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Agenda 08-23-17City of Boynton Beach BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Boynton Beach, FL 33435 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD Date: August 23, 2017 Location/Time: Library — Conference Room A, 1St Floor, 6:00 P.M. Call to Order Approval of Minutes — July 26, 2017 & June 28, 2017 III. Correspondence and Communications IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations) V. Chair's Report VI. Unfinished Business: Career Online High School (CONS) Update Summer Reading Club Report AmeriCorps Program Update VII. New Business: RB Digital — New Database Library Building Construction — Board Discussion regarding the Public Meeting with Architect & City Administration on Thursday, September 14, 2017 @ 4 p.m. in the Library Program Room VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics Monthly Report for July 2017 News/Media Coverage IX, Announcements Next Library Board Meeting — September 27, 2017 @ 6 p.m. X. 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INFORMATION REGARDING ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA AFTER IT IS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HELD AT THE BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY, CONFERENCE ROOM A 208 S. SEACREST BOULEVARD, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2017, AT 6:00 P.M. PRESENT: Chris Montague, Acting Chair Dr. Stephanie Hayden-Adeyemo John Welter Chris Simon ABSENT: Deborah Hoban Alice Warren Tracy Tebo Kimberly Bain, Alternate ® Call to Order Craig Clark, Library Director Anne Watts, Assistant Library Director Jeannie Taylor, Division Head Librarian In the absence of Chair Hoban, Chris Montague Chaired the meeting. He called the meeting to order at 6:16 p.m. 111. Approval of Minutes — May 24, 2017 Motion Mr. Welter moved to approve the minutes. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo seconded the motion that unanimously passed. III. Correspondence and Communications Craig Clark, Library Director, announced Deborah Hoban, Tracy Tebo and Alice Warren advised they would not be present for the meeting IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to three-minute Presentations): None. V. Chair's Report: None. VI. Unfinished Business: Board By -Laws — Updated, need signatures Meeting Minutes Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 28, 2017 Mr. Clark retyped the by-laws and explained they need to be signed by the Chair, Co - Chair and Secretary at the next meeting. Since there was no Secretary, that signature would be removed. The change reflected the time of the meeting was 6 p.m. as opposed to 4 p.m. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo advised she would not be present. Required Ethics Training Mr. Clark commented the City Clerk had informed him the members needed to take the required Palm Beach County Ethics Training. He distributed a copy of the Code of Ethics and explained the members are required to sign a Palm Beach County Code of Ethics Training Acknowledgement form after viewing the training on YouTube or online. Once signed, the forms must be returned to the City Clerk or to him to forward to the Clerk. It was noted all City employees are required to take the same training. Career Online High School (COHS) Update Jeannie Taylor, Division Head Librarian, mentioned the Career Online High School (COHS) program was not funded and staff is working with those currently enrolled in the program. Nine scholarships had been awarded; two participants graduated; and one participant did not make it through the probation period. The six remaining students had their funding previously approved and have 18 months to complete the program; however, the platform for the program will no longer be available in July. Mr. Clark explained the Governor vetoed the funding for the program. He had attended an American Library Association Conference and spoke to a representative from the company that created the program's platform and there was agreement they would work together. The State Librarian also had an online meeting and the members discussed fundraising to continue the program. Mr. Clark had recommended multi -library cooperatives become involved to keep the program going, state-wide, for a year until the Legislature can approve funding for next year. The State paid the $50K platform fee for the 23 libraries that are involved in the program and each scholarship is $1,295. Dr. Hayden queried how fundraising would occur and learned a GoFundMe page could be established. Ms. Taylor clarified the platform involves a prerequisite survey the participant takes to determine if the student can commit the needed time to complete the program. Next, the student takes a two-week career certificate choice which will provide an example of what the courses will be like. The program has audios, visuals and alerts the student to the pace and style of learning. This portion of the platform will go dark in July. Mr. Clark hoped to have a positive update next month and will work hard with other libraries around the State to keep the program going. VII. New Business: Summer Reading Club 2 Meeting Minutes Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 28, 2017 Anne Watts, Assistant Library Director, explained there are 412 students up to fifth grade, including students from Galaxy Elementary School signed up for reading and 262 teens. Based on prior experience, the Library likely has more teens enrolled than any other library in Palm Beach County and staff was pleased. The Library has programs with Peggy Adams Animal Rescue and the Community Gardens. Tutoring is in the morning. Mr. Welter asked if some of the summer camps come to the Library for Movie Day and learned they do. It was also noted students from Galaxy Elementary School were busy making pom-pom rugs. Ms. Watts noted the yarn was donated and fabric was often donated as well. III. Library Director's ReportlStatistics Monthly Report for May 2017 Mr. Clark reviewed customer visits were up 5%; print circulation went down, and e- book usage increased. Usage for audio/visuals, which were DVDs and audio books were down. Selfcheck is not used often and Zinio downloads were up. Gale Legal Database usage, which offers free legal fill in the blank forms specifically for Florida was unchanged. Mr. Clark explained the City is a 20 -year member of the Southeast Florida Library Information Network, (SEFLIN) which is one of five multi -library cooperatives throughout the State that operate by region. SEFLIN provides services to Palm Beach, Broward, Martin and Miami/Dade Counties and these libraries work together to obtain Zinio and Overdrive at a lower price. Onecard, obtained through SEFLIN, allows library patrons to sign up for access to other public and academic libraries at the reference desk. It is publicized in the newsletter periodically, but mostly through word of mouth as staff intercedes when the public requests information that is outside the scope of a public library. Brief discussion ensued about inter -library loans. Ms. Watts advised the Library is an Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) participant. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo pointed out a lot of people use the study rooms and not many libraries have them. Mr. Clark agreed the rooms are an attraction. The library supervisor overseeing the study rooms advised people drive from Broward County just to study because most public libraries are not quiet any more. Mr. Welter agreed and pointed out he travels with his children to libraries that match the interests they have. He was not surprised someone would come from Broward. The Library has 44 adult computers; 20 for teens and 20 for younger children. Computer usage has diminished over the years because more people have laptops. There were 7,201 Wi-Fi Library connections. Mr. Clark commented patrons connect to Wi-Fi all the time and there are people using it in the parking lot when the Library is closed. Mr. Welter felt library Wi-Fi connections were safer. Mr. Clark explained the Library Wi-Fi blocks gambling and pornography and is CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act) compliant. 3 Meeting Minutes Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 28, 2017 Ms. Taylor announced in addition to offering basic computer classes, the Library added an Excel class which has seven students and an intermediate Word class which has fewer students. One instructor will not be available in July for Pad and Excel classes, but those classes will resume in August. Ms. Taylor spoke to instructors about teaching a MAC class and was approached by a person interested in teaching the class, but he did not respond. It was noted the instructor has to become a temporary City employee and pass a background check. It was possible to add Mac classes in the future. Collections management is discarded items whether they were damaged or items no longer needed. Conversely, 1,346 new items were added. Esequel is a database of authors that write novel series. Freegal offers free music streaming for two or three hours a day. All these services are available through the Library website with a library card. Transparent Languages offers patrons the opportunity to learn languages at their own pace. Chair Montague asked about the marketing budget and learned the Library does not have a marketing budget. He asked if the Library experimented with boosting Facebook posts and thought whatever funds are used for print advertising could be better used by boosting social media; otherwise the posts would not be seen by very many people. The Library could boost different posts based on the kind of engagement wanted. He thought posting to an audience above the age of 16, boosting on Facebook would give the most bang for the buck. Mr. Clark agreed to consider it, but reiterated he has no budget. Ms. Taylor noted she used Twitter for the COHS program. Dr. Hayden suggested having a balance and thought the children and teens using the Library sell the programs. She noted three nearby schools have media specialists and students were not using the Library as much because they had the school library. She thought it would be helpful to create a partnership Mr. Clark advised the Library submitted for an LSTA grant which is federal funding that trickles down to the State Libraries. There is $2.1 million available and there has been about $3.1 million in grants submitted. He serves on the panel that recommends funding and he recuses himself from the panel when the City applies for grants. The City submitted a grant to microfilm and digitize the Lake Worth Herald for just over $40,000. The grant will be reviewed next week and the archivist will be available via phone to answer questions when the City makes its presentation. He anticipated grant awards would be reduced because the requests were for $1 million more than was available and there were 27 grants. Ms. Watts explained the Lake Worth Herald covers the time period from 1912 to 1940 and was the newspaper of record for the City as Boynton Beach that did not have its own newspaper and the Herald had a section just for Boynton. Digitizing the paper will allow for full text searching. The City of Lake Worth was trying to find its oldest houses and was using the 1910 census which was published entirely in the paper in 1912. Mr. Clark commented the Library is a small to medium sized public library, but they are setting the standard across the state for these types of items. D Meeting Minutes Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 28, 2017 Mr. Clark reviewed AmeriCorps is a federal program called Literacy AmeriCorps. Funds trickle down to each state and are then disbursed. The Literacy Coalition in Palm Beach County received funding and has 40 AmeriCorp positions, which uses college graduates of which the Library will receive three employees. One employee works with young children; another works with teens; and the third teaches English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Mr. Clark explained the Library started using Unique Management Services for its collections in 2012. Since then, the Library submitted $166,000 worth of accounts for collections and returned materials. He encouraged the members to view the information that is included in the meeting materials. News/Media Coverage: None. IX. Announcements Chair Montague and Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo attended the Special City Commission Budget Input meeting and requested funding to open the Library one extra day. He commented several other people liked the idea and it appeared some of the Commissioners did as well. He noted the budget hearings w08pd be held at the Library on Monday, July 17th and Tuesday, July 18th. He thought the Board would be busy as the Library is targeted as the site for the new city hall. He expressed the members should be familiar with the plan and it may give the Board more of a say. Dr. Hayden asked if the CRA would provide funding to the Library to eliminate blight and/or for lighting or sidewalks. Mr. Clark commented the City would provide the sidewalks and there is no CRA funding for the Library. Dr. Hayden-Adeyemo pointed out CRA events use library parking and finding a parking spot is very challenging. Brief discussion followed it is a special event day. Mr. Clark anticipated the City Commission will review the Library budget on Monday and if not, on Tuesday. Mr. Clark advised the Town Square project would be about $95 million to upgrade the 16 -acre area around the Library encompassing Boynton Beach Boulevard, down one block and down to 2nd behind the Library. Originally, the idea was to build a City Hall onto the south side of the Library, which is the oldest part of the building, and further expand the Library to the north. Staff was asked to think of what a futuristic library would need over the next 20 to 40 years. Mr. Clark advised Colin Groff, the Assistant City Manager, is a fan of libraries and staff will work vvith him to get the best library they can. Mr. Welter hoped the Library Board would assist in the process and inquired about the architect. Mr. Clark responded right now the process is still in-house in administration and it is very preliminary. He requested the members gather their thoughts and send them to him. Ms. Watts explained staff looks at items by function and what is wanted in an area, such as a non - carpeted floor in the kids craft area or how tall should the bookcases be. Mr. Welter agreed there is always opportunity to improve and add features such as large reading 5 Meeting Minutes Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 28, 2017 rooms with natural light. New libraries have different considerations, but the City's Library was able to navigate the new digital world and still have a classical reading environment. Mr. Clark and Ms. Watts have a lot of experience with Library construction and there are benefits to combining the Library and City Hall. Mr. Clark advised there would be some shared meeting space and there needs to be discussion about who has priority as the Library needs to provide space for their programs as well. Mr. Clark agreed to add this topic to the agendas as Unfinished Business to provide updates and receive input. He suggested the members email any suggestions to him. Mr. Clark thought the plan would be on the City's website. Next Library Board Meeting — July 26, 2017 at 6:00pm Budget Hearings — Monday, July 17, 2017 @5pm, Tuesday, July 18, 2017 @10am, and Wednesday, July 19, 2017 @2pm (if necessary)to be held in the Library Program Room X. Adjournment Motion There being no further business to discuss, Chair Montague moved to adjourn. Mr. Welter seconded the motion that unanimously passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:18 p.m. / n J 9 t Catherine Cherry Minutes Specialist n BOYNTON LIBRARY MONTHLY i JULY 2017 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended LSTA Meeting, Tallahassee, two Library space planning, budget workshops, Town Square Partnership, Schoolhouse Casino Night Fundraiser, Library Advisory Board, Schoolhouse Museum Board and the monthly meetings. Admin. Asst. attended the Chamber Lunch and Ambassador meetings, one ribbon cutting, Business After Hours networking and SEFLIN Annual Technology Conference. Library is collecting notes written to soldiers. Friends volunteered 411 hours during the month of July. Library hosted the following meetings/programs: Mental Health Initiative, Utilities, three City Manager, four Toastmasters, Library Board, Schoolhouse Museum and AmeriCorps. Customer Services Statistics *Includes ILS, eBooks, Freegal, Gale LegalForms and Zinio checkouts. All count as adult. Sunshine and Onecard Cards: 131 issued in previous years, 20 this year = 151 Current Month Same Month Previous Year Percentage Change Customer Visits 20,728 20,222 +2.5% Circulation* (total) 15,139 17,667 -14% Adult 8,626 9,458 -9% Young Adult 1,176 1,546 -24% Juvenile 4,104 51429 -24% Circ (from ILS System) 13,906 16,433 -15% E -Books — Overdrive (incl.w/total) 787 537 +47% Freegal Downloads 360 551 -35% Gale Legal Database 21 - - Zinio Downloads 86 146 -41% Audiovisual (incl.w/Adult #) 5,005 6,004 -17% Selfcheck 319 520 -39% Onecard Cards 0 0 *Includes ILS, eBooks, Freegal, Gale LegalForms and Zinio checkouts. All count as adult. Sunshine and Onecard Cards: 131 issued in previous years, 20 this year = 151 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use = 2,737 Youth/Teen Computer use = 2,064 Wi-Fi Connections: 6,790 Virtual Zone = Users: 63 Hours: 114 Computer Usage total = 4,801 uses for the month of July Number of days open = 21. Average Time = 65 minutes per session. One year ago = 4,816. 3% decrease in computer usage. Collection Management Discarded Items = 699 Items Added to Collection = 973 Public Computer Training Classes Class Attendees 1 — Microsoft Word Beginner 3 1 — Microsoft Word Intermediate 3 1 — Introduction to Email 5 cr%einl Marlin uels Lo ins 6 ook Followers 156 PFacebookNew Followers 3 book Page engaged Users 70 Free al Songs Streamed 1678 Learning Express Sessions 90 Learning Express Job Career Sessions 67 Transparent Language Users 11 Transparent Language Sessions 30 Twitter Followers 67 Twitter New Followers 6 Twitter Impressions 629 Library Statistics/ Databases Current Month Same Month Previous Year Percentage Change Free al Music Streaming 1,678 2,302 -27% Patrons 31 38 -18% ALLDATA Car Repairs) Articles 33 152 -78% Bo ntonlibra .or Sessions 4,732 5,787 -18% Users 1,862 2,326 -20% Page Views 11,831 15,354 -23% Adult Services Number of adult programs: 7 Attendance at adult programs: 72 Adult Outreach: Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: 22 Attendance at Teen programs: 320 Teen Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Number of Children's programs: 20 Attendance at Children's programs: 513 Children's Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Tours: 2017.07.18: Achievement Centers for Children & Families: 37 Virtual Zone: Attendance: 63 Hours: 114 Archives Activities • Continued to work with intern Kayleigh Howald on sorting the Boynton Beach Historical Society collection. We are processing the collection and have several boxes of material on the shelves. • Met with Ilyse Trietsman regarding posting a RFP for the Lake Worth Herald digitization project. Prepared a draft, which she refined and for which she received approvals. Ilyse posted the RFP on the city's delivery service and in the Palm Beach Post. • Worked with Diana on rehousing the Esther Orr Photo Albums. • Worked with Anne and Tiffany on BBCL records management issues. • Completed the backlog of accessioning — items that we have received or purchased since the beginning of the year. • Attended (virtually) the LSTA panel meeting to determine our grant funding for the digitization of the Lake Worth Herald newspaper project. • Sketched a floor plan of archives changes to incorporate growth and absorb the non -circulating Florida history books in the archives. • Assisted one researcher in the archives, searching for aerial photographs of his retaining wall/seawall. Assisted two researchers remotely regarding Girl Scout Park in Boynton Beach and a surfing photo from our collection. • Was on vacation for one week. AmeriCorps Report: ADULTS ESOL Classes: Will resume in September. HOMEWORK HELP: Will resume in September. TEEN HOMEWORK HELP: Will resume in September. ---- -- -. _ ---1. —_3 11\V Page 1 of 1 r UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. a, EXPLANATION OF SUMMARY PAGE ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT Left Column Accounts Submitted: Total number of accounts submitted for collection. Bankruptcies: Total number of accounts in bankruptcy. Incorrect Addresses: Total number of accounts for which we do not have correct addresses yet. Skip tracing efforts continue for quite some time so this number is very dynamic. Patron Disputes/Suspends: Total number of accounts where collection efforts have been stopped because the patron disputed the debt or the Library suspended collection efforts as a result of payment arrangements, mistakes, etc. Accounts in Process: Total number of accounts being processed through our collection service. This number is arrived at by subtracting Bankruptcies, Incorrect Addresses and Patron Disputes/Suspends from the total number of Accounts Submitted. # of Accounts Activated: Total number of accounts that have responded in some way to reduce their balance. They could have returned material, made a payment or a combination of both. % of Accounts Activated: Percentage of processed accounts that have responded in some way (# of Accounts Activated divided by Accounts in Process). This percentage is a good measure of response rate because it measures the percentage of patrons that have actually responded due to the collection process. Middle Column Dollars Submitted: Total dollar amount due from all accounts submitted for collection - Dollars in Bankruptcy: Total dollar amount due from all accounts in bankruptcy. Dollars in Skips. Total dollar amount due for accounts with incorrect addresses. Dollars in Dispute: Total dollar amount for all accounts that have been disputed.. Dollars in Process: Total dollar amount for all accounts being processed. This number is equal to the Dollars Submitted minus Dollars in Bankruptcy, Dollars in Skips, and Dollars in Dispute, as well as the dollar amount due for all suspended and closed accounts (not detailed on this report). Its purpose is to show the total dollar amount actually being worked. Total Activated: Total original amount due by all Accounts Activated. The difference between this number and the sum of Dollars Received, Material Returned, and Dollars Waived is the remaining balance due by all Accounts Activated. % of Dollars Activated: Percentage of processed dollars that have been activated (Total Activated divided by Dollars in Process). Ripht Column Dollars Received: Actual money recovered as reported by the Library. Material Returned: Actual value of material returned as valued and reported by the Library, Dollars Waived: Actual dollars waived by the Library as reported by the Library. tps://web.unique-mgmt.com/help_files/sumrnary.asp 8/7/2017 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. CREATED 08/01/2017 9-45 PM WB ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT PAGE: 608 MS JEANNIE TAYLOR BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 208 S SEACREST BLVD BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435 CREDITOR: 1581 -- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 07/31/2017 ALL AMOUNTS LISTED Accounts Submitted 2,104 _ Dollars Submitted 170,205.53 Dollars Received 18,976.06 Bankruptcies Incorrect Addresses 0 389 Dollars in Bankruptcy Dollars in Skiptracing 0.00 24,057.05 Material Returned Dollars Waived 36,844 15 9,782.68 Patron Disputes/Suspends 1 Dollars in Dispute 37.00 Accounts in Process 1,714 Dollars in Process 137,575.66 # of Accounts Activated 1,000 Total Activated 62,623.63 % of Accounts Activated 7 58.34% % of Dollars Activated 60.0611; Solar eclipse 2017: Boynton Beach treated to' Page I of 8 84~ /�� SUBSCRIBE NOW � ~ AS LOW AS 990 BREA.M.7je- NEW: One flown to hospital after bus, vehicle crash in Wellington LAlexandra Seltzer - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ZI 4:53 p.m Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 Filed in Local News f V. WE= After looking through special glasses et the nun while standing outside the Boynton Beach library, naukdend Andy Baskin struggled todescribe the view http://www.palmbeachpost.comlnewslboynton-beach-resident-eclipse-unbelievable-sightle... 8/23/2017 Solar eclipse 2017: Boynton Beach treated to' "I guess really there's no words to express. What words would fit that?" Andy Baskin said outside the Boynton Beach library on Aug. 21, 2017. (Alexandra Seltzer / The Pahn Beach Post) "It was pretty cool. I guess really, there's no words to express," the 67 -year-old said. "What words would fit that?" Baskin joined dozens of others Monday spending a few moments looking through glasses shared by the crowd. K05;te C, ro, O1`ii:kons [Watch] The Different Types of Home Fui, '1enlnl,S Healthcare Services ADVERTISER CONTENT: Kindred Healthcare LATEST: How Palm Beach County watched today's solar eclipse The library on Seacrest Boulevard held a special program for the eclipse and showed live footage from NASA on a television in the program room. Most attendees stayed outside to watch with their own eyes. N t* Page 2 of 8 httn•//www nalmheachnost_com/news/bovnton-beach-resident-eclipse-unbelievable-sight/e... 8/23/2017 Solar eclipse 2017: Boynton Beach treated to' Page 3 of 8 Boynton Beach Mayor Steven Grant speaks to residents outside the library on Aug. 21, 2017. (Alexandra Seltzer/ The Palm Beach Post) For those who didn't have glasses but wanted a peek, Admin Assistant Karen Abramson gladly gave up her pair. "We're just pleased to offer this educational program that's a special event all across the United States," she said. "Plus I'm excited to see it myself." The library received about 1,000 pairs through a grant. They handed out hundreds, but gave most of them to area schools, Abramson said. Resident Elaine Christman, 73, described the view as an "awesome learning experience." "I waited this long to see such an unbelievable sight," she said. "It's truly amazing." Maggie Arndt and her 90 -year-old mother Mary Molloy also watched outside the library. "Everybody that puts on the glasses is like `Oh wow," Arndt said. "It's pretty amazing." Residents showed off their creativity nearby at Two Georges Waterfront Restaurant in the Boynton Harbor Marina. Gary Blitman tried to take a photo of the eclipse on his phone with the safety glasses in front as his friend Diane Cullen cheered him on. "We're making history," she said. M http://www.palmbeachpost. com/news/boynton-beach-resident-eclipse-unbelievable-sight/e... 8/23/2017 Solar eclipse 2017: Boynton Beach treated to Gary BIitman takes a photo of the eclipse on his cell phone with safety glasses on top outsioe i WO veorges ❑, Boynton Beach on Aug. 21 2017. (Alexandra Seltzer! The Palm Beach Post) Cullen watched the reflection of the eclipse in a Pop Secret popcorn box outfitted with white paper and tin foil. "I remembered something like this when we were kids," Cullen said. "We didn't have glasses back then." Patricio Ku and his 10 -year-old god daughter, Camila, did the same using Cheerios cereal and Luvs diaper boxes. Page 4 of 8 cnm/newc/hnvnton-beach-resident-eclipse-unbelievable-sight/e... 8/23/2017 Downtown Boynton plan doesn't impress commissioners Page 1 of 6 830 SUBSCRIBE n as low as 99¢ l r ; LOGIN 1 doesn'tDowntown Boynton plan ® • This is ' commissioner says l LOCAL By Alexandra Seltzer Palm Beach Post Staff Writer .� 2 E2L Real Estate Solutions is proposing a hotel and retail on Boynton Beach and Seacrest boulevards in Boynton Beach. Photo handout: E2L Real Estate Solutions Posted: 5:10 p.ni. Tuesday, August 22, 2017 BOYNTON BEACH — City leaders want the $94.5 million Town Square project to finally deliver a vibrant downtown to Boynton Beach, but they said the plans they saw this week, full of apartments and parking garages, lack imagination. Instead, they want tree -lined streets, cafes, outdoor seating — something that will stop drivers from passing by, http://www. mypalmbeachpost. com/news/local/downtown-boynton-plan-doesn-impress-thi... 8/23/2017 Downtown Boynton plan doesn't impress commissioners "This is weak. What you're showing me today is weak," Commissioner Joe Casello said. Read: Boynton Beach to start Town Square project with saving historic • •' Town Square, paid for with a combination of private and public money, is expected to include a hotel, apartments, green spaces and parks and will reshape the land where City Hall, the police department and library sit off Boynton Beach Boulevard east of Interstate 95. All three would be leveled. Page 2 of 6 The plans presented Monday night are far from final — giving the team of city staff, developers, planners and architects more time. "You're not selling this project to me. I'm sorry," Commissioner Mack McCray said. Staff did get approval from commissioners to spend $307,000 to make plans to ensure those buildings are well air conditioned. A $10 million, two-story District Energy Plant will sit within Town Square and provide cold water for air conditioning through a central chilled water plant. The plant should provide a less expensive utility for residents and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, assistant city manager Colin Groff said. The commission could get another Town Square update as early as Sept. 19, but some aspects of the plan aren't likely to change: The Schoolhouse Children's Museum and Learning Center will stay as is. The vacant historic high school will be turned into a two-story civic and cultural arts center. The Kid's Kingdom playground will be preserved as much as possible, and likely expanded. Commissioners have long lamented the lack of activity on Ocean Avenue. Monday's site plan showed apartments on the avenue next to the children's museum. Instead, the commission wants retail, something to "reactivate" the street, said Commissioner Christina Romelus. l,tt"./Axmnu mvnn1mheachnn,t_cnm/news/local/downtown-Boynton-plan-doesn-impress-thi... 8/23/2017 Downtown Boynton plan doesn't impress commissioners Page 3 of 6 The proposed location for the new police station also disappointed some commissioners. The plan puts the station next to fire station 5, on High Ridge Road at Gateway Boulevard. Commissioner Mack McCray prefers this location, and said it has long been the plan to put police headquarters there. But the majority of his colleagues want the police station closer to downtown. They would leave the High Ridge land available for private development. The original plans left Boynton's library untouched,but the team found that keeping it there would bring heavier traffic to Southeast Second Avenue, a residential street. The building also has leaks and issues with space and air conditioning. So the revision calls for a four-story building to house City Hall and a modern, technologically advanced library. Meanwhile, work is nearly underway to restore the historic high school, and the building is fenced off for safety. Once redone, that building will house all of the city -sponsored activities held in the Art Center and Civic Center. While it will be used during the weekdays mostly for children and adult programs, the building, especially the second floor gymnasium, could be rented out on weekends for concerts, weddings and parties. "The gym, if we do this right, is probably going to be one of the best facilities in Palm Beach County," said Groff. ,rod Ai ALEXANDRA SELTZER http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/newsA ocal/downtown-boynton-plan-doesn-impress-thi... 8/23/2017 7 REGULARS & 2 ALTERNATES Established per Ordinance No. 61-8 Staggered Three-year Terms for Regular Members One-year Terms for Alternate Members MEMBER 2017 LIBRARY BOARD EXPIRES PHONE PROFESSION HOBAN, Deborah 12/18 736-3966 Librarian 502 NW 6th Way (33426) Appt/d 1/5/10 dhoban@fau.edu Data Processsor II WARREN, Alice 12/17 806-5125 Ret. Librarian 146 Sausalito Drive (33436) Appt'd 6/6/17 topsy@aol.com SIMON, Chris 12/17 736-1251 Project Mngr. 222 NW 1st Avenue (33435) Appt'd 6/10/17 Simo9884(&bel lsouth.net WELTER, John 12/19 954-770-0645 Museum Curator 204 SW 10th Avenue (33435) Appt'd 3/6/17 welter3cd)norton.orr TEBO, Tracy 12/19 358-0224 Web Site 317 S. Seacrest Blvd. (33435) Appt'd 7/7/15 tracytebo yahoo.com Management MONTAGUE, Christopher 12/18 573-6358 Business Owner 222 West Ocean Ave Appt'd 8/16/16 sofloguitar(cbgmail.com HAYDEN-ADEYEMO, Stephanie Dr. 12/19 945-1329 Teacher 2181 SW 151h Ave. N102 (33426) Appt'd 2/7/17 Monroe sClaymail.com ALTERNATES: OPEN 12/17 — - Boucard, Robyn 516 Newlake Drive (33426) 12/17 Apt'd 7-18-17 543-7262 rbouc4l@aol.com Data Processsor II CITY EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE: Updated 7/24/17 S:\CC\WP\B0ARDS\LISTS\2016 Board List\LIBRARY BOARD.doc CLARK, Craig — Library Director BEACH LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT JUNE 2017 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended LSTA Panelist Orientation webinar, Energy Survey Results meeting, Town Square Presentation, American Library Association Annual meeting, Chicago, Library Advisory Board and the monthly meetings. Spoke at the Rotary Club. Admin. Asst. attended the Chamber Ambassador meeting, two ribbon cuttings, Business After Hours networking and Town Square Presentation. Library is collecting notes written to soldiers. Friends volunteered 386 hours during the month of June. Library hosted the following meetings/programs: Historic Preservation, Development, two Alzheimer's Association, four Toastmasters, Library Board and AmeriCorps. Customer Servirpc Stntictir■c 1I It. Uucb 1Z), tDUUrs, rreegai, uaie Legair-orms and Zinio checkouts. All count as adult. Sunshine and Onecard Cards: 131 issued in previous years, 20 this year = 151 Current Month Same Month Previous Year Percentage Change Customer Visits 22,287 24,690 -10% Circulation* (total) 15,646 18,669 -16% Adult 8,055 9,826 -18% Young Adult -- 1,256 i 1,572 -20% Juvenile 5,057 — 6,112 -17% Circ (from ILS System) 14,368 17,510 -18% E -Books — Overdrive (incl.w/total) 784 509 +54% Freegal Downloads 385 501 -23% Gale Legal Database 96 - - Zinio Downloads 109 149 -27% Audiovisual (incl.w/Adult #) 4,728 5,873 -20% Selfcheck 386 576 -33% Onecard Cards 6 2 1I It. Uucb 1Z), tDUUrs, rreegai, uaie Legair-orms and Zinio checkouts. All count as adult. Sunshine and Onecard Cards: 131 issued in previous years, 20 this year = 151 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use = 2,826 Youth/Teen Computer use = 2,369 Wi-Fi Connections: 6,321 Virtual Zone = Users: 42 Hours: 81 Computer Usage total = 5,195 uses for the month of June Number of days open = 21. Average Time = 65 minutes per session. One year ago = 5,239. 8% decrease in computer usage. Collection Management Discarded Items = 1,181 Items Added to Collection = 11265 Public Computer Training Classes Class Attendees 1— Computer Basics 4 1 — Microsoft Word Beginner 7 1— iPads 6 1 — Microsoft Word Intermediate 7 1 — Microsoft Excel Introduction 5 Social Media Ese uels Lo ins 7 Facebook Followers 153 Facebook New Followers 9 Facebook Page engaged Users 57 Free al Son s Streamed 1832 Learning Express Sessions 92 Learning Express Job Career Sessions 52 Transparent Language Users 10 Transparent Language Sessions 22 Twitter Followers 61 Twitter New Followers 4 Twitter Impressions 727 Library Statistics/ Databases Current Month Same Month Previous Year Percentage Change Free al Music Streaming 1,832 2,487 -26% Patrons 28 33 -15% ALLDATA Car Repairs) Articles 66 109 -34% Boynton I i bra ry.org Sessions 5,674 5,602 +1% Users 2 027 2,388 -150/0 Page Views 14,293 16,880 -15% Adult Services Number of adult programs: 5 Attendance at adult programs: 40 Adult Outreach: Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: 32 Attendance at Teen programs: 477 Teen Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Number of Children's programs: 33 Attendance at Children's programs: 843 Children's Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Virtual Zone: Attendance: 42 Hours: 81 Archives Activities • Continued to work with intern Kayleigh Howald on sorting the Boynton Beach Historical Society collection. We are processing the collection and have several boxes of material on the shelves. • Attended the following webinar (in 2 parts): Copyright – Identifying and Addressing Issues for Digitization. • Scanned images of Anita Fedeli letter found under the Schoolhouse during a renovation in 2011. Anita's daughter read a copy of an article published in 2011 and tracked us down to get a copy of her mother's English paper, which was mentioned in the article. • Worked with Gary Dunmyer in Engineering to find plans of the library from 2005 and 1987 for the City Center project. • Worked with Chris Roschek at the Water Treatment Plant to come up with historic photos for them to use in their annual report. • Worked with Diana to sort and file several boxes of news clippings saved by the Boynton Beach Historical Society. Clippings were filed in the vertical files, in collections, and with the clippings saved by the library and stored in the room behind reference. • Worked with Anne and Tiffany on BBCL records management issues. • Started working on the backlog of accessioning – items that we have received or purchased since the beginning of the year. AmeriCorps Report: ADULTS Beginner ESOL Class: Monday—Thursday, 9:00-10:15 am Classes held: 17 Number of Students: 13 -1 students (4%) attended only one class -5 students (20%) attended two or three classes -4 students (16%) attended four to six classes -4 students (16%) attended seven to ten classes -9 students (36%) attended eleven to fifteen classes -2 students (8%) attended sixteen to seventeen classes 20 of the students (80%) attend both this class and the Advanced Beginner ESOL class. Two students had perfect attendance from the start of the month. This month we tried to wrap everything up that we had learned throughout the year. We wrapped up sentence structure, specifically how a noun comes before the verb and how adjectives modify a noun. We discussed what nouns are and if they are proper or common. We also discussed how adjective order is number -opinion -size -age -shape -color -origin -material -purpose -noun and that it was something that native English speakers do but we never really think about (try changing the order of an example, it's really weird). As per a student's request, we did a quick unit on health, identifying the parts of the body and how to very simply state what is wrong. I also introduced the difference in pronunciation of several vowel sounds which I had noticed students struggled with. We reviewed weather and the present and the future tenses. We are the first All-Star Book 2 textbook and the accompanying workbook, as well as the Side by Side volume 1 book and accompanying workbook. We are also using the Oxford Picture Dictionaries as an accessory and the Achieving TABS Success in Language. For pronunciation practice we have been using the Pronunciation Pairs workbook. Advanced Beginner Class: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 10:30--11:45 am Classes held: 13 Number of Students: 11 -4 students (18%) attended only one class -2 students (9%) attended two to three classes -4 students (18%) attended four to six classes -7 students (32%) attended seven to ten classes -5 students (23%) attended eleven to thirteen classes 20 of the students (91%) attended both this class and the Beginner ESOL class. One student had perfect attendance this month, with two others missing one class. This month we continued to talk about the perfect tense and the perfect continuous tense. We reviewed all 12 tenses in English and I gave them the general layout of how the tenses work so they are able to work on it over the summer months. I told them that these are tenses that even native born English speakers are not able to use properly so there is no need to worry too much over the semantics of the language. We have been using the Achieving TABE Success in Language and Introduction to English Grammar. Private Tutoring Five students have received one on one tutoring or help this month. I had one student working toward his GED, two students working toward their citizenship, a student working toward her TABE test, and a student working on math skill. Altogether, there were 25 individual meetings and a total of 26 hours have been spent on one on one tutoring. Noticeable gains have been made by my student who is working toward her TABE test. Things are really starting to make since and once she figures out a problem she is able to do similar problems with complete success. We spend 30 minutes on the math portion of the test, and thirty minutes on the language portion. My citizenship students are working really hard at the civics and writing portion of the test. They are able to answer all of them correctly, but still struggle with the writing portion. Overview Overall, 47 individual students attended ESOL classes in June (27 individual students if you take out the students who attend more than one class). It has calmed down quite a bit from the attendance numbers that we saw in previous months. My beginner class is starting to learn about stuff that we learned about in my Advanced Beginner class at the beginning of the year, which is a challenge because I try to keep things new and interesting for the students who have been in both classes since the beginning. Also I noticed that on the days that it was raining very hard, I had very low attendance. I had not realized how reliant my students are on walking to class. The issue that I had with children in class has been resolved. HOMEWORK HELP Number of Students: 47 Number of 30 -minute Sessions: 131 Number of Hours: 66 Average Number of Sessions per Child: 2.8 Average Number of Hours per Child: 1.4 Totals for 2016 - 2017 Students: 226 30 Minute Sessions: 3341 Hours: 1673 Average Sessions per Child: 14.8 Average Number of Hours per Child: 7.4 This month we worked on four different Summer Clubs. The children enjoyed putting healthy food together, reading to each other, creating crafts for different community groups, and acting out skits at Reader's Theatre. I got to see sides of the kids that I had never seen before. It was a great experience and a great way to end the year. I am sad that the year has come to a close. And will not see my wonderful learners again. I am happy they are moving in to the next year. The AmeriCorps members, spent many hours with them and have grown attached to their spontaneity and wit. They definitely enjoyed and wish them the best. TEEN HOMEWORK HELP Since November the teen homework help program at BBCL has served 49 individual students in sessions, as well as mentoring and running programs for students who come into the library. My time here has been a mix of tutoring/homework help, test preparation, program activity, and conversation with the students. The success of the HW help program is indicated by the number of "regulars" that came to my corner of the library this year, seeking to better their grasp on matters inside and outside of the classroom. Through the summer I, along with Kristine, the teen librarian, have sought to create an environment that emphasizes the importance of life skills, money management, and cultural exchange. The programs "Money Talks" and "Culture Shock" have put a fun spin onto what it's like managing money as an adult, and taking a peek into a world beyond our bubble, respectively. I hope to see the Teen AmeriCorps position here at BBCL continue to provide an ear to the kids, and some insight into what life beyond school will bring them. I believe that the position I held this past year is of the utmost importance in this community, as evidenced by the number of kids who stated to me that the help they received with their schoolwork was indispensable, a huge reason for their continued improvements in school. I'd like to extend thanks to all of the BBCL staff and administration, thank you for the support you provided the AmeriCorps program this year, and thanks for helping me to find my way in this position.