[Library Board on February 4, 2026.]
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I'M GONNA CALL THE EVENING TO ORDER, PLEASE.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO AND INTRODUCE OUR NEW OFFICER MEMBER.
UH, THAT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, RICARDO CARMONA.
UH, HE'S A HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER, HAS MOVED BACK TO SAN DIEGO, CAME WITH HIS WIFE AND SOME CHILDREN.
HE HAS FAMILY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.
AND IS SPORTS LEARNING MORE ABOUT NATIONAL CITY IN THE LIBRARY? UH, COUNCIL INVITED HIM TO BOARD AS SO WELCOME.
GOOD WAY TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH NATIONAL CITY.
WE GOING MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
AND WILL THAT BE APPROVED? UM, THE AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES.
WOULD YOU SECOND IT TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA? UH, CHAIR AL.
ON NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A REPORT ABOUT THE
UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.
UH, YOU FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WOULD BE A, A FRONT FEE AND ALSO A PERCENTAGE CONTROL AND THAT KIND OF YEAH.
RETICENT TO PROCEED WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE IT BE, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS.
IT, I WOULD SAY THE BATTLE'S NOT OVER, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS IT NECESSARY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO GET PAYMENTS BESIDES
BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE VOLUNTEER OR TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY GOTTA BRING CASH, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I HAVE TO GO WITH CASH.
SO THEY HAVE TO RUN TO THE ATM AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT LIKE TWO BOOKS.
AND I'M LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY MORE BOOKS 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE MONEY.
SO IT KINDA PUTS US IN A PICKLE.
I WONDER, ZELLE, IS IT BETTER? THAT'S LINKING, BUT I MEAN, DO WE HAVE, WOULD IT BE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE ACCOUNT WOULD HAVE TO, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.
WELL, IT'S THROUGH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
AND THEN YOU JUST ENTER THE PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE SENDING IT TO.
BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S HOW IT'S REPORTED, LIKE WHAT TYPE OF ACCOUNT? NONPROFIT ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S, SO, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING INTO BECAUSE HAVING CASH, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THERE'S NO PENNIES ANYMORE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH POINTS.
UM, IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY STUFF.
AND THAT WAS, UH, WAS THERE ANY OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS WHERE WE TRY TO TALK ABOUT SOME TECHNOLOGY FIELD? THAT'S STILL ON BACK PART.
HOW ABOUT, UM, THE REPORT? NIKKI? UH, YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, ONE HIGHLIGHT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THE NATIONAL
UH, THERE WAS 71
UM, IT SHOWCASED, UH, LIBRARY STAFF AND RESIDENT, UH, AND SHOWCASED OUR, OUR TWO COLLECTION.
UH, THE COVERAGE WOULD BE FELT BROADENED, JUST THE EXPOSURE TO A LIBRARY.
UM, AND YOU GUYS CAN FIND IT IF YOU LOOK, UH, IF YOU LOOK UP LOOKING FOR A POLE SAW, THE NATIONAL STATION LIBRARY HAS A COVER.
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WAS ALEX NEWS', UH, GRANT.AND, UH, YEAH, APPLIED FOR THE GRANT.
THE GRANT, EVERYTHING OVER AT NATIONAL CITY IN SAN REALLY RECENTLY.
AND IT'S REALLY THE FIRST TWO LIBRARY SAN TO DO.
SO I FEEL THAT'S TOO, UM, WE DO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS. UH, THE LITERACY PROGRAM RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE NEW CITIZENSHIP CLASSES.
THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE TEST, A CHANGE FROM A HUNDRED QUESTIONS TO 20.
AND THEN WE NEED TO PASS, UH, 12 OUT OF THE 20 QUESTIONS PROVIDED RATHER THAN SIX OUT OF THE 10.
JUST 'CAUSE WE DO NEED TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THESE STANDARDS.
UM, I WOULD SAY REALLY THE WAY THIS NEW
UM, THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED DECEMBER IS CALLED CLIENT
IT IS A KNITTING CROCHET CLUB.
UM, IT STARTED ON IN DECEMBER AND IT'S THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS.
UM, SO EVEN WANNA MAYBE DO IT LIKE EVERY MEETING BOARD ACTUALLY.
UM, THERE'S INJURY, BUT IT'S GROWN.
UM, AND YEAH, IT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY ONE OF OUR
AND THEN WHOVILLE AND KIMBLE HOLIDAY.
SO ON SEVEN SIX FROM ONE 3:00 PM UH, JUST THOSE TWO HOURS, WE DID HAVE 400 ATTENDEES FOR WE BUILT, UH, IT WAS AN AFTERNOON FOR THE CRAFTS MUSIC CANDY AND FOUR
UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, WE ALSO DID THEIR HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AND WE ATE COOKING, DECORATING AND IT WAS VERY POPULAR.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE KIMBALL HOLIDAY, WE HAD A BOOTH AT THE EVENT AND WE HAD OVER TWO NEW PEOPLE VISIT, UH, ASKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND UM, JUST SHARING THE LIBRARY.
WE SOFTWARE, UM, THIS IS GOOD NEWS TO, UM, DID HIRE AN CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR.
HE'S ACTUALLY WORKED AT NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.
HE EVEN STARTED AT CIRCULATION AND THEN BECAME A ADVISOR TECH.
AND NOW THE SUPERVISOR WORK AT CIRCULATION
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE LIKE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF IDEAS HE HAS AND HOW TO UPDATE THINGS AND CHANGE THINGS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS OUR FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM.
UM, WE ARE, SO FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES THAT PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL AND LEARNING FOR, FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
UM,
IT USUALLY TOLD ME THAT 30 MINUTES LONG WE PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS, CRAFTS.
AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, ESSENTIALLY EACH FAMILY WILL HAVE 12 BRAND NEW BOOKS.
SO
SO IT'S LIKE THE TOUR OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MEETING THE FIREFIGHTERS, SEEING THINGS YOU, UM, AND JUST MAKING PEOPLE NOT JUSTLY FAMILIAR WITH WHO.
SO THAT IS GOING OUT, UH, NEXT WEEK AND CURRENTLY WE'RE STARTING WITH 56 FAMILIES IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
MARY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR NIKKI? NO QUESTION.
UM, DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT ICE OR DO STAFF HAVE CONCERNS? HAS THERE BEEN ANY TRAINING OR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF PATRONS ASK US ABOUT, UM, IS THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, WE HEARD THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING NEARBY FROM THE PARK RECENTLY EVEN.
UM, SO THEY ASKED LIKE WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, WHAT'S LIVE'S NOT ALLOWED, UH, INTERESTING QUESTIONS BEING POPPED UP WHERE THEY ASKED IF, UH, WE USED BE USED TO BE OR ARE STILL A SANCTUARY CITY.
AND THEY ASKED IF, SINCE WE ARE, IS THIS, THIS MAKE SENSE? AND I DID ASK, I DIDN'T TELL THEM, NOT I TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HOLD A WORKSHOP ON THAT? YEAH, I CAN THAT UP.
I, I, I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD CONTACT FOR LIKE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, BUT I I CAN DO IT.
THEY WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT LY CAN PEOPLE, THERE'S A, UM, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED UNION RIO THAT MM-HMM.
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DOES A LOT OF WORK, UM, AROUND THIS.UM, I CAN GET YOU THE NAME OF IT THAT I KNOW WE WORK WITH AT CITY COLLEGE THAT DOES TRAININGS, YOU KNOW, HOW TO, HOW TO NAVIGATE ALL THIS STUFF.
BUT PROBABLY BETWEEN THE A CIU AND UNION
I, I IMAGINE THERE'S SOME ANXIETY WITH STAFF ALSO MM-HMM
UP TO DO I KNOW AS TEACHERS WE FEEL THAT WAY.
WHAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS, UH, WHEN HAPPENED THAT CAME PARK LAST WEEK, PATRIOTS RAN THAT.
BECAUSE THEY KIND START TO MOST FUN AND THAT'S WHEN THE PUSHES IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I, I JUST WANNA NOTE, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE MAKING PURCHASES, I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY HARD THING TO NAVIGATE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE LIBRARY MOVE AWAY FROM PURCHASING FROM AMAZON BECAUSE OF AMAZON'S INVESTMENTS IN ICE AND FOR-PROFIT PRISONS, ET CETERA.
I THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO MAKE PURCHASES, ESPECIALLY LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IF WE CAN SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, RATHER THAN FEEDING THE GIANT, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
PERSONALLY
I KNOW IT, I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO USE AMAZON, BUT I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT.
A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING THIS, SO MM-HMM
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU NIKKI.
UM, FOR THE FRIENDS, WE ARE, UH, ONCE AGAIN GONNA HAVE OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY EVENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, SATURDAY, MARCH THE 14TH AT O'CLOCK.
AND UH, THIS YEAR WHAT IT WILL BE IS NOT CONCENTRATING ONLY ON THE WOMEN THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE
SO KIND OF STILL KEEPING AROUND EXACTLY WHO THAT WOULD BE.
HAVEN'T NAILED IT DOWN EXACTLY YET, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT NAMES COMING UP.
SO THAT WILL BE, UH, ON BOARD.
IT'S USUALLY, SHE'S USUALLY VERY SIMPLE, A FEW SNACKS AND, UH, MUCH CHAGRIN.
SHIRLEY HAS AGREED TO ADDRESS UP, ONCE AGAIN, SUSAN
SO, UH, AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE WILL JUST READ LITTLE SNIPPETS ABOUT.
THAT'S, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP TO, UM, AGENDIZE, UH, OFFICE ELECTIONS.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS ELECTION.
IN JANUARY, THINK OF IT IN TIME TO PUT IT ON FEBRUARY AGENDA, BUT IT WILL BE ON THE MARCH AGENDA, THE, IT IS EVERY YEAR.
WE WERE SO LATE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
WE'RE LIKE LOSING IN JULY, SO FIVE.
SO WE JUST MET FOR THE REST OF THAT YEAR AND THEN THROUGHOUT 25, SO NOW WE'RE NOT QUITE AS FAR INTO 20 BUSINESS 24.
SO WE NEED HOPEFULLY OUR NEXT TIME WE'LL BE RIGHT.
UM, RICARD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR UTILIZE, UH, LIBRARY.
GLAD WE GOT A TOUR OF THE LIBRARY MORE.
AUTOMATICALLY SAW THAT, THAT VERY EASY.
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN.
AND SO I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED YOUR VACATION, YOUR TIME OFF, SOME DOWNTIME AND, UH, ANY COMMENTS? I THINK SO, UH, RICARDO,
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ANY COMMENTS? NO,WELL THEN WE'RE READY TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.