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05/15/1981 ~;:';"~ '..,. ': T . . ;""."'. .':'. '.' C .. . ,. fL';. . \>;. .~ ,:~ ~ .' . c ", . .(. > ," , " . .' .. ,.;. . . . . . , . ,~'~ .:' c > . .. c '., '. .". 'c" ". i .. j.,C".: . . I,' Tj . > ;~-:",'~I.H-'~""~.~''''' _""u..~."" . ;. " " . . ... . : ...,.' .: :-'- ~ :.: .,' .I.,~, " ,. ," : ',""'!:~~;: LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES . " 1 ~ ',' ",DATE tnl1J(, 15j I'ILI -1 -/ L/ :L :2 I , . ~ ~, . . .... . 'I .. ' . .' ,.,." , . ' . -'. . .' .'. '." I . t' . . . '. . . '" oj,...." I . CLEARWATER PUBLIC I.IBRARY BOARD MINUTES OF 11m ~mETING 15 ~tAy 1981 Mnyor's ConfeTence Room 9: 30 AM - 10: 20 A~f PRESENT: ABSENT: Mr. Homer Royer, Chairman Mrs. Herbert E. (Helen) Diller Mrs. Arta Gates Mr. George E. Harris Mr. Claude P. Hutchens Mr. Fred Korosy Dr. Georg Lowenstein Mrs. Ann Wickersham Mrs. Lucile Williams Mrs. Aleta Cozart, Interim Library Director ~1s. Candace H. Gardner, Vi ce- Cha i man (excused) Hr. Walter A. Krick (excused) GUESTS: Mr. James Davis~ Head of Adult Services, Clearwater Public Library Mr. Ed Nichols, President, Friends of the Clearwater Library Mr. Charles Finton, interested citizen Mr. Craig Roberton, St. Petersburg Times Chairman Homer Royer called the meeting to order at 9:30 AM. The minutes of last rnonults meeting were accepted as received. Mr. Royer reviewed several connnunica tions h~ h:ul received concerning the Hunt si to matter, as well as a recommendation to the City from the Morningside- Meadows Homeowners Association asking the City to ~urchnse the ~roperty next to their recreational facility for use as a branch library or other recreational use. Board discussion concerned the reverter clause in the contract for the Hunt site. Mrs. Wickersham made the fallowing motion: "The LibraTY Board requests that the Clearwater City Commission immediately consider the offer to exchange the Starcrest site for the Hunt site for construction of an east side library. We urge the City to enter negotiations at once tocornplete the exchange, even if such exchange requires a variance of the so called Ureverter policy" or proper assurances to the Church that a library will be built. A variance was made in the PACT site without harm to the City. The cost of building a library would be less on the Hunt site than on the Starcrest Lake site. thereby lessening the total project cast for a complete library system for Clearwater." The motion was seconded and approved unanimously. . The Board discussed the advantages of going for a bond referendum in the near future: slowed inflation, possible dropping of interest rates in 1982, tax relief on real estate for schools, and income tax reductions. The majority of the Board felt two facilities could be constructed at the same time if n referendum was approved. However, Nrs. Diller felt the public and City officials would not approve constructing t,.,ro full service facilities at the same time. Mrs. Diller feels an cast facility should be built first, ''lith a Countryside facility to be constructed later. ~ . CLEARWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD Minutes of the Meeting May 15, 1981 Page 2 Mr. Hutchens made the following motion: "In view of the many past discussions conducted by this Board and in view of the continuing and increasing needs for library services in East Clearwater and Countryside areas, we urgently recommend to the City Commissioners that they proceed forthwith to complete building plans, and plans for proper financing and construction of these two much needed libraries. In Ii ght of the present lessening of the rate of inflation, the lessening of real estate taxes for school purposes) and the possib Ie lo\t,ering of federal income taxes, we feel that the fall of 1981 or early months of 1982 might be appropriate times for presentation of such needs to the public." The motion was seconded. In the discussion following this motion Mrs. Diller asked that the following statement made by her go on record: HI make the statement that I do not concur with the proposal that the City of Clearwater proceed in an endeavor to simultaneously finance libraries at both the Hunt site and in Countryside. I feel that this Board should recommend to the City officials that a full service library be built on the Hunt site and that there be a recommendation that as soon as completed there shall be a movement toward construction of a Countryside library." Mr. Harris spoke in favor of the motion, noting that if a second facility is constructed Inter, it will cost considerably more. The motion carried with a vote of 8 to 1. Mrs. Diller recommended that the Chairman avoid contacting certain people and preparing motions and stntements to represent the Board, and that the Board members together prepare statements. Dr. Lowenstein noted that the motions made at this meeting were extractions of matter~ the Board had discussed at length over several months. Board members disagreed with Mrs. Diller that motions should be prepared by the group as a whole. Mr. Royer stated that the preparation of the motions outside of the meeting was an effort to get a \iording as near as possible that the Board could agree upon. Mrs. Diller feels when a motion is made, the Board members should all get a copy of i.t to study. Mrs. Wickersham noted her appreciation of any Board member's commitment of time to help the meetings run more smoothly by preparing motions and statements ahead of time. Mrs. Gates noted that she had not attended any meetings where the whole group made up a motion and had it seconded; usually one person presents the motion, it is s~conded, and the group discusses and votes on the motion, in Mrs. Gates'opinion. Mr. Royer summarized previ.ous recommendations made by the Board: 1) recommendation that the City build full service libraries both in East Clearwater and Countryside; 2) recommendation of potential square footage for those libraries; 3) recommendation that the City go for both facilities at one time; 4) recommendation that the City go ahead with these facilities as soon as possible. Mr. Royer feels that the Board must be united in their effort to get public support for library facilities. The meeting was ndjourned at 10:20 AM. Susan Doel, Secretnry }, ".' . ..~ . ~ '".: '::...~'~..~'h""';::;~:: "." '\ ':.~,I:'<' f'f(}(' {";\\.',." "", :t /. ";.' t' . l.Pe,,:, " ':~~. \'", . ~ '. , .',", ,.,;<. I 0, .9;'::~t. ,.' {::',\,:," {.:"/:.~' t . ~.'.' ~ ;..~~.-r .~ '""';1.. ;t:;;; "',.., , ::1~[~~:'::'<' :: ~t(.'>,' : )\7'~:~';;~;~i~,:-tf': ~':};~ ';:;' J~~f:?l:'! 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