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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-08-11 PLB MINUTESCall To Order/Roll Call 3400 South Elati Street, Englewood, CO 80110 303-762-2560 Voice 303-762-2576 FAX Minutes Englewood Public Library Board August 11, 1998 The meeting of the Englewood Public Library Board was called to order by Chairperson, Bervette Williams, at 7:1 O p.m. PRESENT: M. Giffin, S. O'Leary, S. Smithers, B. Williams, L. Parkinson (arrived 7:25 p.m.), and R. Ottoson. REGRETS: C. Belt, M. Dounay, Youth Member, Mike Heberling, J. Courtwright, and Council Member L. Clapp. ALSO PRESENT: Patricia Jurgens, Automated Services Librarian, and Joan Clayton, Recording Secretary. SCHEDULED VISITORS: Suzette Emerson, Project Manager with David Tryba Architects and .ff Scharpf, Project Designer with David Tryba Architects. UNSCHEDULED VISITORS: Gary Sears, City Manager. Before the presentation of the Redevelopment Plan of Cinderella City Ms. Clayton told the Board that Mr. Long had been called out of town due to the death of his older brother the day previous to the meeting. All present expressed their sympathy to Mr. Long and his family. Ms. Emerson and Mr. Scharpf then gave a brief presentation of the Redevelopment Plan for the Cinderella City site. First Ms. Emerson gave an overview of the site plan as it was presented to the City Council on Monday, August 10. There was general discussion, with questions by Board Members of both Ms. Emerson and Mr. Sears. The response to the Plan was a positive one. Mr. Scharpf then presented the plans for the new Library. Mr. Scharpf explained that the plans were not reflective of the most recent meeting with Mr. Long and staff. The comments and ideas from that meeting will be reflected in the next set of plans. After discussion of the floor plan for the library Ms. Emerson and Mr. Scharpf showed the Board the floor plans for floors 2 &3. Mr. Sears answered questions from the Board regarding the project. Mr. Sears expressed his •preciation to Ms. Emerson and Mr. Scharpf for their presentations. He also expressed his Wpreciation to the Board for their time. Mr. Sears, Ms. Emerson and Mr. Scharpf then left the meeting. Page 2 98-12 Motion: That the minutes of the Library Board meeting of July 14, 1998 be accepted • as written. Moved by: Sonie Smithers Seconded by: Margaret Giffin The motion passed unanimously. Ms. Smithers said that the Friends of the Library are requesting recipes for their upcoming cookbook, as many recipes as possible are needed. Ms. O'Leary reported that she had been unable to attend the most recent Cultural Arts Commission meeting. It was mentioned that the need for a Library Board member to attend the Cultural Arts Commission meeting seemed unnecessary. The Board asked that Mr. Long discuss this with Mr. Jerrell Black, Director of Parks and Recreation. It was suggested that possibly the Library Board Members could alternate going to the Cultural Arts meeting. Or possibly that if there were an item under discussion regarding the Library then a Board Member could attend. Ms. Jurgens noted that the statistics for reference questions for July were up over last years' statistics. The reason for the increase was due in part to the closure of the Library last year for the remodeling project. Ms. Williams asked if any of the Board Members were interested in going to the CLA conference in Colorado Springs in October. Ms. Ottoson said she was interested if she could ride with someone else. Ms. Williams said she would like to go also. There was general discussion about the presentation by Ms. Emerson and Mr. Scharpf. All felt that the presentation had been very interesting. There was concern expressed that not only did the public area in the new Library need to expand but that the staff area also needed to be increased. It was stated that there needed to be room for growth of materials as well as staff. Members Choice Mr. Parkinson said he had noticed that during the day there are more men reading magazines in the library than woman yet it seems to him that a majority of the magazines available are woman's magazines. A short discussion followed. One idea expressed was that maybe more women were checking out the magazines rather than staying in the Library to read them. Ms. Smithers said her mother is having cataract surgery tomorrow. Ms. Williams said she had just returned from a visit to New York City with her daughter. They stayed in a "posh" hotel, saw 4 plays on Broadway and had lots of fun. • Ms. Giffin said the recent conference in Sheridan Schools for the Learning & Literacy Coalition • Institute was wonderful, though a lot of work. Ms. Giffin also said her husband had recently been in the hospital with another heart attack. All present wished her husband a speedy recovery. Page 3 Ms. O'Leary said her 20th reunion was a "blast"! ,s. Ottoson said that after a month's vacation, it was hard to settle down to work, so she thought maybe it was time for another vacation! At the Denver Seminary Library where she works CyberPatrol was recently taken off all the computers. Ms. Clayton thanked Ms. Jurgens for coming to the meeting tonight in Mr. Long's absence, especially after working with the upgrade today to the Dynix system. Ms. Jurgens briefly explained the Dynix upgrade to those present. Basically the changes to the catalog system will be invisible to the patrons, the software underwent changes. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:1 O p.m . . 8/98 jc • •