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Page 1 of 5 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />STAFF REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />DATE: October 13, 2025 <br />SUBJECT <br />Library Board Work Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />By motion, approve the Library Board Work Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLE <br />Excellence in Government Operations <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Library Board comprises seven community members who are appointed by the City Council. The <br />Library Board acts in an advisory capacity to the City Council in policy matters related to Library and <br />literacy services provided in Redwood City Public Library’s three Library facilities. The Library Board helps <br />create, approve, and review the Library’s Service Priorities, a document that serves as the Library <br />Department’s strategic plan for new and ongoing initiatives, programs, and services. The Library Board <br />also gathers community feedback and shares it with the Library Director; seeks collaborative opportunities <br />to cultivate partners, raise funds, and recruit volunteers; and provides input regarding the Library budget <br />and capital improvement program requests. <br />The City Council has asked each City Board, Commission, and Committee (BCC) to prepare a two-year work <br />plan for City Council review and approval. The purpose of the work plan is to align BCC work with the City <br />Council’s Strategic Plan, which includes Equity as a foundational guiding principle, and established <br />Housing, Transportation, and Children and Youth as the City’s top Strategic Priorities. <br />On October 23, 2023, the City Council received a report on the prior two years’ accomplishments by the <br />Library Board and approved the Library Board’s mission statement and a two-year work plan. <br />8.A. - Page 1 of 18 <br />40