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August 22, 1991
HONORABLE CITY OOV~CIL
Palo Alto, California
South Bay Coopera.tive Library System Lay Advisory Board Appointment
Keabera of tbe council:
This is an informational report, and no Council action is required.
Background
The Palo Alto city Libra~ participates in th~ South Bay
Cooperative Librarj" System, .. hich includes all of the public
libraries in Santa clara County, as agreed in a Joint PoW'ers
Agreement signed by all of the jurisdictions. This system is
funded under the California Library Services Act of 1977. The }.ct
stipulates that a Board composed of lay representatives# one from
each member jurisdiction, be appointed to advise the system in the
execution ot its responsibilities. When appointments are made to
the Board# the Act requires that laThe appointing jurisdiction
ensure that members of a system advisory boa~d are representative
or the public-at-Iarge and of the under served in the system area.
The Act defines under served as -•. ~any population segment with
exceptional service needs not adequately met by traditional library
service patterns.-This includes persons who represent needs of
the qeographically isolated, economically disadvantaged,
functionally illiterate, non-English speaking, shut-in,
institutionalized, or handicapped.
The South Bay Cooperative Library System's Lay Advisory Board was
established in July 1979, ~ith Gretchen Emmons as Palo Alto's most
recent appointment to fill a term of office from July, 1989 through
June, 1991.
status
The Palo Alto appointment to the South Bay Cooperative Library
system's I.ay Advisory Board has expired, and a designee
represen!:.inq Palo Al to must :be appointed for the two-year term
covering July 1991 through June 1993.
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procedure for Appointment
Following the same procedure used fo~ prior appointments, on behalf
of the Board, Nancy Olson, President of the Friends of the Palo
Alto Public Library has recommended that the Mayor reappoint
Gretchen Emmons to the Board tor another two-year teIlJI. Mayor
sutori~s has taken that action4
The procedure which is being followed by Palo Alto in making an
appoint-.ment to the South Bay Cooperative Library System's Lay
Advisory Board is consistent with the procedures followed by other
jurisdictions.
Respectfully sUbmitted,
Mary Jo Levy
Director of Libraries
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Paul Thil tgen
D·r~ctor of Community services
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Friends of the Library
Attaohment: Recommendation letter from Nancy Olson
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P.O. Box 41
Palo Alto, California, 94302
FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO PUBLIC LIBRARY
July 22, 1991
Honorable Jack Sutorius, Mayor
Palo Alto civic Center
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 9~301
Dear Mayor Sutorics:
On behalf of the Board of the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, I
am recommending the reappointment of Gretchen Emmons, 169 Walter
Hays Drive, Palo Alto, as Palo Alto's representative to the system
Advisory Board of the South Bay Cooperative Library system. The
term of office for this lay advisory board is two years, from July,
1991 through June, 1993.
Gretchen has been active in the Friends of the Library and as a
volunteer [or our libraries for several years, and she has ~~an on
the Board of the Friends of the Library for four years. Gretchen
has served as Palo Alto's representative to the South Bay
Cooperative Library System, June, 1984 through June, 1987~ serving
as the Chair during 1986/87 and most recently for a 1989/91 term~
Gretchen~ an active user of several of Palo Alto's libraries, also
has broad community contacts~ She has received much recognition
for her vclunteer work as Administrator of the Food Closet located
at the All Saint's Episcopal Church~ These experiences
particularly qualify her to represen~ Palo Alto.
Palo Alto is fortunate to have a person of Mrs.
represent our city in this appointed position.
to recommend her appointment~
Sincerely,
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Nancy Olson, President
Friends of the Palo Alto Public Library
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It is my pleasure
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