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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
City of Anaheim
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2023
FROM: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: ANAHEIM PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITIONAL HOURS
ATTACHMENT (Y/N): NO ITEM # 25
GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308 APPLIES: NO
REQUESTED ACTION:
That the Anaheim City Council, by Motion, approve a plan to increase operational hours at the Anaheim Public Libraries, specifically Central, Haskett, East, and Canyon, beginning July 1, 2023 at a cost of $1,283,578 to be included in the Proposed FY 2023/24 budget.
DISCUSSION:
At the request of Mayor Ashleigh Aitken, staff was asked to suggest a proposal that would expand library hours at some city library branches, specifically to include Saturday or Sunday hours at selected branches across the city. The table below reflects the current operational days and the proposed expansion.
Current Proposed
WEST: Haskett Monday-Saturday Monday-Sunday
Euclid Monday-Friday Monday-Friday
CENTRAL: Central Monday-Saturday Monday-Sunday
Ponderosa Monday-Thurs/Saturday Monday-Thurs/Saturday
Sunkist Monday-Friday Monday-Friday
EAST: Canyon Monday-Friday Monday-Saturday
East Monday-Thurs/Saturday Monday-Thurs/Sunday
The proposal amends library hours at four critical branches – Central, Haskett, East, and Canyon Libraries allowing for three branches to be open on Sundays and one branch to expand with Saturday hours. This model ensures that each region of the city will have library services seven days a week. By opening Anaheim Public Libraries (APL) on additional weekend days, residents have access to added community programs, services and resources at times that are more convenient. Besides providing youth programming that combines literacy and socialization activities, Anaheim Public Libraries focus on lifelong learning programs for adults and seniors. To this end, the libraries will offer a wide variety of programs throughout the APL Library system on Saturdays and Sundays.
We expect to grow our community impact from our fiscal year 2021-2022 programming accomplishments:
Anaheim Public Library Additional Hours
February 28, 2023
Children/Families: 2,046 programs, 93,840 attendance
Teen: 199 programs, 2,601 attendance
Adults/Seniors: 257 programs, 4,338 attendance
If approved, this proposal for additional operating hours could begin as early as July and will allow for the Central, East, and Haskett Libraries to be open on Sundays and Canyon Library on Saturdays providing seven days of Library service to West, Central, and East Anaheim. Adding additional weekend programs at each of these libraries, along with the logistical operations of moving to a seven-day service model, requires additional full-time supervisory staff, clerical and IT support, reflected in the cost overview. Consideration and approval of this item, will provide library staff with enough lead time to begin the appropriate staffing recruitments and operational changes necessary to expand hours by July of this year.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The total cost for additional weekend days of service is $1,283,578, which includes labor costs of $1,144,146 and operating expenses of $139,431. This amount would be included in the Proposed FY 2023/24 budget for Council consideration in June.
Respectfully submitted,
Sjany Larson-Cash
Director of Community Services