* 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. [00:00:06] HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS [Municipal Library Board Meeting on June 30, 2026.] ANN HARDING. I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD. I'M FILLING IN FOR CATHERINE, WHOM YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS TRAVELING TODAY. UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES REQUIRE THE LEAD FOR THE MEETING TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, AND SO HERE I AM. UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY PACKED AGENDA TONIGHT, AND MANY OF US ARE ALSO ATTENDING THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETING THIS EVENING. SO I DO HOPE TO KEEP THIS MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING YOUR REMARKS AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS REGISTERED FOR THIS MEETING, SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE APRIL MINUTES. THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED IN ADVANCE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MLB. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE. THEY STAND APPROVED. WONDERFUL. UM, JUST SOME QUICK, UM, UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME AS TEMPORARY CHAIR. WE DO HAVE A NEW MLB MEMBER WHO IS NOT HERE, BUT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE. UM, JOSE IS JOINING US IN DISTRICT FOUR. HE WAS APPOINTED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MAXIE JOHNSON, AND HE HAS BEEN SENT, UM, ALL OF THE ORIENTATION PACKETS AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, I HOPE YOU WILL REACH OUT TO HIM AND MAKE HIM FEEL VERY WELCOME. SMART SUMMER IS STILL CONTINUING, UM, AT ALL BRANCHES, AND IT'S, UH, BEEN PACKED AT EVERY EVENT THAT I HAVE ATTENDED. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS. THEY CAN WIN PRIZES, INCLUDING BOOKS, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE PRIZE. JULY IS A SUMMER BREAK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR MLB, AND SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A JULY MEETING, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GO OUT TO YOUR BRANCH AND MEET WITH YOUR MANAGER, GET INVOLVED, GO TO ACTIVITIES AND ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO SO. UM, THERE IS, UM, IN AUGUST IS THE, UH, CITY BUDGET, WHICH WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ALMOST EVERY MEETING, HOW WE NEED SOME MORE MONEY, BUT JUST KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY. UM, MANA AND I WILL UPDATE YOU. UM, I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND GET ON THEIR DISTRIBUTION LIST BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT ALERTING PEOPLE, ABOUT ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE BUDGET WILL BE RELEASED BY THE CITY MANAGER AROUND, UM, AUGUST 11TH, BUT THAT'S SOMETIMES VERY FLUID. BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE, AS, YOU KNOW, BUDGET TOWN HALLS HELD BY ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THEY USUALLY DO ONE IN PERSON AND ONE THAT IS A VIRTUAL. SO IT'S PRETTY EASY TO ATTEND. AND AS THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY AND MAKE THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE IF QUESTIONS COME UP ABOUT THE LIBRARY OR LIBRARY SPECIFIC, UM, ISSUES, WE ARE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO COME TO US AFTER THE MEETING AND ASK QUESTIONS AND TALK ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. I KNOW DENISE WILL, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING THAT'S GOING ON TONIGHT FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, IT'S NOT TOO LATE. IT'S NOT TOO LATE. THERE'S, AND , IT'S, IT'S AT THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, WHICH IS RIGHT BY NORTH PARK. SO IT'S NOT VERY FAR FROM HERE. AND THE MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FRIENDS GROUP, THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT. SO I'M GONNA TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CAROL PINKER. SHE IS OUR MLB MEMBER FOR D 11, AND THIS IS HER BRANCH LIBRARY. SHE'S GONNA TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FRITZ PARK AND INTRODUCE OUR, UM, LIBRARY MANAGER. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING. I AM DELIGHTED THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE TODAY. WE CELEBRATED OUR 50TH BIRTHDAY JUST RECENTLY, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT OPEN HOUSE WITH WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES. OUR STAFF IS BEHIND YOU, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL IN A MINUTE, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, WE, UH, HAVE MORE CIRCULATION THAN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. WE HAVE OUR SECOND TO THE CENTER LIBRARY IN TERMS OF SPACE OF THIS AREA THAT WE COVER. WE COVER NORTH TO, UH, CAMPBELL, SOUTH [00:05:01] TO FOREST. WE GO OVER TO ADDISON AND WE GO OVER INTO RICHARDSON. WE ARE A COMMUNITY LIBRARY THAT IT IS A COMMUNITIES LIBRARY, AND IT IS THE HOPE OF THE STAFF AND THE HOPE OF THE POTENTIAL. GOD WILLING, SUE FRIENDS, UH, FRIENDS, PARK, LIBRARY OR LIBRARY, NEW FRIENDS GROUP. YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DETERMINE, DETERMINE THE NAME OF IT, TO CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL FEEL WELCOME IN HERE. WE'D REALLY LIKE TO AIM IT AT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEIR CHILDREN NEED AND WANT. SO MICHAEL IS SITTING HERE ANXIOUS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE LIBRARY, AND I MUST SAY IT IS AN INCREDIBLY WELCOMING PLACE AND WHETHER WE ARE YOUR LIBRARY OR NOT. OKAY. , THAT'S LOT. THANK YOU, CAROL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL OS SONIA. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LIBRARIES FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. UM, I HAVE A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND HONESTLY, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND START MY PRIVATE PRACTICE. UH, SO I TOOK A LITTLE BREAK AFTER SELLING INSURANCE, AND THEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE LIBRARY. THEN I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. ACTUALLY, FRED'S HAS BEEN MY CHILDHOOD LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN NORTH DALLAS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND I REMEMBER THE BRUTAL FRED'S WITH THE, UH, ORANGE STYLE AND THE LITTLE PIT. UM, OH GOODNESS. AND THEN I LOVE THE RENOVATION. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WAS GONNA GO AHEAD AND EVER MANAGE FRETS, BUT HERE I AM EIGHT YEARS LATER, UH, I STARTED AS A CIRCULATION REPRESENTATIVE. UM, THEN I MOVED TO A REFERENCE STAFF AND I'VE BEEN A MANAGER NOW. UM, AT MLKI WORKED AT BLACKMAN LAKE. I TRAINED AT CENTRAL. UM, BUT I ALWAYS COME BACK TO FRANCE BECAUSE AS CAROL MENTIONED, IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE AND, UM, AND FUN ENVIRONMENT TO BE. WE ARE EXTREMELY BUSY. UM, I DID CREATE THIS NEW PACKAGE, UH, WITH HELPFUL ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS THAT INCLUDES OUR MEMBERS, OUR PARTNERS, AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THERE IS ONLY 11 OF US AND WE ARE DOING ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND GET INTO WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I HAVE. UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW. UM, I'M VERY EXCITED. I REALLY LOVE THIS PLACE. UM, WE SERVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE HERE, UH, OR COMMUNITIES. SO EXTENTS, UH, WE SERVE FROM THE ESPANZA AREA, WHICH THE MEDIUM INCOME IS, UH, $28,000, OH GOODNESS, A YEAR TO ADDISON, WHICH IS 44,000. UH, SO WE PARTNER WITH WIC, BUT ALSO WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, THE TOWN OF ADDISON. SO WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE DOING OUTREACHES. WE ACTUALLY CREATED A LITTLE, UM, PARTNERSHIP, UH, CLOSER WITH, WITH OUR NEARBY BRANCHES BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH OUTREACH THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND COVER THAT VAST AREA. BUT, UM, I LOVE THIS PLACE. I LOVE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH. AND, UH, WELCOME TO THREATS. THANK YOU, MICHAEL. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL? QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST GONNA GONNA MENTION THAT THE TOWN OF ADDISON DOESN'T HAVE A LIBRARY SYSTEM. SO THEY PAY INTO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, RIGHT? YES. AND, AND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY BRANCH THEY CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD FROM, CORRECT? IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. AND AFTER THAT, THEY CAN USE ANY DALLAS LIBRARY, BUT WE, SINCE WE'RE THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE ATHLETIC CENTER AND WE PARTNER ALSO WITH THEM, UM, IT'S JUST BENEFICIAL. UH, AND ALSO WE ARE THE ONLY BRANDS THAT ACTUALLY PARTAKES INTO THEIR OUTREACHS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE LIBRARY CARDS TO THEM RIGHT THERE. UH, THE OTHER STAFF CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE OF POLARIS, AND, BUT YES, I MEAN, THEY'RE GREAT GUESTS. CAROL, I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING AS WELL. WE SERVE DISD, WE SERVE RISD, WE SERVE PARISH, WE SERVE AREAS THAT ARE OUTREACHED TO JESUIT AND TO OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS REALLY, WHEN WE SAY THIS, IT'S COMMUNITIES. [00:10:01] IT IS A VERY, VERY DIVERSE LIBRARY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HAKA DAY SCHOOL. UH, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. UM, SO BELIEVE ME, WE PARTNER WITH ALL KINDS OF, UH, PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS OF COMMUNITIES. SO, UM, YEAH, WELCOME TO FRED'S. AND AS, AS, UM, CAROL MENTIONED, FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND STOP BY YOUR PROGRAMS. THEY'RE GREAT. UH, ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY OBSERVATIONS, GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW. UH, YOU CAN ALSO CHECK YOUR GOOGLE REVIEWS. I ALWAYS REPLY BACK . SO, UM, YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR PROGRAMS AND ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME THE DALLAS POET LAUREATE. UH, RUDY REER FROM THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY IS GOING TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THEN INTRODUCE OUR LAUREATE, WHO'S HERE TODAY. HI AMBER. HOW ARE WE DOING? HI, RUDY. GREAT. I GOTTA GET THE, THE ENERGY YET 'CAUSE I KNOW CAESAR'S GONNA TAKE IT OVER. . UH, SO YES, MY NAME IS RUDY. I AM THE, UH, MANAGER OF THE HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHERE WE HAVE BEEN HOUSING THE POET LAUREATES OFFICE. UM, FOR THE PAST, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS EXISTED. UM, OUR CURRENT DALLAS POET LAUREATE AS OF, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IS BLACK CAESAR SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE READY TO COME UP AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT I WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. FIRST, KIND OF INTRODUCE IT. UM, SO IT STARTED IN 2021. UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, JUST A NEED FOR MORE LITERARY ARTS AND WHATNOT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. UM, DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. AND AMANDA GORMAN TOOK THE COUNTRY BY STORM AS THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE OF THE COUNTRY, UH, FOLKS IN DALLAS STARTED SAYING WE SHOULD GET A POET LAWYER, . AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DID. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DPL, THE FRIENDS, THE OFFICE OF ENT CULTURE, AS WELL AS DEEP VE BOOKS, UM, WHO DEEP VE ACTUALLY PUBLISHES A COLLECTION BY THE POET LAUREATE AS PART OF THAT INSTEAD. UM, YEAH, GENERAL GOALS BOTH FOR OUR POET LAUREATE AND FOR OUR YOUTH POET LAUREATE. UH, BE A LIAISON, AN ADVOCATE, A LEADER, UM, REALLY JUST KIND OF LIKE AN AMBASSADOR OF LITERARY ARTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE, UH, EXACTLY THE SAME THING, BUT THE YOUTH, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE , HIGH SCHOOLERS, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, THOSE OF THEIR OWN AGE AND KIND OF LEADING PROGRAMS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. UM, YEAH, AND SO CREATING, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, CAESAR AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BIG BLOCK PARTY DANCE PROGRAM THINGS. SO ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE CAN, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL, RIGHT? IS TO IMAGINE, TO THINK BIG, UM, ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITIES. EACH POET LAUREATE TRIES TO CREATE A SIGNATURE LITERARY PROJECT. UM, SO WE'RE ON OUR THIRD, SO THERE'S ONLY HAD TWO SO FAR. UM, BUT MORE TO COME. AND THEN THE BODY OF BOARD THAT OF COURSE DEEP DEVELOP PUBLISHES AND THEN OPEN OFFICE HOURS FOR ANY AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY TO COME WORKSHOP, TALK ABOUT WRITING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. UH, AND THEN JUST A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF OUR PAST CODE LAUREATES AND YOUTH POET LAUREATES, COURSE, JOAQUIN AND MADISON, THEY KIND OF STARTED THE WHOLE SHOW. THEN WE MOVED ON TO ISHA AND MAG, UM, WHO JUST KIND OF WRAPPED UP ALSO. WONDERFUL. AND YEAH. THEN THIS IS OUR CURRENT YOUTH POET LAUREATE, UH, CADENCE, ALSO INCREDIBLE. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE HER PERFORM ANYWHERE, HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. UM, I MEAN, CAESAR'S NEXT LEVEL TOO, BUT FOR , FOR SOMEONE THIS YOUNG, I WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, VERY, VERY IMPRESSED. UM, SHE WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF OUR BOSSES SOMEDAY. NEXT. UH, AND THEN CAESAR HIMSELF, OF COURSE, UH, EMMY WINNER, FILMMAKER ARTIST, I MEAN, AND JUST AN ALL AROUND GREAT CREATIVE PERSON. UM, AND YEAH, SO I'LL STOP TALKING. I'LL LET CAESAR COME UP HERE AND DO HIS THING. UH, THIS IS OUR, OUR THREE POET LAUREATES TOGETHER. UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL DO HERE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM, ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR RUDY BEFORE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR POET? RUDY, DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND, UH, THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE GIVE THE POETS LAUREATE AND THEN ALSO DENISE MAY ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH THE FRIENDS CONTRIBUTE VERSUS CITY MONEY? I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF HAND. YEAH, IT'S, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A TOTAL OF, OF 10,000 OVER TWO YEARS FOR EACH ONE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YES. FOR EACH 20 OVER YEARS. OH, 20 OVER TWO. SORRY FOR EACH ONE, SO IT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO IT'S FIVE ON FIVE ON SIGNING MM-HMM [00:15:01] . AND 10 AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN 5,000 AT THE END. . THE, THE FRIENDS, UM, THE FRIENDS CONTRIBUTION IS, UM, DONE WITH, UM, FUNDS FROM THE DALEY FAMILY FOUNDATION IN TOWN AND HAS BEEN, UM, PART OF WHAT THE FRIENDS HAVE FUNDED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE, UM, THE CURRENT DALEY'S GRANDMOTHER WAS A HUGE POET FAN AND, AND SOMEBODY WHO REALLY WANTED TO ENCOURAGE US. SO THE CONTINUATION OF THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE DLE CAMPAIGN. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT COLLABORATION, NOT JUST BETWEEN US WHO COLLABORATE ALL THE TIME, BUT ALSO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THEY SUPPORT IT FINANCIALLY AS WELL, DO THEY NOT? YEAH, THEY COVER THAT MIDDLE PAYMENT, THE MIDDLE. AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS, UH, JOAQUIN, OUR INITIAL OR INAUGURAL POET, UH, ALWAYS SAID. LOTS OF CITIES HAVE A POET LAUREATE OR SOME KIND OF PROGRAM, BUT MAJORITY DO NOT FUND 'EM OR WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THEM. SO IT'S REALLY YES, WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. FUNNY. ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST? YEAH. SO GARY IS BLACK CAESAR, HE'S GONNA COME UP AND PERFORM FOR Y'ALL. UM, YEAH, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY. HE'S KIND OF A POWERHOUSE. WILL YOU, WILL YOU TELL? HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? UM, I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE, JUST TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, JUST TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE POET LAWYER AND THE VERY POET LAWYER AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN POET LAWYER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A FULL-TIME POET, UH, FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX YEARS NOW. I'VE BEEN A WRITING POET FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OR SO. NOW, BEING ABLE TO GO INTO WORKING AS A POET AND JUST GIVING BACK TO THE CITY TO CREATE, AND ULTIMATELY JUST TO UPLIFT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR ARTS IS JUST THE ULTIMATE GIFT BECAUSE I, I CAN NEVER SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH, UH, JUST TO MIND YOU AND TO FRIENDS, THE LIBRARY, UH, AND IT REALLY, REALLY TRULY MEANS A LOT. SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A, A QUICK PIECE AND THEN I'M GONNA GET OUTTA YOUR HERITAGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THE DAY. I KNOW EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET HOME. SO, UH, CUSTOMARY FOR ME, WHEN I COME INTO A SPACE, I LIKE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A VIBE CHECK, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL TEACHERS AND SO YOU KIND OF GOTTA JUST DO A LITTLE VIBE CHECK. SO I SAY FEELING GOOD, JUST SAY FEELING GREAT, FEELING GOOD, FEELING GREAT. GOOD. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE A NEVER ENDING STORY. DRAGON SPINNING. FIRE OUTLIERS WHO DESIRED TO CROSS PATHS WITH THE WORD. SOME WORDSMITH. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE BURNING BUSH TURNS, TABERNACLE SPEAKING. REMNANTS OF MOSES, OR BROKEN CHARGE OF SCRIPTURE WASHED AWAY IN THE SEA OF GALILEE. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH JACK SPARROW'S AT GIVING WEIGHT TO THOSE WHO CAN'T BED THIS WEIGHT OR PERMEATE INTO A CONSCIOUS SPACE. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE A CHIN OF HIGH FOR PUPILS TO THE SUN AND MY SOUL ON THE MOON. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE THE BASE IN YOUR VOICE. YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND ME BEFORE YOU CALL GOD. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE HYMNALS ON ELLIPSE OF ANCESTORS, INSISTING FOR WHAT SEEMED TO BE CIVIL TREATMENT, FREQUENTING THOUGHTS OF NAT TURNER BURNING IN THE NAME OF LIBERATION. IF I WAS A POEM, BLACK BOYS WOULDN'T DIE YOUNG. IF I WAS A POEM, BLACK GIRLS WOULDN'T GO MISSING. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE THE FOUNDATION OF CONCENTRATION AGAINST THE FULL TRUTH OR HYPOCRISY AND MONOTONY BEING FED TO OUR YOUTH LAYING IN THE PAGES OF CONSTITUTION. IF I WAS A POEM, I WOULD FREE ALL GOD'S SONS, LIKE NAIA BE 10, TOSS DOWN FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T SPEAK HIGH ENOUGH. AND IT WOULDN'T DARE ERUPT EVEN IF THERE'S NO JUSTICE. AND IT'S JUST US. IF I WAS A POEM, CATASTROPHIC CONCLUSIONS CAUSE COLLUSIONS, COMPOUNDED CELESTIAL COMPROMISES, CURATED, CODED CASCADES CAUSING AND CARDIAC CIRCUMSTANCES. IF I WAS A POEM, I'D BE YOUR LAST BREATH OR A WHISPER OF FAITH BEFORE YOU MEET AN ETERNAL ARRESTING PLACE. IF I WAS A POEM, I WOULD BE YOUR LONG KISS. GOOD NIGHT. IF I WAS A POEM, I WOULD BE YOUR LIBERATION. MM, . THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK MY BRAIN CAN PROCESS HOW FAST YOU TALK, SO GOOD. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH CESAR? RUDY, YOU SAID THAT, YOU SAID ON THERE YOU CAN BOOK THE POEM, MARIA TO COMMENT IF YOU HAVE EVENTS OR KNOW PEOPLE WITH EVENTS. IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, IF YOU GO TO THE CITY OF DALLAS WEBSITE, I THINK IT'S UNDER, IT'S EITHER PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, I THINK IT'S UNDER SERVICES, BUT TAP SAYS POETRY. AND THEN FROM THERE THERE IS A, A LINK FORM WHERE YOU CAN REQUEST BOTH THE POET LAUREATE AND THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE. SO YOU JUST PUT IN THE DATE, UM, TELL US WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO. AND THEN, UH, I MEAN IT'S IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, YOU CAESAR, HOW'S THAT GOING? ARE PEOPLE BOOKING YOU? VERY, VERY BUSY. GOOD. BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. A LOT OF POETS AROUND THE CITY ARE LIKE, MAN, HOW IS IT? AND I'M LIKE, IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE DREAMED OF WAKE UP IN AND YOU KNOW, YOU COMMISSIONED TO WRITE OR YOU GET TO GO SPEAK FOR THE CITY, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO GO HANG OUT WITH THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW? YEAH. IT JUST, IT IS, IT IS ALL AMAZING. BUT ALSO DEFINITELY CHECK OUT CADENCE. CADENCE IS AMAZING, A PHENOMENAL YOUNG LADY. AND WHEN I TELL YOU THIS IS HOW RUDY SAID, WE MIGHT ALL [00:20:01] BE WORKING FOR, OH, ONE DAY, I, I TOLD HER, I TELL HER ALL THE TIME, LIKE, THE NEXT LAUREATE POSITION IS WAITING FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU COME BACK FROM IN MISSISSIPPI. BUT, BUT YES, IT IS VERY BUSY AND ANY WAY I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT BE HOSTING, COLLABORATING, TEACHING, POETRY, WHATEVER IT IS, I, I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS LIKE, IF A BRANCH MANAGER WANTED TO HAVE AN EVENT WITH THE LAUREATE, WOULD THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS? IS IT DIFFERENT? YES. MM-HMM . YEAH. PERFECT. SAME PROCESS. AND I, I WOULD SAY JUST GET IT IN AS SOON AS YOU CAN BECAUSE, UM, BOTH FOR LAUREATES DO BOOK PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN POETRY MONTH COMES AROUND EACH YEAR. THAT'S YEAH, A LOT BRANCHES. IS THERE A PROACTIVE EFFORT BY YOUR OFFICE TO HAVE THE QUOTE LAUREATES? UM, IS IT ALL THE DISTRICTS OR DRENCHES? NO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROACTIVE BY THE MANAGERS. NO, IT'S KIND OF AT THIS POINT IT'S, YOU KNOW, EACH MANAGER REQUESTS THAT AS, AS THEY'D LIKE. UM, THE VERY FIRST QUOTE, LAU JOAQUIN TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO VISITED ALL AT THE TIME, 30 BRANCHES IN ONE DAY. HE DID, OH MY GOSH, HE DID MAKE THAT EFFORT. AND THAT THE INSTAGRAM VIDEO MIGHT STILL BE UP. WHAT? THAT'S THE BEST . I KNOW THAT'S NOT ASK, BUT, UM, WELL, AND OUTSIDE GROUPS CAN BOOK THEM AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST FOR BRANCH. YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, IF IT WAS THE SAME PROCESS, IF I NEEDED TO SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR THEM TO DO IT OR IF I SHOULD PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT. BRING UP. SHOULD BRING IT UP. DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE, YEAH. MM-HMM . THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PRESS . THANKS SO MUCH, GENTLEMEN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UH, WE'RE GONNA QUICKLY MOVE ON TO THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY UPDATE. SO YOU WANT ME TO GO UP THERE? IS THAT YOU DO. SO I LIKE GOING LATER PARTLY BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS ALL MY STUFF, SO I JUST GET TO FILL INTO BLANK AND IT'S REALLY AWESOME. LOUD. SO, UM, OH, . SO, UM, AS ANNE MENTIONED, THIS IS THE END. THIS TODAY IS THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, AND ALSO THE, UM, THE FRIEND'S ANNUAL MEETING. SO YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME OUT TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION AND JOIN US IN A QUICK CELEBRATION. I REALIZED, I SAT NEXT TO SAL AND WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I REMEMBER TO INVITE EVERYBODY AND PUSH PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE TIME, HEAVY HOR D'OEUVRES AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE CELEBRATING A REALLY GREAT YEAR. WE ARE IN, I, UH, JOINED IN JANUARY, SO IT'S SIX MONTHS IN. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO BE HERE EVERY MONTH TO HEAR WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE TO, UM, HAVE TO SAY AND HOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I, I ALSO DO, I'LL SAY THIS TONIGHT, BUT I'LL SAY IT HERE TOO. I'VE MET WITH ALL BUT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK NOW IN PERSON, ALTHOUGH I HAVE MET THEM ALL AND I'VE BEEN TO 26 OF 29 BRANCHES. SO, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT MANA HUK, MY THURSDAY AFTERNOONS BLOCKED TO TAKE ME OUT TO DO IT. 'CAUSE IT'S MADE A REALLY HUGE DIFFERENCE IN SEEING WHAT EVERYONE DOES. UM, FRONTS HAS A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. WE BOUGHT A HOUSE HERE 19 YEARS AGO AND, UM, MY OLDEST IS A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE AND MY YOUNGEST IS NOW STARTING HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST WEEKLY SINCE WE DID IT. SO IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE FOR US AS WELL. WE DID SEE THE REATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO FOR FRIENDS, WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS REALLY SUMMER. UM, AND THEY ARE PACKED EVERYWHERE I GO, I SEE TONS AND TONS OF, OF KIDS AND FAMILIES. I SEE A LOT OF, UM, SOCIAL POSTS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND REMINDING ADULTS TO SIGN UP AS WELL. THERE ARE PIZZA HUT COUPONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PRIZE WINNERS. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON REGISTRATION OR ANYTHING, BUT I DO SEE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT AROUND IT. SO I THINK EVERYONE'S DOING REALLY WELL ON THAT. UM, I'M GLAD WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE POETRY AND THE, UM, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DAILY FAMILY. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO US AS WELL. WE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING A NEW YEAR, IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A NEW BUDGET FROM THE LIBRARY OR NEW REQUEST FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FUNDING AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. SO YOU'LL SEE SOME NEW, UM, SOME NEW PROGRAMS AND NEW ASKS, UM, SOME RECURRING THINGS. SO AS TIME GOES ON, YOU'LL SEE MORE FROM THE FRIENDS AND WE'LL COME AND LET YOU ALL KNOW TOGETHER WHAT, UM, IS BEING WORKED ON. BUT I'M VERY EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A GREAT MEMBERSHIP, REALLY A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. IT HAS BEEN SO GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU ALL AND SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND AT BRANCHES SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WHAT WE DO OR CAN ASK ME IF YOU DON'T. AND I AGAIN, JUST REALLY WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AS WE KINDA START THE SUMMARY, RESET IT ALL. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, IT DOES, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADVOCACY AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED? WE AS BOARD MEMBERS, THE BOARD CAN'T ADVOCATE, BUT WE AS PRIVATE CITIZENS CAN. SO IF ANY ONE OF US WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR CHANNEL OF WHAT YOU DO, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO, UM, WE HAVE OUR, FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN JOIN AS A MEMBER AND YOU'LL JUST BE ON [00:25:01] OUR BASIC EMAIL LIST. YOU CAN, UM, ALSO JUST BECOME PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP OR OUR ADVOCACY COMMITTEE. AND THE COMMITTEES ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, YOU CAN SIGN UP THERE TO DO THAT. UM, IT WILL GET CLEAR IN THE SUMMER AS WE REVISE THE WEBSITE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE BOARD TO BE PART OF OUR ADVOCACY OR A MEMBERSHIP. UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING THIS SUMMER, WE'LL BE, UM, STARTING TO PULL TOGETHER MATERIALS AND TALKING POINTS AND PLANNING FOR ALL OF THE SUMMER TOWN HALLS, THE AUGUST TOWN HALLS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING, UM, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER CAMPAIGNS THAT WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER DEPENDING ON WHERE BUDGET LANDS AND HOW WE DO THINGS. SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF, UM, ASSETS, TALKING POINTS, OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS YOU CAN DO THAT WILL COME FROM THE FRIENDS, UM, ONCE WE GET INTO THE SUMMER. SO YES, SIGNING UP FOR THOSE COMMITTEES IS REALLY HELPFUL OR SIGNING FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS HELPFUL. GREAT, THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DENISE? ANYONE ONLINE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DENISE? VERY QUIET. YOU'RE STILL AWAKE. THANK YOU. OKAY, , WE'RE APPLAUDING NOW FOR . APPLAUD EVERY SPEAKER YOU SHOWED UP. WELL, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING MAYBE ALL THE WAY UP TO FRETS FOR SOME OF YOU, BUT YOU DON'T NORMALLY COME THIS FAR NORTH. WHAT DID YOU SAY, ROBIN? YOU DON'T COME NORTH OF WHAT? NORTHWEST HIGHWAY. NORTHWEST HIGHWAY ALICE. I RARELY GO NORTH OF 6 35. SO THIS IS A BIG, BIG JUMP. I'LL JUST SAY I STILL BELIEVE IN THIS EFFORT OF GOING AROUND TO THE BRANCHES. AND JORDAN SAID TO ME, I JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, HE SAID, OH, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO THE FLAGSHIPS. AND I SAID, OH, NO, JORDAN, WE'RE GOING TO ALL THE LIBRARIES. IT'S GONNA TAKE US A FEW YEARS. . EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE GOING TO BRANCHES NEAR YOUR HOUSE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME FOR, FOR THOSE. UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, UH, REAL QUICK, SALLY HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTS TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. YES. UM, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED, AND IF NOT, BETWEEN FELICIA AND I, WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT. UM, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS FROM THE CITY TO SET UP AND USE FOR ALL OF YOUR MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD, UH, COMMUNICATIONS. UM, SO I THINK THEY, THEY'VE STARTED TO ROLL THAT OUT. UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD OR, OR RECEIVED ANYTHING ABOUT IT, PLEASE LET FELICIA KNOW AND BETWEEN HER AND I, WE CAN HELP, UM, KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND GET YOU SET UP. AND THIS WOULD BE AN@DALLAS.GOV YES. E EMAIL. YES. AND THE CITY WANTS YOU TO USE THAT FOR ALL OF YOUR MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD CORRESPONDENTS, UH, GOING, GOING FORWARD. SO RECORD. WE WILL, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THAT, MAKE THAT HAPPEN NEXT. SEAN, DO YOU WANNA? SURE. UPDATES. UM, JUST SOME QUICK THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE, LAST WE SPOKE, WE HAD THE THREE BATHROOMS THAT WE HAD SAID HAD BEEN COMPLETED. SO MLK, UH, OAK LAWN AND MOUNTAIN CREEK HAVE SUB SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETED. THERE WERE SOME INSPECTIONS THAT WERE NEEDED. THOSE HAVE ALSO BEEN FINISHED. UH, LAKEWOOD IS NEXT TO BE FINISHED, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A DELAY BETWEEN THE 10TH, AS LATE AS THE 17TH BECAUSE OF PARTITIONS THAT WERE WAITING TO HAVE BE DELIVERED. THERE'S SOME DELAYS WITH THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR THAT IS AFFECTING NOT ONLY THAT BRANCH, BUT ALSO THE RUNNER BRANCH. THE RENER BRANCH DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED TILE WORK TO BE REDONE, AND WE WANTED TO HAVE A CONSISTENT LOOK. WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AS COLORS CHANGED FROM WHERE WE STARTED TO WHERE WE WERE. SO THEREFORE IT CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THAT ONE FINISHED TOWARDS THE END OF JULY, UH, SOONER IF WE CAN GET THOSE PARTITIONS DELIVERED AS WE'RE EXPECTING. SO THAT'S THE HOPE THERE. UM, KLEBERG IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THE MIX OF THE ENTIRE REHABILITATION OF THAT SPACE POST FLOOD. SO IT'S GONNA BE FINISHED IN AUGUST. AT SOME POINT THE BATHROOMS THE BATHROOM. RIGHT. BUT THE BRANCHES IS NOT IN THAT SAME TIMELINE BY FAR. UM, WE ALSO HAD TO MOVE THE FOREST SCREEN ART INSTALLATION. WE HAD THE SCULPTURE THAT WAS GONNA BE INSTALLED IN JULY THAT IS BEING SHIPPED OVER TO US FROM POLAND. AND THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY. SO IT'S NOW GONNA BE AUGUST 20TH IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE OUR, UM, SECOND CONFIRM. YES. OH, OKAY. OUR DEDICATION CEREMONY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR AS OF TODAY. AND IT'S AT, BECAUSE IT'S THE SCULPTURE HAS A LIGHT. YES. IT'S GONNA BE LATE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WAIT UNTIL IT GETS DARK. SO IT'S AT LIKE 8:30 PM OR EIGHT. YEAH. I'LL SEND OUT MORE INFORMATION TO MORGAN . AND THEN, AS YOU KNEW, WE HAD THE, UH, THE DEDICATION OF THE STEPS OVER AT THE OAK LAWN BRANCH, BUT WE ALSO ARE GONNA BE COMMISSIONING THE, A MURAL THAT'S GONNA BE INSTALLED ON THE COLUMNS. THAT CONTRACT IS MADE ITS WAY THROUGH FINALLY. AND SO THE WORK WILL BE COMING HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS [00:30:01] AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE A FALL. YEAH. SIX TO EIGHT WEEK PROCESS FOR THAT. UM, WE ALSO HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WERE STARTING THE WEST SIDE LANDSCAPING PROJECT AT CENTRAL. I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. THE, THE WORK ON THE PLANNERS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON FIRST, UH, WE'RE REPLACING THE SOIL AND GET EVERYTHING READY FOR MORE LONG-TERM PLANTING AND ALL OF THAT. AND THANKS TO THE FRIENDS FOR HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE AT THE VERY, UH, 11TH HOUR. WE GOT IT. SO THAT WORK IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK. WE'RE HOPING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AND FINISHED UP. S YEAH, THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC. GRANT WE RECEIVED TO PUT UP THE FENCING AND THEN THE FRIENDS, UH, FUNDED BOTH THE FURNITURE PURCHASE AND ALSO THE LANDSCAPING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEP. AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS JUST OF COURSE, THE FIRST FLOOR BATHROOM RENOVATION AND CENTRAL'S ALSO VERY MUCH GOING ON AND, AND SO FAR VERY SMOOTH. WE, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING AS EXPECTED AND WE'RE STILL HOPING TO HAVE THAT MID-AUGUST, UH, FINISH AHEAD OF OUR GILET. YEAH. WE'RE VERY MUCH HOPING TO HAVE BATHROOMS ON THE FIRST QUARTER. NEXT, NEXT GI LIT, UH, A PROGRAM THAT ATTRACTS AROUND 3000 PEOPLE IN ABOUT FOUR HOURS. SO, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR SEAN? OH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE PARTITIONS, LAKEWOOD. SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW ENOUGH IONS. ARE THEY ON THEIR WAY? LIKE CHECK THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED. THEY'RE, THEY JUST NEED TO BE SHIPPED BY THE, BY THE SUPPLIER. OKAY. SO IT COULD BE LATER THAN THE 17TH. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE 17TH IS THE WORST. WE WERE HOPING FROM THE 10TH. RIGHT. BUT IT COULD GET DELAYED ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. OKAY. IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SO WHEN I SAY TO YOU 2 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR, WALK INTO DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER. AND A LOT OF IT IS WHAT THEY SEE HERE AT FRETS. IT'S JUST THE PEOPLE COMING IN EVERY SINGLE DAY TO USE THE LIBRARY. BUT I THINK THIS WEEKEND, THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS HOW WE GET TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAD A BANG UP WEEKEND. UM, I'M SURE THERE WAS A LOT HAPPENING THAT I DIDN'T ATTEND OR DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. I'M SURE THERE WAS STUFF HERE AT FRETS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, UM, WHAT I WENT TO OVER THE COURSE OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO SATURDAY MORNING WE CUT THE RIBBON ON THE NEW RAINBOW PAINTED STEPS AT THE OAK LAWN LIBRARY. I WOULD SAY WHO WAS THERE? THANK YOU. A HUNDRED, 150 PEOPLE WERE THERE 200 PEOPLE? EASILY PACKED. WE HAD CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT WAS ALL INDOORS. ALL INDOORS. AND THEN WE CUT THE RIBBON OUTSIDE. UH, THERE WAS A SENSE OF JUBILATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD SAY. UH, WHEN THE RAINBOW CROSSWALKS WENT AWAY, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE DID A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO PUT IN ITS PLACE. AND PEOPLE SAID, PAINT THE STEPS RAINBOW AT THE OAK LAWN LIBRARY. SO WE CUT THE RIBBON THERE WITH ABOUT 200 PEOPLE. THEN I CAME UP HERE TO, 'CAUSE I DO DRIVE NORTH OF 6 35, NORTH 30 ALL THE TIME. I WENT TO TIMBER GLEN. THEY HAD AN AMERICA TWO 50 FAMILY FESTIVAL EVENT. AND IT WAS GREAT. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WERE THERE. THERE WAS A STORY TIME. I SAW ABOUT 50 FAMILIES THERE WHEN I WAS THERE. AND THEN THAT EVENING, ANN WAS THERE, MELISSA WAS THERE, NOBODY ELSE WENT TO THE BALL. COME ON PEOPLE, LIBERTY AND LACE BALL, WHICH IS ANOTHER AMERICA. OH, CATHERINE WENT, CATHERINE WAS THERE. THERE, YES. YES. IN IN, UH, WE WERE ALL IN COSTUME. AND IT WAS REALLY A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA. AT TWO 50. THERE WERE, DID WE EVER GET A FINAL COUNT OVER 250 PEOPLE? I THINK IT WAS FOR THE TWO 50 CELEBRATION. I THINK IT WAS OVER 300. I'M LOOKING AT MELISSA, BUT SHE'S MAKING EYE CONTACT. SHE DOESN'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. UM, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. THERE WERE CRAFTS, THERE WAS DANCING AND MUSIC. THERE WAS HAMILTON KARAOKE. YOU PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT AT THAT . UM, IT, BECAUSE IT'S POETRY, RIGHT? HAMILTON IS JUST POETRY. YEAH. UH, IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS SUNDAY AT RENNER, THEY HAD A YIDDISH CULTURAL CELEBRATION FESTIVAL, YIDDISH CULTURAL FESTIVAL, EXCUSE ME IF I'M NOT GETTING THESE NAMES RIGHT. UH, OVER 400 PEOPLE PACKED INTO RENTER. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO RENTER , THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM RENTER CONCERNED ABOUT FIRE SAFETY. UM, THEY WERE TURNING PEOPLE AWAY. PEOPLE WERE PARKING ACROSS FRANKFURT BOULEVARD AND, AND, AND CROSSING IT, WHICH WAS MAKING ME VERY NERVOUS. BUT IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH CULTURE, OF YIDDISH CULTURE. THERE WAS A KSR BAND, THERE WAS FOOD, THERE WERE VENDORS. IT WAS FANTASTIC. [00:35:01] IT'S PROGRAMS LIKE THAT THAT GET US TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE EVERYDAY LIBRARY WORK THAT WE DO, HELPING PEOPLE ON COMPUTERS, HELPING THEM PRINT, HELPING THEM CHECK OUT BOOKS, PROGRAMS, AND ON AND ON. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT, WHAT A VERY BUSY SUMMER WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE FOR US. SO THAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS. , YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, I DIDN'T KNOW I'D BE MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING, BUT, BUT, UH, AS OF THIS MORNING, THIS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS THAT THE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE FURLOUGHED FOR THREE DAYS THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND UP, UH, AN AN ADDITIONAL TWO DAYS. THAT IS AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY. WE'RE PROJECTING A DEFICIT THIS YEAR. SO THOSE DAYS THAT WE ARE FURLOUGHED, ALL LIBRARY LOCATIONS WILL BE CLOSED. THAT INCLUDES ADMINISTRATION, THAT INCLUDES VITAL STATISTICS WITH INSIDE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. SO THOSE DATES ARE JULY 10TH, SO THAT ONE'S COMING UP REALLY SOON. SEPTEMBER 4TH AND SEPTEMBER 28TH. I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS THREE DAYS THAT LIBRARY STAFF ARE GOING TO GO WITHOUT PAY. AND TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S THE CURRENT BUDGET, NOT THE UPCOMING BUDGET. CORRECT. YES. THAT HA THAT IS NOT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AS ANNE MENTIONED, THE CITY MANAGER WILL RELEASE HER PROPOSED BUDGET TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 11TH. THINGS ARE GOING TO PROBABLY BE PRETTY QUIET THIS MONTH AS WE ALL WORK INTERNALLY AROUND HELPING HER, UH, PUT TOGETHER HER PROPOSED BUDGET. SO AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO SHARE ABOUT, UH, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WHEN WE STOOD UP OUR NEW LIBRARY CATALOG AND OUR NEW WEBSITE, WE MADE A DECISION TO SUNSET THE LIBRARY APP. IT'S OLD. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LOVE IT. SORRY ANNE, I'M SO SORRY. BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE WILL TRANSITION TO, UH, THE NEW CATALOG, WHICH IS MOBILE FRIENDLY AND, BUT WE WERE A LITTLE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. THE APP WENT AWAY WITHOUT US REALIZING IT WAS GONNA GO AWAY. SO I'M, THAT WAS ME TEXTING ONE GOING, I CAN'T GET IN THE APP. THAT'S HOW I LEARNED AND TEXTING ME. SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT WE DO WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE MOBILE FRIENDLY CATALOG. I KNOW THERE IS ONE FEATURE THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE, THAT'S SEVERAL OF YOU IN THE ROOM HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT, AND THAT IS THE BARCODE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ON THE LIBRARY CARD BARCODE THAT PEOPLE CAN OH YES. I ACTUALLY, WHEN WE LAUNCHED, THE NEW CATALOG HAD ALREADY PUT IN WHAT OUR VENDOR CALLS AN ENHANCEMENT REQUEST TO MAKE, UH, A SCANNABLE BARCODE AVAILABLE WITH, SO THERE YOU GO, DENISE. I DID TAKE A PICTURE OF MY LIBRARY CARD AND WAS ABLE TO USE THE PICTURE OF THE LIBRARY CARD. YES. SCANNING IN THE LIBRARY. SO THAT'S MY NEW MOBILE CARD. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S VERY, VERY FANCY. SORRY, ANNE. UH, SOMETIMES THINGS GO A LITTLE BAD. IT HAPPENS. I JUST NEEDED WARNING SO I COULD GET USED TO THE YEAH, I'M SORRY. WE WOULD'VE, WE WOULD'VE ALL ENJOYED A WARNING. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN LET ME BOOKEND WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF GOOD NEWS. I DID EMAIL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT I WANTED TO PRESENT IT AGAIN IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. AND THIS IS ABOUT THE, THE TRUST DONATION THAT THE CITY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. LAST WEEK, THE DONOR'S FAMILY WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE ORIGINAL DONOR DIED IN 1975. AND AT THAT TIME, HE PUT INTO HIS WILL, UH, THAT HE WANTED TO GIVE MONEY TO FIVE INSTITUTIONS, BUT NOT UNTIL HIS LAST AIR DIED. HIS LAST HEDY IN 2023. AND IT WAS WITH THE LAWYERS EVER SINCE 2023. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEAN TOLD ME ABOUT. I WENT AND LOOKED IN MY EMAIL. HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT IN, I THINK AUGUST. SO NOT LONG AFTER I STARTED JULY OR AUGUST. AND IT TOOK ALL THAT TIME FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SAY, WE ARE READY TO ACCEPT THIS. THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME IN TWO TRANCHES. THE FIRST ONE IS APPROXIMATELY, UM, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER. NO, THAT'S THE TOTAL, NO, 2.8 MILLION IN SECURITIES. THEY'RE NOT DONATING CASH. THEY'RE DONATING SECURITIES. SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE SECURITIES WILL COME TO THE CITY, THE CITY CONTROLLER'S [00:40:01] OFFICE WILL SELL THE SECURITIES, AND THEN THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM SELLING THE SECURITIES WILL BE PUT IN WHAT WE CALL A LIBRARY SPECIAL FUND. THAT IS A FUND THAT IS PROTECTED. IT ROLLS OVER YEAR AFTER YEAR AND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE LIBRARY. I AS WELL OF YOU AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN RUMORS OUT THERE SAYING THAT THE CITY'S GONNA TAKE THIS MONEY. THEY ARE NOT, IT WILL GO INTO A SPECIAL TRUST THAT ONLY WE CAN USE. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE MINERAL RIGHTS THAT NEED TO BE SOLD. ONCE THOSE ARE SOLD, THAT MONEY WILL COME TO THE LIBRARY AS WELL. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE THAT WILL HAPPEN. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE MINERAL RIGHTS WILL BE SOLD FOR. UH, WE HAVE MADE A DECISION TO TAKE A DISBURSEMENT ANNUALLY UNTIL THE FUND IS DEPLETED, WHICH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS. AND WHAT CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED LAST WEEK, IN ADDITION TO ACCEPTING THE DONATION ITSELF, WAS FOR US TO RECEIVE THE FIRST TWO YEARS AS AN INITIAL, UH, TRANCHE TO THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET. AND THAT IS ABOUT $560,000. AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET. I DON'T EVEN THINK WE HAVE THE SECURITIES YET. THOSE HAVE TO BE RECEIVED AND THEN SOLD. I AM VERY AWARE THAT THE 2.8 NUMBER SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THE 2.6 NUMBER THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED, UH, TO, TO REDUCE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND SO WE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, THAT THE INTENT OF THE DONATION WAS NOT TO PLUG A ONE YEAR BUDGET GAP. THAT'S WHY YOU SAW LANGUAGE THAT WAS VERY DELIBERATE AROUND THAT. WE WORKED WITH THE TRUSTEES AND ASKED THEM THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY. AND THEY SAID THIS, THE FAMILY WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED THAT. THAT WAS NOT THE INTENTION OF THE DONATION. THERE IS ONE RESTRICTION ON THE DONATION, AND THAT IS IT CANNOT BE USED, UH, TO BUILD BUILDINGS. SO THE PLAN WITH THAT FIRST TWO YEARS IS TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT'S TO GET, UH, FLAGSHIPS READY TO BE FLAGSHIPS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO. FRETS IS A NEWER LOCATION, BUT SOME OF OUR FLAGSHIPS ARE A BIT ON THE OLDER SIDE. UM, IF YOU WERE AT HAMPTON, ILLINOIS TWO MONTHS AGO, HAMPTON, UH, LAST MONTH. LAST MONTH, LAST MONTH, HAMPTON COULD USE A LITTLE LOVE. I THINK BACHMAN LAKE COULD USE A LOT, A LOT OF LOVE. THERE'S SOME POTENTIALLY SPACE CHANGES WE WANNA MAKE AT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS. WE ALSO ARE INTERESTED IN CREATING PASSPORT OFFICES AT THE FLAGSHIPS. AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO CREATE SPACE FOR THAT. WE'RE ALSO GONNA USE THE FUNDING FOR FURNITURE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR ACROSS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WALK AROUND FRETS, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S FURNITURE WITH TAPE ON THEM HOLDING THE FURNITURE TOGETHER. WE NEED NEW FURNITURE. AND LIBRARY FURNITURE IS VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT'S BUILT TO LAST. IT'S NOT BUILT TO LAST 20 YEARS, BUT IT IS BUILT TO LAST. SO WE REALLY NEED THIS MONEY FOR THAT. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING REMAINING, I KNOW HALF A MILLION DOLLARS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. IT'S GONNA GO LIKE THIS. SEAN KEEPS REMINDING US OF THAT . BUT IF THERE IS ANY MONEY LEFT IN THAT FIRST DISBURSEMENT, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ART AND RARE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. AS YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY MOVED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO FAIR PARK FOR, UH, THE FIFA FAN ZONE. AND AS A PART OF THAT, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH THE LAST, NOT ASSESSMENT, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? UM, APPRAISAL. APPRAISAL. THANK YOU. WE HAD TO FIND THE LAST APPRAISAL THAT WAS DONE. AND IT TURNS OUT THE LAST TIME THAT DOCUMENT WAS APPRAISED WAS 2006. SO THE AMOUNT WE GAVE FOR, UM, FOR THE MOVE AND FOR THE INSURANCE IS PROBABLY A LOT LOWER THAN IT'S ACTUALLY WORTH. MM-HMM. SO WE OF COURSE HAVE THE DECLARATION, WE HAVE THE SHAS PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE THE BERT TOYA'S, UH, SCULPTURE IN THE FRONT. WE HAVE A LOT OF VALUABLE PIECES AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, AND WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE WORTH. SO THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HIRE SOMEONE TO DO, A CURATOR TO DO, UH, THAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT. IF, IF WE CAN FIND MONEY, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE IT TO, TO AN OUT YEAR. THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT ALSO REALLY WANTS US TO DO THAT AS WELL SO THAT OUR ITEMS ARE COVERED IN THE CITY'S INSURANCE POLICY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRUST DONATION? SO, SO ALL OF THE, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT ARE THE, WAS THAT EXPLAINED TO THE CITY COUNCIL? YES. SO THAT I DON'T THAT WAS THE TALK. IT WAS IN THE, IN THE TALKING POINTS. YES. IT WAS IN THE TALKING POINTS THAT I, AND, AND REMEMBER, THAT'S JUST THE FIRST TWO YEARS RIGHT. OF MONEY. UM, I EXPECTED SOMEONE ON COUNCIL TO PULL IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND THEY DIDN'T DO THAT. SO TO ME THAT MEANS WE EXPLAINED [00:45:01] IT WHEN THEY REACHED OUT PRIVATELY. BUT I SENT THEM THIS, THE TALKING POINTS THAT I SENT YOU, THAT WAS THE SAME TALKING POINTS THAT WENT TO THE PRESS AND SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DID SAY DURING THE MEETING, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT THING. YES, IT REALLY HELPS THE LIBRARY OVER TIME. BUT I WOULD ADD TO MONA'S POINT, UM, ABOUT THIS PLUGGING THE HOLE, EVEN IF THE FAMILY WAS AMENABLE TO THAT, IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF A LIBRARY BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS FIXES A $2.6 MILLION HOLE FOR ONE YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR WE STILL HAVE A $2.6 MILLION HOLE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING BACK. THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE WORKED WITH CITY COUNCIL FOR DECADES AND ONCE MONEY IS GONE OUT OF THE BUDGET, IT IS ANOTHER DECADE BEFORE IT COMES BACK AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN UPHILL CLIMB. SO EVEN IF THE FAMILY SAID, SURE, USE THAT FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS. WE REALLY STILL NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK. YES. YEAH, VERY FEW. AS DENISE KNOWS, VERY FEW FUNDERS WANNA GIVE MONEY FOR OPERATING EXPENSES. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR IF WE HAD USED IT FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND SO WHEN WE MET WITH THE TRUSTEES, I WAS JUST REALLY HOT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT AND TO GET THEIR REASSURANCE THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE FAMILY INTENDED WE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE FAMILY INTENDED. DOES ANYONE ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, . . WELL, THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA UNLESS ANYONE HAS NEW BUSINESS OR ISSUES THEY WANNA BRING UP. YEAH. DONNA, I WAS PROBABLY GIVEN A COPY OF THE BYLAWS FOR THE THIS M DO WE HAVE BYLAWS? I DON'T, UM, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THEY'RE SPELLED OUT IN THE CITY CODE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU WHAT WE DO HAVE. OKAY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE BYLAWS JUST FOR THAT. BUT WE FOLLOW THE SAME, UM, MEETING PROCEDURES AS ALL THE CITY OF DALLAS. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU WHAT I OKAY, THANKS. YEAH. , WILL THAT LIKE ELICITING ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OPEN RECORDS AND OUR EMAIL? WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO A CITY EMAIL. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? WOULD THEY BE SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS? YES. PUT THAT, DO KEEP IN MIND THAT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU COMMUNICATE WITH ANY OF US, THEN OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS. BUT THAT'S A REALLY, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. I, I WANNA, I, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I WOULD SAY AT LEAST TO START YET, ASSUME YES. UM, I THINK PART OF WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO DO IS TO HELP KIND OF CITY BUSINESS WITHIN CITI. YEAH, NO, THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. I HAVE USED MY PERSONAL EMAIL TO TALK TO ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER ABOUT PERSONAL THINGS. UM, WELL, IF YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL THAT'S NOT SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS, IF I SEND YOU AN EMAIL FROM A CITY OF DALLAS EMAIL ADDRESS, THEN IT, THEN IT IS. AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE CHANGE. JUST THAT, THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO, YOU WANNA CAREFUL THAT HAVING THAT CITY OF DALLAS EMAIL SEND YOU SUBJECT EVEN IF YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER FORMAL MEMBERS. YES, YES. CORRECT. AND THEN, AND IT ALWAYS WAS SUBJECT OF CITY STUFF. SO YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS WILL ACTUALLY HELP KIND OF SEPARATE THOSE TWO IN A, IN A GOOD WAY. IN A SO THAT, SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PRIVATE ACCOUNTS PRIVATE AND YOUR CITY ACCOUNT CITY. BUT IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF CHANNELS. LIKE MELISSA AND I ARE PERSONAL FRIENDS AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. IF I HAVE A LIBRARY QUESTION, I'M GOING TO EMAIL HER LIBRARY ACCOUNT, BUT I'M GONNA TEXT HER IF I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR BOOK GROUP OR GOING TO LUNCH OR WHATEVER. YEAH. AND THAT'S NOT SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORD, NOR DOES THE GENERAL PUBLIC CARE. BUT IF YOU USED, IF YOU USED YOUR CITY E IF, IF MELISSA SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD, YOU'VE RECEIVED IT ON YOUR CITY EMAIL AND YOU HIT REPLY AND WROTE, HEY, THIS REMINDS ME YOU FREE FOR COFFEE TOMORROW. THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORD EVEN. YES, YES. PERSONALLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC CARED TO KNOW THAT MELISSA AND I WERE GETTING COFFEE, THEY, THEY, THEY CARE TO KNOW EVERYTHING. YOU'D BE SHOCKED. , YOU COULD TELL THAT ROBIN WORKS FOR ANOTHER CITY. AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD POINT. AND, AND MAYBE AT A FUTURE MEETING WE GO OVER OPEN RECORDS, I THINK. THANK YOU FOR THAT UP. THAT'S GOOD. [00:50:01] ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? NO MORE QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM. OKAY. THE STAFF IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LATER, I EMAIL THEM ALL THE TIME. OUR NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE IN AUGUST. WE DO NOT HAVE A JULY MEETING. UM, THE NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 25TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK AT THE PLEASANT GROVE BRANCH LIBRARY, WHICH IS PRETTY FAR SOUTH FOR SOME OF US. BUT, UM, MAYBE VERY CLOSE TO SOME OF Y'ALL , UM, SINCE THAT'S AFTER THE CITY MANAGER RELEASES HER, HER PROPOSED BUDGET. I'LL MAKE SURE TO DO THIS YEAR, WHAT I DID LAST YEAR, WHICH IS I WILL EMAIL EVERYONE ONCE IT'S RELEASED AND TELL YOU SORT OF WHERE THE LIBRARY STANDS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANKS SO MUCH. NICE JOB, ANNE. THANK YOU ONE. HEY, GOOD JOB. * 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.