Meeting
City of San Antonio

AGENDA
San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting
 
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 4:30 PM Tobin Branch Library at Oakwell, 4134 Harry Wurzbach, San Antonio, Texas 78209
The San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting will hold its regular meeting at the Tobin Branch Library at Oakwell, 4134 Harry Wurzbach, San Antonio, Texas 78209 beginning at 4:30 PM. Once convened, the San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting will take up the following items no sooner than the designated times. Presiding Trustee will be physically present at the location of the meeting that is open to the public during the open portions of the meeting.

Members of the public may provide comment on any agenda item, consistent with procedural rules governing the San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustees meetings and state law. Public comment may be provided as follows:

1. Submit written comments via the Library's website (https://www.mysapl.org/About/Board of Trustees). Comments are limited to 300 words and will be read for the record at the time the item is heard. Please include your full name, home or work address and item number. These statements will be read for the record during Public Comment.

2. Drop off a written statement at Central Library, 600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas 78205. The written statement can be up to 300 words. Please include your full name, home or work address and item #, if applicable, you are speaking about. These statements will be read for the record during Public Comment.

3. Leave a voice message of a maximum three (3) minutes by dialing 210-207-2595. Your message will be played during the meeting. Please include your full name, home or work address and item #, if applicable, you are speaking about. These statements will be played for the record during Public Comment.

4. Sign up in person: Members of the public are given three (3) minutes to speak, and groups are given nine (9) minutes to address the Board of Trustees. Members of the public must register in person (fill out provided sign in sheet) prior to 4:30 p.m.

Note: Comments may be submitted in English or Spanish. Written comments and voice messages must be received by Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at noon CT to allow time for translation. 

The YouTube livestream link is available on the Library’s website: https://www.mysapl.org/About/Board of Trustees#176431873 meetings. 

Once a quorum is established, the San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting shall consider the following: 
Roll Call

Silent Meditation

Approval of Minutes
 
1.
Approval of the minutes from the San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustees meeting on February 26, 2025.
Public Comments
 
Briefing and Possible Action on the following items
 
2.
Report from Library Board Chair. Information. [Juspreet Kaur, Chair]
3.
Reports from Trustees regarding Library related activities. Information
4.
Report from Library Director. Information. [Sukrit Goswami, Library Director]
5.
Budget Report for February 2025. Information. [Kathy Donellan, Assistant Library Director]
6.
Report from the Executive Committee. Information. [Juspreet Kaur, Chair]
7.
Report from the Advocacy Committee. Information. [Judy Cruz, Chair]
8.
Report from the Budget Committee. Information. [Jo Ann Harris, Chair]
9.
Report from the Facilities Committee. Information. [Andrea Sanchez-Muniz, Chair]
10.
Report from the Naming Committee. Information. [Josie U. Martinez, Chair]
11.
Report from the Ad Hoc Board Policy Committee. Information [Judy Cruz, Chair]
12.
Report from the Ad Hoc ILA Committee. Information. [Juspreet Kaur, Chair]
13.
Report from the Friends of the San Antonio Public Library. [Liz Alves Presley, President]
14.
Report from the San Antonio Public Library Foundation. [Amy Hone, Executive Director]
15.
Staff Report: Tobin Branch Library at Oakwell report. Information [Amanda Watson, Branch Manager] (5 min.)
16.
Staff Report: Status update on the Study entitled: Improving Safety at the San Antonio Public Central Library through Needs Assessment. Information [Kathy Donellan, Assistant Library Director] (10 min.)
17.
Staff Report: Update on the 89th Regular Texas Legislature Session. Information [Jessica Zurita, Assistant to the Director] (10 min.)
18.
Receive and consider a recommendation from the Naming Committee regarding the naming of the H-E-B Community Room at the Las Palmas Branch Library and take appropriate action. Action. [Dale McNeill, Assistant Library Director] (10 min.)
19.
Consider following recommendations from the Naming Committee.. Action. [Dale McNeill, Assistant Library Director] (10 min)
A. Amend the September 27, 2020 Board approved naming opportunity for the Teen Area at the Forest Hills Branch Library
B. Create new naming opportunities for Teen Areas at the Cody, Guerra, and Pan American Branch Libraries.
At any time during the meeting, the San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting may meet in executive session under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.

DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT
This meeting site is wheelchair accessible. Auxiliary Aids and Services, including Deaf
interpreters, must be requested forty-eight
[48] hours prior to the meeting. For assistance, call
(210) 207-2644 or 711 Texas Relay Service for the Deaf.
 
 

                               
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