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2 U2 Board has been considering the matter because use has been much less than expected in spite of fairly heavy use when it was in- troduced. Gila Snow Rowe, 671 Barbour, member of the Library Board, con- firmed that the Bookmobile was heavily used at first, but because ' of the decline in use the Board has decided against continuing it In further response to question, Mr. Vollmayer advised that the Bookmobile is operated under contract at a cost of about $3,400 per year. MOTION Councilman Leipzig moved, seconded by Councilman Norris, to discontinue the Bookmobile service to the Redwood Shores area. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. (MINUTE ORDER N0. 78-123) Discussion followed and Mr. Vollmayer commented and replied to questions regarding whether it is possible to eliminate overdue notices or whether at least one such notice should be mailed, whether or not fines for overdue books should be increased, whether or not it would be worthwhile to attempt to establish a return point for books in the Redwood Shores area, the failure of the former small branch near Redwood Shores to be used in the past, the fact that the Belmont School District and County li- braries are available to Shores residents, and the long range plan to establish a branch there when the population might �ustify it. Gila Snow Rowe (see above) observed that the lifestyle of Shores residents is so car-oriented that people merely add a library , stop to the�r other errands. Lengthy discussion followed and Mr Vollmayer commented and replied to questions regarding the City's participation in the Peninsula Library System which makes the County library and the librartes of the seven cities which maintain their own available to all San Mateo County residents, the fact that membership in the System prohibits individual cities from charging nonresident user fees, the fact that residents of other cities pay a tax for their libraries or pay a County tax for that library, the benefits of the reciprocal service to all users in that libraries maintain different hours of service, have different and some specialized collections and offer physical facilities of differing quality, whether the payments made by residents of all cities and the County are equitable; the fact that there has been an exchange of funds to offset imbalance of use of facilities and that a newly enacted law on that sub�ect will result in a payment to Redwood City of $11-15,000 next year, the difficulty of attempt- ing to consolidate library serv�ces in the County with equal cost and benefit to all and the loss of local control which would result. Mr. Vollmayer agreed to supply information on the various tax rates paid by residents of other cities having libraries and , by residents of the County along with related information such as the per capita size of the collection and other considerations which might be involved in order to make a comparison with Redwood City. (memo 5/15/78) Budget Study _�_ 5/13/78