BPL - Trustees November 18, 2003 Meeting

Order of Business for a Meeting as a
Corporation on
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
Mattapan Branch Library
10 Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA
The Honorable Angelo M. Scaccia

2. Welcome and Introduction of Ms. Rubi Simon, Branch Librarian, and the Staff of the Mattapan Branch Library

3. Welcome and Introduction of Mr. David Jackson, Chair, Friends of the Mattapan Branch Library

The Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee has reviewed and recommended to the full Board of Trustees approval of the following two awards of contracts pertaining to the John Adams Library Grant Project at the Boston Public Library:

The Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee has reviewed and recommended to the full Board of Trustees approval of the establishment of the Trustees’ Collections Committee as follows:

7. Proposed Resolution seeking the return of the original Boston Public Library Medical Library Collection to the Boston Public Library

8. Designation of the Boston Public Library as Repository of Mayor Kevin H. White Papers

The Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee has reviewed and recommended approval of the Room Use Request from the Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library as follows:

Order of Business for a Meeting as an
Administrative Agency on
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
Mattapan Branch Library
10 Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA
The Honorable Angelo M. Scaccia

A meeting of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston as a Corporation was held at the Mattapan Branch Library, 10 Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA at 2:00 p.m.

Present at the meeting were: Trustees William M. Bulger, Donna M. DePrisco, Jeffrey B. Rudman, Angelo M. Scaccia, and Karyn M. Wilson.

Also present at the meeting were: Library President Bernard A. Margolis; Alice Hennessey, Special Assistant to Mayor Thomas M. Menino; Mark Sweeney, First Assistant, Corporation Counsel, City of Boston Law Department; Jean Capizzi, Operating Analyst, Office of Budget Management; David Vieira, President, City-Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library; Ruth Kowal, Chief Operating Officer & Chief of Staff; Deirdre Brennan, Chief of Public Services; Edward D. Maheigan, Acting Chief Financial Officer; Ms. Rubi Simon, Mattapan Branch Librarian; Friends of the Mattapan Branch Library; members of the Library administration, staff, public, and Jamie McGlone, Clerk to the Trustees.

The first item on the order of business was the approval of Minutes for the Regular Trustees’ Meeting held on November 15, 2005 at the Parker Hill Branch Library, 1497 Tremont Street, Roxbury, MA. On a motion duly made and seconded, the Minutes for the Regular Trustees’ Meeting held on November 15, 2005were approved.

Vice Chairman Angelo M. Scaccia introduced Ms. Rubi Simon, Branch Librarian, Mattapan Branch Library and expressed appreciation to the staff and Friends of the Parker Hill Branch for hosting the Trustees’ Meeting.

Ms. Simon welcomed the Trustees and audience to the Mattapan Branch Library and introduced the Branch Library Staff. Ms. Simon reported on the resources and services of the Branch Library which serves a diverse multicultural community, including a significant Haitian population, and offers a dynamic array of reading and programming activities for both children and adults.

Vice Chairman Scaccia noted that the Trustees’ presence at the Branch, on the recommendation of Trustee Jeffrey B. Rudman, was a way of showing the Board’s support to the community and staff in light of the shooting incident at the Mattapan Branch Library on the afternoon of October 3, 2005. A stray bullet grazed a child’s cheek and lodged into a Library book which was reported on in an article entitled “A SHOT at the Library,” The Boston Sunday Globe, November 13, 2005.

Subsequently, President Margolis noted that the Library staff has been excellent with follow-up procedures including the installation of emergency and motion detection lighting in the rear of the Branch, installation of cameras in the Branch, fence repairs surrounding the facility, and establishing good dialogue with the Boston Police, Municipal Police and the neighbors of the Mattapan Branch Library.

President Margolis led the Trustees and meeting attendees on a tour of the safety and security measures recently installed in both the interior and exterior of the Branch. Additionally, Library Officials are working in concert with the Boston Municipal Police to undertake a comprehensive study of the Boston Public Library security needs in all of the Library facilities to develop a security plan.

Meanwhile, Library Officials are continuing dialogues with Boston Police Officials, the Mattapan community, youth street workers, and Branch Library neighbors to explore if there are other activities that the Library can do to help support parents in responding to the critical situation. Further, the Boston Municipal Police have increased patrols at several branch libraries including the use of plainclothes officers.

Trustee Jeffrey B. Rudman commended President Bernard A. Margolis and the Mattapan Branch Library staff for their immediate response to the escalating situation at the Branch Library and for exploring and implementing security measures in an effort to make the Branch safer for the community and the Library staff.

Ms. Rubi Simon reported that Mr. David Jackson, President, Friends of the Mattapan Branch Library was unable to attend the Trustees’ Meeting due to a business commitment but requested that a letter of support be read to the Board.

Mr. Jackson noted that he stepped into the role as President of the Friends of the Mattapan Library Branch to help organize and solicit the support of volunteers to keep this vibrant resource strong and available for our entire community.

The Friends seek to form a group of supporting friends that, in the spirit of the City-Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library, will promote community awareness of the Mattapan Library Branch; further appreciation of the value of this local library and its resources; and encourage volunteers to step up to the challenge of augmenting the programs of this library to help it reach and respond to all in Mattapan.

The Friends of the Mattapan Branch Library over the coming months plan to organize to establish goals for this year as well as long range plans. Several ideas the Friends plan on focusing on include: An Evening with Books: a social event with music and refreshments to welcome the surrounding community to the Mattapan Branch; Adult Book Club Expansion: to expand the local book club to include and appeal to other adults in the community; Children/Youth Programs: to support the ongoing programs at the library to help address the need for positive activities for the youth of Mattapan; and New Branch Construction: to expose the community to all aspects of building design including conceptual design, neighborhood/environmental impact, and building technology.

Trustee Karyn M. Wilson, Chair of the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee, provided background information on the proposed award of two contracts pertaining to the John Adams Library Grant Project at the Boston Public Library.

Chair Wilson reported that the proposed award of contracts were reviewed by the members of the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee in a Meeting on January 9, 2006 and recommended to the full Board for approval.

Following discussion, on a motion duly made and seconded, and on the recommendation of the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee, the two awards of contracts pertaining to the John Adams Library Grant Project at the Boston Public Library were approved as follows:

Chair Karyn M. Wilson reviewed background information on the proposed establishment of the Trustees’ Collections Committee which was proposed by Chairman William O. Taylor and recommended for approval to the full Board at the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee Meeting on January 9, 2006.

Chair Wilson reviewed the charge of the Trustees’ Collections Committee which is being established to assist the Library in decision making regarding the acquisition of rare and special materials. The Committee’s purpose is to bring Trustee expertise to the process of building rich, remarkable and unique collections of research and cultural materials intended to keep the Boston Public Library in its position of leadership in the world of scholarship, research and study.

Chairman Wilson reported that the composition of the Trustees’ Collections Committee shall include no fewer than three members of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, the Library President, the head of Public Services of the Boston Public Library, the Collection Development Manager, and key keepers and curators representing various specialties and interests within the Boston Public Library. Outside members with knowledge and skills in rare books and manuscripts, photographic resources, architectural and art materials, music and maps, may from time to time be invited to participate in the Collection Committee’s work.

In an overview of the process, the Chair reported that the Trustees’ Collections Committee will meet, as required, to review all requests generated by staff for the purchase of materials when any single item to be purchased exceeds $50,000 in value or when any collection of materials exceeds $100,000 in acquisition costs.

The Committee will also approve bidding at auction for items when it is expected that the total cost (with commission) for a single item will exceed $50,000 or when a collection exceeds $100,000.

The Committee shall also meet, from time to time, to approve the disposal by sale or other means of any single item where the expected return will exceed $25,000 or any collection of materials would exceed $50,000 in value. The Committee will not only review and consider for approval the removal of items from the collection but also the manner and means in which these materials will be converted to other resources for the Boston Public Library. The Chair noted that the Committee shall report at least once annually on its activities during the year.

Chair Wilson noted that the Committee’s process is not intended to affect the regular ongoing acquisition and purchase of online databases, periodical and serial collections, and other materials required for the ongoing operations of the Library and its branch system. Further, on a prospective basis, the Committee will also serve to help identify collection gaps and needs and to assist in identifying prospective donors and supporters who might assist the Library in acquiring rare, unique and valuable materials necessary to build and maintain a world-class library collection.

Trustee Donna M. DePrisco suggested combining the Trustees’ Committee meeting schedules on the alternate months the Committees meet recommending that the Trustees’ Collections Committee meets on the same day and directly prior to or following the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee and Trustees’ Capital Projects Committee meetings.

Trustee Jeffrey B. Rudman suggested an expansion to the proposed charge and purposes of the Trustees’ Collections Committee recommending that the “purpose is to assist the Library in decision making regarding the acquisition and or divestiture of books, art work, and other objects and materials.”

Trustee Donna M. DePrisco, on a related collections topic, recalled that planning efforts had been underway for the Trustees to host an auction of excess objects and materials currently stored at the Boston Public Library. Following further discussion, on a motion duly made and seconded, and on the recommendation of Chairman William O. Taylor, it was

President Margolis reported that the Boston Public Library Foundation engaged a Task Force charged with looking at the future of the Boston Public Library Foundation with a view to examining its purpose, structure and content. The President noted that a significant part of the Task Force discussions focused on the need for the Boston Public Library to develop and convey to the Boston Public Library Foundation a proposal for Foundation Initiatives which would require funding support.

To further that end, the President had shared with the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee members a proposed list of Boston Public Library Foundation Initiatives which included four key funding initiatives: Capital Projects; Staffing; Services; and Materials. The President noted that the proposed four Foundation Funding Initiatives reflect areas that are most appropriate to the BPL Foundation versus those which are in the purview of public funding sources.

In an overview of the BPL Foundation Initiatives, President Margolis reviewed the four categories of Funding Initiatives and the projected Donational Goals and anticipated Yearly Income for each of the four areas. Further, the President noted that the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee had voted on January 9, 2006 to approve recommending to the full Board the conveyance of the proposed BPL Foundation Initiatives which require funding support to the Boston Public Library Foundation.

Chair Karyn M. Wilson noted that Mrs. P.A. d’Arbeloff, Executive Director, the Boston Public Library Foundation had participated in the discussion of the list of proposed Boston Public Library Foundation Initiatives in the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee Meeting on January 9, 2006 and she was very grateful to have the list and to share it with the Foundation Board at its Meeting in January 2006.

Following extensive discussion, the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston endorsed the list of Boston Public Library Foundation Initiatives as proposed by President Bernard A. Margolis which would be conveyed to the Boston Public Library Foundation.

President Bernard A. Margolis reviewed background information on seeking the return of the original Boston Public Library Medical Library Collection to the Boston Public Library which was loaned over one hundred years ago to the Boston Medical Library. The President noted that the Boston Medical Library had contacted the Library regarding a proposal to dispose of some of the collection and to keep the remaining materials.

The President requested the Board’s authority to reclaim the Boston Public Library Medical Library Collection in its entirety noting that the agreement consummated on June 1, 1905 makes very clear that the collection remain the property of the Boston Public Library and that the Trustees have the authority to request the return of the collection at any time upon written request of the Board.

Following further discussion, on a motion duly made and seconded, and on the recommendation of Library President Bernard A. Margolis, it was

President Bernard A. Margolis provided background information on the proposed designation of the Boston Public Library as the official Repository of Mayor Kevin H. White Papers and to maintain these materials as an Archive for public use. Following discussion, on a motion duly made and seconded, and on the recommendation of Library President Bernard A. Margolis, it was

The Honorable Angelo M. Scaccia, Chairman of the Trustees’ Capital Projects Committee, reported on the status and progress of the various capital projects ongoing throughout the Boston Public Library system as reported at the Trustees’ Capital Projects Committee Meeting held on January 10, 2006.

Chairman Scaccia provided an update on the status and progress of the McKim Restoration project, Phase IIC which is substantially complete with the renovation of several significant public spaces including: the original Trustees’ Room, the Cheverus Room, the Abbey Room, the Sargent Gallery, and the Changing Exhibits Room located on the first floor of the McKim building.

It is anticipated that the McKim Restoration project, Phase IIC will be entirely completed soon pending the successful close out of several punch list items, including the replacement of fabric in the Cheverus Room display cases, the replacement of several fire doors, and addressing a leak located in the McKim Trustees’ Ante Room.

On the financial front, McKim Phase IIC construction cost is estimated at $14.5 million with a total project budget estimated at $20.4 million. It is anticipated that a construction contingency balance of over $1.4 million will be left which is anticipated to be carried over to Phase IID.

The project scope for McKim Restoration, Phase IIC also included the renovation of the McKim fifth floor, the installation of a new elevator for greater accessibility to the Abbey Foyer, the installation of a new book conveyor system, the installation of new restrooms and the upgrading of the current restrooms, window restoration, electrical and mechanical work, as well as furnishing of the McKim Lobby and the original Trustees’ Room.

The architectural services for McKim Phase IIC were provided by Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott, Inc. and the contractor for the project was Lee Kennedy Company.

Meanwhile, preliminary planning efforts have commenced for the next phase of the project, McKim Restoration project, Phase IID. To further those ends, the Library has begun internal discussions, walk throughs, and processes pertaining to the development of the project scope and architect selection for McKim Phase IID coupled with a preliminary review of the capital funds which would need to be raised for the project.

The members of the Trustees’ Capital Projects Committee discussed the desirability to commence with the engagement of architect designer services for McKim Phase IID in light of $2 million available earmarked to begin the next phase and authorized Library President Bernard A. Margolis to write a letter to the City Treasurer requesting permission to commence with the architect designer selection process for Phase IID utilizing the $1.4 million in funds carried over from McKim Phase IIC along with $700,000 previously raised for McKim Phase IID.

The project scope under consideration for Phase IID will include the renovation of five primary public spaces, including the Print Gallery, Music and Fine Arts Departments, the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department, and the Map Center on the McKim third floor. The project scope and related timetable for Phase IID will be crafted by utilizing the Master Plan for the Central Library which was developed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates.

While the project schedule and timetable have yet to be developed for Phase IID, they will be driven in part by fundraising efforts and by Phase IIC’s projected completion date of early winter 2006. In addition, the Library would anticipate seeking funding for Phase IID with a heavy reliance on potential individual donors and federal sources estimated at a total project budget of $25 million.

The fundraising strategy under consideration for Phase IID would be to compartmentalize activities targeted to individuals and constituencies who would have specific and particular interests around the collections and services provided by the five primary Library departments slated for renovation.

Chairman Scaccia reported on the progress of capital work underway in the various branch libraries and at the Boston Public Library Heritage Center with a review of their current project status.

In an overview of the Johnson Building capital projects, the Chairman reported that significant upgrades to the Johnson Building Fire Alarm System are complete. Meanwhile, an architect designer has been selected for the development of a Rare Books Climate Control system to address climate and humidity control issues and construction is complete on the McKim Basement Repairs and the Flood Recovery program except for a few remaining punch list items.

Chairman Scaccia informed the Board that the Library has resubmitted a FY 2007 Capital Budget Request totaling $150,000 to replace the Johnson Building Hot Water Heater System and related Heating Support and Piping Systems. This critical need was first identified to the City on June 22, 2004 and a Capital Budget Request was initially filed in the FY 2006 Capital Budget given that the Heating and Support systems are now forty years old and could fail at anytime.

The Chairman reported on the status of the Noise Mitigation project on Blagden Street adjacent to Trinity Place noting that a designer selection meeting has been scheduled for January 13, 2006 to address options to mitigate the noise generated from the Boston Public Library’s roof mechanical systems and neighboring hotel affecting Trinity Place on Bladgen Street.

The designer selection process for the development of the Boston Heritage Center was concluded in September 2005 and the firm of Fletcher Harkness Cohen Moneyhun, (FHCM) Architects has been chosen. Meanwhile, the internal BPL Heritage Center Committee is researching optimal storage designs and archival retrieval systems which will be incorporated into the design development process.

On the Branch Libraries capital projects front, 18 Branch Libraries are in various phases of capital work. The Grove Hall Branch roof project has been completed including the installation of three new rooftop units along with additional capital work allowing the Branch to be reopened to the public on November 25, 2005.

The Chairman reported on the continuing discussions pertaining to the proposal for incorporating a Boston Public Library Branch in the Jeremiah E. Burke High School. To further those ends, representatives from the Library, Friends’ Group, Schools, Capital Construction, the community, and Schwartz/Silver Architects have been meeting regularly to review the design development plans toward bringing the combined Schools/Public Library initiative to fruition.

The Jeremiah E. Burke High School project cost was originally anticipated to not exceed $31 million but is currently estimated to be $35.4 million. Meanwhile, issues of security, fire control, information technology, and public access to the Library are being addressed.

The Brighton Branch Library is slated for a comprehensive renovation project budgeted at $4.2 million. Representatives from the Library, Capital Construction, and J. Stewart Roberts and Associates are working in collaboration to review the design development plans which will include new mechanical, electrical, lighting, and telecommunications systems, entrance improvements along with handicap accessibility improvements. Design development work is anticipated for completion in early winter 2006 while construction is slated to begin July 2006.

On the Branch Library development front, the program statement work had been completed as part of the siting study for a new Mattapan Branch Library by the firm of Schwartz Silver Architects and the site for the new Library located at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Babson Street was acquired by the City in early January 2006.

Meanwhile, the Boston Public Library submitted a Mattapan Branch Library construction grant application to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners on January 6, 2006 totaling $4.5 million based on a project cost of $17.7 million.

In light of the community’s request for significant capital improvements to the Jamaica Plain Branch Library, the Chairman reported that the architectural firm of Baker-Wohl has been retained to prepare a comprehensive facility study of the branch library to address patron and operational space needs identified by the community. Meanwhile, a FY 2007 capital budget request was submitted by the Library in December 2005 to obtain funding for the implementation of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library Master Plan.

Chairman Scaccia provided an overview of the ongoing and completed Critical Repair Fund Projects for FY 2006 which focuses primarily on addressing critical repairs in the branch libraries. Included among the critical repair projects highlighted were: mold remediation, roof and bathroom repairs, water damage repair work, skylight repair, HVAC system repairs, handicap door access, and fire alarm, lighting, and environmental testing.

Trustee Karyn M. Wilson, Chair of the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee, reviewed background information on a proposed Hyde Park Branch Library Space Use Request which is not covered in the existing Boston Public Library Room Use Policy. The Room Use Policy for the Boston Public Library Branch Libraries is in the process of being developed.

Chair Wilson noted that the request from the Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library is for use of space at the Hyde Park Branch Library for the Second Annual Bookmark Ball co-chaired by Ms. Angela Menino and Ms. Nancy Hannan, President, Hyde Park Historical Society. The event is slated to take place during evening hours when the Branch Library is closed to the public and all associated facilities and staff costs will be paid to the Boston Public Library by the Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library.

Chair Wilson further reported that the proposed Hyde Park Branch Library Space Use Request was reviewed by the members of the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee in a Meeting on January 9, 2006 and recommended to the full Board for approval. Following discussion, on a motion duly made and seconded, and on the recommendation of the Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee, it was

Mr. David Vieira, Chairman, City-Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library reported on a host of activities sponsored by the City-Wide Friends including a very successful Annual Branch Conference held at the West End Branch Library on October 29, 2005 attended by representatives from eighteen branches.

Additionally, the City-Wide Friends sponsored a reception at the Boston Public Library on September 14, 2005 for founding City-Wide Friends Chairman Mr. John Thomson who recently relocated to Pennsylvania.

Mr. Vieira reported on the status of the City-Wide Friends two-year grant to the Dudley Literacy Center at the Boston Public Library totaling $35,000 and its sponsorship of the Xtreme Team Summer Reading program auction held in the summer which included the participation of over fifty children from neighborhoods across the City. Meanwhile, the City-Wide Friends are collaborating with various Branch Friends Groups on joint fund raising opportunities, including the Friends of the Mattapan Branch.

President Bernard A. Margolis, in his report to the Trustees, noted that Lt. Daniel Linskey, Boston Municipal Police, was invited to the meeting but was unable to attend.

Meanwhile, the Library is working collaboratively with the Boston Municipal Police on the development of a security plan for the Boston Public Library system in concert with a firm certified by the Federal Homeland Security Department. The result of the security plan will qualify the Boston Public Library for potential federal funding support for all or part of the plan.

President Margolis unveiled the Boston Society of Architects 2004 Harleston Parker Jury Award for Design Excellence awarded to the Boston Public Library for the Honan-Allston Branch Library which follows the Grand Honor Award received by the Boston Public Library for the McKimBuilding Restoration, Phase II.

Ms. Ruth Kowal, Chief Operating Officer & Chief of Staff, reviewed the Boston Public Library FY 2007 Action Plan Priorities which were developed as requested by Trustee Jeffrey B. Rudman following the adoption of the FY 2007 Action Plan by the Board in a meeting of the Trustees on November 15, 2005.

On a related topic, Ms. Kowal provided a progress report on the Boston Public Library FY 2006 Action Plan reflecting the Library’s planning efforts and action steps which were framed by the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston’s May 2004 “New Campaign for the Library: Preservation and Access”.

Ms. Deirdre Brennan, Chief of Public Services, provided an overview of the proposed Boston Public Library Meeting Room Use Policy and Procedures which were prepared by the Library staff and reviewed by the City Law Department.

The proposed Policy will clarify meeting room use policy for the public and staff as well as provide the Library with a tool for consistent, fair, and appropriate decision-making on the use of meeting room spaces in all Library facilities. Following discussion, on a motion duly made and seconded, it was

President Margolis provided an update on the Boston Public Library Reorganization activities and reviewed the Boston Public Library Central Library Service Initiative, Final Report, January 3, 2006 which was distributed to the Board in advance of the Trustees’ Meeting.

President Margolis noted that the key piece of the Boston Public Library draft reorganization plan which he presented to the Board in October 2003 focused on the vision of a unified Central Library. This concept grew out of the Library’s need to deliver seamless service to a broad spectrum of users in a one million square foot facility with holdings in excess of thirteen million items in the 21 st Century and beyond.

To further that end, President Margolis reported that the Boston Public Library Central Library Service Initiative is the product of the Central Library Service Initiative team’s discussions and deliberations which considered the needs and wants of the library’s customers and determined how best to structure the services of the Central Library in Copley Square to not only meet but exceed our users’ expectations.

President Margolis shared with the Board a report on the Boston Public Library Human Resources Activities and review of Employee actions, including a host of recent staff appointments. The President announced that the Public Library Association’s 11 th National Conference will be held in Boston in March 2006 and is expected to be the largest gathering of public librarians ever in the United States with over 10,000 attendees.

President Margolis reported that the Boston Public Library is the first public library in America to participate in the Open Content Alliance which is the new alternative to Google put together by a group of Academic institutions to methodically address the digitization of library collections beginning with materials that are not covered by copyright.

Additionally, the Open Content Alliance is exploring establishing digitization centers around the country and the Boston Public Library is being viewed as a key potential site for the digitization center to serve the entire Northeastern part of the United States.

On the publications front, President Margolis shared with the Board copies of The Battle to Bring Modernism to New England: The History and Exhibition Record of the Boston Society of Independent Artists 1927-1961 by former BPL Fine Arts Librarian Theresa Dickason Cederhom and published in cooperation with the Boston Public Library.

On the collaborative front, the President reported on three major ongoing collaborations with Citizens Schools, including the Homework Assistance Program, a senior fellow working in the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, and a senior fellow working on Discovered Treasures at the Boston Public Library.

In other activities, President Margolis updated the Board on his participation with the Cultural Emergency Management Team which is designed to address cultural institutional strategies in response to major catastrophes and emergencies and he is serving on Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s Strategic Planning Team focused on closing the achievement gap in the Boston Public schools.

On the development front, the President reported on a significant gift the Boston Public Library received from the Fireman Family Foundation in response to the shooting incident at the Mattapan Branch Library to support engaging a Young Adult Librarian for one year and to support youth programming initiatives. Additionally, the Library received a gift from John and Diddy Cullinane to assist with transitioning the Schools-Collaborative Program from the Boston Public Library Foundation to the Boston Public Library.

There being no further business, the meeting of the Corporation adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Minutes of Meeting
Board of Trustees
Administrative Agency
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

A meeting of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston as an Administrative Agency was held at the Mattapan Branch Library, 10 Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA at 2:00 p.m.

Present at the meeting were: Trustees William M. Bulger, Donna M. DePrisco, Jeffrey B. Rudman, Angelo M. Scaccia, and Karyn M. Wilson.

There being no other business, the meeting of the Administrative Agency adjourned at 4:50 p.m.