Letters and email · September 17, 2000

Charlotte Malone calls for a library feasibility study

Letter and fax cover request an independent assessment before deciding on withdrawal from the County system, contest the tax figure and discuss the library's 35-hour schedule.

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September 17, 2000 Dear What Do You Think The Beach Reporter P.O. Box 1329 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 The questions raised in the "What Do You Think" section relating to local libraries pulling out of the county system cannot and should not be answered before receiving a feasibility study done by a professional. The City of Hermosa Beach plans to hire a consultant to do a thorough study and to evaluate options for the best operation of a Hermosa Beach Library. An opinion piece such as Garrison Frost's "So you want to pull out of the County Library System (9-14-00) serves no useful purpose. The editorial, filled with factual errors, certainly should not be considered seriously. For instance, Frost is almost $50,000 off on the amount of money that HB taxpayers contribute for library services. It's $422,000, not the $375,000 mentioned by Frost. He maintains that library hours were increased after the passage in 1996 of SB1998. (This bill mandated that the county turn over funds dedicated to a city's library to the city running the library instead of putting the money in the county's General Fund.) The hours of operation of the HB Library are now and have been since 1995, 35 per week. The issues should be what can we do to insure that our library spends its money wisely, offers the widest spectrum of information, responds to the desires of Hermosa Beach citizens, looks ahead and considers all options to make our library the best in the present and future. There are many possibilities for affiliation with other libraries and districts. Please let's wait until the consultant presents all of our choices and withhold our opinion until then. Charlotte Malone 260 31st Street Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 (310) 372-3625

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• (date) 9-17-00 • (to, name) Dear What Do You Think ? • (to, fax no.) (310) 379-8578[?] • (from, name) Charlotte Malone • (from, fax no.) (310) 374-4911 • (number of pages) 2 • (subject) Local Libraries • (right margin, beside second paragraph) 17 • (signature) Charlotte Malone

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DATE: 9-17-00
TO : ?NE: Dear what Do You Think:
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FAX NO. : (310) 374-4911
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Subject / Notes Local Libraries

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September 17, 2000
Dear What Do You Think
The Beach Reporter
P.O. Box 1329
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
The questions raised in the "What Do You Think" section relating to local libraries
pulling out of the county system cannot and should not be answered before receiving a
feasibility study done by a professional. The City of Hermosa Beach plans to hire a
consultant to do a thorough study and to evaluate options for the best operation of a
Hermosa Beach Library.
An opinion piece such as Garrison Frost's "So you want to pull out of the County Library / 7
System (9-14-00) serves no useful purpose. The editorial, filled with factual errors,
certainly should not be considered seriously. For instance, Frost is almost $50,000 off on
the amount of money that HB taxpayers contribute for library services. It's $422,000, not
the $375,000 mentioned by Frost. He maintains that library hours were increased after the
passage in 1996 of SB1998. (This bill mandated that the county turn over funds
dedicated to a city's library to the city running the library instead of putting the money in
the county's General Fund.) The hours of operation of the HB Library are now and have
been since 1995, 35 per week.
The issues should be what can we do to insure that our library spends its money wisely,
offèrs the widest spectrum of information, responds to the desires of Hermosa Beach
citizens, looks ahead and considers all options to make our library the best in the present
and future. There are many possibilities for affiliation with other libraries and districts.
Please let's wait until the consultant presents all of our choices and withhold our opinion
until then.
charlotte malore
Charlotte Malone
260 31* Street
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(310) 372-3625