Library District Advisory Committee

Legal basis

• City Council direction, May 18, 2021 (2021-05-18) · creates source
• City Council endorsement of the City Manager's appointments, October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05) · authorizes source
• LDAC Charter, adopted October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13) · governs source source

Appointed by

City Manager. The City Manager appointed the members on the staff team's recommendation after a call for applications; City Council endorsed the appointments on October 5, 2021. source

How

The City Manager issued a call for applications; a staff team recommended twelve members chosen for geographic, age, economic, ethnic and owner/renter diversity within the proposed district; the City Manager appointed them and council endorsed the list. · once, 2021 · city-council (endorsement, October 5, 2021) source

Seats

12 source as of 2022-01-21

Seat types

• community members and business representatives from within the proposed library district boundary (city and unincorporated county) ×12 at-large

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Term

for the life of the committee: eight meetings, October 13, 2021 to January 12, 2022 source

Term limit

not applicable: A one-time committee for a single four-month process; members were appointed once. source

Staggering

not applicable: All members were appointed together for the one process. source

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing; it adopted its own charter and consensus recommendations.. To council: Recommendations to the City Manager and City Council on the library district IGA (boundaries, services, mill levy, asset and staff transfer) and the ballot engagement plan; final recommendation approved January 21, 2022. source source

Council liaison

not applicable: No council member sat on or liaised with the committee; it advised the City Manager and council, which received its recommendation at a study session. source source

Staff liaison

Boulder Public Library and City Manager's Office, with a contracted facilitator (JSE Associates) · David Farnan, Jennifer Phares, Chris Meschuck, Janet Michels source as of 2022-01-12

Relations

• City Manager appoints Library District Advisory Committee source
• Library District Advisory Committee recommends to City Council source
• Library District Advisory Committee recommends to City Manager source
• City Manager's Office staffs Library District Advisory Committee · city staff, with Boulder Public Library (2021-2022) source

History

• 2021-05-18 · created · Council directed staff to convene the committee; the City Manager appointed twelve members, endorsed by council October 5, 2021. source
• 2022-01-21 · dissolved · Last meeting January 12, 2022; the recommendation was approved January 21, 2022 and taken to council's February 2022 study session. Laserfiche has no LDAC folder after 2022. source