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Burlingame Library
Approved Board of Trustees Minutes
June 16, 2019
I.Roll Call
Trustees Present: Kerbey Altmann, Andy Blanco, Mike Nagler,
Randi Murray
Trustee Absent: Lisa Rosenthal
Staff Present: Sidney Poland, Recorder
Brad McCulley, City Librarian
New Trustee: Elisabeth Ostrow
II.Library Board of Trustees Minutes
The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the May 15, 2019
Trustee Board meeting with the correction of Jeff McFadden’s name.
M/S/C (Murray/Altmann)
III.From the Floor (Public Comments)
There were not any representatives from the public who attended the
Trustee meeting.
IV.Statistics
Highlights for adult programs were a Zine Fest for the first Friday Art
Series, Historical Society Event on the Burlingame Post Office and
Citizens Environmental Council program on Designing Your Own Native
Plant Landscape. Total attendance was 228. Children’s most popular
event was Superheroes and Comic Books, a three-part program
consisting of a Superhero Dance Party, Free Comic Book Day and
Making Comics Workshop. Attendance for all 3 events was 313.
V.Reports
A.City Librarian’s Report – Highlights
Acknowledging Gay Pride month in June the second annual
Drag Queen Night will be held June 19th. Children’s Drag
Queen Story Time featuring books, music and dancing will
be held June 29th.
Installation of LED lights continues with an ongoing
adjustment of amount of lighting necessary for specific
locations in the library.
Easton has closed once this year when the temperature
reached 86 degrees internally. Closing threshold is 83
degrees.
Ebsco is replacing Gale suite of online educational
resources. PLS directors voted to make this change. In
addition, all PLS libraries are moving to Zino eMagines. Our
library will discontinue Flipster.
B.Foundation Report
John Ward will host a garden tour at his home on June 30th to
support Call Primrose and the Burlingame Library Foundation.
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C.Speaker’s Series
The first musical program, Jazz in the Ballroom, hosted by the
Foundation was enjoyed by all who attended. Trustee Murray noted
that making sponsorships available for purchase contributed to the
financial success of the event. Dates of the 3 remaining Speaker
Series events for 2019 – 2020 are as follows:
Lucy Kalanithi – Author Talk – September 15th
Susan Orlean – Author Talk – November 3rd
Kim Sajet – National Portrait Gallery Director – January 26th
D.Trustee Account – The Trustees reviewed the expenditures for the
month of April 2019.
A question arose regarding the expenditure for Edelweiss. Brad will
check with Jeannine regarding this issue.
E.Monthly Topic – Strategic Plan
Brad gave a review of the Strategic Plan citing the specific goals and
the progress made by staff. Goal D: Listen to our community &
share our stories was singled out as an example of a goal that
reaches beyond number statistics. The purpose of the goal is to find
a way to capture the outcome of the program such as what did
attendees learn or take away from the presentation that was a new
concept.
VI.Unfinished Business
Brad sent a letter to Manuel Santamaria of the Silicon Valley
Foundation requesting funds for (1) new window shades for the entire
building at a cost of $37,463.31 and (2) new donor wall face plates and
signage for the building at a cost of $3,232.22. The Trustees approved
the cost for both of these items at the May Trustee meeting
VII.New Business
A.Parking in the Fall
The City is closing the two parking lots on the south side of
Howard to build underground parking and housing in September
of 2019. 200 parking spaces will be lost.
The City Council has planned to use the upper level parking area
behind the library for valet parking.
Library staff will not be able to park in any metered parking stalls
in Lot A or A 3.
Library staff will retain the 16 spaces in what is known as the
library parking lot which is not metered.
Brad noted that hopefully there will be alternatives for staff
parking
B.Review “Special Topics” for Remaining 2019 Trustee Meetings
Trustee Murray requested that “Special Topics” include a separate
session for adult programing. Brad will revise the schedule.
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C.Request for Payment of Freight Invoice for State Delivery
The Trustees unanimously passed a motion to fund the YRC shipping
invoice in the amount of $327.00. M/S/C (Murray/Kerbey)
VIII.Action Items
Brad will hand out copies of the New Commissioners Handbook to the
Trustees at the July Meeting.
IX.Adjournment
The Meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm. M/S/C (Kerbey/Murray). The
next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held on July 18,
2019 in the Upper Level Meeting Room at 5:30pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/
Brad McCulley
City Librarian
City of Burlingame