LIB 04-03-2019CITY OF
CUPERTINO
AMENDED MINUTES
LIBRARY COMMISSION
LIBRARY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
PRESENT: (Roll Call not taken)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
POSTPONEMENTS
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
OLD BUSINESS
Clare Varesio will not be able to attend next month's meeting but can have someone attend to
give the update. She will also send Commission an update next week or the following week.
Once the survey implementation date is known, Commissioners will be sent an email.
The Volunteer Fair will be held on May 5. The library will have a table for volunteer
opporhmities at the library and may hand out surveys as well.
Discussion followed regarding whether to use incentives to take the survey or not.
Discussion of Fuhue Library Commission Work Plan Items to Submit for City Council
Approval for FY 2019/20
Chair Crabtree opened the item up for suggestions on how to proceed. Vice Chair Wo inquired
about a unified format for the work plan for them to follow.
Chair Crabtree suggested prioritizing the items and flagged one item, the Poet Laureate
program. Library Commission inherited the program in 2017. The current Poet Laureate's term
ends December 31, 2019 so a new one will need to be selected. This was previously done by a
committee but the Commission is new to the process, and needs to ensure this a priority in their
work plan. Requested further information about when the application process should start and
what the interview process would be like.
Clare Varesio said the steering committee had put together a playbook of information they
gathered while maintaining the program and suggested it might be helpful to invite some
members of the committee to a Commission meeting to give an overview of how the selection
process works. Not all of the information has been passed on to the City so need clarification
from the Director of Parks & Recreation as to what the City is maintaining and what the
Commission is expected to maintain. Also suggested that the current Poet Laureate, Kaesey
McCormick, would be a good resource and should agendize the Poet Laureate specifically at an
upcoming meeting.
Chair Crabtree requests from staff some information about how staff perceives the division of
responsibility and what does the Commission need to be doing, planning for, and what does the
City do and the timeline for that. Need to understand what the Commission's obligations are
prior to finalizing the work plan.
Commission discussed their prioritized work plan items and how to move forward. Chair
Crabtree suggested that they form a committee of two to struchue the items into a format
similar to the City's work plan and, if possible, distribute them back to Kevin and give
feedback.
Priority Items
•Patron Survey
•Community Outreach, Including Collaboration with Local Schools
•Partnership with Cupertino Library Foundation & Friends (and other groups)
•Parking andPatron Drop-Off
•Solve Programming and Library Space Issues
•Poet Laureate
Vice Chair Wo made a motion to approve a sub-committee being created for the top six items
and to draft a final copy and deliver that to Kevin to distribute to everyone by April 17.
Commissioner Vasanth seconded and motion passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion of Observations and Lessons Learned from "Root Causes of Pain" Communitv
Outreach and Social Media Campaign, to Identify an Upcoming Program to Promote, and/or
Setup a Promotion Strategy to Test in April, 2019
Commissioners posted event on Next Door and a few comments were received. Two sessions
were held, one in Mandarin and one in English. Will post again for another upcoming event.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
Cupertino Community Librarian Report
Clare Varesio reported as submitted.
•February Circulation - 222,875
•Digital Storytelling Workshop will be held April 19 and 20.
County Librarian Report
Nancy Howe reported as submitted.
•Santa Clara County Library District is offering the Food for Fines amnesty program
during the month of April.
•April is Financial Literacy Month providing tools to help patrons manage their finances.
•Free 2018 Tax Help from Volunteers in April.
Friends of the Library Report
None
Cupertino Library Foundation Report
None
Commissioner Reports
Commissioner Pan reported on the March Mayor's meeting.
•Add a discussion item to the May agenda about the environmental conditions and noiselevel at the Library.Commissioner Vasanth would like to add an item to the May agenda to discuss holding Library events at Community Hall. Chair Crabtree reported on the April City Council meeting.
Poet Laureate Report None
Staff Report None
Calendar Review None
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:29 p.m. to May 1, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully�;:::.___�nan, Recreation Supervisor
Minutes approved at the 05.01.19 meeting.