TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director
Melissa McCollum, Senior Recreation Manager
Eilen Stewart, Cultural Arts Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of the City of Manhattan Beach Historical Collection Policy and Action Plan and a Polliwog Pavilion Concept to Improve Access to the Historical Collection and Expand Eastside Library Services (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
(Estimated Time: 45 Mins.)
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions on the City of Manhattan Beach Historical Collection Policy and action plan and a Polliwog Pavilion concept to improve access to the historical collection and expand eastside library services:
1. Accept the Collection Policy for the City of Manhattan Beach Historical Collection;
2. Direct staff to begin implementing Phases III and IV of the Action Plan for improving the care and management of the Historical Collection;
3. Direct staff to continue to develop a Polliwog Pavilion concept in partnership with the Los Angeles County Library to improve access to the Historical Collection and expand eastside library services.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The Action Plan prepared by History Associates Incorporated (HAI) based on the condition and needs of the City of Manhattan Beach Historical Collection is outlined in the following five phases:
Phase I Policy Development up to $65,000
Phase II Inventory and Survey Collections up to $110,000
Phase III Process, Catalog, Rehouse Collections up to $450,000
Phase IV Digitization determined by size and scope
Phase V Maintain Collections determined by size and scope
Los Angeles County Library approved use of surplus library funds to fund implementation of Phases I and II of the Action Plan. Los Angeles County Library is supp...
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