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SO, THREE A THERE TWO PERIODS.
ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT? WELL, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO BE IN MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES, AS WITH A MINOR ADJUSTMENT.
AND WE WANT TO DO INTRODUCTIONS FIRST, OR WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS CERTAIN BOTH CONSIDERATION AND YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST ITEM IS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE PROCESSES,
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER OR HAVING CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER
UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY NOW FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, AND HAS STARTED TO IMPLEMENT SOME CHANGES THAT I THINK WILL HELP THE DEFICIENCY AND FLOW, UH, OF THE, THE BOARDS AND CONDITIONS PROCESS.
SO ONE THING YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS THIS LOVELY BINDER.
UM, WE HAVE THESE LOVELY BINDERS.
UM, THESE BINDERS WILL BE GIVEN OUT TO YOU AT EACH MEETING.
UH, INSIDE YOU'LL FIND SOME THINGS THAT WILL, UH, SAY THINGS NO MATTER WHAT.
UM, MEETING DATES WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED.
YOU'LL HAVE A COPY OF THE COUNCIL HOUSE RULES ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO LIBRARIES, A COPY OF OUR BYLAWS, UM, THE CURRENT AGENDA IN MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN I THINK IT'S ABOUT TWO OF THE PAST AGENDA IN MINUTES THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND REFER TO AS WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS OR NEED TO BRING SOMETHING BACK UP.
A COPY OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF, UM, BOARDS MISSION MEMBERS.
ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON, THE SECRETARY FOR THE, THE BOARD.
AND THEN, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SECTION SEVEN IS THE ROADMAP OF HOW I LIKE TO REFER TO IT.
ACTUALLY, I REFER TO IT A LOT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, HOW A BILL BECOMES A BILL
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE MUSIC WITH THIS OF HOW WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HOW A BOARD MEMBER BECOMES A BOARD MEMBER.
SO IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST GONNA HIT THE, THE HIGH POINTS AND I'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED DOWN THE NUMBER OF, UM, SLIDES WHERE THIS EVENING SESSION NOT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND THESE ARE TAKEN FROM THE CITY SECRETARY, UH, ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PROCESS, IS THERE'S NOW A SINGLE APPLICATION IN THE PAGE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, FROM THE CITY SEC CITY SECRETARY'S WEBSITE, THERE'S AN ONLINE FORM THAT YOU CAN GO ON AND FILL OUT TO THE, UH, CONSIDERED FOR BOARD OF COMMISSION MEMBER.
YOU CAN ALSO FILL OUT A PAPER COPY, BUT THERE'S AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THAT MAIL.
UM, ACTUALLY IF YOU'LL GO TO YOUR ROADMAP IN SECTION SEVEN, UM, YOU'LL RECEIVE, UH, IF YOU'RE A RETURNING BOARD MEMBER, UM, YOU STILL HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT, THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, YOUR TERM HAS ENDED.
AND WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO DID THAT.
UM, WITH THIS LAST, UM, ACTUALLY I THINK THIS LAST MONTH, UH, WITH THE APPROVAL PROCESS, UM, ONCE YOU ARE APPOINTED, YOU'LL RECEIVE A INVITATION FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE INVITING YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE THEY OFFICIALLY APPROVE THE LETTER.
SO IF YOU CAN COME TO THAT, WONDERFUL, THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME AND BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, IN AUGUST, YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE, UH, AN EMAIL, UH, RECEIVE MAIL AND AN EMAIL WITH A WELCOME LETTER, UH, FROM THE MAYOR IN TRAINING VIDEOS, WHICH THOSE WHO WERE JUST REAPPOINTED TO THE BOARD, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT EMAIL THANKING YOU, UH, HAD THE VIDEO FROM THE MAYOR, BUT ALSO HAD SOME LINKS.
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SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT YOU'LL HAVE LINKS FOR, UM, FOR THAT TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.AND PART OF THAT TRAINING IS THE, UH, OPENING YES.
THE, THE TEXAS OPENING MEETINGS ACT.
UM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY, NO MATTER IF YOU'RE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, YOU ARE IN YOUR SECOND YEAR AS A BOARD MEMBER OR YOU'RE BEING REAPPOINTED, THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS GO THROUGH THAT TEXAS OPEN RECORDS TRAINING EVERY YEAR.
SO, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS A NEW, UH, CHANGE, A NEW REQUEST FROM THE, THE NEW CITY SECRETARY.
AND THAT'S TO KEEP EVERYBODY UP TO DATE AND SEE THE INFORMATION FRESH IN OUR MIND.
DO YOU GIVE THE CERTIFICATES? DO YOU GET THEM OR YOU GIVE VERIFICATION THAT WE COME, YOU'LL EMAIL YOUR CERTIFICATE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
OKAY, THEN YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME IF YOU WANNA COPY ME OR COPY DEANNA ON THAT COMMUNICATION.
YOU'D RATHER SEND IT TO US AND THEN WE SEND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
BUT THEY DO HAVE THE CITY
SO THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 19TH TO COMPLETE THAT TRAINING.
IT TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS TO DO THE TRAINING.
IT DOESN'T TAKE, UM, IT DOES TAKE A CHUNK OF TIME, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, LIKE A HALF A DAY TO DO THAT TRAINING.
AND AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS, ONCE YOU DONE THAT TRAINING, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SEND THAT CERTIFICATE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S, UM, EMAIL, KAREN, SINCE I WAS APPOINTED MIDYEAR, I DON'T THINK I'VE RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE SUMMER.
I CAN WE CHECK ON MY STATUS WITH, WELL, IT MIGHT BEEN RECEIVE THE
IT MAY HAVE ONLY GONE OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING REAPPOINTED, BUT I, YEAH, EVERYONE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WITH NEW OR REAPPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS, WE WANNA OPEN UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, INVITE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, TO SCHEDULE A MEETING, HAVE A TOUR FACILITY IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR WANNA GET IN DEPTH WITH ANYTHING TO, TO HAVE THAT, UM, DURING THAT AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, UM, FRAME, WHICH YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SCHEDULE A MEETING, COME BY, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHOW OFF OUR FACILITIES, TOUR THE FACILITIES, DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THAT REAPPOINTED, UM, TIME PERIOD, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WE'LL EXTEND THAT INVITATION TO ANYONE, NOT JUST, UM, REAPPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS OF THIS TOWN.
UM, AND I DID WANNA JUST TOUCH ON VERY BRIEFLY THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF, UM, UM, FOR, UH, FOR US STAFF MEMBERS, UM, BUT ALSO FOR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE HAVE WITH COLLABORATE BOARD OF, OF WORKING THROUGH AND EVERYONE KNOWING WHAT THEIR GOAL IS.
UM, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT IN YOUR BINDER.
WE HAVE A HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE.
UM, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT ME OR DEANNA WITH ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, AND WE'LL WORK TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT, THAT YOU NEED.
UM, BIG ROLE FOR, UM, BOARD MEMBERS.
THE, THE CHAIR, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR, UH, GENERALLY INVOLVES LEADING AND MANAGING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD COMMUNITY.
WHILE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES CAN CARRY, UH, OR
THIS INCLUDES MEETING, FACILITATION, DECISION MAKING, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UH, AND THE CHAIR PLAYS A VERY BIG ROLE, UM, ON LIBRARY BOARD.
AND THEN JUST TO A REMINDER THAT AN OCTOBER WILL HOLD ELECTIONS FOR THE CHAIR.
I'LL STOP THERE TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I GO, DO WE LEAVE THESE BINDERS HERE?
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OKAY.WE ARE GONNA TAKE THESE BINDER UP AT THE END OF EACH MEETING, UM, AND HAVE THOSE, YOU DO HAVE NOTEPADS, UH, YOUR STATIONS, THEY'RE, UH, YELLOW NOTEPADS THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO, UH, WRITE DOWN ANY NOTES, QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, ANYTHING THAT YOU, UM, JOT DOWN IF IT'S, IT'S OPEN RECORDS, UM, FROM THE MEETING.
SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA.
ANYTHING THAT THESE BINDERS, SO THAT IS ONE THING TO NOTE.
SO ARE WE GOING TO RECEIVE MINUTES AHEAD OF TIME OR, YES, SIR.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WHICH END OF THE MINUTES, ALL OF THAT THROUGH EMAIL AND IT WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE.
THIS IS JUST A REALLY CONVENIENT WAY OF HAVING IT HERE.
WELL, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THIS AND THANK YOU POINT INFORMATION.
SO JENNIFER, IS, IS RENEE THE FORMER CITY SECRETARY? IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.
UM, FIRST OFF, LET'S TALK ABOUT NORTH GARDEN LIBRARY.
UH, REMEMBER PHASE ONE, EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS, UH, WERE, UH, MURALS THAT WE HAVE ON THE WING WALLS.
UH, SOME NEW SCREENING AND NEW SIGN OUTDOOR SEATING COLUMN WRAPS AND LANDSCAPING.
UH, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE BEFORE.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE NICE NEW LIBRARY SIGN THAT WE CAN SEE FROM, UH, NORTH CARDINAL AVENUE.
UH, WE HAD SOME PICNIC TABLES INSTALLED.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LANDSCAPING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE.
THE MURAL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
AND THEN KIND A GOOD PICTURE OF THE, THE BIG LIBRARY SIGN, THE, UH, THE, UH, SCREENING AT THE TOP.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAVE THERE.
ALSO, THE PILLARS, THE, UH, COLUMNS HAVE BEEN WRAPPED, SO THERE'S REALLY GOOD PICTURE OF THAT.
THEY USED TO BE BROWN OLD COLUMNS AND NOW THEY'RE NICE AND COLORFUL.
SO GUESS WHAT, WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED.
WE HAVE A FEW THINGS LEFT TO DO.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME SECURITY CAMERAS TO INSTALL, UH, A FEW AESTHETIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO LAST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, WE HAD A RIBBON FITTING.
WE HAD THE MAYOR, WE HAD A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS OUT THERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WERE UNDER THE PORTICO A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, SUMMER HAD NOT LEFT US COMPLETELY YET.
UH, ANOTHER PICTURE OF KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEN THE ACTUAL RIBBON CUTTING WITH OUR PICNIC TABLES AND OUR UMBRELLAS SCREENING.
UH, REALLY KIND OF OUR REAL GOALS TO MAKE THIS SHOPPING CENTER LOOK A LOT BETTER AND TO MAKE A LIBRARY MORE VISIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
WE ALSO HAD A NICE LITTLE, UH, RECEPTION, UH, AFTERWARDS, UH, WITH THE PIANO PLAYER.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE FUNERAL PLAYERS AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.
HEY, JUDE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE WERE KIND OF GUESSING THAT THEY WERE ARRANGED A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT MOST OF THEM YOU COULD FIGURE OUT.
UM, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD SOME NICE BREAKFAST TACOS FROM ONE OF THE, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE SHOPPING CENTER.
THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A NICE TIME AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO, UH, TO GET TO THE END OF THIS, UH, THIS PART OF THE PROJECT OR THIS PROJECT FOR CENTRAL.
I WENT OVER AND TOOK A FEW PICTURES FOR CENTRAL, UM, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT AND THEN THE CENTER THAT IS GOING TO BE THE NEW WEST ENTRANCE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE BEEN DOING METAL WORK THERE.
THEY HAD TO DO A LOT OF WELDING TO ATTACH ALL THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THE, UH, PICTURE ON THE VERY RIGHT IS THE, UH, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
REMEMBER THERE'S GOING TO BE, THEY PUT THE METAL UP.
THERE'S GONNA BE KIND OF A SEMI-CIRCULAR FACADE THAT GOES AROUND THERE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, REALLY NICE.
BUT THEY SPEND A GOOD TWO OR THREE WEEKS DOING THAT.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE WELDERS WERE GOING OUT THERE, NOW YOU'RE SAYING, BOY,
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PIPES NICE TO WITH PIPES.WELL, BUT THESE ARE ROOF DRAINS.
UH, ROOF DRAINS ARE, UH, BEFORE WE CAN, UH, DO THE OVERLAY ON THE ROOF TO, UH, TO GET IT DONE, UH, TO COME UP TO CODE, WE HAVE TO INSTALL NEW ROOF DRAINS.
I'M TOLD EACH ONE OF THOSE IS ABOUT 300 POUNDS.
AND THEY, THEY'RE INSTALLING THEM IN THE CEILING OF THE LIBRARY TO DRAIN THE ROOF, UM, BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THE ROOF OVERLAY ON.
SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
THESE TWO PICTURES ARE DOWN IN THE ADMIN OFFICE AND IT SHOWS YOU THE NEW STOREFRONT, THE METAL FRAMING AND THE GLASS FOR THE STOREFRONT FOR OFFICES.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE NEW, UH, MEETING ROOM FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATION.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S STILL PRETTY ROUGH DOWN THERE.
UH, THEY STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THE LOWER LEVEL BECAUSE, UH, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING MAJOR ON THE UPPER LEVEL TILL THE ROOF DRAINS ARE FIXED.
'CAUSE IF IT STARTS POURING DOWN RAIN, UM, ALL THEIR WORK WOULD BE
UM, THIS, THE, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS ALSO, UH, ON THE LOWER LEVEL.
IT IS THE CEILING GRID IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
SO THEY CAN DO WORK DOWN THERE.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES IS THE, UH, READING NOOKS UNDER THE GRAND STAIR.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE KIND OF FRAMED THOSE OUT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THOSE GET TO BE.
SO THESE WILL REPLACE THAT, UM, CAN CURL UP THE, HAVE SOFT, UM, FINISHES TO THEM THAT THEY'RE PLACES THAT KIDS CAN FALL INTO AND READ OR, UM, ENJOY SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY.
AND THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IS FOR THE, A CHILD'S ON A WALKER OR IN A WHEELCHAIR.
THEY CAN STILL ENJOY, PARTICIPATE IN THAT EXPERIENCE AROUND THAT STANDARD.
IT'S KIND OF COOL TO SEE HOW THEY FRAME.
I WAS WONDERING HOW THEY WERE GONNA FRAME THOSE IN
ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STILL A LOT TO BE DONE, UH, UH, DOWN THERE.
BUT IT'S STARTING TO COME TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GETTING, UH, KIND OF GETTING A GOOD, WE'RE SEEING SOME WALLS.
WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE LAYOUTS ARE GOING TO BE.
BUT HOW IS THE TIMELINE REALLY SORT OF WHERE WE ARE PROJECTED? AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE STILL LOOKING, I WOULD SAY, UM, MIDDLE OF SPRING.
SO, UH, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE IN THE SECOND QUARTER INSTEAD OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR MOST OF THE, OR ALL THE CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FIRST QUARTER, UM, 2025.
BUT THEN THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME OF MOVING IN, FINISHING OUT, MOVING IN ALL THE FURNITURE AND THE EQUIPMENT TESTING, UH, THAT I DO THINK WILL PUSH US INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2025.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING, WE'VE HAD A MEETING ABOUT THE FURNITURE INSTALLATION AND THAT DOES A VERY, KIND OF LIKE A, I GUESS AN ARMY'S LOGISTICS.
YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYTHING TO SHOW UP AT THE RIGHT TIMES.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, UH, IT ALL COMES TOGETHER LIKE TIME.
SO THE GRAND OPENING TO BE HANDLED.
UH, HOPING FOR EARLIER THAN JUNE.
SO I HAVE SOME DRONE PHOTOS FROM, UH, WES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE PUT THE ROOF, THEY'VE INSTALLED THE ROOFING AND, UH, THE FRAMING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING SO THAT, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE WINDOWS OR DOORS YET.
SO THE, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DRIED IN.
SO ONCE THEY GET IT DRIED IN, I, I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE HEATING AND THEY'LL START DOING A LOT OF THE WORK ON THE INSIDE.
WE DID TOUR THE LIBRARY SO WE COULD SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ROOMS AND THEY, AT LEAST IT WAS LAID OUT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE OR ANY OF THAT ON YET.
WE ALSO HAD A NICE MEETING ABOUT THE A MH MACHINES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, THE COMPANY THAT WE WORK WITH, TECHN LOGIC IS GOING TO RETROFIT THE, UH, THE WALNUT CREEK, UH, A MH MACHINES INTO THIS BUILDING.
SO IT'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING OVER WHEN WE INSTALL THE, THE LAST TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW HIGH IS THE
IS IT GONNA BE TOO FAR TO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT THE CURVE TO BE TOO FAR SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO REACH OUT TOO FAR TO PUT THEIR, UH, THEIR BOOKS IN THE, UH, MACHINES.
UH, AND WE THINK THAT A PICTURE OF THE TOP RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT THE THING.
SO, SO ANY QUESTIONS? CONSTRUCTION, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT ARE THE DATES ON THAT? UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SPRINGTIME FOR THAT.
SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO OPENING, UM,
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POSSIBLY CLOSE TOGETHER INSTEAD OF A BILL GARLAND.THAT IT'LL BE A CURATE LIBRARY.
STAY
ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO GET NORTH.
WE'RE KIND OF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT NOW.
SO WHO, WHO MANAGES THE DRONE? I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT MUST BE A CITY DRONE.
I HEAR THE, UH, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
'CAUSE I TAKE A LITTLE WALK FROM MY BREAK AROUND CENTRAL AND I'LL BE WALKING ALONG AND I GO RIGHT AROUND.
I THINK THEY, EVERY WEEK OR SO THEY FLY UP AND TAKE PICTURES OF CONTRACTOR.
I JUST WONDER YOU DID THAT TOO.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR GREAT DRONES.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LIBRARY OUTREACH PROGRAM UPDATES AND POLICY DRAFT.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US, UM, BLACKBURN, WHO IS FRATERNITY AND
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, UM, END WITH A, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT POLICY AND A, UH, LOOK AT A DRAFT POLICY TO UPDATE, UM, OUTREACH OF THAT.
UM, SO THIS WILL JUST BE JUST KIND OF LIKE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE JANUARY, UM, SINCE I'VE GOT SOME STATISTICS.
UM, A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN AS WELL AS SOME CITYWIDE EVENTS AND SOME JUST OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DONE ON OUR OWN.
WE, I COUNT PRETTY EVERYBODY THAT COMES UP TO THE TABLE THAT WE SAY HELLO TO GIVE, UM, A GIVEAWAY TO TALK TO ABOUT ANY LIBRARY SERVICES.
UM, SIGN UP FOR A LIBRARY CARD.
UM, WE'VE HAD 302 NEW LIBRARY CARD SIGNUPS AT OUTREACH EVENT, UM, WHICH THE LIBRARY CARD SIGNUPS HAVE GONE, HAVE, HAVE EXPLODED IN AT OUR EVENTS LATELY.
UM, IT, WE SEEM TO BE GETTING, UH, LIKE WE HAD ONE AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY THAT ONLY HAD THREE, BUT NOW WE HAVE, WE SEEM TO BE GETTING 10 TO 18 AT CONSECUTIVELY AT EACH EVENT.
I COULD EVEN SAY AT THE, UM, KINDERGARTEN
I SHOULD HAVE COUNTED THE NUMBER OF EVENTS WE DID.
MY, UM, MATH AND STATISTICS ARE NEVER MY STRONG GUARD
BUT WE, IT'S, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE UP IN NUMBER.
UM, SO I, SHE MAKES US REALLY HAPPY.
UM, SO AT WE, WE WERE INVITED, UM, I SAY THE MORGAN AND HER TEAM WENT AND PARTICIPATED IN, UH, GSDS PRE, UH, PRESCHOOL, UM, AND KINDERGARTEN EXPLORE EVENTS.
AND IT'S A LOT OF, UM, NEW FAMILIES, CHILDREN THAT ARE JUST ENTERING PRESCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN.
IT'S THEIR FIRST TASTE OF, UM, SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LIVES.
SO AT THIS EVENT, I THINK IT WAS 83, 78, 78 LIBRARY CARDS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR, UM, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
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ADDITION TO REALLY HITTING A TARGETED GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, JUST STARTING IN THE SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO ISSUE THAT LIBRARY TARGET ROLE, THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THOSE KIDS.WE HAD, UM, IT STARTED AT 10:00 AM IT WAS FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO UNTIL ABOUT THREE.
AND BY 10 45 I WAS CALLING CENTRAL OR OR CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS TO HAVE THEM BRING ME SOME MORE LIBRARY CARDS.
WE WERE OUT AND IT WASN'T GONNA, I WAS LIKE, WE'VE ONLY, IT'S ONLY BEEN 45 MINUTES AND WE ARE STILL, WE'RE STILL SIGNING UP FOR
BUT
SHE WENT WITH ME STORY TIME ON THE SQUARE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST START, THAT WE STARTED, UM, AND WE KIND OF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UM, NOW THAT THE SQUARE IS OPEN, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE STORY TIME AND SOME OF THOSE MORE KID FRIENDLY EVENTS.
AND WE TRIED TO PICK A SATURDAY, UH, THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO, WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE COMPETING AGAINST ANY OF OUR OTHER STORY TIMES.
'CAUSE I WOULD HATE TO PULL THEM AWAY FROM ESPECIALLY BEING SO CLOSE TO CENTRAL.
UM, SO WE DID THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH STARTING IN MAY, UH, STARTING IN MARCH.
AND, UM, WE CONSECUTIVELY, IT STARTED OUT REALLY SLOW.
I THINK WE HAD MAYBE FIVE TO 10.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WE HAD, WE WERE RAINED OUT.
UM, WE WERE STILL THERE, BUT IF NOBODY, NOBODY CAME, THAT WAS YOUR, THAT WAS YOUR FIRST ONE
I WAS LIKE, I PROMISE PEOPLE SHOW UP JULIE.
UM, BUT THEN WE, THE NEXT, THE NEXT FEW WE, WE GOT, WE, WE CONSISTENTLY HAD BETWEEN, UM, AROUND 12 KIDS AND 10 ADULTS.
JULIE, I TOLD JULIE THAT, THAT THIS RIGHT HERE IS JULIE.
SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE'S MORE EXCITED THAN ANY OF THE
WE HAD A LOT, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST VERY HOT.
DURING, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS,
UM, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, PROJECT ACCESS IS A, IT'S, IT'S NA IT'S, IT'S A NATIONAL, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT THERE, IT IS A RESOURCE CENTER.
THERE'S ONE AT THE, UH, UM, AT THE BELMONT APARTMENTS AT DUCK CREEK.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY JUST, IT'S A RESOURCE CENTER IN THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN GO AND GET RESOURCES.
THEY HAVE LOTS OF FLYERS, PAMPHLETS, BROCHURES FOR, UM, EDUCATION RESOURCES IN GARLAND, UM, MEDICAL RESOURCES, FINANCE, UM, CAREER RESOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY INVITED US FIRST, THEY FIRST INVITED US TO THEIR GRAND REOPENING.
THEY REDID THEIR, THEIR OFFICE THERE.
AND, UM, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO SOUTH GARLAND, BUT IT'S STILL A LOT OF, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE LIBRARY CARDS, DIDN'T REALIZE THE LIBRARY WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
UM, IN FACT, I SIGNED A LADY, A, A A MOM UP FOR A LIBRARY CARD.
AND WHEN SHE BROUGHT HER DAUGHTER THE VERY NEXT SATURDAY, SO IT WAS, AND SHE, WE RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER.
UM, BUT THEN WE, WE WERE INVITED BACK.
UH, WE DID A COLLEGE FAIR AND THEY, THEY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TO COME TO THINGS, BUT I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO LEAVE, UM, THE, OUR BROCHURES IN OUR, IN OUR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES.
AND THEN WE, JULIE AND I WENT AND WE MADE FRIENDSHIP BREAKUPS WITH THEM
UM, WE BROUGHT THEIR, OUR SUMMER, SUMMER ADVENTURE, UM, LOGS,
AND THEY HAVE A SUMMER CAMP WHERE THE KIDS HAVE, THEY CAN EVEN SIGN UP AND COME.
UM, IT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE BECAUSE THE PARENTS HAVE TO BE HOME, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE, BUT THEY, UM, BUT IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE KIDS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE IF THEY CAN'T, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN WE DID A, A LITTLE, A CAREER FAIR.
UM, THEN WE, WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH, UM, LIGHT OF HOPE IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER, UH, TO PROVIDE CITIZENSHIP CLASSES AT THE SOUTH GROVE LIBRARY.
UH, THESE ARE, THEY WERE FREE CLASSES FOR, UH, THE, THE, THE STUDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED.
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UM, IT WAS A 12 WEEK COURSE.THEY HAD TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO COME TO AT LEAST 10 OUT OF THE 12.
ONLY ONE OF 'EM WAS, UH, IT, THE TUESDAY OF THE, THE BIG STORM HAD, WE HAD TO CANCEL THAT ONE.
SO THEY WENT ONE WEEK, UH, LATER THAN ATTENDED.
BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT START.
UM, ANNA, THE INSTRUCTOR IN THAT, UM, KIND OF THE MIDDLE PICTURE, UM, THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE TRAINED BY LIGHT OF HOPE.
THEY'RE THERE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS.
THEY BROUGHT IN A COUPLE OF, UH, HISTORY TEACHERS TO DO SOME OF THE EDUCATION ON THE TESTS.
JULIE AND I DID MOCK INTERVIEWS.
WE
WE DID MOCK INTERVIEWS WITH THE, WITH THE STUDENTS.
AND THEN THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO TOUR THE IMMIGRATION OFFICES AS WELL.
AND WE HAD, UH, SEVEN STUDENTS FOR THAT WAS, THOSE ARE A REALLY GOOD, LIKE, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US.
AND IT WAS ALSO, IT WAS JUST REALLY, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM COME CONSISTENTLY EVERY WEEK.
AND, UH, I RAN INTO ONE OF THE STUDENTS LAST, ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, AND SHE FOUND, I'M STILL WAITING.
BUT SHE WAS JUST, SHE WAS VERY NICE AND VERY GRATEFUL.
SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT.
ONE OF OUR MORE FUN THINGS THAT WE DID, WE DID PAINT YOUR PARTNER'S PORTRAIT ON THE SQUARE.
THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S ON TIKTOK
YOU PAINT THEIR PORTRAIT AND THEN DO A BIG REVEAL.
THIS, THIS GROUP OF LADIES IN THE MIDDLE WAS ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS THAT I PROGRAM THAT WE HAD EVER HAD.
AND THAT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AS WELL.
AND WE DID THIS ON THE SQUARE, UM, 24 INDIVIDUALS
AND THEN WE, DEANNA, JULIE AND I DID JUNETEENTH.
UM, WE MADE JUNETEENTH BUT JUNETEENTH BUTTONS.
UM, AND IT WAS A PRETTY BIG SUCCESS.
WE MADE 108 CONTACTS AND SIGNED NINE PEOPLE UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE ON THE SQUARE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.
WE ON AUDUBON THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND THEN I DIDN'T PUT IT IN HERE, BUT WE ALSO DID THE, UH, RED WHITE U CELEBRATION, JULY 3RD CELEBRATION ON THE SQUARE AS WELL.
UH, WE WERE THE FACE PAINTERS.
WELL, I HAD TO FILL IN FOR THE FACE PAINTER AT ONE POINT TO GIVE THEM A BREAK.
AND THE CHILDREN THAT SAT IN THAT CHAIR REALLY REGRETTED IT AFTER
SO LIKE I WAS SMEARING THE PAINT ACROSS THEIR FACE.
AND THEN THE FINALE OF THE SUMMER, UH, PAINT YOUR SUMMER RED WAS, UH, THIS WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
IT WAS A FREE CONCERT ON THE SQUARE.
WE HAD RED, WHICH A TAYLOR, WHICH IS A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND, UM, LAUREN, WHO IS LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO TAYLOR SWIFT IN THAT
WE'RE STILL, I'M STILL WAITING ON THIS, ON THE, UM, CELL PHONE DATA FROM THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE.
THEY, THEY USUALLY, THAT'S HOW THEY GET THE NUMBERS FOR THEIR BIGGER EVENTS.
UM, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERTS ALL SUMMER.
IT WAS THE PAST, THE BIGGEST CONCERTS ALL SUMMER.
UM, WE MADE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.
WE HAD BASICALLY LIKE TRS OF BEADS,
AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.
AND THEN WE TOOK PICTURES WITH 10 SWIFT.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF, I WAS VERY PROUD.
AND IT REALLY OPENED UP THE LIBRARY TO APPROVED THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET A LOT OF.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE CONCERT THAT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST, UH, GLIMPSE OF THE LIBRARY AND IN SOME CASES ALMOST DOING A DOUBLE TAKE OF THIS LOUD, NOISY, RAMBUNCTIOUS CONCERT.
AND IT PAIR OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH SEEMS
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OPPOSITE, BUT IT ACTUALLY, IT GOES TOGETHER.A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
LIKE YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT TAYLOR SWIFT WAS THERE.
AND THEY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT TAYLOR SWIFT WAS THERE.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THERE WAS, WE DID FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.
THERE WAS A FOOTBALL TOSS TO, BECAUSE OF TRAVIS' COMPANY.
AND, UM, WE ALSO DID A, UM, A REALLY CUTE PHOTO OP AS WELL.
WE HAD SOME LIBRARY INFORMATION ONLY LIKE TWO LIBRARY CARDS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT WASN'T THE FOCUS OF THE EVENT.
SO, UM, IT WAS VERY HOT, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
SO YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN BUSY ALL YEAR LONG.
PLEASE TELL US HOW BIG YOUR TEAM IS.
I MEAN, THEY EVENTS LIKE RED AND RED, WHITE AND U SOME OF THOSE BIGGER CITY EVENTS.
UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE STAFF.
SO RED, I THINK WE HAD, HOW MANY DID WE HAVE? 20 STAFF? 2018.
THAT, THAT WAS WITH SET UP WILL DROVE THE VAN.
HE WAS THE CHARE AND HOSPITALITY FOR RED
UM, BUT LIKE, SOME OF THE SMALLER EVENTS, LIKE, LIKE DEANNA WENT WITH US TO, TO JUNETEENTH.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST, FOR THE MOST PART, YEAH.
ME AND THOSE THAT YOUR FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.
THESE ARE MY FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS,
I ONLY HAD CHA HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE, UH, TWO OVER THE SUMMER.
THE OTHER ONE IS MY, MY NIECE MADE IT FOR ME.
BUT ALL OF, A LOT OF OUR LIBRARIANS HAD 'EM, ALL OF THEIR, OF THEIR ARMS. YOU HAD WHAT, THREE OR FOUR? MM-HMM.
UM, AND THEN JUST COMING UP, WE HAVE, JULIE AND I ARE STARTING.
SO JULIE, JULIE HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO THE OUTREACH TEAM,
UM, SHE HAS PROPOSED A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS. UM, WE'RE DOING CELEBRITIES ABOUT TOWN, UM, WHICH IS A CELEBRITY MEMOIR BOOK CLUB.
OUR FIRST ONE IS THIS THURSDAY.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT, AT LAKE LAKEWOOD BREWERY.
WE ARE DOING THE BRITNEY SPEARS NO MORE.
WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH A, WITH A SUPER POPULAR ONE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE DOING THE GARLAND FALL FEST AND GUZZLER RUN.
UM, WE, JULIE PROPOSED A, AN EMPLOYEE BOOK CLUB.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR TEAM GARLAND READS WE'RE STARTING AND OUR FIRST ONE IS OCTOBER 9TH, I BELIEVE.
UM, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF MAYBE EVENTUALLY BRING MORE EMPLOYEES INTO THE LIBRARIES AND ALSO JUST KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'LL DO A LUNCHTIME BOOK CLUB FROM 12 TO ONE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER NIGHT.
OUR FIRST ONE IS THE SILENT PATIENT.
WE DECIDED ON A FUN THRILLER FOR THE FIRST ONE.
JUST AGAIN, LIKE A POPULAR READ AND WE GET SOME PEOPLE INTERESTED.
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP WITH THAT FIRST ONE.
SO HOPEFULLY TO GET MORE EMPLOYEES.
AND, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, I I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW WE HAVE BOOKS, BUT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO LIKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANGO LANGUAGES, LIKE ALL SO MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL DO STEAM ADVENTURES, WHICH WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SANITATION AND STORMWATER, UH, TO DO AT LAKEWOOD.
WE WERE NOT NO
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ON, UM, OCTOBER 17TH WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
AND, UM, PAULA WILL BE BRINGING A, AN ESTEEM ACTIVITY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE KIDS.
AND THAT WAS ONE THAT JULIE PROPOSED.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DO A POPUP POKEMON ON THE SQUARE PROGRAM WHERE THEY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN EVERYBODY DOING THE, UM, POKEMON GO POKEMON GO ON THE SQUARE.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE POKEMON BUTTONS AND DIRECT TOWARDS THE KIOSK AND SIGN UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS IF THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO IT'S JUST A SUPER CASUAL POPUP PROGRAM THAT WE'LL WE'LL DO ON A SUNDAY IN, UH, NOVEMBER.
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THAT'S LONG.AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE AND WE'RE ALSO DOING DO, DO DAY LIST MARCH AS WELL IN, IN NOVEMBER.
SO WITH, UM, WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF, UM, VALUE INTO THE OUTREACH PROGRAM AND CAN'T CONTINUE ON WITHOUT HAVING AND GROWING OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM.
MICHAEL, YOU ACTUALLY ASKED SOMETHING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BUT, UM, HAS STUCK WITH ME AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE LOGISTICS CURRENTLY, BUT ABOUT, UH, CENTRAL LIBRARY IS CLOSED AND WE ARE USING STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES.
SO WE, WE REALIZED THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AT THIS MAGNITUDE IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM, ESPECIALLY AFTER CENTRAL AND WEST FROM ONLINE.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, THE POLICIES, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN AND BEING ABLE TO PUT SOME THINGS, UM, UH, TRIAGE, WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON TO BETTER ALIGN WITH, WITH THE STAFFING THAT WE WILL HAVE AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE FOR OUTREACH.
STILL KNOWING IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND GROW OUTREACH, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IN YOUR, UM, BINDERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE CURRENT POLICY AND OUR CURRENT OUTREACH POLICY AND AN UPDATED DRAFT.
THE CURRENT POLICY, THE ISSUE DATE WAS FEBRUARY 10TH, 2003.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT POLICY IS A REALLY GREAT FOUNDATION FOR US TO, TO SPRING OFF OF.
THERE'S NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH OUR CURRENT POLICY, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A TIME'S TAPE, UM, A LOOK AT THIS POLICY WITH HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD AND MAYBE, UH, BETTER DEFINE
IT'S A COUPLE PAGES BEHIND THE AGENDA.
I THINK WE'RE ALL TOGETHER NOW.
SO TONIGHT THAT ASK I I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE UPDATED DRAFT, UM, GET ANY FEEDBACK OR DISCUSSION THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IF YOU WANNA TAKE THIS AND ADJUST IT AND COME BACK IN OCTOBER AND HAVE A, A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH EITHER EDITS OR, UM, ADOPTION OF AN UPDATED OUTREACH AND EVENTS POLICY.
SO WE CAN TAKE THIS OUT OF SAYING, WE CAN TAKE THIS OUT OF OUR BINDER, OR YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A DIGITAL COPYING.
YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR BINDER.
WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND, UM, RE PUT THERE OR LIKE PUT IT BACK IN.
AND I CAN ALSO EMAIL THIS OUT TO THE GROUP I THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO SOME BIG TAKEAWAYS, UM, UNDER, UH, LOOKING AT THE UPDATED DRAFT, THE FOCUS, TRYING TO DEFINE BETTER DEFINE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR OUTREACH, UM, PROGRAM IS, UH, EMPHASIZING, UM, UNDERSERVED UNSERVED POPULATIONS, UH, LIBRARIES, OUTREACH OR THE LIBRARY'S OUTREACH INITIATIVES AIM TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESS, PARTICULARLY FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS, SENIORS, TEENS, AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE UNDERSERVED.
THE PURPOSE OF THESE EFFORTS IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, FOSTER COMMUN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND AS THE LIBRARY, AS A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG ONE FOR US, IS LOVE IT UNDOING THE STEREOTYPES AND THE, THE INTIMIDATION AND THE, THE STIGMA THAT LIBRARIES HAVE, UH, OUT IN THE, THE POPULATION.
UM, YOUR PROGRAMS, WE REALLY, AGAIN, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, POLICY IS FINE, BUT WE REALLY DON'T WANNA BE LIMITED TO JUST THOSE
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PROGRAMS THAT WERE LISTED IN THAT PROGRAM AREA.WE WANT TO DO SOME OF THE MORE NON-TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU LIBRARY IE HOSTING A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAN, GOING TO LAKEWOOD BREWERY, THE GUZZLER EVENTS AND THINGS THAT AT ONE TIME MAY HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, FROWNED UPON FOR A BETTER, BETTER WAY, EXPLAINING THAT.
UM, AND REALLY, UH, UNDER SECTION THREE, THE POPULATION SERVE.
UM, WE'RE HERE FOR EVERYBODY, ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE C UH, THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, BUT AGAIN, REALLY, UH, FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON REACHING THOSE UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED GROUPS, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PURPOSE.
UM, BUT ALSO COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SCHOOLS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND IMPACTFUL TO THOSE POPULATIONS.
UM, AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS, THIS IS VERY KEY.
UM, WE WILL PRIORITIZE REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT BENEFIT GARLAND RESIDENTS.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE A SLIGHT CHANGE FROM, UM, THE CURRENT, UH, POLICY OF DOING IT UPON ORDER OF REQUESTS, WHICH THERE WILL STILL BE SOME ELEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, BUT WITH THE STAFFING LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME TYPE OF ASSESSMENT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, DOES THIS REALLY, IS THIS A PRIORITY FOR US TO DO, FOR US TO PUT THE RESOURCES AND THE TIME IN? OR DO WE NEED TO, TO FOCUS IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? NOT SAYING THAT THE EVENT OR THE THE CAUSE IS BAD, IT JUST, WE HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE SOMETIMES.
UM, CAN YOU GIMME AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, HOW YOU WOULD EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY? HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE POSSIBLY AT THE EVENT OR AT THE, UM, UH, THE GROUPING, UH, WHO IS GONNA BE AT IT? IS IT A GROUP? JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, SOMETIMES WE WERE INVITED TO GO TO, UM, EDUCATORS, UH, MEETINGS.
USUALLY TEACHERS, EDUCATORS KNOW THE VALUE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THEY'RE NOT INTIMIDATED TO COME INTO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO HELP US GET THE, THE INFORMATION OUT.
IF WE WERE SOMETHING LIKE PROJECT ACCESS OR THE, UM, UM, REGION 10.
SO SL SO THEY HAVE A PARENT AND PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENT EVERY YEAR.
AND THAT IS, THEIR OFFICES ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE, THEY'RE IN RICHARDSON, BUT THEY SERVE, UM, GARLAND ISD.
AND THOSE PARENTS THAT ARE COMING TO THAT EVENT ARE THEY, THEY NEED THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO, UM, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFIT GROWING, RIGHT? IN SOME CASES IT MAY, UM, IT MAY BE A SMALLER GROUP THAN, THAN THIS ONE OVER HERE.
BUT THE IMPACT MAY BE GREATER FOR THIS, THIS GROUP THAN THIS GROUP.
NOT SAYING AGAIN THAT THIS, THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS GROUP AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND INFORMATION AND SEND RESOURCES OUT TO THIS GROUP AND MAYBE FOLLOW UP ON A LATER DATE.
BUT THE THING IS HERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE DRAINS WITHIN EMPHASIS ON EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY? YES.
SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUT FROM THEIR, AN APARTMENT, A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
HOW CAN WE PROVIDE ACCESS? SO SORT OF IN GENERAL, WHAT WHAT YOU MEAN IS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALLOCATING RESOURCES THAT THE SHADE THAT I WANT HAVE THE BIGGEST BANG WITH THE BUCK IN THE SENSE THAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO MORE EFFECTIVELY REACH GREATER TO SORT OF USE SOME OF THE PHRASES OVER HERE HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED AS EFFECTIVELY OR IN SOME CASES AT ALL OR NOT SERVED.
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I THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE TIME FOR THAT IN TERMS OF STYLISTICTHE WORD EQUITY HAS BECOME A, A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AT LEAST I THINK.
UM, BUT IT, IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT CLEAR TO ME IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED SERVICES IN THE PAST OR HAVE NOT ADEQUATELY RECEIVED SERVICES, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT CLEARER THAN THAT.
THAT WORD EQUITABLE, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD WAS.
THE, THE OTHER PRICING IS USED UP IN NUMBER THREE.
YEAH, WE, THAT, THAT PHRASE IS USED IN, IN THREE IN ONE.
UM, I WAS SAYING THAT, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER WORD AND EQUITABLE, ALTHOUGH IT'S FAIR AND IMPARTIAL, IT'S ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF THAT.
BUT BECAUSE I, IF I'M READING ALL THIS CORRECTLY AND UNDERSTANDING THE MISSION CORRECTLY, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF EMPHASIS HERE ON REACHING UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED POPULATIONS AND THOSE WHO LIKE ACCESS ARE EQUITABLE, YOU'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO SAY, BUT NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF EVERYONE ELSE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SAY ALL WHAT Y'ALL ARE BOTH SAYING, WHICH IS HARD TO SUCCINCTLY
I ACTUALLY LIKE THE USE OF THE TERM EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY IN THAT CONTEXT, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZATION OF PROGRAMMING AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, IF YOU WERE TO ELIMINATE THAT WORD AND REPLACE IT WITH SPECIFIC TARGETED AUDIENCES, YOU'D BE LIMITING YOURSELF IN.
WELL, I'M SUGGESTING WE REPLACE IT WITH UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED.
WELL, BUT, BUT THE FOCUS OF THAT PARAGRAPH IS TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZATION OF THE PROGRAMMING.
AND I JUST THINK EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY SPEAKS MORE TO, WELL WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT WORD EQUITABLE? IT, IT'S EVERYBODY.
IT, IT, IT'S BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO FAIRLY DISTRIBUTE RESOURCES TO, TO PROVIDE SERVICE, WHICH MAY NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THIS ONE GETS TWO, THIS ONE GETS TWO, THIS ONE GETS TWO, IT MAY MEAN THIS ONE HAS ACCESS TO A LOT MORE, SO LET'S INVEST MORE ENERGY IN THIS GROUP.
UM, AND SO IT'S MORE LIKE FAIR AND BALANCE TO ME IT'S, IT'S A MODIFIER TO THREE, WHICH IS POPULAR.
WE'VE ALREADY SAID WHO OUR TARGETED POPULATION IS.
EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY MEANS DISTRIBUTED E EQUALLY BETWEEN OUR TARGETED AUDIENCE.
SO TO ME IT SOUNDS A LITTLE REDUNDANT TO THEN REFERENCE IT AGAIN, NUMBER FOUR, BECAUSE THE EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY WOULD BE TO THAT POPULATION SERVED.
SO YOU, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED 'CAUSE YOU SAID IT MEANS EQUAL, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING.
SO TO ME IT MEANS EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY TO POPULATION TO EVERYONE UNDERSERVED OR TO ME IT WOULD MEAN TO NUMBER THREE TO WHO OUR POPULATION SERVED IS.
IT'S AN EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY TO THAT, THOSE GROUPS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIFIC TARGETED AUDIENCES WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND THEN WE GO ON TO DEFINE WHAT SPECIFIC TARGETED AUDIENCES ARE.
WELL YOU'RE SAYING THAT OUTREACH EFFORTS PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON REACHING UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED, BUT RIGHT BEFORE THAT YOU SAID ALL THE PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS THAT SERVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SPECIFIC TARGET AUDIENCES.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING, WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYBODY OUT, WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS FOR SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE.
SO AM I HEARING THAT WE WANT MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION? IS WE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT NEXT MEETING AS WELL? YEAH, PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND REFLECT AND I JUST,
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AND I WANT YOU OUT TO THE GROUP.I DON'T WANNA CUT UP CONVERSATION, BUT I, AND I DO WANNA JUST MENTION, UM, SECTION FIVE IS EVALUATION OF FEEDBACK, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS OF OUTREACH, OF BEING ABLE TO GET, UM, ESTABLISH SOME EVALUATION MEASURES AND ESTABLISH, UM, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING WITH THE GROUPS THAT WERE GOING TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO IMPLEMENT AND, AND WORK ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUTREACH.
ALONG THOSE LINES, DO YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BECAUSE IT, IT DOES STRIKE ME AND I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A MYRIAD OF REASONS WHY, BUT THE, WHAT IS IT, 309 CARDS WITH 15,000 CONTACTS OR WHATEVER THAT THAT FIGURE WAS.
DO, DOES EVERY EVENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LIBRARY CARD? AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS? IS IT A BIG PROCESS TO UNDERGO OR, YOUR HONOR, I, WE, IF THERE'S MOVING THEY LIBRARY HARD, WHICH IS VERY RARE, BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE TRY TO OFFER
UM, BECAUSE THE PARENTS DO HAVE TO BE THERE IN ORDER TO GET A CARD.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT A LONG PROCESS.
WE TAKE A PAPER FORM, THEY NEED THEIR PHOTO ID AND AS LONG AS IT HAS THEIR CURRENT ADDRESS ON IT, THEY CAN FILL IT OUT.
WE'LL TAKE IT TO, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO LET YOU TELL 'EM 24 OR UH, 24 TO, TO 48 HOURS TO GET THE CARD INTO THE SYSTEM.
THEY GET THE CARD RIGHT, RIGHT THEN.
SO THEY DON'T NEED TO BRING LIKE A UTILITY BILL OR SOMETHING? NOT UNLESS THEY'RE UM, UNLESS THEIR, THEIR CURRENT ADDRESS IS NOT ON THEIR, THEIR PHOTO ID.
AND IF THEY CAN BREAK SOMETHING UP WITH THEIR, UH, INSURANCE OR LEASE INFORMATION UP ON AN EMAIL OR SOME ON AN ACCOUNT ON THE PHONE, THEN WE COULD JUST, IF YOU WERE TO, UM, ANALYZE HOW MUCH OF A EMPHASIS WOULD BE PLACED ON GETTING NEW LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS AT EVENTS, HOW WOULD YOU RATE THAT? IS IT VERY SIGNIFICANT? IS IT MINOR? IT'S NOT MINOR, BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, GOALS THAT SOME OF THESE EVENTS IS TO JUST HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LIBRARY TO, UH, POPULATIONS THAT IT'S YOUR PEOPLE TOO, BUT NOT SCARY.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY THAT YOU BELONG HERE TO.
AND SOMETIMES FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH, FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO GOING TO A LIBRARY IS A NEW THING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW DIFFERENT PERSONAL INVITATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS WITH US OUT IN THE PUBLIC BEFORE THEY'RE GONNA BE COMFORTABLE WITH EITHER ENTERING A BUILDING OR GETTING A LIBRARY CARD.
UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S NEVER ANY PRESSURE.
I TRY TO REALLY, UM, IF I'M, I'M TALKING TO SOMEBODY, IF JULIE'S TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND IF WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN WARE, I, I REALLY WANT, I NEVER WANT THEM TO PRESSURE ANYBODY INTO GETTING A LIBRARY CARD BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE HANDING YOUR PHOTO ID TO A RANDOM PERSON AT A TABLE WITH THE TABLECLOTH ON LIKE WITH, WITH CURIOSITY AND CAT ON IT.
UM, SO IF THEY, IF THEY SEEM HESITANT AT ALL, WE NEVER PUSH, WE NEVER, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVER LIKE SAY, OH, IT'S FREE, IT'S FINE.
JUST, JUST YOU TAKE YOUR INFORMATION.
UM, I ALWAYS TELL THEM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME INTO ANY OF OUR LIBRARIES AND, AND GET A CARD THAT WAY AS WELL.
DO YOU THINK THE ONE EXCEPTION IS GOING TO LITERACY NIGHTS AND THE SCHOOL THAT THE PARENT AND CHILD IS THERE AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MANY OF THOSE KIDS OR THOSE FAMILIES LEAVE WITH THE LIBRARY CARD IN HAND, UH, SO THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, HOMEWORK HELD MATERIALS TO HELP THE THE SCHOOL AGED CHILD.
UM, AND I'LL SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT MAY ALSO BE, UM, SIMILAR TO WHEN WE INITIATE SERVICES TO SENIOR CENTERS OR UM, SENIOR FACILITIES OF UH, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MATERIALS FOR PEOPLE WHO, SENIORS WHO CAN'T COME TO US PHYSICALLY.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA NEED A LIBRARY CARD TO ACCESS THOSE DIGITAL SERVICES SO THAT THERE WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THEIR THAT TOO.
AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE TOP, THE NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO 'CAUSE WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE INROADS AND MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE.
UM, SO THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH HAVING THAT LIBRARY CARD AND SEE THE VALUE IN
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THAT.IT'S GREAT IF WE ISSUE LIBRARY CARDS, BUT THE, THE REAL SUCCESS IS THAT THEY'RE USING THE LIBRARY CARD.
SO THAT PATIENT THAT CAME BACK THAT SATURDAY, SATURDAY AFTER THAT EVENT, THAT THAT'S A WIN.
THEY GOT THE LIBRARY CARD, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE VALUE OF IT, NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING IT.
DOROTHY, ONE OF OUR, UM, CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN THAT SOUTH DOROTHY TOLD ME ONE DAY THAT SHE HAD A MOM COME IN THAT HAD GOTTEN A LIBRARY CARD OUT AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS AND SHE REMEMBER US BEING THERE AND, AND NOW THEY COME EVERY SATURDAY.
SO WE DO, THEY ARE, THEY DO USE THAT NOW CAN DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, HOW MANY OF THOSE 302 PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR LIBRARY CARD? UM, NO NECESSARILY, BUT, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO FIGURE OUT IN THE FUTURE OF BEING ABLE TO, HOW WE TRACK DEFINE SUCCESS, HOW DO WE DEFINE THIS WAS A LEARNING MOMENT, WHAT TO WE LEARN FROM IT AND THEN BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SECTION WHERE IT SAYS EVALUATION OF FEEDBACK, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL WITH EVALUATION PROCESS? ALL OF IT.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO DO SOME FEEDBACK ON OUR END, BUT WE, WE NEED THE PUBLIC'S FEEDBACK AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH US ON THOSE, UH, EVENTS TOO.
AND EVEN THE, SOME OF THE, THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH TO SEE FROM THEIR VIEWPOINT IS THIS WAS THE PARTNERSHIP, THE SUCCESS IS A PARTNERSHIP OF SUCCESS.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BOTH PARTIES ARE GONNA BE WILLING AND, UM, VESTED IN PUTTING THE TIME AND EFFORT IN TO CONTINUE? OR WAS THIS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PLAYED OUT AND NOW WE NEED TO GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
WELL, MORGAN, JULIE, UH, APPLAUSE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR EXTENDED TEAM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN THIS SECTION? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO LIBRARY PROGRAM AND SERVICES UPDATE.
SO WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A COFFEE AT LATEST, ADDITIONAL OFF THE SHELF PLACES.
IF YOU WANT EXTRA COFFEE THAT YOU HAVE, LET US KNOW AND GIVE COFFEE.
HOW ARE WE DISCRIMINATING THESE NOW THAT WE'RE SORT OF HAVE, WE NAME LIBRARY WE PEOPLE TO PICK THEM UP, BUT HOW, HOW ARE THEY DISTRIBUTED? AND THEN WE HAVE THEM OUT IN SOME DIFFERENT PLACES.
UM, LATEST I TOOK THE LAST EDITION TO THE, TO THE VISITOR CENTER.
I NEED TO TAKE THEM, TAKE THIS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE ANYTHING AT EACH OF OUR LOCATIONS, WE TAKE A
WHAT IS THE PRINT? UH, COSTWISE.
IT DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF YEAR.
SO WE WENT ON FROM, UM, DOING A, UH, FOUR MONTH RUN OR A, A FOUR MONTH FEED INTO A THREE MONTH SEASON.
SO I THINK THIS LATEST, UH, VERSION, WE DID A RUN OF 700, 7 50, EITHER SEVEN OR SEVEN 50 PLUS.
WE DROPPED FROM BOTH VERY ACTIVE, UM, SUMMER TIME.
UH, NOT THAT WE WE'RE PRETTY ACTIVE ALL THE TIME,
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PRINT RUN, THE COST AND THERE ANY, WHERE WE PRINT THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE PRINT THEM FROM AND SURE, YEAH.
SPEAKING OF SUMMER, I'M GOING TO, UH, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE A, UM, UM, SUMMARY OF OUR SUMMER WRAP UP.
I'M GONNA DO A SUMMER WRAP UP.
UH, I, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE
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IN, UM, OR THE MAY BELIEVE WAS THE MAY, UH, MEETING WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING.AND YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM, A NEW WAY OF, UM, HANDLING OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
IT WASN'T SUMMER READING, UH, PROGRAM ANYMORE.
WE CALLED IT SUMMER ADVENTURE AT YOUR LIBRARY.
AND THE, THE FORMAT, IT WAS OPEN TO CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 17.
WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ADULTS THIS YEAR.
UM, IT WASN'T FOCUSED SOLELY ON READING.
AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, WHY WE DIDN'T DO THAT, NO REGISTRATION, UH, THE EASE AND FLEXIBILITY OF DOING THE PROGRAM WERE THE KEY THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND THERE WERE SIMPLE ACTIVITY BOOKMARKS THAT KIDS GOT.
THEY PICKED THEM UP, UH, WHEN WE FILLED IT OUT AS TO WHAT ACTIVITIES THEY DID, WHICH ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WAS READING.
IT'S JUST THAT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT THEY DID.
AND COME BACK THE NEXT WEEK, THEY WOULD TURN IT IN AND THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, SMALL PRIZES FOR EACH WEEK.
THIS LAST PART I THINK WAS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY WE HAD THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD.
PARTICIPANTS COULD START AT ANY TIME.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO START FROM THE VERY FIRST WEEK AND GO STRAIGHT THROUGH.
UM, OVER THE YEARS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING AT IS HOW CAN WE BATTLE THAT MIDSUMMER DROP? BECAUSE SOMETI, AT SOME POINT DURING THE SUMMER, MOST FAMILIES WOULD LEAVE AND GO ON VACATION AND WE'D NEVER GOT 'EM BACK.
AND WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT, IT WAS HAD THE FLEXIBILITY OF I CAN START THIS WAY, I CAN SKIP A WEEK AND I'M NOT BEHIND BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FLOW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE THING STRAIGHT THROUGH EACH WEEK STOOD ON ITS OWN.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT HELPED KEEP OUR NUMBERS HIGH.
AND AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM NOT FOCUSING SOLELY ON READING, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE THIS WAS WHAT'S GOING ON IN ALL THE OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS. AND THEY ARE READING PROGRAMS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE READING PROGRAMS WITH SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOLS ARE REALLY EMPHASIZING READING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
YOU, I THINK KAREN EVEN REACHING OUT TO SOME OF HER FRIENDS AND OTHER, UH, LIBRARY SYSTEMS IN OTHER STATES, SAME SORT OF THING THAT THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS JUST ARE, WERE NOT AS POPULAR AS THEY ONCE WERE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM.
AND BY HAVING THIS WHERE READING IS A PART OF IT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY READING IT GAVE THEM MORE THINGS TO DO.
UM, IN THE PAST WE, WE DID HAVE SOME THAT HAVE HAD ACTIVITIES, BUT READING WAS PRESCRIBED.
IT WAS THIS MANY MINUTES OF READING AND AN ACTIVITY.
BUT THIS ANOTHER PART I LIKED ABOUT THIS, SORRY, UH, IS THAT GOAL SETTING WAS A PART OF THIS.
AND WE HAD INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SET GOALS.
AND SO WE TOLD THEM, THIS IS HOW YOU CAN SET A GOAL, WHAT, WHAT THOSE GOALS COULD BE.
SO THE KIDS HAD A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR SUMMER ACTIVITIES.
THEY COULD SEE, UM, COME TO LIBRARY PROGRAMS. THEY COULD READ, UM, THEY COULD VISIT THE LIBRARY.
THEY COULD ATTEND THE LIBRARY PROGRAM OR THEY COULD READ AND THEY SAT LIKE, OH, I ONLY FEEL LIKE READING 30 MINUTES THIS WEEK, BUT THERE'S THESE PROGRAMS I WANNA GO TO.
UH, SO THEY COULD FILL OUT THE INFORMATION HOW THEY WANT IT.
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THEY SET THAT GOAL THEMSELVES AND THAT WAS, THEY RECEIVED THESE, UH, BOOKMARKS EACH WEEK FRONT WHAT WAS ON THE LEFT AND THE BACK, UH, ON THE RIGHT.AND THEY, THEY COLORED IN ALL OF THE, THE THINGS, UM, LITTLE EMBLEMS, WHICH PLAYED INTO ANOTHER PART OF, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT I'LL SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AGAIN, I HAD SHOWED THIS PICTURE IN MAY.
WE HAD, UH, THEY WERE INEXPENSIVE PRIZES, BUT THE KIDS LOVED THEM.
EVERYBODY LOVES THE RUBBER DUCKS.
UH, OF COURSE WITH THE, THE, UM, FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS, BRACELETS PLAYED INTO THE RED CONCERT.
THOSE WERE POPULAR AND THE STAFF HAD 'EM ALSO SO THEY COULD TRADE WITH THIS.
UM, MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD DIFFERENT PRIZES, IT WAS, UH, INTERESTING TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE, THE OLDER KIDS, THEY WANTED THE RUBBER DUCKS, BUT WE GOT THE RUBBER DUCKS 'CAUSE WE BASED IT ON HOW MANY PARTICIPATE PARTICIPANTS WE WOULD HAVE AT CERTAIN AGE GROUPS.
SO IF WE HAD THE RUBBER DUCKS FOR THE, THE VERY YOUNGEST THAT COULDN'T HAVE SMALL CHARMS OR SOMETHING, THEY FELT THAT WE SAID, NO, THESE ARE FOR YOUR AGE GROUP.
AND THEY WOULD NOT, THEY WANTED THE RUBBER DUCKS AND THIS TIME THEY COULD CHOOSE WHATEVER.
THEY COULD HAVE THE RUBBER DUCT, THEY COULD HAVE THE SHOE CHARMS, UM, AND THEY COULD MAKE THE BRACELETS.
AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED ALL THREE OF THESE.
WE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK ON ALL OF THESE.
I JUST WANNA INTERJECT AT THIS POINT, UM, WHICH KATHLEEN HASN'T SAID YET.
UM, AND SHE, I'M NOT TRYING TO STILL
SO THE, THE FINANCIAL COST AND THE STAFF COST OF THE COME AND EFFORT OF, WE SIT IN REALLY KATHLEEN, HER TEAM REDOING THAT THIS YEAR, UH, TO MAKE IT EASIER, NOT JUST FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES, BUT EASIER FOR SET UP BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S QUITE LABOR INTENSIVE.
THE BIG THING, UH, WITH THIS IS WE LOOKED AT HOW MUCH, UM, WE WERE SPENDING IN PRIZES EVERY SUMMER, WHAT THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT WAS, AND DECIDED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THIS YEAR WITH SOMETHING UNIVERSAL.
I MEAN,
SO IT, IT WAS A MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE ACROSS THE BOARD PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA GET FEEDBACK AND RIGHT.
AND ALSO WITH THE, UH, SPEAKING TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IT, THE, UH, PERFORMERS, WE DID HAVE SOME PERFORMERS, BUT WE'VE FOUND THAT WITH, WITH ALL THE CITIES IN THIS, THIS AREA, ALL THE LIBRARIES THAT ARE IN THIS AREA, THE SAME.
THERE'S ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SUMMER PERFORMERS AND THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
SO PARENTS CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHERE THEY GO, AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL KEEP GOING.
THEY LIKE TO SEE THIS ONE PERFORMER EVERYWHERE, BUT OTHER TIMES, OKAY, I'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS ONE, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO HERE.
AND WE TOOK IT WHERE THERE WAS A LOT MORE STAFF PROGRAMMING, STEAM, STEAM, PROGRAMMINGS, MAKERSPACE, UH, A LOT MORE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY COULDN'T GET AT NECESSARILY AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
AND THE FEEDBACK THAT, AS I'VE MENTIONED, AND KAREN MENTIONED, THE EASE OF PARTICIPATION, NOT JUST FOR THE, THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS.
THE KIDS THOUGHT IT WAS EASIER TOO, BUT STAFF, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND THE ROTATION ON DESK TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH, AND THE, THE BINDERS, WE'D HAVE BINDERS WITH RULES IN IT, AND YOU'D HAVE TO, AND YOU'D HAVE TO ENTER IT, AND WE'D HAD PROBLEMS. YOU'D BE ENTERING IT AND IT WOULD GO, UM, BECAUSE WE SAVED
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IT ALL IN, UM, WELL, YEAH, IT WAS A DATABASE, BUT IT WAS A CLOUD-BASED, OR IT WAS ONLINE.IT WAS IN ONE OF OUR SERVERS, AND SOMEBODY WOULD DO SOMETHING AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT.
THE CHOICE OF GOALS AND PRIZES, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE KIDS, LIKE BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE WHICHEVER FOOD THEY WANTED TO, TO GET AND SETTING THEIR OWN BILLS.
UM, THE BOOKMARKS THEY WERE ABLE TO COLOR IN, SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR ART ARTISTIC ABILITIES, AND SOME OF THEM, THEY, THEY WERE SO HAPPY WITH THEM, THEY WANTED TO GIVE IT TO STAFF.
AND I LIKED THIS, THIS ONE, UH, THEY ENJOYED GETTING PRAISE FOR THEIR, THEIR, UH, COLORING SKILLS.
BEFORE IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A CHECKING THE BOX.
AND SO THIS ALLOWED A LITTLE CREATIVITY, A LITTLE PERSONALITY, AND THEN THE FRIENDSHIP.
WE WEREN'T EVEN PLANNING THAT.
SO KAREN AND I, WE WERE LOOKING BACK AT THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THE COMPLETIONS.
NOW, EACH ONE OF THOSE WITH THE COMPLETION, UM, WAS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT STARTED AND WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND YOU, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
YOU CAN SEE REGISTRATION STARTS OUT, THEY'RE EXCITED.
THEY COME IN, THEY GET THAT FIRST PRIZE.
THEY ARE LIKE, WELL, WE HAD A LOT OF A LITTLE LIKE A BAG AND SOME PENCILS AND STUFF THAT THEY GOT TO START WITH.
THEY WOULD STAY WITH IT FOR A WEEK OR TWO, AND THEN INEVITABLY IT WOULD DROP AND YOU COULD SEE IT ABOUT THE SAME PLACE.
IT'S USUALLY JULY 4TH, I THINK.
UM, AND IT NEVER RECOVERED BECAUSE IT WAS A CONTINUOUS PROGRAM WITH THE 2024 PROGRAM.
THERE WAS ALSO A SLIGHT DROP WITH THE JULY 4TH WEEK.
THE NEXT WEEK WAS MORE, UH, PARTICIPATION THAN EVEN THE WEEK BEFORE JULY 4TH.
AND IT WAS WITH ALL AGE GROUPS.
SO WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT YOU HAD, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE EXCITED WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, FILLED WITH THIS BECAUSE EVEN 2019 PRE COVID OF ONLY HAVING 1400 PEOPLE SIGN UP AND STILL ONLY HAVING 526 PEOPLE COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
WE'VE EXCEEDED OUR PRE COVID NUMBER WITH THIS SUMMER PROGRAM, AND WE HAD MORE PEOPLE COMPLETE THIS THAN SIGNED UP.
SO IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY, IT IS A SUCCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END, EVEN IF, UH, WE HADN'T SURPASSED THAT 2019 NUMBER, BUT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FACTORS INVOLVED AND WITH THE, BECAUSE I WILL, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE, UM, STAFF DID NOT TAKE TO THIS.
THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A
BUT AT THE END OF THE, THE PROGRAM, THE FEEDBACK FROM STAFF WAS VERY POSITIVE.
UM, AND I WENT IN WITH IT, WITH THIS MINDSET, BUT I'M ENDING IT WITH IT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MINDSET, WHICH IS GOOD.
YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE PICTURES.
THE, UH, THE PICTURES ON THE LAB WERE OUR, OUR SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT IN JUNE.
AND, AND IT INTRODUCED THE PROGRAM.
UM, ONE PICTURE, THIS ONE IS WITH OUR, UH, THE CUTOUT OF REVIS
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE SUMMER, UH, PROGRAM FOR ADULTS, BUT
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WE, UH, THEY COULD PICK UP BOOKS.WE TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT SEPTEMBER SO THEY COULD GET STARTED READING THE BOOK AND, AND BE READY FOR IT.
BUT YOU'LL SEE WE HAD BOUNCE HOUSES, WE HAD BOUNCE GAMES.
WE HAD, UM, THEY HAD GOT TO SPIN THE WHEEL FOR PRIZES.
AND THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
ALSO HOT, BUT NOT AS HOT AS, UM, THE END OF SUMMER CONCERT.
BOTH OF THEM WERE VERY HOT THAT SUMMER.
UH, UM, WE HAD JUST A LITTLE UNDER 800 PEOPLE RIGHT.
THAT CAME, PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
SO YEAH, BOOK ENDING THAT ON BOTH ENDS OF
AND THEN THE PICTURE OF THE, UH, CONCERT AND IT, IT CONTINUED TO GROW AFTER THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S YOUR PICTURE.
SO, AND THEN I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, SPEAKING OF REVS, UM, WE DO HAVE EVERYTHING.
IT IS, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WEEK IS, I'M TIRED
UH, THE AUTHOR TALK AND THE, THEN THE GARLAND LIBRARY BOOK CLUBS SPECIAL EDITION, THE HIS WRITING WORKSHOP, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF FUN.
UH, HE HAS FUN WITH THEM FROM WHAT I'VE READ ABOUT.
AND THEN THE BIG CRIME CON EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS A FULL DAY EVENT.
AND ALL OF THOSE DO REQUIRE REGISTRATION.
THERE'S THE QR CODE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO FIND IT IN OFF THE SHELF AND ONLINE.
SO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT, AND IF YOU, UM, GET A CHANCE TRYING TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE OF 'EM, YOU'LL HAVE FUN.
AND WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE, UH, ONE BOOK, ONE GARLAND TRYING TO THE, THE PROCESS FOR PICKING, UM, AN AUTHOR AND A BOOK FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT I THINK THESE WILL BE REALLY FUN.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MET VIS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT VIS, HE'S A, HE'S A REALLY NICE GUY AND, UM, I THINK HIS, I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD EVENT.
IT'LL BE GREAT TO, TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU GET THAT YOU CAN PUT INTO THE NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR'S AGO.
I FINISHED THE BOOK LAST NIGHT AND STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE DOING IT.
UM, WE, UM,
REALLY GOOD NUMBERS THAT DIDN'T BRING THOSE UP.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD NUMBERS AND THE INTEREST SEEMS TO BE HIGH ON THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR INAUGURAL ONE BOOK IN GARLAND OR AS WE'VE TAKEN TO CALLING IT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUMMER PROGRAM.
ESPECIALLY CHANGE IS VERY HARD AND IT CAN BE, UH, SCARY AT TIMES, BUT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS I THINK JUSTIFIES ALL THE, THE WORKS.
I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF FINDING THINGS FOR STAFF.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD EVER DO IT JUST TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR US.
NO, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I, BUT I, THE FACT THAT WE COULD DO BOTH YES.
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING VERY LIBRARIAN ABOUT POLICY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT.
THE NEXT SLIDE ALONG THE AGENDA IS TO REVIEW
IN YOUR, UM, BINDER SHALL HAVE A COPY OF JULY'S STATISTICS, AND I BELIEVE, UH, DEANNA JUST SENT ALL
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THOSE OUT.SO YOU SHOULD HAVE TO YOUR EMAILS.
THOUGHTS ON THAT? IF NOT, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.