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ORDER.

AND AS ALWAYS,

[Municipal Library Board Meeting on January 14, 2025.]

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ELECT A TEMPORARY CHAIR.

ANYONE WANT TO BE A CHAIR OR NOMINATE A CHAIR? PLEASE NOMINATE AND ING TO BE OUR CHAIR.

SECOND .

ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DUTY OF HONOR, .

UM, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS RECOGNIZE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE ON? WE DO NOT.

NOPE.

NOPE.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, NOW APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

DID EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES IN THE LAST MEETING? ANY ANY CONCERNS? OKAY.

THEY STAND AS WRITTEN THEN.

UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THE, WITH THE CHAIR'S REPORT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY TODAY IS A PLANNING SESSION AND WE DO WANNA SPEND THE BULK OF OUR TIME ROOM ON THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD, UM, REPORT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK TOPICS TO, TO MENTION.

ONE IS THAT CITY COUNCIL ELECTION HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

IT'S AN ODD YEAR.

AND SO, UM, THERE WILL BE CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MAY 3RD.

AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED AT OTHER MEETINGS.

IT IS OKAY TO HELP CAMPAIGN, IT'S OKAY TO ENDORSE A CANDIDATE.

JUST DON'T USE YOUR TITLE OF MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD.

JUST PUT SAM HARDING ENDORSES CANDIDATE OF YOUR CHOICE.

UM, IF YOUR CANDIDATE IS TERM LIMITED, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU ARE, YOU STILL GET TO SERVE, UM, EIGHT YEARS FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. AND SO, UM, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE REAPPOINTED BY WHOMEVER IS COMING INTO OFFICE TO REPLACE YOUR CANDIDATE.

AND I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY MENTION THAT, UM, TO SAM BECAUSE, UM, LL ATKINS IS TERM LIMITED REALLY, BECAUSE HE SERVED ONE TERM QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEN HAS SERVED THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS. SO HE, SO IT'S A TOTAL OF HOW MANY YEARS RATHER THAN CONSECUTIVE WITH WHAT WE JUST, THEY JUST PASSED WITH THE LAST ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THEY PASSED AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS ABOUT TERM LIMITS AND SO HE, HE CAN'T RUN AHEAD.

OKAY.

JUST THANK YOU FOR TALKING.

SO YOU'RE AWARE , UM, THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEY HAVEN'T MET IN JANUARY.

THEY USUALLY MEET A LITTLE LATER.

OUR MEETING IS EARLIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE MONTH, AND SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TO UPDATE YOU ABOUT WITH THEM.

BUT, UM, THIS YEAR IS THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRIENDS FRIENDS AND THEY WILL BE HAVING A NUMBER OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF SO FAR IS THE LITERARY LIONS LUNCHEON, WHICH IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9TH AT THE ARTS DISTRICT, MANION, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED THE BE BELOW.

BUT WE GIVE HERE, WE CAN'T SAY THAT ANYMORE.

AND BEN FOUNTAIN WILL BE THE FEATURED SPEAKER, SO THAT WILL BE REALLY GOOD.

AND I WILL REMIND, UM, MARY WANSKI TO INVITE THE, UM, MLB MEMBERS TO ALL OF THE EVENTS BECAUSE THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ONES.

UH, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO DO SOMETHING, UM, SIMILAR TO A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, UM, RAISING A, A LOT MORE MONEY THAN THEY USUALLY DO, UH, BUT USING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY AS KIND OF THE JUMPING OFF POINT FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANY REALLY BIG DONORS WHO WOULD LOVE TO GIVE MONEY TO THE FRIENDS, UM, PLEASE EITHER LET ME KNOW AND I CAN PASS IT ALONG OR, UH, TALK TO MARY LANSKY, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

SHE WOULD LOVE SOME, UM, CONTACT INFORMATION.

ALSO, I'M, HEATHER CAN TELL YOU A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I CAN, BUT THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN DALLAS THIS YEAR, AND IT WILL BE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

IT'S APRIL 1ST THROUGH FOURTH, AND IT'S BASICALLY OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REGISTER AS MLB MEMBERS.

WE CAN JOIN THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AT THE ASSOCIATE LEVEL, WHICH IS ONLY $44 A YEAR.

AND, UH, THAT GETS YOU MEMBER DISCOUNTS ON ALL OF THEIR EVENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS CONFERENCE, IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IF YOU'RE A, A TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

YEAH, I LOOKED IT UP AND IT IS, UH, EARLY BIRD IS LIKE 2 9 6 OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, FOR NONMEMBER IT'S LIKE 700 OR SOMETHING CRAZY.

SO YOU WANNA GO EVEN,

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YOU CAN EVEN JUST GO TO THE EXHIBIT HALL, WHICH IS ONLY I THINK $150 TO JUST LOOK ALL THE EXHIBITS.

SO THAT'S AN OPTION AND I'M SURE HEATHER CAN TELL US A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET A LITTLE CLOSER.

BUT IF YOU WANNA LOOK ONLINE, IT'S TX LA.ORG.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UM, REPORT TO THE CITY.

UM, I DRAFTED THE REPORT, UH, BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND SHARED IT WITH ALL OF THE MEMBERS AND AS JUST ASK YOU TO REVIEW IT.

AND THE ONLY, UM, TWO SUGGESTIONS THAT I GOT, UM, ONE WAS FROM AMY AND SHE SUGGESTED ON OUR PROPOSED GOALS, UM, WE HAVE IN THE PAST SAID WE WOULD HAVE A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AMY SUGGESTED WE CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE TO, TO BE SENDING REGULAR EMAIL UPDATES, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF US DO.

VERY FEW OF US SET UP A ACTUAL QUARTERLY MEETING AND GO MEET WITH OUR COUNCIL PERSON.

ALTHOUGH I CERTAINLY SEE MY COUNCIL PERSON A LOT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO, UM, THAT'S HER SUGGESTION.

AND JERRY HAD A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE INCLUDE A GOAL OR OBJECTIVE ABOUT ATTENDING THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

UH, BUT I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MONEY INVOLVED AND IT MIGHT JUST BE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN A GOAL.

I DUNNO HOW Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT.

DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE REPORT? IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY SHORT MEETING IF NOBODY TALKS .

WELL, I, I AGREE WITH AMY AND MY COUNCIL PERSON HAS THREE OR FOUR EVENTS EVERY DAY.

I THINK IT'S JUST, AND HE HAS TO GO TO ONE EVENT AND THEN HE LEAVES BECAUSE HE'S GOTTA GO TO ANOTHER EVENT.

YEAH.

SPONSORED.

SO NONE OF THEM HAVE TIME TO, I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING, MAYBE NOT TO JUST CHAT, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, TO STAY LINE.

WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL SEE OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE, THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, BUT I DON'T NEED TO HAVE A, A FORMAL MEETING WITH GAY FOR HER TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING WITH THE LIBRARY FOREVER.

OKAY.

SO I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT BULLET TO JUST SEND REGULAR EMAIL UPDATES TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON DPL, INFORMATION ON DPL TOPICS RELEVANT TO THEIR DISTRICT.

IF ON THE, ON THE FY 24 OBJECTIVES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DID WE COVER EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE FELT THAT THEY DID? DID ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD OR WE, WE REGULARLY COMMUNICATED WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM.

WE SORT OF HELPED WITH THE STRATEGIC AND FACILITIES PLAN FOR THE LIBRARY, WHAT IS CALLED STRATEGIC PLAN FACILITIES PLAN.

WORKED A LOT WITH OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES, RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE BUDGET, STRENGTHENED OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS AND SUPPORTED AND PROMOTED LIBRARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

CAN'T BE MORE GENERIC THAN THAT.

OKAY.

Y'ALL GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE MINUTES TO LOOK IT OVER.

ANYBODY ON THE LINE HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? DID YOU READ IT? EVERYBODY NOD ? YES, I READ IT.

IT WAS WONDERFULLY WRITTEN, MAN.

I MEAN, I DUNNO IF THIS IS IN, IN HERE, BUT IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING WITH LIKE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND EVERYTHING LIKE SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE USERS WITH THE , YOU KNOW, JUST GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE LIBRARY AND OKAY.

I TRY TO TALK TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE MYSELF WHEN I GO AND TALK TO MY PARENTS WHO ARE WITH THEIR KIDS AND LIKE GET A SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE USING

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OR WHAT THEY APPRECIATE.

THAT'S JUST AN IDEA.

IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.

MAYBE UNDER SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AT THE BRANCH LEVEL.

YEAH.

JUST UM, SEEK TO SPEAK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR USE OF THE LIBRARY AND LIBRARY AMONG THOSE INDIVIDUALS TOO.

SO GET THEIR FEEDBACK BUT ALSO PROMOTE FURTHER SERVICES TO USERS.

OKAY.

UM, HOW, HOW MANY MLB UH, APPOINTEES HAVE MORE THAN ONE BRANCH LIBRARY THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR? I KNOW YOU DO AND YOU DO TOO.

YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE FOUR LETTERS BRANCHES.

WOW.

HOW ABOUT THE THREE AND A HALF NORTH A LIBRARY? YOU WONDER ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON LONDON? MOST, MOST DISTRICTS.

MORE THAN ONE.

MORE THAN ONE.

ANYBODY JUST HAVE ONE LIBRARY IN THEIR DISTRICT? ME, YOU FOUR.

YOU ONE, FOUR.

THREE.

THREE OF US .

WELL, I'VE ONLY VISITED ONE IN, UH, DISTRICT A SINCE I DON'T LIVE THERE AND IT'S, IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE ONE.

JUST HALF A MILE FROM UH, COUNCIL OFFICE.

I THINK SOME OF THESE ARE TRICKY TO COUNT BECAUSE LIKE DISTRICT 11 TECHNICALLY ONLY HAS ONE, BUT PRESTON ROYAL IS LIKE A BLOCK FROM THE DISTRICT LINE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 11 USE PRESTON ROYAL.

YEAH, THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S DISTRICT.

IT'S IN MOST, MOST PEOPLE DON'T, MOST USERS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DISTRICT THEIR LIBRARY .

YEAH.

OR EVEN WHAT WE REALLY DO BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

I HAVE A MAJORLY BASEBALL BOARD MEMBER.

BE A LOT COOLER.

THEY SOUGHT ME OUT.

NO, THIS IS DEFINITELY THE COOLER ELEMENT.

OH, OH YES, YES.

EITHER WAY I'M GONNA LIST IT.

ML EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT SHARE THE MISSION AND OR OF MLB BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.

I MEAN I KIND OF DO ON ONE LEVEL, BUT UM, THIS GOAL HAS BEEN ON OUR REPORT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS MM-HMM .

AND IT'S REALLY JUST LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, FORM PARTNERSHIPS AND LEVERAGE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY.

AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS WOULD REALLY HELP OTHER THAN UM, I MEAN AN EXAMPLE THAT THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS THAT WE'RE BUILDING A NEW FOURTH LIBRARY AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT MAKING IT A MIXED DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MIGHT INCLUDE SOME BUSINESS ZONING, PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT KNOW.

OKAY.

UM, THERE MIGHT BE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU KNOW OF IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON LITERACY OR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM .

THAT THE LIBRARY IS NOT AWARE OF.

AND BRINGING THAT ORGANIZATION TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN MIGHT BE GOOD FOR BOTH THE LIBRARY AND THAT ORGANIZATION.

I THINK USING OUR CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BENEFIT THE LIBRARY.

YEAH.

I THINK

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THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT'S GETTING AT.

OKAY.

ESPECIALLY THE PART ABOUT THE NEW LIBRARY.

WHAT YOU, THE FIRST THING YOU MENTIONED THAT'S RELEVANT TO ME 'CAUSE I REPRESENT MORE.

YEAH.

WHICH IS ALSO HOPEFULLY GONNA BE ON MIXED USE.

YEAH.

THAT'S THE WORD I GETTING.

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO MIX USE WITH US.

TO MIX IT UP.

YEAH.

WHICH IS THE CHALLENGE.

UM, BUT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CAN DO TO ENGAGE, LIKE AGAIN WITH THE PARK FOREST LIBRARY, A PART OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND IS BEING DEVELOPED INTO A POCKET PARK THAT INCLUDES THE PARK BOARD GOTCHA.

IN WAYS OF, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE PARK BOARDING PAGE WITH THE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA, THE PARK FORESTS LIBRARY WILL HAVE A PARK MM-HMM NEXT TO IT.

CITY PARK.

THANK YOU.

GREAT LIBRARY STAFF.

DID YOU LOOK AT THEIR PORT? DID WE MISS ANYTHING? NO, I THINK THE OTHER EXAMPLE IS, I KNOW IN THE PAST AND JERRY BEEN ON LIKE THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION HAS COME OVER HERE AS WELL.

LIKE TO THE BOARD TO WORK TOGETHER OR OH YEAH.

THAT'S FOR OLDER HELP, RIGHT.

TO ADVOCATE FOR THINGS OR, BUT NO, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING BUT I JUST, YEAH.

I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE OF THAT YEAH.

THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.

UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, THESE, THESE OBJECTIVES, LOT OF WAYS PEOPLE FORGET THAT LIBRARIES NEEDS SPACE CAN HELP YOU WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS.

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, IT'S EXPENSIVE.

REALLY NOT I USE STAN.

YES, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE DOING IN DISTRICT FOUR IS MY COUNCILWOMAN HAD A MEETING WHERE SHE HAD ALL OF HER BOARD APPOINTEES AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND IN A MEETING SHE'S GONNA START DOING MONTHLY MEETINGS.

SO IT WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER, UH, PROPOSING TO YOUR COUNCIL PERSON BECAUSE IT WAS A ZOOM MEETING SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY MEET IN PERSON.

BUT WE HAD, WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.

WE NEED A SEPARATE MEETING ON HOW TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS.

, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT, ALRIGHT, WHO ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD? HEATHER, PATRICK, RAFAEL.

I CAN ONLY SEE THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.

THERE YOU GO.

.

ANYBODY KNOW? OKAY.

CAN I GET A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR THEN TO ADOPT THIS REPORT WITH THE SUGGESTED CHANGES, WE ADOPT IT.

THANK YOU.

THA ANYONE SECOND? DON? A SECOND.

ALL ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THIS REPORT WITH THE DISCUSSED EDITS.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

GREAT.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

THAT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY PAINLESS.

UM, NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

I HAVE TO LOOK MY THUMB.

YOU SEE IT.

.

SHE'S GONNA DO US SOMETHING ABOUT INCLEMENT WEATHER.

WE HAD INCLEMENT WEATHER AND WE'RE ALL VERY AWARE.

UM, YOU MAY STILL BE FEELING THE EFFECTS IN YOUR EXTREMITIES.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE INCLEMENT WEATHER AT THE LIBRARY.

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UM, WE HAVE A PROCEDURE, UM, ESSENTIALLY STARTING AT AROUND 7:00 AM OUR MANAGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING ALL OF THEIR STAFF, UM, TO FIND OUT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO, WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE AT THEIR STAFF'S HOMES, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REPORT OR IF THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REPORT.

AND WE START COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION VIA SPREADSHEETS AT ABOUT SEVEN 30.

AND IT'S, UM, A PROCESS OF CALLING AROUND.

UM, WE ALLOW STAFF IF THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF THAT MAYBE LIVE IN THE SOUTH AND WORK IN THE NORTH OR VICE VERSA.

AND SO IF THEY, IF OUR FRONTLINE STAFF CAN MAKE IT TO A BRANCH, ANY BRANCH, THAT'S FINE.

THEY REPORT THERE.

JUST CODE THE NEAREST ONE.

YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF CONDITIONS ARE UNSAFE AND YOU CAN GET TO ONE, THEN THAT, THAT HELPS US BECAUSE YOU WOULD THINK THAT OUR STAFF WOULD NATURALLY ALL LIVE AROUND THE BRANCHES WHERE THEY WORK.

BUT THAT'S, I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

UM, WE DID PRETTY WELL, UM, DURING THIS ROUND OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.

UM, WE ALSO ARE, UM, WE ARE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE PRO BECAUSE WE ARE A POTENTIAL INCLEMENT WEATHER EMERGENCY SHELTER SITE.

UM, WE ARE, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE LAST RESORT SITE BECAUSE WE DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE SUFFICIENT PLUMBING IN THIS BUILDING TO HOUSE 250 PEOPLE ON OUR FIRST FLOOR DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.

UM, SO WE REALLY ARE, IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE REALLY BEEN THE LAST RESORT.

UM, BUT WE ARE VERY MUCH INCLUDED IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM.

AND SO EVERY MORNING AT 9:00 AM WE HAVE A PHONE CALL.

IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.

SO WE'RE PRETTY WELL INFORMED ON THE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARKS AND OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEED TO OPEN, HAVE A, A LATE OPENING, AN EARLY CLOSE CAN, CLOSED BUILDINGS COMPLETELY.

UM, THIS GO ROUND, WE, UH, OPENED, UH, WE CLOSED EARLY ON THURSDAY AT TWO O'CLOCK.

WE OPENED LATE ON FRIDAY AT 1:00 PM WHICH WAS IN LINE WITH PARKS.

AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAD A LATE OPENING ON SATURDAY AT NOON.

UM, BASICALLY EVERY, EVERY DAY BUT THURSDAY WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.

UM, THURSDAY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO OPEN, UM, DALLAS WEST AND BICKERY.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE GOT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS OPEN.

UM, OUR, OUR HVAC, WE DID HAVE SOME CHILLY LOCATIONS, BUT OVERALL, NO.

UM, BUT STILL OPEN , BUT STILL OPEN AND, AND LARGELY, UM, WITHIN THE BROADER RANGE, UM, YOU CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR JACKET ON IN THE BUILDING.

UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AS WELL AS THE RENER FRANKFURT LIBRARY SERVE AS DROP OFF POINTS FOR THE, UM, EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSPORT.

AND SO WE, UM, SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY THIS GO ROUND.

UM, AND UH, A SHOUT OUT TO THE STEW POT WHO WE DID CLOSE EARLY ON THURSDAY, THEY SENT US, UH, TWO OR THREE VANS TO TRANSPORT THE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY OVER TO FAIR PARK.

UM, AND THAT IS, THAT'S REALLY REALLY IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DAYS LIKE THIS WHERE WE, UH, EARN OUR CHOPS AS PUBLIC SERVANTS BY, YOU KNOW, RISKING CONDITIONS WHICH WE MIGHT PREFER TO BE IN BED AND, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP, OPENING UP LIBRARIES FOR FOLKS THAT REALLY NEED A PLACE TO GO TO, TO STAY WARM.

UM, AND HOW MANY STAFF PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO OPEN A BRANCH? NORMALLY WE WOULD SAY THREE.

WE WILL OPEN AND UNDER EMER UNDER INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE WILL OPEN WITH TWO.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT IDEAL FOR A TON OF REASONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNDER ENTIRE CIRCUMSTANCES WE, WE DO MAKE EXCEPTIONS.

AND WOULD IT BE HELPFUL OR TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS FILL IN OR SHOW UP FOR THAT KIND OF THING THEY CAN'T REALLY FILL IN? UM, POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE.

I THINK

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PROBABLY WHAT WOULD BE MORE USEFUL WOULD BE US DIRECTING VOLUNTEERS TO THE, IF, IF THERE IS, UM, EMERGENCY SHELTER DIRECTING VOLUNTEERS LIKE WORK AND HELP OUT.

YEAH.

BECAUSE ESPECIALLY UNDER SITUATIONS LIKE THE PAST WEEK WHERE IT WAS COLD FOR A VERY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE WORKED IN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER LIKE I HAVE.

IT IS VERY TIRING.

YOU SPEND, I MEAN I HAVE PERSONALLY SLEPT IN THIS BUILDING.

I'VE, YOU KNOW, WORKED 18 HOUR DAYS, UM, AT SHELTERS.

SO IT, IT IS A VERY, VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE.

BUT IT DOES, UM, THEY, THEY CAN ALWAYS USE MORE VOLUNTEERS.

I THINK THE HYBRID DID BETTER, UH, DURING LAST WEEK'S WEATHER IN MY GYM AND A CERTAIN GROCERY STORE.

MENTION NOT OPEN , I THINK A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.

I MAY JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO WITH FACILITIES, THEIR, THEIR TECH WORKING GROUND.

THE SPOT.

YEAH.

NOT JUST WITH OUR FACILITIES BUT WITH, UM, PARKS AND ALL THE OTHER CITY BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE BUILDINGS THAT WERE CERTAINLY COOLER THAN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TYPICALLY, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PIPES FREEZE.

MM-HMM .

THAT.

UM, BUT WE ALSO, THEY WERE GOING TO BRANCHES WERE OPENING DURING AND AFTER TO MAKE SURE THAT SPOTS YEAH.

A HUGE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

YEAH.

I, I THINK MORE THAN ANY OTHER IMPLEMENT WEATHER, OTHER INSTANCE I CAN THINK OF FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT REALLY, REALLY WAS ON THE SPOT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE HABITABLE HEATER.

JUST ONE THAT VERY, WE, I DON'T THINK WE HAD, WE LOST KEY.

WE WERE, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY IN THE LOW SIXTIES, BUT WE'VE TOLD STAFF TO, IT WASN'T OFF, IT WASN'T OFF.

AND WE TOLD STAFF TO, LIKE, I SEND AN EMAIL ABOUT WEARING LAYERS AND HAVING LAYERS MM-HMM .

AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HELP IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

I MEAN, WE KNOW WHEN TO CLOSE, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD IN THAT RANGE.

LIKE WHAT DO WE, AS WE ALL SAID, DO WE WANT HIGHER TENS? OF COURSE WE DO, BUT OF COURSE, UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO COVER, SO FOR THIS COMING MONDAY, WHICH IS MLK DAY, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY COLD, BUT I ASSUME THE LIBRARIES WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

CORRECT.

UM, AND WE ARE NOT NORMALLY CALLED INTO ACTION AS A WARMING CENTER IF WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE CLOSED.

UM, SO I DOUBT THAT THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY, BUT I DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE, BUT I DO IMAGINE THAT THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE, UH, IN EMERGENCY SHELTER OPERATIONS ALMOST ASSUREDLY FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS, UM, YOU SAID CENTRAL AND RUDDER FRANK WERE PLACES PEOPLE WENT TO GET THE RIDE TO THE SHELTER.

CORRECT.

NOW, NOW DART STATIONS ARE AS WELL.

OH, OKAY.

SO EVEN WHEN WE'RE CLOSED, YEAH.

THEY STILL, IT'S STILL A POINT FOR TO GET, GET PICKED UP.

RIGHT.

ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? ANY PRESSING ISSUES YOU WANNA BRING UP? ANYBODY ONLINE? ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? OKAY.

I AM ADJOURNING THIS MEETING THEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.