1 00:08:47,00 --> 00:08:52,09 Time and every night so we'll call them in the order for on air now. 2 00:08:53,74 --> 00:09:00,71 And Roll Call. OK Harry Cartwright is absent I actually don't think president 3 00:09:00,75 --> 00:09:07,71 Linda feeder McBride Ron Wilson present through the agenda the agenda was 4 00:09:07,72 --> 00:09:12,79 posted on or before January eighteenth. And they rendered through 5 00:09:12,80 --> 00:09:15,24 a review the minutes we have approval. 6 00:09:22,37 --> 00:09:25,21 I approve of I make 7 00:09:25,22 --> 00:09:29,59 a motion to approve the minutes that were submitted both for the meeting and the 8 00:09:29,60 --> 00:09:34,15 expanded meeting second so you have you actually have three sets of minutes you 9 00:09:34,16 --> 00:09:34,32 have 10 00:09:34,33 --> 00:09:38,66 a Nov sixteenth regular sixteenth special and then do some are eighty three right. 11 00:09:39,68 --> 00:09:41,47 So that we approve each one or do you promise 12 00:09:41,48 --> 00:09:48,43 a part to it as it is. There are no there are no errors for I read them all favor. 13 00:09:51,29 --> 00:09:57,61 We have any added starters. Proceed to public comments. 14 00:09:59,58 --> 00:10:05,96 Then if you want to then he would say I have. And then we'll move on to the 15 00:10:05,97 --> 00:10:09,35 treasures report all right I am going to take 16 00:10:09,36 --> 00:10:15,36 a little bit of time today because we had two budgets that came back to us and also 17 00:10:15,37 --> 00:10:20,56 I think it's time that we sort of Jenner exam the basket Mary very understand where 18 00:10:20,57 --> 00:10:26,38 we are here for you if you will please look at one thousand and eighteen and we'll 19 00:10:26,39 --> 00:10:32,96 just go down the side of that. The figures are all what they are and Jamie has said 20 00:10:32,97 --> 00:10:39,88 that the sun screen is now done and we can roll that over back into the trust fund 21 00:10:40,12 --> 00:10:43,29 that is correct so you're on page three of that yeah you were 22 00:10:43,30 --> 00:10:50,07 a ten pound Yes the expenditure of it you know status report. So you 23 00:10:50,08 --> 00:10:56,43 got that coming back and. The L.A.P.D. 24 00:10:56,44 --> 00:11:03,05 Sign. Will need that is done that it's done coming back and saying 25 00:11:03,17 --> 00:11:09,69 OK and the trust fund furniture which we all know now. Will be 26 00:11:09,70 --> 00:11:16,61 spent so. For that So everything is OK here then I would like 27 00:11:16,62 --> 00:11:23,20 you to look at the one can eighteen expenditure 28 00:11:23,31 --> 00:11:29,53 audit trail and you know was it. Explicitly 29 00:11:30,07 --> 00:11:34,62 helpful to me because the figures just didn't make sense to me and all I can find 30 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:41,80 and I want to go down it so everybody knows where all the money is. OK the 31 00:11:41,81 --> 00:11:43,03 first figure is 32 00:11:43,04 --> 00:11:47,53 a million eight hundred ten new Fuehrer with me on that and to me that is roll over 33 00:11:47,54 --> 00:11:53,67 from last year's budget correct correct back into the trust fund eight five eight 34 00:11:53,68 --> 00:12:00,44 thousand five hundred is the estimated interest we get on our account but we're 35 00:12:00,45 --> 00:12:06,80 questioning that to the tune of around six thousand dollars and that Sodini going 36 00:12:06,81 --> 00:12:12,64 to bird dog that we're still yeah as far as my accounting is we we're still owed 37 00:12:12,65 --> 00:12:18,21 about six thousand dollars. Because they estimated that we would earn eighty five 38 00:12:18,22 --> 00:12:22,61 hundred but we actually are in fourteen thousand interesting comes so we need to 39 00:12:22,62 --> 00:12:29,19 get that money deposited into this go and OK the six 40 00:12:29,20 --> 00:12:33,67 thousand five hundred is what we paid we were at convention center for the 41 00:12:34,13 --> 00:12:41,11 additional architectural drawing. The thousand is part there really 42 00:12:41,34 --> 00:12:45,61 be twenty there deviant and I corrected him now and then later well ten thousand 43 00:12:45,62 --> 00:12:47,41 comes from this account but then you have 44 00:12:47,42 --> 00:12:52,37 a line item for the crop it's or trust right and we take twenty ten thousand from 45 00:12:52,38 --> 00:12:59,23 that account right for nonfiction so you know for books Thank you the next 46 00:12:59,24 --> 00:13:05,95 figure is what you have voted on to expand for the well with Mary Paddy all the 47 00:13:06,09 --> 00:13:09,68 hold on that sorry excuse me the one hundred thousand four hundred thirty three 48 00:13:10,27 --> 00:13:14,88 that is the closing out of our accessing the past project and putting that those 49 00:13:14,89 --> 00:13:19,49 funds back and putting that back so we're really. Putting money back into that 50 00:13:19,58 --> 00:13:25,38 account and not just leave it out there to hang thank you Jeannie and the next one 51 00:13:25,39 --> 00:13:32,07 you know and then the two thousand is also going back from the sun screen and say 52 00:13:32,71 --> 00:13:37,11 That's it OK It's the closing out of that account and the other items are donations 53 00:13:37,12 --> 00:13:42,12 and I like to just publicly talk about the two hundred fifty dollars This is the 54 00:13:42,34 --> 00:13:46,33 one of my favorite people that come to the library the left coast lesbian Writers 55 00:13:46,34 --> 00:13:51,37 Group and this is what Julie their fifth year with us and every year get to bigger 56 00:13:51,38 --> 00:13:55,29 and bigger and more exciting and more interesting and they bring great authors 57 00:13:55,30 --> 00:14:00,26 about subject matter that is really quite interesting in the women are extremely 58 00:14:00,27 --> 00:14:03,13 generous they spend a lot of money in town they have 59 00:14:03,14 --> 00:14:08,04 a good time they. Like to go out meet and do other things and they give us 60 00:14:08,05 --> 00:14:11,92 a wonderful basket of books and so I I always want to give them 61 00:14:11,93 --> 00:14:17,72 a shout out because they are doing that and wonderful people to work with so I just 62 00:14:17,73 --> 00:14:23,29 want you to kind of tune and of this page from now on as we move through our year I 63 00:14:23,30 --> 00:14:24,44 think there's 64 00:14:24,45 --> 00:14:28,17 a lot of numbers and Jamie was helpful I said what in the heck are these what else 65 00:14:28,23 --> 00:14:31,06 can you would you like I just wanted to publicly thank 66 00:14:31,45 --> 00:14:37,25 a donation or donor Jane Higgins who donated one hundred dollars Yes Well it's been 67 00:14:38,07 --> 00:14:42,81 so that's really nice every dollar counts Well that's what I tried to say last 68 00:14:42,82 --> 00:14:49,69 night before the mayor came me off. And you know the Vasily clarification these are 69 00:14:49,70 --> 00:14:55,51 directly to the trust fund versus to some other account so they made their gift to 70 00:14:55,52 --> 00:15:01,57 the Trust Fund Yes Yes Yes And so any donations that come to the Palm Springs 71 00:15:01,58 --> 00:15:06,31 library go to the trust fund and then they go into this account called Future 72 00:15:06,32 --> 00:15:10,71 library projects where it can be spent however except for the crop dusters their 73 00:15:10,72 --> 00:15:14,51 donation they were very clear about restricted gifts and so we set up 74 00:15:14,52 --> 00:15:18,57 a separate line item account for them for those funds. And then you take your book 75 00:15:18,58 --> 00:15:22,40 money out of that yes because Labor Day But they said we could buy books with you 76 00:15:22,78 --> 00:15:27,44 OK thank you for your patience that the trainer was so mad I'm sure the finance 77 00:15:27,45 --> 00:15:31,38 committee so we're starting out this year with one point six million in the trust 78 00:15:31,39 --> 00:15:36,97 fund is that correct. I think so 79 00:15:38,73 --> 00:15:43,90 yes one six seven but just in that account for that well because top technically 80 00:15:43,91 --> 00:15:47,30 you've got two point one million dollars because you've got two hundred thirty six 81 00:15:47,31 --> 00:15:50,04 thousand dollars in the crops are just right now I mean you have the funds that 82 00:15:50,05 --> 00:15:54,62 have not been spent for the other projects over. All accounts you know one you know 83 00:15:54,63 --> 00:16:00,06 you go there you go oh here we thank you though and then then now they're import 84 00:16:00,07 --> 00:16:06,74 from their friends of the pound strains library. And 85 00:16:07,23 --> 00:16:13,58 an additional check so you know. Good afternoon I feel like I see you guys like 86 00:16:14,05 --> 00:16:14,64 five times 87 00:16:14,65 --> 00:16:21,46 a week but I like it. Good afternoon. For this our updated 88 00:16:21,47 --> 00:16:28,39 report last month I reported our generous donation from the Paul family trust where 89 00:16:28,40 --> 00:16:33,34 we were able to provide some funds for the library and they will be hopefully I 90 00:16:33,35 --> 00:16:33,93 know they will in 91 00:16:33,94 --> 00:16:39,72 a hopefully they're going to use them in soon and we also invested two hundred 92 00:16:39,73 --> 00:16:44,62 thousand in a CD for the future and we have had 93 00:16:44,63 --> 00:16:47,42 a wonderful opportunity to work with and be 94 00:16:47,43 --> 00:16:52,96 a benefactor sponsor for Palm Springs speaks. The highlight of course was Al Gore 95 00:16:53,27 --> 00:16:53,77 and that was 96 00:16:53,78 --> 00:16:59,74 a fabulous experience for me personally because I got to sit at his table and think 97 00:16:59,75 --> 00:17:02,27 you still have for sponsors and I doubt that I want to be 98 00:17:02,28 --> 00:17:06,77 a sponsor yet you get to decide whether Al Gore so anyway but anyway that was 99 00:17:06,78 --> 00:17:12,69 a. Great collaboration with the Palm Springs Film Festival so thank you Palm 100 00:17:12,70 --> 00:17:17,93 Springs freaks for doing that that. Were and were in basking in the attention that 101 00:17:17,94 --> 00:17:23,40 the friends is getting and then we will be participating in Deepak Chopra on 102 00:17:23,41 --> 00:17:27,83 February third and will be providing volunteers and also we will have 103 00:17:27,84 --> 00:17:32,78 a table for the friends out there and help in any way we can and will do the same 104 00:17:32,79 --> 00:17:33,64 thing for Lisa Scott 105 00:17:33,65 --> 00:17:40,26 a weenie on March twenty sixth March twenty sixth Thanks Julie and then we 106 00:17:40,52 --> 00:17:45,81 will be having some modernism events we will have to well gosh I think it's 107 00:17:45,82 --> 00:17:51,91 February twenty second and we will be having a lecture. Desert is 108 00:17:51,92 --> 00:17:56,40 a muse with Alan has and then we will be having 109 00:17:57,04 --> 00:18:03,85 a tour of the Stevens home and oh my goodness I forgot and I believe Alan has is 110 00:18:03,86 --> 00:18:09,51 doing that as well. Thank you very much we are partnering with the Preservation 111 00:18:09,52 --> 00:18:13,37 Society so we're pretty excited about that that we are able to do that for 112 00:18:13,38 --> 00:18:20,38 modernism and then our last larger event that will do scuse me will be our annual 113 00:18:20,39 --> 00:18:26,40 meeting which will be on March twenty fifth and it will be at Gloria Swanson former 114 00:18:26,41 --> 00:18:29,30 home which is now Casa an inn which is 115 00:18:29,31 --> 00:18:34,08 a lovely boutique hotel so we just were there getting things ready and we're pretty 116 00:18:34,09 --> 00:18:39,07 excited about that so we hope you will all come and also we are very pleased to be 117 00:18:39,11 --> 00:18:45,03 a part of meeting together with the foundation and the trustees and and for the 118 00:18:45,04 --> 00:18:47,44 friends to meet together I think this is been 119 00:18:47,45 --> 00:18:53,16 a real positive thing I can I can tell that our board really enjoys that we are 120 00:18:53,17 --> 00:18:55,88 collaborating and working together and so I think it makes us 121 00:18:55,89 --> 00:19:00,56 a stronger unit that's it from the friends and thank you for all your support Thank 122 00:19:00,57 --> 00:19:07,32 you Jackie dear it's. All right. So let's move on to legislative action 123 00:19:07,48 --> 00:19:14,20 to the well would palliate design landscape historian requests. I'm assuming it's 124 00:19:14,21 --> 00:19:14,50 going to be 125 00:19:14,51 --> 00:19:21,50 a gentleman here I could afternoon 126 00:19:22,35 --> 00:19:28,95 could see in. Well would patio design landscape historian as I mentioned last month 127 00:19:28,95 --> 00:19:30,97 . We received 128 00:19:30,98 --> 00:19:35,46 a proposal from Steve cable in the amount of three hundred twenty five dollars to 129 00:19:35,47 --> 00:19:41,05 do phase one which was an assessment and a recommendation in 130 00:19:41,16 --> 00:19:46,88 a report to describe the existing landscape we had at the wildwood library and see 131 00:19:46,89 --> 00:19:53,81 how we can push those comments forward to the design and see if we're 132 00:19:53,82 --> 00:19:56,14 able to incorporate some of that there was 133 00:19:56,15 --> 00:20:00,96 a phase two also identified in the proposal for an amount to be determined which 134 00:20:01,03 --> 00:20:02,20 was pretty much just 135 00:20:02,21 --> 00:20:09,02 a timing material based on. Working with the. Designer the landscape 136 00:20:09,03 --> 00:20:13,85 designer we have on contract and kind of going back and forth to revise the design 137 00:20:14,31 --> 00:20:19,83 to have a landscape historic theme to it or 138 00:20:19,84 --> 00:20:24,24 a background and just I know we can't really talk about 139 00:20:24,25 --> 00:20:29,78 a las month in depth and I wanted to see if the library board has had so many other 140 00:20:29,79 --> 00:20:34,84 discussions or if they like to discuss it today but again the item is is still in 141 00:20:34,85 --> 00:20:41,80 question it would support the library the backpack improvement design that 142 00:20:41,81 --> 00:20:46,65 we have to date and just get us ready when we go to H S P B to request 143 00:20:46,66 --> 00:20:52,40 a certificate of approval and I conclude my report I'm open for questions to 144 00:20:52,41 --> 00:20:56,65 discussion it's 145 00:20:56,66 --> 00:21:02,71 a question or comment Frankel I mean I feel I've done my own 146 00:21:03,29 --> 00:21:08,45 research with everything you can find from the historical society there's not 147 00:21:08,49 --> 00:21:15,11 a lot archive you all about that time I respect very young highly because he 148 00:21:15,30 --> 00:21:19,95 really protecting thing but if you look at what we have. 149 00:21:22,65 --> 00:21:24,63 Those of us who were there and lived there 150 00:21:24,64 --> 00:21:29,69 a little bit and it was cacti it was building vanity and you can look at the. 151 00:21:30,86 --> 00:21:37,42 Photos that I've brought today and I don't know why we need this professional 152 00:21:37,49 --> 00:21:43,82 person to do that there's in my opinion nothing really historical about or 153 00:21:43,83 --> 00:21:50,40 significant there were concrete planters in the front at one time and the back was 154 00:21:50,66 --> 00:21:53,47 round. Somebody must I had 155 00:21:53,48 --> 00:21:57,81 a well there is something and they put flowers in it and you see that there is 156 00:21:57,82 --> 00:22:03,35 grass in the back. So if I don't know my opinion years it's 157 00:22:03,36 --> 00:22:07,51 a little bit of money but I don't think we need it we keep wiggling away at our 158 00:22:07,52 --> 00:22:14,00 budget and I think architect landscape architect today can look around town 159 00:22:14,01 --> 00:22:18,42 across the street and keep us and. 160 00:22:21,31 --> 00:22:25,25 Hornet with what's in the neighborhood Bendis to pay somebody to go and look at 161 00:22:25,26 --> 00:22:29,01 this thing thank you he's got great credentials better than mine but that's my 162 00:22:29,02 --> 00:22:34,51 point of view every every penny we take out of the big pot is what we're going to 163 00:22:34,52 --> 00:22:39,37 end up at the end when when the real work gets done that's my opinion and I tend to 164 00:22:39,38 --> 00:22:42,70 agree with Linda but I think what you're kind of telling us is this is almost like 165 00:22:42,71 --> 00:22:47,99 we have to pay. This a fee to get this through ages B.B. 166 00:22:48,00 --> 00:22:52,02 I mean they want this report before they're going to approve the design we've 167 00:22:52,03 --> 00:22:58,67 submitted my paraphrasing here no it's a request from H S P B to entertain 168 00:22:58,68 --> 00:23:00,20 a proposal from 169 00:23:00,21 --> 00:23:07,06 a landscape historian to do an assessment to provide recommendations to incorporate 170 00:23:07,07 --> 00:23:12,39 that into the current design plans we have and whether it changes one of whether 171 00:23:12,40 --> 00:23:17,31 it's minor changes or not some minor changes it's to something at the end of the 172 00:23:17,32 --> 00:23:23,18 day we're they will like the library work board like the council subcommittee would 173 00:23:23,19 --> 00:23:27,88 like so that we can move forward with this project and get it out to bid and do the 174 00:23:28,15 --> 00:23:32,49 back patio improvements because I mean I do agree with Linda because if you look I 175 00:23:32,50 --> 00:23:36,89 mean it's you know it's grass and oleander stuff that we would never put it now but 176 00:23:36,90 --> 00:23:39,39 I think what they're saying is they want to research the time in one nine hundred 177 00:23:39,40 --> 00:23:44,79 forty and see what would have been appropriate but what I really am not too 178 00:23:44,80 --> 00:23:48,76 interested in is getting more opinions on this looking after the many years we've 179 00:23:48,77 --> 00:23:52,06 already spent on it with the subcommittees but I think I understand what you're 180 00:23:52,07 --> 00:23:56,74 saying about they just want THIS IS A three twenty five I mean I think just for the 181 00:23:56,74 --> 00:24:00,83 . Ever to see of getting the project done that we should approve the three twenty 182 00:24:00,84 --> 00:24:01,49 five and have 183 00:24:01,50 --> 00:24:06,14 a if it's just another piece of paperwork I totally don't agree that it's necessary 184 00:24:06,15 --> 00:24:06,91 but I think if that's 185 00:24:06,92 --> 00:24:10,97 a request from another commission that we have to entertain and it's probably 186 00:24:10,98 --> 00:24:14,05 better to just do it because then it could be another three months where they're 187 00:24:14,06 --> 00:24:18,25 coming back and not approving and until we get that approval we can move on to the 188 00:24:18,26 --> 00:24:21,48 council to get the approval to move on with the project. So I know it's 189 00:24:21,49 --> 00:24:22,46 a small bump and it's 190 00:24:22,47 --> 00:24:26,31 a little bit of money but and then I think it's better to join this again just my 191 00:24:26,32 --> 00:24:30,72 opinion and let alone other that we just approve it and I'd just like to add that 192 00:24:30,88 --> 00:24:34,12 it's a subject matter expert for the most part just like 193 00:24:34,13 --> 00:24:40,16 a peer review in any capital projects that I do. And if it's out of the norm you 194 00:24:40,17 --> 00:24:44,16 know I typically like to consult on the side get a Subject Matter Expert do 195 00:24:44,17 --> 00:24:48,76 a separate polls all have been peer review our designers design make sure things 196 00:24:48,77 --> 00:24:53,19 are right and if they have any comments you know the incorporate them but that's 197 00:24:53,20 --> 00:25:00,01 what it is are that the problem with the historical preservation board and they 198 00:25:00,02 --> 00:25:05,71 just simply want to do what your thing verify that it's correct and so forth or do 199 00:25:05,72 --> 00:25:11,63 they have problems with the plan as they see it are their problems what they like 200 00:25:11,64 --> 00:25:17,59 or don't like pacifically what we've met twice and I have shared with the concept 201 00:25:17,60 --> 00:25:21,87 that we originally had which was really busy I started now I'm going to simplify 202 00:25:21,88 --> 00:25:25,76 the concept and then we looked at the preliminary drawings which you folks have 203 00:25:25,77 --> 00:25:29,77 seen now it's a long go and. You know the like 204 00:25:30,27 --> 00:25:36,37 a lot of the elements there. But they would just like to see well take 205 00:25:36,38 --> 00:25:43,02 a step back and that error you know was there that much of pavers you know maybe 206 00:25:43,03 --> 00:25:44,88 a little more D.G. Maybe 207 00:25:44,89 --> 00:25:49,26 a different type of plan team and Xander about what they've seen so far you know 208 00:25:49,92 --> 00:25:52,07 like so again it would just be 209 00:25:52,08 --> 00:25:56,98 a subject matter expert I'm not familiar of any record drawings or archives so if 210 00:25:56,99 --> 00:26:00,58 you're willing to share that information with me in pictures so be it that Dan you 211 00:26:00,59 --> 00:26:05,08 know we can easily as you get there but certainly sort of what it is that 212 00:26:05,09 --> 00:26:11,72 historical and Gerry and I. I can 213 00:26:11,73 --> 00:26:13,23 scan that and make it 214 00:26:13,24 --> 00:26:17,20 a judo for everyone I think you would like please but that ended out everybody had 215 00:26:17,21 --> 00:26:23,50 to remember on both sides of the library there was green grass which is now 216 00:26:23,51 --> 00:26:28,21 concrete from wall to wall and some palm trees and the palm trees were much much 217 00:26:28,22 --> 00:26:35,18 lower so you have this beautiful. You know green. Look above 218 00:26:35,19 --> 00:26:40,43 the library today they're very very high and you don't see that lovely lush green 219 00:26:41,05 --> 00:26:46,57 and I do know many of the plantings that were at the the well would home in the 220 00:26:46,58 --> 00:26:53,49 Pioneer white home where fruits and vegetables and flowers and magnolia trees 221 00:26:53,50 --> 00:26:58,97 and well Klein doing can help us out with that too and he remembers the the 222 00:26:58,98 --> 00:27:04,76 magnolia trees and me thing Lee So. The planters were like pyro. 223 00:27:07,00 --> 00:27:10,99 And cacti. And so you take 224 00:27:11,00 --> 00:27:16,64 a look and see what you know it was way before fightin streets were popular for 225 00:27:16,65 --> 00:27:17,61 sure and 226 00:27:17,62 --> 00:27:22,82 a lot of ALL am now but I don't remember all the endor even in the back because 227 00:27:22,83 --> 00:27:23,13 there was 228 00:27:23,14 --> 00:27:27,55 a wall and you didn't have the Westman building and that's where all the tours and 229 00:27:27,56 --> 00:27:30,86 runs were they were really two so you know so we have 230 00:27:30,87 --> 00:27:36,34 a good plan palate I believe on our site is really my thing so I guess just the two 231 00:27:36,35 --> 00:27:37,36 we're trying to actually have 232 00:27:37,37 --> 00:27:41,49 a more green and sustainable right landscape with less watering and less 233 00:27:41,50 --> 00:27:45,38 maintenance but it is not going to be historically accurate but does match the 234 00:27:45,39 --> 00:27:50,08 style of the billion matches style of the desert which is my main thing I want to 235 00:27:50,09 --> 00:27:54,13 plant and grass to know and there's no with anybody on the right so yeah I get what 236 00:27:54,14 --> 00:27:57,76 you're saying but yeah so again it's just Subject Matter Expert bringing them on 237 00:27:57,77 --> 00:28:04,64 board to peer review Ashley and any other comments for us. And 238 00:28:04,65 --> 00:28:09,75 why are we being asked to pay for this. I mean it was I remember the last I don't 239 00:28:09,76 --> 00:28:10,08 think they have 240 00:28:10,09 --> 00:28:14,35 a budget debate very brought up why are we being asking why isn't the city paying 241 00:28:14,36 --> 00:28:18,78 for this and so I maybe I'm channeling him today but I I don't think we ever got 242 00:28:18,79 --> 00:28:23,66 that answer why are we being asked to pay for this. At the moment we just have the 243 00:28:23,67 --> 00:28:28,33 library trust funds for this capital project that clean clued the design that 244 00:28:28,34 --> 00:28:33,26 includes my time it includes the construction drawings it will include the services 245 00:28:33,27 --> 00:28:38,51 that we retain from the current con consultant when we go out to bid and we do get 246 00:28:38,52 --> 00:28:42,18 questions during construction and so forth so it's pretty much from beginning to 247 00:28:42,19 --> 00:28:48,55 end. The city has never I've never been asked to consider that it could be 248 00:28:48,56 --> 00:28:53,08 a consideration but because we're using funds for the library trust to do this 249 00:28:53,09 --> 00:28:58,23 project one hundred percent got slow bring it here and we've just spent three 250 00:28:58,24 --> 00:29:02,58 hundred twenty five dollars in the last fifteen was talking about. You know his 251 00:29:02,59 --> 00:29:08,52 time I'm not sure I know but I guess my other question to just. And only we answer 252 00:29:08,53 --> 00:29:12,84 this either last time if we say no is the sky going to fall and is this project 253 00:29:12,85 --> 00:29:15,20 going to stop I mean what what it what happens if we say now. 254 00:29:20,63 --> 00:29:25,22 If you say no that I have to see search for other funds to see if we know entertain 255 00:29:25,30 --> 00:29:26,61 that request from each S.P.V. 256 00:29:26,62 --> 00:29:33,17 At the end of the day as wide. Run site is we are looking for that 257 00:29:33,18 --> 00:29:39,65 certificate of approval Fred. Does this if we say no because financially and again 258 00:29:40,03 --> 00:29:46,41 I don't know where else he's going to go and that's my dilemma here unless he has 259 00:29:46,42 --> 00:29:51,91 some great things in the sky there were no oh a lot going on in that time and 260 00:29:52,34 --> 00:29:57,02 a lot of the cactus and plant being put in the ground are not indigenous to this 261 00:29:57,03 --> 00:30:00,21 desert and again I don't think that we you know I know 262 00:30:00,22 --> 00:30:03,87 a guy sitting on the plants here but that of that's not the I don't think that's 263 00:30:03,88 --> 00:30:07,66 the point he's trying to imagine if we want to get this certificate of approval 264 00:30:08,04 --> 00:30:11,77 they want this report and we are the only ones with the three hundred twenty five 265 00:30:11,78 --> 00:30:15,94 bucks to pay for it if we want the project to move forward because you know we're 266 00:30:15,95 --> 00:30:16,79 way we are spending 267 00:30:16,80 --> 00:30:21,36 a lot of time on the street and OK so that's going to come out of your money that 268 00:30:21,37 --> 00:30:24,24 you have already designated for we know that you're very having 269 00:30:24,25 --> 00:30:29,48 a safety and then Frankel if we have that and we have the report there is no more 270 00:30:29,49 --> 00:30:31,03 dealing with him you have 271 00:30:31,04 --> 00:30:37,82 a fee there. Has broken out to two faces so that right twenty five is for phase one 272 00:30:37,90 --> 00:30:40,01 that will do these men report with 273 00:30:40,02 --> 00:30:45,70 a recommendation then phase two was time and material to work with the 274 00:30:46,70 --> 00:30:52,70 landscape architect to implement those recommendations into his design to review 275 00:30:52,71 --> 00:30:55,30 those drawings and so there is 276 00:30:55,56 --> 00:31:00,29 a final design plan that we would take to H S P B into the council for award so 277 00:31:00,30 --> 00:31:03,78 that's my question and if we do that does that open 278 00:31:03,79 --> 00:31:08,80 a whole new can of worms because now they might try to implement it they might need 279 00:31:08,81 --> 00:31:14,94 to redo the plans they might. I just don't see why we need to pay for this I don't 280 00:31:14,95 --> 00:31:18,89 really want to do the same thing when we did the interior design and we had to 281 00:31:19,02 --> 00:31:22,21 tweak little things like I can't remember what they were but there were little 282 00:31:22,22 --> 00:31:25,54 things we had to tweak that they didn't like out of the interior design the light 283 00:31:25,55 --> 00:31:31,74 shades the silly things but you know we compromised and and and they had some good 284 00:31:31,75 --> 00:31:37,15 suggestions of moving the walls stuff like that that we did behind the desk. So I 285 00:31:37,16 --> 00:31:40,95 think if we're just going to be participatory victory with the city and them as 286 00:31:40,99 --> 00:31:44,75 they're just trying to protect this story I can tell you to the building I think we 287 00:31:44,76 --> 00:31:48,85 should just bite the bullet on the three twenty five and move forward and maybe 288 00:31:48,86 --> 00:31:51,78 he'll come up with some excellent suggestions that we none of us have thought of 289 00:31:51,79 --> 00:31:57,03 none of us are historic either landscape or historical people I know we're pardon 290 00:31:57,04 --> 00:32:01,08 the expression of people bitching about the three twenty five and I don't like it 291 00:32:01,09 --> 00:32:04,19 either and I really don't want any more import because let's not forget I've served 292 00:32:04,20 --> 00:32:08,55 on this stupid committee for seven years to get this done anyway with the people 293 00:32:08,56 --> 00:32:13,12 that are even on the board anymore so he really just I just don't want to see it 294 00:32:13,13 --> 00:32:15,15 wait another three months we're already you know 295 00:32:15,16 --> 00:32:20,26 a year out before where even in the dirt anyway I think it might give us some 296 00:32:20,49 --> 00:32:23,49 interesting perspective it's a small fee and that's 297 00:32:23,50 --> 00:32:29,71 a request from another commission I think we should honor that and approve it. And 298 00:32:29,72 --> 00:32:33,78 I know I mean what are they saying I'm just saying is we're you know you were an 299 00:32:33,79 --> 00:32:36,08 anti pot which we always end up in 300 00:32:36,09 --> 00:32:40,50 a tight spot and it's not always about money and we make frankly just sit there in 301 00:32:40,50 --> 00:32:47,41 . Your very but they always come back because they know we do have money and Iran's 302 00:32:47,42 --> 00:32:54,38 right that project needs to be finished but I would say. It's going to be exactly 303 00:32:54,39 --> 00:33:00,09 the amount that we set and so we cannot keep having changes and all kinds of things 304 00:33:00,44 --> 00:33:05,54 and we need to see a final plan ourselves as a whole born and take 305 00:33:05,55 --> 00:33:11,15 a look we hear bits and pieces for me it's overkill. And I think our requests need 306 00:33:11,16 --> 00:33:17,34 to be that he comes and meets with us to before he makes any you know so he has 307 00:33:17,35 --> 00:33:22,24 some idea of what we've already done and the history of the project and after Phase 308 00:33:22,25 --> 00:33:27,87 one before we do Phase two is there any way that I mean I just hate to see more 309 00:33:27,88 --> 00:33:32,33 money being spent here and I mean we can say no we don't want to implement these 310 00:33:32,34 --> 00:33:37,74 things do not redo the plan but what I would like to do is if we gave Steve the go 311 00:33:37,75 --> 00:33:42,47 ahead to do the assessment to do the report with recommendations then I'd like to 312 00:33:42,48 --> 00:33:43,57 see if it's possible to have 313 00:33:43,58 --> 00:33:47,47 a joint meeting between the Library Board subcommittee the H.S.P. 314 00:33:47,48 --> 00:33:51,63 Visa that idea that's yeah and then talk about these these recommendations from 315 00:33:51,64 --> 00:33:53,53 Stephen see what direction we move forward with that's 316 00:33:53,54 --> 00:33:57,35 a great idea I think right that makes the most that's where they really were the 317 00:33:57,36 --> 00:34:00,78 foundation and the friends I think we should be doing any other boards that we're 318 00:34:00,79 --> 00:34:04,83 interacting with that we should meet because it's I mean it's just going back and 319 00:34:04,84 --> 00:34:08,03 forth and we're not getting full details so they want to man make 320 00:34:08,04 --> 00:34:13,72 a I have some maybe we should make make what you just part of our approval that in 321 00:34:13,73 --> 00:34:16,19 or for us to consider phase two it is 322 00:34:16,20 --> 00:34:20,89 a joint subcommittee review because of our fear of continuing drip drip drip of 323 00:34:20,90 --> 00:34:24,50 money request I like that I think I've got better knowing that that would happen 324 00:34:24,75 --> 00:34:29,92 here I think I only vote yes if that happens I agree with that and Ron has 325 00:34:29,93 --> 00:34:35,94 a point there may be new ideas I mean and I but I do think meeting with them they 326 00:34:35,95 --> 00:34:37,99 may not understand some of us have 327 00:34:38,00 --> 00:34:43,22 a little more history there that can be hung on your board and you want the city to 328 00:34:43,23 --> 00:34:47,49 look well but look across the street what's been done there we could look at that 329 00:34:47,67 --> 00:34:53,18 I'm interested in lighting around the front of the library to me that the beauty is 330 00:34:53,22 --> 00:34:58,25 to light it up and have that vision lovely So then if we have now the question is 331 00:34:58,26 --> 00:34:59,62 can I get a promotion in 332 00:34:59,63 --> 00:35:06,23 a second. You. Know what 333 00:35:06,65 --> 00:35:10,80 I'm talking I'm sorry that you know I'm a fan if you've heard enough. Of 334 00:35:10,81 --> 00:35:15,23 a change to. Make the motion or actually you want you're on the committee you want 335 00:35:15,24 --> 00:35:21,14 to make the motion right. So there's 336 00:35:21,15 --> 00:35:24,65 a phrase we move that we're going for joy about I make 337 00:35:24,66 --> 00:35:31,64 a motion to appear I will be with us really hope pending. Joint 338 00:35:31,65 --> 00:35:37,88 Meeting going to take place and secondly is to second and all in favor. 339 00:35:39,47 --> 00:35:45,63 So that means for three hundred dollars for getting part one for. Returning back. 340 00:35:46,89 --> 00:35:53,58 To our one million so here life Frank here's your motion OK Basically it 341 00:35:53,59 --> 00:35:58,40 is two so I have read thank you for it thanks for your patience so much thank you 342 00:35:58,41 --> 00:36:03,27 you have proved phase one of the landscape historian proposal with the condition. 343 00:36:04,34 --> 00:36:05,61 That you have 344 00:36:05,62 --> 00:36:10,70 a joint meeting with the. Board brings each has been the just make you. 345 00:36:16,73 --> 00:36:22,77 Can't spell Are you writing this on me so. We got double minutes going to. 346 00:36:24,75 --> 00:36:27,92 Say are you here are your subcommittee it's your subcommittee and there's 347 00:36:27,93 --> 00:36:33,57 a committee Yeah OK. They're both boards we can get them both together. 348 00:36:36,14 --> 00:36:42,69 Prior to moving on to face to accepting recommendations which was accepted 349 00:36:43,07 --> 00:36:49,66 except examinations because phase two is what bills everything we want to see what 350 00:36:49,67 --> 00:36:53,54 he comes up with is what you're saying and I don't want you know Bill for twenty 351 00:36:53,55 --> 00:36:55,75 thousand dollars for phase two well. 352 00:37:01,50 --> 00:37:06,08 OK so now we have the main library I'm so. Glad. 353 00:37:11,10 --> 00:37:15,22 We're going to skip over night and be here forever for Franco comes back and move 354 00:37:15,23 --> 00:37:20,11 on tonight and see the main library sculpture is the base we were talking about 355 00:37:20,15 --> 00:37:25,40 here and I have been at the historical more than I have been anywhere in my life 356 00:37:25,78 --> 00:37:32,52 this is the sculpture that was done by Phil Culbertson who was 357 00:37:32,53 --> 00:37:38,13 a local artist he has worked in the museum and presently some of his work is being 358 00:37:38,14 --> 00:37:45,03 displayed at the airport. What I know you have you have 359 00:37:45,04 --> 00:37:51,97 colored pictures OK. We have great things old news 360 00:37:51,98 --> 00:37:54,69 clippings that Gainey has come up with and this is 361 00:37:54,70 --> 00:38:00,39 a color photo Yeah and really quite lovely and it was here in nineteen seventy 362 00:38:00,40 --> 00:38:05,87 three with the opening of the building now somewhere and I need to ferret this out 363 00:38:05,94 --> 00:38:09,94 I understood that mail had been gave it to them through the library or paid for 364 00:38:10,19 --> 00:38:16,39 that is not so Julie I don't know where I saw that. Mrs Pat Somers donated eight 365 00:38:16,40 --> 00:38:21,90 hundred dollars for the purchase of an original Philip Culbertson sculpture that 366 00:38:21,91 --> 00:38:27,33 was donate directly to the library for the opening OK by the friends you will find 367 00:38:27,34 --> 00:38:32,19 had a great big fundraiser and along with the fish pond which used to be 368 00:38:32,20 --> 00:38:38,30 a fountain and they were instrumental in raising funds to pay for it at that time 369 00:38:38,31 --> 00:38:41,81 you can take a look at this it said right now in 370 00:38:41,82 --> 00:38:47,36 a very secluded place in this city all tied up and and off the base because the 371 00:38:47,37 --> 00:38:50,60 base if you can believe it this base was 372 00:38:50,67 --> 00:38:57,34 a wood box covered by like marble tiles and apparently that take 373 00:38:57,35 --> 00:39:03,93 a lot of people the tiles came off and obviously it was wait there and I went over 374 00:39:03,94 --> 00:39:07,67 to meet with the art Council only to be told they don't know anything about it but 375 00:39:07,68 --> 00:39:11,52 the young woman Jennifer said come in the hall with me and I'll tell you all about 376 00:39:11,53 --> 00:39:18,42 it and she talked about ideas here again they're bringing in an expert. To take 377 00:39:18,43 --> 00:39:24,57 a look to see to put it back on wood and I said to her why in fact when you put it 378 00:39:24,58 --> 00:39:31,09 back on would I I would pour some concrete put that pop beyond there the base is 379 00:39:31,10 --> 00:39:37,24 not at all damaged it's just the side and if it's going to be outside with water 380 00:39:37,25 --> 00:39:42,68 and other things you need something that's going to hold up but heaven only knows 381 00:39:43,25 --> 00:39:50,24 that's. Maybe too logical I don't know so Jeannie I think you 382 00:39:50,25 --> 00:39:55,99 take it from here as to putting some pressure on that we have to keep it talking 383 00:39:56,00 --> 00:40:02,89 about it and asking where are you it is very protected nobody can get to it or view 384 00:40:02,90 --> 00:40:09,78 it but we follow the pictures so it looks quite lovely. Julie might have to give 385 00:40:09,79 --> 00:40:13,42 anything else she wanted to because Julie's been working with Jennifer on this 386 00:40:13,43 --> 00:40:19,77 project for three years was can you say. Well so yes Jennifer is the public arts 387 00:40:19,78 --> 00:40:24,07 cord nater and she is the one who noticed the damage and asked for it to be removed 388 00:40:24,08 --> 00:40:29,89 for repairs that I take place however that was in February I'll be three years and 389 00:40:29,89 --> 00:40:35,80 . So when you Linda came to the meeting she did so and 390 00:40:35,81 --> 00:40:39,81 a follow up email to you and that is what we passed around the board to give an 391 00:40:39,82 --> 00:40:42,15 update she says does have 392 00:40:42,19 --> 00:40:49,04 a local arts conservator that's going to come and look at the sculptures base 393 00:40:49,40 --> 00:40:51,83 in the secure city facility that she has 394 00:40:51,84 --> 00:40:56,82 a company in them to and she's picked them because they do you have city insurance 395 00:40:56,83 --> 00:40:59,60 and they've already been cleared through all the city steps to be 396 00:40:59,61 --> 00:41:05,16 a vendor and so they're supposed to come and look at it and give her 397 00:41:05,37 --> 00:41:12,32 a quote for what repairs would cost her for the base to be recovered in marble 398 00:41:12,33 --> 00:41:17,81 and that's what she had told Linda basically what's in your email and her email she 399 00:41:17,82 --> 00:41:22,53 does incorrectly state that the friends own it and we did correct her on that and 400 00:41:22,54 --> 00:41:28,39 gave her the documentation for that at the library owns it hence the city owns it. 401 00:41:29,95 --> 00:41:34,16 But that's kind of where we are she said that they would she would be having 402 00:41:34,17 --> 00:41:40,62 somebody come this week so we'll see if that happens and if we get the quote. And 403 00:41:40,66 --> 00:41:44,47 we'll keep you updated but that's kind of where we are with I'm on the same page 404 00:41:44,48 --> 00:41:49,58 with one and no way you know I think I would also Leigh that lasted 405 00:41:49,59 --> 00:41:50,61 a long time and he is 406 00:41:50,62 --> 00:41:55,57 a superb sculptor and I knew him personally his family the other thing is what 407 00:41:55,61 --> 00:41:57,27 everybody around the table need to get 408 00:41:57,28 --> 00:42:03,37 a grip on is how what it's going to cost and here we go again. You know 409 00:42:04,11 --> 00:42:10,16 we have to. Again be frugal but be correct and if we need 410 00:42:10,17 --> 00:42:14,57 a specialist you know we're going through the same thing in every single project we 411 00:42:14,58 --> 00:42:18,14 deal with so to me it's important he is 412 00:42:18,15 --> 00:42:23,60 a really notable. Artist from our time. 413 00:42:25,35 --> 00:42:30,43 And belongs to the library and the city I heard you say and see me because there in 414 00:42:30,44 --> 00:42:35,39 lies the issue is who is kind of for it so I'm used as 415 00:42:35,40 --> 00:42:40,25 a treasure I'm guarding your money like Fort Knox but I think every time we start 416 00:42:40,26 --> 00:42:44,10 down one of these projects there are other things and when we get to committees I'm 417 00:42:44,11 --> 00:42:48,96 going I'm going at about something to it that's the update on that and I think we 418 00:42:48,97 --> 00:42:55,09 just keep asking and talking and it will happen. I guess I have 419 00:42:55,10 --> 00:43:01,88 a question about this in just general. Considering the age of 420 00:43:01,89 --> 00:43:07,57 some of the maybe other or work we have are we neglect them ourselves how are we 421 00:43:07,58 --> 00:43:12,62 keeping time with just the state of stromal things in that building that maybe 422 00:43:12,63 --> 00:43:17,56 aren't Attash that building that someday may go somewhere else. You know our how 423 00:43:17,57 --> 00:43:20,23 are we doing with that because this isn't and do it this is 424 00:43:20,24 --> 00:43:23,89 a degree of it could be other things waiting to break I guess where is my question 425 00:43:23,94 --> 00:43:28,38 and actually when Jennifer was there she's there we do have some paintings in the 426 00:43:28,39 --> 00:43:35,33 library by some noted artists and some of them are. Not in the best condition she 427 00:43:35,34 --> 00:43:41,16 was noting some of that but there still are walls they're still where they are and 428 00:43:41,17 --> 00:43:47,41 we are at this time making any steps to do any reconditioning or preservation 429 00:43:47,42 --> 00:43:54,35 necessarily. But. That never it could happen in the future depending on what 430 00:43:54,36 --> 00:43:57,48 other departments do because I'm sure there's art all over the city you know all 431 00:43:57,49 --> 00:43:58,77 these different buildings is there 432 00:43:58,78 --> 00:44:04,74 a standard the city will be responsible who's responsible Oh. Well I'm going to 433 00:44:04,75 --> 00:44:09,48 have public art is the only one who keeps track of all the pieces and knows where 434 00:44:09,60 --> 00:44:13,64 pieces are and things like that but I don't in the in terms of if it's the public 435 00:44:13,65 --> 00:44:19,14 arts commission or if it's the department which is under economic development I 436 00:44:19,15 --> 00:44:23,70 don't I have no answer for that and I don't know if you have an estimate of value 437 00:44:24,57 --> 00:44:29,05 you know we could get one I mean we have a you know there's 438 00:44:29,06 --> 00:44:33,54 a range out there if you couple that we had we looked up at the time and we kind of 439 00:44:33,55 --> 00:44:38,31 you know but we had have our specific paintings that raise on our paintings that 440 00:44:38,82 --> 00:44:44,01 are about you are not in the public area right so these paintings do they belong to 441 00:44:44,02 --> 00:44:49,22 the library the city. The city the library in the library belongs to the city Well 442 00:44:49,23 --> 00:44:52,63 I mean would they ever be leaving the library or these things that are probably 443 00:44:52,64 --> 00:44:56,47 going to be remaining in the library because I was just wondering if we could reach 444 00:44:56,48 --> 00:45:02,79 out and ask for donations. To help get these things repaired and concern 445 00:45:03,60 --> 00:45:07,73 rather than having to have things out of our pocket I mean over the three years 446 00:45:07,74 --> 00:45:11,50 that that being it's been sitting there we probably could have reached out and 447 00:45:11,68 --> 00:45:16,82 raised money somehow. In the you know years to maybe exile you know what it's going 448 00:45:16,83 --> 00:45:20,80 to cost to repair the right to raise money yeah that's share those needs haven't 449 00:45:20,84 --> 00:45:25,15 left the library and actually other paintings in the city actually came over to be 450 00:45:25,16 --> 00:45:27,50 with our paintings we actually had a short X. 451 00:45:27,61 --> 00:45:34,46 Exhibit of pieces city our own our own by the city in the library itself about 452 00:45:34,47 --> 00:45:34,73 a year and 453 00:45:34,74 --> 00:45:39,26 a half ago and that's kind of actually when all this came to light they've never 454 00:45:39,27 --> 00:45:44,78 left the library but that doesn't mean we just moved one out of the sun and they're 455 00:45:44,83 --> 00:45:51,24 just trying to take care of them but as far as the the cost we don't know but I do 456 00:45:51,25 --> 00:45:54,30 have a operating budget to do so if there if it's if it's 457 00:45:54,31 --> 00:45:57,67 a reasonable cost that I can afford I wouldn't even come to the board for that I 458 00:45:57,68 --> 00:46:00,88 would just take care of it with my general and this is 459 00:46:00,89 --> 00:46:05,00 a thought I don't know if you guys would approach them or the city but when I was 460 00:46:05,01 --> 00:46:08,89 working I would call in to we worked with the master's program at U.C.L.A. 461 00:46:08,90 --> 00:46:12,59 Gaddy and they worked on our stuff for free they were students getting their 462 00:46:12,60 --> 00:46:17,16 masters and needs and amazing job and I know that they do 463 00:46:17,17 --> 00:46:21,35 a lot of their projects with the Gatty. Because that's where they're based but 464 00:46:21,40 --> 00:46:28,27 they're always looking at other museums to practice that it's likely on and 465 00:46:28,53 --> 00:46:33,75 I and I think really it would just be the cost of getting the stuff there but it's 466 00:46:34,25 --> 00:46:34,42 that's 467 00:46:34,43 --> 00:46:39,01 a great idea it would give them an opportunity to work on assets when I think it's 468 00:46:39,02 --> 00:46:44,09 a great idea I guess I want to I want to start thinking take this opportunity think 469 00:46:44,10 --> 00:46:47,60 ahead as as we start focusing on 470 00:46:47,61 --> 00:46:51,82 a building program our collection is going to grow potentially we're going to have 471 00:46:51,83 --> 00:46:55,56 dog owners who really want to give us Art I think we need to establish with 472 00:46:55,57 --> 00:47:00,52 somebody whether it's whoever is supposed to care and feed or artwork from the city 473 00:47:01,15 --> 00:47:05,38 that they say is not our problem that we need this are plenty in your budget to pay 474 00:47:05,39 --> 00:47:07,03 for that great justification that 475 00:47:07,07 --> 00:47:11,24 a piece of art is sitting in storage that no one has the money to repair I think 476 00:47:11,25 --> 00:47:15,48 that that could potentially be some of us are going to necessarily that say that 477 00:47:15,49 --> 00:47:20,28 there wasn't any money there just hasn't been any time. And or that we don't know 478 00:47:20,29 --> 00:47:24,00 we don't know the Jews are. Making sense that there would be 479 00:47:24,01 --> 00:47:27,71 a you know this is our policy for the future on how we're going to handle artwork 480 00:47:28,13 --> 00:47:33,49 and I do believe we we do have an Art Go nation policy in our own lives and 481 00:47:33,50 --> 00:47:39,33 ministry of policy do you think this would be an ad hoc committee. An arc know 482 00:47:39,41 --> 00:47:45,10 someone to kind of be the voice for that now where being where where we are 483 00:47:45,11 --> 00:47:49,84 commanded to the maps where OK being the voice so that it's that where you know 484 00:47:49,85 --> 00:47:54,71 it's only because you just have hours to burn that sometime down the road it would 485 00:47:54,72 --> 00:48:00,15 be very interesting to see what we have and then Tori and get an estimate on it 486 00:48:00,66 --> 00:48:06,16 because it could be really quite a valuable piece and I have 487 00:48:06,17 --> 00:48:08,05 a question we are sitting in 488 00:48:08,06 --> 00:48:13,59 a city owned to building but we're the business in that building so when you say 489 00:48:13,60 --> 00:48:19,62 the city owns the artwork they do no matter if it's given to the library or they 490 00:48:19,63 --> 00:48:26,56 say we own it the city. It's an asset of the city just like when NASA tells me 491 00:48:26,57 --> 00:48:30,26 it would still be under our if it was donated to the trust or has donated the 492 00:48:30,27 --> 00:48:34,13 foundation then they could dispose of it with OK even the city could dispose of it 493 00:48:34,14 --> 00:48:38,98 but if it's donated Pereira's it has to be held for three years and if anything is 494 00:48:38,99 --> 00:48:44,30 donated to us it has to be appraised within the month of the. Donation and if his 495 00:48:44,31 --> 00:48:47,51 soul has to be appraised to get them up before it so well there is 496 00:48:47,52 --> 00:48:52,07 a thought I just thought Oh thank you I mean if if we're going to you. We go get 497 00:48:52,08 --> 00:48:57,11 a price understand that if you can pay for great but let's say that going for 498 00:48:57,12 --> 00:49:01,72 a policy would be that if our work comes our way it's it is given to the to the 499 00:49:01,73 --> 00:49:06,89 trust that when we would carry feet that would make sense right and it would be 500 00:49:06,90 --> 00:49:10,55 part of the value of the trust fund which I think makes 501 00:49:10,59 --> 00:49:14,72 a lot of sense in going forward in the future would someone comes along or they 502 00:49:14,73 --> 00:49:18,88 want to donate we say Sure give it to the trust will carry before anything longs to 503 00:49:18,89 --> 00:49:23,70 the trust that's possible because there are really excellent I.R.S. 504 00:49:23,71 --> 00:49:28,59 Tax benefits for people who deny it because they do that. Well I think about you 505 00:49:28,60 --> 00:49:32,21 know government I think says discussion is really valuable on one thing again we 506 00:49:32,22 --> 00:49:35,61 have some stuff floating around that we just haven't had 507 00:49:35,98 --> 00:49:40,33 a grip on and just even to talk about it publicly acknowledge we know where it is 508 00:49:40,34 --> 00:49:46,40 and we're thinking about it we work slow but we work and I think I really 509 00:49:46,41 --> 00:49:51,84 appreciate everybody comment on that it's important and it's beautiful. Yes good 510 00:49:51,85 --> 00:49:57,92 ideas came out of that and I'll say Frank go back yet so let's move on to nine D. 511 00:49:57,96 --> 00:50:01,95 Appointment of the standing committees and committees and liaison I didn't see 512 00:50:01,96 --> 00:50:04,82 a lot of changes to make on here but I had 513 00:50:04,83 --> 00:50:10,61 a couple and of course you can say yes or nay as you'd like. I had thought of 514 00:50:11,16 --> 00:50:16,07 taking Harry or ed off budget and adding Linda obviously she's 515 00:50:16,08 --> 00:50:21,67 a tragedy she should be in the but right maybe that was an error and we correct it 516 00:50:21,68 --> 00:50:24,85 do you want to say on that early do want to go where I was there is that here's 517 00:50:24,86 --> 00:50:29,46 what I was going to say that since I'm I'm now on the foundation board I would be 518 00:50:29,47 --> 00:50:33,76 happy to pick up the foundation Wales on the ground sort of Harry and then maybe 519 00:50:33,77 --> 00:50:37,06 have to take my place on the budget if you don't want to let me send that that's 520 00:50:37,07 --> 00:50:43,70 fine with me when of these people who's the other person on that. Very very 521 00:50:44,72 --> 00:50:51,69 soon to be Harry and Linda. And we have advocacy Ron and 522 00:50:51,70 --> 00:50:58,38 Ashley which is fine to continue with me if it's fine with Ashley. Buildings is 523 00:50:58,97 --> 00:51:03,50 Linda and Ron and I thought about taking Linda off buildings if she was going on 524 00:51:03,54 --> 00:51:10,19 budget. But that's. An attic as I know we also have the. 525 00:51:12,09 --> 00:51:17,27 Room I mean yeah the remodel right now so I wasn't even sure. 526 00:51:19,53 --> 00:51:23,35 What that but we can keep it on there if you want and it's not really 527 00:51:23,36 --> 00:51:30,24 a very active subcommittee so. And then policies by laws lend an air I think that 528 00:51:30,25 --> 00:51:34,33 can stay the same it is a change there. I have thought actually of 529 00:51:34,34 --> 00:51:37,96 a party myself as the foundation liaison but since I care I tend to get 530 00:51:37,97 --> 00:51:39,65 a little ticked off with that I think it would be 531 00:51:39,66 --> 00:51:45,97 a better choice than me frankly right now so did I say that. So I think it would be 532 00:51:45,98 --> 00:51:49,66 a much better choice for me on that one I don't to me think they exactly they just 533 00:51:49,67 --> 00:51:54,84 needle kick in the backside. The friends liaison when did you want to continue that 534 00:51:54,85 --> 00:52:01,07 or actually doing then. So I'm doing my craft up here and for me and I guess he 535 00:52:01,11 --> 00:52:07,94 just knocked on the boots. On the stove. Who did 536 00:52:07,95 --> 00:52:14,68 say that I was channeling the whole time oh OK I'm OK we're all gods are there too 537 00:52:14,69 --> 00:52:16,69 and I hurried up or no back you cannot be 538 00:52:16,70 --> 00:52:21,46 a backup for the friends yeah I probably can't be OK Do you want to back up me do 539 00:52:21,47 --> 00:52:26,01 you want Linda to says I think if I am unable I'm going to call somebody and think 540 00:52:26,02 --> 00:52:32,45 oh yeah it's pretty OK having somebody if if you just you. Know then I think 541 00:52:32,87 --> 00:52:36,51 literally I could stay or I'm Ashley still that's what I would do you know you 542 00:52:36,52 --> 00:52:42,29 understand that I think that's good. That was I guess ailing I said it was 543 00:52:42,30 --> 00:52:45,96 a building and the remodel and I think that's what we're talking about for the main 544 00:52:45,97 --> 00:52:48,60 building that's you and Harry I know Harry has 545 00:52:48,61 --> 00:52:52,59 a lot of experience in doing that so I'd like to keep him on that but I had thought 546 00:52:52,60 --> 00:52:58,71 of adding myself to that one and maybe take you off if you're going to do. That is 547 00:52:58,72 --> 00:53:02,45 that the one that we pulled together for us to review the plans write the 548 00:53:02,46 --> 00:53:07,67 suggestion Yeah yeah and I go and run I think thing you should eliminate building 549 00:53:07,71 --> 00:53:11,41 because that building they are not OK so I have 550 00:53:11,42 --> 00:53:16,54 a comment at the top of your sections the standing committees are in your by laws 551 00:53:16,55 --> 00:53:21,51 and those right do not change the ad hoc can change however you want and so the 552 00:53:21,52 --> 00:53:23,93 remodel ad hoc to me is 553 00:53:23,94 --> 00:53:30,00 a duplicate of the building as I was the committee. So you cannot change the 554 00:53:30,01 --> 00:53:34,82 buildings committee at this time but you could delete the remodel Well I think 555 00:53:34,83 --> 00:53:36,22 we've already done that and that's just 556 00:53:36,23 --> 00:53:38,86 a that's take the remodel out I don't think that needs to be an F. 557 00:53:38,87 --> 00:53:45,83 We need to just discuss it as we made yet. And then strategic planning 558 00:53:45,84 --> 00:53:51,42 I don't think I have the time personally for the projects I just don't have the 559 00:53:51,43 --> 00:53:56,65 strength or sheer with between posturing speaks and work so I don't know if I would 560 00:53:56,66 --> 00:54:03,58 be would you do that. And I think it's I feel committed we can write yeah 561 00:54:03,71 --> 00:54:07,72 it's that I just thought I made very important and you have to have time Ron and 562 00:54:07,73 --> 00:54:12,09 with you working I mean we just impose upon you no it's not that it's just that 563 00:54:12,10 --> 00:54:16,38 when you know for the next couple months season I'll be OK be really busy and I 564 00:54:16,39 --> 00:54:16,56 have 565 00:54:16,57 --> 00:54:22,95 a big project already with. Fostering speaks to is that OK with you and for now and 566 00:54:22,96 --> 00:54:29,89 then we'll. Have our bird. And then for 567 00:54:29,90 --> 00:54:35,08 the other two I think they can remain the same the trust fund is and unless you 568 00:54:35,09 --> 00:54:39,79 want to move area into that why are you calling that trust fund is now at all Under 569 00:54:39,83 --> 00:54:43,61 Treasurer by Jim I don't know it's again it's an ad hoc or liaison committee that 570 00:54:43,62 --> 00:54:49,51 we've had in the past again I don't know this and I don't know that in June or July 571 00:54:50,33 --> 00:54:56,49 Kerry created that ad hoc committee but I believe that budget gaps are now back to 572 00:54:56,50 --> 00:55:00,61 commit so I think so let's just take the more of these things that we can get rid 573 00:55:00,62 --> 00:55:05,65 of the better. Yeah exactly and I think it well would actually stay the same 574 00:55:05,66 --> 00:55:10,12 because Ashley and I have now met with them and we know what's going on and we have 575 00:55:10,13 --> 00:55:15,94 the ad hoc and we can bring in David as well or as Or will so I think that's why so 576 00:55:16,09 --> 00:55:20,51 that it was approved them I think will be also good thanks for being so patient 577 00:55:20,52 --> 00:55:24,02 about that and so we can THEY GOT TO sooner and I almost wanted to do it again 578 00:55:24,03 --> 00:55:26,48 today because Harry's not here but I we can't you do 579 00:55:26,49 --> 00:55:33,42 a before. And now that Frank is back let's move back up to nine 580 00:55:33,43 --> 00:55:33,73 B. 581 00:55:33,74 --> 00:55:40,65 The main library renovation architectural proposals. Thank you sir 582 00:55:40,66 --> 00:55:45,94 No you can but leaving it open you know three thirty. No I actually just wanted to 583 00:55:45,95 --> 00:55:49,92 hear. Your thoughts on the two that were interviewed 584 00:55:49,93 --> 00:55:53,59 a few months back I'm not sure if collective you collectively as 585 00:55:53,60 --> 00:55:58,29 a board you had an opportunity to discuss or got more info about futures you deal 586 00:55:58,30 --> 00:56:01,24 with as can be located cause I know that was one of your concerns about moving 587 00:56:01,25 --> 00:56:06,35 forward with selecting one of the consultants to ramp up the design for the 588 00:56:06,39 --> 00:56:13,38 exterior sorry interior library remodel. And you know we've had these now 589 00:56:13,39 --> 00:56:17,34 two separate meetings are they without Frankel there with you know the friends of 590 00:56:17,35 --> 00:56:21,57 the foundation and I think we're all leaning more to and I'm not speaking very body 591 00:56:21,58 --> 00:56:24,13 just anyone myself while leaving more towards 592 00:56:24,14 --> 00:56:30,30 a new building now than renovating this existing building. As for that. My only 593 00:56:30,31 --> 00:56:33,24 concern now is of course that we say we like when it's like we spending more money 594 00:56:33,25 --> 00:56:37,38 on it and we've really spent you know hundreds of thousands of dollars on these 595 00:56:37,39 --> 00:56:42,21 plans over the over the ten years that I've been doing this and I really don't want 596 00:56:42,22 --> 00:56:47,10 to spend any more money until we have some firm firm thing now I did just notice 597 00:56:47,11 --> 00:56:49,62 last night on the news that digicam announced 598 00:56:49,63 --> 00:56:55,89 a partnership with the C O D for the new campus I know they were and Harry was 599 00:56:55,90 --> 00:56:56,18 talking 600 00:56:56,19 --> 00:57:00,23 a I guess the court got delayed from January eleventh again until the end of the 601 00:57:00,24 --> 00:57:05,72 month so we're still in limbo now person I like both architects I like the local 602 00:57:05,73 --> 00:57:07,37 one that was up the street a little bit better is 603 00:57:07,38 --> 00:57:13,62 a name I can't remember but. Yeah Yuri dark and yeah and you know he had the 604 00:57:13,63 --> 00:57:17,07 history into the building and all the rest I still think the building is going to 605 00:57:17,08 --> 00:57:21,01 have to be renovated at some point no matter if we stay there or not someone is 606 00:57:21,02 --> 00:57:26,83 going to have to renovate it but. Limit out who's going to pay for it. 607 00:57:28,03 --> 00:57:30,35 As it is who's going to pay for a T. 608 00:57:30,36 --> 00:57:37,11 Shirt so yeah who's going to pay for. Is going to pay for it so. I can 609 00:57:37,27 --> 00:57:41,48 just buy opinion whatever the right. The board now but I don't think that we need 610 00:57:41,49 --> 00:57:46,71 to do at this point. Move forward either one of those proposals until we really 611 00:57:46,72 --> 00:57:52,16 know what's happening with cod and even I know initially we said three years ago 612 00:57:52,17 --> 00:57:55,99 that if they we didn't hear anything in three years he could give up and move on. 613 00:57:57,47 --> 00:58:02,34 But I think at this point we kind of need to wait and see if that's really going to 614 00:58:02,35 --> 00:58:07,58 be an actuality of that campus going in there because that really is. With the 615 00:58:07,59 --> 00:58:11,10 comparison that we see on the budgets of both between building in around evading 616 00:58:11,11 --> 00:58:17,05 what we've got to get what we want it's the same thing and honestly just have to be 617 00:58:17,06 --> 00:58:20,57 smart enough to do SCIRI duty to do it which is our main job here is that if we're 618 00:58:20,58 --> 00:58:24,02 going to spend fifty million then we should spend it on getting something that's 619 00:58:24,03 --> 00:58:26,28 going to last for fifty years not 620 00:58:26,29 --> 00:58:32,12 a fifty year old building that we're only restoring for twenty years. This may not 621 00:58:32,13 --> 00:58:36,42 be the answer you're looking for but I want to propose it and and and hopefully 622 00:58:36,98 --> 00:58:41,94 this is my opinion but I hope my fellow trustees will agree I think that there is 623 00:58:41,95 --> 00:58:47,33 momentum between the three citizen groups that are focusing on the library that we 624 00:58:47,34 --> 00:58:53,52 want and also speaking for staff we want to do building and I think that what we 625 00:58:53,53 --> 00:58:57,41 should say to you is we should and also with our new city council we've got two 626 00:58:57,42 --> 00:59:02,05 city council members who expressed great interest in the library and wanted to find 627 00:59:02,09 --> 00:59:08,98 you know also weigh in and represent the city on the direction. I think for us to 628 00:59:08,99 --> 00:59:13,72 say let's move forward the renovation without having further conversations and 629 00:59:13,73 --> 00:59:18,02 maybe we need to have more pointed conversations about saying to all these groups 630 00:59:18,35 --> 00:59:22,10 are we behind this initiative and are we going to push that what does that mean I 631 00:59:22,11 --> 00:59:27,24 think we we owe that to you into the city planning department so I think that's my 632 00:59:27,25 --> 00:59:30,91 answer adding to what Ron just said just we don't spend 633 00:59:30,92 --> 00:59:35,48 a dime I don't until we've had that conversation but I can tell you that my 634 00:59:35,49 --> 00:59:39,26 involvement with those all these groups everyone is saying we want to be 635 00:59:39,27 --> 00:59:43,21 a building and what does that look like I don't know I don't know if it's going to 636 00:59:43,22 --> 00:59:47,12 be college of the desert or if it's something we do ourselves I don't know what 637 00:59:47,13 --> 00:59:53,44 that looks life but I think you I think everyone we represent collectively would 638 00:59:53,66 --> 00:59:58,95 would be very unhappy if we spent money to do our own investigation or innovation 639 00:59:58,96 --> 01:00:03,48 at this point based on what I'm hearing from from citizens and I think that that's 640 01:00:03,49 --> 01:00:07,93 reported for you to hear I think you know that but I think we should pause use your 641 01:00:07,94 --> 01:00:12,16 skills and say OK guys if you want to go that direction here's what I need from you 642 01:00:12,17 --> 01:00:16,41 all and we come together and we give you that that is that makes sense is that 643 01:00:16,45 --> 01:00:17,68 a fair request or 644 01:00:17,69 --> 01:00:24,19 a response. You know that's fair just keep in mind that. If we go in that direction 645 01:00:24,79 --> 01:00:26,99 we would have to put together a new program 646 01:00:27,50 --> 01:00:34,28 a new scope which would that and require another request for proposal process and 647 01:00:34,29 --> 01:00:39,38 just kind of start this whole process again I understand and I and I think that you 648 01:00:39,39 --> 01:00:44,72 know that we're writing this for teacher plan. Soon which we come the foundation 649 01:00:44,73 --> 01:00:49,15 for that program and I think so much is going to be uncovered there and you know it 650 01:00:49,45 --> 01:00:54,44 might be worth you sticking your head in those meetings when we get those going and 651 01:00:54,48 --> 01:00:58,89 listening to the conversations that are coming from the citizens and from the staff 652 01:00:59,16 --> 01:01:02,38 because I think that when we start getting into that and we hear what the staff 653 01:01:02,39 --> 01:01:06,41 potentially wants to present to the citizens for library services it's come become 654 01:01:06,42 --> 01:01:09,44 so evident that that current building is just not going to be there in the that's 655 01:01:09,45 --> 01:01:10,17 my opinion as 656 01:01:10,18 --> 01:01:16,97 a professional but I think that you're right we all recognize we just wasted some 657 01:01:16,98 --> 01:01:20,88 time I hate to say that maybe we wasted some money getting us this far with those 658 01:01:20,89 --> 01:01:24,97 two proposals but I just don't think that we can say we will spend that money 659 01:01:24,98 --> 01:01:30,48 that's that's might be. Very You don't have anything else to add new I agree but 660 01:01:30,49 --> 01:01:34,16 this city is going to happen to do something Franco with that building it is 661 01:01:34,17 --> 01:01:38,81 beautiful and I see you in there in the Planning Commission personally with your 662 01:01:38,82 --> 01:01:45,75 great you're on board with and that's my vision for that so I asked them this last 663 01:01:45,76 --> 01:01:51,96 time this really goes back to this city. To put it together it's falling apart you 664 01:01:51,97 --> 01:01:57,01 know that and they're the ones that should be looking at the plan and paying for 665 01:01:57,02 --> 01:02:01,17 the plan. And because somebody somewhere down the road should have to put the 666 01:02:01,18 --> 01:02:07,44 plumbing back among other things so I agree with and and it isn't parity we begin 667 01:02:07,45 --> 01:02:12,03 our strategic plan and I had to go into Justin you come along and thank you again 668 01:02:12,04 --> 01:02:17,55 for your patient Gene I was going to say that. But just to your point exactly that 669 01:02:17,71 --> 01:02:23,17 that things will the new library will take time but there are things that need to 670 01:02:23,18 --> 01:02:29,75 be done sooner at that rather than later at the current location and so when we do 671 01:02:29,76 --> 01:02:33,62 need those things to be done we do have to actually select one of these two 672 01:02:33,63 --> 01:02:37,80 architects because they're part of the local architecture record and so we will 673 01:02:37,85 --> 01:02:43,65 require the required honestly to pick somebody to do the work that we need whether 674 01:02:43,81 --> 01:02:44,83 whether it would be 675 01:02:44,84 --> 01:02:48,76 a full remodel or just fix the plumbing or right things like that so it is actually 676 01:02:48,77 --> 01:02:50,76 a well Ranko but within the scope of change 677 01:02:50,77 --> 01:02:53,30 a lot of our planning no do you that we would say if we want 678 01:02:53,31 --> 01:02:59,38 a new place I'd new building you would come back and say OK we still have that we 679 01:02:59,42 --> 01:03:03,13 still have the seven forty seven in flight so we've got to keep it going we can't 680 01:03:03,14 --> 01:03:10,02 bring it down for anything. So that includes that somebody that we have 681 01:03:10,03 --> 01:03:13,62 that we're all going to argue this point needs to make sure that it has running 682 01:03:13,63 --> 01:03:18,92 water or be pretty low if we all know I mean it has to be accessible to the public 683 01:03:18,93 --> 01:03:22,31 right and I agree we're going to come that's can be probably one of our biggest 684 01:03:22,32 --> 01:03:28,18 contentions is because donors and people don't want to give money to fix toilets 685 01:03:28,19 --> 01:03:31,98 they think that it's the city's responsibility but they do want to give money for 686 01:03:31,99 --> 01:03:35,98 abuse shiny buildings and I think we have to take that this this group has got to 687 01:03:35,99 --> 01:03:40,40 take that into consideration with you know how do you avoid that I don't know so 688 01:03:40,41 --> 01:03:44,28 for you so saying that as Judy saying that then we should still vote on either 689 01:03:44,52 --> 01:03:47,19 which of these two entities we like just so we have another record we're not 690 01:03:47,20 --> 01:03:50,81 pursuing and they're incurring any financial costs or committing in anything which 691 01:03:50,82 --> 01:03:56,70 is saying if we do decide to do this here this is the architect we would prefer 692 01:03:56,71 --> 01:04:01,12 that is that correct. Or did you say the scope changes and so then the right well 693 01:04:01,16 --> 01:04:06,98 would be different and I think it may be depended on the extent of change so if 694 01:04:06,99 --> 01:04:11,81 there is maybe minor changes maybe that's something that we can want to pick your 695 01:04:11,85 --> 01:04:15,49 preferred we can negotiate with these changes and then negotiate 696 01:04:15,50 --> 01:04:22,22 a price but if I believe the scope changes drastically then it would only be fair 697 01:04:22,23 --> 01:04:26,56 to you know. But those aside put together 698 01:04:26,57 --> 01:04:32,88 a new scope and then do the process again that way whether it's to or I would reach 699 01:04:32,89 --> 01:04:34,47 out to the fore again see with 700 01:04:34,48 --> 01:04:38,74 a condensed scope if they're willing to play then we would get apples apples whole 701 01:04:38,83 --> 01:04:42,41 bright new proposals don't you think I mean when they hear that we want to focus on 702 01:04:42,42 --> 01:04:46,57 the boom both of them say we're in we want to be considered for that I can imagine 703 01:04:46,58 --> 01:04:49,47 based on. Their experience they're going to want to be 704 01:04:49,48 --> 01:04:54,52 a part of that consideration as well right they're both pretty big firms right they 705 01:04:54,53 --> 01:05:00,15 would be but I'm just saying that if you pick one and you want to change your scope 706 01:05:00,16 --> 01:05:04,48 a little bit you know we can negotiate with the preferred one see if he's willing 707 01:05:04,89 --> 01:05:08,38 but if it changes drastically then it's fair that he's starting to feel the birth 708 01:05:08,39 --> 01:05:15,10 of the picture again but we still have met with our city council subcommittee 709 01:05:15,27 --> 01:05:21,39 which we need to do here soon. And then see where we're moving forward Oh yes. 710 01:05:22,99 --> 01:05:26,38 Frank here and then yeah I guess I can still give you Should we actually then just 711 01:05:26,39 --> 01:05:30,34 try and vote on one of these now it's not table this to the next meeting until 712 01:05:30,49 --> 01:05:35,20 a few more answers are. Because at some point we are going to have to try to reach 713 01:05:35,21 --> 01:05:40,28 out to other organizations if we decide to give up that building we were in there 714 01:05:40,29 --> 01:05:44,100 the city need to reach out to whether it's my cellar Boys and Girls Club or whoever 715 01:05:45,01 --> 01:05:49,76 would be taking over that building which still that needs to be renovated whether 716 01:05:50,11 --> 01:05:56,51 city does or not. So should we say that we want to choose this one architecture now 717 01:05:56,52 --> 01:06:01,26 and then as you said James that scope works over just moving the bathrooms and 718 01:06:01,27 --> 01:06:05,72 that's the only thing that gets to the building or the electrical or the plumbing 719 01:06:05,73 --> 01:06:10,62 or if something happens in the next five years where you know the electron goes out 720 01:06:10,63 --> 01:06:15,11 we have these have someone on file that we would refer to can we wait until our 721 01:06:15,12 --> 01:06:20,50 next board meeting I would suggest to wait until you know what is good you know I'm 722 01:06:20,51 --> 01:06:24,78 repeating myself I want to put on the board again just so we finally do set down 723 01:06:24,79 --> 01:06:29,29 bring our point can you tell me what you like then I can make into thinking that we 724 01:06:29,30 --> 01:06:34,12 saw them we like them and here we have been three meetings away from that Frank 725 01:06:34,13 --> 01:06:41,04 call and then I would add on top of that you know we want to cut back the scope 726 01:06:41,72 --> 01:06:45,15 a little bit These are things that we want to remove these are things we want to 727 01:06:45,16 --> 01:06:50,80 keep go back to our preferred see if they're willing to negotiate with an amended 728 01:06:51,46 --> 01:06:56,33 quote and we can go from there that's the injuries I make sense thank you very much 729 01:06:56,33 --> 01:07:02,86 . Another discussion and then so now we will move on to the court from 730 01:07:02,90 --> 01:07:04,28 the nine F. 731 01:07:04,36 --> 01:07:07,19 Report from the Budget Committee which I think we pretty much have already been 732 01:07:07,24 --> 01:07:11,39 it's well we we have not had if I don't think we're on the very report from the 733 01:07:11,40 --> 01:07:11,83 attic it's 734 01:07:11,84 --> 01:07:18,59 a component burial I did one rain check every last. Year so that's 735 01:07:18,78 --> 01:07:24,49 actually an I and I think and I think really I think our main aggregate work in the 736 01:07:24,50 --> 01:07:29,33 last few months has been posturing speaks that's really it was my focus for 737 01:07:29,34 --> 01:07:31,07 advocacy was to have something that 738 01:07:31,48 --> 01:07:35,77 a lot of attention for the library brought in really world class speakers and 739 01:07:35,78 --> 01:07:36,82 interesting elements it's got 740 01:07:36,83 --> 01:07:41,55 a lot of publicity including even have bad chairs goes on Jimmy Kimmel last night 741 01:07:41,56 --> 01:07:48,43 so I mean. But that's what I'm I think our focus I would like to consider you 742 01:07:48,47 --> 01:07:53,66 to do I think sometimes you get more out of instead of going out and banging 743 01:07:53,96 --> 01:07:58,13 a part and saying you know read read read if you actually bring in someone who 744 01:07:58,49 --> 01:08:01,01 promotes that aspect you get good publicity for it you do 745 01:08:01,02 --> 01:08:06,07 a lot more subconsciously than you do screeching from the rooftops so I think we've 746 01:08:06,08 --> 01:08:09,52 done well with this we want to do it again next year this has been 747 01:08:09,53 --> 01:08:13,28 a great partnership with the friends in the library and the staff is really worked 748 01:08:13,29 --> 01:08:14,60 very hard both T.V. 749 01:08:14,61 --> 01:08:20,59 And Julian doing that so I think we've made real strives and and we've tried to put 750 01:08:20,60 --> 01:08:22,24 in everything we said that this is really 751 01:08:22,25 --> 01:08:28,03 a literacy effort for the valley that's our focus is to improve access to authors 752 01:08:28,04 --> 01:08:33,44 of increase people's. Experience ability but awareness that literacy needs to be 753 01:08:33,45 --> 01:08:36,67 promoted more reading needs three promoted more so I think there's 754 01:08:36,68 --> 01:08:40,03 a lot of future things that we can do over the next few years with this of I was 755 01:08:40,04 --> 01:08:44,49 really speaks continues to the success it's at this year that we can really bring 756 01:08:44,50 --> 01:08:46,10 some interesting people in it gives us 757 01:08:46,11 --> 01:08:50,44 a lot of additional opportunities for sponsorship that we can bring people in we 758 01:08:50,45 --> 01:08:54,33 were very lucky to get the cultural center to partner with this film festival to 759 01:08:54,34 --> 01:08:54,92 partner with 760 01:08:55,20 --> 01:08:59,92 a little loose to partner with this. So those are all tribes as far as I'm 761 01:08:59,93 --> 01:09:05,32 concerned so if we can continue do that and have the rest of the speaker series of 762 01:09:05,33 --> 01:09:10,49 Valley Ranch around and desert down halls supporting us and having those people on 763 01:09:10,50 --> 01:09:15,27 our agad agad Seaboard as really help so I think if we can continue those kind of 764 01:09:15,28 --> 01:09:19,41 things with everything we want to do including the remodel and or new building. 765 01:09:20,97 --> 01:09:24,88 That should be the whole point that if we can now can get the people's attention we 766 01:09:24,89 --> 01:09:29,51 can use that for other things as far as hey you know we did all this good stuff now 767 01:09:29,52 --> 01:09:29,98 build us 768 01:09:29,99 --> 01:09:34,08 a library would you mind please you know I wasn't on this committee I didn't do any 769 01:09:34,09 --> 01:09:38,90 of the work but I have to say that I think this committee not about the part. And I 770 01:09:38,91 --> 01:09:43,51 think your work is duly noted so I don't think you need to probably say as much 771 01:09:43,52 --> 01:09:45,62 about it let us talk about it because you did 772 01:09:45,63 --> 01:09:52,48 a great job I think I think people are talking about it. I've been to the two and I 773 01:09:52,74 --> 01:09:56,08 really enjoyed them and everyone else thoroughly enjoyed them so I mean I think the 774 01:09:56,09 --> 01:10:01,66 next two are going to also be wonderful the bars high you know I think you've got 775 01:10:01,67 --> 01:10:05,52 people expecting this kind of quality coming out of this and other deliberate I 776 01:10:05,53 --> 01:10:09,88 think of the great job you've done your job this year I want to just add 777 01:10:09,89 --> 01:10:14,32 a point I think it's important we do make our present to the city Michael Hirsh 778 01:10:15,19 --> 01:10:21,80 came. In when we were at the convention center and in the 779 01:10:21,81 --> 01:10:26,30 opening session I didn't know he was going to speak he said great things about the 780 01:10:26,31 --> 01:10:31,91 library Kathy Brandt showed up at city hall every time we have something on the 781 01:10:31,92 --> 01:10:36,87 agenda that gives us this tiny window to say something and it's 782 01:10:36,88 --> 01:10:43,23 a tiny window and I felt last night I would go again I thought other people come we 783 01:10:43,24 --> 01:10:48,53 do the best we can do but they know where they're There's no doubt about that you 784 01:10:48,54 --> 01:10:53,51 sit through the whole thing you say your little piece so that too to me is added to 785 01:10:53,52 --> 01:10:58,85 see for the people paying the bill they know are there and they are listening and 786 01:10:59,07 --> 01:11:03,04 chuckling and whatever but Michael did a great job Kathy did 787 01:11:03,05 --> 01:11:09,48 a great job asking to keep funding us and so the pressure I did I didn't I didn't 788 01:11:10,38 --> 01:11:15,77 I'm not disappointed because I think I've already said what I think I'm not just 789 01:11:15,78 --> 01:11:21,41 some point every window we have to do what you're doing wrong and. Small things 790 01:11:21,63 --> 01:11:26,29 really keeping the pressure on the friends are showing up at thing everybody 791 01:11:26,30 --> 01:11:31,50 showing up and I think the message is out there and there's really expectation 792 01:11:31,51 --> 01:11:36,73 coming from this board and for the city so we're all in this together and we just 793 01:11:36,77 --> 01:11:42,14 do the best we can on the enter staffer are out there working like dogs to and 794 01:11:42,15 --> 01:11:46,08 planning great programs and and so we're all I think it's 795 01:11:46,09 --> 01:11:50,25 a first time I've been on this board that I really feel there is a strong unity 796 01:11:50,29 --> 01:11:52,29 a like of everybody and 797 01:11:52,30 --> 01:11:56,57 a real commitment to see something get done I thought it was amazing how G.-D. 798 01:11:56,58 --> 01:11:56,80 Saw 799 01:11:56,81 --> 01:12:02,80 a message out to everyone she knew her network and every moment supported nobs or I 800 01:12:02,81 --> 01:12:05,35 could be at City Council was my but I think that's 801 01:12:05,36 --> 01:12:08,53 a testament to what you guys have built here and you can send 802 01:12:08,54 --> 01:12:13,06 a message out and say hey we're going to be on the Synod and people responded We 803 01:12:13,07 --> 01:12:17,70 were also in the e-mails were going that's great that's we're going to be there I 804 01:12:17,71 --> 01:12:20,91 agree with you and thank you for going there to arms already well I'm going to. 805 01:12:24,06 --> 01:12:29,79 Write to the addict that's good they are and they can maybe go team OK now let's 806 01:12:29,80 --> 01:12:34,49 move on tonight Never point from the Budget Committee All right we have not met but 807 01:12:34,50 --> 01:12:39,61 I would like to as Jeannie and whomever is on with me that we do stand up and by 808 01:12:40,38 --> 01:12:43,45 anybody that's it yes sir absolutely do you need to have 809 01:12:43,46 --> 01:12:49,41 a meeting your point I do because I I guess sometimes and that's how it rained 810 01:12:49,42 --> 01:12:52,21 hereon and and now Harry and any race I was carrying 811 01:12:52,22 --> 01:12:55,85 a long way I mean I think we'll move on to their point to believe that 812 01:12:55,86 --> 01:13:02,68 a date genie. I think we did we just go I'm just going through the what we know yes 813 01:13:02,69 --> 01:13:06,88 you can scratch things if you need to buildings committee that see there was Linda 814 01:13:06,89 --> 01:13:10,31 and me and I don't think we've met or lives that are in need to discuss and we just 815 01:13:10,32 --> 01:13:15,25 did that so we move on now they're very much. I mean under the nature for policies 816 01:13:15,26 --> 01:13:15,52 by 817 01:13:15,53 --> 01:13:21,11 a committee the all right I want to bring you up to date on this because and. We are 818 01:13:21,12 --> 01:13:22,08 on television in 819 01:13:22,25 --> 01:13:28,29 a way I did not present the bylaws to you one of our first meeting and I know it 820 01:13:28,30 --> 01:13:35,08 was very confusing but that was before our IT and I had worked on them based off of 821 01:13:35,09 --> 01:13:42,03 the letter from the man we got Bill and Henry away and we were. Later to learn that 822 01:13:42,04 --> 01:13:45,92 some of that was not particularly cricket with city code 823 01:13:45,93 --> 01:13:52,54 a minute. Library code and in the meantime Ewing Gini have had 824 01:13:52,55 --> 01:13:57,56 a conversation them am I correct in saying that with the City Attorney and some 825 01:13:57,60 --> 01:14:02,43 things are being rewritten so we're all going to get back on to what is right 826 01:14:02,50 --> 01:14:09,07 correct and within the letter of the law of code and so when your ready to 827 01:14:09,37 --> 01:14:14,84 talk about that Jeannie meet with you and we'll go back and look at the bylaws you 828 01:14:14,85 --> 01:14:19,36 have many copies and they're all in correct that even I just start over I don't 829 01:14:19,37 --> 01:14:23,51 want to say that publicly to be quite honest with you but start we're in 830 01:14:23,52 --> 01:14:27,98 a different place now and what I wanted to say to is just to check with the city 831 01:14:27,99 --> 01:14:33,24 attorney he we're on we're on his list yet he's very busy so he hasn't forgotten 832 01:14:33,25 --> 01:14:37,93 about us but we are we're we're in the queue Yeah and we'll go from from that 833 01:14:37,94 --> 01:14:43,07 document Ron and I feel better about that that's great yeah I noticed last night he 834 01:14:43,08 --> 01:14:46,39 was saying that they were looking for an assistant because he has 835 01:14:46,40 --> 01:14:53,26 a lot of requests I guess on the same guy OK. So then. A report 836 01:14:53,27 --> 01:14:58,44 from the literacy ad hoc committee who was that there was me and. I think we 837 01:14:58,45 --> 01:15:03,44 already did that and advocacy groups anything else we're the one meeting with James 838 01:15:03,45 --> 01:15:05,35 Williams And what I think we discuss at 839 01:15:05,36 --> 01:15:10,01 a premium is meetings I so would like to see us do more we can reach out to the 840 01:15:10,02 --> 01:15:13,44 school districts to bring kids in for some of these things are more things like 841 01:15:13,45 --> 01:15:16,90 that but we just haven't gotten that far and well when you looked at one moment 842 01:15:16,91 --> 01:15:23,90 Julie Julie's whispering. Well I think it's good that I was going to say 843 01:15:24,62 --> 01:15:30,02 yes don't forget that but I was also going to add that for our Deepak Chopra event 844 01:15:30,59 --> 01:15:36,30 we are working with the high school to have some student seats available and they 845 01:15:36,31 --> 01:15:42,31 are doing essays I believe are where we're. We're working with the school on some 846 01:15:42,35 --> 01:15:47,24 some way for their small group of students to attend at no charge so that is 847 01:15:47,25 --> 01:15:53,65 a great literacy partnership with the school and our friends of the library have 848 01:15:54,41 --> 01:15:57,81 pledged to sponsor ten thousand dollars for 849 01:15:57,85 --> 01:16:03,75 a new program called career on line high school oh great and Lisa Brock is going to 850 01:16:03,76 --> 01:16:09,65 spearhead the project and Yalies and the California State Library is opening up 851 01:16:09,66 --> 01:16:16,64 grant opportunities to do matching funds and so skywriting area and we're 852 01:16:16,65 --> 01:16:20,87 going to Midas touch because everything we touch turns to gold and we're going to 853 01:16:20,88 --> 01:16:21,02 get 854 01:16:21,03 --> 01:16:26,62 a grant we hope and then we'll double that money and then we'll be able to offer so 855 01:16:27,10 --> 01:16:31,83 adults an online high school with a career track and it's going to it's 856 01:16:31,84 --> 01:16:38,13 a wonderful program and we've seen several. Training Program lectures and Lisa just 857 01:16:38,14 --> 01:16:43,87 did it women are and we're very excited about this new opportunity and so that is 858 01:16:43,88 --> 01:16:50,85 a literacy program right there oh and it didn't cost you any. And I think 859 01:16:50,86 --> 01:16:53,27 you know the friends page and we have so much we have 860 01:16:53,28 --> 01:17:00,21 a motion. That is zero down well that's great. Yeah we were lucky 861 01:17:00,25 --> 01:17:02,96 that program for a while that would be really wonderful we wanted to do it for 862 01:17:02,97 --> 01:17:05,16 a while we just it's tough when you have 863 01:17:05,40 --> 01:17:09,52 a small staff and you've got to pick and choose what you can do believe me and if 864 01:17:09,53 --> 01:17:14,72 you. Answer now report for the main library model and out to me I think we just did 865 01:17:14,73 --> 01:17:19,91 that with Franco right if nobody else is in. Court for strategic planning at our 866 01:17:19,92 --> 01:17:23,61 commander that's and I but that's mainly made and Jeannine. 867 01:17:27,27 --> 01:17:31,73 I've spoken with the procurement department and we're in the queue and they are 868 01:17:31,74 --> 01:17:37,23 very busy and there is one thing I do want to add because what will happen is we 869 01:17:37,24 --> 01:17:40,45 will put this out as 870 01:17:40,46 --> 01:17:46,49 a request for proposal and then it would warrant an evaluation panel 871 01:17:47,46 --> 01:17:52,65 to city staff and one library board member so I know that our subcommittee is two 872 01:17:52,66 --> 01:17:57,31 people but you will have to decide amongst yourself who will be that one person who 873 01:17:57,32 --> 01:18:01,03 comes and reviews the proposal there are also have to be 874 01:18:01,07 --> 01:18:05,89 a. Let me say. You have to execute 875 01:18:05,90 --> 01:18:10,53 a conflict of in interest statement in order to participate so we don't want 876 01:18:10,54 --> 01:18:16,53 a conflict of interest and it's in the hopper but somebody from the board can 877 01:18:16,54 --> 01:18:19,65 participate so and there again they are not cared to pay 878 01:18:19,66 --> 01:18:22,27 a bill to I mean that's why we need 879 01:18:22,28 --> 01:18:25,96 a budget committee so these things don't just pop up when we have 880 01:18:26,09 --> 01:18:31,46 a couple of things that we know in the half or as we say and the budget committee 881 01:18:31,47 --> 01:18:36,05 needs to set aside that money earmarked that money and then we know where we're 882 01:18:36,06 --> 01:18:40,16 going but when we get these surprises or that's 883 01:18:40,17 --> 01:18:44,92 a good point they just Budget Committee so when you guys have your me I think you 884 01:18:44,93 --> 01:18:49,61 should bring that back to us as we are we could potentially How about Expo this 885 01:18:49,62 --> 01:18:53,17 year right so we need to see what that's going to look like from the nice thing 886 01:18:53,18 --> 01:18:57,73 about your budget your specific trust fund budget is that it does roll over every 887 01:18:57,74 --> 01:19:00,42 year my operating budget I have to request 888 01:19:00,43 --> 01:19:04,16 a new budget every year and what I don't spend typically goes back to the general 889 01:19:04,17 --> 01:19:10,75 fund years just keeps going. Energizer. Yes yes it does keep going. 890 01:19:12,43 --> 01:19:18,62 To Assange to us and screen. Yeah our good thing. 891 01:19:20,36 --> 01:19:25,34 OK so let's do it and I now report from the trust fund kid media he was running 892 01:19:25,35 --> 01:19:31,76 that and. That was it and in this. Day we went through that with the treasurer's 893 01:19:31,77 --> 01:19:35,81 report the report from the well whatever which is rotten Actually I think we 894 01:19:35,82 --> 01:19:39,83 covered that the last time I get all we've ever had is the meeting with the city 895 01:19:40,75 --> 01:19:44,35 subcommittee which was Chris Mills before he went off couch so we did that at the 896 01:19:44,36 --> 01:19:49,12 well would walk through it work through the plans they had no suggestions for any 897 01:19:49,13 --> 01:19:53,40 kind of changes other than the things that we didn't like which was the covering on 898 01:19:53,41 --> 01:19:59,70 the air conditioner and the door and how the door would latch security and the 899 01:19:59,71 --> 01:20:06,02 lighting was all the same questions. So now we're just waiting again for the H.P.V. 900 01:20:06,03 --> 01:20:11,23 Things and then we go back. And then we have to go to the full city council and you 901 01:20:11,24 --> 01:20:12,09 know go through 902 01:20:12,10 --> 01:20:16,45 a full thing with that but because it's over the amount right because even though 903 01:20:16,46 --> 01:20:20,21 we're doing you know the transfer. So we'll have to go back and do that anyway but 904 01:20:20,22 --> 01:20:22,08 I think they'll be excited and I think it will be 905 01:20:22,09 --> 01:20:27,82 a good project but again where you know you know all these things take so. Long to 906 01:20:27,83 --> 01:20:33,97 get an early D.C. . It takes time but I think it's again it's 907 01:20:33,98 --> 01:20:37,48 a worthwhile project and and ugly enough when we were there for the opening of the 908 01:20:37,49 --> 01:20:41,52 road and we noticed that the way the papers are said it was the same where the 909 01:20:41,53 --> 01:20:47,13 landscape designers said our papers which hopefully will tie it in and I think once 910 01:20:47,14 --> 01:20:51,98 that projects that and that is done there you know it will get it's getting good 911 01:20:51,99 --> 01:20:56,48 use and when I see on the reports from as far as people being there and I know we 912 01:20:56,49 --> 01:20:56,77 serve 913 01:20:56,78 --> 01:21:03,52 a few issues with. The smelly things but yeah it's better. 914 01:21:05,67 --> 01:21:11,12 There cowers are coming. I have to the only thing I need to do is to pick 915 01:21:11,16 --> 01:21:17,67 a specific one and order it so soon very scary soon OK yeah I got approval to 916 01:21:18,18 --> 01:21:23,97 buy them and so we're going on and once again if someone is not on this committee I 917 01:21:23,98 --> 01:21:28,48 want to say that I was at the rowing last Thursday night with some friends on the 918 01:21:28,49 --> 01:21:32,42 roof for the first time and I was looking down and of course there was just 919 01:21:32,43 --> 01:21:38,83 a sea of humanity anyway because of the you know the market but you know clearly 920 01:21:38,84 --> 01:21:42,80 what we've said is that building is critical to that corner and to that 921 01:21:42,84 --> 01:21:46,61 redevelopment and I'm very proud of that I think that's all so beautiful it's going 922 01:21:46,62 --> 01:21:50,90 to be even better and when you look I was looking down from the roof I mean it 923 01:21:51,10 --> 01:21:55,69 clearly is prominent and I think that if you haven't looked at it from that 924 01:21:55,70 --> 01:22:01,35 perspective do so because I think we really we've got to keep the you know it's 925 01:22:01,36 --> 01:22:03,86 a story about core and it's what people think is 926 01:22:03,87 --> 01:22:07,58 a lot of people because our library but it's ours was packed but it's also ours 927 01:22:07,81 --> 01:22:10,97 it's already and I was going to block that I have because when you think of what 928 01:22:10,98 --> 01:22:14,88 downtown was just a few years ago that building was abandoned them all as 929 01:22:14,89 --> 01:22:16,78 a band yeah now they've both been around 930 01:22:16,79 --> 01:22:21,61 a very they're both open and you know I think it's it's time for downtown and I 931 01:22:21,62 --> 01:22:25,04 think I'm glad they were participating in that process we're right on track to have 932 01:22:25,05 --> 01:22:29,19 the same kind of completion dates of the rest of it is and the event space will be 933 01:22:29,20 --> 01:22:32,06 across the street and that out ties in I think that will be 934 01:22:32,07 --> 01:22:36,90 a HUGE for Palm Springs and the economy and and again we're doing our free to Syria 935 01:22:36,91 --> 01:22:41,38 duty there we're taking care of the building or ensuring it for the future and and 936 01:22:41,39 --> 01:22:43,11 we're not letting it be turned into a restaurant or 937 01:22:43,12 --> 01:22:46,52 a bar which has been proposed more than once over the course of its life because of 938 01:22:46,53 --> 01:22:51,59 location as it is the one of the prime locations in the entire valley it just 939 01:22:51,60 --> 01:22:53,40 happens to be that it was the to do 940 01:22:53,41 --> 01:22:58,03 a lot of very. You had said the well would we get 941 01:22:58,04 --> 01:23:04,56 a major clean in February I believe that that was OK and the facility Yeah 942 01:23:05,03 --> 01:23:10,21 they. Paint remember he said they would paint and cock double check and make sure 943 01:23:10,22 --> 01:23:14,21 that that does happen yeah because they were going to clean the floors first before 944 01:23:14,22 --> 01:23:17,72 they do they get that baseball because that was that's happened in 945 01:23:17,76 --> 01:23:23,85 a minor thing but it's awful because that's expensive bass for and the mop or had 946 01:23:23,86 --> 01:23:29,64 just. Awful So I mean where you went it was great and I thought this is crazy this 947 01:23:29,65 --> 01:23:34,80 is behind something where people aren't and we really hound dog did around it was 948 01:23:34,81 --> 01:23:39,79 the cleaning crew and I think we can't let things get awful there's paint coming 949 01:23:39,80 --> 01:23:44,60 off the back door and then when we get all the miller out of the lights in the 950 01:23:44,61 --> 01:23:48,85 windows clean it's going to be great again but it's like your house you have to 951 01:23:48,86 --> 01:23:52,54 live in Spain and so it's one thing that cities are never good at as I know that 952 01:23:52,55 --> 01:23:57,67 that's why that's what we're for that's really even though if those trees have been 953 01:23:57,68 --> 01:24:00,94 properly trimmed and take care of over the years they wouldn't be as huge as they 954 01:24:00,95 --> 01:24:06,96 are well and I'll tell you we have sent Duley the most disgusting photographs of 955 01:24:06,97 --> 01:24:13,97 the trash I'm again one of my lucky jobs come to trifle with me why well they're 956 01:24:13,98 --> 01:24:20,57 afraid not afraid but there it you know awful place that you know that what I think 957 01:24:20,58 --> 01:24:24,71 that the only thing I wanted that God I wanted that open all the way around but we 958 01:24:24,72 --> 01:24:28,34 were unable to do it but I I so wish at some point of that would be God because 959 01:24:28,35 --> 01:24:28,92 that's really 960 01:24:28,96 --> 01:24:33,35 a really good law that gays think they can't be good for those businesses either 961 01:24:33,36 --> 01:24:38,85 right or they get very badly designed there is no reason for that gate to be opened 962 01:24:38,86 --> 01:24:44,53 to try to come through the back by that I mean the businesses the restaurants come 963 01:24:44,54 --> 01:24:51,14 through the West Wing to the back no reason for the city to enter except the tray 964 01:24:51,45 --> 01:24:57,64 off the top which game and where are the garbage company directors but people are 965 01:24:57,65 --> 01:24:59,66 coming in there to use that as 966 01:24:59,67 --> 01:25:03,45 a facility and we really need to get back with great development and talk to them 967 01:25:03,46 --> 01:25:07,39 again and we give the father of this project to say what are you going to do prove 968 01:25:07,40 --> 01:25:12,12 that area and you know rebuild those garbage structures and hollows and walk them 969 01:25:12,49 --> 01:25:16,66 have something there where the just doesn't stink of grease traps and stuff it's 970 01:25:16,67 --> 01:25:18,74 just not. And it's 971 01:25:18,75 --> 01:25:25,60 a secluded and it's her via i. Sheltering protection for people that 972 01:25:25,61 --> 01:25:30,50 need children protection where when the gate isn't there you have to be in the 973 01:25:30,51 --> 01:25:35,83 center piece of the patio and there are people who have vision out there who you do 974 01:25:35,84 --> 01:25:40,53 know what's going on and you have your cameras rolling somewhere else yeah and when 975 01:25:40,54 --> 01:25:45,58 you do send me those pictures and things it is ported to facilities where and code 976 01:25:45,59 --> 01:25:50,23 enforcement code enforcement has talked with grit because of their ownership of the 977 01:25:50,24 --> 01:25:55,09 building and thing you know so it's it's good that you do that we'll keep doing 978 01:25:55,10 --> 01:26:00,58 that and trying to stay on top of it and. That was Michael Hall me out there the 979 01:26:00,59 --> 01:26:07,36 second time he said I'm not going out by myself thing. All right well that is our 980 01:26:07,37 --> 01:26:13,34 legislation so now we can move on to the report from our staff member. Well last 981 01:26:13,35 --> 01:26:18,39 night you might be thinking that I'm talking to talk about something not yet but 982 01:26:18,40 --> 01:26:22,98 I'm going to talk about our Star Wars reads program read our fifth annual program 983 01:26:24,06 --> 01:26:26,62 when we are when I was at city council was when we had 984 01:26:26,63 --> 01:26:30,79 a program happening and about three hundred people showed up so it was 985 01:26:30,80 --> 01:26:34,62 a wonderful program the decorations were beautiful we did 986 01:26:34,66 --> 01:26:41,20 a teaser video one of my employees Her name is your and they Navarro she's fabulous 987 01:26:41,21 --> 01:26:45,19 she just comes up with these ideas and so she decided that she would make an R two 988 01:26:45,20 --> 01:26:51,19 D two decoration on our automated book Return. Dorval And so we did 989 01:26:51,20 --> 01:26:56,14 a little teaser video inviting people to come to the program and that video went 990 01:26:56,15 --> 01:27:02,08 viral we had over fourteen thousand people view the video when it was great so fun 991 01:27:02,71 --> 01:27:08,78 it made our to do two sounds all day long. Trade secret we made our two D. 992 01:27:08,79 --> 01:27:14,44 To support someone said your book grew up as broken and. Now it's not that it's 993 01:27:14,45 --> 01:27:20,08 working but it's making noises Yes it is it's R two D two is adorable. 994 01:27:22,19 --> 01:27:24,83 So that I'll get to the other thing in 995 01:27:24,84 --> 01:27:29,93 a minute we'll be close Feb nineteenth for President's Day we are currently 996 01:27:29,94 --> 01:27:36,46 exhibiting Martin Luther King Jr student art it's the excellence in art art exhibit 997 01:27:36,47 --> 01:27:41,45 it's the second annual it's now through the end of February so come take a look at 998 01:27:41,46 --> 01:27:46,67 a wonderful art exhibit the students are so talented and we will have another 999 01:27:46,68 --> 01:27:50,38 exhibit coming up beginning of February February first through the twenty eighth 1000 01:27:50,39 --> 01:27:54,43 will be the P.S. Modern exhibit in conjunction with modernism we always have 1001 01:27:54,44 --> 01:28:00,36 a really nice exhibit different subjects each time. Like Jackie said from the 1002 01:28:00,37 --> 01:28:05,100 friends of modernism week tours Stevens House tours are sold out sorry you missed 1003 01:28:06,01 --> 01:28:12,87 out hundred percent goes to friends. Yes we got the monitors in 1004 01:28:12,88 --> 01:28:16,24 week lecture deserters muse like she said it's twenty five dollars it's at the 1005 01:28:16,25 --> 01:28:21,90 library wonderful supports a library. We just received 1006 01:28:21,94 --> 01:28:26,24 a new topic we just received a letter that the library trust fund is 1007 01:28:26,25 --> 01:28:28,11 a beneficiary of the J. 1008 01:28:28,12 --> 01:28:34,46 Ray Corliss and Marilyn Corliss trust so we don't know how much but we will get 1009 01:28:35,19 --> 01:28:41,43 a gift from their trust so when I. You know the chorus and. 1010 01:28:42,46 --> 01:28:47,94 There he is yesterday near. Palm Springs person and 1011 01:28:48,42 --> 01:28:53,78 a lovely man and he lived in my neighborhood and he was daughter and the house now 1012 01:28:53,79 --> 01:29:00,31 and she's married to the middle of the age young man. So this is lovely this is old 1013 01:29:00,32 --> 01:29:04,13 Palm Spring Yeah you know Denise goes we wrote A and did 1014 01:29:04,14 --> 01:29:09,34 a story on him he was one of the World War two. Subjects that she has done 1015 01:29:09,35 --> 01:29:14,11 a story about so it's so nice for people to think of us in their in their states in 1016 01:29:14,12 --> 01:29:18,90 their estate planning and then in your packets you have copies of the gift letters 1017 01:29:19,57 --> 01:29:23,98 thank you letters that I sent out to the various organizations so whenever we do 1018 01:29:23,99 --> 01:29:24,12 get 1019 01:29:24,13 --> 01:29:30,25 a gift we'd like to send them an acknowledgement letter and then finally last night 1020 01:29:31,08 --> 01:29:31,97 well there was 1021 01:29:31,98 --> 01:29:38,75 a story the day before so we submitted our staff report to city council for 1022 01:29:38,76 --> 01:29:43,22 our library furniture which I have been working with procurement and we've been 1023 01:29:43,23 --> 01:29:44,16 working on this over 1024 01:29:44,17 --> 01:29:48,17 a year over year we've been working on this project because we've got children's 1025 01:29:48,18 --> 01:29:52,75 furniture and we stopped spoke to all these different vendors and pick some stuff 1026 01:29:52,83 --> 01:29:56,28 finally So then we got K S Q Did 1027 01:29:56,29 --> 01:30:01,87 a news story about our furniture. Hilarious. Well that was 1028 01:30:01,88 --> 01:30:08,04 a hilarious but what happened last night was hilarious so we went to city council 1029 01:30:08,26 --> 01:30:12,38 city council approved it thank you very much we're so happy so excited these are 1030 01:30:12,39 --> 01:30:17,16 some of the fabrics this is. The fabric that will be for one of the chair to two 1031 01:30:17,17 --> 01:30:23,62 different styles of chairs really Q Fabric the orange matches our shelves sunrise 1032 01:30:23,63 --> 01:30:27,64 orange I think this that the that's what that color should become and then we have 1033 01:30:27,84 --> 01:30:32,28 another chair a study chair that are soft comfortable chair that will be 1034 01:30:32,29 --> 01:30:38,28 a foam leather one and this is six hundred fifty thousand double rubs so where is 1035 01:30:38,29 --> 01:30:41,21 shows where about six hundred fifty thousand double wraps this is 1036 01:30:41,22 --> 01:30:43,33 a million looked. Can sit on this 1037 01:30:43,34 --> 01:30:49,58 a million times before it will start to show where. And then this is the. The 1038 01:30:49,59 --> 01:30:56,15 woodgrain. Representative color that will be on the tables in the legs because this 1039 01:30:56,29 --> 01:31:02,89 matches are in panels for shelving. Kind of trying to stick with what we have 1040 01:31:03,26 --> 01:31:06,96 to make it work here's a picture of one of the chairs it's 1041 01:31:06,97 --> 01:31:13,96 a very adorable. You're so looking forward to this. Well 1042 01:31:13,97 --> 01:31:20,67 there. I get Tex the spurning Jimmy Kimmel Live has had a moment of silence and 1043 01:31:20,68 --> 01:31:24,40 a prayer for the chairs because we have 1044 01:31:24,41 --> 01:31:30,54 a crisis in Palm Springs. Larry and then it might have been on I don't know so much 1045 01:31:30,55 --> 01:31:31,12 that it might have been 1046 01:31:31,13 --> 01:31:35,23 a good morning to me had she had me on but I didn't have it on things you know but 1047 01:31:35,24 --> 01:31:40,03 I think you should go on the show and do that exactly what you've done showing the 1048 01:31:40,04 --> 01:31:45,73 rubs and how it works and why they cost seventy thousand dollars you're invited yet 1049 01:31:45,74 --> 01:31:46,78 just so you want to be 1050 01:31:46,79 --> 01:31:50,31 a motion to pay your ways you want to start your day and rubs the Jimmy Kimmel is 1051 01:31:50,32 --> 01:31:55,55 like that whole bunch of just sitting there no nobody suggests I think we need. A 1052 01:31:55,56 --> 01:32:00,46 candlelight vigil for the chairs you know he prayed for the chairs we should have 1053 01:32:00,47 --> 01:32:03,75 a candlelight vigil and maybe you know it was really good you pulled out the worst 1054 01:32:03,76 --> 01:32:04,73 looking chairs I was 1055 01:32:04,74 --> 01:32:10,78 a very bright I never seen those ever see you never see those with chairs all those 1056 01:32:10,79 --> 01:32:14,98 chairs are the chairs with the tear down that are in the magazine room there you 1057 01:32:14,99 --> 01:32:18,53 say and you right now because they were the best of what we have left we've thrown 1058 01:32:18,54 --> 01:32:23,49 away so many we have to keep and I won't burn probably when I don't I'm going to 1059 01:32:23,50 --> 01:32:27,63 write a book that's so anyway the chairs have lived their life and then I got 1060 01:32:27,64 --> 01:32:31,05 a text from someone who said I went to high school in the early eighty's in Palm 1061 01:32:31,06 --> 01:32:36,25 Springs and I remember those shares Oh I got confirmation and we have pictures 1062 01:32:36,89 --> 01:32:41,77 there those chairs are actually from the eighty's they are old and they are older 1063 01:32:41,78 --> 01:32:46,08 than Joe Galli So Joe Galli said those chairs are older than me and we received 1064 01:32:46,09 --> 01:32:52,74 confirmation that they are. You know your brother until his daughter one. Brother 1065 01:32:53,16 --> 01:32:58,12 friend so we can't wait to get our new furniture and then we'll have 1066 01:32:58,13 --> 01:32:59,54 a little ceremony where you see him 1067 01:32:59,55 --> 01:33:04,54 a delivery date then it will probably take at least twelve weeks because they're 1068 01:33:04,55 --> 01:33:11,39 custom built made in America they're built in Chicago solid wood. They 1069 01:33:12,20 --> 01:33:16,24 we're not messing around. Because it we go and get furniture every thirty years so 1070 01:33:17,20 --> 01:33:20,31 we're not messing around we want for what I like to read about I think you should 1071 01:33:20,32 --> 01:33:24,49 send the West Wind to Jimmy Kimmel and that would be I guess I don't doubt that you 1072 01:33:24,53 --> 01:33:29,67 can really come to me and I'm saying to be honest yeah yeah I thought that the 1073 01:33:29,68 --> 01:33:33,53 whole and I I when I was in services go we used to just dread if we were on the 1074 01:33:33,54 --> 01:33:38,03 news but you know and I would I want to share with you I was at the chamber event 1075 01:33:38,04 --> 01:33:42,91 that day and the mayor was there so I was chatting with him and I had to remind him 1076 01:33:42,92 --> 01:33:47,33 always that I I'm on the phone on the on the board he said You will not believe the 1077 01:33:47,34 --> 01:33:51,11 phone call I just got today and I said what he said is about the furniture and I 1078 01:33:51,12 --> 01:33:55,43 said I remember that we want to consume calendar and he said and I told him how 1079 01:33:55,44 --> 01:33:58,84 dare they question how do how the library spends your money they're the best to 1080 01:33:58,85 --> 01:34:02,67 reduce in the city when it comes been their money because I was just really kind of 1081 01:34:02,68 --> 01:34:07,92 surprised and so I said well we thank you for doing that but it was I thought the 1082 01:34:07,93 --> 01:34:12,17 story really I was afraid it was going to go one way and I'm not quite sure I 1083 01:34:12,18 --> 01:34:17,11 understand which way it did go but I like the fact it was American made cars that 1084 01:34:17,12 --> 01:34:22,11 are used as I did solid but you know good points you know and thirty years who can 1085 01:34:22,12 --> 01:34:27,35 argue mercenary years I mean you know the commercial grade construction it's not 1086 01:34:27,36 --> 01:34:34,19 dowel construction it's super duty. And ten year ten year warranty 1087 01:34:35,02 --> 01:34:39,80 just on because down on the fabrics the fabrics we have we hope that they like yeah 1088 01:34:39,81 --> 01:34:43,04 I think that's one of the things the public really didn't understand it for sixty 1089 01:34:43,05 --> 01:34:44,15 five thousand for just 1090 01:34:44,16 --> 01:34:48,78 a number of chairs up and that what I want to juge and I go up to Ross and buy 1091 01:34:48,87 --> 01:34:50,39 twenty chairs and eighty bucks 1092 01:34:50,40 --> 01:34:54,99 a pop but they're not commercial grade they don't last for thirty years so yeah 1093 01:34:55,00 --> 01:34:58,01 that's why you know twenty thousand I don't know that was 1094 01:34:58,02 --> 01:35:02,37 a really as me then later so that's why you know that's not what I did all last 1095 01:35:02,38 --> 01:35:06,79 night you know this isn't your narry chair that these I don't want to go through 1096 01:35:06,80 --> 01:35:13,07 the fifty million rubbish but I had planned to do I'm OK Linda now that says I have 1097 01:35:13,08 --> 01:35:17,57 to make. Going out of China like that's the whole point when we said we need 1098 01:35:17,58 --> 01:35:22,15 durable things in the library and that's why they are so expensive and I did say 1099 01:35:22,16 --> 01:35:24,63 that and we need 1100 01:35:24,64 --> 01:35:28,54 a clean slate and comfortable environment and I happened to look over at David 1101 01:35:28,55 --> 01:35:34,24 Rennie you just miling him but it's true I mean other thing too is if you adjust 1102 01:35:34,25 --> 01:35:37,56 for inflation the chairs that were purchased about thirty years ago would probably 1103 01:35:37,57 --> 01:35:42,46 cost about what we're paying to yeah yeah so they are more expensive so are you 1104 01:35:42,47 --> 01:35:48,03 really going to do the burial or who's going to plan that work we just OK just had 1105 01:35:48,04 --> 01:35:53,61 or all that just think about this today so. Yeah we need some armbands we need 1106 01:35:53,84 --> 01:35:59,51 florists and some sashes say but I say it we're rest in peace we do carry 1107 01:35:59,52 --> 01:36:02,29 a chair in Beloved chair we do and yeah we don't have 1108 01:36:02,30 --> 01:36:09,19 a chair bears to be recycled and we're still here yes absolutely 1109 01:36:09,20 --> 01:36:16,02 no let's do that as anything really Ramona pageant Yes. I mean it's not I you know 1110 01:36:16,03 --> 01:36:21,98 Gabrielle right back to meeting Thank you to me. Anything else limp James and 1111 01:36:22,79 --> 01:36:27,14 so then they report from the library foundation is what should be Harry well so he 1112 01:36:27,15 --> 01:36:29,10 let you know your opium so I'd be 1113 01:36:29,11 --> 01:36:32,89 a pretty you will be I forgot you're there will be but now I have never actually 1114 01:36:32,90 --> 01:36:39,65 been over there I'm so sorry. And that is Peter to you there's your update if you 1115 01:36:39,66 --> 01:36:46,09 want. It's the same thing from the front. But you can give us your own words. 1116 01:36:48,02 --> 01:36:53,75 Good afternoon thank you for including me in this agenda before I start I'd like to 1117 01:36:53,76 --> 01:37:00,64 thank add my thanks to the trustees the friends of the library and the staff in 1118 01:37:00,65 --> 01:37:07,45 particular for two exceptional advance I was at the Al Gore where 1119 01:37:07,73 --> 01:37:14,65 I went away so excited you know who used that number one you could pull it off. It 1120 01:37:14,66 --> 01:37:19,17 gave me great hope for the future of that was all really where I did about Julie 1121 01:37:19,18 --> 01:37:25,08 Warren and it's worked so I didn't hear Julie's name this afternoon and I did 1122 01:37:25,09 --> 01:37:30,19 mention is that the joint meeting that you were not able to attend but thank you 1123 01:37:30,20 --> 01:37:37,16 very much. You all have 1124 01:37:37,17 --> 01:37:41,07 this in front of yours so you know that some of the things that are going on at the 1125 01:37:41,07 --> 01:37:47,63 . Library Foundation I'd like just like to reiterate that iterate that. 1126 01:37:48,71 --> 01:37:55,59 We have modified our. Bylaws to increase the number of people on the foundation so 1127 01:37:55,60 --> 01:38:02,09 we've gone from seven to eleven and actually I think the language she is going to 1128 01:38:02,10 --> 01:38:08,83 say something like. Eleven people or as many people as the board deems 1129 01:38:08,84 --> 01:38:13,80 necessary to get the work done and I think we're all aware that as this project 1130 01:38:13,81 --> 01:38:19,08 moves forward in whatever look at takes on it's going to take 1131 01:38:19,09 --> 01:38:23,94 a lot more than eleven people plus the trustees plus the friends plus those people 1132 01:38:23,95 --> 01:38:30,91 who are in the next article out. Ed has joined us as 1133 01:38:31,77 --> 01:38:31,86 as 1134 01:38:31,87 --> 01:38:37,48 a trustee and I fell I you some of you may know David Sibley has become Number nine 1135 01:38:37,48 --> 01:38:44,28 . Local for local fella thirteen years from Minneapolis so he's pretty well 1136 01:38:44,29 --> 01:38:51,16 connected in the. Real estate industry and. I can't 1137 01:38:51,17 --> 01:38:55,97 tell you what he brought to the meeting because it isn't in concrete yet but it was 1138 01:38:55,98 --> 01:38:58,54 a. And in with 1139 01:38:58,55 --> 01:39:04,96 a donor who is on everyone's lips who wants to raise money in this valley. 1140 01:39:09,17 --> 01:39:14,04 The dates for this the C O D event has been pushed to San Bernardino County there 1141 01:39:14,05 --> 01:39:14,53 will be 1142 01:39:14,54 --> 01:39:20,82 a hearing with the presiding judge for the county on February the ninth Thank think 1143 01:39:20,83 --> 01:39:27,35 is the date on that day they will decide whether or not Syria can take the property 1144 01:39:28,41 --> 01:39:35,30 that will happen one way or the other yes or no. Because Cod has already 1145 01:39:35,31 --> 01:39:36,05 put down 1146 01:39:36,06 --> 01:39:42,01 a deposit of twelve million dollars to hold this property. The value will later be 1147 01:39:42,02 --> 01:39:47,75 determined by a jury but because the deposit has been on in place for 1148 01:39:47,76 --> 01:39:53,13 a fair length of time the appraisal for the property will be as of as of the day of 1149 01:39:53,14 --> 01:39:58,36 the deposit so arts minutia but important. 1150 01:40:01,12 --> 01:40:06,97 Our community awareness program is perking along you know and each of us up and 1151 01:40:06,98 --> 01:40:12,31 others have agreed to be part of that. I made an impassioned appeal to the friends 1152 01:40:12,32 --> 01:40:17,60 group to see if I could get some some of their enthusiasm to be part of that and 1153 01:40:19,74 --> 01:40:26,16 I'm still waiting to wrote real that man. We have. 1154 01:40:27,79 --> 01:40:31,89 Our account with the buzz factory handles things like our website and he's 1155 01:40:31,90 --> 01:40:38,16 indorsements. Party planning and so forth we've been moved up to Mark Anderson as R 1156 01:40:38,66 --> 01:40:42,47 R R rep there so I think that says we're going to get 1157 01:40:42,48 --> 01:40:47,47 a little more attention and so forth. We did form 1158 01:40:47,48 --> 01:40:53,52 a sub committee on fund raising. And I think that's that's 1159 01:40:53,53 --> 01:40:58,17 a very good thing as we start to talk about things as simple as donations of art 1160 01:40:58,53 --> 01:41:01,20 you all hit on things like that what constitutes 1161 01:41:01,21 --> 01:41:07,60 a donation to the building. But what is our role as the foundation in raising money 1162 01:41:07,60 --> 01:41:13,81 . And awareness in addition to capital so. That's 1163 01:41:13,82 --> 01:41:19,40 a small committee and are going to work so. I think other than that I'm We've we 1164 01:41:19,41 --> 01:41:24,02 moved our date to the second Tuesday to accommodate three of our members and turned 1165 01:41:24,03 --> 01:41:29,37 out that we are now in conflict with the friends group and we're going to have to 1166 01:41:29,38 --> 01:41:33,71 figure out how to deal with that because. I think you all know I'm 1167 01:41:33,72 --> 01:41:39,73 a proponent of as many people sitting around the table as possible and without the 1168 01:41:39,74 --> 01:41:43,04 friends at the table I don't think we can have 1169 01:41:43,05 --> 01:41:49,55 a complete conversation well. I'm very pleased to be part of this conversation with 1170 01:41:49,56 --> 01:41:56,34 this group and thank you again for including me. In the time that I've been meeting 1171 01:41:56,35 --> 01:41:59,51 with you all with yours and all that long I I seem to see 1172 01:41:59,87 --> 01:42:04,62 a shift in all three groups toward We want to new building we want to have 1173 01:42:04,63 --> 01:42:10,12 a conversation includes everybody and I think that is very healthy way to move 1174 01:42:10,13 --> 01:42:13,06 forward Thank you very much for letting me be part of. 1175 01:42:17,15 --> 01:42:23,02 Your website is it up if you don't someone on the library website this yes we have 1176 01:42:23,03 --> 01:42:28,35 a link like OK directing. No thank you Peter we appreciate it it's been really good 1177 01:42:28,36 --> 01:42:31,38 working with everybody that's good benefits all of 1178 01:42:31,39 --> 01:42:35,15 a sudden there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel yes we've for years been 1179 01:42:35,16 --> 01:42:39,57 saying Well as soon as this happens we can deal with us as soon as that happens we 1180 01:42:39,58 --> 01:42:45,85 can do that well I think the obstacles are nearly all out of the way for now and 1181 01:42:46,43 --> 01:42:51,53 let's hope we can move forward with some dispatch. And you know having built some 1182 01:42:51,54 --> 01:42:55,50 pretty big buildings over time and raised the money to build does I know that it 1183 01:42:55,51 --> 01:43:01,05 takes five years no matter what you do and yeah exactly there suggest ation period 1184 01:43:01,45 --> 01:43:07,42 and you just can't make it any faster. But we need to keep the existing building 1185 01:43:08,23 --> 01:43:14,87 safe by I think you made some great wise decisions to go forward and thank you 1186 01:43:15,04 --> 01:43:22,00 thank you and I mean. Can I add one thing to your report Peter I and 1187 01:43:22,01 --> 01:43:26,47 I hope it's appropriate hope you don't mind me saying this but the foundation also 1188 01:43:26,51 --> 01:43:32,35 has stress that genie will be joining us as ex of this show because she is the link 1189 01:43:32,36 --> 01:43:35,05 to all of us and it was 1190 01:43:35,06 --> 01:43:40,27 a unanimous vote that she needs to be there and Social be attending as well as 1191 01:43:40,28 --> 01:43:44,35 representing staff and of course the city of library services which I think was 1192 01:43:44,36 --> 01:43:48,26 a great great decision that's how you know where we need to move it from the side 1193 01:43:48,27 --> 01:43:53,11 in terms day yeah I know that you absolutely have to be in two places at one time 1194 01:43:53,12 --> 01:43:59,27 but you know I think it's great that she's going to be there today thank you. And 1195 01:43:59,28 --> 01:44:01,75 so if I need to wrap us up here today for 1196 01:44:02,07 --> 01:44:09,05 a long meeting Barbara then trustee comments and or requests. And I'll be there 1197 01:44:09,19 --> 01:44:13,49 I think we have to say now as posturing speaks is sold out for food wait there is 1198 01:44:13,50 --> 01:44:18,58 a good way of flexibility it gets right so we don't well you might get one but I 1199 01:44:18,59 --> 01:44:22,42 don't but if you buy you take it's now folks buying early for at least 1200 01:44:22,43 --> 01:44:29,37 a scholarly me. Yeah she's hilarious she writes humor the book and mystery and just 1201 01:44:29,38 --> 01:44:34,74 so funny and the mystery Oh I read one perfect life it will grab you in the first 1202 01:44:34,75 --> 01:44:40,57 chapter but doesn't don't come to that but as you assess it feels. Just just fine 1203 01:44:40,61 --> 01:44:44,93 they're doing well but they're not as good stand the march in this town so we saw 1204 01:44:44,94 --> 01:44:48,92 a lot of tickets available that were there as well as it all happened in the last 1205 01:44:48,93 --> 01:44:55,55 couple weeks before him it's normal out there right now Carol yes yes. Yeah. 1206 01:44:56,69 --> 01:45:00,21 Well thank you all and we are journey. For thirty six.