City Council

10. HUNT BRANCH LIBRARY UPDATE AND LIBRARY AD-HOC COMMITTEE\nRECOMMENDED ACTIONS\nCity Council directed staff to present external proposals as well as a City proposal to the\nLibrary Ad-Hoc Committee for Hunt Branch Library operation. The Committee\nrecommended the City provide full-service library operations and community cultural arts\nprogramming for adults and children as a two-year bridge until the City identifies a\nqualified tenant or partner to meet the community needs for this historic space.\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve two-year bridge program to operate the Hunt Branch Library as a city -run\nfacility with arts and culture programming open daily alongside a library operation.\n2. Authorize City Manager to enter into and administer agreements between the City and\nvarious community groups to facilitate programming at the Hunt Branch Library, in a\nform approved by the City Attorney.\n3. Authorize $505,137 appropriation of expenditures and $679,561 in revenues to the\nFiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Budget for Hunt Branch Library operation.\n4. Approve addition of one full time equivalent Events Specialist and 6,240 non-regular\nhours to the Parks and Recreation FY 2023-24 personnel summary and addition of\none full time equivalent Library Technical Assistant II and 1,920 non-regular hours to\nthe Library FY 2023-24 personnel summary.