WHEREAS, the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees (the "Board") on May 13, 1998, approved, and the City Council by Resolution 29761 on May 26, 1998, expressed its support of a Seattle Public Library Capital Plan (the "Plan") referred to as "Libraries for All"; and

WHEREAS, the City Council by Ordinance 119019 on May 26, 1998, submitted to the voters for approval a bond issue not to exceed One Hundred Ninety-Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($196,400,000) to acquire, design, construct, renovate, improve, and equip library facilities as described in that ordinance, and by Ordinance 119020 on May 26, 1998, authorized the issuance and sale of limited tax general obligation bonds not to exceed Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,800,000) for the costs of constructing a parking garage in the new central library if the voters approve the issuance of the library facilities bonds; and

WHEREAS, Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) is expected to be contributed to the Plan from private donations, Ten Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,300,000) from the Cumulative Reserve Fund, and Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) from proceeds from sale of branch library sites that would be replaced; and

WHEREAS, the voters approved the bond ballot ordinance on November 3, 1998, and the City authorized the Board to acquire, design, construct, renovate, improve, and equip the elements of the Project; and

WHEREAS, both the City Council and the Library Board desire to provide the citizens of the City with the maximum assurance that the afore-mentioned funds will be spent as described in the Plan: and

WHEREAS, the City Council determined that expanding the number of members on the Citizen Implementation Review Panel would allow for broader representation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR

CONCURRING:

The City Council requests that the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees (the "Board") adopt a resolution amending section 1 of the Resolution adopted by the Board on November 24, 1998, establishing a Citizen Implementation Review Panel (the "Panel") to provide an advisory board and act as a sounding board for community opinion, consistent with the following:

1. While not relinquishing any of its fiduciary or legal responsibility over the expenditure of Library capital and operating dollars, the Board desires to work closely with other citizens who can provide constructive criticism and act as a sounding board for community opinion. To that end, the Library Board will establish, by June 30, 1999, a Citizen Implementation Review Panel, which will have fifteen (15) voting members. The membership will be composed of seven (7) members representing the City Neighborhood Council or District Councils with six (6) of these to represent the 6 geographic regions of the city and the seventh (7th) serving at large; seven (7) members-at-large chosen by the Library Board; and a member to be chosen by the other 14 members, all members to be confirmed by the CityCouncil. Representatives shall initially serve staggered terms of one (1)to three (3) years and may be re-selected at the end of his or her term for additional terms of 3 years;

2. In addition to other public processes to be undertaken by the Board in the implementation of the Plan, the Panel may solicit public comments regarding expenditures and financial accounting, or any other subject related to the implementation of the Libraries for All plan, and will provide citizens an opportunity to provide feedback, or raise concerns about the implementation of the Plan;

3.. The Board and Library staff will give the Panel immediate and direct access to the financial and accounting records as specified in Section 3 of Resolution 29846;

4. The Board will allow the Panel to use public library facilities, without rental charge, for its meetings, and will use reasonable efforts to secure other City space for these purposes when necessary;

5. The Panel will be encouraged to establish its own procedures;

6. As part of other public processes for the use of the Opportunity Fund, the Board will seek specific recommendations from the Panel regarding allocations of the Fund;

7. The Panel will make recommendations to the Board about ways to use design to bring efficiencies to the construction and maintenance of new and improved library facilities;

8. The Panel may make recommendations directly to the Board, and the Panel will also be authorized, at its option to refer legislation directly; after notifying the Board of the legislation being referred, to the City Council for referral to

the Culture, Arts & Parks Committee, or its successor;

9. The Library will provide the staffing, materials, and other functions adequate to support the Panel's meetings, notices, and official duties; and

10. Meetings of the Panel will be open to the public unless, had the Panel been subject to chapter 42.30 RCW, that law would not have required that the meeting or portion of the meeting be open to the public.

11. The Citizen Implementation Review Plan will sunset upon the completion of the Libraries for All Central Plan as proposed on the November 3, 1998 ballot proposal.

Adopted by the City Council the _____ day of _______________, 1999, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this _____ day of _______________, 1999.

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President of the City Council

THE MAYOR CONCURRING:

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Paul Schell, Mayor

Filed by me this _____ day of _______________, 1999.

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City Clerk

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