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START RECORDING.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES STATE APRIL 26TH.WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN ANSWER I TO INDICATE YOU'RE PRESENT BOARD MEMBER, UH, HANO IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD BOARD MEMBER HUNT.
BOARD MEMBER OLA VARIA IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC FORUM OR, UH, OPEN FORUM.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR, UH, ITEM THROUGH OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
START WITH ITEM 3.1, APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM MARCH 26TH, 2026.
UM, ANY STAFF REPORT ON THIS? NO STAFF REPORT AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
[3. CONSENT CALENDAR]
OR, UH, COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES FROM LAST TIME? SEE NONE.SO I'LL, UM, I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN A SECOND.
[4. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ON TO, UM, ITEM FOUR MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.THIS IS A 4.1 PRESENTATION ON THE CURRENT CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY, TEEN ROOM DESIGN DIRECTOR BAKER.
KARA PASCAL, HERE TO PRESENT ON THE LIBRARY'S NEW TEEN ROOM DESIGN AS ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR NATHAN BRUMLEY.
NATHAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.
THIS IS A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON NOW FOR A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, I GUESS.
UM, UH, SO THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BY THE CITY.
UM, AND THROUGH A PROCESS WE HIRED ARCHITECTS, NOLAN, TAM, UH, TO WORK WITH US AND THE CITY'S ENGINEERING, UM, DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION ON THIS.
UM, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, UH, TIMELINE WISE, WHERE, WHERE WE ARE FROM NOW, UM, UH, IN FEBRUARY WE RECEIVED THE 65% DRAWING SET.
AND SO THAT HELPS WITH COST ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING TO GET FIRST LOOKS.
UM, THEY CAN MAKE COMMENTS AND TALK ABOUT FORMATTING.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY YOU DO LIKE A, A 65%.
UM, IN MARCH, OUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION BOARDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA WENT OUT ABOUT THE PROJECT.
SO JUST INFORMING THE PUBLIC, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS HAPPENING.
UM, HERE ARE SOME CONCEPTS, UM, IN APRIL, UM, SO NOW THAT 90% DRAWING SET, UH, HAS COME IN.
UM, AND THAT'S BEING WORKED ON STILL BY, WITH ENGINEERING AND THE ARCHITECTS IN MAY NEXT MONTH.
OUR FURNITURE SELECTION, THE COLOR MATERIAL SELECTION THAT WILL START TO FIRM UP.
UM, THEN IN MAY ALSO AT THE END OF THAT, AFTER OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT DRAWING SET WILL COME IN IN JUNE, BIDDING BY CONTRACTORS HAPPENS.
SO THE ARCHITECTS WILL BASICALLY BE IN CHARGE OF, UM, UH, THE BIDDING FOR THE CONTRACTORS AND WORKING WITH THE CITY WITH THAT.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY SET TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER, FINISHING, UH, AT SOME POINT IN JANUARY.
NOW, THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET.
UH, ALL OF THAT, OF COURSE IS ON A POTENTIALLY SLIDING SCALE.
NONE, NONE OF THESE NUMBERS AND NONE OF THESE DESIGNS ARE ACTUALLY FINAL EITHER.
SO IT'S, WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LIKE WON'T CHANGE WILL BE THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS, THIS ROOM.
BUT AS FAR AS LIKE, UM, WHAT'S IN IT, WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE, THOSE THINGS ARE ARE DEFINITELY, UH, UP TO CHANGE, UH, WITH FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, JUST GOING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT, UM, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE WANTED TO CONNECT WITH TEENAGERS AND REALLY GET THEIR FEEDBACK SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE A SPACE FOR THEM.
UM, SO WE UTILIZED THE LIVERMORE YOUTH COUNCIL, UM, AND WE MET WITH THEM, UM, BACK IN JANUARY OF 2025.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN IN JANUARY OF 2026.
UH, AND THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES THAT KIND OF DROVE, UH, THIS TWO, UM, CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKETS.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO GAVE US THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANTED A A LITTLE BIT MORE SOPHISTICATED, ALMOST COFFEE SHOP, LIKE LOOK TO THE, THE ROOM.
AND THEY ALSO GAVE US THE INITIAL COLOR PALETTES THAT WE'VE BEEN USING.
UM, UH, ALSO MATERIALS AND, UH, TYPES OF FURNITURE WERE DISCUSSED.
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UH, NOT VERY MUCH INTEREST IN TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WAS SURPRISING TO ME, BUT REALLY, LIKE WHAT WE WERE HEARING FROM THEM IS LIVERMORE AS A CITY DOESN'T HAVE MANY PLACES FOR TEENS JUST TO HANG OUT.UM, WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT THEN STILL ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT.
UM, AND UH, THEY ALSO GAVE US, UH, THE OFFICIAL KIND OF NAME OR OR TITLE OF THIS PLACE.
UH, FOR THE LONGEST TIME I WAS CALLING IT THE TEEN ROOM WITH A SOCIAL SPACE IN FRONT, WORKSPACE IN BACK.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU CAN'T JUST CALL IT TEEN ROOM.
WE WANT IT TO BE CALLED THE TEEN CENTER.
WELL, SO FOR NOW, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE'VE GOT THE KIND OF ROOM LISTED AS.
UM, WE WILL, WE'LL KIND OF GET INTO IT HERE.
SO, UM, HERE'S THE DOLLHOUSE VIEW OF, UH, WHAT THE ROOM WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE OVERALL SPACE IS AROUND 2,500 SQUARE FEET, SO IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE LARGE.
UM, THE, UH, THIS RIGHT HERE, UM, IS KIND OF THAT, UH, SLATE WALKWAY MOVING INTO THE READING ROOM.
AND SO THIS CURRENTLY IS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE TEEN COLLECTION.
UM, HERE YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR MAIN ENTRY DOORS.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT BRANDING IT, ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT MAKE USE OF THIS GLASS HERE TOO.
SO IT'S A LOT OF GLASS, UH, WITH A HALF WALL AND MORE GLASS TO, UH, KEEP SIGHT LINES SO THAT STAFF CAN SEE IN, UM, WHERE WE'VE PUT KIND OF A HEAVY, UM, EMPHASIS ON SOUNDPROOFING THE ROOM THOUGH.
'CAUSE WE KNOW WE WANT THE TEENS WANNA COME AND, AND BE SOCIAL IN THIS SPACE.
SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN IMPORTANT THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO THE ARCHITECTS AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE SOCIAL SPACE WE'RE LOOKING AT IN FRONTIER, FOLLOWED BY A MORE OF A WORKROOM IN THE BACK.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, SHELVING PLAN TO GO RIGHT HERE AND THEN, UH, MORE DISPLAY SHELVING KIND OF HERE INSTEAD OF FULL ON SHELVES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THESE, UH, STACKS IN PLACE SO THAT WE HAVE MORE ROOM FOR A COLLECTION.
UM, WHEREAS HERE WE HAVE TO LOSE THESE BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT OF THESE DOORS.
SO THAT'S WHY, UH, WE CAN DO SHELVING HERE.
UM, LOOKING AT THIS, SO THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE INSIDE OF THE TEEN SPACE, KIND OF FROM THAT SHARP CORNER RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LOT OF KIND OF MOVABLE FURNITURE.
UM, THINGS CAN BE SHIFTED AROUND.
UM, IT'S, IT'S GOT KIND OF A SHOT COFFEE SHOP VIBE HERE WITH SHELVING OVER ON THIS SIDE.
UM, IT DOESN'T SHOW IT VERY WELL, BUT THERE'S A, A LARGE KIND OF MEETING TABLE BACK HERE.
UM, WE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR ANY, UH, STUDENTS WHO WANT TO COME IN AND MEET WITH FRIENDS AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, DO ANY KIND OF GAMING LIKE TABLETOP RPGS OR, OR EVEN JUST WORKING ON BIG, UM, PROJECTS TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN MORE OF YOUR, YOUR BANQUETTE KIND OF SEATING RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE A, UH, CORK WALL PLANNED WITH A HANGING SYSTEM SO THAT TEEN ARTWORK CAN BE SHOWN AND, AND SWAPPED OUT OVER TIME.
UM, AND THEN IN THE WORKSPACE YOU HAVE, UH, HARD FLOORING, UM, SO THAT ANYTHING MESSY CAN BE EASILY CLEANED UP.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF SOUND DAMPENING HAPPENING IN THIS ROOM.
SO THE LIGHTS, UH, OVER HERE ARE, ARE ACTUALLY, UM, THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE, HAVE CLOTH THERE.
THE CEILING HAS ALSO A BUNCH OF FELT, UM, TILES THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING TO HELP ALSO DAMPEN THE SOUND THERE.
UM, THERE'S STORAGE AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE HERE, ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT IS ON WHEELS.
SO IT'S A VERY VERSATILE SPACE THAT CAN BE KIND OF CHANGED INTO WHATEVER IS NEEDED FOR THAT, THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THERE.
UM, THE PLAN IS GENERALLY TO HAVE THESE DOORS OPEN, THOUGH.
AND SO WHEN THERE ISN'T AN EVENT OR SOMETHING HAPPENING IN HERE, THIS WHOLE SPACE WILL JUST BE OPEN AND BE ABLE TO FLOW.
AND IF MAYBE WE HAVE LIKE STUDY TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE DOORS.
IF WE HAVE A, A PLANNED PROGRAM THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FOR TEENS, WE'LL HAVE IT IN THERE.
SO, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE, WE PUT UP THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION BOARDS.
UM, THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY STILL IN THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY WHERE THE SPACE IS BEING IMPLEMENTED.
UM, ON THOSE BOARDS, THERE IS A QR CODE THAT GOES TO A, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT FORM WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAVE US COMMENTS.
UM, THESE LINKS WERE ALSO SHARED TO THAT, THAT PUBLIC COMMENT FORM, ALONG WITH SOME OF THIS, UH, THESE RENDERINGS, UM, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UM, PLUS PEOPLE CAN ALSO COMMENT, UH, JUST ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
AND THEN ON MAY 13TH FROM 6:00 PM TO SEVEN 30 IN THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY STORY TIME ROOM, WE'RE HAVING THE ARCHITECTS COME ALONG WITH SOME STAFF.
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BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.UM, SAMPLES OF THE FURNITURE, UPDATED DESIGNS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PUB THE PUBLIC TO SEE BEYOND WHAT YOU'VE JUST SEEN HERE TONIGHT TOO.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND GIVE US FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY IF, IF WE CAN GET EVEN MORE TEENS TO COME OUT.
SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TEENS, MAYBE ENCOURAGE THEM AND THEIR FRIENDS TO COME AND CHECK IT OUT.
UM, WE'D LOVE, WE'D LOVE TO GET, UH, MORE OF THAT AND KEEP THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? UM, OH, HOLD ON.
UM, SO IS THERE EATING AND DRINKING ALLOWED IN THE SPACE?
YEAH, I MEAN, SO, SO INITIALLY THE TEENS EVEN WANTED A VENDING MACHINE IN THERE AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, AS FAR AS LIKE SNACKS GO, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME.
IT KIND OF EATING POLICY AS THE REST OF THE LIBRARY.
BUT, UM, SIMPLE SNACKS, HEALTHY FOODS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE MIGHT BE, I MIGHT BE TOGETHER
UH, IF WE ARE DOING A PROGRAM IN THAT WORKSHOP SPACE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE FOOD IN THERE TOO, FOR THEM, UHHUH.
UH, BUT WHO KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WITH TIME I MIGHT EAT MY WORDS AND, UH,
THERE'S A CAFE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
SO, UM, YES, HE, WELL, AND HE WANTED ME TO SPECIFICALLY ASK, HE ASKED IT ON THE SURVEY, BUT HE'S LIKE, WHERE ARE ALL THE BOOKS GONNA GO? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
SO HE'S LIKE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THE BOOKS GONNA BE? WELL, IT'S FUNNY, UM, SO FAR HE'S THE ONLY TEEN ASKING WHERE THE BOOKS ARE GOING.
BUT, UH, LOOKING AT THIS DOLLHOUSE VIEW, UM, SO, UH, RIGHT HERE WE HAVE A, A SET OF STACK OF A COUPLE OF STACKS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON UTILIZING.
UM, INSIDE HERE, INSIDE THE ACTUAL ROOM, THERE'LL BE, UM, A WALL OF STACK, UH, WALL OF SHELVES THERE.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A SMALLER COLLECTION, PROBABLY LIKE THE MANGA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A LOW WALL? IT'S A LOW WALL, YEAH.
UM, AND SO OUT HERE WILL BE KIND OF LIKE THE NEW KIND OF, UH, LIKE NEW TITLES, UM, DISPLAYS OUT HERE.
THERE MIGHT BE A SMALLER SECTION OVER HERE MAYBE.
UM, BUT THEN IT'S REALLY, UM, OUT HERE IS WHERE THE, UH, TEEN FICTION WILL BE.
WHAT ARE THOSE TWO STACKS RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOM? YEAH.
UH, THAT'S ALSO SHELVING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE'RE KIND OF FIGURING THAT PART PIECE OUT STILL, BUT, UH, DON'T WORRY.
THERE, WE'LL STILL HAVE BOOKS.
AND HE'S LIKE, UM, WHERE ARE THE PLUGS FOR CHARGERS? YEAH.
SO HE WANTED TO FLAG THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE RENDERING
SO, UM, A LOT OF THE FURNITURE WILL HAVE THE CHARGING PIECES ON IT.
THERE'S THERE, THEY DIDN'T PUT IT IN HERE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY FLOOR CHARGERS TOO THAT WE CAN RUN IT FROM THESE, UM, LIKE PIECES OF FURNITURE UP INTO THE FURNITURE.
AND SO YOU'LL HAVE PLUGS AND, AND USB CORDS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, JUST RIGHT IN THERE.
I'VE SEEN FURNITURE THAT HAS THE CHARGER.
THAT ALSO MADE ME WONDER, THE LIBRARY OF THINGS.
DO THEY, DO WE HAVE CHARGERS, LIKE PHONE CHARGERS IN THE LIBRARY OF THINGS? LIKE IF SOMEONE FORGETS THEIR PHONE CORD, WE CURRENTLY DON'T.
UM, OH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, EVERYTHING IN THE ROOM BEING ON WHEELS.
DO THOSE TABLES, WILL THEY ALSO FLIP UP? CORRECT.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THIS ONE AS, AS LIKE, OPEN-ENDED AS POSSIBLE.
SO YEAH, ALL OF THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE PUSHED AGAINST THE WALL IF WE WANNA DO LIKE SOME KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, TEAM YOGA CLASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO.
ARE THERE SHADES ON THE, UM, WINDOWS AT ALL TO MAKE IT DARK DURING THE DAY? THERE, THERE AREN'T, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT ACTUALLY NEEDS IT.
UM, UH, FOR THE MOST PART IT STAYS, UH, LIKE JUST RIGHT DARK, UM, DARK WISE.
UH, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE WATCH, LIKE, HAVE IT MORE LIKE A MOVIE KIND OF THING, YOU'D STILL BE ABLE TO SCRE SEE THE SCREEN FINE.
IT WOULDN'T BE AS NICE IF IT WAS DARK, BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE TOTALLY LOOKING AT.
UM, I THINK WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE
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MORE LIGHT IN THE SPACE OVERALL, SO, YEAH.IS THERE ANY SUPERVISION IN IN, IN, IN THERE OR NOT OR THERE, THERE, NO.
THERE'S, I MEAN, STAFF FROM THE DESK.
THAT'S WHY WE WANNA KEEP THOSE GOOD SIGHT LINES.
FROM THE, THE GLASS THERE AND FROM THIS DESK OUT OVER HERE.
UM, BUT NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY POSTED IN THERE.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST LUCKILY JUST HAD A, A NEW TEEN LIBRARY, AND SO WHENEVER THAT TEEN LIBRARIAN DOES PROGRAMMING, UM, INSIDE THE NEW TEEN ROOM, THEY'LL HAVE SOME, SOME HOURS IN THERE THAT, THAT ARE IN THERE TO, TO BE ABLE TO BE ACCESSED BY THE TEENS AND QUESTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN A, A A BE PROGRAM, SOME MAYBE COLLEGE PREP, P-S-A-T-S-A-T PROGRAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME PRESENCE AT SOME POINT IN THERE BY OUR TEEN LIBRARY INTERACTING WITH THE TEENS AT SOME POINT.
THE OTHER QUESTION MY KID HAD WAS, UM, WHAT ARE THE AGES ON THIS? BECAUSE YOU CALL IT THE TEEN.
WELL, AND HERE IT'S A TEEN ROOM, SO HE WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
UH, I THINK WHAT THAT MEANS IS PROBABLY SIXTH GRADE AND UP.
WE'RE, UH, YOU CAN LET 'EM KNOW WE'RE NOT BEING SUPER STRICT ON THE TEEN PART.
NOT GONNA HAVE PEOPLE CARTING THEM AT THE DOOR.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE PLAN.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND UP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND UP HIGH SCHOOL.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE ARE RIGHT SIXTH GRADERS, THEY'RE NOT QUITE TEENS YET.
SO, BUT THEY MIGHT BE WORKING ON STUFF TOGETHER YEAH.
WITH PEOPLE FROM THEIR SCHOOL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, SO, UH, I WAS JUST OVER THERE IT LOOKED LIKE, LIKE FIVE RANGES OF SHELVING IS GOING AWAY.
UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE GOING? I MEAN, THANKFULLY, WHERE ARE THE FORMER OCCUPANTS GOING?
UM, IT'S JUST WE'RE ABSORBING A LOT OF THAT FURTHER DOWN.
AND, UM, TYPICALLY LIBRARIANS LIKE TO KEEP A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPACE ON THE SHELVES THAT'LL JUST HAVE TO BE IMPACTED FOR THE MOST PART.
THERE WILL BE SOME LOSS, BUT IT WON'T BE AS FIVE SHELVES WORTH.
YEAH, I, YEAH, I'VE NOTICED YOU'VE BEEN SHIFTING ALREADY.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE, THE TEENS ARE SO INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST TO GET THE, THE PUBLIC INVOLVED WITH, WITH, WITH YOUR PLAN.
OH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, SO THE WALL IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE SOCIAL SPACE AND THE YES.
THAT'S LIKE IN WHAT'S IN THE COMMUNITY ROOMS OR WHAT IS THAT WALL? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN JUST GONNA BE GLASS.
AND SO THESE WILL SLIDE OUT THAT WAY AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT BIG OPEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY.
UM, DID I ASK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT? I WAS GONNA STOP
DISCUSSION AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
ALRIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM 4.2.
REPORT ON THE 2026, UH, LIVERMORE READS TOGETHER PROGRAM DIRECTOR BAKER.
HERE TO GIVE A RECAP OF THE 2026 LIVERMORE READS PROGRAM AS LIBRARIAN TWO, PAUL SVIA.
PAUL, YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY, SIR.
I AM EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR'S, UH, THANK YOU LIVERMORE READS TOGETHER PROGRAM, WHICH BROUGHT OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH READING LOCAL HISTORY AND SHARED EXPERIENCES.
THIS YEAR'S FEATURED TITLE WAS SILVER LIES BY ANN PARKER.
THIS ELECTION WAS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL.
IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME IN THE 20 YEAR HISTORY OF LIVERMORE READS TOGETHER THAT WE FEATURED A BOOK BY A LIVERMORE BASED AUTHOR.
IN ADDITION, IN CELEBRATION OF THE CITY OF LIVERMORE'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY, WE CHOSE A WESTERN THEMED TITLE.
THE COMMUNITY PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE PROCESS, UH, VOTING FROM A CURATED LIST, SHORT LIST
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OF WESTERN NOVELS WITH SILVER LIES EMERGING AS THE FINAL SELECTION.ANN PARKER IS AN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR KNOWN FOR HER SILVER RUSH HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES SET IN 1880S COLORADO.
HER WORK COMBINES RICH HISTORICAL DETAIL WITH COMPELLING STORYTELLING BEYOND BEING A PUBLISHED AUTHOR, ANN IS A SCIENCE WRITER, RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF, UH, NATIONAL WRITING ORGANIZATIONS AND AN AVID PATRON OF THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SO HAVING A LIVERMORE BASED AUTHOR GAVE US A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTLY WITH THE CREATOR OF THIS YEAR'S FEATURED BOOK.
THROUGHOUT MARCH, WE OFFERED A VARIETY OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE PROGRAMS TO ENGAGE VISITORS OF ALL AGES.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE LIGHT OF THE WEST ART SHOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIVERMORE ART ASSOCIATION AND OUR POPULAR CATTLE ROUNDUP.
FIND THE STUFF COW IN THE LIBRARY MONTH LONG PROGRAM, WHICH DREW 444 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS ALL LIBRARY LOCATIONS.
WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED 82 TAKE AND MAKE CRAFT KITS THAT CONNECTED FAMILIES WITH LIVERMORE'S RANCHING HISTORY.
OUR ADULT PROGRAMMING FEATURED A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS.
THESE INCLUDED A PRESENTATION BY ENCORE PLAYERS, LIVERMORE'S COMMUNITY THEATER GROUP, A COWBOY POETRY READING EVENT ARRANGED BY OUR POET LAUREATE HISTORICAL PRESENTATIONS AND LIVE MUSIC ATTENDANCE WAS STRONG ACROSS EVENTS WITH HIGHLIGHTS SUCH AS 63 ATTENDEES FOR OUR LOCAL HISTORY TALK AND 67 ATTENDEES FOR A BLUEGRASS CONCERT.
WE ALSO HOSTED OUR FEATURED AUTHOR ANNE PARKER FOR A Q AND A AND BOOK SIGNING, AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE ALSO PRIORITIZE FAMILY FRIENDLY AND TEEN FOCUSED PROGRAMMING EVENTS RANGE FROM INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES LIKE COWGIRL TRICKS, WHICH DREW OVER A HUNDRED ATTENDEES TO CREATE A PROGRAM SUCH AS WESTERN PAINT NIGHTS AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES.
OUR LIGHT OF THE WEST ARTIST RECEPTION WAS PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL, WELCOMING 165 ATTENDEES AND REINFORCING THE STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND THE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM THROUGH ATTENDANCE AND CIRCULATION.
SO, LIVERMORE REACH TOGETHER 2026, REACH 1,248 PARTICIPANTS.
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS FOR CONTEXT ATTENDANCE IN 2024 WAS 415.
AND IN 2025 IT ROSE TO 1077 WHEN WE HAD A WILD ROBOT AS THE FEATURED BOOK.
THIS YEAR WE BUILT ON THE, ON THAT MOMENTUM AND ACHIEVED OUR HIGHEST PARTICIPATION IN RECENT YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO PROGRAM ATTENDANCE, WE ALSO SAW, SAW STRONG ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FEATURED TITLE ITSELF.
SILVER LIFE CIRCULATED 59 TIMES IN PRINT WITH 106 E AUDIO BOOK CHECKOUTS AND 49 EBOOK CHECKOUTS OVER 200 TOTAL CHECKOUTS DURING THE PROGRAM PERIOD.
THIS TELLS US THAT THE PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY BRINGING PEOPLE INTO EVENTS, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGING ACTIVE READING ACROSS MULTIPLE FORMATS.
OVERALL, LIVERMORE READS TOGETHER 2026 SUCCESSFULLY COMBINED LITERATURE, LOCAL HISTORY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE SAW STRONG PARTICIPATION ACROSS PROGRAMS, MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENTHUSIASTIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
IN CLOSING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF LIBRARY PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES LIKE LIVERMORE READS TOGETHER.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS ITEM.
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OKAY.WE CAN, BUT THERE'S NO PUBLIC CONTEXT.
SO I LOVE THIS PROGRAM, UM, GETS ME READING BOOKS.
I WOULD NEVER PICK UP
UM, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME I WANTED TO CHECK OUT ONE OF THE EBOOKS I COULD HAVE.
UH, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND THAT, AND YOU ATTENDED ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I DID.
I I WENT TO ANN PARKER'S TALK AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.
THAT WAS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH TOWN CENTER BOOKS TOO.
WAS THAT HE WORKS AT TOWN CENTER BOOKS NOW IS A PART-TIME.
THAT'S WHAT WHAT THE TOWN CENTER OWNER SAID,
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I LOVE HOW YOU'VE REALLY DOING CREATIVE THINGS LIKE THE COWGIRL SHENANIGANS AND YOU KNOW, JUST DOING SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF OUTSIDE THE BOX OF THE BRINGING PEOPLE IN.
WELL THAT'S REALLY, UH, THANKS TO THE YOUTH SERVICES TEAM WHO WENT REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH ARRANGING, UH, UH, PROGRAMS. UH, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF,
THEY JUST REALLY WENT OUT AND MM-HMM
REALLY WAS INSPIRED BY THE THEME.
DID YOU HAVE, UM, LINE DANCING? DID I SEE THAT SOMEWHERE? I DON'T THINK WE HAD LINE DANCING.
UM, YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE LINE DANCING.
WE SHOULD HAVE LINE DANCING MAYBE.
WE CAN HAVE THAT ANY, ANYTIME YOU SHOULDA HAVE DANCING
UH, MAYBE THE TEEN LIBRARIAN CAN ARRANGE THAT
THAT'LL BE POPULAR WITH THAT HARDWAR NEW TEAM.
HEY, MAYBE THAT'S A SPACE TO DO IT.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME TAKERS.
UH, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE EVENTS, BUT WE DID DO THE FIND THE STUFFED COW AND THAT WAS FUN,
I'M, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE, MAKE A, OR WHAT WAS IT, IT WAS CALLED IT, UM, MAKE YOUR OWN COW POKE.
WHAT IS A COW POKE THAT'S A CRAFT PROGRAM THAT NA AT RCON, UH, PUT TOGETHER, THE RCON TEAM PUT TOGETHER, UH, UH, I, I I ASSUME IT'S A CRAFT PROGRAM.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, UH, MAKER MADNESS TYPE OF PROGRAMS. UH, UH, UM, YEAH, IT WA I THINK IT WAS JUST, IT WAS LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE A CORN HUS DOLL KIND OF THING.
LIKE
VERY, YEAH, THEY THINK OF ALL KINDS OF FUN CRAFT THAT I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
LIKE, WHOA,
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, SO I HEARD NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 4.3.
REPORT ON, UM, A READING FLUENCY OR A RF CLUB PILOT PROGRAM.
SO HERE TO, UM, GIVE A DETAILED REPORT ON A FLUENCY READING CLUB, WHICH IS A NEW INITIATIVE HERE AT LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
IT'S LIBRARY MANAGER YANG JANG YANG.
SO, UM, A INFLUENCING PROGRAM.
UH, WE, FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, PARTICIPANTS, WE ACTUALLY CALL IT THE R PROGRAM.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS, UH, SEE THE PICTURE UP THERE, UH, PART OF IT IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE DOG VOLUNTEERS, DOG VOLUNTEERS THAT COMES IN AND THAT IT GETS, PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDDOS TO READ TO, TO THE DOGS IN A NUDGE, UH, NON-JUDGMENTAL ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM WAS FOR TROJANS AND GRADES, UH, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE, UM, WHO WANTED TO WORK ON THEIR FLUENCY NEEDS.
AND SO THIS TARGETED, UM, GRADE LEVEL WAS, UH, GRADE LEVEL THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, 'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING INTO WHAT KIND OF, UH, READING INTERVENTION, READING SUPPORT TYPE PROGRAMS WE CAN OFFER HERE IN THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT SUGGESTED A FLUENCY READING PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S FOR, UM, CHILDREN WHO CAN'T ALREADY READ, BUT THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR READING FLUENCY.
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SO THE WORDS PER MINUTE, UH, THE PROGRAM, UH, STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF FE UH, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 4TH, AND IT RAN UNTIL APRIL 1ST.AND IT WAS A WEEKLY PROGRAM ON WEDNESDAYS AT OUR, UH, RING CON BRANCH LIBRARY, AND IT RAN FOR AN HOUR.
SO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, UH, THAT WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM WAS, UM, WE USED THE READ NATURALLY CURRICULUM.
AND SO, UM, ONE OF OUR LIBRARY STAFF, UH, UM, THEY WOULD, UH, USE THE CURRICULUM TO ASSESS THE CHILD'S, UH, UH, FLUENCY.
AND THEN OVER TIME, WE, UH, EVALUATE TO SEE IF, UH, WE SAW AN IMPROVEMENT WITH THEIR FLUENCY.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO READING TO A DOG, UH, READING TO OTHERS, UM, LISTENING TO READING AND THEN WORKING ON, UH, READING FLUENCY ACTIVITIES.
SO WE TRIED TO ENGAGE 'EM DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, SOMETIMES THE KIDS DIDN'T QUITE RESPOND TO THE ACTIVITIES, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES TO STILL TRY TO SUPPORT THE FLUENCY NEEDS.
SO, UM, EACH WEEK, UH, THEY, THEY WERE ASSESSED WEEKLY AND, UM, THIS CURRICULUM IS, WAS RECOMMENDED BY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO FIND, UM, RETIRED TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO, UH, KNEW HOW TO USE THIS CURRICULUM AS WELL.
AND THEY WERE KIND OF OUR BIG HELPER IN THIS PROGRAM.
UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, THE INTENT WAS WE WANT TO HELP THOSE WITH FLUENCY NEEDS.
SO, UH, WE KIND OF STARTED THEM AT THE LOWER LEVEL TO SEE WHERE THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD TEST AT.
UM, WE, WE FOUND THAT, UM, UH, MOST PARTICIPANTS STARTED AT THE LEVEL OF 1.5 TO 2.5.
SO IF YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING THAT AT THE GRADE LEVEL, THEY'RE IN THIRD OR FOURTH GRADE, AND THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE STARTING AT.
SO, UM, UH, SOME OF THE KIDS DEFINITELY, UM, UM, HAD FLUENCY NEEDS AND WE WERE REALLY THERE TO REALLY SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY WORK ON THE WORKS PER MINUTE.
UM, ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS, UH, WAS OUR, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH OUR VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY GROUP.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET TWO OR, UH, ONE OR TWO, UM, DOG VOLUNTEERS, UM, TO COME OUT, UH, ON, ON A WEEKLY BASIS SO THE KIDS CAN JUST, UM, GET TO READ.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE PICTURES HERE, IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL.
UM, IT, IT WAS A, A VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR THE, THE KIDS TO REALLY, UH, READ AND GROW.
AND, UH, THEY JUST LOVE THE DOGS.
UH, IF ANYTHING, IF BRICON LIBRARY WAS BIGGER, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE MORE DOGS THERE, BUT, UH, WE ARE LIMITED ON SPACE.
AND SO WE, ON AVERAGE, WE HAD ABOUT TWO DOGS THERE AND WE HAD DIFFERENT DOGS COME DIFFERENT WEEKS.
SO, UM, OVER TIME, UM, THEY, THE KIDDOS, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THE DOG AND ALSO THE, UH, THE HUMAN VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE AFF FLUENCY ACTIVITIES, UH, WE TRY TO DO THEM IN GROUPS.
UM, SOCIAL, UH, BONDING AND SOCIAL SKILLS WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT PART OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, WE WANTED THESE KIDS TO GAIN CONFIDENCE AND SO WE TRY TO ENGAGE THEM IN GROUP SETTING AS WELL SO THAT THEY, UM, ALSO LEARN THAT SOCIAL SKILL.
UM, SOMETIMES, UH, WE READ TO THE KIDDOS, TO THE CHILDREN, AND THEN, UH, WE SOMETIMES, UH, FOR THE ACTIVITIES, UH, WE HAD THE CHILDREN PRACTICE READING ALOUD AS WELL.
SO, UM, THE ASSESSMENT RESULT WAS HERE.
UM, GREEN IS WHEN, UM, THEY STARTED.
AND, UM, ORANGE IS THE, UH, THE LAST ASSESSMENT, UM, THAT THE CHILDREN, UM, HERE HAVE.
SO OVERALL, UH, WE DID SEE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR FLUENCY.
UM, UH, WE HAD ONE, UH, THAT REMAINED CONSTANT.
SO, UM, IT JUST MEANS THAT, UH, THEY STILL NEED HELP.
AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA PURSUE THIS IN THE FUTURE, DEFINITELY THERE IS A NEED FOR IT.
UM, AND, UM, WE HAD TWO READERS WHO ACTUALLY READ ABOUT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR LEVELS, UM, BUT THEY STILL WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, SO WE, WE STILL TRY TO PROVIDE THE WELCOMING SPACE FOR THEM TO COME.
AND I, I, I STILL THINK IT'S GOOD, UM, AS WELL BECAUSE, UM, IF, UH, OTHER KIDS SEE OTHER KIDS DO WELL, I THINK IT ALSO ENCOURAGES THEM TO ALSO TRY HARDER AS WELL.
UM, TOWARDS THE END, WE, WE, UH, HAD A SURVEY TO, TO, UM, ASK THE PARENTS AND, AND, AND THE CHILDREN, UM, HEY, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS WE, UH, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE OUR PROGRAMS, UH, WE WANTED TO TRY TO REACH THEM IN A WAY THAT, UM, IS, IS USEFUL AND, AND IN MEDIUM THAT, UH, THEY USE.
SO WE, WE FOUND OUT THAT, UH, TWO, TWO, UH, OF THE PARTICIPANTS, THEY HEARD FROM THE SCHOOL, THE TEACHER, UH, TWO OF THEM CAME FROM EMAIL, SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID SEND OUT EMAILS AS WELL.
UM, LIBRARY, UH, A LOT OF OUR LIBRARY STAFF PROMOTED THE PROGRAM, UM, WHEN, UM, BEFORE, UH, WE BEGAN THE PROGRAM FOR REGISTRATION.
AND, UM, IT WAS ALSO SHARED, UH, THROUGH PEACH JAR, UH, THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S, UM, COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, WAS, UH, FROM CAPE, SO THAT'S
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LIKE THE LOCAL PRESCHOOL GROUP.AND SO, UM, WE TRY TO REACH, UM, ALL ACROSS.
WE, UH, WHEN WE, UH, WHEN OUR YOUTH IS LIBRARIAN, UH, DID OUTREACH AT CAPE SITES, UH, WE DEFINITELY TALKED TO PARENTS, UM, FOR THE PARENTS THAT DID HAVE JUST CASE THEY HAD KIDS THAT WERE IN, UH, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE AND SO ON.
FUTURE PLAN, WILL THIS PROGRAM BE OFFERED AGAIN? UH, IF SO, WHERE? UH, WE DEFINITELY ARE RE UH, LOOKING INTO THAT TO SEE, UM, IF WE CAN OFFER THIS AGAIN.
AND ALSO WHERE, UM, UH, IF, UH, IDEALLY WE'D LIKE TO POTENTIALLY BRING TO CIVIC CENTER AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE APPLYING THIS ON A SMALLER SCALE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, HEY, WHAT ACTIVITIES ACTUALLY WORK WITH KIDS? UM, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DOES OUR STAFF NEEDS FOR TRAINING TO REALLY PROVIDE THIS FLUENCY NEED? AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I HAVE ONE.
UM, SO, UH, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S, UH, A POSSIBILITY OF, UH, THIS PROGRAM STARTING EARLIER AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY RATHER THAN STARTING AT FOUR 30.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT, THAT, I WOULD JUST, WOULD THINK WORKING PARENTS WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, GETTING AT THAT, AT, YOU KNOW, THAT TIME, MAYBE JUST RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, THERE'D BE MORE ACCESSIBILITY FOR GETTING TO THE LIBRARIES, LIKE OTHER PARENTS TAKING, SO GROUP OF KIDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST KIND OF ONE WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
YES, I, I THINK, UH, TIMING DEFINITELY MATTERS.
UM, EACH LIBRARY LOCATION, REVEREND TOWN HAS DIFFERENT OPENING HOURS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO TRYING TO FIND A TIME THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE I THINK, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE GET FEEDBACK FROM, UH, VALLEY HUMANE THAT, UM, IF IT WAS LATER IN THE DAY, WHICH WE CAN CLOSE AT SIX, UM, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET MORE DOG VOLUNTEER AS WELL.
AND SO, AND DEFINITELY, UM, HOURS THAT'S AVAILABLE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, DEFINITELY KEY FOR THE FUTURE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD NINE UH, PARTICIPANTS, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, WE HAD 10 SIGN UP.
UM, BUT UM, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS, UM, NEVER SHOWED FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT WE KEPT THEIR, THEIR SPOT.
'CAUSE WE ROUTE TO THEM AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, WE'LL COME NEXT WEEK, UM, THEN I'M NOT COMING.
AND, BUT WE STILL HELD A SPOT FOR THEM 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE.
BUT IF THEY DID SHOW UP, WHAT WAS, UM, LIKE HOW WAS THE CONSISTENCY WITH KIDS SHOWING UP? IT, IT VARIED AND, UM, DEFINITELY THE, THE, THE CHILDREN THAT SHOWED UP CONSISTENTLY, UH, UH, YOU COULD TELL THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT.
AND THE ONES THAT, UH, UH, RANKED A LITTLE LOWER IN THE ASSESSMENT, UM, DIDN'T QUITE SHOW.
OR, UH, A WEEK BEFORE THE PROGRAM ENDED, THE PARENTS EMAILED US AND SAID THAT, UM, THEIR KIDS WOULD START, UH, BEGINNING IN SPORTS SO THEY, UH, WOULDN'T BE COMING ANYMORE.
WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE 'CAUSE UM, ONE OF THAT, UM, CHILD WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT PROBABLY NEEDED THE MOST HELP.
YEAH, I WAS, I MEAN THE, THE RESULTS ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
I MEAN, SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYONE IMPROVED AT LEAST SOMEWHAT, BUT YOU HAD TWO STUDENTS WHO LIKE IMPROVED QUITE A BIT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF CONSISTENCY PLAYED INTO THAT AT ALL.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT DID.
UH, I, I BELIEVE CONSISTENCY PLAYED A, A, A, UH, UH, A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND IF WE CAN BREAK THOSE BARRIERS, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE TIME OF THE PROGRAM, HOW OFTEN INSTEAD OF ONCE A WEEK, MAYBE WE DID MORE, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
ALRIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CLOSE THIS ITEM.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.4 REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2026.
SO OUR REFERENCE MONTH TO MONTH WAS UP 17%, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UM, DUE TO SO MANY ON-DEMAND DATABASES NOWADAYS, UH, GOOGLE AI, UM, THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN TRENDING DOWN AND IT IS DOWN YEAR TO DATE, BUT, UH, IT WAS UP LAST MONTH, 17%.
OUR TECH HELP WAS ALSO UP, UM, 20%, UH, MONTH OVER MONTH AS WELL TOO.
WE'RE GETTING SO MANY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND TECH HELP.
WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE COME IN, UH, WITH A SUITCASE
IT'S NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL TECH QUESTION
IF YOU, IF THAT HAPPENS, COME TO THE LIBRARY, WE'LL HELP YOU OUT.
SAFE CRACKERS AND I KNOW EVERYTHING, RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DEEPER PATRON ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST JUST VISITS AND NOT JUST FOR TRADITIONAL THINGS.
UM, OUR COLLECTION ENGAGEMENT, OUR HOLES REQUESTS WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, 12% MONTH OVER MONTH AS WELL.
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WE FILLED 9% MORE THAN WE DID LAST MONTH.SO IT SHOWS INTENTIONAL USE OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.
OUR ORIGINAL ACCESS HAS INCREASED AS WELL TO YEAR TO DATE WITH OUR INTERLIBRARY ALONE BEING UP 17%, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ITEMS THAT, UH, WE MAY NOT HAVE.
THE LITTLE ITEMS THAT MAY HAVE, UH, FEWER COPIES IN CIRCULATION THAT OTHER LIBRARIES MAY HAVE THAT WE DON'T.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE FOR LIBRARY PATRONS THROUGH OUR, UM, LINK PLUS SYSTEM.
UH, SO THAT EXPANDS OUR SERVICE ACTUALLY BEYOND OUR SHELVES, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL TOO.
OUR WEBSITE VISITS HAVE BEEN DOING SUPER WELL THIS YEAR.
I'M REALLY PROUD TO TO SAY THAT.
UM, THEY'VE INCREASED 23% YEAR TO DATE.
I CALL OUR, OUR WEBSITE OUR DIGITAL FRONT DOOR.
PEOPLE MIGHT NOT COME THROUGH THE PHYSICAL FRONT DOOR, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY VISITING OUR WEBSITE MUCH, MUCH MORE.
AND OUR ACTUAL FRONT DOOR VISITS HAVE, UM, INCREASED WELL TO SLIGHTLY YEAR TO DATE, SO THAT 24 7 ACCESS POINTS CONTINUE TO GROW MONTH OVER MONTH IN THE LIBRARY.
OUR COMMUNITY SPACE USE OUR MEETING ROOMS UP 10% MONTH OVER MONTH, WHICH SHOWS STRONG CIVIC AND COMMUNITY USE.
UM, THOSE ROOMS ARE ALWAYS COMPLETELY BOOKED OUT AT ALL TIMES, SUPER POPULAR.
WE START TO HAVE, UH, MORE VOLUNTEERS HOURS, 15% MONTH OVER MONTH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FIND JOY ENGAGING WITH THE LIBRARY AND VOLUNTEERING AND HELP US OUT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO.
UM, SO THAT NUMBER'S UP 14% ACTUALLY YEAR TO DATE EXPANDING OUR SERVICE CAPACITY.
THIS YEAR WE HAD 38% MORE MONTH OVER MONTH.
A LOT OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO LIVERMORE READS LAST MONTH, UH, WHICH GAVE US AN INCREASED ATTENDANCE IN ADULT PROGRAMMING OF 63% LAST MONTH AND A 9% INCREASE IN YEAR TO DATE ATTENDANCE FOR OUR ADULT PROGRAMS, WHICH EXPANDS OUR REACH ALSO BEYOND OUR YOUTH FOCUS, WHICH IS KIND OF OUR BREAD AND BUTTER FOR PROGRAMMING.
SO THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT ON STATISTICS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS AND MOVE INTO ITEM 4.5 REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2026.
SO OUR YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMMING CONTINUE TO BE STRONG, ESPECIALLY FOR LIVERMORE RES FOR MARCH, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS IN THIS REPORT.
LIBRARY STAFF VISITED ARBOR VISTA SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS A SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY SERVING OLDER ADULTS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY OR REDUCED TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS OUTREACH ENSURES SENIORS REMAIN CONNECTED TO LIBRARY SERVICES, REDUCING ISOLATION AND SUPPORT FOR LIFELONG LEARNING.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICES WE HAVE TO OFFER THEM, THAT THEY SEE THAT WE SUPPORT THEM AND CAN MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO COME TO THE LIBRARY.
SO THESE VISITS BRING THE LIBRARY, UM, DIRECTLY TO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS.
WE ALSO PERFORM OUTREACH TO THE VINEYARD 2.0 AT OPEN-HEARTED KITCHEN AS WELL.
AND OPEN-HEARTED KITCHEN, UM, IS A PLACE THAT PROVIDES MEALS AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITIES.
VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ALSO KNOW WHAT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER THEM AND WE CAN ALSO LET THEM KNOW WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT AS WELL TOO.
SO, UM, VISITING 'EM ON SITE WAS VERY BENEFICIAL, UM, TO THEM.
AND THIS OUTREACH ALSO HELPS CONNECT THE LIBRARY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS FACING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP WITH SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE, ARE DOING THESE DAYS OR FACING THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF HARDSHIP AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THEM, BUT ALSO A, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE SUPPORT, EVEN IF IT'S INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT, SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL PHYSICAL WAYS.
SO WE TRY TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL TOO.
WE ALSO VISITED TRI-VALLEY HAVEN, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS, AND ALSO FOOD INSECURITY AS WELL TOO.
AND, UM, THE PLACE REALLY, IT PROVIDES A, A SAFE SPACE FOR, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO BEING ABLE TO GO THERE AND, AND IN SUPPORTIVE WAYS AND BRING A CONNECTION TO LEARNING AND LITERACY, UH, AND RECOVERY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELPS FOCUS THEM ON GETTING BACK TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AS WELL TOO.
UH, LASTLY, WE VISITED GRANADA HIGH SCHOOL AS A POPUP TO A TEA PARTY PROGRAM AND, UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP IS BRINGING SERVICES DIRECTLY TO TEENS AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, THE TEEN DEMOGRAPHIC IS THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR US TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN IN THE LIBRARY, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS TEEN ROOM.
AND SO PART OF THE OUTREACH IS LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE TEAM ROOM AND THAT WE WANT THEIR INPUT, WE WANT THEM IN OUR BUILDINGS, UM, TO GIVE US THEIR IDEAS AND, UM, IT ALSO INCREASES OUR VISIBILITY BY GOING TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS
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COMING TO OUR BUILDINGS AS WELL TOO.SO THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT ON PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST WONDERED HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
SO ANOTHER POTENTIAL TARGET TO FOR OUTREACH MIGHT BE SHEPHERD'S GATE.
UM, IT'S, UH, THE WOMEN THERE ARE OFTEN LOOKING FOR TO START A WHOLE NEW LIFE AND SO THE LIBRARY HAS, UH, GOOD RESOURCES FOR THAT.
I'LL TALK TO OUR OUTREACH LIBRARIES AND SEE IF WE CAN SET UP TO, TO GO TO SHEPHERDS GATE.
WHAT? OH, SORRY, YOU COULDN'T HEAR ME
UM, HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE WITH GOODNESS VILLAGE BEFORE? UH, ANY OUTREACH WITH THAT? YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, OUTREACH TO GOODNESS VILLAGE BEFORE, UM, SEVERAL TIMES.
THEY'RE JUST NOT IN OUR, OUR CURRENT ROTATION, BUT WE WILL CIRCLE BACK AND, AND DO MORE OUTREACH TO, TO THEM AS WELL TOO.
GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
SEE IN MY NOTES IT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT COMES BEFORE DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
QUESTIONS, BUT AFTER QUESTIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT,
ALL RIGHT,
SO I'LL CLOSE 4.5, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM
[5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBERS]
FIVE, UH, BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY THE LIBRARY.SO ANYTHING TO REPORT? GO AHEAD.
I WENT TO THE KOREAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS REALLY FUN.
MY HUSBAND AND I RODE OUR BIKES OVER HERE AND SO WE WENT IN THE LITTLE, UM, FOOD LINE, YOU KNOW, GOT A BAG AND PUT LITTLE THINGS IN AND I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO PEOPLE AND TALKED TO THEM.
AND, UM, SO WE CHATTED ABOUT A, A COMMON ACQUAINTANCE THAT WE HAVE THAT I KNOW IN THE, IN THE KOREAN COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, SO WE JUST CHATTED ABOUT THINGS IN, UH, CHILDREN.
THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE A COMMON THING, UM, TALKING TO MY, MY GRANDSONS AND, AND THE AGES AND BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD CHILDREN THERE TOO, YOU KNOW, IN THE GROUP.
SO, UM, IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE.
SO JUST THEY FIT, THANKED ME FOR COMING AND, YOU KNOW, UM, SO IT WAS JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SAW THAT I WAS THERE AND I WAS FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD,
I TOO WENT TO THE KOREAN CULTURE FESTIVAL AND BROUGHT MY WIFE ALONG AND, AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
THE, THE FOOD PEOPLE WERE VERY INTERESTING.
UH, WE REALLY ALSO ENJOYED LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS DISPLAYS THE STUDENTS HAD HAD CREATED AND, UH, HAD FUN IN WHAT I CALLED THE CASINO DOWN, DOWN WITH ALL THE GAMES.
UH, IN FACT, ONE, ONE OF THE GIRLS WHO WAS PLAYING A GAME WITH MY WIFE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS IN KOREA, WE'D BE BETTING ON THIS
BUT, BUT THEY WERE FUN AND, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE GAMES WERE MOSTLY TEENS AND THEY SEEMED TO BE, IF THEY WERE, IF SOMEONE WOULD ENGAGE WITH THEM, THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
BUT I WAS JUST WALKING UP AND DOWN SAYING, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU GOT
SO, UM, I, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS PLANNED TO, TO GET THAT GOING, SO TRYING TO LIKE DO MY LITTLE PART TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.
UM, BUT APPRECIATED GETTING THOSE IN THE MAIL, SO THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MONTH.
HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO, TO MR. MCFARLAND FOR CREATING THOSE BOOKMARKS.
HE WORKED VERY HARD ON THEM AND THEY TURNED OUT EXCELLENT.
THAT WAS PART OF MY REPORT, SO YOU KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER.
I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAD RECEIVED THEM IN THE MAIL.
WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE GETTING THEM BEING ABLE TO START AT THE SAME TIME.
DIRECTOR BAKER SAID GAME 90 SAID MAKE IT HAPPEN.
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THAT I HAVE, UM, FROM AT LEAST MY PART OF THINGS IS, UM, WE DID DO THE, THE CITY DID DO THE RECRUITMENT FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.SO, UM, NANCY OLA RIETTA WAS APPOINTED TO ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM, SO, UM, SHE'LL STILL BE WITH US, YOU KNOW, WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, BOARD MEMBER HANO ACTUALLY DID NOT APPLY FOR REAPPOINTMENT, SO HIS LAST MEETING WILL BE NEXT MONTH SINCE IT, HIS TERM TECHNICALLY ENDS ON JUNE 1ST, SO HE WON'T BE PARTICIPATING IN THE JUNE MEETING.
THEY DID APPOINT A NEW PERSON AND SO COMING AT THE JUNE MEETING, YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO MEET THEM AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ONCE THEIR APPOINTMENT IS FORMAL.
UM, IT'S NOT, UH, UM, LEMME TAKE A STEP BACK.
THEY RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT AND THEN THE FULL COMMISSION ACTUALLY DOES, OR SORRY, THE FULL COUNCIL ACTUALLY DOES THE APPOINTMENT.
SO ONCE THAT'S OFFICIAL, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN AT THE MAY 11TH MEETING.
BUT ONCE THAT'S OFFICIAL, UM, WE'LL GET OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM, ONBOARD THEM.
THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED WITH ALL OF YOU AS YOU CAME ON BOARD.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE A FULL BOARD.
WE WON'T HAVE ANY TIME WHERE WE'RE RUNNING SHORT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE LIBRARY? OKAY.
MIGHT HAVE NO MATTERS TO INITIATE.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.