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YOU KNOW THE DRILL BY THEN, WE HAVE TO
[Municipal Library Board Meeting on November 19, 2024.]
ELECT A TEMPORARY CHAIR.I WAS JUST TELLING AMY THAT I AM BADGERING CITY HALL AND EVERYONE I KNOW THERE ABOUT APPOINTING A REGULAR CHAIR OR HAVING THE COUNCIL APPOINT A REGULAR VICE CHAIR.
BUT UNTIL THAT POINT, WE HAVE TO MEETING, LIKE, TO NOMINATE SOMEONE I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE REGARDING TO TEMPORARY CHAIR FACILITATE MEETING.
AND WE CAN MOVE THE MICROPHONE, THE MINUTES WERE SET OUT TO EVERYONE FOR APPROVAL.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MEETING? UM, LAST MONTH WHEN AMY WAS CHAIR.
HEARING ON THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED REPORT OF THE REPORT OF THE CHAIR, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT AND OUR JANUARY MEETING.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T MEET IN DECEMBER AND SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN JANUARY AND IT IS OUR ANNUAL PLANNING SESSION.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO THE BOARD, THAT'S THE TIME WHERE WE WILL GO OVER OUR GOALS FROM LAST YEAR AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID AND DID NOT ACCOMPLISH AND SET OUR GOALS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND, UM, ON THE MEETING, UM, REMINDER EMAIL, YOU HAD A COPY OF OUR REPORT FROM LAST YEAR.
IT HAS, UM, LIKE A LITTLE MEMO ON THE FRONT PAGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOT SUPER LONG.
LIKE A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE REALLY A WHOLE BOOK, BUT THIS IS ABOUT, I THINK EIGHT PAGES LONG.
SO IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US NEED TO KIND OF GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND WEIGH IN ON BECAUSE WE DO, UM, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO SUBMIT TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT SAYS, THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE DID ALL YEAR.
WE ACCOMPLISH ALL OF OUR GOALS, OF COURSE, AND HERE ARE OUR GOALS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
UM, I HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT FORMATTING IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THE, IN THE MINUTIAE OF IT.
UH, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WE COULD ADD JUST A LITTLE MORE MEAT TO THE REPORT THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, IT IS WONDERFUL TO SAY WE HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INFORMED OR WE VISITED LIBRARIES, BUT ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF DATA TO THAT TO SAY WE EACH VISITED OUR LIBRARY AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH OR WE REGULARLY ATTEND THE FRIENDS MEETING AT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
IF YOU HAVE SOME DETAIL YOU CAN PROVIDE ABOUT SOME ACTIVITIES YOU DID.
FOR EXAMPLE, CATHERINE DOES A GREAT JOB OF POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT ALL OF THE EVENTS AT THE LIBRARIES IN DISTRICT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE BUDGET ROLLS AROUND, THE COUNCIL REMEMBERS THAT THE LIBRARIES OUT THERE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS.
THEY SEE THE REPORTS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NEVER A BAD THING TO REMIND THEM OVER AND OVER.
UM, SPEAKING OF CATHERINE, I APPRECIATE YOU WRITING THE LETTERS TO THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
WRITTEN TWO OR TWO OP-EDS, SO THANK YOU.
YEAH, SO WE'LL WANNA INCLUDE SOME THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON VERY BRIEFLY, AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL, IS THE IMPACT THAT PROPOSITIONS S AND YOU WILL END UP HAVING ON THE LIBRARY.
UM, HEATHER MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BRIEF BY THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UH, UNDER PROPOSITION AS INDIVIDUAL STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO LAWSUITS.
CITIZENS STILL BE ABLE TO DO THE LIBRARY AS AN ENTITY.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T SUE HEATHER
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THE INITIAL
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CONVERSATION.WE, WE'VE ASKED FOR AN OFFICIAL, UM, OFFICIAL OPINION, BUT THAT'S THE, THE INITIAL, UH, RESPONSE.
WERE PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY ABLE TO SUE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY STAFF MEMBERS? NO.
SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL IS HAVING, UH, HOLDING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TOMORROW AND THEY WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE BUDGET OFFICE, SOME OTHER, UM, EXPERTS AT CITY HALL ON WHAT THEY THINK ARE GOING TO BE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THESE AND WHAT THEY AS A CITY WILL HAVE TO DO TO COMPLY.
AND I THINK WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE MORE THAN, BUT IT WILL KIND OF BE UNFOLDING OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AS WE ROLL UP INTO KIND OF BUDGET SEASON, WHICH STARTS SINCE EARLY AS FEBRUARY FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CITY IS REALLY KIND OF ON THE HOOK FOR IN TERMS OF SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR THE POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BACKFILL THOSE FUNDS.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE $38 MILLION OUT AND NOT PUT IT BACK SOMEWHERE.
THOSE WOULD BE JUST INCREDIBLY DRAC AND I QUITE HOPEFUL IT DOES NOT COME TO THAT, BUT AT THIS POINT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF INFORMATION GATHERING AND TALKING TO LAWYERS AND REVIEWING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, WHAT THE IMPACT REALLY WILL BE.
BUT I KNOW HEATHER IS VERY MUCH ON TOP OF THIS AND WILL KEEP US AS IN THE LOOP AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK VERY REGULARLY WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS IMPACTING THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND THE LOCAL BRANCHES IN YOUR DISTRICT.
ARE THERE WAYS THAT IT MIGHT IMPACT THE LIBRARY SYSTEM OTHER THAN, UH, WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE LAWSUIT? SO, WELL, PROPOSITION U WHICH IS THE ONE ABOUT ADDING MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
THE WAY THAT, THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE INTERPRETING THAT IS THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO FUND 900 POSITION WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN FILL THEM.
AND IT WILL TAKE 37 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THOSE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXTRA REVENUE COMING IN.
THERE'S NO REVENUE SOURCE FOR THAT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE 37 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM ELSEWHERE IN BUDGET.
YOU'RE THERE AND EVERYWHERE IN FRONT THE LIBRARY FROM THE LIBRARY AND PARKS AND ARTS AND SANITATION AND STREETS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES.
UM, GIVEN THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION WITH THE PASSING OF PROPOSITION U THIS MAY SEEM SORT OF LIKE A SIDE ISSUE, BUT I THINK THAT MAY NOT BE, UH, WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE A PERMANENT CHAIR FOR THIS BODY.
AND, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PERMANENT CHAIR FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE CHAIR, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN APPOINT A VICE CHAIR, MEANING THAT, THAT VICE CHAIR, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT VICE CHAIR COULD STEP INTO THE CHAIRMAN ROLE PERHAPS.
UH, AND I JUST THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT SINCE, UH, PROMISES IN YOU IS IS GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY TOUGH IF WE NEED A STRONG LEADER, NOT, YOU KNOW, A TEMPORARY CHAIR EVERY MEETING.
SO WOULD IT MAKE SENSE AS MUCH AS WE WANT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, AND SO, UM, SHOULD WE EACH ONE OF US, UH, CONTACT OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ON THE MLB ADVOCATE TO APPOINT A VICE CHAIR, THE CITY COUNCIL, IT DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HURT.
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COUNCIL PERSON AND WITH PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND FRIENDS OF MINE WHO HAVE CONTACTS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NOT REALLY GETTING ANYWHERE.
IT'S JUST, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT CITY HALL AND I HAVE A LOT OF PRESSING ISSUES AND THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY
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SECRETARY'S OFFICE, TALKED IT THROUGH WITH, UM, MANAGER AND YOU KNOW, WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE PROGRAM, FOR THE LIBRARY TO HAVE, UM, SOMEONE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TO SET AGENDAS.SO, SO WHAT'S, WHEN YOU BRING THIS UP TO THEM, THE RESPONSES, WE'LL GET TO IT OR YEP.
WELL, MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON HAS, UH, WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE MAYOR TO WHICH HE DID NOT RESPOND.
AND SO, SO, SO IT'S WITHIN THE MAYOR'S COURT SECRETARIES? WELL, THE, THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE CHAIR, SO HE HAS TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE.
NO, AND HE APPOINTED ANDREA HILBURN, WHO WAS TERM LIMITED LAST, LAST MAY, MAY, 2023.
AND IT IS HIS OFFICE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO APPOINT A NEW CHAIR FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS.
SO, AND HE COULD APPOINT SOMEONE TO, UH, TOM PERRY'S POSITION, BECAUSE THAT'S AN AT LARGE POSITION AND THEY COULD BE THE CHAIR MAYOR.
YEAH, THIS BEEN TALKING ON THE, OKAY, SORRY.
SO, SO WE WOULD
WE CAN EITHER ASK THE MAYOR TO APPOINT A PERMANENT CHAIR OR ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT A SUBMIT VICE CHAIR.
I'M NOT A PERMANENT VICE CHAIR, I'M NOT APPOINTED.
SO THE MORE EFFECTIVE WAY WOULD PROBABLY BE TO APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL, WHATEVER YOU THINK WOULD BALL FORWARD.
ARE THERE POSITION, HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN ON THE BOARD? HOW MANY DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE A, A REPRESENTATIVE? SIX.
I THINK THREE WE CAN CONFIRM, BUT THOSE ARE APPOINTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST LIKE YOU POINTED, IS DISTRICT, DISTRICT THREE ALSO I THINK THREE SIX.
ONE FOR EACH DISTRICT AND ONE AT LARGE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
IS THIS SORT OF RELATED TO THE FIRST POINT YOU MADE ABOUT GOAL SETTING? THAT REPORT THAT WE DISTRIBUTE IS THE CHAIR OR ANYONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT THAT OR WE JUST SENT IT.
YEAH, IT, UH, PART OF THE REPORT IS, UH, THERE'S A, A CHAIR'S MEMO AND, UH, OF COURSE TOM WROTE IT LAST YEAR AND SIGNED IT INTERIM MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD CHAIR BECAUSE HE WAS THE INTERIM CHAIR, BUT BECAUSE HE HAD MOVED UP FROM VICE CHAIR.
AND IT'S JUST, UM, LIKE A SUMMARY, ONE PAGE SUMMARY AND THEN OUR, UM, GOALS AND WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.
HERE'S ALL THE MEMBERS LIST OF THE MEMBERS STATEMENT AND PURPOSE GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH LITTLE CHECK MARKS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT VERY ELABORATE, BUT NO, I DO NOT, NO, NO ONE ON THIS
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ABOUT IT.
WELL, NO, IF THE CHAIR EVER HAS ONE OR LIKE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE GENERALLY.
I MEAN, USUALLY IF THERE'S A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE LIBRARY STAFF, IT WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY.
GONNA TURN TO YES AND I'LL, WE'LL DO THE DIRECTIVE REPORT AFTER MELISSA DES HERE TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND THE PARTNERSHIP MANUAL.
SHE'S ONLINE WITH US WAVE MELISSA.
WELL, AND PRETTY SOON YOU'LL KNOW I'M
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GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN.UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, WELL FIRST I SHOULD FULLY INTRODUCE MYSELF SO YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
UM, MY NAME IS MELISSA DI AM THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LIBRARY.
UM, THAT ROLE IS PRIMARILY ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, BUT, UM, I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN, UM, IN SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, UM, AND HOW WE MAINTAIN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, IN THE PAST YEAR, WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A MANUAL FOR STAFF TO GIVE THEM SOME GUIDANCE ON WHO TO, HOW THEY HANDLE PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT, AND WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY SHOULD REACH OUT TO AND WHICH ONES THEY SHOULDN'T.
UM, WE ALSO CREATED KIND OF A MASTER LIST OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE HELD KIND OF AT THE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM-WIDE LEVEL.
UM, SO THAT, SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IN TERMS OF STAFF.
SO ALL STAFF KNOW, UM, THIS IS THE PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA REACH OUT TO THIS ORGANIZATION WHO IS THE STAFF PERSON THAT OWNS THIS RELATIONSHIP.
AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, TO SEE THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY ABOUT BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND WHY WE, WHY WE DO IT.
UM, PARTNERSHIPS IS A BIG PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THERE IS ONE, ONE OF OUR GOALS SPECIFICALLY THAT, UM, THAT PARTNERSHIPS ARE, A BIG PART OF THAT IS MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
UH, DALLAS, THE GOAL SAYS DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC LIFE BY LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING SERVICES DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS.
UM, BUT THEN IF YOU DO DRILL DOWN INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS, YOU'LL SEE THAT PARTNERSHIPS FEATURE IN, IN MULTIPLE GOALS IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS OR WHO WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNER, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SIMILAR GOALS, UM, SIMILAR, UM, MISSION STATEMENTS OR VISION STATEMENTS TO SEE THAT WE'RE KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT.
UM, WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN PROVIDE SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE ON OUR OWN.
UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, WOULD BE PERHAPS THE WILKINSON CENTER THAT PROVIDES SOME GED CLASSES AND SOME OF OUR BRANCHES THAT OTHERWISE LIBRARY STAFF WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE CLASSES.
UM, WE'RE AL WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR PARTNERS THAT WILL HELP US GET OUR MESSAGE OUT.
SO, UH, PARTNERS WHO, UH, WHO SHARE OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, THAT'S WHO WE'RE REALLY REACHING OUT TO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUTREACH, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND RESOURCES, UM, THAT WE WANT THEM TO, TO COME TO THE LIBRARY TO USE.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND OTHER CITYWIDE INITIATIVES.
UM, SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS AND TALKING ABOUT THIS, THAT IT BECAME CLEAR PRETTY QUICKLY THAT THE TERM PARTNER IS THROWN AROUND A LOT AND CAN MEET A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO.
UM, AND IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, AS I KIND OF MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT THERE ARE KIND OF SYSTEM-WIDE PARTNERS, BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, BRANCH OR UNIT SPECIFIC PARTNERS.
AND, UM, AND SO, AND SOMETIMES A PARTNER CAN BE BOTH.
UM, I WOULD BRING UP LIKE DALLAS ISD AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AT AN ADMINISTRATION LEVEL, BUT THEN IT'S REALLY THOSE, IT'S REALLY THOSE BRANCH LIBRARIES THAT BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS, WITH THE SPECIFIC PRINCIPALS AND LIBRARIANS AND STUDENTS AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
UM, SO IT CAN, SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY IT CAN, THE
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PARTNERSHIP CAN EXIST ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.UM, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF, THIS LIST IS KIND OF WHAT WE MEAN BY PARTNERS.
PARTNERS CAN FALL INTO A COUPLE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF, KIND OF, UH, FURTHER, UM, DESCRIBING OR IDENTIFYING WHAT IS A PARTNER VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A VENDOR OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, COLLABORATORS, THIS IS, THIS IS GROUPS THAT, UM, WE WORK WITH TOGETHER FOR A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.
UM, A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE DALLAS GENEALOGY SOCIETY THAT WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE, THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR.
UM, DGS ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT SERVICES, BUT THEY ALSO VOLUNTEER AND IT'S VERY MUCH A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.
UM, THE OFFICE OF ALL ARTS AND CULTURE WOULD BE ANOTHER COLLABORATOR BECAUSE OF CULTURE PASS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE BOTH, WE ARE BOTH WORKING ON IT AND TO ACHIEVE SHARED GOALS, UM, SPONSORS, SOME SPONSORS ARE JUST A DONOR THAT GIVES MONEY AND THEY'RE THANKED, THEY'RE THANKED IN ON THE WEBSITE OR ON THE FLYER.
UM, AND THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THEIR, OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER SPONSORS THAT, UM, THAT MIGHT ALSO PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS FOR SOMETHING OR, UM, WHO ALSO PROVIDE THE SERVICE DIRECTLY AS WELL AS THE FUNDING FOR THE SERVICE.
UM, PROVIDERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTNERS THAT PRESENT A PROGRAM OR SERVICE IN THE LIBRARY THINK LIKE A A RP TAX HELP IS A IS A PARTNER THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE.
OR IF WE CALL UP THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND ASK THEM TO SEND SOMEONE OUT TO DO A PROGRAM ON, ON HEART HEALTH FOR SENIORS, THAT WOULD BE A PARTNER.
UM, SUPPORTERS AND CONNECTORS ARE A, WE ALSO CONSIDER THEM PARTNERS.
AND IT'S A LITTLE, AND IT WORKS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
A SUPPORTER IS KIND OF LIKE AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE LIBRARY OR, UM, THAT WE SUPPORT THEM.
UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS HOAS OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
WE GIVE THEM FREE MEETING SPACE IN THE LIBRARY.
AND BECAUSE WE, BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM IN THAT WAY.
UM, CONNECTORS ARE KIND OF, ARE MORE LIKE REFERRALS.
SO, UM, A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS LIKE OUR HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE THAT WE REFER CUSTOMERS TO THOSE HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THEN THE HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY REFER THEIR CLIENTS TO US IF THEY NEED SOMETHING THAT ONLY WE CAN PROVIDE.
SO THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF A, UM, A DIFFERENT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP THERE.
SO IF WE CAN'T PARTNER WITH SOMEONE, UM, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE OF A CAPACITY ISSUE THAT IT REQUIRES SPACE WE DON'T HAVE, IT REQUIRES STAFF TIME OR MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT PARTNERING WITH ANY POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO APPEAR AS IF WE ARE ENDORSING A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO REALLY, UH, GO BACK TO THEIR LOOKING AT THEIR GOALS AND WHAT THEIR AGENDA IS BEHIND WANTING TO PARTNER AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING.
UM, THIS IS THE SAME, THIS IS TRUE ALSO FOR, UM, A LOT OF, FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY WANT TO PARTNER WITH US.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY REACH OUT TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL SOMETHING OR RECRUIT CLIENTS.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE PUBLIC TRUST THAT THE LIBRARY HOLDS.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA HURT THAT TRUST WITH THE PUBLIC BY, UM, SELLING SOMETHING TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY OR, UM, APPEARING TO ENDORSE
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A COMPANY OR A PRODUCT OR, OR A RELIGION.UM, THAT, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S JUST VERY, UM, IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK THROUGH THOSE EXPECTATIONS WITH, UH, WITH A GROUP BEFORE WE ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THERE IS A FORM ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE DIRECT ORGANIZATIONS TO, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US.
UM, IT'S EASIER TO, EASIER TO SEE, UH,
UM, IT'S, THAT'S EASIER TO EXPLAIN THAN THE LONG WEBSITE ADDRESS THAT IT IS.
UM, BUT SO THIS IS A FORM THAT WE CREATED LAST YEAR THAT, UM, ASKS ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT KIND OF STREAMLINES THE PROCESS, UM, AND HONESTLY HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO REACH US, WHO DON'T KNOW, WHO DON'T KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO, TO ASK ABOUT PARTNERING.
UH, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ASK ME AND HEATHER ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.
NOW, MELISSA, IF SOMEONE HAD AN IDEA FOR A PARTNER FROM THE LIBRARY, SHOULD THEY CONTACT YOU FIRST BEFORE THEY REACH OUT TO THAT ENTITY? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PRETTY LONG LIST OF PARTNERS ALREADY AND THAT ORGANIZATION MAY ALREADY BE ON IT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU THINK SHOULD PARTNER WITH THE LIBRARY? IF I DID, WHAT, WHAT WOULD I DO? I WOULD, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY REFER THEM TO THAT FORM.
UM, DO WE NEED TO CHECK WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT ALREADY A PARTNER? I MEAN, YOU CAN
BUT IF YOU WERE TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE, OR IF SOMEONE ELSE TOLD YOU LIKE, OH, I HAVE THIS IDEA, I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO SHOULD WORK WITH THE LIBRARY, THEN I WOULD SAY GO, JUST GO THROUGH THE FORM, THE FORM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH LARGE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE LIBRARY, LIKE I-D-I-S-D, THERE ARE SO MANY POINTS OF CONTACT.
AND SO PART OF WHAT MELISSA HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS HAVING A SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS WHO'S THE MAIN POINT OF CONTACT AT THAT INSTITUTION AND WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM MOST CLOSELY AT THE LIBRARY.
SO IF, IF AN, IF AN ORGANIZATION DID FILL OUT THE FORM AND WE WERE ALREADY PARTNERING, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE PERSON AT THE LIBRARY WHO IS ALREADY WORKING WITH THAT ORGANIZATION REACH OUT TO BOTH THE PERSON THAT FILLS OUT THE FORM, THE PERSON THAT IS THAT INSTITUTION'S CONTACT PERSON AND JUST GET EVERYBODY ON THE TABLE.
SO IF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HASN'T BEEN MEETING AT THE LIBRARY AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A PARTNER AND CAN THEY GO TO THE BRANCH MANAGER AND SAY, WELL, I'D LIKE TO BE ONE.
CAN YOU SEE MI ON THE LIST? THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AN OFFICIAL PARTNER TO MEET AT THE LIBRARY.
SO ALL THROUGH THE, UH, REGISTER ROOM.
IF THEY'D LIKE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
IF THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE LIBRARY AND, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH PROGRAMS OR PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS OR GET A SPEAKER, WHATEVER, THEN THEY PROBABLY NEED TO FILL UP FOR AND BE A LITTLE FORMAL ABOUT IT.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN MEET THERE.
ON AN INFORMAL BASIS AND JUST HAVE THE GOODWILL OF THE LIBRARY IN THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE AN HOA THAT NEEDS A MEETING PLAN? NO, NO.
I KNOW THAT THERE ONE LIBRARY, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS MEETS THERE, CO COVID REALLY UPSET THEM BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MEET IN PERSON.
AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT, THAT DON'T NEED IT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD THEIR, THEIR ANNUAL MEETING.
WELL, I LOVE THE LIBRARY, BUT MEETING AT THE BAR SOUNDS A LITTLE MORE FUN.
OH, DID YOU HAVE NO, I JUST, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE WHENEVER WE HAVE ONE,
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ANY KIND OF A PRESENTATION TO, TO HAVE THAT SENT TO US? YES.BECAUSE I, I JUST CAN'T, I HAVE HARD TIME.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, BEING ONLINE, UH, THERE'S BANDWIDTH ISSUES AND ANY OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON MY END OR THE OTHER, BUT I COULDN'T SEE ANY OF THE SLIDES.
UM, SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE, UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND EVEN IF IT DOES HAPPEN AND IF IT'S SOMETHING ON, ON OUR END OR Y'ALL'S MAYBE A LINK TO IT IN THE CHAT, UM, FOR INSTANCES LIKE THIS WHERE SOMETHING'S GOING ON AND WE CAN'T SEE IT LIKE MYSELF.
WE, WE COULD SEE THE SLIDES HERE ON THE WEBEX, SO WE WEREN'T AWARE THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS HAPPENING.
UM, OKAY, SO, UH, VALERIE IS NOT, WAS GOING TO ASK VALERIE TO SHARE HER SCREEN, BUT MAYBE IN LIE OR IN LIGHT OF THE COMMENT JUST NOW, VALERIE, CAN YOU DROP THAT? CAN YOU ALSO DROP THAT INTO THE CHAT SO PEOPLE HAVE, UH, HAVE A COPY OF IT? SO, WE'LL, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THIS MEMO.
UM, BUT WE HAD, I BELIEVE STAN ACTUALLY HAD ASKED JOE ABOUT, UM, OUR SPECIAL FUNDS AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MEMO WITH THE SPECIAL FUNDS AND IF, AND VALERIE, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT PAGE OF THE LIST.
CAN YOU SEE HER SCREEN NOW? NO ONE ONLINE? NO, NO, NO ONE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT A LINK OR THE FILE IN THE CHAT FOR EVERYONE? WE, WE'LL SEND THIS OUT.
UM, THERE'S NOT, UM, A, A TON TO DISCUSS.
SO THESE ARE THE SPECIAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
I WOULD SAY THE LARGE, UM, MOST OF THEM GO TOWARD BUYING MATERIALS FOR THE LIBRARY COLLECTION.
SO WE HAVE THE, UM, BROBERG MEMORIAL, WHICH GOES TOWARDS CLASSICAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY.
UM, THE GENEALOGY FUND GOES TOWARD BUYING MATERIALS FOR THE GENEALOGY DIVISION, THE HAMMOND FUND BIAS MATERIALS FOR OUR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.
UM, THE IDA GREEN FUND IS EARMARKED FOR CHILDREN'S, UM, CENTER MATERIALS.
THE CON FUND IS EARMARKED FOR HUMANITIES DIVISION, WHICH IS NOW OUR, UM, LITERATURE, LANGUAGES AND RELIGION, UH, COLLECTION.
THE MEADOWS FUND IS EARMARKED FOR THE, UM, HISTORY AND ARCHIVES DIVISION, UH, MATERIALS.
AND THO THOSE ARE ALL MATERIALS RELATED FUNDS.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY GIFTS AND DONATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.
THE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATION IS $2,502 875
UM, SINCE NO ONE CAN, CAN SEE THE, THE, UM, $252,875.
UH, AND THAT IS ALSO MOSTLY USED FOR, GENERALLY WE HAVE USED THAT FOR SUPPLEMENTING OUR COLLECTION, OUR MATERIALS FUND.
WE DO SOMETIMES USE IT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.
UM, OTHER, OTHER FUND SOMETIMES, UH, PROGRAMS, IT'S NOT RESTRICTED.
THERE ARE OCCASIONALLY, UM, DONATIONS TO THAT FUND THAT ARE RESTRICTED WITHIN THAT, THAT ONE DONATION.
UM, BUT IT IS GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED.
UM, THE OTHER FUNDS OF NOTE, THERE IS A DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND ACQUISITIONS FUND, UM, WHICH IS REALLY, WAS ORIGINALLY A $5.8 MILLION FUNDS THAT HELPED THE LIBRARY, UM, LITERALLY HELPED THE LIBRARY MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
UM, SO IT HELPED US GET OUR ILS UM, SYSTEM.
AND THEN IN I THINK 2008, IT HELPED US MIGRATE OUR ILS SYSTEM AGAIN.
SO WHILE IT SAYS THERE'S 92, ALMOST $93,000,
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IT'S NOT MONEY THAT IS REALLY AVAILABLE FOR US TO SPEND BECAUSE IT WAS EARMARKED FOR THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR TO HOW THERE MIGHT BE MONEY LEFT IN THE, IN A BOND PROJECT, BUT YOU CAN'T USE THAT JUST 'CAUSE IT'S, THERE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU GET TO USE IT.WHAT COULD YOU USE THAT $92,000 FOR? NOTHING THERE? I DON'T THINK WE CAN USE IT.
IT WAS WHAT YEAR WAS IT? SO IT WAS NORMALLY ESTABLISHED ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1995, A COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
THERE, THERE HAD BEEN EXPENSES OVER TIME OR OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 12 YEARS AS THINGS WERE GETTING IMPLEMENTED.
UM, SO TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THOSE FUNDS, IF, IF YOU CAN'T REPROGRAM THEM OUTRIGHT, THEY JUST GO INTO BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE THEM.
WE'RE RESTRICTED, THEY'RE CONTROLLED BY THE CITY OFFICE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER ALLOCATED TO THE LIBRARY OR THERE'S $92,000 SITTING THERE THAT YOU CAN'T TOUCH.
I MEAN IT'S BASICALLY NON VOID.
IT'S DONE LIKE THE, THE ASSUMPTION OF WHAT WAS NEEDED, IT, IT OUTCOME WAS THAT IT WAS JUST LESS.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A FINISHED PRODUCT.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE WITH IT.
AND THE, THESE ARE NOW CITY FUNDS THAT ARE RELEASED BACK INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC SITUATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T THE BEST EXAMPLE OF ONE TO HAVE THAT LIKE REPROGRAMMING CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, TYPICALLY IF YOU HAD FUNDS THAT HAD CERTAIN USES AND USE TYPES, YOU CAN WORK TO REPROGRAM 'EM.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE TO ESTABLISH WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
AND THEY ARE NOT, YOU COULDN'T BUY BOOKS FROM 'EM.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY FORMALLY REQUEST AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO REPROGRAM.
IT'S LIKE ON A BOND PROPOSITION, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY REPROGRAM THOSE FUNDS FROM LIBRARIES OVER THE STREETS OR STREETS TO LIBRARIES.
BUT YOU CAN USE THEM FOR THINGS OTHER THAN BUILDING A BUILDING.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SOURCE OF, OF AS LONG AS YOU USE IT FOR A CAPITAL TYPE EXPENSE.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SOURCE OF THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY.
AND SO THE REWORKING OF THE WEBPAGE AND ALL THAT, THAT'S NOT, NO, THAT'S NOT, UM, SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THIS RELEASED.
UM, WE, I MEAN WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE AN EFFORT
UM, I MEAN POTENTIALLY IF WE EVER HAD, I MEAN PERHAPS IF WE HAD ANOTHER MIGRATION PROCESS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO U UTILIZE THE FUNDS.
LIKE WE SAID, IT, IT WAS A FUND SET UP IN 95 FOR, FOR ESTABLISHING THE ORIGINAL AUTO, YOU KNOW, COMPUTER ILS INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SO SHOULD WE SUBTRACT THAT AMOUNT FROM THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OR NO, NOT TOTAL.
AVAILABLE TO SPEND? YEAH, AVAILABLE TO SPEND IS PROBABLY, WE WILL MAKE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY REPHRASE.
IT'S JUST FOR THE BREADTH OF THE PORTFOLIO.
I MEAN, IT'S ULTIMATELY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL FUNDS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES APPROPRIATION WON'T NECESSARILY MATCH YOUR CASH AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO ALL THAT TO SAY THE PORTFOLIO OF, OF FUNDS THAT ARE ACTIVE THAT HAVE APPROPRIATIONS, THAT'S THE REPRESENTATION OF THIS.
UM, THESE ALSO AREN'T NECESSARILY INTENDED TO BE SPENT ALL IN ONE YEAR MULTIYEAR, YOU KNOW, SO WE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, IN SOME CASES YOU MIGHT PULL BACK 'CAUSE YOU HAVE A BIGGER THING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO AIM TOWARDS, WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REPROGRAM WHEN WE CAN.
UM, THERE'S OTHER YEARS WHERE WE MIGHT CHOOSE TO JUST INCREMENTALLY SPEND 10, 15,000 EVERY SINGLE YEAR BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT.
UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE FUND, BUT THE INTENT IS TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 938,000 IN APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE CATEGORIZED A SPECIAL ONE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE PER REAL MONEY? IT, IT DOES.
WE HAVE, UH, A $30,000 APPROPRIATION FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S BEEN, IT'S DONE.
IS THAT THE IDEA OR IS THIS, THIS 30 FOR EXAMPLE, THIS 30,000,
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IS THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF IT OR DOES IT RENEW OR IS THIS YEARLY OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT DEPENDS ON, ON EACH OF THE FUNDS.UM, THIS IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US.
THIS IS WHAT IS APPROPRIATED TO US THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEND IT LIKE THAT 92,000, WE CAN'T SPEND IT.
UM, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL BE INVESTIGATING AS TO WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD REALLOCATE, WHETHER WE CAN, BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED SO LONG AGO.
IT IS SOMEWHAT OF AN OPEN QUESTION.
WELL, WASN'T THAT MONEY ORIGINALLY FROM THE FRIENDS THEMSELVES? THE BIG FRIENDS, THE OLD CENTRAL LIBRARY? IT WAS THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CENTRAL AUTOMATION FUND, IT WAS FROM THE SALE OF THE OLD CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THAT MONEY WAS SET UP FROM LIBRARY SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT AUTOMATION.
AND BACK TO THE PRI MONEY, THAT $30,000, THAT'S NOT A ONE TIME SPENDING, IS IT? BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS MONEY ALLOCATED TO OK LAWN ONLY.
IT IS MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED TO OK LAWN ONLY.
AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT IS OUR AVAILABLE APPROPRIATION THIS YEAR.
SO THE BRANCH MANAGER HAS $30,000 SHE CAN SPEND I WOULD NOT APPRECIATE
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY
SO BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, NO.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE BRANCH MANAGERS DON'T KNOW THAT, DID NOT KNOW THAT THE MONEY WAS AVAILABLE.
NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE MANAGER AT THIS LEVEL, THESE ARE REALLY NOT FUNDS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO BRANCH, BRANCH MANAGERS DON'T HAVE THAT SORT OF EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, UH, INTERNAL CONTROLS TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF BUDGETARY DECISIONS.
IT CAN COME TO US WITH A PROJECT OR WITH CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S FENCING THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO OAK LAWN.
THERE'S A, A MURAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE, THE COLUMNS THERE.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT COULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF THIS FUND, BUT IT IS NOT A DECISION THAT THE BRANCH MANAGER CAN MAKE ON THEIR OWN.
AND I THINK WE, WE TEND TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL ABOUT EQUITY ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
EVEN FOR LIBRARIES THAT HAVE FRIENDS GROUPS, THEY CAN ONLY GIVE THEIR OWN LIBRARY, I THINK $3,000 A YEAR TOWARDS PROGRAMMING BECAUSE IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE EQUITABLE AND FAIR TO BRANCHES THAT DON'T HAVE A FRIEND GROUP.
WELL, AND, AND IN GENERAL, THIS FUND HAS BEEN USED FOR THINGS THAT WILL IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SPEND CITY FUNDS FOR ONE-OFF PROGRAMMING ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
RIGHT NOW, THIS MONEY WAS ORIGINALLY A COUPLE GAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS SPECIFIC BRANCH AND IF THEY'RE GONNA DO MURALS ON THOSE PILLARS, THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT THOSE PILLARS, THEY WERE IN QUESTIONABLE SHAPE THAT THEY NEEDED SOME, PROBABLY SOME REPAIR WORK BEFORE ONE DID ANYTHING TO THEM BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT BUILDING'S NOW 96, SO IT'S 28 YEARS OLD AND THERE WAS SOME EROSION WITH THE MASONRY AND STUFF.
SO I'D BE CON CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING A MURAL ON IT UNTIL THEY, THEY FIX THE PILLARS THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, WE, WE'LL HAVE FACILITIES ASSESS THAT.
SO, SO WE WILL SEND THIS, I WILL SEND THIS OUT AS WELL AS MELISSA'S, UM, PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT'LL BE MUCH EASIER TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, THE MUCH EASIER TO LOOK AT, MUCH EASIER TO TAKE IN, UM, IF YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL FILE.
UM, JUST A COUPLE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS.
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UM, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.IS THE CITY JUST NOW ASKING FOR THIS OR, OR, OR DO YOU DO THIS EVERY YEAR? WE DON'T.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT, AT MUNICIPAL LIBRARY.
WAS IT REQUESTED STAN, STAN MADE A REQUEST TO, FOR THE, THE CITY TO HAVE THIS FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE IT.
IT SHOWS UP IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S SORT OF BURIED IN THE BUDGET AND YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM.
IT JUST SAYS FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES AS PART OF A LINE ITEM IN THE LIBRARY BUDGET.
AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING UP THE PERIL MONEY IS BECAUSE THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE GETS THE NUMBER WRONG EVERY YEAR OF HOW MUCH MONEY'S AVAILABLE.
THEY ALWAYS MAKE A MISTAKE ON THAT.
SO I ASKED JOE IF WE COULD GET A BRIEFING ON IT.
SO AGAIN, THE CITY BUDGET BOOK IS GONNA HAVE THE APPROPRIATIONS AVAILABLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR FUND, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY IN LINE WITH WHATEVER DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SITTING IN THE BANK.
YEAH, WE'LL SEND THAT OUT AFTERWARDS.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS TO NOTE.
UM, WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 3RD AT 9:00 AM UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY HAS ASKED US TO PRESENT, UM, A PRESENTATION ON NATIONAL TRENDS AND MIXED USE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN BOTH THE NORTH OAK CLIFF AND THE PARK FOREST REPLACEMENT BUILDINGS BEING SOME KIND OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, NOW THAT IS, THE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE BOND ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR DESIRES.
BUT WE ARE, UM, OR ACTUALLY TOMORROW WE ARE MEETING WITH, UM, REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, CAP, UH, LEVERAGE SOME CDRE OR REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PUBLISH RFP THAT WOULD INCLUDE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, IT'LL BE DECEMBER 3RD AT, AT 9:00 AM YOU CAN WATCH ONLINE
YOU HAVE TO CUT THE CITY HALL.
THAT CONCLUDES YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT
UH, SO WE DID, ONE OTHER THING I'VE KNOWN IS, UH, LAST WEEK WE, UH, APPLIED FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC.
UH, WE HAVE REQUESTED $150,000 TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY FENCE OFF THE WEST SIDE OF OUR, NOW I KNOW WHERE I AM, BUT NOW WEST, THE WEST SIDE OF OUR PLAZA.
UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE, UM, AND BEEN OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S BASICALLY A SMALL ALLEYWAY, UH, ON THE PLAZA, AN EXTENSION OF THE PLAZA.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE BUILDING.
YEAH, BUT IT, BUT IT, IT FACES UP TO, UH, ANOTHER PROPERTY'S PARKING LOT, SO IT'S NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE SPACE.
UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN THAT AREA.
SO THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, IT'S REALLY A TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN FENCE THAT AREA OFF, TAKE, TAKE AN AREA THAT IS HARD FOR US TO MANAGE BEHAVIORS IN AND CREATE A DEMONSTRATION GARDEN.
WE'VE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, FOR ONGOING, UM, PLANTING AND PROGRAMMING OF THAT SPACE, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF, UM, UH, EN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
WE SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING, UH, BACK FROM THEM.
I WOULD SAY BY END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THEY'RE MEETING ON DECEMBER 9TH, UM, TO DISCUSS.
BUT FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH DOWNTOWN DALLAS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD, UH, ACTUAL SHOT AT GETTING THE, GETTING THE GRANT.
SO WE THINK IT COULD REALLY BE A GAME CHANGER IN, IN MAKING A STEP TOWARDS REALIZING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY THAT WERE MADE IN
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OUR, UM, STRATEGIC AND FACILITIES PLAN.AND THEN THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS PLEDGED TO DO THE KIND OF MAINTENANCE FUND OR UPKEEP FUND.
THERE'S AN INITIAL, I THINK 35,000 IN THE YEAR ONE FOR FURNITURE, SOIL, SOME PLANTINGS, AND THEN ABOUT FIVE TO $6,000 EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR ONGOING UPKEEP OF PLANTS.
YOU SEE THAT APPLICATION FROM THE ENDING? JUST LIKE WHAT YOU REQUESTED.
IS IT LIKE A IT REQUESTED FENCING? YEAH, NO, I WAS, IT'S LIKE YOU FILLED OUT SOMETHING LONGER.
YOU HAD TO NO, I MEAN IT'S REALLY, IT WASN'T A FORMAL, IT REALLY WASN'T A FORMAL APPLICATION.
AND WHAT, FROM, WHAT SORTS OF BEHAVIORS HAVE YOU SEEN THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED? I MEAN, JUST TYPICAL PLAZA, YOU KNOW, DEFECATION.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S AN OUTDOOR SPACE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
IT'S MORE HIDDEN FROM VIEW AND OTHER.
I WOULD LOVE DURING THE DAY TO
WELL TO GET A BETTER, I, YEAH, IT'S ABOUT A, A 10 TO 12 FOOT CORRIDOR WITH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE PROBABLY WHAT, LIKE UP TO 15 TO 20 FEET IN THOSE, THOSE, UH, LARGER AREAS THAT ARE, IT'S RIGHT THERE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.
THERE'S A PARKING LOT WITH LIKE THIS PLAZA AREA AND THE PARKING.
YEAH, YOU MIGHT SEE STAIRS COMING UP BECAUSE IT IS A CONNECTOR BETWEEN YOUNG AND THE STREET, BUT OKAY.
AND FROM A PERSPECTIVE ON THE BOND, YOU SAID THE A DA PROJECTS WERE MOVING FORWARD? MM-HMM.
THAT WE JUST YESTERDAY WE FINISHED A REVIEW OF THE A DA, UM, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
SO THOSE PROPOSALS, WE EXPECT THAT MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE YEAR.
AM I MISSPEAKING, SEAN? SO WE INTERVIEWED FOR THE, UM, THE ARCHITECTS AND THE, FOR THE DESIGN BILL YESTERDAY.
AND FROM THERE THEY, THE INTENT, THE, THE OUTLINE, UM, TIMELINE WHICH COULD CHANGE IS TO GO TO COUNCIL BY FEBRUARY, MARCH AND THEN COMPLETE ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN A YEAR FROM THERE.
SO BY FEBRUARY, 2026, ASSUMING ALL THINGS GO AS PLANNED, WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE NINE RESTROOMS PLUS THE OTHER LOCATIONS AT CITY HALL THAT ARE ALSO A PART OF THE LARGER SCOPE.
AND THEN PRESTON ROYAL, UH, RENOVATIONS WILL BE THE FIRST IN LINE FOR THE, THE LIBRARY BOND PROJECTS.
AND THEY WILL BE HAVING A MEETING THAT MAYBE NOT, IT'S UNCLEAR.
IS THE MEETING STILL SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT? IT'S, IT IS DECEMBER 4TH.
THIS IS NOT I, THAT IS WHAT I, STAY TUNED, STAY TUNED ON THE, THE PRESTON ROYAL RENOVATION.
THE MEETING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WEEK WAS CANCELED BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS TO PARTICIPATE AND SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SHE'S ALSO NOT A MALE ON THE BOARD, SO THERE'S, SO, OKAY.
IT'S UP KEEPING THE MEETING VERY SOON.
THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING AT PRESSER ROYAL, NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPECTED PHASES OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE THE PRESSOR ROYAL SUPPORTERS ARE GETTING VERY, UM, BOTH EXCITED
YEAH, JUST, JUST TO EXPLAIN THAT IN GENERAL IS VERY, IT'S VERY LONG AND IT'S VERY CONFUSING.
UM, SO JUST, JUST TRULY AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS ON LIKE WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE WOULD BE GOING OUT FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
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IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPEN QUESTION.IT'S A TOUGH TIME OF YEAR TO SCHEDULE THINGS.
WELL, WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE WAITING FOR A NEW BUILDING LIKE NORTH OAK CLIFF TO ATTEND THAT MEETING TO JUST GET A FEEL TO EXTRAPOLATE WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE? BECAUSE I'M GETTING TONS OF QUESTIONS TOO.
I THINK BECAUSE OF THE, I MEAN YES AND NO.
IT WOULD GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF WHAT THE GENERAL PROCESS IS.
I THINK THE PROCESS FOR, BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST IN A MIXED USE FACILITY AND LEVERAGING OTHER TYPES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR NORTHER CLIFF AND PARK FOREST, THOSE ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT MAY INCLUDE A, SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE EVEN DO A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE AS THE LIBRARY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO WRITE AND EVEN THE BOND OFFICE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO WRITE REQUIREMENTS FOR A MIXED USE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TYPE TYPE RFP RQ.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED OUTSIDE EXPERTISE FOR THOSE OBJECT.
DOES THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION S AT ALL IMPLICATE NORTHFOLK CLIFF THE, WHETHER THEY OR THE REBUILDING? AND WHAT ABOUT SKILLMAN OR, UM, POSITION S WHICH IS THE, THE PROPOSITION THAT REMOVED GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY DOESN'T REALLY DIRECTLY IMPACT.
WOULD IT BE ANOTHER MAYBE I I SAID THE WRONG PROPOSITION U IS THAT THE BOND IS NOT AFFECTED BY THAT.
YEAH, NO BOND BOND FUNDING AND BUDGETS ARE TWO SEPARATE POTS AND NEVER THE TWO SHALL MEET.
WELL LAW AROUND WHAT YOU CAN PUT TO BOND FUNDING, HOW BOND FUNDING PROCESS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF A BOND ARE ALL VERY, VERY STRICT, VERY THOROUGH.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY HAD QUESTIONS ON LIKE, WELL WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A TWO STEP PROCESS? LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF STATE LAW, LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, UH, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PER STATE LAW.
THAT'S NOT A CITY OF DALLAS TRYING TO DRAG THEIR FEET STATE STATE REQUIREMENT.
ANY OTHER NEW OR OLD BUSINESS? I HAVE ONE DAN QUESTION.
UM, I WAS VISITING MY PAUL DUNBAR, LANCASTER KEITH BRANCH THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THERE WAS SOME HUGE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE LIBRARY.
TWO OF 'EM, THESE WERE LARGE METAL POSTS POUNDED INTO THE GROUND.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE AT MLK AND THERE'S ONE AT OAK LAWN IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
I ASKED THE STAFF ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID, WELL WE'VE CONTACTED THE CITY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN DONE.
NOW IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU JUST CAN'T POUND A SIGN INTO SOMEONE'S PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY.
AND I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE AT THE CITY TO REMOVE THESE SIGNS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE ELECTION'S OVER WITH THE CANDIDATE IS A STRANGE INDIVIDUAL WHO SHOWS NO MONEY BEING RAISED OR SPENT, AND YET HE'S GOT, HE'S HUGE SIGNS ALL OVER TOWN AND IT, IT MAKES US LOOK LIKE WE'RE SUPPORTING HIM.
AND IT'S, IT'S A PUBLIC PROPERTY.
IT'S JUST LIKE A LIBRARY, UH, PARK.
YOU CAN'T, SO WE'RE NOT SO STAN, WE'RE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO REMOVE THOSE SIGNS AS CITY STAFF.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE CAMPAIGN THEMSELVES TO COME AND REMOVE THE, THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS.
WE ARE NOT, WE AS CITY STAFF ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REMOVE THOSE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CITY PROPERTY.
WELL TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT WORKS, THE HAPPEN TO FOLD THEM UP.
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT, WELL THERE IS NO SI NO PHONE NUMBER FOR THIS CANDIDATE AND YOU, BUT WHEN WE ARE ON ELECTION SITE, THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO PUTTING SIGNS UP AND THE LOCATIONS YOU HAVE MENTIONED ARE ALL ELECTION SITES.
BUT SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE
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TODAY YOU'LL SEE HUNDREDS OF SIGNS THEY'RE WARNED WELL, BUT THESE, THIS IS NOT NORMAL SIGNS.NORMAL SIGNS ARE LITTLE PLASTIC THINGS.
UH, AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, CAN WE HAVE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PLEASE? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS WE NEED TO GET.
AND OUR FACILITY, OUR FACILITIES FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS, BUT, BUT WE AS CITY STAFF CANNOT GO REMOVE THOSE SIGNS.
ALICIA HAS BEEN VERY PATIENTLY WAITING.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING BACK TO PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM.
UH, OUR FIRST ONE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD'S ANNUAL REPORT WITH THOSE CURRENT BOARD GOALS BE GIVEN ALONG WITH THE ORIENTATION PACKET WITH NEW APPOINTEES? UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, AND ALSO I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING THE CREATION OF MAYBE SOME PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURES FOR, UM, BOARD GOALS THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER IN JANUARY.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF WAIT TIME WHEN REQUESTING FINAL QUESTIONS ON AN AGENDA ITEM.
JUST PERSONALLY, JUST THAT SNIPPET OF SILENCE KIND OF HELPS ME PROCESS, UM, AND FORMULATE THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, THAT WAY IN THE MOMENT, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND NOT AT THE AFTERMATH, LIKE MYSELF HOLDING EVERYONE UP
ANYONE ELSE ONLINE? ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU JUST WANNA VERIFY THAT THERE WILL BE NO SUPPLY MONEY GIVEN TO BRANCHES JANUARY 25 THROUGH DECEMBER 25.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A NOTE SUPPLY MONEY WILL BE BUDGETED TO INDIVIDUAL BRANCHES.
AT MY LAST, AT MY LAST FRIENDS MEETING, THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WAS TOLD.
THAT'S NOT OUR, OUR BRANCHES BRANCH.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT SO I CAN JUST SAY THAT I VERIFIED IT AND THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS FOR A MOMENT.
WE DO NOT HAVE A DECEMBER MEETING.
WE WILL RECONVENE IN JANUARY AND PLEASE BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT YOU INDIVIDUALLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOWARDS OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE ANY GOALS TO BE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THERE'S NOT A RULE THAT SAYS WE CAN'T, BUT IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL GOALS FOR THIS GROUP, UM, KEEPING IN MIND OUR MISSION AND OUR CHARGE FROM THE GUYS ACROSS THE STREET, ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE GROUP AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.