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Arts, Culture, and Library Commission Meeting - September 16, 2025

City Council — Wednesday, September 17, 2025
BodySan Leandro, California
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, September 17, 2025
StatusFILED
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Alright, um I call the arts culture and library commission meeting of September 16th, 2025 to order.

0:08

Alright, a roll call.

0:10

Please take roll call.

0:12

So I will take the roll.

0:13

Oops.

0:16

Chair Scotland is absent.

0:18

Vice Chair Miller.

0:20

Present.

0:21

Commissioner Saveno.

0:23

Absent, correct?

0:25

Commissioner Alvarez.

0:26

Present.

0:27

Commissioner Cassidy is absent.

0:29

Commissioner Gilrey?

0:31

Present.

0:31

Commissioner Risedale.

0:33

Right, absent.

0:36

Commissioner Smith.

0:38

Present.

0:38

And Commissioner Velasquez.

0:40

Present.

0:41

All right.

0:42

So we have uh five, so we have quorum, and we're uh clear to start.

0:48

Okay.

0:48

So section two, announcements.

0:51

There are no announcements.

0:53

So moving on to item three, consent calendar.

0:58

Which basically is just um the minutes.

1:01

Okay.

1:01

So uh item three consent calendar.

1:04

Can I get a motion to approve the minutes of July 15th, 2025?

1:08

I motion to approve that.

1:12

So motion was made by Commissioner Smith.

1:16

I second and seconded by Commissioner Velasquez.

1:19

Okay.

1:20

Any discussion?

1:22

There's no discussion.

1:24

Um, all those in favor?

1:26

Aye.

1:27

Aye.

1:27

Any opposed?

1:29

No, but I recuse.

1:30

I wasn't here.

1:32

All right.

1:32

Then motion carried.

1:35

So uh moving on to item four library services staff reports and announcements.

1:43

Um at this time, do any members of the public wish to comment on it?

1:49

Can they comment yet if you haven't?

1:51

You will provide the I'll provide, and there's no public, so we'll it'll probably be pretty quick.

1:56

But you're asking just in case.

1:58

So uh so just a couple three, four things.

2:01

Um, so if you've been in the library uh recently, you'll see we've got study pods that have been put in.

2:07

Uh we've got four four-person pods and two one-person pods.

2:13

Uh one of the one-person pods is uh when it was delivered, they delivered the the back of it that was transposed, uh, they delivered the wrong angle.

2:24

So it's we're we're waiting to get that replaced.

2:27

Um I just got work today uh that the park came in, so we're just scheduling that.

2:32

Um but so far those have been a wild success.

2:35

People love them.

2:36

Uh they're in use all day long, and I can only see more upside of people using them more and more and more.

2:44

So it's one it's something that in our strategic plan that people really wanted to see is some type of quick, easy access to a room to do a Zoom meeting or uh an online class, or even just take a phone call, or just have some really truly perceived uh privacy space, and people are taking to it really well.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Community Engagement████████████████████████████████████████40%
Parks and Recreation████████████████████████24%
Procedural███████████████████████23%
Public Safety███████7%
Engineering And Infrastructure███3%
Personnel Matters██2%
Economic Development█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Arts, Culture, and Library Commission Meeting - September 16, 2025

The Arts, Culture, and Library Commission met on September 16, 2025, with a quorum present. The session covered library services updates, including new amenities and exhibits, and involved ranking fiscal year 2026 priorities and allocating the arts fund budget.

Consent Calendar

  • Unanimously approved the minutes from the July 15, 2025, meeting.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No members of the public were present to provide comments.

Discussion Items

  • Library staff reported on successful study pod installations, an upcoming Mulford Library groundbreaking ceremony, and exhibits such as a Mars display and planned Fred Korematsu and art education month showcases. Staff also noted positive progress on the 1% art fee for new developments.
  • Commissioners engaged in a dot-ranking exercise to prioritize fiscal year 2026 initiatives. Topics included grant program improvements, the comedy event, partnerships with businesses, and support for art in vacant storefronts and underpasses. Commissioners expressed concerns about funding art at the Hisparian Triangle, citing poor visibility and enabling city inaction, with some advocating to deprioritize it.
  • Commissioner Alvarez raised questions about the library's role as a sanctuary city, inquiring about resources for immigrant communities and protocols for interactions with law enforcement. Staff clarified the library's position of neither impeding nor aiding enforcement, per city attorney guidance, and expressed openness to hosting know-your-rights trainings.

Key Outcomes

  • The commission voted to allocate the $50,000 arts fund budget: $20,000 to the comedy event and $30,000 to the grants program. The motion was made, seconded, and approved unanimously.

Meeting Transcript

Alright, um I call the arts culture and library commission meeting of September 16th, 2025 to order. Alright, a roll call. Please take roll call. So I will take the roll. Oops. Chair Scotland is absent. Vice Chair Miller. Present. Commissioner Saveno. Absent, correct? Commissioner Alvarez. Present. Commissioner Cassidy is absent. Commissioner Gilrey? Present. Commissioner Risedale. Right, absent. Commissioner Smith. Present. And Commissioner Velasquez. Present. All right. So we have uh five, so we have quorum, and we're uh clear to start. Okay. So section two, announcements. There are no announcements. So moving on to item three, consent calendar. Which basically is just um the minutes. Okay. So uh item three consent calendar. Can I get a motion to approve the minutes of July 15th, 2025? I motion to approve that. So motion was made by Commissioner Smith. I second and seconded by Commissioner Velasquez. Okay. Any discussion? There's no discussion. Um, all those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? No, but I recuse. I wasn't here. All right. Then motion carried. So uh moving on to item four library services staff reports and announcements. Um at this time, do any members of the public wish to comment on it? Can they comment yet if you haven't? You will provide the I'll provide, and there's no public, so we'll it'll probably be pretty quick. But you're asking just in case.

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