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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 3, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ,3 - b _ <br />SUBJECT: Presentation by the Library Services Task Force <br />DEPARTMENT: Library <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />A. Standards for Library Services in <br />Orange County <br />B. Capital & Operational Request for <br />Libraries <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dr. Evelyn Daniel, Chair, Library <br />Services Task Force <br />Brenda Stephens, Director, 245-2528 <br />PURPOSE: To hear from the Library Services Task Force, which has worked on two main <br />components of the charge of January 2007 and will present a report of the Library Services <br />Standards for Orange County and a Capital & Operational Request as it relates to Library <br />Service. <br />BACKGROUND: In January 2007 the BOCC formally re-convened a Library Services Task <br />Force, based on input from the County Manager and Library Director and staff, the Board <br />charged the Task Force with the following to guide the work of the group. <br />• Review the report and recommendations of the Carrboro Library Workgroup (April 20, <br />2004); <br />• Review the report and recommendations of the Library Services Task Force report of <br />October 19, 2004 as they specifically relate to a "southwest regional branch library <br />combining the collections, staff, and services presently located at McDougle Middle <br />School and the Century Center Cybrary"; <br />• Prepare and present to the BOCC a report which addresses in conjunction with Orange <br />County management, the following concerns and considerations expressed by elected <br />and community leaders: Recommended Facility Size, Time Horizon for Facility <br />Construction, funding Facility Construction. <br />• ~ Report its recommendations to the BOCC for action in context of capital investment <br />program planning. <br />The Task Force met on February 7 and 27, 2007. Following these meetings, the Task Force <br />accepted the 2004 work of Consultant Dale Gaddis as a comprehensive 20-year facility plan for <br />Orange County Libraries. The Task Force identified the need for adopted Library Service <br />