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needed to occur before the council could conclude that special districts were the best way to <br />provide community services. <br /> <br /> The motion failed, 5:3; Ms. Taylor, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Solomon voting yes. <br />Mr. Carlson said he interpreted the motion as directing staff to tell the Lane Library League that <br />the City was not interested in the formation of a special library district at this time. <br /> <br />D.WORK SESSION: Proposals for Library Service to Nonresidential Children <br /> <br />City Librarian Connie Bennett joined the council for the item. Library, Recreation, and Cultural <br />Services Department Director Angel Jones also was present. Ms. Bennett reviewed four options <br />for reaching those who lived outside the city limits and who did not receive library services or pay <br />taxes for them and noted the associated cost for each option: <br /> <br /> Option 1-Continue to serve children residing outside the tax district via purchased, <br /> nonresident, full-service family cards. <br /> <br /> Option 2-Create need-based scholarship for existing nonresident family fee cards <br /> administered on a case-by-case basis. <br /> <br /> Option 3-School district administration of a card program for/ow-income K-12 students by <br /> issuing individual limited-use cards based on a set of agreed criteria (e.g., participant in <br /> free lunch and reduced lunch program). <br /> <br /> Option 4-KidsCards for afl children under 12 who five within Bethel and 4J school districts <br /> and five outside the City's taxing jurisdiction. This card would limit the child to use of the <br /> library's children 's collection only. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey arrived at the meeting and assumed the chair. He solicited council comments and <br />questions. <br /> <br />Referring to Option 3, Ms. Nathanson determined from Ms. Bennett that the Library Services and <br />Technology Act (LSTA) grant referred to was a federal grant administered by the State. Ms. <br />Nathanson said that the grant appeared to be applicable to all the proposals, and asked Ms. <br />Bennett to discuss what the City was already doing. Ms. Bennett said that staff had submitted a <br />LSTA grant earlier in the year, and staff had just been asked to submit a full grant application later <br />in the year. Staff would be working with the two school districts to flesh out the proposal, which <br />was for a two-year grant to examine how the public library could best work with the schools to <br />meet their needs. The effort would be based in part on the work that the Multnomah County <br />Library did with school districts in that area. The first grant year was for planning and the second <br />grant year was for implementation. Funding would start if 2004 if the grant was awarded. Ms. <br />Bennett agreed with Ms. Nathanson that there was a high degree of overlap in terms of the <br />grant's focus, but she had not mentioned the grant in the other options because they were more <br />family- than school-based. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson said she tended to want to let the grant process unfold and see how it turned out <br />before making a decision. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner thought all the ideas being suggested by staff were commendable. He recollected <br />that the Budget Committee had just approved using the library levy's first-year contingency fund <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 27, 2003 Page 10 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />