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8. MATTERS of COUNCIL INTEREST A. Legislation (information only) - This ,sub- section involves possible discussion of City Position on Proposed Legislation described in the League of California cities Priority Focus Bulletin No. 1 -2008. Council may direct staff to act on positions taken by Council. (Copies of League of California cities Priority Focus available in City clerk's Department). B. Joint Meeting of City Council and Library Board. Departmental presentation (Library D epartment) Library Director Genesy gave a presentation about this department mentioning accomplishments and highlights. Presentation on file). He spode about programmatic sustainability and how it can be accomplished. Mayor Foust thanked Mr. Genesy for his personal monetary contributions to the project of providing 140 backpacks for needy children. Mr. Genesy spoke about the Redwood Shores Library that will open in late summer 2008. Mayor Foust said that there is still $90,000 to be raised for the Redwood Shores Library. Council Member Pierce thanked Mayor Foust and community member Paula Uccelli for their hard work towards this cause. Council took at fiver minute break at : .rte. The meeting resumed at :2 .m. Mayor Foust provided some context on why the Council is meeting with the Library Board. She was looking for an exchange of information and she said that the Ad Hoc Committee (composed of the Mayor and vice Mayor ) had cone up with the questions. Assistant City Manager Bell facilitated the meeting. The joint session had the following agenda: introductions, overview of the board, conversation on topics /issues and review net steps. Library Commission President Madrigal provided an overview of the board's purpose (based on the Library Charter). He said that library advocacy is also included. Council discussed some of the answers provided and Library Board Member James clarified that the answers were a result of a collaborative effort. The issue of the number of Library members was discussed. It was mentioned that the community had noted to change the tern of service from three years to four years. It was mentioned that a change in the number of Library Commissioners from five members to seven might be discussed. One Board Member said that currently the members are representative of different demographic groups and so they believe there is good opportunity to strengthen the variety by increasing the number to seven. Another fact that was mentioned was that with five members sometimes it is hard to have a quorum. The two bodies discussed if these two additional members would be voting members or advisory members. There was consensus on the Library Board Members' part that the seven members bers be all voting members. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR M TI NG MINUTES JANUARY 1 , 2008 PAGE 8 MINUTE BOOK Igo. 61 Page No. 561