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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05131986 - F.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: FINANCE COMMITTEE COSta DATE: May 6, 1986 couq SUBJECT: FUNDING OF OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR SAN RAMON BRANCH LIBRARY SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Acknowledge that provision of a branch library in San Ramon is the number one priority of the Library System. 2. Concur that the County will provide funds and operate a. San Ramon Branch Library if a building is constructed by the City/Community. 3 . Authorize the County Administrator and the County Librarian in conjunction with representatives of the City of San Ramon to explore funding for the operating costs of a San Ramon Branch Library including pass through of the full increment of pro- perty taxes for library purposes should a Redevelopment Agency be established in San Ramon. 4 . Leave on referral the request of the City of Hercules for operating funds for a library in that city for further discussion after future city plans for construction of a library building have been discussed between the County Librarian, County Administrator, and representatives of the City of Hercules. BACKGROUND: The Finance Committee met on May 5, 1986 with the County Librarian and Library staff, staff of the County Administrator' s office and representatives - of the City of San Ramon and the San Ramon Library Foundation. Ernie Siegel, County Librarian, reviewed the background of the referral to the Finance Committee and contents of the Master Plan for Library Services as prepared in conjunction with the request of the City of Hercules for Library Construction Act Funds. The County Librarian advised that he had just been informed over the weekend that the request of the City of Hercules for such construction funds had been denied and the reasons for that action were briefly discussed. Attention was then directed to the need for a branch library in the San Ramon Valley which is indicated on the Master Plan to be the number one library need because of rapid growth in that area. The County Librarian advised the Committee CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATIIE STRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE �s SIGNATURE(S) Suhroder Supervisor T.Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON May 1 1, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: May v County Administrator ATTESTED Ml3, }9R6 County Librarian J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK City of Sari Ramon AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD M382/7-83 BY�T/ DEPUTY that the San Ramon Library Foundation is moving ahead rapidly with planning for a branch library in that area and needs a determination from the County as to whether the County will staff and operate the library as it does in other areas if the Community/City provide the building. County staff advised the Committee that it has been a long-standing County policy to provide operating funds for a branch library where the Community provides for construction of the building. The Committee was also advised, however, that this policy had been deve- loped long before the closed end funding resulting from enactment of Constitutional Amendment Number 13 in 1978 . The closed end funding has required cutbacks in existing library services . Approximately an additional $275 ,000 .00 (in today' s dollars) appear to be required for operation and funding of the proposed San Ramon Branch Library. After discussion, Committee members expressed concurrence with the need for a branch library in San Ramon, and with the provision of operating funds by the County but without a commitment on the level of such funding. In approving a commitment toward the operating cost of the San Ramon Branch Library, Committee members asked County Staff to work with the City of San Ramon to seek sources of funding for the San Ramon Valley Library operating costs. One facet of such examinations will be a pass through of the full increment of pro- perty taxes committed to library services should a Redevelopment Agency be established in San Ramon.