HOOPLA IS ALSO, THIS COMES FROM THE SAME COMPANY THAT OFFERS, I'M GOING BLANK ON THIS MIDWEST TAPE, UH, WHICH IS PHYSICAL, UH, PRODUCT.
IT'S WHERE WE GET OUR DVDS FROM.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM FOR A LONG TIME.
SO WHEN WE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEGOTIATED THAT WE WILL PAY AS WE NEED AND OR THEY WILL INVOICES BASED ON USAGE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PUT DOWN, UH, AN AMOUNT UP FRONT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAITING UNTIL NOW, UH, HAS BENEFITED US THAT IF WE HAD GONE WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS GOING IN, WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE SAME BOAT.
SO WHO ELSE AROUND HERE? THE DFW THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I DON'T, I OFFHAND I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK QUITE A FEW ARE.
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MEAN, UM, WE ARE NOT THE FIRST LIBRARY TO GET HOOPLA, BUT THIS KIND OF SERVICE FOR A LIBRARY IS STILL IN IT, KIND OF IN ITS INFANCY TO, TO SEE, UM, WHAT KIND OF CONTENT IS AVAILABLE FOR LIBRARIES AND ALSO PRICING IT IN A WAY THAT IT, THAT MAKES SENSE FOR LIBRARIES TO DO SO.AND I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT WITH THE MOVIES AND THE TV SHOWS, THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR US TO GET THE PHYSICAL DVDS BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE THE MOST RECENT, UM, MOVIES AND TV SHOWS.
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE EVEN, IT'S GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE, UM, A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING TO THE STREAMING.
LIKE APPLE, THEY, THEY PRODUCE IT SO IT'S GOING TO THEIRS, UH, JUST GOING BLANK HERE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TO YEAH, ALL OF THEM.
IF YOU, IF YOU SEE A STREAMING SERVICE ADVERTISED ON TELEVISION LIKE NETFLIX OR HULU OR PEACOCK, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS ON THOSE SERVICES IS EXCLUSIVELY ON THOSE SERVICE.
AND DISNEY IS KILLING US WITH THEIR, YEAH, THERE IS SOME DISNEY STUFF ON HERE, BUT I'M NOT, BUT YOU CAN BE SURE THAT THE LION KING IS NOT ON HERE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE ARE PROVIDING US, UH, UM, A GREAT PRODUCT FOR THE PATRONS, BUT IT IS WITHIN THE, THE BOUNDS OF WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS PROVIDING, BUT IT'S STILL GONNA BE VERY ATTRACTIVE.
AND IT ALSO IS A, IT'S A GREAT COMPANION TO OUR PHYSICAL DVDS AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, OF MOVIES AND TV SHOWS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ON HERE THAT WILL BE QUITE ATTRACTIVE TO OUR, OUR PATRONS.
AND I'M EXCITED, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE BINGE PASSES.
AND IF KNOWS, I'M GONNA BE POPULAR.
I LOVE, I LOVE CURIOSITY STREAM, I LOVE THAT TYPE OF THING WITH THE, UH, INSTRUCTIONAL OR, OR JUST INFORMATIONAL DVDS.
UM, SO I REALLY, WHEN Y'ALL, UH, WHEN IT COMES OUT, I, I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO CHECK IT OUT, LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO DO THE SAME THING ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
IS THERE AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF EVERYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE? FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ALL WANNA WATCH KATHLEEN'S FAVORITE SHOW YES.
IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE, IT'S NOT A ONE ITEM CHECKOUT.
AND IS THIS A SERVICE THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN ACCESS BY USING COMPUTERS WITHIN THE LIBRARY? YES.
WELL, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY CAN STREAM THE CONTENT SO THEY HAVE THE EARBUDS ON, THEY COULD YEAH.
SO WHAT YOU CAN DO, ACTUALLY THIS IS OVERDRIVE IS THE SAME WAY.
EVEN IF IT'S AN EBOOK, YOU'RE TECHNICALLY STREAMING IT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN TO DOWNLOAD IT AND PUT IT SEPARATELY ON YOUR DEVICE.
AND SO WITH, UM, WITH, WITH HOOPLA, IF YOU HAVE A MOBILE DEVICE, WHICH I PRESUME THEY REQUIRE A MOBILE DEVICE SO THAT THEY CAN, CAN REMOVE IT FROM IT AFTER IT'S OVER.
IF YOU HAVE A MOBILE DEVICE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD MOVIES AND TV SHOWS AND AUDIO.
BUT WITH LIKE A PC FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO STREAM IT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD WATCH A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, ON A DESKTOP COMPUTER.
YOU'D BE WATCHING A MOVIE ON HOOPLA, UH, WITH THIS.
SO YES, IT WOULD STREAM, IT WOULD NOT DOWNLOAD TO THE DEVICE.
UM, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HEADPHONES, EARBUDS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW REAL THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS ANYMORE.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEVICES THAT MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE HOTSPOTS.
SO WE DO OFFER THOSE FOR CHECKOUTS AND YEAH.
AND, AND IF YOU HAVE A TELEVISION, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CUTTING THE CORD, WHICH, IN WHICH FOR MANY PEOPLE INVOLVES EITHER A DIGITAL ANTENNA AT THE MOST, THE, THE LOWER LEVEL OR IF THEY HAVE A ROKU, IF THEY HAVE, UM, MOST, A LOT OF HOMES WILL HAVE INTERNET, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CABLE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A ROKU BOX, ONE OF THE SERVICES YOU CAN USE THROUGH ROKU IS HOOPLA.
SO JUST FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE INTERNET,
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YOU HAVE HOOPLA AND YOU CAN LOG IN WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD ON THE TV.SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, AND YOU COULD STREAM MUSIC ON THERE, YOU CAN STREAM MUSIC ON YOUR TV AS LONG AS YOU CAN LOG IN AND CHECK IT OUT THAT WAY.
AND I'LL SAY THAT YOU ALSO CAN DO THAT WITH, UM, AN APPLE TV MM-HMM.
IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE, THE LIST OF APPS THAT THEY, THAT COMES WITH IT.
BUT, UM, I ADDED IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I DID, WE GOT TRIAL, UH, TRIALS OF THIS, AND THAT'S WHERE I DID MINE AND I ADDED THE APP AND THEN LOGGED IN.
WE DID NOT HAVE TRIALS OF THIS.
THERE WERE NO, THERE WERE NO, NO TRIALS.
ANYWAY, IT, UH, IT, SO IT DOES WORK ON OTHER, I KNOW IT LISTED, UH, ROKU AND CHROMECAST, BUT YOU CAN ADD IT MM-HMM.
IT, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE MENU OF SERVICES THAT PEOPLE ACCESS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA, WHEN THEY TURN ON THEIR TV, THEY SEE NETFLIX, HULU HOOPLA CAN ALSO APPEAR AS ONE OF THOSE ICONS AT THE BOTTOM THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WE, WE MAKE IT INTO THE ROTATION.
WELL, AS SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH COLLEGE IN UNDERGRAD, GETTING MY LIBRARY, MY MUSIC COLLECTIONS FROM THE LIBRARY, THIS IS EXCITING.
UH, I THINK I WOULD'VE BEEN CHARGING UP THE LIBRARY'S BILL QUITE A BIT IF THIS WAS AVAILABLE BACK WHEN I WAS, UH, IN, WE'LL CUT YOU OFF.
UM, ASIDE FROM THE, UM, LICENSING AGREEMENTS THAT HOOP PLUS TO GET TO STREAM MOVIES AND MUSIC, ARE THERE ANY, UM, WHO, WHO MAKES THE DECISION IN TERMS OF CONTENT? IS IT HOOPLA OR DOES THE LIBRARY HAVE ANY SAY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ON THE PLATFORM OR NOT ON THE PLATFORM? UH, HOOPLA BASICALLY PROVIDES THE CONTENT.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR THE LIBRARY TO EDITORIALIZE ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC TITLES, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I KNOW SOME OTHER SERVICES DO OFFER THAT OPTION, BUT BASICALLY, UM, THEY PROVIDE JUST THIS BASKET OF CONTENT FROM DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS AND KIND OF LIKE WITH NETFLIX, THINGS WILL COME AND GO FOR BUSINESS REASONS.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S JUST THERE.
SO THERE'S NO, UM, PLAN OR NO DESIRE BY THE CITY TO CONTROL THE CONTENT THAT'S ON THE PLATFORM.
NO, AND THERE'S NO, LIKE HE SAID, THERE'S NO WAY TO DO THAT.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE YOU TAKE THE, THE SERVICE OR YOU DON'T.
AND, UM, THERE WAS NOT, THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP.
NO, I, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR ME.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM, LIBRARY OUTREACH UPDATE, EARTH THOUGHT.
RIGHT? WE CAN'T, CAN'T, LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT MONEY.
SO I CANNOT BE AS EXCITED AS KAREN, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE GETS VERY EXCITED AND EVERYTHING, SO I'LL DO MY BEST.
BUT WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR C I P AND BOND PROJECTS, UH, FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
UM, ON APRIL 4TH, THE CONSTRUCTION BID WAS AWARDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE CENTRAL PROJ, UH, CENTRAL PROJECT IS GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD FOR US.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF TERROR, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
UH, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS GONNA CLOSE ON APRIL 16TH AND WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS WHILE WE MOVE, UM, VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR OPERATIONS.
FOR ONE THING, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE, UH, TO WHAT IS CALLED THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS.
IT'S THE, UH, THE BUILDING THAT USED TO BE THE WOMEN'S BUILDING, UM, FACILITIES AND IT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET, UH, THAT FACILITY.
UH, AND THE OTHER FACILITY, WHICH, UH, IS CALLED THE RAINS BUILDING, UH, WHERE IT SAYS LIBRARY, UH, ADMINISTRATION
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AND OUTREACH, UH, WILL BE MOVING INTO THAT BUILDING.SO DURING THE TWO WEEKS BETWEEN, UH, APRIL 16TH AND MAY 1ST, WE, UH, EXPECT TO BE VERY BUSY.
UH, BUT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED.
BUT THE OTHER LOCATIONS, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN, UM, DURING, WITH THEIR REGULAR HOURS.
UM, THE NEW CLEE, AS WE CALL IT, OR THE CENTRAL, UH, THE, UH, CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS, UH, WILL HAVE THE SAME HOURS AS THE CURRENT CENTRAL LIBRARY.
UH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING READY AND READY TO GO.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY WILL BE INVITED TO COME AND, UH, SEE OUR NEW, UH, SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, SEE WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE OVER THERE.
HEATHER, OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY MANAGER HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, SO, UM, AND SHE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD PLAN TOGETHER.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UH, A GREAT LITTLE FACILITY AND WE'RE GOING TO OFFER A LOT OF PROGRAMS. UH, WE'RE GONNA STAY VERY BUSY OVER THERE AND LET'S GO.
SO ANOTHER GREAT THING TO REPORT IS THAT THE BID THAT WE RECEIVED INCLUDES ALL OF OUR AD ALTERNATES.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE WORRISOME TO US.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GET, UH, TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD.
SO THE ALTERNATES INCLUDE, UH, A NATURE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS, UH, THE TOP, UH, RIGHT CORNER, UH, UP THERE, UH, SWINGS AND TURF.
THE SWINGS WILL BE HERE IN FRONT OF, THIS IS THE WEST SIDE OF THE CENTRAL, UH, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
SO THE SWINGS AND TURF, UH, OVER HERE, UH, ENHANCED PLANTINGS AT THE TOP LEFT UP THERE.
THAT'S THE NORTH, UH, WEST CORNER.
UM, ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT WE WAS KIND OF UNEXPECTED IS THAT WE'RE GONNA, INSTEAD OF HAVING LOUVERS AROUND THE, UH, WEST, THE WEST, THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE, THERE ARE GONNA BE LOUVERS AROUND THE ENTIRE LIBRARY.
SO IT WILL LOOK UNIFIED, IT WILL LOOK, LOOK VERY GOOD.
UH, IT WILL HAVE A POLISHED, UH, POLISHED LOOK.
AND THEN THE LAST, UH, AD ALTERNATE AD ALTERNATE FIVE WAS FOR THE CANOPIES THAT YOU SEE AT THE FRONT ENTRANCES.
SO, AND THE WEST AND THE WEST ENTRANCE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, TO HAVE EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN THE BID, UH, INCLUDING ALL THE AD ALTERNATES THAT WE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO COUNCIL.
SO THANK THEM WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.
AND, UH, THE LAST REPORT ABOUT, UH, C I P AND BOND PROJECTS IS THAT WILL BE, UH, INSTALLING THE LIBRARY'S MATERIAL KIOSKS.
THIS IS CITY HALL AND THAT LITTLE PAD WITH THE PART STICKING UP THERE, UH, THAT IS WHERE THE NEW, UH, MATERIALS KIOSK, THE DISPENSER, UH, WILL GO.
AND THE INSTALLATION WILL BE ON THE, IN THE WEEK OF APRIL, UH, 24TH.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE WRAPPING IT, SO IT'S GONNA HAVE ITS OWN, UH, DESIGN PACKAGE, UH, ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND, UH, UH, IT WILL BE COMING IN MAY.
SO WE HOPE THAT, I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE MOST OF THE WEEK OF APRIL 24TH TO GET IT INSTALLED.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF IT WORK TO DO ELECTRICAL WORK.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND KIOSK OR DISPENSER AT THE LAWN WIND PARK LOCATION.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PAD IN THE ELECTRICAL NETWORK, UH, AND IT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN AT THE BEGINNING OR BE INSTALLED AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY OR LATE JULY.
UH, ALL OF THIS WAS FUNDED BY THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MONEY THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND WE'RE HAVING A VERY BUSY APRIL.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT C I P PROJECTS OR BOND PROJECTS.
AND THIS KATHLEEN WILL TAKE OVER.
WAS GO, WANTED TO UPDATE ON THE, UM, LIBRARY ON THE GO, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUT THERE TODAY, WHICH IS THE SECOND PART OF MY, I CAN'T FIND IT NOW.
UM, LIBRARY OUTREACH UPDATE, UH, SPLIT INTO TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE FIRST PART IS, UH, THE PLACES THAT WE HAVE GONE SO FAR.
JUST THIS, UH, THE END OF MARCH, FIRST PART OF APRIL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
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EACH EVENT.AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS ABOUT LIBRARY ON THE GO.
THE IN BIG, WELL, I'M GONNA CHANGE THE ORDER.
I'M GONNA PUT THESE IN DATE ORDER.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY HELD AT WILLIAMS STADIUM.
IT WAS THE GSDS PRE-K AND K EXPLORER EVENT.
UH, G S D INVITED FAMILIES WITH INCOMING OR EXISTING PRE-KINDERGARTEN OR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AROUND GARLAND.
SO, UH, THE LIBRARY WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND OUR OUTWORK OUTREACH SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES, UH, HEADED BY MORGAN, SET UP A TABLE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT LIBRARY SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, ALONG WITH SOME LIBRARY SWAG.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE AWAY THE LI LIBRARY SWAG, UH, TO ANYONE WHO VISITED OUR TABLE.
THE REPRESENTATIVE SPOKE TO APPROXIMATELY 177 PEOPLE AND REGISTERED 16 OF THEM FOR LIBRARY CARDS.
AND THAT IS A REALLY GOOD NUMBER FOR, UH, AN OUTREACH EVENT.
THE NEXT EVENT, UH, YEP, THAT'S ON THERE.
UH, GARLAND CLASSICAL ACADEMY SCHOOL LITERACY NIGHT.
AND THAT WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH.
GARLAND CLASSICAL ACADEMY IS A SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL NEAR SOUTH GARLAND.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THE LIBRARY HAS ATTENDED AN EVENT THERE WITH PARENTS.
MOST OF THE TIME WE JUST GO, UH, AND PRESENT TO THE CHILDREN.
UH, AGAIN, LIBRARY SERVICES, SET UP A TABLE WITH, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.
AND AT THAT EVENT WE SPOKE TO 73 PEOPLE AND REGISTERED 14 OF THEM FOR LIBRARY CARDS.
THE, UH, NEXT ONE I THINK IS, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE ON THERE IS BIG ART DAY AT GRANDVILLE ART CENTER.
AND YOU HEARD AMY TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT WAS SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST.
UM, SABRINA WAS PART OF THAT GROUP.
AMY AMY USED YOUR OR THAT? NO, THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEY HAD, UH, THE OUTREACH SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDED WITH A TABLE OF INFORMATION, LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION, AND A 25 YARD SHEET OF CANVAS.
THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO PUT THEIR HEARTS INTO THE LIBRARY BY DRAWING A HEART OF THEIR OWN ON THE CANVAS, WHICH THOSE INSTRUCTIONS WERE MOSTLY FOLLOWED.
UM, THE LIBRARY, UM, STAFF SPOKE TO 371 PEOPLE THAT DAY AND USED ABOUT 15 YARDS OF THE CANVAS.
AND THEY REGISTERED 20 NEW LIBRARY CARD USERS MURDERED 65 PAINT STICKS.
HAD A, UM, IN THE LAST ONE IS NOT ON THERE.
UH, THIS ONE JUST OCCURRED WAS A MEETING WITH THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA TEACHER SOCIETY.
MORGAN, UH, WAS INVITED TO PRESENT TO THE, UM, GROUP ABOUT THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF WOMEN WHO ARE EITHER CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE EDUCATION FIELD OR HAVE RETIRED FROM IT.
THERE WERE NINE 18 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE AND FOUR OF THEM REGISTERED FOR NEW LIBRARY CARDS.
SO IN TOTAL, OVER THE WEEK AND A HALF PERIOD OF ALL OF THE OUTREACH EVENTS, OUTREACH SERVICES ENGAGED WITH OVER 600 PEOPLE AND ISSUED OVER 52 LIBRARY CARDS.
THE NEXT IS LIBRARY ON THE GO.
NOW, MORGAN WAS HERE LAST TIME AND TALKED ABOUT THIS.
TODAY WAS THE LAUNCH OF THE, UH, LIBRARY ON THE GO.
AND IT'S AT BRADFIELD RECREATION CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED ON CASTLE DRIVE.
AND IT'S IN BETWEEN, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 78 AND NORTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.
AND FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S GOING TO BE EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, UH, FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM
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AND IT WILL BE STAFFED WITH BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR PEOPLE.THE SERVICES THAT THE LIBRARY ON THE GO WILL BE OFFERING, UH, THEY WILL OFFER LIBRARY CARDS.
THEY WILL HAVE MATERIALS THAT CAN, UH, PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT.
AND IT WILL BE A, JUST A SELECTION OF ITEMS, ADULT AND CHILDREN'S, THAT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT.
AND WHAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT THAT IS IF YOU GET SOMEBODY THAT GETS A NEW CARD, THEY GET INSTANT GRATIFICATION BECAUSE THEY CAN CHECK OUT SOME, THEY CAN CHECK OUT MATERIALS.
SO, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RETURN THE ITEMS THERE.
OR AT ANY, AT ANY BRANCH, THERE WILL BE INTERACTIVE AND PASSIVE PROGRAMMING.
AND SOME OF THE PASSIVE PROGRAMMING IS, IT'S NOT, YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT IT'S THE, THE LARGE GAME.
SOME OF LIKE WHAT WE HAVE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE, UM, UH, CORNHOLE, CORNHOLE, WHAT'S I'M TRYING TO THINK OF.
CONNECT FOUR, CONNECT FOUR, SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT WILL BE PLACED OUT.
THERE'S TABLES, UH, AND CHAIRS AND BENCHES.
ONCE THE STAFF GETS TO KNOW THE GROUPS THAT ARE COMING, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE MORE YOUNG, IF THEY'RE YOUNGER, IF THEY'RE OLDER, UM, THEY'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT TYPES OF INTERACTIVE GAMES TO PROVIDE.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I THINK ABOUT THE LIBRARY ON THE GO, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR PREVIOUS, UH, THE PRESENTATION IS THE, THIS CONTAINER WILL BE OUTSIDE OF A A TWO MILE RADIUS.
AND WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO HA GO WHERE WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY, OR POSSIBLY THE, THE CITIZENS IN THAT AREA ARE NOT COMING TO THE LIBRARY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE.
AND SO WE WANT TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND BE VISIBLE, INVITING, UM, TAKE AWAY THOSE BARRIERS AND HAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
THEY MAY NOT BE IN PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INTIMIDATED OTHERWISE, LIKE WALKING INTO A LIBRARY, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT INTIMIDATING.
SO, UM, WE COULD TALK WITH THEM, FIND OUT WHAT TYPES OF THINGS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE HOPING.
THIS REALLY GIVES US ACCESS TO THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
AND WE GET TO CREATE FRIENDSHIPS.
AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL, LEARNING ABOUT WHAT CURRENT SERVICES AND MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING THAT THE LIBRARY HAS.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S THE OTHER BIG THING.
BUT I SENT THIS TO KAREN CAUSE I WANTED HER TO SEE IT.
THESE WERE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE POSTED.
UM, SO I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEM BACK IN A LIBRARY, CONVENTIONAL OR NOT WAY TO GO GARLAND.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WAS, I HOPE Y'ALL WILL
IT'S NOT GONNA BE OUT DURING THE SUMMER, SO, UM, LOVE THE IDEA.
AS MANY KIDS WILL BE AT THE REC CENTERS FOR THE BREAK.
UM, AND THEN SOMEBODY SAID, I I LOVE OUR LIBRARY.
AND THERE WERE AT THAT WHEN I DID THIS, IT WAS 45 LIKES, FIVE COMMENTS AND 16 SHARES.
THERE'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING.
THERE'S MORE, THERE'S THERE WERE LIKE 60 SOMETHING LIKES AT THE TIME.
WAS YOUR PRESENTATION THOUGH? YEAH, I SHARED WITH, YEAH.
NO, IT WAS, I MEAN, THAT WAS IT.
I'M JUST, I'M GOING LET DAN'S DOING SOMETHING THAT NO, IT IS, IT'S JUST A FACEBOOK.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT FACEBOOK AND I'M GLAD I SENT THAT TO KAREN CUZ I LOST IT ON FACEBOOK.
UM, SO I THINK TO TONIGHT, WE DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE TURNOUT, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST AFTERNOON AND, AND EVENING, UM, WE HAD THREE FAMILIES, HAD PEOPLE THAT CHECKED OUT MATERIALS.
SO WE DID HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT AND USE IT FOR WHAT, WHAT WE WANTED.
AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BUILD, ESPECIALLY WE'VE GOT THE SHARES.
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AWARE OF IT.UH, I THINK WE DID A GOOD, GOOD JOB ON, ON THE FIRST NIGHT, SO I'M PROUD OF THEM.
LINEAGE THAT TELLS PEOPLE WHEN IT'S OPEN OR KNOW WHEN THEY CAN COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY ON THE GO ON OUT THERE.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW ON THAT PART, UM, KAREN HAS BEEN MAINLY WORKING WITH MORGAN ON THIS AND UM, SO THAT, I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE, BUT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL KINDS OF OTHER MARKETING FOR IT.
UM, BUT I WILL CONFIRM THAT AND IF NOT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE'LL PUT IT UP THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT,
OKAY, WE'RE DOWN TO THE MISCELLANEOUS SECTION, UM, SEEING MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST? OKAY.
UM, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.