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LIBRARY CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FINAL MINUTES
August 19, 2009
Room 278 City Hall
I Call to Order, Roll Call Sue Cauthen, Chair
Present: Ted Bamberger, Enne Braun, Sue Cauthen, Lucille Cuttler, Houston Garcia, Linda Guitron, Roger Kallen, Neil Mills, Clarice Moody, Jan Seeman, Stina Skewes-Cox, Gladys Soto, Peter Warfield, Dan Weaver
Absent: Shanica Dismuke, Margaret Lee, Michael Olinger
II. Select minutes-taker (Jan Seeman) and tape monitor (Houston Garcia)
III. Public Comment
Charles Moody, husband of member Clarice Moody, expressed opposition to statements made at the Board of Appeals by opponents of the Ortega branch library demolition.
IV. Senior Services
Kathy Lawhun, Chief of Main, SF Public Library reported on the work of the Task Force for Expanded Programs and distributed a schedule for programs that have already started and a time line for additional programs for 50 Plus adults. Originally $40,000 was allocated for these programs. That amount was cut to $20,000 but the library anticipated that additional funds would be found to make up some of the deficit.
The State Library had started a program and offered it to public libraries throughout the state to promote civic involvement among 50 Plus Adults as volunteers in the community. 24 public libraries were awarded grants to develop programs to serve boomers and to increase their involvement in their community. SFPL did not apply for participation because it was involved with passage of Prop D and at the time did not have a person to write the grant. It will participate in the future.
Ted Bamberger distributed information on programs for 50 plus adults from the Free Library of Philadelphia and from the New York Public Library focusing on using the talents, experience and interests of this group to serve as volunteers in the community.
VI. SFPL Hearings Update
Ortega Library
Clarice Moody spoke about the Ortega branch library and the decision of the Board of Appeals to support the Library's plan to demolish the present branch building and to build a new expanded library.
Public Comment:
Howard Wong spoke of the lack of process in publicizing and notifying preservation groups of the plan to raze the Ortega library, rather than expanding and renovating it, as originally planned.
Sunshine Task Force
Chair Cauthen supplied a tape of the Library Commission meeting at which the Chair of the Library Commission prevented Sue Cauthen from speaking during general public comment about an item involving theNorth Beach branch that was not elsewhere on the agenda.. The Task Force ruled in Sue Cauthen's favor, stating that the Commission chair had willfully denied Sue's right to speak.
Public Comment:
Howard Wong said the Commission incident seemed to intimidate other people who wanted to provide general public comment, including himself. He said it is important to uphold the right to object.
VI. Election
Jan Seeman nominated Sue Cauthen to continue as Chair.
Gladys Soto nominated Peter Warfield to be Chair
The roll call vote was as follows:
For Sue Cauthen - Bamberger, Braun, Cauthen, Cuttler, Garcia, Guitron, Skewes-Cox, Weaver.
For Peter Warfield - Moody, Seeman, Soto, Warfield
After consultation with the parliamentarian, the chair declared the election a procedural matter, requiring only a majority vote for election. (NOTE: After subsequent consultation with the city attorney, the chair scheduled another election for the September meeting. Cauthen was reelected in September by a vote of 9-3.)
Roger Kallen nominated Lucille Cuttler to continue as Vice Chair.
There were no other nominations. Cuttler was re-elected.
For Lucille Cuttler: Bamberger, Cauthen, Cuttler, Garcia, Guitron, Seeman, Skewes-Cox, Soto, Weaver
VII. Member comment
Jan Seeman referred to LCAC Bylaws, which state that agendas for all regular meetings shall contain an item during which LCAC members may propose agenda items for the LCAC to consider at future meetings.
VIII. Approval of July minutes was continued to the September meeting.
IX. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Next meeting is September 16, 2009, at 6:00 PM in Room 278 City Hall
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