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2026.[I. Call to Order]
SORRY,TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2026.
THE CITY OF DALLAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD.
REGULAR MEETING FOR OCTOBER HAS BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED WITH THAT.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S MEETING? NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
[III. Approval of Minutes – (September 29, 2026) ]
IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026.IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? THERE'S A APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ANN HARDING SECOND AND A SECOND BY MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER DON UH, DENNISON.
ANY DISCUSSION RELATED OR CHANGES TO THE OCTOBER MEETING? MINUTES? HEARING THAT AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO THAT WAS, SHE SAID, SAY A
[IV. Reports of Officers, Boards, Standing Committees ]
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR, OUR MOB MEETING TONIGHT.ON SATURDAY EVENING, I ATTENDED THE OPENING EVENT FOR THE PULITZER ON THE ROAD EXHIBIT, WHICH IS NOW ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY DOWNTOWN.
IT WAS AMAZING TO HEAR FROM TWO GREAT STORYTELLERS ON THEIR CREATIVE APPROACH.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR, BARBARA KING, SOLVER AND COMPOSER GABRIELA FRANK AND I ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THIS EXHIBIT THAT CELEBRATES PULITZER PRIZE WINNING STORYTELLING, INCLUDING JOURNALISM.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, UM, QUITE A, QUITE A LOT OF, UM, DISPLAY THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
IMPORTANTLY, THIS EXHIBIT REFLECTS THE LIBRARY'S FOCUS ON REIMAGINING THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND ADDING PROGRAMMING TO THE GROUND FLOOR THAT DRAWS IN THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S ALSO THE AREA WHERE MANY PATRONS FIRST ENTER AND CHECK OUT THEIR BOOKS.
SO, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT.
[V. Intro to Flagships: Bachman Lake Branch Library ]
PLEASE, WE'RE MEETING TODAY AT THE BACHMAN LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER HERE.BACHMAN LAKE IS ONE OF THE PLANNED FLAGSHIP LIBRARIES THAT WILL BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UM, BEGINNING IN THE NEW YEAR.
UH, AND NEXT DISTRICT SIX MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER DERON ARMSTRONG WILL DELIVER THE WELCOME.
OKAY, WELL WELCOME A STRICT SIX.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO DISTRICT FIX.
WELL, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
I'M REALLY JUST GONNA TAKE A MOMENT TO DO MACY.
UM, MACY O IS THE NEW MANAGER OF THE BATMAN LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY, PREVIOUSLY MANAGING BOTH THE TIMBERLAND AND PARK FOREST BRANCHES.
AND BEFORE THAT, A STAFF MEMBER AT THE SKILLMAN SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH AS AN ALUM OF BOTH MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WITH SPECIALIZATION IN WESTERN CULTURAL HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY.
MACY HAS GARNERED SKILL SETS THAT ARE UTILIZED DAILY AS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED LEADER.
SHE IS ALSO A FORMER BACK TO BACK NATIONAL CHAMPION AND COMPETITIVE DANCE AND TAUGHT DANCE FOR MANY YEARS.
MACY IS ENTHUSIASTIC AND KEEN TO TAKE ON THE FOXMAN LAKE BRANCH AND CONTINUE CULTIVATING AND GET INTO A THRIVING FLAGSHIP LOCATION.
I BELIEVE SHE'S BEEN WITH US THREE WEEKS.
AND YEAH, MACY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY CONTEXT, UM, ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING, WELCOMING US TO YOUR BRANCH.
I'M GONNA MOVE FRONT AND CENTER, OR MASON.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE AN OFFICIAL WELCOME TO THE BROCKTON LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY.
UM, AS DEBRA SAID, MY NAME IS MACY HOGUE AND I'M THE BRANCH MANAGER FOR THREE WEEKS NOW.
COME ON, UM,
SO REALLY WHAT I'M GOING TO TAKE IS JUST A FEW MOMENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND GIVE A SNEAK PEEK INTO HOW SPECIAL THIS LIBRARY IS AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT FLAGSHIP BRANCH.
OUR SERVICE AREA SUPPORTS APPROXIMATELY
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48,000 PEOPLE, UM, GOING TO WALNUT HILL, THE TOLLWAY PAST LOVE FIELD, AND THEN WEST TO HARRY HINES BOULEVARD.THAT HUGE AREA ENCOMPASSES A, A HUGE AMOUNT OF CULTURES AND PEOPLE.
UM, THE LARGEST OF THESE IS OUR HISPANIC AND LATINO POPULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY FROM GUATEMALA AND FROM MEXICO.
UM, WHICH TOGETHER HOLD ABOUT 63% OF OUR TOTAL POPULATION.
92% OF THAT IS IN THE, THIS NORTHWEST QUADRANT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN.
UM, YEAH, BACHMAN LAKES, BRI BACHMAN LAKE'S DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DICHOTOMOUS AND THEY'RE SPLIT BY WAY OF MARSH LANE TO THE WEST.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LOW, YOUNG, LOW INCOME FAMILIES THAT REALLY JUST RENT OUT.
THEY DON'T, AREN'T HOMEOWNERS.
AND THEN TO THE EAST, WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGHER INCOME OWNERS AND 74% MORE LIKELY TO WORK IN CORPORATE OFFICE POSITIONS.
SO OF HUGE DIVERSE RANGE OF PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR LIBRARY.
THIS DIVERSE POPULATION PROVES TRUE IN OUR PROGRAMMING, PROVES TRUE IN OUR PROGRAMMING AND IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR UNHOUSED PATRONS.
WE DO MEDICAL LEGAL AND JOB SEARCH AND RESOURCES WITH METRIC CARE AND THE DALLAS CONNECTOR, WHICH IS A FREE RIDE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE AUST STATE CENTER STREET CENTER.
WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CASA DE LAGO, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS, HIGH QUALITY CARE AND PROGRAMMING.
WE, WE WORK WITH THEM ONCE A WEEK.
WE HAVE TWO OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WILL GO OUT AND DO AND FACILITATE PROGRAMS FOR THEM.
OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ARE WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL'S VISUAL ART DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THOSE SPACES OUT THERE THAT DID NOT HAVE ANY SHELVING.
WE HAVE RECENTLY REUTILIZED, AND WE ARE HAVING, UM, WE HAVE CHILDREN'S, THEIR HIGH SCHOOLERS, HIGH SCHOOLERS ARTWORK ON DISPLAY.
AND WE DID THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST SPRING.
WE WERE DOING IT FOR, AGAIN, THIS FALL, BEGINNING THE WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY TO GIVE THE FAMILIES, UH, TWO MONTHS TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND SHOW ALL THEIR FAMILY THAT AREN'T.
WE ALSO WORK WITH, PLAY WITH ME, WHICH IS A WEEKLY LEARNING PROGRAM HOSTED BY BILINGUAL DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALISTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, UM, WHERE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS WILL COME IN AND LEARN DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS THROUGH TOYS, MUSIC AND MOVEMENT.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS FUNDED AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND IT'S A STORIED AND HUGE SUCCESS AT THIS BRANCH.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN OUR COMMUNITY SHINE THROUGH, THROUGH OUR STAFF CREATED PROGRAMMING.
WE HOLD THREE STORY TIMES A WEEK, TWO OF THEM BEING BILINGUAL STORY TIMES, ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE EVENING TO SUPPORT ALL WORKING FAMILIES NO MATTER WHERE THEY, WHAT TIME THEY WORK AT.
UM, THAT IS SPEARHEADED BY BOTH OF OUR LIBRARIANS, RICK AND BRITTANY, WHO SOME OF Y'ALL MET EARLIER.
UM, OURS PUBLIC SERVICE SPECIALIST WHO IS OUT CURRENTLY ON THE DESK, JUNE SPEARHEADS SCULPT STUDIOS, WHICH IS A MONTHLY FAMILY PROGRAM WHERE KIDS AND PARENTS ALIKE CAN GET THEIR HANDS MESSY AND CREATE CLAY CARS, CLAY FOOD, PINCH POTS, ET CETERA EVERY MONTH.
WE ALSO HAVE FAMILY CRAFTS HOSTED BY OUR CIRCULATION SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE VERA EACH MONTH.
UM,
AND WE WILL HOST AND CREATE FAMILY CRAFT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS HOLIDAYS.
AND WE TRY TO STEER AWAY FROM FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.
WE STEER TOWARDS MORE TOWARDS OUR ACTUAL PO BUT THAT IS IN OUR UNIT.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, LA THIS PAST SEPTEMBER WAS HIS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND WE HAD FAMILIES COME IN TO MAKE EVIL EYE BRACELETS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICAN CULTURES.
AS WE MOVE INTO BECOMING A FLAGSHIP BRANCH, MY GOAL IS TO BECOME FURTHER ENTRENCHED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I OFTEN SAY LIKE, GET UNDER THE SKINS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WANT US TO BE SEEN AS VITAL AND BECOME A COMMUNITY HUB FOR THE, THIS HUGE DIVERSE POPULATION THAT IS BACHMAN LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY SERVICE AREA.
UM, I WANT IT TO BE SEEN USED AS A SPACE FOR CITY COUNCIL, FOR TAX HELP, FOR VOTING, UM, LIVE THEATER IN THE BLACK BOX AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THIS AS A WORK FROM HOME SPACE, AS A PLACE THAT THEY CAN STAY AWAY FROM THE POLE OR THE HEAT OR IN TEXAS.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THIS AS AN AFTERSCHOOL SPACE OF STUDY SPACE, ET CETERA.
IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO KNOW, TO GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY HERE.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY AS A FLAGSHIP IN JANUARY.
LIKE, QUESTION, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING OR PLANNING TO DO ANYTHING THAT WILL REALLY ENGAGE THAT MORE AFFLUENT POPULATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARSH? UM,
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I THINK THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL FOR THIS BRANCH TO HAVE A FRIENDS GROUP.MIDWAY HOLLOW IS MORE LIKELY TO BE THE LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THAT, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES KIND OF IN THE AREA, THIS BRANCH HAS TRADITIONALLY FOCUSED ON MORE, LIKE ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT OUTREACH AND HELPING A DIVERSE POPULATION AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UH, HISPANIC TYPE CELEBRATIONS OF HOLIDAYS AND NOT SO MUCH THE, THE PROFESSIONAL GOES TO WORK EVERY DAY IN A, IN A WHITE COLLAR OFFICE KIND OF SITUATION.
I AGREE THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THERE IS A WHOLE SPACE THAT WE'RE MISSING, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES CREATE A HUGE POPULATION IN THIS NORTHWEST QUAD QUADRANT.
A VAST MAJORITY OF OUR POPULATION IN GENERAL IS TO THE EAST OF MARSH LANE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON, BECAUSE THAT DOES STEER TOWARDS YOUNGER, OR IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S 25 TO 55, THAT AGE RANGE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING NOW, I'M WORKING WITH ANOTHER STAFF MEMBERS TO CREATE PROGRAMMING FOR SPECIFICALLY AFTER SCHOOL, I'M SORRY, AFTER WORK.
UM, PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER RATHER THAN FOCUS ON FAMILY ONLY.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING MORE NIGHT, WE, WE OPEN LATER HOURS AND HAVE MORE NIGHTS AVAILABLE, HAVING MORE PROGRAMS THERE AS WELL.
AND WE WOULD WELCOME ANY CONNECTIONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR HOAS THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT MACY COULD GO AND SPEAK TO.
I'VE LIVED IN MIDWAY HOLLOW FOR, UH, ABOUT 18 YEARS, AND THEN I MOVED JUST NORTH OF HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WALNUT HILLS.
I ALSO THINK THAT THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, WE REALLY HAVE NOT CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE OF OUR IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.
AND SO DOING MORE OUTREACH IN THE SCHOOLS AND IN THE RETAIL AREAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARSH LANE WILL REALLY PROVE BENEFICIAL.
AND SO ONCE WE KIND OF GET THAT LAY OF THE LAND AND SEE EXACTLY WHO'S GOING OUT AND ENJOYING THEIR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT DIFFERENT BOOKSTORES OR DIFFERENT SHOPPING MILLS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHO CAN WE BRING IN CENTER.
UM, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, ROBERTO VEGA, PLEASE.
UH, A STAFF ON COUNCILWOMAN, UH, TEAM.
HE'S THE COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST AND HE'S JUST GONNA GIVE US SOME CONTEXT.
IT'S THAT IN THE MIDDLE DISTRICT SIX TAKING YOU OUT.
I JUST WANTED TO, WE JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY HI AND YOU KNOW, JUST TELL YOU GUYS HOW THANKFUL WE, WE ARE YOU GUYS HAVING THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ENA JUST WANTED A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF US TO BE OUT HERE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S BUSY WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS NEVER STOP
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WANTED, UH, ONE OF US TO BE HERE AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOW, UH, ALSO OUR SUPPORT.
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD ALWAYS HELP WITH.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS MORE, MORE THAN WILLING AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN HELP.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANNA BRING UP THAT WHENEVER WE GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, UH, TWO OF THE CLOSEST ONES IS, UH, ELM THINK AND NORTH PARK, WHICH IS KIND OF BORDERS OUR DISTRICT AND BRADFORD STATES.
AND WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COME UTILIZE THE LIBRARIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THIS LIBRARY AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING.
WE HAVE, AND LIKE WE HAVE A VACCINATION EVENT COMING UP THAT WE'RE GONNA POST AT, UH, BLACKMAN LAKE TOGETHER, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO LIKE PARTNER AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW IS LIKE, HEY, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT, BECAUSE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY TO ALSO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE ONLY ABLE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, AN EVENT HERE AND THERE.
UH, BUT YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY EVENTS AND YOU KNOW, IN THE DISTRICT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE'RE ALWAYS MORE, MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY HERE AND PROMOTE ANY TYPE OF EVENTS TO INCREASE, UH, ATTENDANCE TO THE LIBRARIES.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CATANA LAST YEAR HOSTED A GREEN STORY TIMED.
WHICH I BROUGHT MY SON TO AND HE HAD A GREAT TIME.
I HOPE IT'S WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW AND WE'LL SENDING, I'LL SAVE THE DATES SOON.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WE DO ONE FOR, UH, UH, WEST DALLAS AND THEN WE DO, UH, THE ONE UP HERE.
SO THAT'S EXCITING TO HEAR MORE GREEN STORY COMING.
YOU OF ANYTHING, UH, ANY FEEDBACK FOR HER, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'LL BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH HIM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOTH OF YOU.
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UM, AND NEXT WE[VI. Public Art Projects at Dallas Public Libraries]
HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM A GUY BRUEGGEMAN FROM THE DALLAS OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE ON PUBLIC ART PROJECTS.LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS IS.
OH, I THINK YOU CAN JUST CLICK THE POWERPOINT BUTTON.
AND CAN THEY SEE IT? JUST A QUESTION.
FELICIA, CAN YOU SEE THAT? OKAY.
OH, YOU SEE THAT? I DIDN'T LIKE THAT BUTTON ABOUT THIS ONE.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T NEED TO BE ON CAMERA SINCE IT'S ON THERE, BUT, UH, MY NAME IS GUY GAN.
I'M THE COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION MANAGER FOR THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PUBLIC ART TEAM.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH JUST BRIEFLY, UH, SEAN'S GONNA KEEP ME ON TASK AND HANG ON
THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES IN HERE AND YOU GUYS FEEL FREE TO KEEP THIS, WE CAN GET THIS OUT TO YOU, DISSEMINATE THIS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS.
UM, KCALS WHO ACTUALLY LIVES IN THIS AREA IS THE FORMER PUBLIC ART MANAGER.
BY THE TIME, UM, THE PUBLIC ART PIECE IS DONE, THERE'S ABOUT 70 PLUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOUCHED ON ON THIS.
UM, YOU GOT YOUR SEC SELECTION PANEL.
LEMME SEE MY, THE SIDE ARROWS.
LEMME JUST SEE IF I CAN JUST, YEP.
LEMME SEEM TO GET THIS, BUT, OKAY.
SO, UM,
OTHERWISE I CAN JUST, YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHERE IT COMES FROM.
SO, UM, BRIEFLY, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES IN THIS AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL JUST SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS, THE PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST EXISTING ORDINANCES, UM, FOR A PERCENT FOR ARTS IN THE, IN THE NATION.
UM, PHILADELPHIA I THINK IS THE LA THE LARGEST ONE OR THE OLDEST ONE.
UM, AND SO WHAT IT IS, WHENEVER THERE'S SOME TYPE OF RENOVATION, NEW LIBRARY, FIRE STATION PARKS, UM, ANY ANYWHERE FROM 0.75, WHICH IS GENERALLY STUFF THAT'S UNDERGROUND UP TO 1.5% IS SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC GUARD.
UH, WE JUST HAD THE 2024 BOND ELECTION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF RENOVATIONS GOING ON A LOT OF THESE PLACES.
AND SO, UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LIBRARIES, WHICH WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP AS WELL TOO.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE HAVE THE TOUCH POINTS FOR EVERYTHING.
WHEN YOU CREATE A NEW PUBLIC ART PIECE, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S DONE.
UM, STARTING IMMEDIATELY
AND THEN WITH THE LIBRARIES FOR INSTANCE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE LIBRARY.
WHEREAS, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE GO OUT AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN PUT THIS UP.
BUT LIBRARIES ARE A LITTLE EASIER FOR, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THE LIBRARY AND THAT'S WHERE THE ARTWORK'S GONNA BE.
BUT, SO WE DO RESEARCH AND PLANNING, WE DO SOME, UH, RESOURCES AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHEREVER WE HAVE TO, THAT'S THE TOUCH POINTS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, SELECTION PANELS.
THE STAKEHOLDER, WHICH WOULD BE THE LIBRARY FOR THIS CASE.
AND SO WE JUST HAVE, WE KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH STEP BY STEP.
UM, NORMALLY PUBLIC ART PROCESS TAKES ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UM, CONTRACTING ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
SELECTION PANELS, AND THEN MAINLY THE FABRICATION STUFF.
IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO ABOUT 18 MINUTES OR SO TO FABRICATE THE SUB.
UH, SO WE DID TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLACEMAKING.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EMPHASIS THROUGHOUT ALL THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS THAT WE'VE EVER DONE.
BUT WE'VE REALLY STARTED FOCUSING ON IT THE LAST TWO PLUS YEARS.
AND WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER THAT WAS, UM, REALLY GOOD AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SHE BUILT US A TOOLBOX FOR US TO USE.
SO WE DO ALL TYPES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
QR CODES ARE THE EASIEST THING WE CAN DO THAT WE SCAN.
UM, WE LEAVE OUT ON YARD SIGNS, UM, AT THE LIBRARIES IN THE, YOU KNOW, OF WHERE WE CAN POST THINGS.
AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FILL OUT AND START.
IT'S A FIVE, FIVE QUESTION SURVEY FAIRLY BRIEF, BUT IT JUST TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY, WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD EMPHASIZE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THAT, WE SEND
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THAT OUT AS THE CALL, THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND ALL THE ARTISTS APPLY FOR THAT.AND THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS, UH, FOR THE HISTORY WISE AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS COME OUT.
UM, WILD ANIMALS OR WHAT WHATEVER THEY WANT.
BUT WE PUT THAT OUT AS A SCOPE OF WORK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
UM, HERE'S SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOOLBOXES THAT WE HAVE.
THE WISHING TREE AND THE WISHING WELL BOX.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST A BOX AND PEOPLE PUT, WE GUYS HAVE LITTLE PROMPTS AND THEY JUST GO OUT AND PUT 'EM ON THERE.
UM, WE HAVE RIA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WITH THE PUBLIC ART THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY, WHICH IS KIND OF FUN TO PRINT OUT THERE.
UM, CHALK SIDEWALK POETRY, WE'VE DONE MOOD BOARDS, LITTLE STICKY DOTS AND JUST SAY, WHAT KIND OF ART WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? UM, NOT REPRESENTING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET, BUT JUST WHAT KIND OF ARTWORK WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO.
UM, THEN WE GO TO THE PUBLIC ART.
WE USE, UH, COMMUNITY INFORMATION.
WE PUT THAT POST OUT THAT THE RFQ OR THE RFP, WE USE COWORKS, UM, WHICH IS A NATIONAL PLATFORM.
WE JUST STARTED USING IT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
AND THE INCREASE OF OUR ARTISTS RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS HAS GONE, UM, USED TO BE WE GET LIKE 20 TO 50, MAYBE NOW WE'RE GETTING LIKE 180 APPLICATIONS, WHICH WE FEEL BAD FOR SEAN AND THOSE GUYS 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO REVIEW ALL OF THOSE AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND RANK THEIR ONES THAT THEY LIKE THE BEST.
AND THEN KIND OF THE CREAM KIND OF RISES AT THE TOP OR TO THE TOP ABOUT IT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL MEET WITH THAT SELECTION PANEL.
THEY SIT DOWN AND CASH IT OUT UNTIL THEY CAN GET THREE OF THE TOP ONES.
AND THEN THEY DO, THEY GO BACK AND THOSE ARTISTS ACTUALLY CREATE THE SCOPE, THE WORK THAT WE WANT, AND THEY DO THE PRESENTATION ON IT.
AND THEN THOSE THREE ARE DETERMINED.
WE DO A FIRST PLACE AND WE HAVE A RUNNER UP JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE ART, THE ARTIST CAN'T PERFORM OR GET THE PROB PROJECT DONE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT SECOND ONE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING THAT GROUP BACK TOGETHER AND HAVE 'EM HASH IT OUT ONE MORE TIME.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE JUST START WORKING ON INFORMING THE ART.
UM, SO THE ARTIST SELECTION, WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FIRST AND THEN WE DO THAT PRE-QUALIFIED LIST OR THE RFQ, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY IS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE DON'T JUDGE THEIR PROPOSALS 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPOSALS.
WE JUST LITERALLY LOOK AT THE ARTISTS AND SAY, IS IT A SUITABLE PROJECT? OR IS THERE ARTWORK FIT INTO WHAT WE WANT FOR THAT? STILL AVOIDANCE STUFF.
AND THEN WE GET THE CONTRACT GOING.
UH, CONTRACTS SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE BIT WHILE TOO.
WE ALL WORK FOR THE CITY, SO WE KIND OF KNOW
UM, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO GET THOSE CONTRACTS THROUGH.
THE GOOD THING IS THAT THEY'RE BOILERPLATE TEMPLATES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS ARE USED TO SEEING.
AND SO THAT HELPS SPEED THAT ALONG.
UM, SO SELECTION PANEL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT HERE NOW IS, UM, WE HAVE THE, THE VOTING MEMBERS AND THE NON-VOTING MEMBERS.
THESE, THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN SIT IN AND THESE LISTEN TO THE PROJECTS, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
UM, BUT WE NORMALLY HAVE THE STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT'S THE REPRESENTATIVE.
WE NORMALLY REACH OUT TO EITHER THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE STAKEHOLDERS AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED A SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT THIS, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY, THEY NORMALLY PROVIDE US WITH A NAME.
WE HAVE ONE TO THREE PUBLIC ARTS SELECTION CANVAS.
THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE ARTS, LANDSCAPING, UM, ART.
UM, THEY'RE ALL PRE-QUALIFIED AND PRE-VETTED.
AND WHEN, WHENEVER WE HAVE A PROJECT COMING UP, THEN WE'LL JUST START COLD CALLING 'EM AND SEE, SEE WHO WE CAN GET TO SIT ON OUR PANEL FOR US.
AND THEN AS WELL AS WE'VE SAID THIS, THE STAKEHOLDER WHO'S GOT THE REPRESENTATION TOO.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE NON-VOTING IS THE PUBLIC ART TEAM.
UM, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE CHAIR, WHICH IS CRYSTAL WEINSTEIN, UM, THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT LIAISON, OR THERE'S SOME ENGINEERS OR ARCHITECTS OF THAT STUFF THAT HELP PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND STUFF TOO.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, UM, THESE MAY, THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO ALL THE PUBLIC.
UM, THEY'RE NORMALLY ON WEBEX AS WELL TO SPEAK.
UM, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO GO INTO RESPONSIBILITIES OF SELECTION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A SELECTION PANEL YET.
UM, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT TOOLBOX THAT WE USE.
UM, WE DO THAT FROM THREE TO THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
UM, WE REALLY WANT TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION FROM THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO CREATE THAT SCOPE OF WORK AND REALLY FOR THOSE ARTISTS TO, TO THINK THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT THAT, THAT WOULD FIT AND BE SUITABLE FOR THAT, THAT AREA OF THAT LIBRARY
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ALL HAVE.SO, UM, YEAH, WE CAN ALL THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF WORKS IN HERE.
WHY WOULD WE TALK ABOUT THE UPDATES HERE? SO THESE ARE WHAT WE HAVE, UM, SOME PROJECTS THAT, UH, OF CURRENT LIBRARIES.
UM, THIS ONE IS ONE THAT WAS JUST DEDICATED, UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T THERE FOR IT.
I CHECKED MY COLLEGE, GET INTO COLLEGE, BUT, UM, THIS WAS OVER A, UM, IT'S CALLED FRUITS OF ALL FRUITS OF KNOWLEDGE BY SCREWING ART LIMITED.
UM, THIS ONE JUST FINISHED UP.
I HAVE TO GO SEE IT AT NIGHTTIME.
IS THAT FOR GREEN FOR IT IS AT FOR GREEN, YES.
UM, IT'S, I HAVE YET TO GO SEE IT AT NIGHTTIME, BUT I'VE BEEN THERE DURING THE DAY.
I WAS THERE INSTALLATION AND STUFF TOO.
AND THAT, I'M NOT SURE THAT PHOTO DOES IT JUSTICE HIGH.
IT'S, ITS, IT'S, IT'S TALL ENOUGH THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO USE A LADDER TO INSTALL THE GLASS AND THEY HAD TO GO GET A LIFT.
THAT FABRICATED IN POLAND CAME OVER FROM ACROSS THE POND AND THE ARTIST CAME TOO BEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTING THIS SUMMER.
DOES IT CHANGE CUTLER? IT DOES.
AND IT'S PROGRAMMABLE AS WELL DO.
UM, SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO THESE LARGER PROJECTS THAT
THERE'S THE LIFT THAT THEY HAD TO GO GET
UM, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE MORE THAT'S, THERE'S AT NIGHT TOO.
AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, THESE PHOTOS JUST DON'T DO IT.
THERE'S A
AND THERE'S A, THEY SPRAY, UM, OFF THE ELECTRICITY.
ELECTRICITY OVER THERE STREET.
THERE'S ACTUALLY THE DEDICATION.
BUT YOU GUYS HAD A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS VERY HOT, TO BE HONEST.
WHEN, WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, IT IS TIME.
IT'S A CELEBRATION TO BE HONEST.
UM, I, I NORMALLY DO A LOT OF THE EVENTS FOR US, SO I'M HAPPY THAT THEY'RE DONE AND I CAN GO AROUND TO THE NEXT PROJECT THAT
OH, THERE'S THE ARTIST ON THE RIGHT.
UH, WE DO, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S CELEBRATIONS FOR US ON MM-HMM
AND AS WELL AS THE PATRON AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PROJECTS COMING DOWN.
MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY COUNCIL DISTRICT 13.
UM, LET GUY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ABSOLUTELY SPEAK TO THIS FRONT.
I THINK I WANNA FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT SORT OF THE NEW VISION FOR PUBLIC ART.
SO IF YOU NOTICED THAT FOREST GREEN, WE JUST CUT THE RIBBON ON THAT.
FOREST GREEN OPENED HOW MANY YEARS AGO? FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND SO IN MY LAST CITY, I OBSERVED THIS AT AS WELL, THAT THE TIMELINE FOR THE NEW LIBRARIES DID NOT MATCH THE TIMELINE FROM PUBLIC ART.
AND IN FORT WORTH, I WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE PUBLIC ART TEAM TO ALIGN THE TIMELINE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANT, AND IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT WHAT IT MEANT WAS THAT EVENTUALLY WHEN THE ARCHITECTS STARTED DESIGNING THE BUILDING, THE PUBLIC ARTIST WAS ON BOARD.
SO EVERYTHING WAS BEING DESIGNED TOGETHER.
AND AMY, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WENT TO RUBY CAREY, RIGHT? YES.
SO THE FRUIT OF THE LABOR, AMY SAW IT THERE.
THERE'S THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY IN FORT WORTH WHERE THE PUBLIC ART IS THE ILLUMINATION ON THE CEILING AND IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE DESIGN.
SO IT'S NOT A STATUE THAT COMES LATER OR A MURAL THAT COMES LATER.
IT IS ARTISTS WORKING TOGETHER HAND IN HAND FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO THE DAY WE CUT THE RIBBON ON THAT NEW LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC ART IS THERE AND IT'S INSTALLED AND IT'S DONE.
AND I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE PUBLIC ART TEAM HERE IN DALLAS.
'CAUSE I HIT THEM WITH THAT FOR PRESTON ROYAL WHEN I GOT HERE.
NOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE PERFECT BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T GET HERE EARLY ENOUGH.
SO OUR TIMELINES WERE NOT, ARE NOT GONNA BE PERFECTLY ALIGNED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS APPROACH THE, THE BRANCH FRIENDS GROUP AT PRESTON ROYAL AND ASK THEM TO HELP WITH THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC ARTS.
BECAUSE YOU SEE THE BOND, WHICH IS ONE AND A HALF PERCENT RIGHT, IS $84,000.
THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY FOR A BIG, FOR ART THE WAY THAT WE WANT ART TO BE USED.
SO THE, THE, THE PRESTON ROYAL FRIENDS HAVE COMMITTED TO ANOTHER 16,000 MINIMUM.
AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO FUNDRAISE ON TOP OF THAT.
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TO TAKE IT UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PUBLIC ART.AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN BUILD LIBRARIES WITH THE BUDGET WE'RE GIVEN, BUT WE CAN'T ALWAYS GIVE THEM THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING THAT ELEVATES THE DESIGN THE WAY THAT PUBLIC ART CAN.
SO THE MORE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN INTEGRATE, I THINK THE MORE BEAUTIFUL OUR LIBRARIES WILL BE WITH THE ADDITION OF PUBLIC ART THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE BUILDING DOESN'T NEED TO BE INSIDE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO NOT BE FIVE YEARS LATER A STATUE IN FRONT BECAUSE OUR TIMELINES HAVEN'T ALIGNED.
AND I SAY THAT WITH LOVE FOR PUBLIC ART, BUT I THINK IF WE WERE TO WORK TOGETHER FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, I KNOW THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT.
SO AS GUY PICKS THIS BACK UP AND TALKS ABOUT
UM, LOVE FIELD, WE HAD THE ARCHITECTS THAT THEY, THEY IDENTIFIED 15, 18 LOCATIONS THAT WERE SUITABLE FOR ART.
AND THEN WE, THE PUBLIC ART TEAM JUST CAME BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WE'RE SELECTING THESE 11 TO GENERATE THOSE PROJECTS AND STUFF TOO.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS WHILE WE'RE ON THIS PAGE? YEAH.
UH, I WORK WITH THE FRIENDS GROUP MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE READY TO, THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE THE CHECK FOR $16,000.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT FUNDRAISING MORE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE A VERY FUZZY ON WHEN THAT DEADLINE WOULD BE FOR RAISING THE MONEY.
AND I TOLD THEM IT WAS VERY QUICK AND THEY SEEMED TO THINK IT'S NOT UNTIL THE ART IS FINISHED.
AND THAT'S, AND SABINE IS NORMALLY THE, SHE'S THE PROJECT LEAD HERE.
SHE'S ACTUALLY AT TRINITY STRAND AT A TIFF MEETING TONIGHT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROJECT WITH THEM AND THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING.
THAT TIF BOARD IS ACTUALLY FUNDING ADDING MORE ADDITIONAL, OUR, OUR PROJECT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO, TO ADD TO THAT.
SO YOU GET IT UP TO A GOOD SIZABLE MM-HMM
THE, THE OLD DAYS WE USED TO DO THESE $26,000 PROJECTS, IT'S NOT VIABLE OPTION ANYMORE.
YOU CAN'T GET OUR, YOU CAN'T GET TECHNOLOGY OR THAT STUFF LIKE THE FRUITS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD THAT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, I, I THINK MAYBE WE TAKE THIS, HAVE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT COMING BACK TO THE FRIENDS AND GIVING THEM DIRECTION.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT CAN COME FROM ME BECAUSE THE MONEY DOESN'T COME FROM THE LIBRARY.
SO WE'LL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE YEAH.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE SAME WITH THE TIFF.
THE TIP IS SOLD IN THE MONEY AND WE JUST ASK FOR IT WHENEVER WE NEED IT.
WE CAN SUPPLEMENT THE ARTISTS RIGHT AWAY OR TO GET THAT, THAT FUNDING.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT SQUARED AWAY.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE WERE JUST MONEY WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT PUBLIC ART AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DESIGN COLLABORATION TOGETHER.
UM, TO GET IN AND NOT, LIKE SHE SAID, POP SOME ART DOWN LATER AFTER THE FACT.
BE HONEST, UM, NOBODY WANTS BRONZE OF OF WHITE DUDES ANYMORE ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER TECHNOLOGY AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTWORK
BUT AS A WHITE GUY, NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT ANYMORE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO INNOVATIVE PROCESS PROCEDURES AND PROCESS TO KIDS ARTWORK THAT'S UNIQUE, BUT IT ALSO SUCKS TO THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND ADDRESSES THE ISSUES AND THE NEEDS THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE THE TIMELINE FOR THE PRESTON ROYALS, SO THIS MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY HASH THAT OUT.
AND WE'LL JUST GO OVER ONE MORE.
WE GOT THE BIG PARK ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY LAUNCHING AS WELL TOO.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE PHOTOS THERE.
THIS IS A, A MURAL OF SORTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THE, THE OBJECT STUFF, THE ARTWORK IS GONNA ACTUALLY GONNA EXTEND BEYOND THE MURAL AND UP OVER THE UP TOP WHERE THE ROOF TOP TWO.
SO THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE DID THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AROUND THIS AREA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY DONE TO SPEED HERE.
AND THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE FUTURE OF THAT SORT OF PARK, IF YOU WILL, THE DETENTION POND.
SO IT'S NOT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, IT'S AROUND SORT OF THE POND WHERE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT SPLASH PAD OR YEAH.
WE'RE HOPING THAT PARKS WILL TURN THAT INTO A SPLASH PAD.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE TIMELINE.
SO MORE KIDS PLAYING ONE DAY MAYBE.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THIS ONE? I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, OH, ERIN'S
WE TOOK THE TIMELINES ONE OUT.
SO THE, UH, THE, THE TIMELINE FOR THAT WHEN WE EXPECT THE INSTALLATION TO OCCUR THIS SPRING.
ONE THING TO HIGHLIGHT, IF YOU GO BACK A SLIDE REAL QUICK MM-HMM
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THAT MURAL.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE THEMES AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT THE ARTISTS DID OVER THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE.
IT IS, THAT'S THE BRANCH THAT HAS THE, THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGES OF ANY OF OUR BRANCHES.
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GOT A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, ITEMS AND FEEDBACK AND, AND A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING AND YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL HERE, BUT YOU NOTICE THE, THE FACTS AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, ANIMALS THAT ARE IN THERE.UM, SOME OF THE, THE FEATURES WILL BE 3D AND LIGHT UP AT NIGHT AND YOU'LL HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY MADE A POINT TO BRING IN THAT WERE NATIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA OVER TIME.
SO WE, WE DID A LOT TO TRY TO INCORPORATE DIFFERENT THEMES AND THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME AS THIS, UH, BREAKS CRACK.
IF WE, WHEN WE DO THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE, THE QR CODE SPECIFICALLY, UH, SABINE AT ONE POINT HAD ONE OF THE QR CODES IN 13 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES FOR THAT DISTRICT ALONE.
SO IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL PROCESS IN THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE REALLY DO WANT TO HEAR THOSE STORIES.
WE DO INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF THE ELDER PEOPLE.
UM, ANYTHING WE CAN DO PHOTOGRAPHY, WE'RE DOING INTER UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THOSE, COLLECT THOSE STORIES, UM, FROM THOSE, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU GUYS, ANY OF THE QUESTIONS WE'RE KIND OF ASKING QUESTIONS AS WE'RE GOING ON MM-HMM
I WAS CURIOUS 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT LIKE THE, UM, OAK LAWN LIBRARY GOT THE RAINBOW STEPS AND THAT WAS PRIVATELY FUNDED.
THAT THE LIBRARY FUNDED THAT THE LIBRARY, WELL, I THINK THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY DID NOT NO.
THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT.
'CAUSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAID THEY
UM, IS THAT JUST A DIFFERENT PROCESS WHERE THEY HAD SOME YEAH, SO THAT FOR PUBLIC ART, SO PUBLIC ART IS PERMANENT.
SO ONCE IT GOES INTO THE COLLECTION, THEN IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR 20 PLUS YEARS IS WHAT WE, WE DO THAT TEMPORARY ART IS NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC ART.
THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, SOME OF MY COWORKERS ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THOSE TEMPORARY ART THINGS AND PROJECTS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME COMMUNITY, UM, LIKE TRYING TO DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DO TEMPORARY PROJECTS, BUT IT CANNOT COME FROM THE PUBLIC ART FUNDING.
THOSE BOND FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR PERMANENT PROJECTS.
THIS IS KIND OF THE NUANCE OF ART AND GUY, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANNA DONATE ART TO US ALL THE TIME.
AND SO WE'VE ACCEPTED A LOT OF ART THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE IT AND MOSTLY AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, HOW MUCH ART WE HAVE.
BUT WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HAD MUCH CRITERIA FOR WHY WE ACCEPT SOMETHING OR A PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, LOOKING ON OWE A REVIEW OF THAT.
GUY HAS A, A DONATION POLICY DRAFT THAT I'VE ASKED HIM TO LOOK AT.
UM, THE, I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAID OAK LAWN, YOU WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MURAL.
OH NO, I WAS CURIOUS ALL THE STEPS.
IT, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS GIGANTIC LONG PROCESS.
THAT THAT'S WHY WE, WHY WE ENDED UP PAYING, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY SAT ON THE, THE THE PUBLIC OR FOR THE LIBRARY AS A JUDGE ON, FOR THE COLUMNS FOR THE COLLINS.
BUT, BUT DON'T GET CONFUSED BY PUBLIC ART AND PUBLIC ART.
SO THERE'S CAPITAL P, CAPITAL P, CAPITAL A.
AND THEN THERE'S ART THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC AREA.
AND SO THE COLUMNS AT OAK LAWN WERE FUNDED BY A SPECIAL FUND THAT THE LIBRARY HOLDS THAT CAME FROM A FAMILY CALLED THE PERILS WHO DONATED MONEY TO THE LIBRARY AND EARMARKED IT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OAK LAWN BRANCH.
AND PRIOR TO ME GETTING HERE, IT WAS DECIDED TO USE THAT MONEY PARTIALLY TO PAINT THE COLUMNS.
SO WE ASKED OAC OUR PUBLIC ART TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTION OF THE ARTISTS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLUMNS.
WE DID THEM, WE PAID FOR THEM AND WE MAINTAINED THEM.
I ACTUALLY DID THAT WHEN I WAS SET ON THE SELECTION PANEL.
I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY AT LOVE FIELD
BUT I HAVE A ARTS BACKGROUND AND I I GET THAT IT'S CONFUSING.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT, UM, I AM DISTRICT ONE, THE NORTHFOLK CLIFF LIBRARY.
AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT, OUT OF THE BOND HOW MUCH IS RESERVED FOR THE PUBLIC BOND? YEAH.
IF WE CAN LOOK UP THE BUDGET, THE BOND, WHATEVER THE BOND WAS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME RIGHT THIS MINUTE BECAUSE, UM, THE FACT THAT PRESTON ROYA WAS ABLE TO DONATE 16,000, THE FRIENDS GROUP, I SIT ON THE FRIENDS GROUP AS WELL.
SO IT, IT'S NICE TO KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA.
IT'LL BE MORE AMY BECAUSE THE, THE, BECAUSE NORTH OAK CLIFF IS A TEAR DOWN AND NEW BUILD, THE BUDGET IS BIGGER.
PRESTON ROYAL IS A RENOVATION.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN GET YOU THAT.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK UP THE, UH, THE BOND AND
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DO ONE AND A HALF PERCENT.THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, GUY FOR THAT OVERVIEW.
[VII. Staff Reports/Briefings]
UM, DIRECTOR MANIA SHORE HAS HER REPORT.UM, SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE A NEW REALLY KEY DPL STAFF PERSON.
IF YOU REMEMBER KRISTEN CALVERT, SHE WAS THE PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER FOR DPL.
AND SHE LEFT, IT FEELS LIKE A MILLION YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW, MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS AGO, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS MONTHS, IT WAS MAY, IT'S A LONG BUDGET CYCLE.
UM, SHE LEFT TO GO TAKE A JOB AT THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THEN THERE WAS THE HIRING FREEZE.
SO WE WERE UNABLE TO FILL THAT POSITION, UM, FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND I WILL JUST SAY SHE HATES WHEN I DO THIS, I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.
SO MELISSA WAS DOING THREE JOBS FOR A WHILE IF THAT WAS NOT ON YOUR RADAR.
BUT I AM SO PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE BOARD TO KATIE HAM, WHO IS OVER HERE.
SHE IS OUR NEW PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER.
SHE CAME TO US FROM THE ARLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SHE WAS THE HEAD OF THEIR YOUTH SERVICES FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO KATIE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER AROUND THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SO COORDINATING WITH MACY AND THE OTHER BRANCH MANAGERS ON WHAT PROGRAMS WE OFFER, UH, WHAT SORT OF, WHAT REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE.
THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS FOR THAT.
SHE WILL ALSO OVERSEE OUR YOUTH SERVICES AND OUR ADULT SERVICES AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
SHE ONLY STARTED THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK? A WEEK AGO.
SO WE'LL GIVE HER A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UM, TO GET HER BEARING.
SHE SAID EARLIER TODAY THAT IT'S LIKE DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE.
THIS IS A BIG JOB, SO WE'LL GIVE HER SOME GRACE, BUT WE ARE SO GLAD THAT, THAT SHE IS ON BOARD.
UH, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A REPORT ABOUT QUACK, WHICH WAS ON THE 19TH QUALITY OF LIFE ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
WE HAD A MEMO ON THAT AGENDA, WHICH OUTLINED THE CHANGES COMING TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU HAVE SEEN ALL THIS INFORMATION.
IT MIRRORED VERY CLOSELY THE EMAIL THAT I HAVE SENT TO YOU WITH THE CHANGES.
SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES IN HOURS COMING IN JANUARY.
IT WAS ALSO, UM, THE PLANS FOR THE ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE ARCADIA PARK BRANCH LIBRARY.
IT WAS JUST A REPEAT OF ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND I WAS GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT WENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMITTEE, UH, RAN OUT OF TIME
SO I I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.
LIKE, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA STOP.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S MY REPORT ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO BRING IT BACK.
I THINK, UH, CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE ABOUT ALL OF THE TOPICS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE MAIN THING, BEFORE I THROW IT TO SEAN TO, TO GIVE HIS FACILITIES AND BOND REPORT, SALLY'S GONNA PASS OUT OUR DATA REPORT.
I APOLOGIZE THAT IT IS SO SMALL
UM, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN READ IT.
BUT, BUT WE GOT ALSO GOT IT BY EMAIL.
SO EVERYONE ONLINE SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THIS ENTIRE YEAR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OVER THIS REPORT WITH YOU IN PERSON.
I DO WANNA REMIND THE BOARD THAT AS A PART OF THE, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE LOST OUR, UH, OUR DATA PERSON, THE CITY'S DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENT DEPARTMENT ABSORBED THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, SO WE NO LONGER HAVE THE PERSON WHO WAS PUTTING THIS REPORT TOGETHER.
HOWEVER, WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT DEPARTMENT ON CREATING A DASHBOARD.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A PDF OF THE DASHBOARD.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON PUTTING THE DASHBOARD TOGETHER.
MY HOPE IS THAT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN GO IN, YOU CAN SLICE AND DICE THE NUMBERS, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A PDF.
AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE ENTIRETY OF LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU HAVE SEEN A FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA.
SO I DON'T, MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S THIS EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M PRETTY EXCITED.
UM, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT OF COURSE EVERYTHING'S GONNA CHANGE IN JANUARY
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GOING TO, UH, MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO COMPARE YEAR OVER YEAR BECAUSE OUR HOURS WILL BE SO MUCH LONGER.AND THEN OF COURSE IN FY 28, IF WE DO NOT FIND, UH, REPLACEMENT FOR THE ONE YEAR FUNDING THAT COUNCIL FOUND FOR US, THEN THE HOURS WILL LIKELY DROP.
SO IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO DO YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISONS, BUT EVEN DESPITE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT SOME THINGS OUT TO YOU.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS FRONT PAGE IS, UH, BASICALLY A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE FULL YEAR.
SO TOP LEFT IS PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL CHECKOUTS.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, ACTUAL PHYSICAL MATERIAL THAT PEOPLE CHECK OUT FROM THE LIBRARIES AS WELL AS ALL OF THE DIGITAL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE WERE OVER 7 MILLION, SEVEN POINT, ALMOST 4 MILLION ITEMS CHECKED OUT.
I WOULD JUST NOTE AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, I WHAT'S IN BLUE AND PURPLE.
UH, YES, IT'S, SO THAT'S DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO BLUE IS FY 25 AND PURPLE'S FY 26.
UM, SO ALMOST 7.4 MILLION ITEMS, WHICH IS A GROWTH OF ABOUT 6%, WHICH I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT IN PHYSICAL CHECKOUTS, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE OVER THAT WAS AT 5.5 MILLION.
I DO WANNA CAUTION YOU ON ONE THING.
THIS IS ABOUT TO GET LIBRARIAN NERDY AND I APOLOGIZE.
BUT THAT 5.5 MILLION INCLUDES THE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.
SO IF YOU HAVE EVER CHECKED OUT AN ITEM FROM US AND THEN LET IT RENEW ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES, EACH ONE OF THOSE CHECKOUT, EACH ONE OF THOSE RENEWALS COUNTS AS A SEPARATE CHECKOUT.
SO THIS NUMBER ADMITTEDLY IS INFLATED, BUT THIS IS HOW OUR PROFESSION MEASURES CHECKOUTS.
IT IS HOW WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT CHECKOUTS TO THE STATE LIBRARY OF TEXAS.
SO THIS IS HOW WE REPORT OUR NUMBERS INTERNALLY.
WE DO LOOK AT THE NUMBER WITHOUT RENEWALS.
IN THE PAST, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO COUNT RENEWALS BECAUSE IT REQUIRED AN ACTION BY THE PATRON.
THEY HAD TO CALL, THEY HAD TO LOG INTO THEIR ACCOUNT, THEY HAD TO VISIT THE LIBRARY AND ASK FOR A RENEWAL.
SO THEN IT REALLY WAS LIKE ANOTHER CHECKOUT.
BUT WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWALS, IT REALLY IS SO PASSIVE.
NONE OF US LIKE COUNTING THAT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ARE REQUIRED.
SO OUR PUBLIC NUMBER IS 5.5, UH, CHECKOUTS LAST YEAR WITH A, WITH A OVER 5% INCREASE.
BUT REALLY THE, THE NUMBER YOU CAN TRUST IS THE DIGITAL CHECKOUT.
AND THAT IS ALMOST 1.9 MILLION CHECKOUTS.
AND THAT'S EIGHT POINT A HALF PERCENT MORE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
IN FACT, THIS YEAR BETWEEN LIBBY AND HOOF LAW, WE BROKE A RECORD.
WE HAD OUR BIGGEST YEAR FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOADS THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD.
SO THAT CONTINUES TO SUGGEST GO GANGBUSTERS IN PEOPLE WANTING TO DOWNLOAD EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, AND STREAM MOVIES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
WE OFFERED A WHOPPING 282,000 PATRONS ATTENDED OUR 18,000 PROGRAMS. AND, AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM IS LIBRARY CARD ISSUES, VISITORS AND COMPUTER SET SESSIONS.
AND THEN WE'LL DIG DOWN AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT I KNOW THE BOARD HAS NEVER HAD BEFORE.
THIS SECOND PAGE IS REALLY JUST WHAT I SAID ON THE FIRST PAGE, BUT IN NUMBER FORM.
BUT IF YOU FLIP TO THE THIRD PAGE, YOU'LL SEE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP HERE IN THE PURPLE IT SAYS CHECKOUTS.
THIS WILL INCLUDE RENEWALS, RIGHT? THIS WILL INCLUDE RENEWALS.
SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE KIND OF FUN TO CALL OUT BACHMAN LAKE BECAUSE WE ARE HERE
SO BACHMAN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, SAW AN INCREASE OF 5.6% IN THEIR CHECKOUTS.
ANY KIND OF UP IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER A BRANCH THAT DOESN'T HAVE HIGH CHECKOUT LIKE THIS ONE.
BUT EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBER ONE CHECKOUT BRANCH, WHICH IS FRED'S PARK.
FRED'S PARK WAS UP ALMOST 10% OVER THE YEAR BEFORE.
ARCADIA PARK, UH, CHECKED OUT 14% FEWER ITEMS. THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
AND THEN IF YOU SEE BERG RILEY ON HERE, UM, THAT'S OF COURSE BECAUSE
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BERG RILEY HAS BEEN IN A SMALLER TEMPORARY LOCATION SINCE JANUARY.SO WE WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO SEE THE SAME NUMBERS AT KLEBERG THAT WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE OF THEIR SMALL LOCATION.
AND THEN THE LAST PAGE, AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IS THE VISITOR COUNT.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DICEY BECAUSE AS, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE WORKING GATE COUNTERS AT A NUMBER OF OUR LOCATIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO 25 IS THE ONE THAT HAS MOST OF THE ASTERISK.
WHAT YOU CAN RELY ON IS FY 26.
WE HAVE COMPLETE VISITOR COUNT DATA FOR FY 26.
UM, BUT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE BRANCH, I TRUST IT MORE THAN I TRUST OTHER PLACES.
'CAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A, A WORKING GATE COUNTER, THEN IT WAS STAFF MANUALLY COUNTING, WHICH IS A LOT LESS RELIABLE OBVIOUSLY.
SO THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR, UH, THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
I WILL SAY I, I THINK WE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.
WE ARE UP IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, EVEN WITH OUR, WITH OUR LIMITED HOURS AND OUR LIMITED STAFFING THAT WE HAD BECAUSE OF THE HIRING FREEZE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, ROBIN, JUST 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SEND THIS TO MY COUNCIL THEN.
WHICH PAGE ARE YOU ON? BE LOUD.
I AM, UM, I AM ON THE SECOND, THE LAST PAGE.
WHAT HAPPENED AT MLK THERE? I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UH, WOULD CAUTION YOU ABOUT IS THE PERCENT CHANGE.
IF THE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY FAIRLY SMALL, ANY DEVIATION, THAT PERCENT CHANGE IS GONNA BE LARGE.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT MLK, I DON'T REALLY FOCUS ON THE 38% DROP.
I LOOK MORE AT THE NUMBERS, BUT I ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, SALLY AND I WERE LOOKING AT THIS EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE NOT SURE.
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE BRANCH MANAGER IF SHE OBSERVED, UH, ANY CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
MAYBE THEY HAD AN EVENT THE YEAR BEFORE THAT PUSHED THE NUMBERS UP.
MELISSA, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT? YEAH, WE DON'T ALWAYS.
WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE EVEN THE OTHER LIBRARY BRANCHES WITH LOWER COUNTS DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH.
AND THE 25 ISN'T PARTICULARLY HIGH.
SO MLK IS NOT A BIG CHECKOUT BRANCH.
SO I WOULDN'T EXPECT ITS NUMBERS TO BE PARTICULARLY HIGH COMPARED TO SOME OTHERS.
UM, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT A 38% DROP IS A LOT.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THESE NUMBERS, WE START ASKING QUESTIONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, I WOULD SAY A 25% INCREASE IS A BIG JUMP AS WELL.
AS YOU SEE NORTH BOOKMARKS IS LISTED AS NORTH PARK ON THIS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA CHANGE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE DID FOR THAT.
WHEN I VISITED ONCE THEY WERE EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE THEY COULD CHECK OUT BOOKS THERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.
BECAUSE IT'S A NON-TRADITIONAL SEEMING AND PEOPLE GO TO PLAY AND THEY DON'T, THE LIBRARIANS WERE BEING REALLY GOOD ABOUT BEING LIKE, YOU CAN CHECK OUT BOOKS HERE, YOU CAN RETURN THEM TO OTHER LIBRARIES.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE THEY WERE, THE STAFF WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT IS BRILLIANT, CATHERINE.
YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE THAT STAFF MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THAT STAFF ENGAGEMENT.
SOME DISPLAYS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IF THE DISPLAY IS SOMETHING THAT THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN, THEY'LL CHECK 'EM OUT.
I WOULD SAY THE SIGN OF A GOOD DISPLAY IS THAT THERE ARE EMPTY, EMPTY, UH, SHELVES AND YOU NEED TO KEEP FILLING IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO STAFF MAKE A BIG IMPACT FOR SURE.
SO, SO THROUGH, UM, FOUR TO THREE, THERE'S A VERSION, A NON-DYNAMIC VERSION OF OF THIS YES.
WHICH, WHICH FOR ME IS, I, I CAN'T READ THIS.
I I SO WILL THIS BE PUT UP? YES.
AND DO YOU KNOW IT'S ALSO EMAILED TO YOU? NO, I'VE GOT THIS.
I'M SAYING WHEN I LOOK UP THE, WHEN I CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY TO THE, THE SEE THE LIBRARY WEBSITE YES.
AND IT IS JUST SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO SEE IT.
IT'S NOT A DASHBOARD, IT'S NOT DYNAMIC.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT EVERY QUARTER TIMES HAS COME OUT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DONE QUITE YET.
IT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY ONE DAY IT'LL BE A DYNAMIC DASHBOARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE DATA ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT.
BUT I, I CAN SEND THIS TO MY COUNCIL PERSON, BUT I LIKE TO SEND IN THE LINK BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO EASIER TO READ.
WE CAN SEND YOU THE LINK ONCE IT'S UP.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AUTO RENEWAL.
IF YOU, DO YOU KNOW ROUGHLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS WITHOUT THE AUTO?
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NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON THAT.
UM, SO TYPICALLY, SO I, YOU ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIGITAL CHECKOUT NUMBER, UM, PHYSICAL CHECKOUT WITHOUT RENEWALS IS GONNA BE ABOUT THE SAME.
THEY KIND OF RUN 60 40 ALMOST ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR.
UM, SO THAT'S, I THINK WE HAD ANDREW WITH YOU GUYS, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS OF NOT ONLY HOW MANY ARE, ARE ACTUAL CHECKOUTS.
INSTEAD OF JUST RENEWALS, BUT ALSO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THE, THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
'CAUSE FOR INSTANCE, OUR DIGITAL CHECKOUTS, WE HAVE LOTS OF POWER USERS, UM, INCLUDING SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET AUDIOBOOKS AND EBOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A LOT LESS WORK TO GO INTO THAT.
SO THERE'S LESS PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CHECK OUT DIGITAL BOOKS.
BUT THERE IS MORE CHECKOUTS HAPPENING BY THOSE PEOPLE.
WHEREAS FOR PHYSICAL MATERIALS, WE'VE TENDED TO SEE, AND IT MAY CHANGE AT SOME POINT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO WATCH.
WE TEND TO SEE MORE PEOPLE CHECKING OUT PHYSICAL BOOKS.
THEY JUST DON'T ALWAYS CHECK OUT AS MANY.
AND SO, SO IT IS INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR US TO REPORT THIS LIKE IT IS WITH THOSE RENEWALS.
BUT LIKE SHE SAID, WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY EVALUATING COLLECTIONS AND PURCHASING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE DO LOOK AT THE CHECKOUT WITHOUT THOSE RENEWALS SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING OUR MATERIALS.
DID YOU SAY PEOPLE ARE CHECKING OUT MORE PHYSICAL BOOKS OR DIGITAL BOOKS? THEY TEND TO CHECK OUT MORE DIGITAL BOOKS, BUT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE CHECKING OUT PHYSICAL BOOKS.
SO WHERE SAY THE NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS FOR DIGITAL IS THAT 60%, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHECKING OUT FOR PHYSICAL IS THE 60%.
YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? IT'S A LOT OF MATH.
SO YEAH, WITH THAT A MINUTE MAJOR, IT'S TAKEN ME A MINUTE TO BE HONEST.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALSO KIND OF WHY IT'S LIKE WE, WE, WE STRUGGLE WITH THIS CONVERSATION TOO, EVEN JUST TRYING TO CONVEY IT BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL CHECKING OUT PHYSICAL BOOKS.
THAT'S A THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT WE CAN, I MEAN, I DO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT LIKE THAT'S THE NORM.
THE REASON WE ACTUALLY GO THIS DEEP INTO IT IS BECAUSE IT, TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE ONLY CHECKING OUT DIGITAL BOOKS IS AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.
AND, AND IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT ACTUALLY WE SERVE MORE PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL BOOKS EVEN THOUGH THEIR CHECKOUTS MAY NOT BE AS HIGH.
AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD, I GET A, THE QUESTION A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHY DO WE NEED LIBRARIES IF BOOKS ARE DIGITAL NOW? MM-HMM
WHICH, YOU KNOW, HURTS MY SOUL, BUT I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL LIKE, YES, GOING HERE AND GETTING THE BOOKS, BUT ALSO DOING THE THINGS IN THE BUILDING.
SO BE FINE USING THAT 5 MILLION NUMBER.
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL SORT OF THE INSIDERS TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCE OF THAT NUMBER.
BECAUSE IT FEELS SORT OF MORE HONEST YES.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE AREN'T CHECKING OUT.
NO, THEY'RE JUST, WELL, IT'S ME THAT'S INFLATING THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I CHECK OUT A TON OF BUGS THAT I'M LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THESE.
DON'T DON'T LOOK AT STAFF ACCOUNTS AT ALL.
GETTING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR TRYING TO ACHIEVE SOME TRANSPARENCY WITH THIS INFORMATION AND PUT IT OUT THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON IT WITH TRYING TO YEAH.
AND I, I, I WANNA CALL OUT AND THANK SEAN, BECAUSE SEAN WAS REALLY THE ONE WHO THIS WHOLE YEAR OVERSAW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF MEMBER WHO UNFORTUNATELY WAS RIFT AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND IT WASN'T ANYTHING ANY OF US WANTED TO HAPPEN.
AND IT WAS VERY UPSETTING AND IT REALLY SORT OF WAS A QUIET THING BECAUSE OF ALL THE VERY LOUD STUFF THAT WAS HAPPENING TO, TO US.
BUT I I, I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO SEAN FOR REALLY BEING THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS REPORT.
UH, I FELT WHEN I GOT HERE THAT IT, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WEREN'T SHARING THIS DATA.
THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE, NOTHING TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT.
WE ARE ACHIEVING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
THIS IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
AND NOTHING CHANGED THIS YEAR WITH THE PRIOR YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF STAFF WE HAD DIDN'T CHANGE.
AND YET WE SAW GROWTH BASICALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO I HOPE THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT
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YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE WITH NO CHANGES.JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN JANUARY AND HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH OUR INCREASED HOURS.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, I'LL, I'LL PUT IT OVER.
UH, SO THIS IS MYKA DISTRICT THREE.
UH, SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IS, UH, IN TERMS OF ADULT PROGRAMMING, UH, WHEN WILL IT COME BACK, IF AT ALL? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS TALKS OF IT BEING CUT AND THEN WE GOT THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET.
UM, AND SORRY IF I MISSED THAT INFORMATION.
SO I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT ADULT PROGRAMMING IS NOT GOING AWAY AND HAS NEVER BEEN UNDER THREAT.
WE CONTINUE TO OFFER PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS ACROSS THE CITY.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IS SPECIFICALLY THE ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS THE DEPARTMENT THAT OFFERED GED AND ESL CLASSES.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA REFER YOU MYSTICA TO THE, THE, THE PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE CALLED REIMAGINE.
SO THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO SEND PEOPLE TO THAT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT.
IT'S ALSO IN, UM, I'VE SENT SEVERAL EMAILS TO THE BOARD THAT OUTLINE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ADULT LEARNING.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST EMAIL I SENT OUT.
WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS FOR THEM TO OFFER THESE CLASSES IN SOME OF OUR LIBRARIES, AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE WORKED ON.
AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, I KNOW THAT, UM, LIKE YOU STATED EARLIER, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET, UH, WHICH IS ABLE TO ALLOW US TO KEEP MORE LIBRARIES OPEN FOR A LONGER DURATION OF TIME, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS.
UH, I KNOW THAT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENCHMARKS TO HELP PUSH FORWARD ADDITIONAL BUDGET IS TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS REACHING OUT TO THEIR COUNCILMEN, UH, AND TO HAVE THEIR, UH, TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE THEM CONTINUE TO PROMOTE, UH, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL BUDGET.
BUT IS THERE OTHER ITEMS THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO NOW? BECAUSE I, I'VE SEEN SOME SURVEYS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE LIBRARY, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THOSE SURVEYS WERE ONE OF THOSE WHERE IF SOMEONE SAID, YES, WE LIKE THE LIBRARY'S DOING WELL, UH, THEN IT DOESN'T JUSTIFY TRYING TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
OR IF THEY SHOULD ESSENTIALLY SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE WHAT THE LIBRARY IS DOING, BUT WE NEED MORE BUDGET TO HELP, UM, PUSH MORE BUDGET.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN.
AND THEY KNOW IS THEY'LL SEE THESE SURVEYS, UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LAST SURVEY THAT I SAW, BUT THEY'LL SEE SURVEYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD SAY THE LIBRARY IS DOING GREAT, OR IF THEY SHOULD SAY, HEY, WE NEED MORE BUDGET TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WOULD HELP PROMOTE IT.
SO ALL I CAN DO, BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY DEPARTMENT, AND SO WE FUNCTION WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE GIVEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO AS A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, UH, SORT OF LITERALLY IN THE 11TH HOUR ON BUDGET ADOPTION DAY THROUGH ABOUT $3.1 MILLION WAS RESTORED TO THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET OF THAT 3.1 MILLION, ABOUT 680,000 RE WILL REMAIN AFTER THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY WAS ONE TIME FUNDING.
SO IT IS NOT THE, THE LIBRARY IS NOT ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE BUDGET THAT HAS TO COME FROM THE PUBLIC IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT.
AND THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE RECEIVE THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GIVEN.
SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT BUDGET VOTE WAS THAT NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR, STARTING IN JANUARY, ALL NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES WILL REMAIN AT SIX DAYS A WEEK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN ALL SEVEN FLAGSHIPS.
HOWEVER, IN FISCAL YEAR 28TH, WHICH STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE WILL LOSE THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING THAT WAS RESTORED.
AND WE WILL HAVE TO REDUCE HOURS, UH, AGAIN, AND THAT IS JUST THIS, THAT'S THE ACTUAL SITUATION WE'RE IN.
AND THAT IS THE, THE TWO YEAR BUDGET THAT CITY COUNCIL VOTED ON.
SO IF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEN THE BEST THING THEY CAN DO IS TALK TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL SETS THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, UM, DOES HAVE AN ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND, UM, IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT
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HELPING INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED, FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, UM, FRAME THEIR MESSAGE AND REACH OUT TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.SO YOU CAN DIRECT ANYONE TO THE FRIENDS GROUP, AND IF YOU NEED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN GIVE YOU THAT.
SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, AND I REALLY, THAT I WANNA FOCUS ON IS NOT SO MUCH AN UPDATE IS MORE LIKE A PREVIEW, IF YOU WILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS MANJA JUST GOT MENTIONED, WE, WE DO HAVE THAT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE GOING 120 MILES AN HOUR.
AND, AND WE'RE GOING FULL BORE AND WITH WHAT WE JUST SHOWED WITH THE DATA.
AND, AND AS MANJA MENTIONED TOO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT WE DID.
I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT LIBRARY DATA, THOSE, THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO.
AND IT WASN'T FOR SALLY AND MELISSA TO HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THINGS TO WORK WITH INGRID.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY COMING TOGETHER TO, TO BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE.
AND SO WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT FOR US IS THE FLAGSHIPS AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE FLAGSHIPS ARE AS NICE AS WE CAN MAKE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO COME INTO SOME, UH, FUNDING THAT WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THROUGH TRUST FUND DONATIONS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO ALL OF THE FLAGSHIP LOCATIONS AS A, AS A TEAM AND JUST LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND MARKING EVERY LITTLE THING.
IMAGINE YOUR HOME INSPECTION YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE AT TIMES WHERE YOU FIND EVERY LITTLE DENT AND DIVOT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS MANY THINGS AS WE CAN.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW FURNITURE OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE SHELVING AROUND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO JUST IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE AT THE FLAGSHIP LOCATIONS.
AS A STARTING POINT, WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PURCHASE NEW FURNITURE.
A LOT OF THE FURNITURE THAT WE HAVE HAS COME WHEN THE BRANCH WAS MAYBE ORIGINALLY OPENED, OR MAYBE WE'VE ROBBED PETER TO SAY PAUL AND MOVED FROM ONE FLOOR TO THE OTHER, TO ONE BRANCH TO THE OTHER.
AND A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN THAT'S VERY WELL LOVED AND WELL USED.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE DON'T BUY IKEA FURNITURE.
WE HAVE TO GET ROBUST FURNITURE, WHICH MEANS EXPENSIVE.
SO THAT SAID, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE THOSE THINGS.
AND THE THING THAT WE KEEP TELLING OURSELVES IS, IT'S OCTOBER 27TH.
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES, MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE 27 DAYS, THREE BUSINESS WEEKS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO BY THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF CHANGE.
WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY IN KIND OF GETTING THAT BIG FIRST GEAR ROLLING, WHICH IS, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING UP AGAINST AND PRIORITIZE WHAT IT IS WE WANNA USE THESE RESOURCES WITH.
THEN WE'RE GONNA BE HITTING THE, THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS WE HAVE TO GET FURNITURE.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH FRM TO SAY, HEY, WE DON'T JUST WANT DO A LITTLE CASH AND REPAIR.
WE WANNA REPLACE FLOORING IF WE CAN.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT MONEY STRETCH AND GET THE BEST IMPACT THAT WE CAN.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT HAPPEN IN THAT, WHAT WE CALL THE SECOND QUARTER, I WOULD SAY, OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN GET WORK SCHEDULED AND HAVE THINGS HAPPEN IN TIME FOR THAT START IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
AND I'LL JUST ADD, IN ADDITION TO THE TRUST MONEY, ONE OF THE GIFTS THAT THE COUNCIL GAVE US ON BUDGET ADOPTION DAY AS PART OF THAT 3.1 MILLION THAT I MENTIONED, THEY FOUND, UH, $250,000 APPROXIMATELY FOR FLAGSHIP MODERNIZATION.
SO THAT IS ON TOP OF THE TRUST MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO, TO MO TO REALLY IMPROVE THE FLAGSHIPS.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES.
WE KNOW THAT THEY ALSO NEED FURNITURE.
UM, WE'RE USING THE, THE FLAGSHIP SORT OF AS A TEMPLATE FOR, WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE FOR FURNITURE.
WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE FOR ANY OF THIS.
SO ONCE WE GET THOSE SETTLED, THEN WE CAN START REALLY LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES AS WELL.
BUT OUR PUSH RIGHT NOW IS THE FLAGSHIPS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF RENOVATIONS.
WE HAVE THE BIG PRESTON ROYAL RENOVATION THAT'S STILL VERY MUCH IN
THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS HERE.
AND THIS TEAM WITH GUY TOO, HE CAN TELL YOU, WE, WE HAVE BEEN INCLUDING EVERYONE, WE CAN DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE PUBLIC ART IN OUR MEETINGS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
WE USED TO HAVE MAYBE JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE GOING TO A MEETING OR TWO.
AND WE FEEL BAD FOR OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS AT TIMES BECAUSE WE COME WITH IT
SO THAT WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN BE THE BEST STEWARDS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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I DIDN'T GET VERY SPECIFIC MM-HMMBUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WITH THAT.
IS PRESTON ROYAL STILL ON TRACK FOR MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME FOR CLOSURE? STARTING CLOSING? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE OUR FINAL DESIGN MEETING TOMORROW.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT.
I, I, I BUGSHOT ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE EXISTING LIBRARIES.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S FURNITURE IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE AT CENTRAL BENCHES TOO.
AND, AND WE DO DO WHAT WE CAN WHEN, WHEN WE REALIZE SAVINGS WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THINGS PLANNED FOR THIS, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
WE MIGHT BE, WE, WE, WE, WE DO EXPEND RESOURCES WHERE WE CAN JUST, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS MORE BOUTIQUE TYPE FURNITURE, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET FIXED PRICING.
EVERYTHING'S DONE VERY SPEC ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATION.
SO, UM, DO YOU WANNA MENTION THOSE OUTDOOR LIGHTING PROJECTS? YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, SO WE HAD A, I HAD MADE MENTION WE, WE GOT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AT A COUPLE RANCHES THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL ALMOST A YEAR AGO BACK IN DECEMBER.
AND LAKEWOOD AND SKYLINE ARE BOTH HAVING INTERIOR LIGHTING UPGRADES DONE TO BRING THEM WITH, WITH, TO, TO BRING THEM WITH MORE HIGH EFFICIENCY, ENERGY SAVING, UH, LIGHTING.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY ROBUST PROJECT, UH, THAT'S STARTING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THERE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SOME FUNDING FOR US TO GET ANOTHER BRANCH IN THERE AS WELL.
BUT NOT UNTIL THESE FIRST TWO ARE HAPPENING, THAT'S THIS WEEK THAT'S GONNA GET STARTED.
YOU ALSO WILL START TO SEE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING SOME WORK HERE.
UH, LAKEWOOD IS GOING TO HAVE AN INSTALLATION THIS WEEK.
THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO SOME THINGS OVER THERE AND UM, REALLY ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND LITTLE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT NEW PLANNING DOWNTOWN, UH, CENTRAL HAD WITH DDI, WE ACTUALLY ARE GETTING SIX NEW TREES PLANTED ON THE WOOD STREET SIDE.
WE, WE LOST A NUMBER OF 'EM 'CAUSE OF THE HEAT IN THE SUMMER MM-HMM
SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY, THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, HOW COULD WE HELP? AND WE'RE GETTING BRAND NEW TREES FROM THERE TOO.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THAT WORLD AS WELL.
SO WE'RE NOT ONLY HANDLING THE INSIDE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HIT THE OUTSIDE.
SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP CENTRAL, THAT, THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE SOME SORT OF OPENING OR PROGRAM? WE TALKED ABOUT IT MM-HMM
I NEED TO BRING THAT BACK AROUND TO THEM.
AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS FINISHED, IF YOU WILL.
THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER TO ME TO BRING THAT BACK TO THEM.
AND I HAD, I HAD TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO ABOUT IT, AND HE WAS INTERESTED AS WELL, SO, OKAY, GREAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU ALL HAVE FOCUS.
AND THE FURNITURE'S UP THERE NOW.
SO, AND THE PORTA-POTTY IS GONE.
UM, YEAH, NO, WE, WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE, THE EXTERIOR DOORS, WHICH WAS FRANKLY THE ISSUE.
PEOPLE WANTED TO USE THOSE CORNERS.
AND SO WE DID SOMETHING TO TRY TO HANDLE THAT.
WE HAD TO REPLACE THOSE DOORWAYS.
WE DID, WE REPLACED THOSE DOORWAYS, REFURBISHED 'EM MM-HMM
AND NOW THEY GET, THEY CLOSE AND THEY OPEN AS THEY NEED TO SO THAT, OH, THAT PORT FIVE COULD GO AWAY.
AND THANKFULLY, AND KNOCK ON WOOD, UH, PEOPLE HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CHALLENGES SINCE IT'S BEEN.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ALL OF THAT FOR SAFETY TOO.
ANYONE ELSE? SEAN, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
[VIII. Friends of the Dallas Public Library Update]
HAVE OUR STANDING ITEM FROM, UM, FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DENISE MCGOVERN, BUT SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.SO WE'RE MOVING BEYOND THAT ITEM TO
[IX. New Business/Other Discussion ]
NEW BUSINESS.OTHER DISCUSSION? ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MENTION OR REPORT OUT ON? WELL, SO, SO LAST MONTH, UM, SALLY LOCKHART GAVE A REPORT, UM, RECAP OF THE TWO YEARS STRATEGIC CLAN.
AND I THINK THE, THE ONE OPTIMIZED COLLECTIONS FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND MY EXPERIENCE, LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT'S 13, 14 MONTH OLD GRANDCHILD COMING HERE OUTTA STATE, GONNA GET BOARD BOOKS.
WHERE WERE YOU? UH, I I, I WAS HERE AND THEY WERE COMING TO VISIT.
BUT I WAS GONNA GET BOARD BOOKS.
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YOU I GO, I WANT THIS ONE.THIS ONE IS YOU CANNOT REQUEST.
I TALKED TO THE, WE WERE AT NORTH PARK.
WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO NEEDED TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AFTER PUMP HAD THE WHOLE THING TO OURSELF AT, AT, AT BOOKMARKS.
THAT, THAT SHE TOLD ME, OH, ALL YOU DO IS JUST TALK TO THE LIBRARIAN AND THEY'LL REQUEST IT.
THEN I WENT TO A BRANCH AND THEY SAID, NO, NO MORE.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE IT IS, HAVE THEM HOLD IT FOR YOU, AND YOU GO TO THAT BRANCH.
SO WE HAVE MADE A RECENT CHANGE TO OUR POLICY.
SO, BOARD BOOKS ARE THOSE BOOKS FOR BABIES.
THEY ARE MEANT FOR BABIES TO CHEW ON.
THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN ORGANIZED COLLECTION ON A SHELF.
AND YET, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, AT SOME POINT THIS LIBRARY, THIS LIBRARY SYSTEM MADE A CHOICE TO SHELVE THEM IN ORDER LIKE THE REST OF THE COLLECTION AND ALLOW HOLDS TO BE IN, PLACED, IN MY OPINION, THAT IS NOT THE POINT OF A BOARD BOOK COLLECTION.
A BOARD BOOK COLLECTION SHOULD BE A MESSY FIN CENTERED COLLECTION WHERE BABIES CAN GO IN AND PICK UP BOOKS AND CHEW ON THEM AND FLIP THROUGH THEM BY PUTTING THEM ON A SHELF AND PUTTING THEM IN ORDER.
YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THEIR TARGET AUDIENCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PLACE A HOLD.
BUT IT IS A BETTER EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIBRARIES AND THAT IS WHY WE MADE THAT CHANGE.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME PEOPLE HAPPY WITH THAT CHANGE.
AND WE'RE GONNA SAY, MAKE SOME PEOPLE UNHAPPY.
BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR BABIES ON THE GROUND IN THE CHILDREN'S AREAS AT OUR LIBRARIES TO BE ABLE TO CRAWL AROUND AND DIG THROUGH BOOKS.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF BOARD BOOKS IS TO EXPOSE BABIES TO THE FUNCTION OF FLIPPING A BOOK.
OF OPENING IT, OF TURNING PAGES, OF EXPERIENCING A BOOK AS A BOOK.
SO THAT AS THEY LEARN TO READ, THEY UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF A BOOK.
IT IS NOT TO SIT STATIC ON A SHELF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PLACE FOLDS ON THEM.
AND I'M VERY SORRY IF THAT UPSET SOME PEOPLE.
WELL, BUT IT IS THE RIGHT MOVE IN MY OPINION.
I WOULD, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, YOU HAVE SOME BOARD BOOKS HERE, MACY? YES.
WHY DON'T YOU LOOK THROUGH WHAT NO, NO, I, NO, NO, I HAVE, I HAVE A WHOLE STACK.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE STACK OF 'EM.
BUT SO, SO YOU KNOW, YOU WANT GOODNIGHT MOON, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE THE PAPER ONE 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA TEAR IT UP.
BUT THE LIBRARY DOESN'T WHERE YOU'RE AT DOESN'T HAVE A GOODNIGHT MOON.
I DON'T HAVE, I CAN'T DRIVE 'EM ACROSS TOWN TO GO GET I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I UNDERSTAND.
MOST LIBRARY SYSTEMS DO NOT PUT THEIR BOARD BOOKS IN ORDER, IN THE LAP HOLDS.
AND IT IS A CONTINU CLEAN PROJECT.
NOT IN FORT WORTH, NOT IN ANY LIBRARY I'VE EVER WORKED IN HAVE WE PUT BOARD BOOKS IN ORDER AND TAKEN THEM OUT OF THE CHILDREN'S REACH IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM IN IN ORDER SO THAT BED HOLDS CAN BE PLACED ON THEM.
TO ME THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION.
I'LL MAKE, I'LL TAKE TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT THAT.
I'M SORRY IF IT'S FRUSTRATING.
UM, YOU CAN STILL CHECK OUT GOODNIGHT MOON AS A PICTURE BOOK AND YOU CAN HOLD THE BOOK AND READ IT TO THE CHILD
GOODNIGHT MOON DID NOT EVER WAS NOT PUBLISHED ORIGINALLY AS A BOARD BOOK.
SO, UH, WE STILL HAVE ALL THOSE BOOKS AVAILABLE.
WE CAN ALSO BUY A BUNCH OF GOODNIGHT MOON AND FLOOD THE SYSTEM IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
BUT WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM HOLDABLE BOARD BOX IKA.
I THINK SHE DIDN'T PUT HER HAND.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW OR YEAH, I DIDN'T NO, NO.
THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN THOUGH.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE LIBRARY STAFF AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY MELISSA D ON THE PULITZER EVENT
AND I THINK ONE, UM, SMALL DETAIL THAT HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THAT STORY IS THAT IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO GET THE PULITZER EVENT AT THE DALLAS LIBRARY.
82 LIBRARIES NATIONWIDE APPLIED TO POST AND DALLAS WAS SELECTED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT THIS WEEKEND.
THAT IT, THAT IT, BECAUSE THEY, THEY ACTUALLY CALLED US AND ASKED US TO BE, WELL I SPOKE TO THE PULITZER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW RANDOM LISTS ON THE BACK, HOW IS IT PICKED? AND THEY SAID THROUGH THE A LA EVERYONE ELSE AND ALL THE, THESE LIBRARIES WANTED TO DO IT.
AND DALLAS CUPCAKES, I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE PRESTIGIOUS, THE TRUTH, WHICH IS THEY CALLED US THE TRUTH
SO IT WAS US AND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE WERE THE TWO LAUNCH, UH, LOCATIONS FOR THE EXHIBIT.
UM, SO IT, AND IT'S HERE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT IS A, IT IS A REALLY GREAT, IT'S AN HONOR.
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THING.UM, SO I, THE CITY HAS DECIDED THAT BOARD MEMBERS, UM, SHOULD USE A CITY EMAIL, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.
SO THIS IS A VERY BORING CONVERSATION TO END US ON.
WE'VE TALKING ABOUT THIS A WHILE.
UM, AND SO, SO FOR ANYBODY WHO, WHO HAS NOT SEEN OR HEARD THIS, UM, YOU, YOU, THEY ACTUALLY DO EXIST.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE ACTUALLY SENT YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET IN THEM IS A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION.
UM, SO, UH, I BELIEVE THE INSTRUCTIONS WE WERE GIVEN WAS FOR YOU ALL TO CALL OUR HELP DESK BECAUSE IT ESSENTIALLY CREATES AN ACCOUNT WITHIN OUR SYSTEM FOR Y'ALL TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO IT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS IF I'M BEING HONEST.
UM, BUT SO THEY WANT, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CALL OUR HELP DESK TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR ACCOUNT FULLY SET UP.
UM, AND SO THAT DOES MEAN CHANGING THE PASSWORD.
THAT MEANS GETTING YOUR ACTUAL LOGIN INFORMATION.
UH, SO THAT PHONE NUMBER OKAY,
WELL, IT'S ONE, TWO, REMEMBER THREE, FOUR.
AND IT'S NO LONGER THE LIAISON, THE WOMAN THAT WORKS WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL, SHE IS STILL OVER THIS WHOLE THING.
UM, BUT HAS REACHED OUT TO US TO SAY THAT YOUR ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN CREATED.
YOU JUST NOW HAVE TO LOG INTO THEM.
AND SO WE WERE UNDER, WE WERE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SENT THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL, BUT IT, FROM HOW WE HAVE SEEN THIS, I, I DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT IS HOW I'LL SAY THAT.
SO, SO THEN, THEN THE DIRECTION WAS TO CALL OUR IT HELP DESK SO THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET INTO YOUR CITY ACCOUNT.
WILL YOU WORK WITH FELICIA AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD WITH ALL OF THAT? YES.
FELICIA AND I WILL IT, THIS, THIS WAS THE OTHER THING OF WAS THAT FELICIA AND I DID NOT WANNA JUST JUMP SCARE Y'ALL WITH THIS INFORMATION.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR LET US STUFF IF YOU NEEDED ANYTHING.
UM, WE'LL SEND THIS INFORMATION OUT AGAIN SO YOU GUYS HAVE IT, UM, IN THE EMAIL FORM.
BUT, UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE PROCESS THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE AT THIS POINT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
UM, AT JUST, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, UM, EXCITING TIME OF CALLING THE HELP DESK AS WE HAVE TO DO IT PERIODICALLY OURSELVES.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE THERE FOR YOU.
UM, BUT, BUT YES, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR ALL COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE BOARD TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS EMAIL.
SO AT SOME POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRANSITION TO ONLY USING THE, THE CITY ESTABLISHED EMAIL FOR THIS COMMUNICATION.
UM, BUT WE ARE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT UNTIL EVERYBODY IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET INTO IT.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THAT, UM, AND WE'LL START GETTING EVERYBODY MOVED OVER.
WE ALL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS, SO
ANY, ANYONE ELSE ADDITIONAL? OKAY.
UM, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH AT 5:00 PM AT HIGHLAND HILLS FRENCH LIBRARY FOR YES.
DO I HAVE DR, CAN I MENTION WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WERE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? OH, YOU, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A SPECIAL GUEST IS COMING ON NOVEMBER 17TH FROM THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
I WOULD LOVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN PERSON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECENTLY RELEASED A RETURN ON INVESTMENT REPORT ON TEXAS LIBRARIES.
SO THE VAL BASICALLY IT SAYS THAT FOR EVERY $1 SPENT ON LIBRARIES OVER $4 IS REAPED IN ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
SHE'S GONNA COME AND TALK ABOUT THAT REPORT.
SHE'S COMING UP FROM AUSTIN TO DO IT.
UH, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY GIVING THREE PRESENTATIONS THAT DAY TO THE FRIENDS BOARD AS WELL AS TO LIBRARIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS, UH, THE NORTH TEXAS.
SO I WOULD, I, UH, AM VERY EXCITED FOR THAT.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR HER, HER PRESENTATION IF POSSIBLE.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT IMPORTANT STUDY.
IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO MENTION, UM, THE
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MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6:25 PM THANK YOU.