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BEGIN.WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 30TH, 2023 MEETING.
SO THESE WERE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND HERE, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS OR, YES, GWEN.
I, UH, SEE ONE THAT I'M THINKING NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED ON PAGE TWO UNDER CATEGORY E.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS OCTOBER 14TH, 2023.
ANYTHING, SORRY, MADAM CHAIR WITH THAT ONE.
I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM THE, UM, THE, UH, LAST MEETING.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
AND WE HAVE APPROVED THE MINUTES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CITIZENS HERE, UH, AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THE FIRST ITEM IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.
HOPE EVERYONE'S ENJOYING THEIR, UM, DECEMBER SO FAR.
IT SEEMS TO
IN A GOOD WAY THOUGH, KAREN, YOU'RE BARELY REGISTERING.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT UPDATE IS FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT DEMOLITION HAS ALMOST, UM, ALL BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO FRAME SOME OF THE ROOMS AND SOME OF THE, THE DIFFERENT PLACES INSIDE OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL TO SEE.
UM, SOME PLACES LOOK LARGER WITH HAVING SOME OF THE FRAMES UP THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO.
SOME PLACES LOOK A LITTLE BIT SMALLER,
UM, THEY ARE WORKING ON OUR, I SHOULD SAY WE ARE WORKING ON HARDWARE DOORS, LIGHT SE, LIGHT SEQUENCING, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH.
THE STORE NEEDS TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF FUNCTIONS.
THESE LIGHTS NEED TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF FUNCTIONS.
AND, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THOSE, UM, FOR SOME OF THOSE LITTLE, LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE A BIG IMPACT.
UH, THE PROJECT IS RUNNING ON SCHEDULE.
WE ARE EXPECTING CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 2024 WITH AN OPENING IN JANUARY OF 2025.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL HAS TO BE DONE.
UM, AS FAR AS HAVING WEATHER DELAYS OR ANYTHING, UM, THAT WAY THAT WILL IMPACT THE PROJECT COULD STILL HAPPEN.
BUT SINCE A LOT OF THE WORK IS BEING DONE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE, THE FACILITY, A LOT OF WORK CAN BE DONE WHEN BAD WEATHER IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
UM, I DO WANNA GO AHEAD AND PLANT THAT.
THE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DATE AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, UH, 2025 TO HOLD A REALLY BIG GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION.
WE'VE GOT A DATE TENTATIVELY SET OF, UH, JANUARY.
BEFORE I SAY THIS OUT LOUD,
THE PLACEHOLDER DATE IS JANUARY 11TH, 2025.
ALL OF THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S SOMETHING BIG WITH CONSTRUCTION OR, UM, ANYTHING HAPPENS TO DELAY ANYTHING.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING, SO IF I TAKE ONE STEP BACK, CONSTRUCTION SHOULD ACTUALLY BE FINISHED ON THE BUILDING IN LATE 2024, LATE FALL.
WE DO NEED A PERIOD OF TIME TO MOVE BACK INTO THE BUILDING, GET ALL THE SHELVING SET UP, UM, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY SET UP, AND THEN HAVE SOME TRAINING FOR STAFF.
SO ONCE THAT IS DONE, WE WILL OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE PLANNING A HUGE, UH, PARTY OF SORTS, UM, WITH THAT SATURDAY BEING A FULL DAY OF CELEBRATIONS WITH BEING ABLE TO OPEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE LIBRARY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, CULMINATING IN A BIG, HOPEFULLY, UM, FUNDRAISER.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY THAT
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THERE'LL BE A BIG EVENT THAT EVENING THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR.UM, BUT THAT WILL, UH, BE A FUNDRAISER TO HELP REPLENISH SOME FUNDS, UM, THAT THE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN DONATING FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE WEST PROJECT.
UM, IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, THIS IS GONNA TURN INTO AN ANNUAL, UM, EVENT FOR THE LIBRARY AND FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
SO IT'LL BE CALLED CURIOSITY FEST.
UM, WE WON'T HAVE IT IN JANUARY EVERY YEAR.
WE'LL PROBABLY MOVE IT TO THE SPRINGTIME WHEN IT'S A WEATHER-WISE, IT'S AN EASIER TIME OF YEAR AND AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, UH, BUT IT WILL BE HOPEFULLY THE START OF A REALLY GREAT TRADITION AND A REALLY FUN TIME, UH, TO COMMEMORATE LIBRARIES, LITERATURE, ART, UM, AUTHORS, LOCAL ARTISTS.
UH, FOR OUR FIRST ONE FOR JANUARY, WE'RE GOING, OR THE, THE PLAN IS AT THIS MOMENT TO HAVE THE BIG GRAND OPENING ON THAT DATE AND THEN DO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR A FULL WEEK AFTER THAT.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING BEING ACTIVATED, AN EVENT HAPPENING, A PROGRAM HAPPENING ON A LARGER SCALE FOR THAT FULL FIRST, FULL WEEK OF JANUARY THAT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
AND IT SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN, UM, FUN EVENT.
YOU'LL ALL BE INVITED AND YOU ALL MAY BE, UM, YOU MAY BE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER
AND THIS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA, THIS, UM, THIS PHOTO IS OF THE LOWER LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRENCHING IN SOME PLACES TO BRING IN, I THINK SOME PLUMBING.
UM, AND THEN THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
THEY'RE STARTING TO PUT THE METAL FRAMES UP TO, TO WALL IN SOME AREAS.
AND I THINK DROP, ELECTRICAL, DROP, UH, NETWORK, UM, SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE NEW TECHNICAL SERVICES AREA WHERE ALL THE MATERIALS GET, UM, ORDERED, RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND THEN PUT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC ALL IN THAT ONE SPACE.
AND THIS, THIS IS OUR NEW STORY.
SO, TO, TO, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THOUGH.
THIS IS GONNA GIVE YOU A SMALL PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE TREATMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
SO THE CHILDREN'S AREA IS GONNA HAVE AN OUTDOOR INDOOR THEME OR A PARK-LIKE THEME.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH A GROUP CALLED CREATIVE UH, ARTS THAT DOES ART TREATMENTS IN, UM, THEY DO A LOT OF LIBRARIES, BUT I THINK THEY DO MUSEUMS AND SOME OTHER PLACES TOO.
AND THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A WHOLE WALL TREATMENT TOWARDS THE BACK THAT HAS AN, A PARK-LIKE THEME TO IT.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER IN CENTRAL HOW WE HAD THE, THE JUNGLE THEME WITH THE MONKEYS AND GIRAFFES AND EVERYTHING, WE'LL HAVE A THEME, UH, A THEMED ENVIRONMENT DOWNSTAIRS, UH, SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY ELEVATED FROM THAT, UM, FROM WHAT OLD CENTRAL HAD.
WE'VE ALSO GOT A LOT OF FUN, UM, HANDS-ON TACTILE ITEMS. SOME OF THESE ANIMALS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH FOR A CHILD TO BE ABLE TO SIT ON, UH, PLAY WITH, UH, HAVE AS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SEATING.
IT'S A REALLY SOFT, UM, MATERIAL.
IT'S A COVERED FOAM SORT OF THING.
SO IT'S, IT BRINGS A LOT OF COLOR, A LOT OF MOVEMENT, AND A LOT OF FUN TO THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
AND THEN TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW, UH, THIS ISN'T THE FINAL VERSION, WE'RE STILL WORKSHOPPING IT, BUT WE'RE IN OUR GARLAND, UM, DOCUMENTS COLLECTION AREA UP ON THE MAIN FLOOR.
THERE'S A REALLY COOL WALL TREATMENT THAT THEY ARE, UM, GOING TO PUT UP IN THE BACK, BACK OF WHERE THE GARLAND DOCUMENTS, MICROFICHE, MACHINE MICROFILM IS LOCATED.
UH, BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THEY WANTED TO CAPTURE AND WE WANTED TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE REALLY COOL SIGNAGE THAT, UM, GARLAND HAS.
UM, THIS ISN'T THE FINAL VERSION OF IT.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TWO RIDGEWOOD.
UM, RIDGEWOOD WON'T BE REPRESENTED ON THERE IN, IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF CELEBRATED GARLAND IN THAT GARLAND DOCUMENTS SECTION.
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NEXT, UH, IS WEST LIBRARY, OR I SHOULD, LET ME GO BACK AND PAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CENTRAL.SO I WAS REALLY LOOKING, TRYING TO SEE, THERE'S A LITTLE SKETCH OF A CEILING WHERE THAT SWING'S GONNA BE
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A SLIDE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GO, UH, I DON'T, LEMME LOOK ON A DIFFERENT EARLY, IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT I, I CAN LET LOOK TO SEE IF I HAVE IT ON A DIFFERENT THUMB DRIVE.
AND I MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THE, THE SLIDE ACTUALLY HAS A CURLY CUE IN IT SO KIDS CAN COME DOWN OR ADULTS WHO HAVE A CHILD WHO WANT YOU TO CHRISTEN IT.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE WAITING UNTIL JANUARY 11TH TO DO IT, OR IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT.
THE LATTER PART OF 2023 AS WE'RE MOVING THINGS IN EXTENSIVE TESTING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THE SLIDE TO THE PUBLIC
THERE'S THE OFFICIAL CHRISTENING MOMENT THING'S INSTALLED.
OFFICIAL CHRISTENING SHOULD BE TOO, WELL, THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO OFFICIALLY, I KNOW THAT
WILL IT HAVE A BAR TO LIKE, SWING DOWN THE SLIDE? 'CAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S PROPULSION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO IMAGINE LIKE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET, UH, GET THE RENDERING.
'CAUSE THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY COOL.
NOW THE, SO WE ARE STILL WORKING TOO WITH, UM, A LOCAL ARTIST.
UM, CONTRACT'S ALMOST BEEN SIGNED.
UH, AND ONCE IT'S SIGNED I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU.
I THINK I DID SHARE A LITTLE BIT AT ONE OTHER MEETING, BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY TALKS IN THE, THE ART TREATMENT ART PIECE THAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE IS A REALLY, IT'S AN AWESOME CONCEPT AND I THINK IT WILL TIE THE, UM, MAIN FLOOR WITH, UM, THE BOTTOM FLOOR UNDER THE SKYLIGHTS.
IT'LL BE A REALLY, REALLY PRETTY PIECE.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, WRAP THE SLIDE IN A TREATMENT THAT KIND OF HOPEFULLY CONNECTS THE UPPER AND LOWER FLOORS, BUT ALSO SPURS SOME FUN AND, UM, IS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
SO DID SEE A CAT THERE, UH, WHEN THAT, OH YES, YES.
ARE WE GOING TO INCORPORATE THE CUTE CAT THAT WE HAVE? WE ARE.
SO THIS, UM, THIS MAY BE A REGULAR CAT.
IT MAY NOT BE OUR CURIOSITY CAT
SO YES, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WEST GARLAND LIBRARY IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
UM, THEY JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, PUT PEERS IN PLACE THAT HELP I THINK WITH SOME OF THE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE SITE.
UH, I THINK WE'LL SHARED THIS PHOTO FROM THE, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND I'M WAITING TO GET SOME UPDATED AERIAL PHOTOS OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE.
THEY'VE PUT UP ALL THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING AROUND AND WE'RE WAITING TO PUT UP, UM, SOME OF THE, THE NICE BIG SIGNS LIKE THEY DID FOR CENTRAL THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.
UM, THEY ARE WORKING ON STORMWATER, SEWER AND WATER LINES, SO ALL VERY NEEDED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY EXCITING THINGS ON THE SITE.
THE PROJECT SCHEDULE HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE WEATHER DELAYS THAT WE HAD OR SOME OF THE WEATHER THAT WE HAD IN NOVEMBER.
UM, BUT I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE UP, UM, SOME OF THAT TIME.
AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN LATE 2024.
THIS ONE, THE WEATHER WILL IMPACT MORE THAN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S, I SAY LATE 2024 ISH.
AND WE MAY HAVE TO RELY ON THE ISH TO, TO BETTER, UM, ANTICIPATE WHAT EXACT DATE IT'S GONNA OPEN.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO OPEN WEST AND JANUARY OF 2025 AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME IN BETWEEN, UH, CONSTRUCTION BEING COMPLETED, OF MOVING SOME THINGS OVER, GETTING THE, UM, FACILITIES SET UP, STAFF TRAINED, AND THEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IN THEORY, JANUARY, 2025 CAN BE A REALLY BIG MONTH FOR THE LIBRARY AND A REALLY GREAT WAY TO START 2025.
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SO OUR, UM, NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY, THE EXTERIOR FACADE ENHANCEMENTS HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED.UM, IF YOU DRIVE BY THERE, THE, UM, THEY'VE STARTED TO DIG UP PART OF THE PARKING LOT AND DEMOLISH PART OF THE PARKING LOT WHERE THE, THEY'RE GETTING, UM, THE EXTERIOR ENHANCEMENTS.
THEY'VE GOT IT PHASED OUT TO WHERE THE PARKING IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE LIBRARY AND FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, INSTEAD OF TAKING ALL OF THE PARKING AT ONE TIME, THIS PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS, GIVE OR TAKE.
WE'VE OFFICIALLY, UM, ALSO, SO THE, THE EXTERIOR FACADE ENHANCEMENTS IS ONE PROJECT THAT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT.
AND THE INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS FOR NORTH IS A SEPARATE PROJECT.
SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
UM, THE INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS, WHICH IS PART OF THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WE'VE, UM, STARTED THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH DSG IN, THEY'RE A LOCAL FIRM IN THE, THE METROPLEX.
UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRM THAT IS DOING THE, UM, ARCHITECTURAL WORK FOR THE EXTERIOR, UM, OF THAT EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS FOR THE BUILDING.
UM, WE DO HAVE LIMITED FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT, SO WE, WE REALLY ARE HAVING TO TRIAGE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THOSE DOLLARS.
WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS FOR NORTH ON MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TECHNOLOGY AND HOOKUPS FOR TECHNOLOGY, UM, SHORING UP SOME SECURITY QUESTIONS AND ISSUES, AND THEN TRYING TO, UH, REPLACE SOME FURNISHINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE BEEN WELL USED.
BUT IT'S, IT'S TIME FOR AN UPDATE.
AND THEN SOUTH GARLAND, UH, MUCH LIKE, UH, NORTH IT, WE HAVE STARTED THE INTERIOR DESIGN PHASE FOR SOUTH GARLAND.
UM, THAT GROUP IS SEVEN 20 DESIGN.
IT'S THE SAME GROUP THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE, UH, CENTRAL LIBRARY PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS FOR INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS AND UPGRADES ONLY.
IT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE MORE MONEY THAN FOR NORTH, BUT WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO TRIAGE EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS, UH, MODIFICATION FOR, UH, THE INTERIOR.
UM, IT'S LOOKING AGAIN AT SECURITY, LOOKING AGAIN AT SAFETY, SOME LIGHTING, UM, SOME FURNISHINGS, BUT ALSO SOME, UM, FLOW OF THE BUILDING AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS, MEETING SPACES.
ONE REALLY COOL THING THAT I'LL MENTION, UM, IS THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR SOUTH, AND WE HAVE APPLIED, WE MADE IT TO THE SECOND ROUND.
WE'VE SENT ALL THE INFORMATION BACK IN FOR THE SECOND ROUND, SO HOPEFULLY THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, FINGERS CROSSED, UM, WE'LL HEAR IF WE MADE IT, UM, TO THE END TO BE AWARDED.
THESE GRANT FUNDS, IT'S FROM THE, UM, PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES GRANT.
IT WOULD BE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO, UM, A PLACE MAKING, UM, MODIFICATION OUTSIDE OF SOUTH.
SO WHAT THIS GROUP WOULD COME IN AND DO IS HELP, UH, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE LIKE A A A PLAN FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
THEY WANNA HELP COME IN AND GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DO LIKE A, A GRASSROOTS, UM, UH, ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, HOW, WHAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE SPACE ARE, AND THEN HELP PUT TOGETHER A REALLY COOL THING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO USE.
WE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE A STAGING AREA, A PLACE THAT OFFERS, UM, FOR SOME LARGER SCALE, SMALLER SCALE EVENTS.
WE USE SOUTH GARLAND, SOME OF THE EXTERIOR SPACE ALREADY FOR SOME LARGER SCALE, UM, EVENTS, PROGRAMS, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH SUMMER READING AND SOME OF THE, THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. UM, THIS WOULD BE JUST TAKING THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
IT'S ALMOST HAVE TO THINK OF IT LIKE A SEED MONEY TO, TO START SOMETHING TO SEE IF IT WORKS.
AND THEN IF IT DOES, WE HOPEFULLY GO BACK TO FUNDERS AND TAKE IT TO THE, THE NEXT LEVEL.
I WILL TELL YOU IT'S LOOKING SPECIFICALLY SORT OF IN THIS AREA HERE AND IN SOME OF THE PARKING LOT SPACE HERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR ELECTIONS, UM, IF THERE IS A HUGE PROGRAM GOING ON THAT THE BULK OF THE PARKING LOT
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WILL BE FILLED WITH, UM, PEOPLE.BUT 80% OF THE TIME, 85% OF THE TIME IT'S OVER PARKED FOR, UM, FOR THE FACILITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO, TO DO SOMETHING TO ENHANCE THAT THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY AND HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL WAYS TO BE ABLE TO PROGRAM AND PROVIDE EVENT SPACE AS WELL.
YOU SAID THAT WAS AWARDED IN JANUARY? IT'LL FIND, YOU'LL FIND OUT IN JANUARY.
WE'LL FIND OUT IN JANUARY IF WE ARE AWARDED.
WE HAVE 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH, BUT WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF 2024.
UM, IT'LL BE A REALLY COOL PROJECT, A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON NORTH OR SOUTH THOUGH? THAT ONE STREET THAT'S LEADING TO OATS, AM I CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
YOU'RE, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU DREW YOUR CIRCLE.
MM-HMM,
DOES THE LIBRARY OWN OR THE CITY OWN THE GREEN SPACE? NO, MA'AM.
JUST, NO, JUST THE PAVED PART, BASICALLY, YES.
SO, BUT THERE'LL BE, UM, UPDATES AND IF WE ARE AWARDED THIS GRANT, WE'LL HIT THE, THE GROUND FAST.
IT'LL BE A FAST AND FURIOUS THING THAT WE'LL NEED BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BE A PART OF, TO, TO BRING IT TO FRUITION.
SO IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, THEN, ALMOST, WELL, I GUESS AT ALL OF THE LIBRARY LOCATIONS, JANUARY MM-HMM, 2025.
MIGHT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO REVEAL TO THE COMMUNITY? QUITE POSSIBLY.
I MEAN, THE, THE EXTERIOR OF NORTH SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THEN.
IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE COMPLETED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, UM, 2025 WITH THE INTERIOR.
SO I THINK SOUTH AND NORTH INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS AREN'T ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE UNTIL 2026, BUT WE SHOULD BE IN SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION PHASE WITH THEM ON THE INTERIOR IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
BUT CONCEIVABLY, IF WE'RE AWARDED THIS GRANT, THERE COULD BE A MODIFICATION TO THE EXTERIOR OF SOUTH THAT WOULD BE READY IN 2025.
AND NORTH EXTERIOR SHOULD BE READY BY 2025.
SO YES, ALL FOUR COULD BE QUITE POSSIBLY HAVING A BIG CELEBRATION FOR 2025, BUT RIGHT AS OF NOW, THE, THE CELEBRATIONS ARE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND WEST AND WEST.
AND I'M
IS THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THAT SECTION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE LIBRARY OUTREACH UPDATE.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UM, MORGAN BLACKBURN, WHO'S OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, OUTREACH SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE LIBRARY, IS GONNA COME GIVE AN UPDATE.
I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO THERE WAS A, A REQUEST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UM, OR HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY CONTAINER AS WELL AS, UH, JUST THE OVERALL UPDATE OF OUTREACH SERVICES.
SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA MOVE CUSHION.
WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
OKAY, SO, SO, OR IS IT THE, CAN I USE THIS ONE?
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN I HEAR ME OKAY? UM, ALL RIGHT.SO I GUESS WHEN WE LAST MAY, APRIL THROUGH MAY, WE HAD THE, UM, THE, THE BETTER BLOCK CONTAINER, UM, AT BRADFIELD REC REC.
UM, AND WE, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAD, WE HAD LOTS OF CHECKOUTS, WE HAD NEW LIBRARY CARDS.
WE DID SOME FUN, UM, JUST PASSIVE POP-UP ACTIVITIES.
AND WE HAD EVERY INTENTION OF BRINGING IT BACK OUT, UM, TO LAWN, WIND PARK WHEN THE KIOSK OPENED, AND HAVING IT IN THE PARKING LOT THERE AND TRYING TO GET SOME LIBRARY SERVICES BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE SERVICE GAP BETWEEN, UM, WHERE THE RIDGEWOOD LIBRARY USED TO BE IN THAT RIDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE THOUGHT, LET'S, LET'S PUT A LIBRARY ON THE GO O OVER THERE AND, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND THEN KAREN AND I STARTED TALKING AND WE DECIDED THAT IF WE PUT THE CONTAINER THERE AND, AND HAD SOME CHECKOUTS AND, AND ITEMS TO, TO CHECK OUT
SO INSTEAD, WE DECIDED TO DO JUST SOME POP-UP PROGRAMS AT LAWN WIND.
AND, UM, SO WE DID SOME, WE DID SEVERAL ACTIVATIONS, ONE OF WHICH, UM, THE WEATHER GOT TO US, AND I'LL
UM, BUT STORY TIME IN THE PARK WE HAD ON NOVEMBER 11TH.
UM, AND THEN THAT HAD, UM, THAT WAS ME.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ALLISON, WHO, WHO DOES OUTREACH WITH ME, UH, ALLISON AND I, AND VALERIE, WHO IS ONE OF OUR, UM, UH, CIRCULATION, WHAT I DON'T, CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES,
SO WE BROUGHT DA WE BROUGHT VALERIE TO DO, UM, A KIOSK DEMONSTRATION OR WALKTHROUGH WITH ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
UM, AND WE HAD, WE HAD 13 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO STORY TIME IN THE PARK.
I HAVE PICTURES FOR EVERYTHING, SO I'LL GO THROUGH, UM, EACH ONE AND THEN, WE'LL, ACTUALLY, LET'S JUST DO, WE HAD STORY TIME IN THE PARK.
UM, THAT'S ME DOING, UM, WITH MOOSE, MOOSE, MOOSE ANTLERS, UM,
WE DID, UM, WE DID JUST A, WE JUST DID A REALLY FUN STORY TIME AND WE HAD 13 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THAT.
UM, IT WAS REALLY JUST ONE LARGE FAMILY.
BUT WE HAD ANOTHER FAMILY THAT WAS JUST AT THE PARK AND WE, I WENT OVER AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE THERE FOR THE STORY TIME AND SHE HAD NO IDEA.
AND THEY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED.
HER GIRLS, IT'S UM, THESE TWO GIRLS RIGHT HERE, THEY WERE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE THERE,
UM, SO WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AT STORY TIME IN THE PARK.
UM, THIS PICTURE MAKES ME LAUGH BECAUSE ALLISON'S JUST LOOKING ADORINGLY AT US AS WE DO THE PARACHUTE.
WE READ A BOOK, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
UM, SO THEN WE HAD, WE WERE SUPPOSED, WE TRIED TO DO A FITNESS IN THE PARK, UM, AND INVITE JUST, UM, STAY AT HOME MOMS WITH YOUNG KIDS TO COME AND DO A FAMILY WORKOUT AND, UM, OR JUST STAY AT HOME PARENTS TO COME AND DO A, A FAMILY WORKOUT.
AND I WAS GOING TO DO A STORY TIME RIGHT AFTER JUST A SUPER QUICK, I WAS GONNA BE THE MODIFICATION
UM, AND WE, WE HAD IT SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE 16TH, UM, AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY SUNNY AND A NICE DAY.
IT WASN'T, IT WAS VERY ICKY AND COLD.
AND THAT'S, BUT THAT WAS OKAY.
IT WAS, IT WAS JUST, WE'RE GONNA ADJUST THE TIME FOR, UM, 10 O'CLOCK.
WE'RE GONNA TRY IT AGAIN IN THE SPRING.
IT'S JUST, IT JUST WASN'T, IT WASN'T A GREAT, A GREAT, IT WAS A THURSDAY MORNING.
WE, WE TRIED AND WE'LL, WE'LL TRY AGAIN.
SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR, SO THERE ARE NO PICTURES, UH, UNLESS YOU WANTED TO SEE
'CAUSE I DID PLAY FOR A FEW MINUTES, BUT
UM, SO THEN WE HAD THE LAWN WIND DEDICATION, AND THAT WASN'T THE LIBRARY, THAT WAS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
HAD A DEDICATION AT THE PARK WITH THE WIND FAMILY, UM, TO DEDICATE THE NEW
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SCULPTURE THAT IS, THAT WAS, UM, PUT THERE.AND IT'S THIS, THIS SCULPTURE, I KEEP POINTING AT THE COMPUTER, LIKE YOU CAN SEE THIS SCREEN.
UM, IT'S THAT SCULPTURE RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND SO WE HAD, WE, WE DID ATTEND, THIS IS OUR TABLE IN THE CORNER, BUT VALERIE ALSO ATTENDED, SO SHE COULD GIVE, UM, A DEMONSTRATION AT THE END OR THE KIOSK.
AND SHE DID HAVE A, UM, A, A GUEST WANT TO SEE HOW THE KIOSK WORKED.
SO, AND THAT KIOSK IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S SO PRETTY WITH ITS, UM, THE COVER.
SO THERE WERE ABOUT 35 PEOPLE THERE.
UM, THEN, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD, IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK.
WE DECIDED TO DO A, UM, WE HAD A REINDEER CRAFT.
WE HAD A STORY TIME ALLISON AND, AND ONE OF OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS, ANDREA DID THIS.
IT HAPPENED TO BE ON THE SAME DAY AS THE MURAL PAINTING.
SO, UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO GET AS MANY AS WE DID.
UM, WE DID HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES.
THEY JUST, THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN.
SO THAT'S STILL AT LAWN, THAT'S STILL AT LAWN WIND.
THE SPLASH PAD IS NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW.
WE COULDN'T, BUT THEY DID STORY TIME ON THE SPLASH PAD.
SO IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A REALLY NICE OPEN AREA TO DO A STORY TIME.
AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR FOR, UM, FOR LAWN WIN AND LIBRARY ON THE GO.
UH, WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THINGS AT LAWN WIN IN THE, UM, IN THE NEW YEAR AND FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO AFTER THAT.
ANYBODY QUEST? ANY HA, I'M SO SORRY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
I MISSED ALL OF THAT, BUT I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND THIS ONE, IF THAT GETS RESCHEDULED, I YES, YES.
'CAUSE I CAN WALK THERE FROM MY HOUSE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WIFI THE
I SAID, WELL, JOAN, I SAID, SHE JUST LOVES TO, SHE LOVES TO GO TO THE PARK AND WALK AROUND.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST VERY NICE THERE.
I WILL SAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR KIOSK, LAWN WIND IS, UM, OUTPERFORMING THE KIOSK ON, UM, THE SQUARE.
AND I THINK IN PART BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, BASICALLY.
IT'S SURROUNDED BY HOUSES, LAWN, WIND GETS A LOT OF ACTIVITY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHETHER IT'S TO PLAY, GO FOR A WALK, THEY'RE THERE FOR THE SPLASH PAD, AND IT'S JUST IN A REALLY GREAT LOCATION.
AND THEN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LIBRARY IN A WHILE, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SLOWLY FINDING.
NOT THAT WE, WE ALREADY KNEW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF FAMILIES AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEED IN THAT AREA, UM, FOR LIBRARY SERVICES.
BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY HELPING TO PUT SOME NUMBERS AND SOME FACES TO THAT, THAT NEED, THAT WE KNOW IS THERE.
I DO JUST WANNA SAY, SO WE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TREATMENT ON THIS KIOSK, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I MENTIONED, OR IF WILL OR KATHLEEN MENTIONED AT ONE OF THE OTHER MEETINGS, UM, THE SCULPTURE THAT'S THERE WITH THE BUTTERFLIES, WE ACTUALLY CHANGED WHAT OUR WRAP WAS GOING TO BE.
SO IT COMPLIMENTED, OR I SHOULD SAY YEAH, THE, THE KIOSK WOULD COMPLIMENT WHAT THIS, UM, OUR WAS GOING TO BE.
SO OUR, UH, WRAP HAS A LOT MORE BUTTERFLIES ALL AROUND IT THAT ARE BRIGHTLY COLORED, UM, WITH CURIOSITY TOO.
BUT SHE'S IN A VERY ZEN-LIKE STATE.
I THINK ON ONE SIDE, SHE'S, UM, PRACTICING HER YOGA MOVES, AND ON ANOTHER SIDE SHE'S WRAPPED UP WITH A GOOD BOOK, SORT OF LOOKS LIKE SHE MAY BE RELAXING A, A LITTLE BIT
BUT THE, THE MESSAGE ON THAT ONE IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN KNOW IT'S NOT AS, BUT BOOK A PLACE OR, UH, BOOK A TRIP TO YOUR HAPPY
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PLACE SO YOU CAN SORT OF SEE SHE'S, YOU CAN SHE'S LAYING YEAH.SO WE'LL, UH, ALSO SAY, I KNOW THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE OUTREACH DISCUSSION.
SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE YOUTH HAS THE USE, UH, HAS THIS ONE TICKED UP SINCE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SQUARE? NOT AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD.
I MEAN, NOW I, MAYBE WHEN THERE'S MORE ACTIVATIONS ON THE SQUARE, I KNOW THEY'RE PLANNING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE ON THE SQUARE.
THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, TO MARKET THE, THE KIOSK BETTER DURING THAT TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SLIGHTLY YET, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT RELATES TO OUTREACH, BUT HAVE WE EXPERIENCED ANY SORT OF VANDALISM ON EITHER OF THE, THE KIOSKS WE'VE HAD AT LAWN WIND? WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, STICKS YES.
AND STICKS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MM-HMM.
UM, VALERIE, JOHN, KATHLEEN THERE.
THERE'VE BEEN SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE, THE ISSUE OR THE PROBLEM.
UM, AND SO THE NEXT ONE, I, THE NEXT SECTION IS ABOUT VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS, AND I BECAME, UM, RESA HIGGINS, WHO IS THE, UM, HEAD OF THE VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS, CAME TO DO A PRESENTATION, UH, A FEW MONTHS BACK.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON THAT.
SO AS A REMINDER, VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION, IT'S BASED IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
UM, THEY MAKE, UM, THEY MAKE BRAILLE MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR, THEY WORK WITH G-I-S-D-A LOT AND THEY WORK WITH, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL TO MAKE BRAILLE MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY HAVE, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET SOME THINGS TO, TO ACTUALLY START DOING SOME THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION WAS, UM, AN INTRODUCTION TO BRAILLE.
AND SO WE DID HAVE THEM, WE WILL HAVE THEM AGAIN.
UM, IT'S, WE, WE CALLED THEM DECODING BRAILLE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS, UM, SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 2ND AT SOUTH FOR FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AT NORTH GARLAND FOR FOURTH THROUGH, UH, SIXTH GRADE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE INSTRUCTOR CAME DOWN WITH THE FLU THE WEEKEND OF THE SECOND.
SO WE HAD TO COMBINE THE TWO AT, UM, AT NORTH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
AND WE, WE HAD SOME, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE REGISTERED.
WE HAD ABOUT SEVEN REGISTERED, BUT TWO SHOWED UP AND THAT, BUT THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN.
I, THEY, THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AND, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE TRYING AGAIN, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO ONE FOR ADULTS AS WELL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK WE WOULD GET A REALLY GOOD, UM, ATTENDANCE WITH ADULTS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING, A NEW KIND TYPE OF PROGRAM TO DO.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST THING.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT.
AND, AND THEN WE, UH, THE BELIEVE IN READING GRANT WAS A GRANT THAT RISA HAD BROUGHT TO US.
THIS WAS THE, THE FIRST THING THAT WE WANTED TO PARTNER ON.
AND THIS WAS TO GET, UM, ABOUT A THIRD, A 30 ITEM COLLECTION OF BRAILLE MATERIALS SIDE-BY-SIDE BRAILLE MATERIALS FOR THE SOUTH GARLAND BRANCH.
UM, WELL, THE, THE SOUTH GARLAND BRANCH WOULD BE THE FIRST LOCATION THAT WE WOULD TRY IT.
UM, AND THIS WOULD, AND IT WAS, IT WAS DELAYED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE OPENED IT.
AND, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR THE GRANT, UM, AND WE ARE WAITING ON A DECISION.
AND THERE'S, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON A TIMELINE, BUT IT IS IN THE WORKS.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WITH VAV IS, UM, THE ART.
THEIR GISD HAS AN ART CONTEST FOR THEIR VISUALLY, OR, OR, YES.
THE VAV HAS AN ART CONTEST FOR GI ID GI OH MY GOSH.
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GSDSTHAT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT OF LETTERS.
UM, GI SSDS VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS.
AND, UM, THIS, THIS WILL RUN FROM FEBRUARY 12TH TO FEBRUARY 28TH.
IT'S STILL IN THEIR VERY EARLY PLANNING STAGES, BUT ABOUT HALF OF THE PIECES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT VERITEX BANK IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER HALF BEING ON DISPLAY AT ONE OF OUR LIBRARY LOCATIONS AS WELL.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW LOGISTICS WE HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH IT.
SOME OF THE PIECES ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF WORK WITH THE VIV TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THERE.
AND THEN THE PARENTS WOULD, OR THE, I GUESS THE PARENTS WOULD COME AND VOTE, OR THE STUDENTS WOULD COME AND VOTE.
LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL PLANNING IT.
UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO THEY BROUGHT A BRAILER TO DEEP COATING BRAILLE THEY HAD, UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD EVENTUALLY LIKE TO DO A PROGRAM WITH, UM, WITH, WHERE THEY BRING SEVERAL, SEVERAL BRAILERS AND THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO, UM, CREATE BRAILLE BRAILLE THEMSELVES.
SO THEY WROTE THEIR NAME WITH THE BRAILER.
THEY PLAYED, UM, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UM, THIS, THESE WERE, UM, THEY WERE PUTTING THE BALLS IN BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S A SIX, UH, SIX SQUARE CODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT WAS, SO THEY, THEY MADE THE LETTERS WITH THE, UM, CONTAINERS AND THE LITTLE, UM, WHITE PINGING PONG BALLS.
THESE ARE THE TWO, THE TWO LITTLE BOYS WHO ATTENDED THE PROGRAM AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO A LOT MORE WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE THERE.
I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE AFTER THIS, BUT IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VAB? VERY EXCITED.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A UPDATE ON OUTREACH FOR THE YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN TO, I SHOULD HAVE COUNTED THE EVENTS, BUT WE'VE BEEN TO EVENTS AND, AND BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OVER, UM, OVER 13,000 RESIDENTS OF GAR OR RESIDENTS OF OUR SERV IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
UM, WE'VE CREATED 348 NEW LIBRARY CARDS AT OUTREACH EVENTS THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SOME OF OUR LARGEST EVENTS WERE GPNL 100TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH WAS BACK IN JUNE, I WANNA SAY.
AND, UM, THAT WAS 380 CONTACTS WITH, UM, SIX CARDS.
OCTOBER 14TH, UM, WAS ON OCTOBER 14TH,
THAT WAS THE SQUARE REOPENING.
I SHOULD HAVE PUT
AS OCTOBER 14TH, THE DAY THAT WE'LL LIVE,
AND THAT WAS 465 CONTACTS WITH 18 NEW CARDS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.
WE DON'T OFFER LIBRARY CARDS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A FAST MOVING, UM, EVENT.
BUT THAT WAS OVER, UM, THAT WAS 2,345 ACROSS OUR THREE TENTHS THAT WE HAD.
SO MORGAN AND HER TEAM SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE, BUT IT, IT COMES, UH, THERE'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR US AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH HER GOING OUT AND HER TEAM GOING OUT MM-HMM.
348 NEW CARDS JUST BY A FANTASTIC, A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
8,000 OF THOSE, OF THOSE CONTACTS WAS SINCE OCTOBER.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A BIG COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND WE DO HAVE LITERACY NIGHTS THAT WE GO TO AT GI AT SOME OF THE GISD SCHOOLS THAT INVITE US.
AND THOSE I TYPICALLY SEND AS AT CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN TOO, JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FACES THAT THEY'RE GONNA SEE RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY COME INTO THE LIBRARY.
UM, BUT JUST, UH, FOR THE PLANNING AND, AND, AND EVERYDAY OUTREACH THINGS.
IT'S ME AND ALLISON, THE OUTREACH DUO AND FRIENDS.
SO I WOULD SAY EVERY, ANYBODY WHO IS WORKING FOR THE LIBRARY, YES, IT'S TRUE.
SOMETIME OR ANOTHER MAY GET TASKED WITH GOING OR INVITED TO GO OUT, UM, ON AN OUTREACH ENDEAVOR, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF WORK.
IS SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH YOU AS
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WELL? ALL? NO, THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S ONE OF OUR OTHER LIBRARIANS.DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU, DO YOU UTILIZE THEM FOR PUBLIC, PUBLIC, UH, PUBLICIZING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS? YES, YES.
UM, THE FITNESS IN THE PARK, ALL OF THE PARK EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR NOW, THEY, THEY DON'T GET OUT THERE.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE POP-UPS, SO IT MAY NOT BE THE, THE STANDARD TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WE DO, WE DO TRY TO PUBLICIZE 'EM AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE HAVE, UM, THE LIBRARY'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.
UM, WE USE THE CITY'S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
UM, SO IT'S THE CITY OF GARLAND'S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
IS THAT A CITY THING? LIKE THEY WANT IT TO BE COORDINATED THROUGH THEM? YES.
AND NO SNAPCHAT OR TIKTOK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
I REALLY, REALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE.
BUT, UM, THE NEW, UH, CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS, UH, OFFICER, I THINK IS WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS CITY.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING FORWARD, BUT I KNOW IT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR HER TO DO THAT.
BUT THE, THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY HAD SOME RULES AS FAR AS WHAT, UM, PLATFORMS WE CAN USE OR TIKTOKS KIND OF A BOOGIE MAN RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A TALK FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING
OR WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO REACH OUT TO? MM-HMM.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A LIBRARY POLICY DISCUSSION.
AND WE ARE GOING TO TABLE THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 12TH, SO WE WILL NOT BE MEETING IN JANUARY.
SO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IN THIS SECTION IS THE STAY CURIOUS BRANDING CAMPAIGN UPDATE.
AND THIS, UM, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, SO WE'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON OUR STAY CURIOUS, UH, CAMPAIGN.
UM, WE HAD A REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY.
SO ON DECEMBER 2ND, UM, WELL, TAKING A STEP BACK, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, USING THE BLANK SLATE THAT WAS BEHIND THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY, THE, THE WALL THAT FACES APOLLO AS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CREATE SOME PUBLIC ARTS, HAVE A MURAL, UM, WITH THE, THE STAY CURIOUS CAMPAIGN.
AND WE HELD OUR FIRST EVER, UM, MURAL PAINTING PARTY, UM, ON DECEMBER 2ND.
AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY AND EXPERIENCE.
WE HAD ALMOST 200 PEOPLE COME OUT, UM, AND PARTICIPATE IN PAINTING THE MURAL IN SOME WAY.
SO WE HAD A LIBRARY TEAM THAT WAS THERE HERE, TWO OF THE BEST VOLUNTEERS, UH, TEENAGE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
UM, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT.
WE HAD, UH, I THINK IT ENDED UP BEING THREE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES COME OUT AND PAINT THE MURAL.
UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT.
UM, THE ARTIST AND HIS TEAM ARE STILL PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE MURAL, SO I'LL COME BACK WITH A FINAL, UM, PHOTO OF WHAT THE, THE FINISHED MURAL LOOKS LIKE.
UH, BUT WE JUST HELD AT CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE PART TWO OF CAPTURING GARLAND FACES FOR THE MURAL.
SO IN SOME OF THOSE FLOWERS, THE CENTER OF THE FLOWERS, THERE WILL BE A FACE OF A GARLAND RESIDENT IN, IN THAT FLOWER.
SO IT'S A REALLY COOL CONCEPT, UH, THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND I THINK THE, THE FACES ARE GONNA BE LIKE ON THE TOP THIRD.
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BEING A REALLY FUN ACTIVITY, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE PEOPLE STOP AT THEIR CARS ON APOLLO.ALMOST CAUSE A COUPLE
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY COOL WAY FOR US TO GET OUT OF, UH, HOPEFULLY CHANGE SOME PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE INTERACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT SOME OTHER FACILITIES, UH, OTHER LIBRARY FACILITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND WHERE IS IT? UH, SPECIFICALLY? IT'S AT THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY.
IT'S ALONG THE BACK WALL THAT FACES APOLLO.
THAT'S JUST CINDER BLOCK, I THINK, RIGHT? YES.
IT USED TO BE LIKE A, LIKE A PEACH COLOR OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? UH, IT, IT WAS, YES,
OH, THE OTHER REALLY COOL THING.
SO THE ARTIST CAME AND THEY PREPPED THE SITE, THEY PREPPED THE WALL, HE CAME AND DID OUTLINES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT FLOWERS AND THE, THE PIECE OF ART.
HE WENT BACK AND PUT, UM, NUMBERED EACH ONE OF THE FLOWERS.
SO THERE WAS GONNA BE A DIFFERENT COLOR.
SO IT WAS BASICALLY LIKE PAINT BY NUMBER, UH, WHICH WAS A REALLY COOL THING.
BUT A COUPLE OF THE OTHER, UM, STORE OWNERS THAT MORNING CAME AND SAID LIKE, WOULD YOU CONTINUE THE PIECE OF ART, LIKE DOWN THE WAY? AND WE'RE LIKE, WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT YET.
BUT IT WAS JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW EVEN OTHER, UM, MANAGERS OR SHOP OWNERS IN THAT, UH, STRIP MALL WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THEIR BUSINESSES TOO.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE THE, UH, RESIDENTS FACES? WHO, WHO WOULD BE ON THERE? WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THAT AT CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.
UM, THEY HAD, UH, A BOOTH RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIBRARY'S BOOTH.
AND SO AS PEOPLE WERE COMING THROUGH, WE WERE TRYING TO, THEY, UM, THE ARTIST AND ANARI WERE LOOKING FOR A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OVER, UM, RACE, ETHNICITY, AGE, UH, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A GOOD MIXTURE AND A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF GARLAND.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS GARLAND RESIDENT.
SO, UH, WE HAD, I CALL 'EM A COUPLE OF LIBRARY BOUNCERS THAT WERE SITTING THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, FIRST QUESTION, ARE YOU A GARLAND RESIDENT? NO.
BUT NO, BUT
AND A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE PHOTOS WERE ABLE TO BE, UH, I THINK MET ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS.
BUT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO COOL DOWN 'CAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO 70, THEY'RE GONNA RETOUCH 70 OF 'EM, USE 40 OF THEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR INSTALLATION, AND THEN USE ANOTHER 30 FOR SOME OTHER, UM, PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
IT SAYS
AND IF, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I THINK, UM, OUR ESTEEMED PRESIDENT TERRY, WOULD BE A PERFECT FACE TO BE RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
I MOVE THAT WE SHOULD, UM,
WELL THAT I'VE, I'VE DRIVEN PAST IT.
I, UH, I WAS REMINDED ABOUT THE MURAL PAINTING WHILE I WAS OVER AT CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS AND JUST KIND OF DOLING AND LOOKING AT BOOKS AND CHATTING WITH STAFF.
AND THEN SOMEBODY SAID, AND I THOUGHT, OH SHOOT.
SO I DID DRIVE OVER THERE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR AFTER, AFTER THE FESTIVITIES WERE OVER.
SO, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I'M, I'M SO GLAD IT WAS SO WELL ATTENDED.
I HAVE TO SAY THERE, THERE WAS ONE LITTLE GIRL,
SHE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO PAINT, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT IN HER HEIGHT RANGE LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DONE.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE HER, YOU COULD GO AND TOUCH UP ANOTHER FLOWER AND SHE WAS NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER.
AND I SAID, SO WE HAD ONE UNHAPPY CUSTOMER, BUT SHE DID GET
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TO PAINT A LOT OF THE FLOWERS ON THE BOTTOM.IT WAS A, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, OR WE MAY HAVE TO DIRECT YOU TO, UH, THE FACEBOOK POST 'CAUSE IT MAY BE TOO LARGE TO SHARE THROUGH EMAIL.
JUST THE LINK THAT MIGHT BE GET BUT ONE, I IT'S OUR, BUT I'D HAVE TO FIND THE PUBLIC ONE, BUT I CAN, NO, I THINK IT GOES TO THE SAME PLACE, JUST A LINK.
SO, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO THAT? NO, MA'AM.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, KATHLEEN.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, IF, DID THE HARP ESSENCE PROGRAM HAPPEN AT SOUTH? THAT WAS ON MY CALENDAR AND I COULDN'T GET AWAY.
UM, IT'S A SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR, IT WAS A SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD IT.
UM, A FRIEND OF MINE FROM CAPEL, THEY, THEY USED TO PERFORM THERE AND SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND I ASKED HER ABOUT IT AND SHE GAVE ME THE INFORMATION AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I HOPE, HOPE IT DOES WELL HERE TOO.
SO HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND I HOPE WE HAVE 'EM AGAIN BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GO YEAH.
UM, WE ARE CAN TELL ABOUT THE SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR THAT WE'RE THE PAUSE
WE'RE PUTTING A PAUSE, LIKE OH.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST TURNOUT THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND CAN YOU GIVE THIS GROUP OF JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT WAS? IT WAS CALLED HARP ESSENCE.
JUST THEY, IT WAS THREE HARP PLAYERS AND THEN I THINK THEY ALSO HAD, UM, SAXOPHONE.
I WAS LIKE, TRUMPET IS SAXOPHONE.
BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE, UM, DAPHNE JOHNSON IS JOHNSON IS, UM, THE LIBRARIAN THAT'S WORKING WITH SENIOR, SO SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR, UH, AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, WE'VE, SHE HAS REALLY STRUGGLED TO FIND, UH, PERFORMERS AND THAT WILL BRING IN AN AUDIENCE WITH HAVING IT SPLIT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
WE DON'T, YOU HAVE THE SOUTH GROUP THAT DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO NORTH AND THE NORTH GROUP THAT DOESN'T WANT TO GO SOUTH.
SO SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR THIS BIG CENTRAL GONNA BE CLOSED FOR THE COMING YEAR, UM, WE HAD A MEETING, DAPHNE AND I, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR ON HOLD.
UM, SHE'S, SHE TALKED TO THE GROUP.
UM, I, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PERFORMER IN JANUARY, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO REVAMP IT BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE BEEN TELLING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WITH SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR THAT IT'S SET AT 55 AND OLDER, WELL, 55 UP TO 60 PLUS AND EVEN 70 IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE STILL WORKING.
AND IT'S, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS 55 AND OLDER, THE PERFORMERS AND THINGS TEND TO BE GEARED TO, UM, PROBABLY 70, 80 AND UP.
AND THAT WAS THE OTHER THING, LOOKING AT THE MUSIC THAT THE PERFORMERS THAT WE GET AND THE, THE MUSIC THAT THEY PLAY, IT'S FOR THE UPPER AGE GROUP INSTEAD OF THE LOWER AGE GROUP IF YOU'RE CALLING THEM SENIORS.
AND, UM, SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.
LOOK AT WHO WE'RE BRINGING IN, LOOK AT WHEN IT'S HELD AND, AND MAYBE JUST CHANGE WHO THAT, WHAT THAT AGE GROUP IS.
OR MAYBE DAPHNE DOESN'T LIKE THAT WE CALL 'EM SENIORS, ALMOST SENIORS.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING.
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YEAH, WE, THE FRIENDS SPONSOR IT.WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE FRIENDS ABOUT IT.
THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO THAT ARE JUST GONNA BE GOING INTO ADULT PROGRAMMING FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO DO STUFF AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE THIS TIME AND, AND, UM, RE LIKE I SAID, REVAMP IT.
DOES ANYONE, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.