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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09122006 - SD.3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - :, Contra n; e� / FROM: Lionel Chatman, County Probation Officer �• _�';_��_" ` ;� ,� Costa Anne Cain, County Librarian _ =- >'k� County .rpa'couK'� DATE: July 27, 2006 SUBJECT: ADOPT Resolution 2006/462 Designating the Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall Library, the Betty Frandsen Library, and ORDER that a Nameplate be Affixed in an Appropriate Location to Permanently Reflect this Designation. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION (S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION ADOPT resolution No. 2006/462 designating the Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall Library, The Betty Frandsen Library, in honor of the founder of the Late Show Readers, and ORDER that a nameplate be affixed in an appropriate location to permanently reflect this designation. FINANCIAL IMPACT No financial impact. BACKGROUND Betty Frandsen began the Late Show Volunteer Readers in 1991 as a way to bring bedtime stories to incarcerated youth at Juvenile Hall. Volunteers play music and read to the youth over the PA system before they go to sleep at night and donate many books to the units. This program has won national recognition and spawned many similar programs in Michigan, Oregon, Miami, Fresno and Los Angeles, as well as at the California Youth Authority in Stockton. When Ms. Frandsen started the program, she and one librarian were the only volunteers. Today, there are eleven volunteers and the program is going strong. Although Ms. Frandsen is no longer volunteering with the Late Show readers, she started a tradition that continues to be embraced by both the youth and the staff at Juvenile Hall. Ms. Frandsen volunteered many, many hours in order to bring books and stories to these teens and to foster a love of reading for pleasure. It is only fitting that she be honored for her pioneering efforts and years of volunteer service by naming the new juvenile hall library, The Betty Frandsen Library. This dedication is in compliance with Administrative Bulletin No. 538, relating to the naming of a room within a County-owned building. SIGNATURE: "`�'K^"' SIGNATURE/'— CONTINUED IGNATOR CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: D--YCS &MECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ❑ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE 3-AIPROVE ❑ OTHER r SIGNATURE(S).. ACTION OF BO D ZN e-_�Ct tD La APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED �4 OTHER ❑ VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF X_UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED �1,�� Contact: Lionel Chatman,County Probation Officer JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF (925)313188 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR cc: County Librarian County Library Administration _ County Administrator By ,Deputy County Auditor O:,.BOS`,Board Order Betty Frandsen Lhdoc Page 1 of 2 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Office of the County Administrator ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN Number: 538 Date: November 22, 1999 Section: Property & Equipment SUBJECT:. Naming of County Buildings On September 21, 1999, the Board of Supervisors adopted the following policy regarding the naming of County buildings or rooms within County buildings after individuals. POLICY ON NAMING COUNTY BUILDINGS The naming of County-owned buildings and other County-owned •facilities shall be authorized by the County Board of Supervisors pursuant toa public hearing on the action that is considered and following the public adoption of.. a resolution. affirming the Board's action. Said resolution shall not be adopted with less than a four-fifths affirmative vote of the Board.. The Board shall adhere to the following policy guidelines when it considers action to name or re-name a County-owned building: 1. Generally, County-owned buildings and facilities shall be named to reflect their location and primary function. 2. No building shall be named for a private individual unless that individual contributed a majority' of the' funding that was used to construct the facilityand acquire the land upon which the building is situated. This includes the donation of the land by the individual. 3. In the event multiple donors contribute funds .toward the construction and acquisition of a County-owned facility, the Board of Supervisors shall favor a functional title for the facility.with plaques honoring those who contributed to. the facility. ( 4.) A room within a County-owned building may be named to honor an individual for that person's service to the community even though that individual may not have contributed funds toward the construction or ' acquisition of the building. The naming of a room to honor an individual Qshall occur by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and require at Least a four-fifths affirmative vote to approve it. 5. No County-owned facility shall be named for an elected public official while that official remains in public office. 6. Generally,, a facility shall not be named after an elected public official unless that person is deceased or falls under the provisions of # 2 above. A decision to name a facility after an elected public official when that ; .individual no longer holds elected office but is not deceased shall .require a unanimous vote of approval by the Board of Supervisors. 7. . y7y When existing facilities or rooms within facilities are named after I http://intranet.co.contra-costa.ca.us/bulletins/538nanibg.txt 8/2/2006 Yage L of L individuals, they shall not be .renamed without a unanimous vote of the Board of .Supervisors. Generally, a County-owned facility shall not .be named after a private IIindividual unless that person is deceased or falls within the provisions of # 2 above. A decision to name a County-owned facility after a private individual not covered by # 2 above and who is not deceased shall require a unanimous affirmative. vote of the Board of Supervisors arid should only be one e in ividual for his or her outstanding„ meritorious service to Contra Costa County. Public Input on Facility Naming From time to time, a member of the public may ask one or more members of the Board of Supervisors to consider a nominated name for a recently acquired or newly constructed County building. Public nominations for this purpose shall be directed to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors with copies to the Supervisor who. is asked to sponsor the nomination. The nomination shall be submitted in writing and contain the following information: a. The name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the nomination. b. The location of the County building for which the nomination is submitted. C. The basis under which the nomination qualifies under the criteria listed on the Board's policies (numbers 1 through 8 abovej . d. A listof a minimum of three organizations in the community that are familia with_ the historical significance of the nominated name or the public service . record of an individual nominee. e. A minimum of three written endorsements in support of the nomination. Said nomination ,cannot be acted on unless it is placed.on the regularly scheduled agenda of the Board of Supervisors and approval shall be conditioned uponthe resolu and voting requirements that are. set forth in this policy. Orig. Dept. : Board'of Supervisors .References: Board Order adopted September 21, 1999 from the Internal 1999 Operations Committee /s/ Scott Tandy for PHIL BATCHELOR, County Administrator i { http://intranet.co.contra-costa.ca.us/bulletins/538nambg.txt 8/2/2006 ' 5 I��• 4'• The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California In the Matter of the Betty Frandsen Library at Juvenile Hall RESOLUTION NO. 2006/462 WHEREAS, Betty Frandsen fouii ed-the,, .ate 1}ow Readers in oir1, r to bring books and stories to Contra Costa County Juvenile'Hall at a E —eUlieli ere were no.other books available to these youth, AND Or WHEREAS, the"'Late..SNOW Readers has- won national .recognition-and;`spawned many similar programs in MichiganOregon, Miami;Fresno and Los•Angeles, as weli as at the California Youth Authority in Stockton,AND WHEREAS, Ms. FrarCdsen has been a volunteer with the Late Sllow Readers..from it's'inception ........:: fifteen wyears ago,,AND . WHEREAS, Ms;. kFrang9en has worked cooperatively: with the staff at'Juvenile Hall to keep; the program viable..6r fifteen years, AND. WHEREAS, Ms. Frandsen.contintiously demonstrates her dedication-.and coinrij tInept to-`serying incarcerated'teens fi Contra Costa Con 11]D _ . u ty"A, WHEREAS, Ms..Frandsen's and the Late:Show Readers`,"efforts demonstrake:to incarcerated youth the powerful way in which books .and reading teach;`transport and ;bring.,joy into the ll'1 6 re de A s - WHElZEAS, the':i fe'ShpvY~:.,Re dens mission to bring booksa>pd.:stories'to'inearcerated oath and thejuver4ile IJall Lilirar.Wmission to foster a love of boobs>arid.,readir}g are'gpQ.ely-x lated THEREFORE b6.,it resolved that ; : F � '.:..:..:.:.....iii•:.::::::::%i'::: : The Con_ tra'Costa County:Bpar d"ofSuervisors talc'es.:;greatl:.Fleaaure inhonoring Bg'tty.Frandsen for her years Qf dedicated='and exemplary volunteer'?s ivice 'by riaij irq.tile new,,:Jiive.nile Hall Librarytlie.Bett Frandsen Libra Y rY . . .. ...... ... .. PASSED i y a unanimouS;yote of the�Board of Supervisors"members present 8th day of Augusts 2006: District I Supe isor L/ GAYLE B. UILKEMA MARY N. PIEPHO District II Supervisor District III-Supervisor MARK DeSAULNIER FEDERAL D. GLOVER District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor sn � ►�' p l hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on thy: • — minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown: zG ATTESTED: August 8,2006 � f IIIIIFs: •, � v JOHN CULLEN,Clerk of the Board of _ Supervisors and County Administrator `4 COUIZ'f`i fay -- Deputy.