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City of Gilroy
Library Commission Regular Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 7:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Coverson-Baxter called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendance Attendee Name
Present Victoria Coverson-Baxter, Chair
Saied Nooshabadi, Vice Chair
Gabriela Kim, Commissioner
Absent None
3. SECRETARY'S REPORT
The meeting agenda was posted online and in the City Hall kiosk on Friday, May 3, 2024.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4.1. March 13, 2024
RESULT: Pass
MOVER: Gabriela Kim, Commissioner
SECONDER Saeid Nooshabadi, Commissioner
AYES: Commissioner Coverson-Baxter, Commissioner Kim, Commissioner Nooshabadi
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
RESULT: Pass
MOVER: Gabriela Kim, Commissioner
SECONDER Saeid Nooshabadi, Commissioner
AYES: Commissioner Coverson-Baxter, Commissioner Kim, Commissioner Nooshabadi
6. PRESENTATION FROM MAYOR BLANKLEY
A video message from the mayor was played for the Commission.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None.
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8. 8.1. Review Library Commission Workplan for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025
Henig reviewed the current work plan with the Commission. Here were the
following updates:
• Training/Conference: Coverson-Baxter, who was selected by the
Commission to attend the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual
conference, was seeking input on which sessions she should attend
Sunday and Monday (6-30-7/1). At the previous meeting, she received
input for the sessions held on Saturday, June 29. The recommended list
were:
o iLead: Preparing Tomorrow’s Library Leaders with an EDI Lens
o Lead Your Friends Organization Through Transformation
o “Let Us Help Advance the Field”: Neurodivergent Librarian Voices
Shaping Neuroinclusive Library Workplaces
o Community ESL Classes at Public Libraries: The Why and How
o Not Just One Thing: Intellectual Freedom and Information Literacy
through a Social Justice Lens
o Top 10 Things Every Library Board Member Should Know - But
Often Don't
o Building Partnerships with Communities in Africa : Sister Cities 500
in 5 years
o Library Boards & Trustees Discussion Group
o REFORMA's Children in Crisis Project - Creating Immigrant Youth
and Library Connections
o Library Facilities & Interiors Interest Group
o Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: Putting Words to Action
o READCON: A Curriculum for Library Readiness, Advocacy, and
Community Empowerment During Challenging Conditions
o Commissioner Nooshabadi recommended additional ones for
Baxter to attend:
▪ How Your Library can Support Users Impacted by
Incarceration: Standards Launch
▪ Depositing Joy: Programming and Services for Families
Experiencing Homelessness
▪ Services to Refugees, Immigrants and Displaced Persons
Sub-committee (SRIDP) Meet & Greet
• Promotion: Commissioner Nooshabadi requested that the City Council
interview commission applicants midyear. Currently, the City Council
plans to interview applicant for vacant commission seats in December on
an annual basis. Staff will forward his comment and provide a response at
the next meeting.
• Capital Improvements: Finance Director Harjot Sangha informed the
Commission that the City’s Engineering team is currently reviewing the
proposed designs for the library capital improvements. The project will be
added to the City’s CIP list. Sangha plans to share the plans at the
August meeting.
LIBRARY REPORTS
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9.1. County Library report for April 2024 and May 2024
Deputy County Librarian Stephen Fitzgerald presented his report that included
the following:
• Poetry Month at the Library
• The Hoopla
• Juvenile Detention Center
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Summer Reading
• Free Entry to Local Parks
• Movers and Shakers – a Gilroy librarian was recognized in the magazine
Library Journal.
• Virtual Author Talks
Commissioner Nooshabadi requested a report about the library's juvenile
incarceration program at the August meeting.
9.2. Gilroy Library Report
Gilroy Librarian Casandra Wong discussed the following from her report:
• El Dia De Los Ninos event on April 20
• Commendation from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
• Battle of the Books event
• Movers and Shakers – a Gilroy librarian was recognized in the industry
magazine, Library Journal, for her achievements. Commissioner
Nooshabadi requested that the librarian that was featured in Library
Journal be recognized at a future commission meeting. Library staff will
arrange for it.
• Library data update included circulation figures, total number of events
and attendees; and total number of library patrons.
• May calendar and programs
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
10. STAFF COMMENTS
Henig reminded the Commission the next meeting is on August 14, 2024.
11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
The Commission requested that a new line item be added to the agenda, which would be
called “Library Staff Recognition.” Wong will feature a different staff member to be
recognized for their achievements at commission meeting. The first staff member will
be Elizabeth Munoz-Rosas, who was featured recently in Library Journal.
12. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Coverson-Baxter adjourned the meeting at 8:17 p.m.
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Adam Henig, Recreation Division
Recording Secretary