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RESOLUTION NO . f52_
SERIES OF 2010
A RESOLlJflON AUTHORIZING THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY ro IMPLEMENT THE ANNUAL "WINTER FOOD FOR FINES" PROGRAM FROM MONDAY ,
NOVEMBER 29, 20\0Tl:IROUGH SUNDAY, DllCEMBER 12, 201G .
WHEREAS , the Englewood Public Library has sponsored a "Food for Fines" pro g;am since
1990 ; and
WHEREAS, the "Food for Fines" program all ows patrons with overdue fines to "pay" them
off through the donation of non-perishable food items ; and
WHEREAS, the food items are then forwarded to th : Interfaith Community services for their
"food bank" distribution to financially disadvantaged families in the Englewood area ; and
WHEREAS, the progJWl is a benefit to the com.mmity in that the disadvantaged a.,e assisted;
the air cleared with respect to fines ; and the City receives its library materials back and the
progJWl presents a positive iloage of the Library and the City .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY coUNCll., Of THE CITY CF
ENGL!:.WOOD , COLORADO , TIIAT :
~tjon l . The Englewood City Council hereby authorizes the Englewood Public Library's
implementation of the annual 'Winter Food For Fines" program from November 29, 2010
tbroug\l December 12, 2010. Toe collected food will then be forwarded tr the Interfaith
Community services for distribution to [Ulll!,cially disadvantaged fam;:u,s in the Jinglewood area .
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 15th day of November, 2nl ~•-
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I, Loucrishia A Ellis , City Clerk for_[,:'.t} of En
above is a we copy of Resoluuon No. 2 S
rado, h ereby certify the
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.. -~c~Cl Loucnshia A. Elhs, 1ly erk
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COU CIL CO MM NICATIO '
Date:
Age nda 11 cm: Subj ect : r rines"
-s o,ember 15, ~0 10 I
Lng\ewood P11hl1C L1 hran 's "Wm ter Food f
Pr og ram
Initi ated By:
-, Staif So rec:
Libra!) Departm ent
Hai~ Director of Lib rar, Se ices__J
OUNCI L GOA L AND PREVI OUS COUNC IL ACTION
The Lib ra ry has spans red th tS popular pr ogram since 19 0, and each year th e Ci ty Cou nci' has
continually vrnced its support. In 2003, th e ann ual Food for Fines pr owam was exp an de d to twi ce
a vea r at the requ es t of the L,b,ary Boa rd . and subs qu ently app rove d by City Co un cil , fu r two
weeks du rin ! the summer as well as twn weeks b twee n Thanksg1v111 g and hnstmas as a wa to
1 ,,ga tP the in c1eas 1n Ove rdue Librar 1 Fmes and as a \\a\• to encourage th e tim el\ re turn of EP'.
,,,at nab so tha t the\ ca n he us ed b\ m,ire peo ple . The two weeks of the umm er Food fo r Fines
program covers the last "eek of the pul,l,r school ye ar and the first week of vaca tions, a time
during whi ch stud en ts an t achers are leaning o ut th eir des ks and lockers rn preparation fo r the
summer hre,,k and nu merous overd ue Lib rary mat eri als .ire loca ted, whereas the two weeks of the
Winter Food (or l ines program trad,uonally cov ,rs the 1ic nod ,n between th n,anksgivr ng and
Chrrs tma s holid ays. llisto ncally, eac h ot th eSl' tw o hra nn11 al eve nts rarses an ave ra ge of $1 ,500 to
$2 ,000 in donated non-penshahlc 100d rtems tnr the \n terfarth Commu ni t\ Sen ices tood bank.
RECOM ME 'OED CT ION
Th Ubrar, Dep.irunent recom me nd, rt \ (' oun c1\ ,1pprov<' ., res< \uu ,m ,,uth o rilln<\ the Library
Depa rtm •n t to ,n1p1<-m ent rts 20 10 \\'mterl ood for fin<'< p1 0 •r,,m fr om Mon da\, 0\ emb •r _ 9
through Sund,1), Oe< l'm lwr \ 2, :!, ) 10
IIA CKG ROU 0 , A '1\LY ~IS, 'D AITER ,\'nVl S ,ot 111-i FO
I c11 th<· p,\\I 20 ye,m, till' I n1\h''' ,od l'uhh c \ 1br,11) h,1> provided 11> \'oc,d for rm es" fll ,g1,01n •" ,1 ""I''"' th , .' p,1trons '"th 111ws 0 11 1\w 01 o,erdue ll'I rnakii,1\s to "pa • th e ni oll through the
tlo11.i11011 01 •·npensh,111 , 1 ,nd 1tc•11 is th,,t ,ire, m turn, fcm,,11dc •o ,o l11ll'rr~1th om 111u11II\ Se f\lC<''
t,,, 1\w,r •·10,,J b,mk" d,stnhuti on to t111,rn ciall\ c!•,,l!h ,111t.1g,·d 1a1111\i c, 111 th e Ingle" nd art•a.
fo\l<""ng 20(JJ's mcreas , ,n ,n,1'imum o,erdu<· 111,.,s from ~2 i., ,s, the Uhrar, Boaid requ es t ·d
th ,,t tlw 11umh er of fo od ,tc•n\\ reqlllr ed to pay oft .i sin g\ vc rcl uc char '" also be mrr eased
heg,nnm g with th,• W04 \~ 1111,., I ood fu1 rines progra m e.g. 11 no" tak •s two food rt ems to cancel
,,u t tl w \,Il l'< h,ir<\<S tno t los t or da rn ,1ged charges) nn orw ove rdue item These food 11cm, must be
,,,,., •n tcd :u the Lil"'"· ,1.1ff ,ll tlw ( ,rr u\,111 on Ocsk 111 or dP1 tor tlw fines tn he cle ared frorn the '
p,1 inn ', rnmpu M r<•cord T\11, program has b,•,•n \\J1111l1 1e< 1•1\ ,,ti ,,m l ,uppr,rt,•cl h1 the public
"'" c• ,t, mcep11 nn. ,,ml l hr,,r, I 1tm11s 110w Ion \ fof\,,11d w 11 as a "ay oflw\µ,n ~ ,,:!,ers wlull•
r"11P,m~ th,•11 0,\11 f111 ,111C1al ob\i~d lh fhu ,, th e pro~1.1m pH'«•n ts ,1 posi ll\l' unage of th e L1bran·
.u,d thl• Cit .,nd ,~ a ,,111-.,11 ( c.1ll i<\t11 111r l'\'l'rvniw uiv nhPd
FINA CIAL IMPACT
Sin ce its 1990 in ceptio n, th is program has raised an <tima ted $41,700 in donated no n-perishabl e
foo d items to assist families in nee~ in the [ng lcwoc..J area
The money tha l the Libra ry collec ts ea ch mo nth in "la te charges" (i.e. chJrges o n books aad o ther
EPL ,t ern s rPturned pas l 1heir riginal "d ue da l e" an d pa st th e 3 day "gra ce p er io d ") goes to th e
ity's G neral Fund . These reve nu es trndi tio nall y dro p ;i bout 50% during each of the Libra ry's two-
w ee k Food for Fin es programs, b ut th loss is more th an offse t by th e "good will " this program
genera tes amo ng Libra ry patro ns and by ge tting th e Library ma teria ls back o n th e shelves so th at
oth ers c;in use the m.
LI ST OF ATTAC HME NTS
Resolt aion
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