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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 27, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_~ <br />SUBJECT: Request for Funding -Library Services Task Force Consultant <br />DEPARTMENT: Library & Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Task Force-Approved Service Needs Brenda Stephens, 919-245-2528 <br />Plan Gwen Harvey, 919-245-2307 <br />2. Quote from Consultant Regarding <br />Service Needs Plan Report <br />PURPOSE: To request funds for hiring a consultant to work with Library Services Task Force <br />2007 on Service Needs Plan for Orange County Public Libraries. <br />BACKGROUND: At the January 23, 2007 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, a <br />Library Services Task Force was established to: 1) review the report and recommendations of <br />the Carrboro Library Workgroup (2004); 2) review the report & overall recommendations to the <br />BOCC of the Library Services Task Force 2004; 3) review the report as it relates specifically to <br />a `southwest regional branch library combining the collections, staff, .and services presently <br />located at McDougle Middle School and the Century Center Cybrary'; 4) prepare a report, in <br />conjunction with Orange County Management, that outlines recommended facility size, time <br />horizon for facility construction, and funding of facility; and 5) report recommendations to the <br />BOCC in context of capital investment program planning for FY 2007-08 and future years. <br />The Task Force met twice in February, once on the 7tH and then again on 27tH. Following these <br />meetings, the Task Force accepted the work of consultant Dale Gaddis from 2004 as a <br />comprehensive 20-year facility plan for Orange County Libraries. The Task Force approved at <br />the February 27tH meeting a Service Needs Plan, which is attached, in order to address the <br />facility recommendations and needs of library services for Orange County. The Service Needs <br />Plan has been addressed to answer the second recommendation of the 2004 Library Services <br />Task Force, which was `Create a 3 - 5 year Strategic Plan for Library Services in Orange <br />County.' In order to meet the timeline and provide a comprehensive plan, the Task Force <br />unanimously voted to hire a consultant to work with the professional librarians and prepare a <br />report to assist the Task Force in its goal. <br />CHARGE: See attached Service Needs Plan approved by the Task Force on February 27tH <br />