Title
Resolution to Accept the Donation of furniture, fixtures, materials, and supplies to create a Maker Space, provide upgrades to study spaces, and provide upgrades to children's spaces, and of changing stations in restrooms with a total value of approximately $35,000 from the Hampton Public Library Foundation for the Hampton Public Library
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Hampton Public Library Foundation would like to support the Hampton Public Library by purchasing and donating furniture, fixtures, and supplies for each library location to upgrade children's spaces, provide modern fixtures for popular materials, create a Maker Space, provide upgrades to study spaces at the Main Library. In addition, baby changing stations will be purchased for three locations. The value of all the purchases donated by the Foundation will be $35,000.
Discussion:
Pursuant to City Code 2-134(a) the donation of materials valued over $5,000 requires acceptance by City Council. The Hampton Public Library Foundation ("Foundation") is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation formed in 1994 to receive donations and bequests to support the efforts of the Hampton Public Library ("Library"). The Foundation wishes to purchase and donate tables, seating, programming materials, and paint for starting the creation of a Maker Space at the Main Library. In addition, the Foundation wants to purchase study area enhancement features, furniture and fixtures to upgrade children's spaces at the Northampton Branch Library, popular materials fixtures for the Phoebus Branch Library, furniture and electronic tablet holders for the Willow Oaks Branch Library, and baby changing stations for multiple locations.
The Main Library currently only has one changing station located in one of the children's bathroom stalls. Both the Northampton and Willow Oaks Branch Libraries only have changing stations available in the female restrooms, thus requiring installation of additional changing stations in ...
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