* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT FIVE 30. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MEMBER JENSEN, SENIOR LIBRARIAN. AND IF YOU CALL THEIR NAMES, NO. . [Library Board on April 2, 2025.] UH, MEMBER RIVERA MORENO. YOU UH, ANY MEMBER EE UH, SECRETARY? PRESENT? PERFECT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. CORRECT. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE THE APPROVAL AGENDA APPROVAL OF MARCH 5TH ON MINUTES AND APPROVAL OF MARCH ONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OR THE CONSENT AGENDA? I TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE A SECOND. SECOND MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN GET A CALL? VOTE A, UH, SECRETARY LOCAL. AYE. MEMBER RIVERA MORENO. AYE. MEMBER MCGEE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. I'M GONNA GO INTO OUR NEW AND FINISHED BUSINESS. NUMBER ONE. WELCOME. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA SHARE? NOPE. EXCITED ? YEAH. COOL. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AND JUST LITERACY IN GENERAL. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, WE'LL GO TO NUMBER FIVE. CALIFORNIA LIT LIBRARY AND LITERACY SERVICES GRANT EXTENSION TO THE GRANT AMOUNT OF 10,000. UH, WOULD YOU SPEAK ON THAT MARK? YES. UH, SO THE, UH, LITERACY GRANT HAS BEEN, UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS A, UH, A RENEWAL OF THE BRANCH. IT'S THE EXTENSION, AN EXTENSION OF, UM, SO THEY ARE, UH, GIVING US ANOTHER $10,000, UH, FOR ALL OF THE LITERACY PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE THERE, INCLUDING STUFF LIKE, UH, THEIR ESL TUTORING, UH, BASIC COMPUTER CLASSES, UH, SOUND GOOD LITERACY PROGRAMS, ONE ON ONE TOO. ANY QUESTION? SO IT'S 10,400 OR 10,000? IT IS. IF SHE PUT 10,400, IT'S 10,400. DOES IT? UH, FOUR. THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTION. WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXTENSION OF 10,000 POUNDS? SORRY, I MISSED A QUESTION. WAS THIS AN EXPECTED, UM, INCREASE? OKAY. SO ARE YOU SORT OF MAKING A PLAN FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THE FUNDS OR IS IT SORT OF JUST LIKE, JUST CONTINUING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING? UH, THEY ARE CONTINUING A LOT OF STUFF. THEY, UH, DO TRY TO COME UP WITH NEW THINGS LIKE FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS. UH, JUST RECENTLY STARTED. UM, I HAVE A FEELING THAT WOULD BE WORKING ON SOME OTHER THINGS. I THINK COORDINATED THERE. MM-HMM . SO MAYBE THERE, BILL? YEAH. I HOPE THAT WE APPROVE ACCEPTING 10,000 MOTION. AND SECOND, CAN WE GET A VOTE? FOLLOW. UH, SECOND. VERY LOCATED. AYE. AYE. MEMBER MS. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, OUR NEXT ITEM NUMBER SIX, LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY GRANT GRANT AMOUNT OF 6,100 AND WE HAVE THE AWARD LETTER AND, UM, THE . [00:05:04] YEAH. SO, UH, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED 25,000 WITH OUR FIRST, UH, TIME. AND THEN THIS YEAR WE ARE RECEIVING 6,138. AND THEY USE THE MONEY FOR NOT GIVING MUCH OF A LIBRARY PROGRAM, BUT ALSO, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS, UH, LITERACY PROGRAMS. MM-HMM. SO LIKE DOWN FROM THE 25,000 TO SIX 100. YEAH. WOW. I KNOW . DO YOU KNOW WHY OR JUST BECAUSE THEY JUST CUT THE BUDGET OR? LAST YEAR WE WERE INITIALLY AWARDED 16,000 AND THEN THEY GAVE US AN EXTRA 10,000 AND SO WE DID NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE THAT AMOUNT THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE TO SORT OF ALLOCATE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. HOW MANY EVENTS? WELL, THERE'S MUCH OF THE LIBRARY. IS IT GONNA BE ENOUGH TO COVER EVENTS IF YOU GUYS YEAH, IT SHOULD. UM, IT ONLY GOES ON DURING THE SUMMER. YEAH. AND WE KIND OF INTEGRATE IT WITH OUR SUMMARY PROGRAM. MM-HMM . UM, AND, UH, THEY USE THE MONEY FOR, UH, LIKE GIVEAWAYS AND, UH, OTHER KIDS PROGRAMS. MM-HMM . FOR THE THREE MONTHS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE HEAVENS DOOR, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, THAT COMES IN AND PROVIDES THE FREE LUNCH ON CERTAIN DAYS FOR KIDS. ZERO TO 18. SO THEY GET A LUNCH AND THEN THEY GET AN ACTIVITY. IT COULD BE A MOVIE, IT COULD BE A CRAFT. AND THEN IF THEY'RE PART OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND THEY COMPLETE ALL THE STEPS, THEN THEY GET GIVEAWAYS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND IT'S, UH, HEAVEN'S WINDOW. OH HEAVEN'S GATES. WHERE DOES THAT, WHERE'S THAT NONPROFIT FROM? IS THAT A LOCAL NONPROFIT? IT'S SOMEWHERE IN SAN DIEGO SPECIFICALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE? NEVER. YEAH. IT, IT'S PRETTY POPULAR WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES. THEY COLLABORATE A LOT DURING THE SUMMER TO ENSURE THAT KIDS DON'T GO HUNGRY. MM-HMM . SO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY SUPPLEMENTING PROBABLY DON'T OFFER LUNCH. YEAH. WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE OUT THE LIBRARY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE KIND OF FOOD THAT IS OFFERED? YEAH. THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S GOOD. YEAH. I NUTRI JUST KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, PROBABLY WANT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE . SWEET . THEY, IT'S A MIX OF STUFF. BRINGS NUTS. ALSO SOME FRESH STUFF. YEAH. GREAT. AND IRAN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GRANT FOR 6,136? I APPROVE THE GET IT SECRETARY LOPEZ. AYE. AYE. MEMBER THANK MOTION HEARING. WE'LL GO INTO THE CITY LI CITY LIBRARIAN REPORT. UM, DANIELLE LEFT HER REPORT FOR UPCOMING EVENTS. IN SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS, UH, YEAH, SO, UH, WE DID HAVE MARIO DAY, UH, BUT ON MARCH 10TH, LIKE IT WAS OUR SECOND TIME DOING IT AT THE LIBRARY, UH, THEY HAD THE SHOWING OF THE MARIO MOVIE, SUPER MARIO MOVIE, UH, SNACKS. AND THEN THEY DID A PER BEEF CRAFT, UH, BASED AROUND THE SUPER MARIO. UH, A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE ATTENDED FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAD TO DO EVERY YEAR. UM, SO DID, UH, ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION, UH, OR WE PLAN TO DO IT THROUGHOUT MARCH. UM, THERE'S SEVERAL CRAFTS FOR THE KIDS BASED AROUND THAT. UM, INCLUDING LIKE, UH, ST. PATRICK'S DAY SLIME. UH, THEY'VE MADE BOOKMARKS FOR THE KIDS, UH, HAVE LIKE THE BRACELETS, UH, TAKE HOME. UM, AND THEN, UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY CELEBRATED WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. UM, I THINK THE SECOND TIME THEY'VE DONE IT'S A JOURNEY GIVEN QUALITY, UH, WHERE THEY'VE POSTED LIKE A TEE TIME. MM-HMM . UM, AND THEY HAD REFRESHMENTS AND SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS, UH, WOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WOMEN HISTORY. UM, AND THEN BELIEVE THEY HAD MATERIAL FROM LOCAL HISTORY ROOM, UH, THAT WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO CELEBRATE, UH, TO THREE MONTHS. UH, AND THEY HAD A SLIDESHOW BASED ON . [00:10:01] UM, AND THEN IN APRIL THERE IS A PLAN EASTER HUNT. UM, AND THEY HAVE, UH, SCHEDULED FOR OVER 2000 EGGS THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY, THE ENTIRE LIBRARY. UM, IT'S, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S A SATURDAY. YES. YEAH, YEAH. UH, 10:30 AM THEY'LL LET THE, UH, BIG . UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE CANDY, UH, PRICING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'LL EVEN HAVE SOME, UH, SPECIAL TICKETS THAT, UH, THEY FIND THEY REDEEM FOR, UH, DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. UM, ARE THE REPORTS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY STUDENT MARGARET, LEAVE ANY? DID NOT. WE'LL GO INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO OUR PART-TIME STAFF. I KNOW THEY TO CITY COUNCIL AND YES, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT AND PRECIOUS TO OUR LIBRARY AND TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO JUST THANK, THANK THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIME AND THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR LIBRARY. I HOPE THEY'RE WELL TO SEE. SO. YEAH. YEAH, THEY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE STAFF THERE, SO WE RELY ON IT. YES, FOR SURE. . UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 7TH AND WE'LL BE HERE AT FIVE 30. UM, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE NOTES? THINK SO. ALRIGHT, WE CAN ADJOURN. UH, 5 41. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.