* 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. [00:00:11] HERE. MM-HMM. UH, TY, SHE . OH, SHE WAS NETTE. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HER AND THEN MARGARET. YES. HERE. YEAH. YES. YES. WE DO NOT RECEIVE. SO WE CAN, WHY DON'T WE, UM, INTRODUCE TO US SO WE CAN KNOW. YOU'LL INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU. UH, MY NAME'S PLL. UH, I LIVE IN NATIONAL CITY. I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. ? YEAH. THE BASIC STATEMENTS. YEAH. . I WAS CURIOUS WHY YOU HAVEN TO BE ON THE BACK GRADE BOARD? UM, I THINK I WAS KIND OF RAISED IN THE LIBRARY IN NA, NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY. I MEAN, I'VE GROWN UP IN NATIONAL CITY ALL MY LIFE. SPENT A LOT OF MY CHILDHOOD THERE. MY LOVE OF READING. UH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO BE A CRITICAL THINKER, WHICH HAS BEEN USEFUL FOR ME, LIKE THROUGH MY, THROUGH MY TIME IN SCHOOL, THROUGH MY TIME AT WORK. AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO RETURN TO IT SOMEHOW. LIKE DELIVER SOMETHING TO IT THAT'S LIKE, KIND OF LIKE A PAYBACK, I GUESS. YEAH. YOU GO TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL HERE IN, UH, I WENT TO IRA HARON. GRANGER. SWEETWATER, YEAH. START. OKAY. AROUND MARGARET . I'VE ALSO BEEN, FOR A LONG TIME, I WAS A TEACHER AT KIMBALL AND I ALSO, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME. I WENT TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LIBRARY. SO WE WERE IN THE LIBRARY ALL THE TIME. LOVE THE LIBRARY. AND, UH, AFTER I RETIRED, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND MY TIME. UM, WELL, I'M . I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN DIRECTOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS NOW. SEEMS SURPRISING TO ME. UM, SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW. I'M RIGHT UP ACROSS THE STREET. PLEASE. UM, YOU CAN FIND ME UP THERE ANYTIME. I'LL GIVE YOU MY, I BACK EVERYTHING, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND YOU. AND I'M SARAH. YEAH, PLEASE SEND, UM, I CAN EMAILS. REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE A WANTED TOUR OR ANYTHING. HAPPY TO DO THAT. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, YOU CAN REACH OUT AND WE, WE HAVE IT AS I MEET. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. THANK YOU. MY CHURCH. I'M . SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD I THINK BEFORE, BUT I HAD VOLUNTEERED BEFORE FOR MANY YEARS. UM, AND THEN I WAS EXPECTING THAT LITTLE ONE WAS GONNA BE EIGHT AND I GOT REALLY SICK, SO I HAD TO RESIGN, BUT I WANTED TO COME BACK. I LIVE IN NATIONAL CITY. MY BACKGROUND IS NOT IN EDUCATION, BUT I'VE ALWAYS USED TO LOVE BOOKS AND I'M ALWAYS LOVED THE LIBRARY. SO LIKE YOU, I WANTED TO GIVE BACK ANY WAY I COULD. AND I LOVE THE LIBRARY. SO MY, MY NAME IS JOSE LOPEZ AND I'VE ALSO BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN CITY ALSO. I ALSO WENT TO ERA HARVEST AND GRANGER IN SEAWATER. UM, BUT YEAH, BORN AND RAISED IN NATIONAL CITY. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS, I BELIEVE. MM-HMM . UH, WELCOME. THANK YOU. UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR, UM, THE AGENDA. AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I JUST HAVE MORE QUESTION, JUST SAYS SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE SECOND PLEASE. SECOND SAY. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE. COOL. DONE. FANTASTIC QUESTIONS. NO, THAT WOULD REALLY THE, WERE YOU, WERE YOU MOVING TO MOVE IT FOR I WANTED HIS SCREEN FOR A WHOLE CONSULT UNLESS, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTED TO, UH, PULL UP. NO, [00:05:06] MY REPORT. UM, SO I DID NOT WRITE, THINK YOU WROTE FOR ME BECAUSE I HERE, UM, SO YOU SAID THAT, UM, LITERACY SERVICES HELPED THEIR ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT ON SATURDAY. THEY WERE 48 ATTENDEES. MUSIC CRAFT, AWARD FOOD BY, FROM THE LIBRARY. UH, WE RAISED MEXICAN RESTAURANTS AND WE HAD, UM, THREE IN, UH, WINTER VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YEAR. SO , UM, HE'S A . MM-HMM . WE HAD A VOLUNTEER HERE WITH GEORGE WHO DID OUR, UM, INTERNSHIP FROM SANDY JOSE. AND THEN, UH, THE FUNDS, UH, WERE PROVIDED WITH SPECIAL PLAQUE. THEY ALSO DID IT FOR MARKETS FOR RETIREMENT. I THINK THE PLAQUE WAS ACTUALLY FROM BARBARA, WASN'T IT? YES. ACTUALLY FOR HER SERVICE. WELL, HE, I DON'T KNOW. HE WROTE LIKE THE SPECIAL PLAQUE. WE , BUT YES. I, I REMEMBERED ABOUT THIS. UM, THE OTHER UPDATED, ONE OF OUR , SHE GOT A JOB IN FEBRUARY, SO WISH HER BEST. UM, SHE'S BEEN, UH, VALLEY, SHE . UM, WE'LL, , UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES. UH, NIKKI HAD, I CAN GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE AND NEXT, NEXT MEETING WE'LL GIVE, USE SOME MORE DETAIL UPDATES. BUT WE ALSO HAD SPANISH CARRIAGE MONTH, UM, WHICH WAS SUPER SUCCESS. KIDS ON GAMES, THERE'S DRAFTS KIDS IN, UM, PRIZES. THEY HAD MARIACHI BAND. SO I'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME. I'LL GIVE YOU NUMBERS AND WE'LL HAVE YOU NEXT WEEK. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR FILIPINO MARRIAGE FUND AS WELL. THEY HAD DANCERS, I LEAGUE , THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY WERE BOTH SUPER SUCCESSFUL, UM, EVENTS. AND UH, IT'S NICE THAT WE BRANCH ON AND , BUT YOU KNOW, I'LL PROVIDE YOU MY DETAIL NEXT TIME. AND TACULAR AND YES. AND, BUT THAT'S OUR, ANOTHER ANNOUNCE. TACULAR WILL BE, UH, SATURDAY THE 24TH. UM, WE'LL WILL CLOSE THE LIBRARY FOR THE DAY TO PREPARE THE EVENT, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN AGAIN SIX TO EIGHT AGAIN. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CRAFTS. WE HAVE GAMES, WE HAVE OUR HAUNTED BASES RETURNING. AND WE WILL HAVE US WELCOME COME, THE FRIEND WILL BE THERE. UM, , BOTH OF YOU PEOPLE. YES. SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR, OUR MA A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY HERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE SWEET TEA . SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT STAFFING. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT ? THE BUDGET? WE HAVE LIKE, NO, NO INITIAL ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM, UM, CITY MANAGER ABOUT STAFFING. WE ARE, UM, OFF ALL POSITION THAT NOT AS I SAID. SO WE'RE MAKING, DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ? WE'RE NOT SHORT STAFF OR SHORT PART-TIME PEOPLE? WELL, WE, WE ARE SHORT. WE'RE NOT THE FULL-TIME STAFF. ALL THEY FULLTIME STAFF, BUT THE PART-TIME PEOPLE WE ARE, WE HAVE PROBABLY SIX OR SO WE'RE MOVING THINGS WRAP. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST. I'M GONNA ASK WHETHER YOU FEEL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN'S HAVE LOST THREE PEOPLE. SO THEY GO DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANT KNOW VERY HEAVY DEPARTMENT LOT PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE THREE NEW, UM, STAFF LEADERS IN THEIR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAD, UM, ASSISTANCE AND A LIBRARY AID. SO WE GOT THE LIBRARY. WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND. UM, AREAS THAT ARE LIKE SUPER IMPORTANT AND EVERYBODY, LIKE MOST PEOPLE REALLY GREAT ON THE TEAM HAVE PROBLEM STAFF AND HAVE A . UM, ARE YOU HAVE SECURITY? NO. SECURITY, UM, JUST, UH, PRIORITY. THANK YOU. AS OF WHEN THE POLICE [00:10:01] STOPPED, UH, IT'S BEEN, WELL IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE, SO IT'S, WE GENERALLY SEEN IT AT AN OUTSIDE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT LIKE RESPONDING US QUICKLY. MM-HMM . UM, SO COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO, WE DO. YEAH. WE DON'T GET AWAY. I THINK THE, UM, CITY MANAGER SAID ALL JOB. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. . YES. ARY. WHICH MAKES SENSE. MM-HMM . ANYTHING TO YOU? THE FRIENDS? YES. OH, WELL, UM, AS YOU HEARD, THE FRIENDS HELPED, UM, WITH THE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON, PROVIDE THE, THE LUNCH FOR THAT AND THEN LIKE SOMEBODY FOR THE HERITAGE THAT THEY PUT MY OTHER DANCERS. AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL BE DOING SOME THINGS FOR , BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT. THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PURPOSE. SO YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE CAN DO THAT FOR THE LIBRARY. ALRIGHT, SO TALK TO THE COMMENTS. COMMENTS. YOU DON'T, WE WERE SAYING ABOUT FEW MINUTES. YEAH. OH, I, YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE HAVING OUR, UH, EVENT ON, UH, OCTOBER . AND, UH, I INVITED THE LIBRARIES, WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ONES IN THE PAST, AND I WAS, I WAS GONNA SEND AN INVITE TO THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO. UM, CAP TABLE AT THE ART CENTER. WE WANNA PULL AS MANY RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY PAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, UH, COME IN AND CONNECT WITH, SINCE THEY MIGHT NOT CONNECT WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF EVENTS, HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THE HAVE. SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, ON, UH, IT IS OCTOBER 30TH OVER AT THE ART CENTER. IT IS FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE FULL TIME THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE AT EIGHT. THAT SHOULD BE FINE. THAT USUALLY THE EVENT THAT, AROUND THAT TIME. BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD VENDORS ACTIVITIES, UM, AND WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 202 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT USUALLY COME THERE WITH US. AND THAT IS ALL, UM, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE STUDENTS FROM NSDS. WE HAVE PROGRAMMING THERE. AND THEN, UM, HAVE TEENAGERS FROM . SO A LOT OF OUR, YEAH, SO HAVE THEY WORKED ON ALT ALTERS? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY ALTAR. UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST SET IT UP ON, UH, LAST WEEKEND. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SET THAT ONE UP IN THE, UM, IN OUR PATIO. EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO BRING A PHOTO OF THEIR LOVED ONE AND PLACE IT ON THE ALTAR. UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, MARIACHI, UH, AND . WE HAVE FILIPINO DOCTORS, UM, THAT CAME IN AS WELL. UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED. IT'S A WHOLE FESTIVAL. I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR IS GOING, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE PARTNERS AT THE LIBRARIES. ANYTHING MORE? UH, JUST ONE MORE THING TO MENTION BEFORE WE RETIRE, UM, THE LIBRARY. . SO WE WILL BE, UM, FOR THE ELECTION WILL BE, I WILL BE SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY. . WE WILL HAVE EVERY EVERYONE ELSE BOX PRIVATE. HAS ANYONE EVER READ BOOKS? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT BOX OUTSIDE NOW. IT IS PRETTY HARD. LIKE THEY'RE JUST LIKE LITTLE. YEAH. AND SO IT'S REALLY, AND THEY WALK MOSTLY UNLESS AN ELECTION LOCKED. YEAH. THEY WON'T OPEN UNTIL, I THINK IF THEY'RE COMING NEXT WEEK OR SOMETHING, THEY'LL, THEY'LL OPEN AND BE LIKE, OKAY, NOW YOU CAN START. YEAH. SO THAT, THAT'S IT. USUALLY LIKE, IT'S YEAH. TO THE GROUND, LIKE, YOU KNOW. YES. I WAS JUST THINKING WE WORKED FOR A WHILE AGO BEFORE YOU SAID WE, WE DID ONLY BECAUSE OF THERE WAS SO MANY DAYS AND WE, THIS LAST WE SHOULDN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM, BUT THIS TIME WE HAD THE MAKE SURE TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY. ABOUT LIKE ESPECIALLY YES. . THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS. 5 46. * 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.