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AGENDA
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Main Library Auditorium
840 West Orange Avenue
6:00PM
PEOPLE OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
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business, we proceed as follows:
The regular meetings of the Library Board of Trustees are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at
6:00 PMin the Main Library, Auditorium, 840 West Orange Avenue,South San Francisco, California.
Public Comment
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ARE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES PER SPEAKER. Thank you for your cooperation.
The Library Board President will read successively the items of business appearing on the Agenda. As she
completes reading an item, it will be ready for Board discussion or action.
PAT FITZPATRICK
President
DIANE HUDDLESTON
Vice President
ROBERT TURNBERG
Secretary
LIRU CHIN
Member
MARY GIUSTI
Member
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AGENDA
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Main Library Auditorium
840 West Orange Avenue
6:00 PM
I.CALL TO ORDER
II.ATTENDANCE
III.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV.APPROVAL OF MINUTES:September 24, 2019Library Board Meeting
V.PUBLIC COMMENTS (limited to 3 minutes per speaker)
VI.LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT
VII.COMMUNICATIONS
a)Circulation, Reference Questions &Literacy Services Statistics (Attachment #1)
b)Library Articles, Issues & Programs(Attachment #2)
c)Board Attendance Chart (Attachment #3)
VIII.OLD BUSINESS
a)Library Openings and Recruitments Updates
b)New Main Library and Parks & Recreation Community Center Update
IX.NEW BUSINESS
a)Introduction of New Staff member: Monte Gordon, Library Assistant II
b)Discussion and Motion to Approve the 2020Holiday Schedule(NB –1)
c)Nominations for 2020Slate of Officers
d)Discussion and Motion to Amend the Library Conduct Policy(NB –2)
e)Discussion and Motion to Cancel the regular meeting of December 24, 2019
f)Discussion and Motion to participate in the holiday Food for Fines program again this year
X.AGENDA BUILDING
XI.FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS.
a)Upcoming holidays: Both Main and Grand Avenue Libraries will be closed on Sunday,
November 10thand Monday, November 11thin honor ofVeterans Day.Special Thanksgiving
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Holidays hours for Wednesday, November 27: Main Library 10:00 A.M. –6:00 P.M.; Grand
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Avenue Library 12:00 –6:00 P.M. Both libraries will be closed Thursday, November 28and
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Friday, November 29for Thanksgiving.
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b)Project Read’s 27Annual Trivia Challenge will be held on Friday,November 15at the South
San Francisco Conference Center. Doors open at 5:30 P.M.
c)Book Club meets every third Tuesday of the month, 6:00 P.M. at the Main Library. The
November 2019 Book Club selection is Leadership in Turbulent Timesby Doris Kearns
Goodwin.
d)Join former South San Francisco councilmember, John Penna for a book talk and signing of his
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novel, Who Am I, on Saturday, November 23at 2:00 P.M. at the Main Library.
XII.GOOD AND WELFARE
XIII.ADJOURNMENT
XIV.NEXT MEETING:Dateand Time:Tuesday,November 26,20196:00pm
Place:Main Library Auditorium
South San Francisco Public Library Board of Trustees
Unapproved Minutes
September 24, 2019Main Library Auditorium
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00P.M. in the Main Library.
ATTENDANCE
Library Trustees present:Pat FitzPatrick, Diane Huddleston, Robert Turnberg, Liru Chinand
Mary Giusti.Library staff present: Valerie Sommer, Library Director; Adam Elsholz; Shawnte
Santos;andElia Moreno, Administrative AssistantII.Guests: SmithGroup, New Civic Campus
Project Architects; and Jake Gilchrist, Director of Capital Projects, approximately 20 visitors.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve the minutes fromtheAugust 29, 2019meeting was made, seconded and
approved.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
All public commentsand questionswere reserved after the New Community Civic Campus
presentation by project architects, SmithGroup.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
The Board reviewed the Director’s Report.
COMMUNICATIONS:
a)Circulation, Reference Questions&LiteracyServicesStatistics (Attachment #1)
b)Library Articles, Issues & Programs (Attachment #2)
c)BoardAttendance Chart (Attachment #3)
OLD BUSINESS
Library Opening and Recruitments
All full time positions in the Library are currently filled.
NEW BUSINESS
New Main Library and Parks & Recreation Community Center Project Update –Presented by
SmithGroup, Project Architects*
The Community Civic Campus project team presented the exterior skin and building layout of
the new Library and Parks & Recreation facility. Construction of the new Community Civic
Campus is tentatively scheduled to begin late 2020, while the police station construction is
tentatively scheduled to begin early 2020. The estimated cost of the building remains at $120
million. In order to protect the building from solar heat gain, pixelated glass panels will be used
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for the south side of the building (facing El Camino Real) and, will help conform to Title 24 of
the California Code of Regulations(Building Energy Efficiency Standards).Physical models of
the New Community Civic Campus and Council Chambers exterior skin were passed around to
the Library BoardMembersand the public.
The New Community Civic Campus will be three levels and 75,000 square feet of shared space
between the Library and the Parks & Recreation Departments. The first level comprises ofa
parking garage, medium event space, large event space, “pre-function” seating, catering kitchen,
teaching/ large event kitchen and the Council Chambers. The second level includes the children’s
and young adult librarywith a MakerSpace area, digital studioand a community room for
programs and events. The second level will also consist of a medium and large dance rooms,
locker/changing rooms, musicrooms, children’s classroom and a large classroom. The third level
of the community civic campus will have the Library and Parks & Recreation administration
offices, the adult library,market exchange areas, Project Read, tutoring rooms, small classroom
and a medium/ art classroom.Lobbies will be in each of the three levels with seating areas
available for patrons.
The Community Civic Campus design includes various ideas in order to avoid the unnecessary
waste of energy and water. Some approaches used for the sustainability strategy include: electric
vehicle parking, transit connectivity andbicycle infrastructure, electrification of HVAC systems,
andhigh-performance envelope.
The next presentation from SmithGroup on the building layout and exterior skin will be atthe
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Wednesday, October 9City Council Meeting.
*A list of questions received from Library Board Members and the general public is attached to
these minutes. (Attachment 1)
AGENDA BUILDING
Patron Conduct Policy; 2020 Slate of Officers; New Staff Introductions; Discussion to cancel the
December 24, 2019 Library Board of Trustees Meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Book Club meets every third Tuesday of the month, 6:00 P.M.at the Main Library. The
OctoberBook Club selection is There Thereby Tommy Orange.
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Author Talk with Monika Trobits will be on Saturday, October 12, 2:00 P.M. at the Main
Library where she will be discussing her book Waves of Beans: Coffee’s Journey to the Bay
Area.
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Both Main and Grand Avenue Libraries will be closed on Sunday, October 13and Monday,
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October14for Christopher Columbus Day.
GOOD AND WELFARE
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Pat FitzPatrick commented the voter registration event on September 24was well received.
ADJOURNMENT
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:03P.M.
Respectfully Submitted:
Robert Turnberg, LibraryBoard of Trustees Secretary
Valerie Sommer, Library Director
Attachment 1
Questions to SmithGroup – September 24, 2019 Library Board of Trustees Presentation
1.How high is the ceiling of the Council Chambers? - The height of the ceiling is in
development currently.
2.Will there be a Social Hall? –Yes, the Social Hall will be in the first floor and will be
about 5,500 square feet.
3.Will there be a caterer’s kitchen? –Yes, there will be two kitchens available for events. A
catering kitchen and a large kitchen for cooking on site.
4.How far in the future will the parks be? –Only theplayground and the synthetic turf will
be held off for the future but, there will be a park for the Community Civic Campus
opening.
5.Where is the additional 5,000 square Library flex space? –The flex space is the lobby on
level 3, designated for reading, seating/ waiting area and coffee.
6.How tall are the habitable book shelves? – There will be both vertical and horizontal
stacks in the library. The vertical stacks will have 5 shelves and the horizontal, shorter
shelves will have 3 or 4.
7.How high are the ceilings? –15 feet.
8.Will there still be a space for like the Friends of the Library lobby for selling books? –
Yes, the area is still being explored somewhere in the third level. More of a decision will
be made during a meeting with the Library department.
9.To be clear, will the Council Chamber be on the first or second floor? The Council
Chamber will be on the first floor. The council chamber has a large presence that will go
through to the third floor but no floor plates where people will be able to walk around,
only on the first floor.
10.Will you be able to see the people in the building from El Camino Real? – Yes, you will
mostly be able to see the people in the building and activities as you drive by in the night
time.
11.Will there be any alternate parking spaces if the available 220 parking spaces for the new
building getfilled up? – There will be parking inside the building, outside of the building
and along Antoinette Lane. Time limits will be on the parking spaces which will help
with congestion.
12.Where will the electric charging spaces? –Three charging stations with dual arms will be
available which gives six possible charging stations, when the building will first open.
13.Will the shuttle be rerouted? –It is being considered but the free shuttle does currently
stop across from the future Community Civic Campus on El Camino Real and Arroyo
Drive.
14.Will there be handicap parking on Antoinette Lane, which will be parallel parking? And
is the parking on Antoinette Lane open for all people living in the area? – Parallel parking
for handicap spaces is allowed as long as the spacing meets code regulations, which is
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nine feet long. The parking on Antoinette Lane will have a four hour time limit between
8:00 am – 6:00 pm.
15.Has parking on El Camino been considered? –Parking on El Camino has been
considered but there will not be any parking or drop off areas. Traffic and the bike lane
will make it very difficult to create parking spaces.
16.Will we have to get a book from the third floor and check out in the first floor? – There
will be self - checks available all over the building.
ATTENDANCESOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
2020LIBRARY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
The 2020Library Holiday Closures are as follows:
Tuesday, December 31, 2019New Year's Eve ½-day (libraries open 10-1)
Wednesday, January1, 2020New Year's Day
Sunday, January19
Monday, January20Martin Luther King Day
Sunday, February16
Monday, February17Presidents’Day
Sunday, April12Easter Sunday
Sunday, May24
Monday,May 25Memorial Day
Friday, July 3Independence Day(Federal holiday observed)
Saturday, July 4Independence Day
Sunday,September6
Monday, September7Labor Day
Sunday, October11
Monday, October12Columbus Day
Wednesday, November 11Veterans Day
Wednesday, November25Closeat 6 p.m. (Main open10-6; Grand open 12–6)
Thursday, November26Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 27Day after Thanksgiving
Thursday,December24Christmas Eve½-day (libraries open10-1)
Friday, December 25Christmas Day
Thursday, December 31New Year's Eve½-day (librariesopen10-1)
Friday, Jan.1, 2020New Year’s Day
Approved by the Library Board of Trustees:
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