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TUKWILA LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
Chair: Gerie Ventura
Vice Chair:
Robin Boland, Cynthia Chesak, Steve Miller, Marie Parrish, Holly Smith, Earnest Young
July 7, 2026 6:oopm
AGENDA
Location: Hybrid In Person at Tukwila community Center AND VIRTUAL, see
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1. Call to Order
2. RoII CaII
3. Land Acknowledgement — Gerie Ventura
"The City of Tukwila is located on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people. We acknowledge their
continuing connections to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their elders past, present
and emerging."
4. Approval of Agenda and Minutes —June 2, 2026
5. Public Comment
6. Unfinished Business
a. Standing Item: '26 goals review
b. 2025 year-end report — Gerie Ventura
c. Vice Chair appointment
7. New Business
a. Tabling at July 17 Library Event
8. Staff Reports
a. KCLS
b. City of Tukwila
Tukwila Community Center • 12424-42nd Avenue South • Tukwila, WA 98168 • 206-768-2822
Tukwila City Hall • 6200 Southcent r Boulevard Tukwila, WA 98188 206-433-1800 Website: Tukwila WA ov
9. Reports of Board Members/Announcements
10. Next Meeting: August 4, 2026
a. Agenda items
11. Adjournment
TUKWILA LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
Chair: Gerie Ventura
Vice Chair:
Cynthia Chesak, Robin Boland, Steve Miller, Marie Parrish, Holly Smith
Minutes
June 2, 2026, 6:00pm Location: Tukwila Community Center
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:02PM
2. RoII CaII
a. Board Members:
• Present: Cynthia Chesak, Holly Smith
• Online: Marie Parrish, Gerie Ventura
• Absent: Robin Boland, Steve Miller
b. Staff:
• City of Tukwila Staff: John Dunn, Recreation Superintendent
• King County Library System Staff: Steven Bailey, Library Services Manager; Mary Sue
Houser, Regional Manager; Juliana Paslay, Children's Services Librarian
3. Land Acknowledgement — Gerie Ventura read the land acknowledgement:
"The City of Tukwila is located on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people. We acknowledge their
continuing connections to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their elders past, present
and emerging."
4. Approval of Agenda and Minutes — May 5, 2026
a. Agenda: Cynthia Chesak motioned to approve the agenda. Holly Smith seconded the motion to
approve the agenda; all were in favor.
b. Minutes: Cynthia Chesak motioned to approve the minutes. Holly Smith seconded the motion to
approve the minutes; all were in favor.
5. Public Comment:
a. Earnest Young III — Newly recommended board member introduced himself to the board. Board
members introduced themselves.
6. Unfinished Business
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a. Standing Item: '26 goals review — The board reviewed the goals and discussed.
b. 2025 year-end report — Gerie Ventura shared that she received pictures from Robin Bolland and
Statistics from Steven Bailey and will have a draft presentation for the board by the next
meeting.
7. New Business
a. KCLS Guest Speaker —Juliana Paslay, Children's Services Librarian shared about her experience
at KCLS the programs that she works with.
b. New Vice Chair Appointment —John Shared that with Crystal Lyons stepping down from the
board, they board will need to decide who will step in as the new vice chair. The next in the
current rotation would be the new board member once appointed. The board discussed and
decided to wait to vote until the new board member was officially appointed.
8. Staff Reports
a. KCLS: Staff provided updates on the upcoming activities at the library.
b. City of Tukwila: John Dunn provided an update on City and Parks and Recreation events,
programs and other information.
9. Reports of Board Members/Announcements
a. Gerie Ventura shared that the Friends of Tukwila Library will host a book sale to benefit the
Tukwila Library on August 2.
10. Next Meeting: July 7, 2026
a. Next Meeting Agenda Items:
i. 2026 Goals review — standing item
ii. 2025 year-end report continued
iii. Discussion on Tabling at July 17 Library event
11. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 6:59 PM.
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