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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/21/2017 - Minutes Renton Library Advisory Board CITY OF — _--�'`Rentan ��_ Meeting Minutes Renton City Hall, 7th floor Council Conference Room June 21, 2017"' 5:3Q p.m. I. CA«TO ORDER Chair Erica Richey called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m. In Attendance Members: Laurie Beden,Jaime Greene, Lynne King, Erica Richey City Staff: Kelly Beymer, Margie Beitner KCLS Staff: Amy Eggler Excused: Kim Unti II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Lynne King made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Laurie Beden seconded. All were in favor, mation carried, agenda approved. 111. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Laurie Beden made a motion to approve the April 2017 minutes as presented, �ynne King seconded. Al) were in favor, motion carried, minutes approved. Notes from May 17meeting were disfributed to board members; no formal minutes were prepared due to no quorum. IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONSIPUBLIC COMMENTS None. V. CITY REPORT j Keflv Bevmer Kelly Beymer introduced and weicamed Jaime Greene,the newly appointed Renton Library Advisory Board Member. A fleece vest with Renton Library Advisory Board engraved on it was provided to Jaime. Discussion followed on obtaining a name tag for Jaime to have for special events and when attending public functions. Our office will request a new name tag. An updated copy of the Library Advisory Board Roster with contact information was provided to all members, and a copy of the Library Advisory eoard By-�aws was also provided ta Jaime Greene. City Updates: Kelly Beymer mentioned the Downtown �ibrary and "Hero Story Time" program. It is a very popular program at KCLS and the Fire Fighters and also Public Works Department are now getting involved and want to participate. In September, Public Works plans on having some of their trucks, snow plow, and possibly other equipment during a presentation to the children. H:\Boards and Commissions\Library Board\2017\20171UNE\2017 06 Minutes.doc City of Renton Library Board Minutes June 21,2017 Page 2 of 4 Sunset Neighborhood Park Project—the easement for Sunset Lane has finally been approved. Will be looking at getting the door open and having the garage function properly. Construction will be moving forward on Sunset Lane. Community 5ervices staff is heading the project for demolition of the six houses which should be completed the first part of 1uly. Demolition will start with asbestos abatement;then once that is cleaned out the homes will come down. Amy Eggler noted that there is a spike in homeless as people are misplaced. KCLS continues to work with Police to help with this issue. The downtown library recently trespassed some people. Kelly Beymer briefly discussed the developer, Colpitts. Cliff Long, Economic Development Director has been working on some funding issues and continues to work on easements. Kelly Beymer also mentioned that the old Highlands �ibrary building and lot is being prepared for purchase. The intention is to sell it to Renton Housing Authority (RHA)with the hope of developing it into a multi-purpose service building. RHA mentianed the possibility of using it as a maintenance facility. The City will be meeting with RHA. Kelly Beymer noted that the 4t''of July celebration will be hosted again at Coulon Memorial Beach Park. There will be daytime festivities and the fireworks display later at night. Benson Historic Mine Lift Project: Kelly asked board members if they would be interested in networking and collabarating with other boards, such as the Parks Commissian and Museum Historical Saciety Board to help promote an old mine site as a historic piece for the city. This type of volunteer graup effort was mentioned at the Holiday Celebration that was held in December 2016. The mine is located up the hill from City Hall on Old Bensan Road. Laurie Beden asked what kind of work or assistance this would involve. Kelly noted that the plan was ta insert a gravel path and possibly look at cleaning up landscape. This might involve some insight from a Landscape Architect and could also involve research of history; graphics; and being part of a team to help clean up area. It would probably involve working together on a Saturday to provide some manual labor (team of volunteers and possibly some park maintenance staff). �aurie asked about the "NW Collection"that was previously at the library and whether that information was stored anywhere accessible. Kelly thought the NW Collection had been moved to the 200 Mill Building and that it might not all be back at the Museum yet. Laurie indicated she would passibly be interested in doing some research. There may be information through the library and/or museum for this project. Kelly noted the upcoming events being supported by the Community Services Department and staff: Cruise the Loop on August 19; 4th of July at Coulon Park(potential for up to 20,OD0 H:\Boards and Commissions\Library Board\201?\2017 JUNE\2017 06 Minutes.doc City of Renton Library Board Minutes June 21,2017 Page 3 of 4 people in one dayJ; Rentan River Days (July 21-23); and the Multi-Cultural Festival in September. VI. KCLS REPORTIAmv E�gler Amy Eggler sent an email invite on 6/14j2017 to board members for the Summer Reading Program Kick-off Event on June 22, 2017 at the Rentan Cammunity Center. She also mentioned the event at the June 21 RLAB meeting. Fred Gurney emailed the June KCLS Insights newsletter to baard members on 6J14j2017 providing additiona) updates for KCLS. Amy Eggler handed out a small brochure an the KC�S Strategic Focus (part of their developing the strategic plan for KCLS). She further explained that management is working on bringing staff on board with the whole concept and strategic vision. Management wants the KCLS staff to see haw important they are as part of this process. No matter what their job is, KCLS cannot make community connections without staff's creativity, hospitality, and services provided to all library patrons and all citizens. It takes team effort to develop successful programs. Erica Richey asked about the KCLS Director positian and how the search is going for filling this position. Amy indicated KCLS has pulled together a team to work with a consultant. The director position will be advertised nation-wide. Most likely it will take 6-9 months to fill. VII. OLD BUSINESS Reminder—RLAB Board Members to attend the"Friends of Renton Libraries" Meeting on August 3, 2017. Amy Eggler will confirm with Fred Gurney who the point person is for this group. Lynne King confirmed that the meeting is held at 7:00 p.m. at the Downtown KCLS Library. �ynne and the baard members asked if there was anything they should prepare far this upcorning meeting. Julv 2017 RLAB Meetin�is cancelled—No meeting will be held due to a busy schedule with City events, etc. Erica Richey proposed that the board members meet on August 16, 2017. This meeting was previously cancelled because the board members had volunteered to assist with the KCLS celebration that was to take place August 19. This celebration has since been postponed and the board members agreed to go ahead with the regular scheduled board meeting in August. Kelly Beymer suggested that the August meeting be an abbreviated meeting to review action items; using this opportunity to visit the old mine and potential volunteer project site. After the site visit, the board members and staff will have a team building session at an off-site location. H:\Boards and Commissions\Library Board\2017\2017 JUNE\2017 o6 Minutes.doc City of Renton Library Board Minutes June 21,2017 Page 4 of 4 VIII. NEW BUSINESS None. IX. BOARD UPDATES AND PROGRESS The board members discussed whether or not to have the September meeting at a different location; possibly the downtown Renton KCLS Library. Amy Eggler will check on the availability of the �ibrary Meeting Room for September. Two possible topics were mentioned for the upcoming meetings: (1) Intellectual Freedom presentation by KCLS in September; and (2) Cliff Long from Community& Economic Development to present updates on Sunset and other city projects—for August or September meeting. Kelly Beymer stated she could provide some of the yellow"Comment & Concerns" cards provided by Community Services Department for the Library Board members to hand out to the public to assist with answering questions from citizens. X. ADJOURNMENT �ynne King made a motion to adjourn the June meeting. Jaime Greene seconded. All were in favor, motion carried,the meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m. � _ ,� - r ature 1 Next Meetin�s: �. July 19, 2017 — N!� MEETING (Meeting CancelledJ August 16, 2017 �... Renton City Hall Council Conference Room 7th floor H:\Boards and Commissions\Library Board\2017\20171UNE\201706 Minutes.doc SIGIV-lN SHEET GITY OF __.�_..---�Renton ��. Renton Library Advisory Board DATE: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Do you wish Name Address CityJZip Phone or Ernail tospeak? 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