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Home My WebLink AboutTLAB 2022-04-05 AgendaCity of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor Parks & Recreation Department - Tracy Gallaway, Director TUKWILA LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD Chair: Verna Seal Vice Chair: Cynthia Chesak Scott Kruize, Marie Parrish, Gerie Ventura, Steve Miller April 5, 2022 6:30pm AGENDA Location: Hybrid In Person at Tukwila community Center AND VIRTUAL, see information below Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting Or call in (audio only) +1 253-292-9750„558838001# United States, Tacoma Phone Conference ID: 558 838 001# 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda and Minutes - February 1, 2022 4. Public Comment 5. Unfinished Business (20 minutes) a. Open seats status update - John b. Little Libraries update -John c. 2022 Goals d. 2022 Budget 6. New Business (20 minutes) a. Angie Miraflor, Deputy Director b. Cecie Streitman, Interim Director, Library Operations 7. Reports (10 minutes) a. KCLS b. City of Tukwila 8. Other (5 minutes) 9. Next Meeting: July 5, 2022 Tukwila City Hall • 6200 SouthcenterBoulevard • Tukwila, WA 98188 • 206-433-1800 • Website: TukwilaWA.gov 10. Adjournment TUKWILA LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD Chair: Gerie Ventura Vice Chair: Verna Seal Scott Kruize, Marie Parrish , Cynthia Chesak, Steve Miller February 1, 2022 6:30pm Minutes Location: VIRTUAL, held via Microsoft Teams Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm 1. Roll Call: a. Board Members: Present: Scott Kruize, Gerie Ventura, Steve Miller, Verna Seal, Marie Parrish, Cynthia Chesak Absent: b. Staff: KCLS Staff: Philis Bodle, City of Tukwila Staff: John Dunn 2. Approval of Agenda and Minutes — a. Scott Kruize motioned to accept the agenda and minutes from October 5, 2021 meeting as written. Steve Miller second the motion, all were in favor. 3. Public Comment—There were no public comments. 4. Unfinished Business— No unfinished business to report 5. New Business a. Chair Rotation i. Verna Seal will be Chair for 2022 with Cynthia Chesak the Vice Chair. b. Open seats discussion i. Open seat 1. Outreach ideas: Word of mouth, John Dunn will create a flyer and distribute to KCLS to post at Library and potentially send to Tukwila Library members, he will also send KCLS a link to the city application, P&R will send out on social media. ii. Student Rep 1. Cynthia Chesak will reach out to teachers and librarians at Foster High School. John Dunn will reach out to the city Teen Specialist to spread the word about the position through his kids network. c. 2022 Goals i. Discussion around getting out into events that are hosted outdoors to promote the library, hand out book marks and promote the 10 to Try program. Different ideas presented were the City See You In The Park events, Back Yard Wild Life Festival, and the farmers market held in the courtyard outside the Library. Consensus was to continue discussion at the April 5th Meeting with the hopes of having events and dates from the city. Phone: 206-433-1800 • Email: Mayor@TukwilaWA.gov • Website: TukwilaWA.gov d. 2022 Budget i. Adding money to buy 2 more libraries. ii. Consensus to continue discussion in April 5th meeting after knowing rest of goals. e. 2022 Meeting Schedule i. Start time discussion 1. It was decided that the board will meet at 6:30PM for the rest of 2022. ii. Staff proposed quarterly schedule: 1. February 1, 2022 2. April 5, 2022 a. Angie Miraflor, Deputy Director b. Cecie Streitman, Interim Director, Library Operations 3. July 5, 2022 4. October 4, 2022 5. December 2022 * Boards and Commissions Social 6. Other meetings may be added if there is a need that arises between these dates. John Dunn will send an email to the Board each month to confirm. 6. Reports (10 minutes) a. KCLS: Ribbon Cutting for new book locker at the Tukwila Branch to be held Feb. 11th at 10:15AM. Covington and Bothel are already live. KCLS are also adding book lockers at the branches located at 320th St. in Federal Way, Kirkland and a Woodinville. April is the earliest that indoor programming will be provided. On Feb. 28th, Tukwila library will be expanding hours but not yet to pre -Pandemic level. New hours will be Mon -Sat 10AM-5PM. Angie Miraflor is the new Deputy Director and Cecie Streitman is the new Interim Director of Library Operations. Vaccination clinics will be held at the Tukwila branch February 8th,13th March 15t 22"d b. City of Tukwila: City Hall campus and Justice center are closed to the public, but services are still available via online and virtual offerings. Community Center will continue to offer programs and access to the public while continuing to maintain safety protocols including vaccination verification, masking, social distancing and other measures. Some programs may change or cancel depending on staff or participant availability and safety. City Council meetings will be virtual only for the rest of February and will be reassessed at that time for March. All City meetings have been moved to Virtual. Recreation Staff are working on planning for summer programming that will be close to pre -pandemic offerings. Parks & Recreation has brought on 2 new staff this last week David Rosen, Fiscal Analyst and Michael May, Communications, Community engagement, Arts & Special Events Manager. March 7th, Tiffany Johnson will start as the new Recreation & Golf Operations Manager. The bridge next to the community center is still closed. Repairs were made and inspection was done. City Staff are waiting on the final report. 7. Other (5 minutes) Phone: 206-433-1800 • Email: Mayor@TukwilaWA.gov • Website: TukwilaWA.gov Little libraries will be installed soon. John is working with Olena Perry for final locations and Kris Kelly for installation. Parks & Recreation has a number of books that were donated to stock the libraries once they are installed. In addition, the Board members mentioned they have lots of books to help stock the libraries too. 8. Next Meeting: April 5, 2022 (John Dunn will send an email at the end of February to the board to see if there is a need to meet in March.) 9. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:21PM For more information contact John Dunn at 206-767-2325 Phone: 206-433-1800 • Email: Mayor@TukwilaWA.gov • Website: TukwilaWA.gov