eComments Report for City Council Special Meeting Agenda of August 23, 2022 Item Name E-mail Street Comment Received
CONTINUED BUDGET HEARING: Marianne
Buchanan
mariannebuc
hanan330@
gmail.com
I urge council members to keep our magnificent library
system at the top of your budget considerations. I am a lifelong library patron. I lived in Long Beach, moved
away, and am now happily returned. Getting a library
card was even before unpacking the boxes. Our libraries are now so much more than books on shelves, on
eReaders or iPhones. Libraries are safe havens and
community centers. Our libraries are also places where
other city departments can hold community
presentations--I'm thinking of Development Services'
myriad and informative series on the Climate Action &
Adaptation Plan. I'm wondering how that plan could
incorporate our libraries. Please keep our libraries well- funded so they can continue to serve all of us, and
especially the children of Long Beach. Thank you.
8/23/2022
CONTINUED BUDGET HEARING: Lissette Flores mlissetteflore [email protected]
m
As a supporter of education and literacy, I urge the City Council to increase the Library's FY23 structural
budget so that it may offer more materials to residents, increase its open hours, and permanently
eliminate overdue fines. The 12 public libraries bridge educational, digital, economic, and cultural divides
despite being open only 34.3 hours per week on average
and having a materials budget that has not been
increased in more than a decade. One-time funding is
not a sustainable way to promote equity in Long
Beach. I urge you to provide the Library with the
structural funding necessary to increase its access to
crucial educational resources. Thank you for your
consideration and leadership.
8/17/2022
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1. (22-0989) Recommendation to conduct a
Budget Hearing to receive and discuss an
overview of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2023
Budget for the departments of Library
Services, Development Services, Economic
Development, and Disaster Preparedness
and Emergency Communications.
(Citywide)
Barbara
Schwerin
barbaraschw
[email protected]
om
As a supporter of education and literacy, I urge the City Council to increase the Library's FY23 structural budget so that it may offer more materials to residents, increase its open hours, and permanently eliminate overdue fines.
The 12 public libraries bridge educational, digital,
economic, and cultural divides despite being open only
34.3 hours per week on average and having a materials
budget that has not been increased in more than a
decade. One-time funding is not a sustainable way to
promote equity in Long Beach. I urge you to provide the Library with the structural funding necessary to increase its access to crucial educational resources. Thank you
for your consideration and leadership.
8/20/2022
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