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Library Advisory Board
April 18, 2019
Assembly:
The Library Advisory Board met in Regular Session on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at
2:00 p.m. at Main Library in Wilmington, NC.
Board Members
Brewington, Jan PRESENT Chadurjian, Denise EXCUSED
Conlon, Dennis PRSENT Damutz, Amy PRESENT
Dodd, Scott PRESENT Montwieler, Katherine EXCUSED
Shore, Sam PRESENT Smith, Harriet PRESENT
Smith, Ida PRESENT Smith, Paul PRESENT
Walker, Bradford EXCUSED Zimmer, Ronna PRESENT
Staff Members & Board Reps.
Tom Brimberry (FOL Rep), Harry Tuchmayer (Director), Paige Owens (Asst. Director)
Chair Sam Shore convened the meeting at 2:02p.m.
Public Comment
None
Agenda Review
Agenda was approved by consent.
Approval of previous minutes
The minutes from the last board meeting on March 21, 2019 were sent to the board prior to the
meeting for review.
Motion: Ronna Zimmer MOVED, SECONDED by Paul Smith, to accept the minutes of the March
21, 2019 meeting as written. Upon vote, the MOTION WAS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Correspondence
None
Friends of the Library Report
Tom Brimberry presented the following report:
Actively planning Pine Valley Open House and festivities.
o May 4th FOL will host reception
o May 6th Ribbon cutting
Foundation Board Report
No Report
Director’s Report
Harry Tuchmayer submitted his report to board at the meeting. In addition to the report he added the
following:
Lib is busy ordering last minute items for Pine Valley and Summer Reading.
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The State Library’s head consultant stopped by this week. We took her to Pine Valley.
We have submitted an LSTA grant to help plan the outdoor space at Pine Valley. ($18,000
for planning)
Pine Valley is expected to get their CO on Monday, 4/22. We will be installing shelving and
furniture.
Fri April 26 will be the last day Myrtle Grove is open to the public. We will be closed for 10
days while we move to Pine Valley.
We have requested a Social Worker to be stationed at the Main Library in our budget request.
Sam suggested that if it is not approved that we look into local collaborations. Discussions
about patron issues and needs followed. Sam shared that he had recently attended an
American Planning Association conference that covered the decreasing number of third places
in communities where people can be such as libraries and parks.
New Business
None
Old Business
Project Grace Update
Public meeting May 9 @ 6pm Union Station.
County Mgr. will be taking questions from the public.
Pine Valley Opening
Invitations have been mailed out for the Foundations open house. Thursday, May 2nd, 6:30 –
9:00 pm
Open house for Donors, Boards, elected officials.
Sat – FOL hosting a Test Day – Soft opening for FOL members and volunteers to attend.
Monday – ribbon cutting and grand opening for the public. Staff has lots of programs planned
for that day.
Makerspaces and YA sections will get more items purchased after staff has had a chance to
determine the wants/needs of the public for this site.
We’ve petitioned the City to extend the Cross City Trail to Pine Valley. It will be a bike
friendly site.
Time Capsule for Pine Valley
Sam thanked Amy for drafting a letter for the capsule from the board. This draft was
distributed to the board. Members were asked to review it and submit any changes/additions
to Sam ASAP
The time capsule will be installed on May 6th. It is 14” square and 24” tall. Will be placed
between the studs in the building. A removable panel will be placed on the wall for access in
50 years.
Board members also received prompts to created their own letters for the time capsule. These
are to be returned to the Main library.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned 3:33 p.m.
Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim record of the Library Advisory Board meeting.