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Meeting Minutes - Final
Library Board
Tuesday,May 2,2023 10:30 AMLa Retama Central Library, La Retama Room, 1st Floor
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A. Call To Order
The meeting was called to order at 10:33 am.
B. Roll Call
Present: Julie Rogers, Vickie Natale, Pooja Bindingnavele, Nicole Carroll, Alice
Hawkins, Sharron Hines, Carroll Matthews, Dora Wilburn
Present Virtually: None
Absent: None
C. Public Comment
There was no public comment.
D. Approval of Minutes and Action on Absences
A motion to approve the April minutes was made by Pooja Bindingnavele and seconded
by Vickie Natalie. The motion passed unanimously.
1. 23-0684 April 4 Regular Meeting Minutes
E. Friends of CCPL Liaison Rport Report
2. 23-0685 Friends of CCPL Liaison Report
Sharron Hines had nothing new to report.
F. Director's Report
3. 23-0686 Director's Report
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-La Retama Social Work Pilot Program - presentation by Cecilia Arvizu on her internship
experience during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
-FY23 Budget initiatives- Neyland Library improvements 30% design ready and La
Retama generator 90% design ready.
Bond 2022 La Retama Central Library renovation- Staff met with architects who
submitted recommendations. We hope to know more by the end of summer.
Summer Reading Programs start June 5th and run through July 29th. 394 programs are
scheduled for children under the age of twelve as well as some programs for teens and
adults.
Appointment of a new board member is tentatively scheduled to go before Council on
May 9th.
Received notification from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that we
are on the recommended list to receive funding for the FY24 Special Projects grant
application that we submitted. The Commission will review the Grant Review Panel
recommendations at their June 2 meeting and will make the final determination. The
grant if awarded will fund the creation of a community sensory room, for children from
birth to 14, the request was for$75,000.
-May is National Preservation Month we will have on display the Gateway to Corpus
Christi: The Story of Harbor Bridge panel exhibit at La Retama through the month of May.
-The Texas Legal Access Kiosk equipment was received and installed. Reservation
software needs to be installed and staff trained, once this is completed, we will begin
promoting the service.
G. Unfinished Business
None
H. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
4. 23-0762 Social Work Intern Presentation
Cecilia Arvizu, who has been interning at the library while working on her master's degree
in social work, shared her experience working at the library. She provided outreach to
connect homeless patrons with services, assisted patrons with other life challenges, and
assisted with computer literacy needs. She also provided patrons with resource guides
to programs in the community as well as wellness and hygiene kits provided by her
classmates and professor. She also provided the MHID crisis outreach number to a
patron who needed shelter. She was also able to give referrals to patrons who needed
help with housing assistance, insurance claims, school enrolment, affidavit to dismiss
criminal charges, Texas rent relief program, and patrons who needed employment
documents and applications.
I. Future Agenda Items
-TLA conference presentation
-Social media policy presentation
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J. Adjournment
Adjournment at 11:36 am.
This meeting may be held via videoconference call pursuant to Texas
Government Code § 551.127. If this meeting is held via videoconference call or
other remote method of meeting, then a member of this governmental body
presiding over this meeting will be physically present at the location of this
meeting unless this meeting is held pursuant to Texas Government Code §
551.125 due to an emergency or other public necessity pursuant to Texas
Government Code § 551.045.
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