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AMENDED MINUTES
LIBRARY COMMISSION
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
LIBRARY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
At 7:03pm, Chair Wang called the meeting to order at the Cupertino Library, 10800 Torre Ave,
Cupertino in the Story Room.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners: Amanda J ia W o, Gopal Kumarappan, Christie Wang, Liana Crabtree, Rose
Grymes.
City/County Library Staff: Christine Hanel, Clare Varesio, Nancy Howe
Absent: None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Regular Meeting of June 6, 2018
Commissioner Wo motioned to approve the minutes and Commissioner Grymes seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
Special Meeting of July 23, 2018
The minutes were not approved. Vice Chair Crabtree will work with staff to edit the minutes
and will bring the minutes back to the next meeting for review and approval.
POSTPONEMENTS
None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None
OLD BUSINESS
Cupertino User Survey Results & Actions
Clare Varesio highlighted the following:
Ongoing Projects
o Wellness program: Skin Care Secrets shared as an ongoing weekend program in
June/July.
o Mobile Library Cart (GoGoBiblio) for neighborhood outreach coming in Summer
2018.
o Collection development
Other Survey Areas
o I. Effective, Informed Advocacy & Outreach
o VII. Facilities, Accessibility & Library Hours
Clare mentioned willingness to help Commissioners with monthly, quarterly reports . The
Commission would like to provide input to Library staff on the Patron Satisfaction Survey. Vice
Chair Crabtree will send notes from the August 1st Mayor's meeting to the other
Commissioners due to time constraints (uploaded in submitted documents). Nancy Howe
recommended adding the "Work Plan" as a standing item to the agenda.
Explore Merging Commissions -City Council Follow-Up
Vice Chair Crabtree gave a summary of the July 31, 2018 City Council Special Meeting &
provided recommendations (uploaded in submitted documents):
Budget
Staff time
Quantity of work
Vendetta between City Council/Commissions
Brown Act
Commissioner Kumarappan provided a summary and mentioned the following:
Commissions not collaborating with others
Had met with the IT Department
Little connection with City Council & Commissioners (Mayor's Meetings)
The Commission recommended providing more frequent updates to City Council.
Jean Bedard, Cupertino Resident, spoke about agenda development and the Work Plan.
Suggested Libraries contributing.
NEW BUSINESS
None
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
• Cupertino Community Librarian Report-June/July reports as submitted .
• County Librarian Report -June/July reports as submitted .
• Friends of the Library Report -None.
• Cupertino Library Foundation Report-None.
• Commissioner Report-None.
• Poet Laureate Report -None .
• Staff Report -None.
• Calendar Review -
Commissioners to attend Mayor's meetings, 1st Wednesday @5:30pm, as follows:
Chair Wang (back-up Commissioner Grymes) -September 5
Commissioner Grymes -October 3
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:17pm.
Respectfully Submitted by,
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Christine Hanel, Assistant Director of Recreation and Community Services
Minutes approved at th e 09 .05.18 me eting.