HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-10-1990 City Council Minutes MINUTES
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, April 10, 1990 - 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Community Center Arts and Crafts Room, 19655 Allendale
Avenue
TYPE: Study Session/Joint Meeting with Library Commission
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.
Councilmembers Anderson, Moyles, and Peterson were present.
Commissioners Dyer, Krezek, Mills, Newby, Peacock and Wood were
present. Assistant to the City Manager King and City Manager Peacock
were present.
INTERVIEWS WITH APPLICANTS FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION -
7:30 P.M.
The Councilmembers interviewed applicants Mary Givens and Peter Sabin.
JOINT MEETING WITH LIBRARY COMMISSION - 7:50 p.m.
Commission Chair Newby reviewed the activity of the Commission in
working toward making the library more useful to the community. One
area of concentration is physical improvements, which were accelerated
by the earthquake. In response to Mrs. Anderson's question, the
Commission agreed that Librarian Dolly Barnes' initial response to the
earthquake and her efforts in putting the library back together after
severe damage to the book stacks and furnishings are deserving of
commendation by the Council.
Sunday hours - attendance continues to climb, by 40% in the past 18
months; from September to September circulation increased 53%, and
gate count more than doubled.. The Council agreed to go to funding of
51 weeks for $25,097 for 1990-91. There is need to look at expanded
Sunday hours versus opening on Thursday nights, plus adding more staff
on Sundays if attendance trend continues. This to be studied for
possible budget recommendation for 1991-92.
Need for Floor Space Expansion - Review of five reasons for need to
expand space at the library. These are technological advances,
expand book collection rather than keep static, reconfigure stacks to
provide wider aisles and lower stacks, more user and staff work space,
addition of a quiet/study room. Council agreed there was a need to
continue studying the problem.
Need for Sign at Corner - Don Peterson offered to have Rotary do the
sign as a community service project.
~ - Agreement on need for Master Plan, but it should be part
of an expansion plan so area can be coordinated.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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