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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04111995 - S.3 s.3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: 'SUPERVISORS GAYLE BISHOP AND MARK DESAULNIER Costa L xAy T: County DATE: April 6 1995 ' ?rr+'coir'�i c SUBJECT: AD HOC TASK FORCE ON THE COUNTY LIBRARY SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: CONSIDER increasing the size of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the County Library by adding additional seats representing cities . BACKGROUND: On March 14 , 1995, the Board of Supervisors approved the following Recommendations from the Internal Operations Committee: 7 . AGREE to the formation of an Ad Hoc Task Force on the County Library, composed as follows : ❑ Three representatives from the Contra Costa Mayors ' Conference, to be appointed by the Mayors ' Conference. ❑ Two representatives from the Board of Supervisors. ❑ Two representatives from the Library Commission, to be appointed by the Library Commission. ❑ Two representatives from the general public, one of whom shall be a professional librarian and represent organized labor, to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTR TOR REC M DATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER v c GAYL'� BIS OP MARK DeSAULNIER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON Apr-!! 11, -1 -9-95 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER INCREASED the size of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the County Library by adding two additional seats representing cities appointed by the Mayor ' s Conference; and DIRECTED that one of the representatives appointed by the Library Commission or one of the representatives from the general public be from the unincorporated area. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I-HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE -Ll UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED APR 11 1995 Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County Librarian BY DEPUTY r r One of the representatives from either the Library Commission or the general public shall, in addition, represent the unincorporated area of the County. 8. REQUEST the Contra Costa Mayors ' Conference to agree to participate on an Ad Hoc Task Force on the County Library and DIRECT the County Librarian to forward the Board's request to the Mayors ' Conference, hopefully for action at their April 6, 1995 meeting. In a meeting with the City/County Relations Committee on April 5, 1995, we discussed the fact that the Board of Supervisors had formed this Task Force in an effort to continue to work with the cities in solving the problems confronting the County Library system. Specifically, the charge to the Task Force was proposed by the Board of Supervisors as follows : 9 . SET generally as the charge to the Ad Hoc Task Force on the County Library the following: ❑ To examine the concerns of the cities regarding the governance and operation of the County Library and make appropriate recommendations to the City/County Relations Committee, Board of Supervisors and Mayors ' Conference. ❑ To explore any other issues regarding the County Library which are brought to the Task Force by any of its members and to make appropriate recommendations to the City/County Relations Committee, Board of Supervisors and Mayors ' Conference. ❑ To review work which has been done to date by staff and others on funding alternatives for the County Library and make recommendations to the City/County Relations Committee, Board of Supervisors and Mayors ' Conference. Among the alternatives which should be explored is the possibility of a benefit assessment to be imposed by the Board of Supervisors only following a majority "yes" vote on an advisory measure by the voters, understanding that the imposition of the benefit assessment in a city could be accomplished only in response to a request from the city council . We also noted that we would be going to the Contra Costa Mayors ' Conference the evening of April 6, 1995, asking that the Mayors ' Conference agree to continue the Library Commission, add a seat on the Library Commission for a representative from the Youth Commission and ask the Mayors ' Conference to agree to participate on the Task Force. The city representatives indicated that they thought the Mayors ' Conference might want to have additional representation on the Task Force in order to insure that all regions of the County were represented, because of the unique needs which various areas of the County have in terms of library services . We are very open to the idea of adding additional seats for city representatives . We would like to hold off suggesting a specific number until we are able to discuss this subject with the Mayors ' Conference on April 6, 1995 . We hope to have a specific proposal to make to the Board of Supervisors on April 11, 1995 . 2