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City of Redwood City FY 2007/08 Budget Amendments Librarv City Council Priorities 88 Page 34 OBJECTIVES · Downtown Redevelopment/Community Civic Support - Continue to create a vibrant community-centered downtown library that will be used by 20% more Redwood City residents each fiscal year, thus adding to the economic health and vitality of downtown Redwood City. Status In October 2006 the library opened its redesigned and expanded Children's Room, which now includes a Family Place to support young children and School-Readiness. We have also continued our efforts to increase the bookstore-like look and feel of the library to make it more we/coming to customers. We are also working with other Redwood City departments and the commumty to create a welcoming library park and plaza; this project is currently in the design phase. · Youth and Education - Help raise a literate and educated next generation by providing 25% more library story times and traveling story time visits each year, increasing the at-risk teenlelementary student tutoring program by 25% each year, and continue to collaborate with the school district through the sharing of library staff, expertise, and programs. Status These goals have all been met. · Government Operations - Open the library in Redwood Shores by summer of 2008. Status Funding has been secured and the project is on target Performance Measures Objectives · Increase annual circulation at aU libraries 20% by FY 2008. Status Annual circulation increased 11 % in FY 2005/06. The strategies of allocating more resources to the children's collections, creating a more welcoming environment, and the re-modeling of the Schaberg Library have all contributed · Maintain and increase our services and programs while maintaining a flat per capita expenditure. Status We have increased our services and programs and will continue to seek new opportunities for collaboration. Programs for children and families, expanded literacy services in the schools, programs for adults and an increase in internet stations, and expanded homework centers have been implemented. We will continue to look for internal efficiencies, look for best practices in other communities, and evaluate what can be modified and implemented in Redwood City · Increase library visits 20% by FY 2008. Status Library visits increased by 10% in FY 2005/06. The re-opening and re-design of Schaberg, Increasing bbrary programs for adults, adding an outside cafe, and retooling the lIbrary operations towards a more contemporary and convenient space especially for children and families all contributed to this increase in vjsits. The downtown cinema, now open, is an opportunity for new visitors. · Increase the percentage of active cardholders to the national norm of 75% by FY 2008. Status. Our percentage increased to 63% from 53% in FY 2005/06. Strategies to increase marketing efforts and implement programs such as the KinderCard campaign and One Community, One Book; focusing on delivering increased services at the Fair Oaks branch; and a more welcoming downtown library have all been successful. Library - 2