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Welcome >> The very first order of business that you have is a selection of a vice mayor so that your public vote the vice mayor and that whoever selectable a sworn into office, that's we Yeah. There was >> change. >> And the law. >> When we went a strong are vice mayor, former vice chair and the former former vice mayor. >> it totally makes sense as a policy where you had a whole week what God forbid the mayor gets kidnapped, who becomes the mayor? You do have a vice mayor. The do you still your likes? He'd have another week has so because the tech you're with. The debates. Have this. Go Heard. hope you on the public agenda. There are 3 on page under council business. A new business number one, this would approve the design concept for the White, you 100 43rd Street East Harry. >> I explain more council meaning that this was a pretty contentious issue at my district advisory board. Staff did a fantastic job of calming peoples fears answering all of their questions. I know that some people also with and the PC and to talk about it. But I haven't had any constituent input sense. I don't know what think the game By >> PH number 2 at the top. This would approve the design concept in funding for the conversion of Mount Vernon from Boulevard to all This was converted to a three-lane roadway with bike lanes. Item number 3, I would approve funding for Bridging Creek improvements and accessible playground dog park in the parking lot at Cloud Park and I believe consistent with next phase and dissipated in the master We we had that the other day and >> my dad is not an easy that the plays, but everybody was us ecstatic about the design about what that's going mean for. The neighborhood and for the city. And hats off to parks, all the work they've been doing on this it's a really it's going to be really, really cool. And the super grateful that we can get this So I haven't age. >> I don't have anything. I'm Paige. would change. Order him out of 6 to $9,500 to upgrade for backup generators at the water treatment plant. Council approved this project. But there are some additional work that has to be done. that This is a current that this is an >> And in the so near future will be bringing a contract to the council. to hire a consultant to help us to sign options or alternatives for the existing water treatment. And forward. >> Number 3, it would approve a master software agreement with Microsoft. Consulted. Some of smaller agreements that we have to master. 5 with approved low bid for annual utility cut repair project or program it's over. engineers estimate by about $410,000. And that's primarily due to increased material costs labor cost for this work. Page. 6 number 6 would approve an agreement with KBI for the reimbursement of the city's overtime costs for its with the high intensity, drug Trafficking Area Task Force. And number 7 similar in that it would reimburse the city for some of its overtime costs associated with U.S. Postal Inspection Services, Drug Task Force. Is that common? That's pretty Looking and voice them. No fully. You know, the first one I mentioned is annual program. I think we've done this with the Postal service in the past. I don't remember that as much as I do. The other. Why not line up with what you're saying that there is We give you a special copy. I apologize. I think what happened. >> Is I think that is what I or email to since that time. I think there was an item that was dropped and that's and you will get a physical copy yellow copy from now And this usually one or 2 more that will come like a final the morning. Yeah, the they're they're pretty fluid on in, frankly, if in your for nonprofit World, also business >> These agendas. They're They're easy when you used to, also going to be a little different. So you may say number 3, 2 times or this meeting talk about different sections we serve not only as a council, but also as like what were the airport board of authorities were technically shift into that so that there's room for confusion, a but he might have just sent you the rocket to get to. But yeah, it is where it is for time that I had that they could drop drop a guest it is going to be different cause. >> never had a meeting >> I want to make a motion to that The speed God yes, we don't even get to the engine or still public >> yeah, that was one of my >> transitions into this role as the agenda was slightly different. But it's just different enough for on track don't feel like you're the only one could took me about a month to get used to it. Mister manager last item is the airport item. >> And this would approve expanded Lee's with airports company for space at the Eisenhower. That is all. All right. Any questions council member tell? have a question for the Avs questions for shows. Have a comment. Comments. >> Let's do it. I just wanted to thank our public works When I went out on the roads this morning, I could tell they were getting bad already. And I saw I think I told Carrie 5 snow plows just from district 2 to hear. So I know public works and I appreciate all the e-mails in advance. So that wave constituents asked, we're prepared with of what our response was going to be. But thank you to our awesome public works team for keeping us all safe. Putting in extra hours. But it really and it matters and it's appreciated. So gear. If you can pass that on to your team would be grateful. Thank also just a and no one notices when we make these announcements. Turley. The summer. But we announced the naming of plow trucks and they're pretty hilarious a but I say that because we can get people weeks now to the website where you can actually But by their new maze, which appropriated, buddy. But you can see going to different neighbors. The street stall real time. let's make sure we communicate with decision of the goodness. You've got to get a text message is I think counselor ballots already got text messages. And so if you shoot that linked to people, not only show them it's where we're going, we're going next. But also it's it's this little a comedy. It feel to it as well. So and there's a process for to the Pentagon. What kind of snowfall on whether we get, you know, that's writing. We can't really treat the streets with the Brian ahead of time. >> Is it just gets was stopped before starts known. So I'm having that information out there to us to what what all we have to go through in order to get the roads treated to something. I think Maybe put it on the website or something. Just not what people understand the process a little Some very serious people. >> You can pretty much taste test star. What we put down taken with Santa sold. It is like there. Very good people working under The more the greed that mission out. I mean, kind of. I guess my last agenda. are the say stuff like this get beat up by Matthew over there. you know, it's one of those where when people staff ready part of me wants to say like they would for Are there ready? Like, of course they're ready. This is what they do. You know, just kind of I'm not sure everyone knows that there are folks that it's not us making the calls. We have incredible scientifically engineer minded people. If are pushing make sure we're safe as possible and our workers go down there at a time a couple of hours and they around with the plows and get ready to go. hats off to all our all our hard working men and women out there. And I also should probably add thank you to airport staff because they also are responsible for making sure that flights can get in and get out. And so. >> They do an amazing job of making sure that everyone stay safe at the airport, too. Love Also, we do not recommend taste testing. Haha. >> I mean, the very descriptive you. >> and I will tell the new you will of the bar with everyone believes they know which street should have been days not paid to cloud and how to plow them. I got to the point where I came into my first year in ask Bob is where where's the mayor is plowed trackside to and he got to laugh to me and he said it's right next to the manager Spotrac. We never found, though. So be prepared to have everyone tell you exactly what they think of the next week. I look forward to 40 minutes just to Confident team ahead. Haha, I do believe today we have one of our department of a stir. >> Ally Bridge. Amy, welcome. Our favorite person. I mean, no offense. Thank you for having me. Hopefully I'm not repeating too much. I think I've been talking with so many of you about the amazing things that are happening in Wichita, Public Library. >> Want to provide you an update about where end this year where we're heading. And and really it's think about increasing access and some transformations how we serve customers and this is Webster R Mask with the city. Crews really excited that he joined the team when joined as director we're in between our master plan really didn't have a strong annual street here. Multi-year strategic plan. And so we did some work with the staff and community. Thank to Dana fight like where do we want to put a lot of our energy to keep our service is moving forward and our leadership board forced 3 multi-year initiatives that we have really just been trying to keep themes throughout each of our our project. So it's embodying equity, diversity, inclusion and our services staff programs and collections credit card holders and reconnecting with our community outside the library. fostering a community, our culture that engages and develops and inspires our staff and service to community. A lot of this has different projects. Different studies, research. A lot of work has gone figuring out what the best next steps are for Wichita because we have limited resources and time. But I'm really glad to be able to share with you some of the progress that we've made. So this last year were still compiling a lot of our statistics and performance measures. But we have just shy of 600,000 visitors come to the library. This is a great from the COVID are still behavior is changing from from pandemic and social distancing remarkably over 15,000 new library cards were issued this last year. Part of this was part of a partnership we have with USD 2, 5, 9, where parents and caregivers are able to opt in for a student card when they're restoration. This was piloted with high school and it's now being pulled down into the elementary schools. So at this point, we have a 76 active library counts face. This is just a fast numbers represent about 65% of our population. >> Jamie, can you send us a slight Absolute. Thank you. Some of these include institution card, staff, cards, et cetera. when I joined the staff here at FIFTY-TWO percent our population card holders and we increase quite a bit in the last couple of years. >> And we do an annual purge to make sure that our abuses of so parts that that the next fire did not actively used over 3 years are purged from the system over 12,000 program spread over 41,000 people were still getting some number. So that's probably going reach up over 50,000. December was busy can see that we're reading community and we like fiction and nonfiction almost equally. counts of collections that were far this year. This is banner year for We had multiple months where we circulated more content than we have ever before. I think we're really having a hard time keeping up with demand with everyone's shift in format. And I'll talk a little bit more about that. But I think speaking being on the road over 20,000 physical materials are shipped Inter branch throughout all of our 7 library which is pretty remarkable. People are able to get kind of next-day service when they've requested book from a library. So with the collections just this to stay, we launched our it This has been underway for a number FOX. You all. We're kind and generous provides funding to transfer our collections from Barco Technologies to Friday. So that speeds up on the way that we're able to process check-in, check-out, even be able to locate materials on the shelf. It was an exciting day on Tuesday. All this technology magic was happening. What's happening? scan individual items, the team that actually went to each of our physical and she handled over a million items and processing and putting all of the tax and it's been an incredible effort that's going a lot faster than we had anticipated. So here we are, think you know, in February next month will be converted our automated material handling. The Advanced Learning Library it. And so this is believed to pay off in about 3 years. The investment based on the amount of staff time that will be able to save about 6 or 7 touch points with an item from getting it getting an outcome. Each time an item is is handled. So it's going save quite a mentioning the increase in each So amazing that we have the Kansas State Library available to us to supplement the Wichita Public Library's collection. But what the challenges I mean, publishers are charging very differently for public libraries have access to content. So we'll work with 3 different models weakened by E item. And it's usually about 2 to 400 times more than a physical item. We depending on the publisher, we may be able to get a copy of that. House 100 simultaneous use so wonderful. Can check it out at once. And then it goes away. Or we might be able to buy something and rent it for maybe 18 months. And then after that time frame or the number of checkouts than that item gets returned to the publisher and we have to repurchase So we're really looking at our collections budget to make some strategic decisions. Long-term about that shift from physical investments in physical items into I'm more of the EU audio books. Do those do those guess if you check out book is >> The same time line is if you check your live yeah and then it returns. Automatic clear you have an option to renew >> I we had a lot of customer concerns and complaints about the delay that they're waiting for. Harry's memoir took a long time to people's requests. we're really trying pay attention to how we're expending the funds to make sure that able meet the demand, which there's continued huge demand for hot spots and borrowing Internet. think we're able to increase right now. We have 100 hot spots. Still have hope lists on them. Majority of them are being circulated from our branches and particularly that my Angelo branch. But we're looking we receive some additional funding this year. So we'll be reopening the supply hopefully keeping that going. It's it's a short-term stopgap and it's been serving. Okay. I think that their demand is higher than we're able to meet. But we're going to keep trying. >> Just Real quick with that I believe worst of the connectivity program that's offered to federal government states if you which is highly reduced cost or free Internet, is there opportunity for folks who are way and hot spots or are utilizing hotspots to also pass along that information so that they know. If you can't afford $60 a month Communications, a program where if you qualify kiddos for reduced lunch or anything like that, you automatically qualify for. reduce Is there a way possibly we can get some affirmation out, try to lessen the burden on those hot spots and give people sustainable Internet. >> I think we currently I think the process for the affordable connectivity program often where it falls town for people tier requirements are incredibly difficult. However, our staff and neighborhood services staff have been trained on all of the different programs than the fenders providers and what they need. So we're able to sit next to somebody and help walk them Thank We didn't see eye audit of our collection this Through grants. We're able to work with the 12 from Collection HQ. Is able we were able to upload our entire collection into their tool to determine based on this subject, headings. When you get into the data of a book, it has tons of and each of has. A descriptor I believe the topics evaluated race. So Asia Pacific Islander, black, Hispanic, Latino and Indigenous Middle Eastern, North African and multicultural. It assessed disabilities in our diversity. As well as equity and social issues, mental and emotional health, religion, sexuality and gender and substance abuse and addiction. So is looking through all of the headings of all of our materials that we own to see where at as far as representing diversity of our community. We've never done this before. So we really didn't have spark that the collection staffer surprised pleasantly about the analysis findings, which meant that most of our locations had a respectable I collections. Some results were expected, though. So, for example, 20% of the branches collection relates to African African-American and black related topics and her characters. So they're collection has the most related in our system. On the other hand, for example, less than 5% of the collection evergreen is related to spinnaker Latino topics and characters. So we're really paying attention to As for selecting and and wanting to make sure that every investment that we make with foundation and city dollars is fully reflecting the community. One thing that we've done this year to to kind of bridge end of year. The publishing world is really robust in the fall. That's the end of our purchasing. of your funds. And so license agreement with group called McNaughton which allows us to lease books. so we're able to fill the gap in November. December and January were are purchasing is a little long key to be able to make sure the high demand titles are still coming in. And so this a way that we're doing to supplement the heightened demand, for example, of Prince Harry spoke, we didn't want to own the silly enough because we know eventually people are going to read them they will have the silly and in our facilities which we don't have enough space for. So this allows us to in time on demand and investment and then be able to goodbye to those folks. When the readership diminishes. I'm really excited about this We've just finished profiling and we did in our catalog. You know, it's really hard sometimes to navigate in our physical spaces, especially at the advanced learning like her eat so big. So we've been doing some way finding changes there. But also I wanted to show you. A new feature within our catalog and I'm not saying it. That's so embarrassing. There it Once you get into the item record, you can actually map and it will show you exactly where in the facility you are, what shelf it is. So it's even down to the shelf number that is take your device and just be able to there's that Haha. Leveraging technologies that are staffed thank do that. Somebody saw me add digital equity is definitely area of emphasis for us as a service killer. What it does show you that we are where wireless like the system, the use last year was coming from wireless connectivity. Whether that's from a like reissue device or their own coming in. 35% using fixed stations. 130 hours of life. I was accessed through your public library system. 70,000 PC sessions were accessed. This is such a cool service, but the library and if you're stumped on anything, you can have one-on-one time with the library. And up to an hour. almost 3,000 people took advantage of that. It's really an important way of us meeting individuals where they're and then helping them with the pop to solve whatever problem on meeting to sort through. A lot of this is technological. But a lot of it also is job matters. And we do a lot again helping people applications as well. And March were actually hosting a equity summit. The city of Wichita will be so we'll be bringing together key stakeholders from the area to talk about. We're. Where we have literacy access gaps and what's going on in our community and how we might be able to create some synergies to work on the digital divide. That's just getting broader and broader. Since Google are questions and reference questions have changed a long time ago. We used to be a space where if you have any question you call and we be able to look out for, you know, you have to go. And so one of the things that we've been watching as what's the nature of the complexity of changes that our customer service staff or experiencing want to show this to you because we can see a really remarkable increase in the number of questions that are being asked. We do a monthly sample. this is really important for us with our state National Library reports. But able to see trend more customers are coming to the library to ask for questions. These definitely are more complicated. It's about legal matters. Medical matters. Housing matters. Social domestic violence were helping people find forms of all kinds to be able to navigate the challenges they're facing. Sometimes we're just their friends to buy wanted to show couple of highlights from this last year. We lost art book Bus. We're we're experimenting with some after hours. Programs to really appeal young professionals. So we have little to spelling bee that have. It was a large crowd of people no doubt about words. It was so the little free libraries for installed in district 3. We have to keep expanding that or danced. Learning Library was certified as a family Place library, which means that we've got stronger and supports for early learners and I mentioned to you with our play space at fan, starting light breeze, just always hopping with kids and families. My gosh. Just like palooza, we have integrated component to this summer reading program, which was really, really well received by the community. think parents really loved her. Anybody is going love to read for pizza what are my 2 that we have linked and learning as a free product line education. Amazing quality courses. GM Brett came last month and over 400 people from around the state came spent the with wonderful illustrations and stories and we host of Maker Faire in partnership with expiration place this year and almost 4,000 people came between the 2 locations to be able to to make and create and learn. Really been working hard this year with PPE emcee. advisory team, too. What is our next strategic agenda and some of the common themes have come up are that the libraries community trip, our children's programming as steam for the community. think people are enjoying the collaboration of the library prince to the table that we're safe and free space and that our leadership is really looking outside of the box for different ways engagement. we should say these came from a number of focus groups and conversations with you all you contributed to as well as a number of key stakeholder groups. The areas were identified for public service gaps is the decline and literacy and digital literacy, especially transportation, comes up as a as access problem. Mental health, homeless outreach and community engagement were areas where we currently are and a stronger service perhaps we can be. Out of the obstacles that are facing it, you know, lack of funding limited hours could be up what we are up 24, 7 online the shift in direction for the department and the it's calling us to make a shift, which is really looking not just as people come into our facility, but who are 35% of our community who are currently using elsewhere. They're not connected and how can be how can we get connected? And because the library, it's amazing. I think it was really telling communication. We do so much every time in the conversations they like, I wish the library to that. You just don't know about it. And so we need to do a stronger job of communicating the variety of ways that we serve. Opportunities that are coming from this. We're still in work. And so today hope to be able to share with you like flashy. This is what it We're not there yet. It's really a good thing to do this. All work. As renovating our space is how do we elevate the library as the 3rd for individuals to find to find their creative wanting make sure, too, that we're designing our services for individual experiences. think this is one of the cool things about the library is that we serve individual to individual. But then that. Cumulatively, we incredible community impact increasing engagement outside of our libraries and opportunity space, empowering civic and engaged community connections has been identified as a as a strong growth. Life parade needs to continue to lean into. And one of our advisory team members is kind of post what happens if we unleash the librarians with good things could come from that. Some were kind interested in exploring what that might look like. So we've got some questions that we're kicking around at this point to make sure that we're deciding the shifts that we're needing to make. And again, it's from more transactional library service to more relational and more impactful library Part of our interest is to be invited to every table. If you'll have me Inc, we want to be there. We want to be able to help you in the creation and in any which way because you're libraries. a Swiss army knife of skills and talents. 24 priorities. It's all about remodels think you were so excited about. I'm Angela Rockwell We're in the process right now of securing architect for the bill and West Link. We just broke yesterday. In 2024. 2 next month will be expanding hours and outreach from the Maya Angelou and Walters. Prancer believe we're going to be increasing service hours on the 3rd of February. We really amazing starter grants to pilot a home delivery book bundle. So this is about 15 to 20 board books and picture books that will be together. We're partnering with Green those united that participants who are in their service programs because we can't. This grant, is enough to serve all for starting with the smaller group participants who are getting speech and language development assistance will be able to receive book bundles for over a year will be doing some assessments and months of 11 12 to see what kind of impact this every month look at a new cycle books. You know, eliminate the need to come to the lake very physically will be in store. It's telling story Box in March and April. That's just a library perspective. ♪ I you can read free. >> With little tutorial to have Larry know, that's good. know it's great. Monthly basis. Some notes about what we have going on. So you've got 2 counts next to pager. >> But then also we've got of the big 3 that starting in March and Tommy Orange just spoke there. There was the one selected for this year that will be talking about great partnerships with the Indian He's actually written a new book and he's going to be on tour this march April. So he'll be here in person in Get to meet the author. This was his first novel, Too, which is really impressive. hoping to get funds through our foundation to be able to expand our library of things, to include experience passes or museum passes so that people can go area attractions like want mention the digital equity. We hope to expand the student. He car partnership to area 2 more schools in the area, including our own private schools and family engagement is an area that continue to strengthening threat remodels. Will be installing solar power at each of our facilities as part arpa funding and kind of separate project, but it it's going to are France remodels and that will return about $230,000 annually to the general Fund. And we're looking what does EV charging look as a service from your public library? We do have 3 smart solar branches or purchasing and partnering with it attack. These are places where people can charge up there. they'll be able to connect to immediately with library be able to check out e-books and audiobooks instantaneously. We've identified closing out water and evergreen has areas where there's really Internet connectivity to make sure that the quality of how this is going to work we're excited to see how this plays out, that a number of urban I think stalling these just as a way. Another way of making sure that people have access Jamie. Is that a concept solar bench? Because I saw something very similar to that and I'll see. >> And I gave it to a whole council. And is contract with this company? This is the one we're looking at. Yeah. Okay. we apology as is very or innovative. So yeah, you can say progressive. Haha. ♪ >> Hahaha. That progressive What's the Was that word in the of we We're looking at different service models to deliveries. So, for for the Cold and Recreation center. >> I was mentioning to Troy, we have a capital campaign that's underway and mark some funds for that to look Amazon Locker likes so that people can access and we would deliver and be able Provide hold pick up without full-service full library service. But there are a lot of different ways that the library showing up in the from the full-size large advanced learning Library to each of our district branches, neighborhood branches. And now outposts like her. Bench and the little free libraries. I will say one other thing that's under way on Monday will be interviewing for new position at the library. We cook with previously worked with contracted security. At our Advanced Learning Library to make sure that the 50,000 square-foot building safe and secure and it's an old model that we've used since the libraries have security. It wasn't effective and what effect it for a number of reasons. One, because the model is reactive. In a lot of to they weren't our morning body our customer service standards and expectations. And then 3rd, it was really only in service to our Advanced Learning Library. And we have staff across 7 locations working with the public. And we want to make sure that we're able to fully train and support them in all of the different complex ways that we manage public building. So we'll have 3 library resource officers that were hiring for. We're thinking of like a library employee who handles building and public space management making sure that they're introducing themselves to everyone who comes to the library wherever they are at likely getting to know some of our regular customers who seem stuck figuring out how we might be able to connect them to different resources to help them get unstuck. But we're hopeful that newer model helps also to provide attentions support and training to our branches. So with the 3 positions we anticipate that they'll be able to go out, for example, to Walters or to Angelo de Evergreen will do a lot more staff training. And support. Winter. Like you have our permission just to connect. Discover, learn and thrive. And and fight and questions. >> Hey, Jamie, thank you. And this is question that accolade I received an email that I thought was worth sharing on Saturday, December 30th, so completely timely for this. I really excited to get it. This is from a constituent of mine and she said, please thank our librarians for their dedication to literacy, education, technology and community engagement with forward thinking compliment, complimentary author visits award-winning promotions programs events books materials games kids newspapers databases journals rich resources typically available. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for learners of all ages, interest abilities and cultures, grateful for which top public libraries for saving my family. Almost $3,000 this year for filling our recreational and informational reading requests. And I-40 this if you could share it with your staff, but would you? she took a picture of her receipt and that are in everybody knows if you are a member of the library or a car carrying liver and you get a receipt, this is how much you're personally saving your family. Could you share a little bit more about Every time you check out item, there's material cost to it. And so. >> Has that areas are checked out for calculating how much you save if you would have bought it from your own pocket. So the more you use your library, the more safe. >> Thank >> vice just a council member, 2, 2, were quick questions here. I know a lot of times you're workers and librarians are on the front lines of. >> Some pretty sketchy stuff. So I I know that there has been some training far as critical response. Are there any plans to increase the or that as receive the society changing a little bit. >> Yeah, I think part we've always had required safety training. We've done a lot of customer service training in how to de-escalate situations, which I will say since removing overdue fines, number of conflicts we're having. really minimal. As for his library counts at this point, however, behaviors, it's definitely getting more and more complex. We're seeing evidence of more and more a mental health One Saturday, I was working, for example, someone had dropped off 2 dead birds in the men's restroom. don't know why. don't know where they came from. Mix of the came into the library and they were in our men's restroom and they needed to go. And so that's just another task that I know how to do now. Haha. But I mean I bring that up because that's not something in 30 years I've ever seen an so part of last year, our our entire team went incredible training called homelessness in the library and we can make that available to any city It has a lot of a lot of important ways about making sure that you aren't in those So preventative situational awareness, ways of really. Tending to anything really with empathy. First because that typically escalates to begin with and making sure that people know we treat them like people. But even it's challenging. There have been nationally a lot of a lot of threats to libraries related to the books that they have for the programs that they've been offering. So we're really, really careful and attentive to making sure that our staff are are well trained. They've got the backup and and we've got the structures in place to support them. Thank The second one. >> And no one of the focuses on the audio book sista increase accessibility to people with disabilities. Are there any plans? To expand beyond that? I'm not sure what else you guys can do. Aside from that. Maybe some Brown what believe. We've moved a lot of the brow. But just to a different location. So are the other plans what could we possibly do to to help bridge? out to people with disabilities? >> We're always for newer technologies. So one of the things recently been working with the regional library system to look at different accessibility, tools for technology. I think our space is definitely are designed for more inclusivity. Think, for example, of West Link point one of the things we're realizing is and in the final signs of the furniture, not a lot of the chairs had arms and we need to make sure that as many chairs had arms as possible so that individuals can be able to support themselves and get up without falling rate. I know there's a whole span and spectrum of accessibility, I think he's for with. reached out and that several times with envision to see whether or not they have any gaps that the public library could start to fill. And I think we're just having some great conversations at this point. But our ongoing operational support for materials. It's just so hard to get. I think everything's kind of moving into the technological space right now. >> So I didn't have what they have a question. But before say that definitely appreciate the presentation and all the work that you've been doing. and you're intentional efforts to our continued improve our library services. When we created the Walters branch, there was a conversation about connecting with Howard University and the I guess, collection that they have had we been able to make any progress on that to have any share works going back and forth. check into that for the questions for Jamie. >> I did not, Jamie. don't get a chance to thank you for everything have done. You've great person to work with. our time together. Not only where with the presentations of what the library is doing, not just after COVID and during COVID but also frankly in a post-covid world where things are much more technological, but just be done here in the time we've had coming up with ideas where and heard this. A neighbor group. wondering if the live play a role here. You've always been incredibly perceptive to those ideas. And that's a really refreshing for someone like myself where a lot of times we don't have the staff of the time to really follow up. But then you're one of the folks where we might have a good idea, a good discussion that I find out down the road. You actually did it. then that's that's a I forgot to follow up with you and thank you for taking initiative. So you're you just been incredible person to work with. And between now and Monday, it might not see you. And I know that we got I get started on the new build for. That was think definitely Pixar that progress. We dug 6 inch hole looking forward to big things happen with our both in the service side of it in the physical side effects. I know we're getting even more stuff. So exciting. It is is that they do for everything you've done. Thank Thanks. Follow up on the mayor's comment. Real quick. And it's just in time that we did the groundbreaking because Barnes and Noble has announced a new bookstore in new >> We've got got to get this thing petition. I know Tracy bizarre Wesley Branch Library. Loves the competition and she does an amazing job. So hopefully we can get on schedule and get that open quick. But it because it's going to be amazing facility for for resident West thank Thank you. Real questions for Kay. Seeing none. All right. Anything else for the good of the body drive? Slow drive? Monday is the ceremonial change of the guard? I where all have the peaceful transition of power that is open to the public as a 6 o'clock So it's over to the folks who watch online. I think they can watch it on for the Kenner that we do it online it should be a good So if you're that type of person where you watch a meeting like this, you're probably watching meeting like that or be interested in it. So just a reminder that is on Monday. So thank you all says they've been active in us to watch ♪