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MINUTES
SARATOGA LIBRARY COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 4, 2020 CALL TO ORDER Chair Cristina Meiser called the virtual meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Chair Cristina Meiser, Vice Chair Eric Lewis, Commissioners Robert Gulino, Steven White, Victoria Zhang
Absent: None Also Present: Kayla Nakamoto, Crystal Bothelio AGENDA ITEMS
1. Rainy Day Sidewalk Poetry
Recommended Action:
Recommend 4 poems to the Public Art Committee to be used as part of the next cycle of
the Rainy Day Sidewalk Poetry Program.
Kayla Nakamoto, Administrative Analyst, introduced the item.
The Commission discussed possible poems to use and where they felt they would be best
placed.
GULINO/LEWIS MOVED TO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING POETRY AND PLACEMENT
SUGGESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION: SONGS FOR
THE PEOPLE BY FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER STANZA 1 AND 2 AT SARATOGA LIBRARY; THE ROAD NOT TAKEN BY ROBERT FROST STANZA 4 AT THE VILLAGE CLOCK; SPRING DAWN BY MENG HAORAN TRANSLATED BY BETTY TSENG ON CITY SIDEWALK OUTSIDE HONG’S GOURMET IN THE VILLAGE; STILL I RISE BY MAYA ANGELOU STANZA 6 ON CITY SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF SUE’S CAFÉ. MOTION PASSED. AYES: GULINO, LEWIS, MEISER, WHITE, ZHANG. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: NONE. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Meiser adjourned the meeting at 4:37 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted:
Crystal Bothelio, Assistant City Manager
City of Saratoga