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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: October 21, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Barbara Powell DIRECTOR:
Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing October 18-24, 2009 as Teen Read Week
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Acknowledge proclamation.
BACKGROUND:
Teen Read Week is celebrated between October 18 and 24, 2009. This year’s theme is Read
beyond Reality @ Your Library, which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just
for the fun of it.
According to Barbara Morrow Williams, Saratoga’s Community Librarian, “As part of Saratoga
Library’s celebration and kick-off of this important event to promote reading among our teens, we
are officially opening its exciting new Teen Area, furnished by the Friends of the Saratoga
Libraries, and led by our Teen Librarian, Lisa Pirlot and her Teen Advisory Board (TAB).”
Lisa and her TAB are leading off with a special evening for middle-schoolers on October 16th
from 6:15 p.m. to 12 midnight. The chaperoned evening will include good food, fun and
entertainment supervised by staff and parent volunteers.
The Saratoga Library plays a critical role in the education of the community’s children. Ms. Pirlot
and the TAB will be present at the Council meeting to receive the proclamation on behalf of the
Library.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
N/A
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ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment “A” – Proclamation