HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-02 Library Commission PacketKENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION
KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS
OCTOBER 2, 2007
?:00 P.M.
AGENDA
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL
YTEM 3: APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY -- September 4, 2007
ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS
a. Discussion -- Goals &, Objectives
ITEM 6: NEW BUSYNESS
a. Discussion -- Proposed Unattended Children Regulation
b. Discussion -- FY09 Budget
ITEM 7: REPORTS
a. Director
b. Friends of the Library
c. City Council Liaison
ITEM 8: COMMISSION COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
ITEM 10: INFORMATION
a. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of September 5 and 19, 2007.
ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT
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KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION
KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
7:00 P.M.
AGENDA
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL
ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY -- August 7, 2007
ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
YTEM 5: OLD BUSINESS
a. Discussion -- Goals & Objectives Update
ITEM 6: NEW BUSYNESS
a. Discussion -- Rules on Municipal Advocacy for Bond Elections
b. Discussion -- Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale and Library
Discards.
ITEM 7: REPORTS
a. Director
b. Friends of the Library
c. City Council Liaison
ITEM 8: COMMISSION COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
ITEM 10: INFORMATION
a. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of August 1 and 15, 2007.
ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT
KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION
KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
9:00 P.M.
CHAIR ROBERT PETERS, PRESIDING
MEETING SUMMARY
%TEM 1: CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
Chairman Peters called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. The roll was
taken and confirmed as follows:
Commissioners present: K. Heus, E. DeForest, E. Bryson, R. Peters, C. Brenckle,
C. Cook
Commissioners absent: R. Gilman
Others present: Library Director M. Joiner, Council Member L. Swarner
A quorum was present.
ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL
MOTION:
Commissioner Brenckle MOVED to approve the agenda. Commissioner Bryson
SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY -- August 7, 2007
MOTION:
Commissioner Brenckle MOVED to approve the meeting summary of August 7, 2007
and Commissioner Cook SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO
ORDERED.
ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None
ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS
5-a. Discussion -- Goals 8v Objectives Update
Commissioner Heus distributed a list of suggested changes to the draft Joiner
presented in August.
MOTION:
Commissioner Bryson MOVED to accept the change to Goal 1 and to change the
format from an infinitive to a verb. Commissioner DeForest SECONDED the motion.
VOTE:
Heus Yes DeForest Yes Gilman Excused
B son Yes Peters Yes Brenckle Yes
Cook j Yes
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Commission comments included:
• Suggested revisions and changes be discussed, and then make one
motion for the final draft.
When were goals last reviewed, if and why are they still required?
• Suggestion: specific suggestions be in writing for review.
• Suggestion: a subcommittee work on the draft rather than the entire
commission.
• Suggestion: a draft be emailed to commission members who can make
suggestions and changes, and forward them to the library director.
Bryson requested a report on the results of the city telephone survey.
ITEM 6: NEW BUSYNESS
6-a. Discussion -- Rules on Municipal Advocacy for Bond Elections
Commissioners reviewed and discussed the City Attorney's memo to the City Manager
on the rules on municipal advocacy for bond elections. Brenckle encouraged other
commission members to advocate for the bond issue.
6-b. Discussion. -- Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale and Library
Discards.
Joiner mentioned there had been some discussion at the Friends' book sale about
library discards.
YTEM 1: REPORTS
7-a. Director -- Joiner summarized the monthly report, noting year-to-date
circulation figures were up 5%: the library website was down for approximately two
months due to a hardware problem: Sunday hours would resume September 9; and
the library received a $7,000 grant.
7-b. Friends of the Library -- Heus reported Friends may donate something
to the annual Chamber of Commerce Beer and Wine Auction; a graphic novel
workshop would be funded; she would continue as president of the Friends of the
Library until December 31, 2007; the book sale was a success and grossed
approximately $4000.00; Friends would continue to fund the Sunday Kenai Performers
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but will seek grant funds; Friends had a booth at Industry Appreciation Day to provide
information on the library bond proposition.
7-c. Citq Council Liaison -- Council Member Swarner reported on the
9/5/2007 City Council Meeting agenda; noted Hamburger Helper was soliciting grant
proposals again; and she liked the Friends flyer in the Chamber newsletter.
ITEM 8: COMMISSION COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
Brenckle asked if it would be appropriate to stand on the corner and wave signs on
Election Day.
DeForest stated her appreciation of the work Heus put in on the goals and objectives
Bryson said it was nice to be back.
Heus reported she would not be at the October meeting.
Brenckle asked about the date for the October meeting.
Cook reported she would be absent from the October meeting because she will be
working at the polls. She offered to work diligently on the goals and objectives.
Peters repeated he would not be at the October meeting. He suggested commissioners
write letters to the editor of the Peninsula Clarion in support of the bond issue.
ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
ITEM 10: INFORMATION
10-a. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of August 1 and 15, 2007.
ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT
MOTION:
Commissioner DeForest MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Bryson SECONDED the
motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
There being no further business before the Commission, the meeting adjourned at
approximately 8:37 p.m.
Meeting Summary prepared and submitted by:
Corene Hall, Deputy City Clerk
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
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Draft Goals and Objectives 2007/2008 Kenai Community Library Commission •
Goal L: Make recommendations to the Library and Council to improve library services and
continue to provide quality services to the citizens of Kenai and all library patrons.
Objective 1: Maintain and extend effective library and information services for
users by providing library staff with training and support.
Objective 2: To increase the public's awareness of the value and use of the
library's resources and services by working closely with the media, developing
relationships with community groups and improving communication with
individual citizens.
Objective 3: To continue to support services to patrons with special needs by
providing equipment, materials, technology and individual help.
Objective 4: To support budget increases as they become necessary for additional
library personnel and services.
Objective 5: To reinstate Sunday hours in the summer.
Goal 2: Provide support and assistance to the library director and staff in reviewing the present
library facilities and developing a building program plan.
Objective I : Commit to an annual review and reevaluation of the building and its
facilites.
Objective 2: To review the facility to assure compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
Objective 3: To actively seek local, state, and federal support for a building
program and renovation of present library facilities.
Goal 3: The library will provide residents with a modern, clean, safe, accessible, and inviting
facility which encourages learning andleisure reading, provides access to up-to-date
electronic resources and fosters community discourse.
Objective 1: The library will provide an up-to-date collection of current topics
and titles in a wide variety of formats, arranged in acustomer-friendly manner
for easy access.
Objective 2: The library will make available to all residents more popular items
in more formats and greater numbers to alleviate long waiting periods and
enhance their overall library experience.
Objective 3: Kenai's yomlg people will grow up in an environment that is rich in
stories, literature, and reading material Library programs will support the
development of the skills, interests, and passions necessary to succeed in school
and other Learning activities.
Draft Goals and Objectives 2007/2008 Kenai Community Library Commission
Objective 4: Teens will view the library as a welcoming place that supports their
special interests and developmental needs and invigorates their interest in reading
for pleasure.
Objective 5: To assist in lifelong learning by offering access to audio-visual
technology, information databases and other technological resources.
Goal 4: Work with the Court and the State Law Librarian on making legal resources more
accessible in the coimnunity.
Objective 1: To provide public access to legal resources while the courthouse
undergoes renovations.
Goal 5: The library will serve as a centralized, convenient eormnunity destination by providing
formal and informal gathering spaces for a variety of programs, meeting spaces, and
events.
Objective 1: To provide money in the budget for programming for all ages.
Objective 2: To encourage staff to apply for grants to support innovative
programming.
Goal 6: The library's staff, commission and Friends will continue to find means, by way of grant
writing and private fund raising, to enhance the library's services and collections beyond
what the local tax support makes possible.
Objective 1: To promote the recruitment of library volunteers.
Objective 2: To work together towards a library expansion.
Objective 3: To exchange information and ideas for enhancing the library
program.
Goal 7: Make recommendations to the City Council regarding capital and other improvements to
the library.
Objective L• To increase the materials budget.
Objective 2: To increase the opportunities for staff continuing education.
Objective 3: To recommend funding towards an updated automation system,
including both software and hardware.
Kenai Community Library
Unattended Children
The Library offers many programs and services that encourage children to develop a love of books,
reading and learning. However:
• Because the library is a place where children gather, it may attract people whose interest in
children is not entirely wholesome.
• The safety and well-being of children at the library is of serious concern.
• Responsibility for children using the library rests at all times with the parent (s) or assigned
caregiver (s), not with library personnel.
• The library staff has leeway to intervene if aware of disruptive behavior.
• The staff cannot know if children are leaving the building with their parents or strangers.
For the protection and well-being of children who enjoy libraries, the following has been
established:
• Children under eight (8) years must be continually attended by a parent or a caregiver while in the
library.
• Parents and caregivers should be familiar with the librarys hours of operation and should not
leave children before opening or after closing.
• The library staff is not responsible for supervising children left alone when the library is closed,
but will make attempts to reach a parent for immediate pick-up.
• The police department will be notified of any child who has been left too long or repeatedly in
this unsafe situation.
AGENDA ° °
K.ENAI CITY COUNCIL -REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
7:00 P.M.
B:ENAI CYTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
http; / /www.ci.kenai.ak.us
ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Agenda Approval
4. Consent Agenda
*All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-
controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no
separate discussion of these 'stems unless a council member so requests, in which case
the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal
sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders.
ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes)
ITEM C: UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (3 minutes)
ITEM D: REPORTS OF KPB ASSEMBLY LEGISLATORS AND COUNCILS
ITEM E: PUBLIC HEARINGS (Testimony limited to 3 minutes per speaker.)
~,~~,~~(, 1. Ordinance No. 2248-2009 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $27,532 in the Senior Fund for Additional Grants and
Donations.
(Clerk's Note: Ordinance No. 2248-2007 was postponed from the 8/15/07
council meeting. The motion to adopt is active.)
/~~~~if. 2. Resolution No. 2007-56 -- Transferring $10,000 in the General Fund
for Designing Dena'ina Point Estates Subdivision.
ITEM F: MYNUTES
*Regular Meeting of August 15, 2007.
ITEM G: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS
i'N1/`Lih. Bills to be Ratified
~" 2. Approval of Purchase Orders Exceeding $15,000
*Ordinance No. 2250-2007 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $6,350 in the Library Fund for a State Grant.
4. *Ordinance No. 2251-2007 -- Amending the Official Kenai Zoning Map
by Rezoning Lot 1 and Lot 2A of Schurr Subdivision From General
Commercial (CG) to Limited Commercial (LCJ.
5. *Ordinance No. 2252-200?-- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $2,500 in the Senior Citizen Fund for Gas Card
Donations From Tesoro.
~~,~,~, 6. Discussion -- Draft Ordinancef Requiring Owners of Multiple Family
Dwellings and Mobile Home Parks Provide for Proper Garbage Containers
and Garbage Collection.
ITEM I: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Library Commission
5. Parks Sv Recreation Commission
6. Planning 8v Zoning Commission
7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees
a. Beautification Committee
b. Alaska Municipal League Report
c. Joint Kenai River Working Group
d. Mini-Grant Steering Committee
%TEM J: REPORT OF THE MAYOR
YTEM K: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
2. Attorney
3. City Clerk
ITEM L: DISCUSSION
Citizens (five minutes)
Council
ITEM M: PENDING LEGISLATION (This item lists legislation which will be
addressed at a later date as noted.)
Ordinance No. 2202-2006 -- Amending KMC 11.05.090 to Limit the Use of the City of
Kenai Boat Launch, Located at the Municipal Harbor, to Vessels and Boats Powered
by Four-Cycle or Direct Injection Two-Cycle Engines. (1/17/07, Tabled, no time
certain.)
Ordinance No. 2230-200? -- Amending KMC 21.10.090(d)(1) and (2) by Establishing
Different Requirements for Determining the Length of a Lease Extension and
Extending the Maximum Term of Lease Including Any Extension from 35 to 55 Years.
(Approved for reconsideration 6/ 6/ 07; postponed to 7/ 18/ 07; postponed to 8/ 15/ 07;
postponed to 1.0/3/07.)
Ordinance No. 2240-2007 -- Amending KMC 21.10.070 to Give the Airport
Commission More Authority Over Leasing Decisions Within the Airport Reserve.
(7/18/07, Tabled, no lime certain.)
-- None Scheduled
ITEM M: ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA
KENAI CITY COUNCIL -REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007
7:0o p.M.
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
http: / /www.ci.kenai.ak.us
ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Agenda Approval
4. Consent Agenda
*Al1 items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-
controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no
separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests, in which case
the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal
sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders.
YTEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes)
1. Patsy Clifford/Kenai Lane Daacers, Joanna Hollier and Bill Osborn --
Kenai Senior Center.
2. Lori Dilley, Hattenburg, Dalley & Linnell -- Status Report/Water
System Improvements.
3. Trent Semmens, Kenai Ski Team -- Funding Request.
ITEM C: UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (3 minutes)
ITEM D: REPORTS OF KPB ASSEMBLY LEGISLATORS AND COUNCILS
ITEM E: PUBLIC HEARINGS (Testimony limited to 3 minutes per speaker.)
Appropnahons by $6,350 m the Library Fund for a State Grant.
~~~~ 2. Ordinance No. 2251-2007 -- Amending the Official Kenai Zoning Map
by Rezoning Lot 1 and Lot 2A of Schurr Subdivision From General
Commercial (CG) to Limited Commercial (LC).
~~,~~ 3. Ordinance No. 2252-2007-- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $2,500 in the. Senior Citizen Fund for Gas Card
Donations From Tesoro.
~~~~/,(, 1. Ordinance No. 2250-2007 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
~~/~ ~ 4. Resolution No. 2007-57 -- Extending the Contract with Wince-Corthell-
Bryson for Architectural/Engineering & Construction Management
Services for Kenai Municipal Airport Capital Improvement Projects.
5. *Liquor License Application (Newt -- Acapulco Mexican Restaurant
#4740/Restaurant Eating Place Public Convenience
6. *Restaurant Designation Permit -- Hector Santana/Acapulco Mexican
Restaurant
ITEM F: MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of September 5, 2007.
ITEM G: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS
' '/ / 1. Bills to be Ratified
2. Approval of Purchase Orders Exceeding $15,000
3. *Ordinance No. 2253-2007 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $1,000 in the General Fund for a Library Grant.
4. *Ordinance No. 2254-2007 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $7,000 in the General Fund for a Library Grant.
5. Discussion -- Draft Kenai River Working Group Resolution No. 2007-02.
6. Discussion -- Thompson Park Gravel Pit Update
ITEM I:
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Library Commission
5. Pazks Ss Recreafion Commission
6. Planning & Zoning Commission
7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees
a. Beautification Committee
b. Alaska Municipal League Report
c: Joint Kenai River Working Group
d. Mini-Grant Steering Committee
ITEM J: REPORT OF THE MAYOR
ITEM K: ADMINISTRATYON REPORTS
1. City Manager
2. Attorney
3. City Clerk
ITEM L: DISCU
1. Citizens (five minutes)
2. Council
ITEM M: PENDING LEGISLATION (This item lists legislation which will be
addressed at a later date as noted.)
Ordinance No. 2202-2006 -- Amending KMC 11.05.090 to Limit the Use of the City of
Kenai Boat Launch, Located at the Municipal Harbor, to Vessels and Boats Powered
by Four-Cycle or Direct Injection Two-Cycle Engines. (1/17/07, Tabled, no time
certain.)
Ordinance No. 2230-2007 -- Amending KMC 21.10.090(dj(1) and (2) by Establishing
Different Requirements for Determining the Length of a Lease Extension and
Extending the Maximum Term of Lease Including Any Extension from 35 to 55 Years.
(Approved for reconsideration 6/6/07; postponed to 7/18/07; postponed to 8/15/07;
postponed to 10/3/07.)
Ordinance No. 2240-2007 -- Amending KMC 21.10.070 to Give the Airport
Commission More Authority Over Leasing Decisions Within the Airport Reserve.
(7/ I B/ 07, Tabled, no time certain.)
EXECUTIVE SESSION -- Negotiating Strategy/Department of Public Safety.
ITEM M: ADJOURNMENT