HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-26-1993 City Council Minutes MINUTES
SAI~TO~A CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, January 26, 1993 - 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Administration Meeting Room, 13777 Fruitvale Ave.
TYPEZ Adjourned Regular Meeting/Joint Meeting with Library Commission
1. Roll Call
Councilmembers Burger, Tucker and Mayor Anderson were present.
Commissioners Brenner, Krezek, Martini, Newby, Peacock, Towse and
Watkins were present.
Staff Members present were Administrative Assistant Campbell and City
Manager Peacock.
2. Report of City Clerk on Posting of Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was
properly posted on January 22. The notice of adjournment from the
January 20 Council meeting was properly posted on January 21.
3. Direction and priorities for future Library projects and
activities
4. Commission,s role in terms of fund-raising for the Library
Items 3 and 4 were discussed together.
Chair Peacock opened discussion by asking the Council' for direction
since the plans for the Library expansion project were postponed.
Mayor Anderson and Councilmembers Burger and Tucker agreed that because
of the state of the economy, Saratoga voters would probably not be
willing to pay for an expanded Library.
City Manager Peacock added that because of the State's financial
situation, the County library system will continue to lose revenue and
would not be able to increase services for an expanded Library. His
conclusion was that the communit~y would need to be committed to not
only paying for the cost of an expanded facility, but also for the
additional costs of operation.
Commissioner Brenner stated that if the community waits too long to
expand the Library, the quality of services will suffer. He added that
the economy is showing signs of recovery.
The Council and Commission continued to discuss the status of Library
expansion plans. It was agreed that before any ballot measure went
before the voters, the City would need to build up a constituency of
supporters for the Library.
During this discussion the issueof fund-raising was brought up and
whether or not the Commission has the authority to raise funds. City
Manager Peacock said the Commission could raise funds and that City
staff time could also be used for fundTraising efforts. If the
Commission decides to pursue fund-raising efforts, he suggested the
formation of a board to oversee fund-raising and related activities.
The Council expressed enthusiasm and support for the fund-raising ideas
presented by the Commission. Mayor Anderson said the Commission should
continue to discuss fund-raising activities and then meet again with
the Council when a plan is formalized.
5. Library Hours and FUnding
6. coordination of Library Opening Hours among West Valley
Facilities, including San Jose
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Items 5 and 6 were discussed together.
The Council expressed a preference to keep funding Sunday hours. The
Council and Commission reviewed the information provided by the County
Library system regarding hours of operation of other libraries in the
County system and at neighboring libraries.
Mayor Anderson expressed a concern about not having evening hours on
Thursday. The Commission indicated that evening hours had been
analyzed a few years ago and that it was found to be the least busy
evening. The Commission requested that staff representative Campbell
forward to Council the data gathered by the Commission on Thursday
hours and on daily usage at the Library.
7. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kare~nCamp~ll~~
Library Commission Secretary