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[Library Board on August 6, 2025.]
THE CALL ME TO ORDER.AND WHERE'S DECEASED
SO I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ALL THE ITEM SECOND, MOVE SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
TRUSTEE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, BEFORE FINISH
SO, UM, I KNOW YOU HAD A MEETING LAST OF TIME.
SO THESE ARE THE FINISHED BYLAWS.
UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES TREAT REQUESTED, UM, BUT ABOUT HAVING, UH, VACATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE, THE CITY'S BYLAW.
SO IT, IT IS A STANDARD, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ON VACATION, YOU JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS ZOOM IN TOO.
SO IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA KICK YOU OUT, I PROMISE.
UH, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE CITY HAS IT FOR.
SO WE THERE MOTIONS THAT YOU POST.
SO IT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT IN YELLOW THAT YOU CHANGED, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH.
THESE ARE ALL THE, THE THINGS THAT WE YEAH.
UM, AND THEN IT'S GONE THROUGH CITY CLICK AND THE ATTORNEY JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OR BE SHOULD BE.
I SECOND TO APPROVE THE, UH, BYLAWS ROOM.
THEY WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL.
UM, SO WE ARE NOT A MEASUR REPORT.
UM, SO, SO THINGS WE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE DIDN'T MEET LAST NIGHT MM-HMM
UM, WE FINISHED UP OUR SUMMER READING, WHICH ENDED AT THE, UH, WELL TECHNICALLY IT ENDED ON THE SECOND.
UM, WE HAD THE FIL-A CAL COME AND TAKE PHOTOS, PRIZES, THEY HAD A PERFORMER.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF KIND GREAT.
WE HAD OVER FOUR OH KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, I THINK WE WERE UP, WE RAN OUT PRIZE TWICE.
SO WE HAD WAY MORE PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, EVEN THE ADULTS WERE, WERE HELPING OUT COMING IN.
THEY LIKED THE GIFT AND PRIZE.
UM, THE THEME THIS YEAR WAS LEVELED THE LIBRARY.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF GAMES, UM, KIND OF THEME.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD, UH, LET'S SEE, SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS.
WE HAD THE MICROPHONE DOCTORS, UM, WHERE THEY ENGAGED WITH MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS.
UH, WE HAD A NUTRITION WORKSHOP FROM ALL THE GARDENS, WHICH WAS LOT OF FUN.
UM, WE HAD A ZERO WASTE SAN DIEGO UP UPCYCLE BIRD HOUSE CRACK, WHERE THEY MADE BIRD HOUSES OUT OF, UM, LIKE WINE CORKS.
THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR THE FAMILIES.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD, LIKE I SAID, WE FINISHED ON AUGUST 2ND, UM, WITH THE PARTY PUPPET SHOW AND OUR FIFTH PLAY CAP.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REDEEM PRIZES THROUGH THE END OF THE
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MONTH.UH, WE ALSO HAD LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY THAT ALSO WRAPS UP THE LAST DAY OF JULY 24TH.
UM, THIS YEAR WE OFFERED LUNCHES TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS TO CHILDREN'S AND TEENS, AND WE HAD OVER 745 MEALS SERVED.
SO, YEAH, SO WE WERE UP, UH, 245 MEALS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE HOPING NEXT YEAR WE CAN KEEP IT GOING.
IT SEEMS REALLY POPULAR IN COMMUNITY.
UM, SO IT IS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
UH, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR FALL PROGRAMS. SO OUR CHILDREN'S ROOM, THEY'VE KICKED OFF, UM, THEIR FALL LINEUPS.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING, UH, ENGAGING GAMES, HANDS ON CRAFTS SCHEME, UM, ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE STUFF FOR OUR TINY PATRONS AS WELL.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR STORY TIME, WHICH IS ALSO COMBINED WITH OUR STAY AND PLAY RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, GAMERS PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT WAS SO POPULAR.
WE HAVE A TEEN AND A KIDS PROGRAM THIS, THIS FALL.
AND THEN TEEN THAT ARE 18 ARE INVITED TO JOIN US TUESDAY THE AFTERNOONS.
UH, OR A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT'S CALLED, CALLED GAMERS CHAMBER.
SO IT MAKES IT SPECIAL FOR THEM SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WITH THE LITTLE ONES IN THE ROOM.
THEY CAN BE A LITTLE MORE ROWDY.
UM, AND WE, FOR THE ADULTS, DON THE ADULTS.
THE ADULTS, UM, THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING STRONG.
SO OUR FRIENDSHIP CLUB IS VERY POPULAR.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIND HOW TO BREAK THOSE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH SPACE.
UM, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? SO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO OFFER OUR BOOK CLUB, OUR SATURDAY STILLNESS, OUR YOGA, OUR MIDWEEK, WAKERS, UH, CRAFT, NIGHT OUT UNWIND WEDNESDAYS AND CAFE NIGHT.
SO WE STILL HAVE, WE HAVE A PRETTY FULL SLATE OF ADULTS PROGRAMMING MM-HMM
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BALANCE OUT THOSE KIDS AND ADULTS BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE LOVE THE KIDS, GUYS, YOU KNOW, DESERVE A LITTLE.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF OUR NEW ADDITIONS IS THAT THE TOOL LIBRARY NOW ALLOWS FOR RESERV FOR THE TOOLS.
SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE, YOU CAN LOOK UP WHAT OUR CATALOG IS, YOU CAN RESERVE THE ITEM AND THEN PICK IT UP ANY TIME, NOT JUST DURING THE FULL LIBRARY HOURS.
SO IT MAKES IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE WHO GET IT IN.
UM, YOU JUST GO TO THE DESK UPSTAIRS, THEY, THEY HAVE YOUR RESERVATION, THEY'LL COME GRAB IT FOR YOU AND YOU COULD GO DONE.
UM, IT, AND IT IS SUCH A POPULAR PROGRAM NOW THAT WE REALLY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION.
UM, YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE TOOL LIBRARY WEBPAGE.
IT'LL SAY THERE'S A LINK RIGHT THERE FOR YOU TO SIGN UP FOR
UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS COMING UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS ALWAYS OUR VERY BUSY TIME.
UH, SO THE FIRST ITEM COMING UP IS GONNA BE ON AUGUST 30TH OR ONE TO THREE.
WE ARE HAVING OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THE LIBRARY'S TURNING 20 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
THE BUILDING IS TURNING 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EACH DEPARTMENT HAVE A LITTLE GAME OR ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS OR CRAFT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE PRIZES AND THEN THEY COULD MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND THE LIBRARY TO VISIT ALL OF US.
UM, THE POLICE AND FIRE WILL BE THERE OUTSIDE WITH THEIR
AND THEY'LL GIVE OUT LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, SICK IN THE ROTUNDA AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A DISPLAY, UH, OF THE LAST 20 YEARS OF THE LIBRARY.
SO KIND OF THE, HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
WE'LL HAVE THAT DISPLAYED AND WE'LL OPEN THE LOCAL HISTORY ROUTE.
WE HAVE SOME FUN ITEMS TO, TO CHECK OUT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE UP ON THE 30TH.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE HAVING QUITE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS. SO WE HAVE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMING UP ON THE 19TH.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE CRAFTS, MUSIC, STORY TIME.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PIN AT THE END, BUT
AND THEN IN OCTOBER WE'LL BE, UH, DOING OUR TRADITIONAL TACULAR MM-HMM
SO, UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR HAUNTED HOUSE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME AND BE SCARED.
UH, IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
WE'LL CLOSE THE LIBRARY FOR THE DAY SO WE CAN GET IT ALL READY AND THEN WE'LL OPEN BACK AT AROUND CLOCK.
BUT EVERYONE TO COME AND ENJOY IT.
UH, AND THEN, AND IT WILL BE ON HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31ST.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL WRAP UP, UH, THE YEAR WITH OUR BILL.
UM, ON DECEMBER 6TH, SANTA WILL BE VISITING US AGAIN.
WE'LL GIVE US CANDY CANES, WE'LL TAKE PICTURES.
WE'LL HAVE SOME CRAFTS FOR THE KIDS.
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SO PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH TILL THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME FUN THINGS GOING ON.
UM, WHAT WAS NOT PART OF THIS REPORT IS THAT YESTERDAY WE, I FROZE THE LIBRARY YESTERDAY AND TODAY, UM, APPLE AFTERNOON AT PIPE BURST IN OUR PARKING LOT, WHICH CONNECTS TO THE LIBRARY.
SO YEAH, THAT WAS LOTS OF FUN.
SO IN ORDER TO TURN OFF ALL THE WATER AND GET EVERYTHING FIXED, WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN FOR, UM, THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AROUND FOUR O'CLOCK YESTERDAY.
AND THEN, UH, TODAY WE KEPT THE LIBRARY CLOSED WHILE THEY FINISH WORKING ON IT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, THE CELEBRATION? IS THAT, THAT'S ONE TO THREE MM-HMM
AND ALSO, UM, HISPANIC HERITAGE IS ONE TO THREE.
HISPANIC HERITAGE IS NOT ONE TO THREE.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE HAVING FROM THREE TO FIVE, BUT I CAN OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
AND THEN THE
UM, AND WE'LL, IT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT 30 ROUGHLY.
'CAUSE WE STARTED SEEING PEOPLE KIND OF LEAVING AT EIGHT 30.
IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR THE THE KIDS.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, TOOL LIBRARY, LEARNING LIBRARY.
HOW'S THAT GOING? IS IT USED A LOT? ARE TOOLS COMING OUT? WE HAVE HAD, UM, IT'S BEING USED QUITE, I KNOW IF
UM, WE HAVE OUR REGULARS WHO COME, UM, TOOLS HAVE BEEN RETURNED.
THEY'RE ALL IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION.
IF WE AREN'T GETTING THINGS BACK.
WE SEND EMAILS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THOSE ITEMS BACK.
THERE IS NO FEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU RETURN IT LATE.
SO THAT'S THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LIKE, JUST BRING IT BACK.
YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AGAIN LATER.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN RUNNING REALLY, REALLY WELL SO FAR.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE LOST ANYTHING YET.
SO BETTER THAN THE COMPUTERS, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S WHY THE COMPUTERS UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO BE UNAIDED.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE LIBRARY IT'S DOING.
IT'S REALLY, IT IS A HUB WHERE THE COMMUNITIES, IT'S, IT'S A GEM OF THE CITY.
I WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING.
I'M GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I WANT, I WANT THESE KINDS OF THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THE CHILDREN ARE GONNA KICK OUTTA SAME, THE ANIMALS LIKE THE CHICK-FIL-A OUT.
BUT I'D LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT WHO IT IS THAT'S COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE REPUTATION THAT CHICK-FIL-A HAS FOR BEING VERY CLOSE AND, UM, THE GAY COMMUNITY AND, UM, WOMEN TO A DEGREE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE LIBRARY TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN ACCEPTING, UM, OFFERS TO COME TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE LIBRARY IS FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WE DO DO PRIDE DISPLAYS, WE DO DO HISPANIC HERITAGE.
WE DO TRY TO COVER, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN THESE PARTNERSHIPS, THEY GIVE US THINGS, CHICK-FIL-A HAS TRIED TRYING TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
ESPECIALLY IF IT IS SOMETHING VERY EXTREME.
WELL, I'M SURE IT'S NOT GONNA BE EXTREME.
IT'S GONNA BE, WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS.
GIVE US CREDIBILITY IN EXCHANGE FOR CREDIBILITY.
WITH THAT IN MIND, THE, THE PATRONS THAT YOU BRING IN, IS IT JUST PEOPLE BASED ON WHATEVER PARTNERSHIPS YOU HAVE? OR IS IT LIKE, DOES SOMEONE GO, OKAY, HOW ABOUT WE TRY THIS COMPANY AND REACH OUT TO THEM? LIKE HOW DO YOU SELECT WHO YOU CHOOSE? WELL, SO THE CHIP PLAY BECAME, CAME ABOUT 'CAUSE OF SUMMER READING MM-HMM
SO WE WANTED TO OFFER THE KIDS MANY CERTIFICATE.
THE FREE FOOD THAT THEY CAN GET IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAS SORT OF THE REASON.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MORE THAN CHICK-FIL-A.
WE HAD HANDLES, WE HAD, UH, OUTBACK AT ONE POINT.
SO WE'VE HAD A A SLEW OF THEM.
SO WE'VE HAD A SLEW, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE ABOUT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN MM-HMM
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY TO THINK ABOUT GROW PARTNERS WITH, AND I DO KNOW CHICK-FIL-A.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT, UH, GO THERE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY, WE'RE
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TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.UM, AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, VERY POLARIZING, THEN OF COURSE WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND, AND REVIEW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MM-HMM
PROMOTE AND OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THE BOARD, WE CAN DISCUSS WHO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE AND THEN MAYBE PROVIDE A LIST SO THAT AT LEAST THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS IF WE WANTED TO TRY.
SOMEONE YOU LIKE, I, I WOULDN'T MIND CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY.
I USED TO DO THAT FOR OTHER JOBS AND I DON'T MIND ASKING.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE THAT, YOUR, YOUR JOB REALLY USED TO PROVIDE US WITH FEEDBACK.
SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, RESTAURANTS OR PLACES AND THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.
MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD CALL AND THEN MAYBE NOT THE NEXT TIME 'CAUSE IT'S TOO SOON.
BUT POSSIBLY IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS WE COULD SAY, HEY, I, I GOT THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA PURSUE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
DID ANYBODY ELSE ADD NOT REGARDING YOUR REPORT, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT JUST, JUST THE, THE BOOKSTORE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I WORK TILL FIVE, SO I, I NEVER GET TO GO.
SO IS IT JUST A MATTER THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS TO POSSIBLY DO LIKE AN EVENING? 'CAUSE I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, LIKE MAYBE I COULD VOLUNTEER MAYBE ONE OR TWO DAYS IF THAT KID DOESN'T DRUG ME CRAZY.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FUN.
LIKE, I KNOW LIKE MY FRIENDS ARE MY PARENTS AGE, SO WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BOOKS AND THEN I ALWAYS GO WHAT THE LIBRARY HAS AND THEY HAVE TIME, BUT I NEVER DO.
SO I MEAN, I'VE THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD VOLUNTEER, UM, MAYBE ONCE A WEEK TO SEE HOW I COULD DO IT IN LIKE FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF WE WANTED TO TRY.
SO MARGARET, YOU KNOW, WE, SHE'S ON THE, THE LIBRARY.
AND SO WE, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU SO FUN.
IT'S A GREAT THAT WE TRY, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME NEW ONES RECENTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE MUCH OLDER.
10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S HARDER.
BUT NO, IF, IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, I'M SURE WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GET YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
AND SHE'S THE ONE WHO HAS THE CALENDAR.
I THINK SHE'D BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER MAYBE THERE IN THE EVENING.
LIKE, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, THAT'S A WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN HERE, YOU KNOW? AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT I CAN PESTER AND BE LIKE, YOU NEED TO GO BUY BOOKS.
GO BUY BOOKS, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT THERE'S JUST DURING THE DAY IT'S JUST HARD.
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS HERE, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF CARL ATKINS SPOKE TO YOU, BUT JESSICA BARLOW, WHO IS A PROFESSOR AT SDSU, WORKED AT THE SAGE PROJECT, UM, IS WORKING TO APPLY FOR SOME GRANTS FOR DIGITIZATION.
AND SHE THOUGHT THAT NATIONAL CITY WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO INCLUDE MM-HMM.
SO, UM, SHE'S HOOKED UP WITH
AND SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME ACTUALLY JUST TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OKAY.
IF, IF THEY CAN BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.
SO I'M GONNA, UM, I'M GONNA, OBVIOUSLY TODAY WE DID GO IN, IT WAS A LITTLE SPORADIC, BUT I'M GONNA TALK TO CARL TOMORROW.
WE KIND OF BRIEFLY DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP US.
THEY'LL SEND STUPID, IT'LL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH, BOTH OF US.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY APPLYING FOR GRANTS AS A A UNIT IS ALWAYS BETTER.
UM, SO YES, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
I WILL SEE IF SHE'S AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I'LL SEE IF SHE'S AVAILABLE TO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE, THE SEPTEMBER 3RD DATE.
SO THEY WANT TO DIGITIZE THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND RIGHT.
THEY WANNA KNOW DO WE HAVE DOCUMENTS OR DO WE HAVE PHOTOS? AND I THINK THERE'S
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A BILLION PHOTOS THAT WE HAVEN'T DIGITIZED YET.THEY COULD GET TO WORK ON THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN UPLOAD IT AND HAVE, SHARE IT AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
OH YEAH, NO, WE WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE THAT FOR SURE.
UH, THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARY REPORT.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THE FRIENDS LIBRARY REPORT.
WE ARE ALSO APPLYING FOR A GRANT FOR, UH, WAS IT 500
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING TO, UM, GIVE OUT WHEN WE'RE TABLING MM-HMM
AND, UH, FOR IMPRINT, I THINK IT'S CALLED MM-HMM
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE GOT IT BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY WOULD'VE HEARD ABOUT IT TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T MEETING WITH THE, SO, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR
SO WE'LL SEE THAT IF PERHAPS
AND I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE LITERACY PROGRAM, THE, THEY'RE, UM, AND I THINK THEY STARTED
AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY CAN DO, THEY CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY BEFOREHAND AND PICK UP, UH, THE MATERIALS FOR CRAFT MM-HMM
AND SO, UM, THE LIBRARY ASKED THE FRIENDS IF THEY WOULD DO ONE OF THE READING.
SO ONE OF OUR FRIENDS MEMBERS IS GONNA BE DOING READING AND WE MAKE LITTLE VIDEO.
LITTLE VIDEO AT THE BOOKSTORE, I HOPE.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS MULTIPLE PARTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WAS
WE WENT FROM 50 OR 35 TO 80 NOW.
WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL $7,000 PER OF OUR GRANT THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, OUR FRIENDS GROUP, UM, TO TRY TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE KIDS GET TO SEE KINDA, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
AND WE THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
AND WE'RE, DO THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENT.
HOW ARE, UM, THINGS GOING WITH THE ROWDY TEENAGERS AND THE POLICE AND ALL OF THAT, THOSE ISSUES? SO THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SOMEWHAT BETTER NOW.
WE'VE SEEN LESS OF THEM COMING IN DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF KNOWS IF WE DO SEE CHILDREN NO LONGER, WE JUST CALL THE TRUANCY OFFICERS SO THAT THEY KNOW AND THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
UM, THE, THE OFFICERS ARE AWARE, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MONITOR AND THEY'RE KEEPING TRACK AND WE'VE SORT OF MOVED THEIR HOURS SO IT'S NOT AS THE SAME EVERY DAY.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T LIKE, OOH, THEY'RE HERE AT FOUR.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA COME IN AT FOUR, WHICH HAS SEEMED TO BEEN WORKING SO FAR.
UM, SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
WE'LL, YOU KNOW, KEEP TRACK OF THE KIDS, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE DIED DOWN SLIGHTLY.
NOW THAT, UM, SCHOOLS BACK IN SESSION, HAVE THERE BEEN SOME ISSUES? UM, WE HAD SOME ISSUES PREVIOUSLY.
A LOT OF KIDS COMING IN YELLING, YOU KNOW, VAPING IN THE BATHROOM, YOU KNOW, JUST GENERALLY BEING DISRESPECTFUL.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY CORE GROUP OF KIDS WE WOULD SEE PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM WAS TALKED BACK TO THE OFFICER, LIKE GOT IN HIS FACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, BUT NOW THAT SCHOOL'S BACK AT SESSION, THEY, THEY'VE SEEM TO BE MORE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, GO THERE MOST OF THE DAY.
AND THEY MIGHT TRY TO COME IN SORT OF FOR AN HOUR OR SO, BUT USUALLY STAFF IS AWARE OR JUST OUTSIDE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE BETTER
FIND OUT WHO THEIR TEACHERS ARE.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE THIRD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INFORMATION AND FOR THE WRITTEN REPORTS THAT YOU GIVE US.
AND THEN, UH, I'M GLAD YOU WATER.
I BELIEVE TOO, THE WATER CAME ADJOURN.