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File #: 23-272    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/30/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/12/2023 Final action: 4/12/2023
Title: Resolution naming the Third Floor Adult Library in the New Library | Parks and Recreation Center as the Jackie Speier Library Wing, after former Congresswoman Jackie Speier in honor of her lifelong support of public library programs, services and collections in South San Francisco.
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Resolution naming the Third Floor Adult Library in the New Library | Parks and Recreation Center as the Jackie Speier Library Wing, after former Congresswoman Jackie Speier in honor of her lifelong support of public library programs, services and collections in South San Francisco.

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WHEREAS, Congresswoman Jackie Speier grew up in South San Francisco and has been a lifelong public library supporter; and

WHEREAS, Jackie Speier has provided extraordinary service to the South San Francisco community, and recently secured $1.5 million in federal funding to support our new joint Library, Parks and Recreation Center; and

WHEREAS, acknowledging and celebrating community members who have made a difference in South San Francisco is embedded in Priority #2: Quality of Life and Priority #6: Community Connections; and

WHEREAS, City Administrative Instruction Section 1, #4 defines policies, responsibilities and procedures associated with naming City facilities; and

WHEREAS, at the October 11, 2022 meeting of the City Council Naming Committee, the Naming Committee provided direction to staff regarding naming an area in the new Library | Parks and Recreation Center after Congresswoman Jackie Speier; and

WHEREAS, the signage costs will be covered on a one-time basis by secured funding for the New Main Library | Parks and Recreation Center; and

WHEREAS, Jackie Speier would be honored to be acknowledged in the adult collections, literacy services and reading room areas on the third floor of the new Main Library; and

WHEREAS, staff recommends that City Council receive a recommendation from the Library Board of Trustees, having agendized the item for consideration at their regular meeting of February 28, 2023, to name the third floor Library Wing in the New Main Library in honor of Jackie Speier.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby accepts a recommendation from the Library Board of Trus...

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