{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nWEDNESDAY - -JUNE 11, 2008- - - -6:30 P.M.\n(08-255 - ) A Special Meeting was called to allow the Council to\nattend a Charter workshop.\nLara Weisiger, City Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown\nAct.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nJune 11, 2008", "path": "CityCouncil/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "LibraryBoard", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 1, "text": "OF\nTERNA\nMinutes of the\nALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING\nJune 11, 2008\nThe regular meeting of the Alameda Free Library Board was called to order at 6:04 p.m.\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nLeslie Krongold, President\nKaren Butter, Vice President\nRuth Belikove, Board Member\nAlan Mitchell, Board Member\nMike Hartigan, Board Member\nAbsent:\nNone\nStaff:\nJane Chisaki, Library Director\nMarsha Merrick, Recording Secretary\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAn asterisk indicates items so enacted or adopted on the Consent Calendar.\nA.\n*Report from Library Director highlighting Library Department activities for the month of June 2008.\nAccepted.\nB.\n*Draft Minutes of the Regular Library Board meeting of May 14, 2008. Approved.\nC.\n*Library Services Report for the month of April 2008. Accepted.\nD.\n*Report from Finance Department reflecting FY 2007-08 Library expenditures (by fund) through\nMay 2008. Accepted.\nE.\n*Bills for ratification for the month of May 2008. Approved.\nVice President Butter asked about getting adult check-out up and more in-line with children's check-out\nnumbers. Director Chisaki said that adult circulation statistics have risen a little, and, an adult summer\nreading program is planned for this year. Per an inquiry from President Krongold, Chisaki said that flyers\nhave been sent around town to different businesses to post, the Library webpage has been updated, and press\nreleases are being sent out to help advertise the program.\nBoard Member Hartigan asked about new borrower statistics, and referenced comments from a previous\nmeeting about the number of records no longer in use dropping off the system. Chisaki said this is not a\nstatistic we currently report, but it would probably be available so she will check on it.", "path": "LibraryBoard/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "LibraryBoard", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 2, "text": "Page 2 of 4\nMinutes of the Alameda\nFree Library Board Meeting\nJune 11, 2008\nBoard Member Belikove had a question about the LEED certification, and wondered why the Library hadn't\nchosen to install solar panels if that would provide extra points. Board Member Hartigan explained that the\ninitial outlay is tremendously expensive and would only result in one LEED point. Hartigan had also been in\nfavor of solar paneling; however, it turned out to be unfeasible.\nPresident Krongold asked for a motion to accept the Consent Calendar as presented. Member Mitchell so\nmoved; Vice President Butter seconded the motion which carried by a 5-0 vote.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment)\nMarc Lambert asked about the result of the \"Free2\" campaign, as he doesn't see it anywhere but inside the\nLibrary now. Director Chisaki said the campaign runs for 12-18 months; small pieces are now being filmed\nto put on television, so they are still working to get the word out. We are waiting for Free2 screensavers to\nbe uploaded onto the public computers, and the on-line contest received thousands of entries which are still\nbeing processed. Lambert then asked about how Measure H would affect the Library, and Director Chisaki\nsaid it would not have any significant impact on programs or services. Classes that might be lost at school,\nsuch as music or sports, are not something the Library would offer, so we can't help them in that respect.\nUNFINISHED BUSINESS\nNone.\nNEW BUSINESS\nA.\nElection of Officers (L. Krongold)\nPresident Krongold opened the floor to nominations for Board President. Vice President Butter\nnominated Member Belikove; Member Mitchell seconded the nomination. Belikove accepted and\nwas unanimously approved by the Board. Krongold then asked for nominations for Vice President.\nButter nominated Member Hartigan; Belikove seconded the nomination. Hartigan accepted and was\nunanimously approved by the Board. Incoming President Belikove asked outgoing President\nKrongold to continue to run the meeting for the remainder of the evening.\nB.\nStrategic Planning Committee Update (M. Hartigan)\nMember Hartigan did not have any comments, so turned the floor over to Director Chisaki for an\nupdate. Chisaki said that Library staff has continued to work on goals and objectives. These are\ncurrently in draft form, but will be firmed up the following week, then sent on to consultant Ruth\nMetz who will report back at the Strategic Planning Committee meeting coming up on June 24.\nConsultant Kathy Page has finished up her stakeholder and focus group meetings, and will give a\nverbal report at the June 24 meeting as well. Member Butter asked what specific recommendations\nmight be from Page. Chisaki said Page will advise things such as the number of square feet that the\nbranches would need to add, or the number of computer stations needed to meet population demands,\netc. There will be both a short and long-range plan, and the finalized report will be presented to City\nCouncil at their first meeting in August.", "path": "LibraryBoard/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "LibraryBoard", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 3, "text": "Page 3 of 4\nMinutes of the Alameda\nFree Library Board Meeting\nJune 11, 2008\nDirector Chisaki had invited the consultants to the July Board meeting to present their information,\nbut Member Butter expressed that there may not be enough time in a regular board meeting to give\nthe attention needed for this discussion. The rest of the Board agreed, so it was suggested that a\nspecial meeting be held prior to the regular meeting. Tentative dates were discussed, and as soon as\nChisaki follows up with the consultants, Recording Secretary Merrick will contact the Board and firm\nup a date for the special meeting.\nC.\nArt Exhibit Committee (R. Belikove)\nPresident Belikove talked about the current exhibit by Alameda Women Artists being displayed in the\nCommunity Meeting Rooms. The opening had been the previous Friday, and was very well attended.\nThe Art Exhibit Committee had met the previous afternoon, and talked about putting together a press\npacket of information for future group showings. The committee will continue this discussion at their\nnext meeting in July, and try to come up with more publicity ideas to get the word out.\nDirector Chisaki inquired if future artists would want their displays limited to just the Community\nMeeting Rooms, as this had caused a few problems for staff, and, with meetings being held in the\nrooms during the showing. Belikove said the next group coming in will have a textile exhibit and\nthey would like to utilize the wall space on the second floor for their display. Belikove said that the\ncommittee is still in its learning stages of finding out what works and what does not, and will proceed\naccordingly with future exhibitions.\nD.\nAlameda Free Library Foundation (A. Mitchell)\nMember Mitchell did not have a report, and Director Chisaki said the next meeting of the Foundation\nwould be the following Monday. Marc Lambert had information about required annual participation\nby Foundation Board members, i.e. making monetary donations, and getting this stipulation written\ninto the by-laws. The special event with author Michael Pollan is still under discussion. The venue\nneeds to be confirmed first so the Foundation can pin-down Pollan to a date for the event.\nE.\nFriends of the Alameda Free Library (M. Lambert)\nMarc Lambert reported that the Friends did not meet last month because both the President and Vice\nPresident were out of town. The July meeting has been pushed out one week due to another meeting\nthat will conflict with the Friends regular meeting date and time. The Friends will take author Cara\nBlack out to dinner prior to her program on June 19, so if there is interest, let Donna Vaughn know.\nF.\nPatron suggestions/comments (Speak-Outs) and Library Director's response.\nThere were no speak-outs to report on, however, Director Chisaki did have an inquiry that came\nthrough the City website about making the Quiet Reading Room a designated cell-phone use room.\nChisaki had responded that there is a quiet reading area because the community had been polled\nthrough focus groups etc. and their desire was to have this type of space available. The option for\ncell-phone users would be to talk in the teen room on the second floor, or go outside to either the\nfront of the Library or in the back patio area to have their conversations.", "path": "LibraryBoard/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "LibraryBoard", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 4, "text": "Page 4 of 4\nMinutes of the Alameda\nFree Library Board Meeting\nJune 11, 2008\nLIBRARY BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\nOutgoing President Krongold talked about her 8 years on the Board and how much she had appreciated the\nexperience. She had worked in an elementary school library when she was young, and had fond memories of\nthat time, so jumped in to join the Alameda Free Library Board when the opportunity presented itself.\nIncoming President Belikove thanked Krongold for all her many contributions, wished her all the best, and\nencouraged her to continue her community service. Krongold then shared that she had recently become the\nEducation Liaison for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), who she has worked with for some\ntime now. Member Butter seconded the comments made by Belikove, and thanked Krongold for her\nexcellent service and contributions over the years. One of Krongold's favorite memories will always be\nshaking the little children's hands as they crossed the stage during the End of Summer Reading Program\nCelebration.\nDIRECTOR'S COMMENTS\nDirector Chisaki first read a resolution of appreciation prepared for Krongold, and signed by the rest of the\nBoard members. Chisaki went on to give a brief update on the City's budget situation, noting that there\nwould be a reduction in open hours and part-time staffing dollars. This, in conjunction with a $5,000\nreduction in the materials budget, and minimal cuts across other categories, will enable the Library to realize\nthe 8% cut required. The open hour's reduction will take place at both the Main and the branch locations.\nThe official budget hearing before City Council will be on Tuesday, June 17th.\nADJOURNMENT\nOutgoing President Krongold asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:47 p.m. Vice President\nHartigan so moved; Member Mitchell seconded the motion which carried by a 5-0 vote.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJane Chisaki\nLibrary Director and\nSecretary to the Library Board", "path": "LibraryBoard/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION\nREGULAR MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\n2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE - 7:00 PM\nCONVENE: The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m.\nROLL CALL:\nPRESENT: Vice Chair Lee, Commissioners Leal and Wolfe\nABSENT: Commissioner Cervantes\nSTAFF PRESENT: Jon Biggs, Planning Manager/Secretary to PAC;\nDora Mairena, Intermediate Clerk/Recording Secretary\nMINUTES:\nThe minutes of April 9, 2008 were approved as submitted.\nAGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION:\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS:\nMrs. Sharon Wilson spoke to the Public Art Approval process and informed the\nCommission she would be submitting an art project for the Commission's consideration\nat some point in the future.\nREGULAR AGENDA:\n(4-A.) 1410 Everett Project Presentation\nJon Biggs, Planning Services Manager, presented the staff report.\nSteve Busse, applicant, presented the public art project and answered questions\nfrom the Commission.\nMotion (Leal)/Second (Lee) to approve item 4-A. subject to the following\nconditions, in addition to conditions contained in the agenda report.\nAyes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent 1. Motion passed unanimously.\nAdditional Conditions:\n1.\nThe irrigation system in the planter beds around the public art will\ncontinue to be an underground drip system in compliance with the East", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 2, "text": "Bay Municipal Utilities District landscape irrigation requirements.\n2.\nThe final plan for the platform on which the public art will be mounted\nmust be approved by a Subcommittee of the Public Art Commission. The\nSubcommittee will be reviewing the overall height of the public art and its\norientation.\nSubcommittee: Commissioners Leal and Lee\n(4-B.) Discussion on Future Meeting Dates\nThe Commissioners discussed future meeting dates and decided that for the remainder\nof the calendar year, meetings will take place every second Wednesday of the month\nstarting at 7:00 p.m.\nMotion (Lee)/Second (Wolfe)\nAyes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent: 1. Motion passed unanimously.\n(4-C.) Discussion on Development of an Artist Resource List\nThe Commission discussed the possibility of developing an Artist Resource List that\nwould include information to assist the community in locating public art in Alameda.\nMotion (Leal)/Second (Lee) to continue the discussion to the July 9 meeting, and\nrequested that staff obtain information on development of a website and providing a\ncost estimate for the project.\nAyes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent: 1. Motion passed unanimously.\n(4-D.) Archiving Public Art and Identifying Appropriate Areas for Public Art in Alameda\nThe additional research for the sliding scale was not conducted.\nThe Commission discussed having interest articles run in newspapers and requested\ninformation from staff on how best to proceed.\nMotion (Wolfe)/Second ( Leal) to continue the item to the July 9 meeting to allow for\nfurther consideration of the item and to give staff an opportunity to gather more\ninformation.\nAyes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent: 1. Motion passed unanimously.\nSTAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\nStaff reported.\nG:\nPLANNING/PAC/Agenda-Minutes/Minutes08/6-11-08 draft minutes\n2", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2008-06-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2008-06-11", "page": 3, "text": "WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:\nNone\nCOMMISSIONER COMMUNICATIONS:\nCommissioners noted that new appointments to the Public Art Commission would be\nmade at the next City Council meeting, on July 2, 2008.\nADJOURNMENT:\nThe meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJoh Biggs, Pl\u00e4nning Services Manager/Secretary\nPublic Art Commission\nThese minutes were approved at the August 13, 2008, Public Art Commission meeting.\nG:\nPLANNING/PAC/Agenda-Minutes/Minutes08/6-11-08 draft minutes\n3", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2008-06-11.pdf"}