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• • <br />Commissioner Macht felt that funding needs to be found as quickly as possible, and <br />Assistant Administrator Baird noted that the west county library has been delayed through <br />2004 because of renovations to the existing libraries. <br />Commissioner Adams suggested that any arrangements that can be made using the <br />existing shelving, books and furniture should go forward. <br />Director Frame assured the Board that the library would be open to the public, not <br />just members of the Gifford Youth Activity Center. <br />Bobbie Howard -Davis, Executive Director of Gifford Youth Activity Center, <br />affirmed that the library will be available for the whole community to use from 8:00 a.m. in <br />the morning until 9:00 p.m. at night. They will gladly accept the used shelving, furniture <br />and books that are in good condition and would go with their decor. She noted that the fiber <br />optic cable would only have to be run a short distance and asked the Board to consider <br />funding for that hookup. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED by Vice Chairman Tippin, to direct <br />staff to include fiber optics connection in the next <br />budget for three locations: South County Park, <br />Gifford Youth Activity Center Library, and the <br />Fellsmere library. <br />Commissioner Macht was under the impression that there was a sequential plan to do <br />the Gifford library and, during her lifetime, Commissioner Carolyn Eggert had given the <br />people of the Gifford community the impression that a branch library would become a <br />reality. The new public facility in Gifford had been privately funded and he understood the <br />fund-raisers believed it would house a branch library for educational and other activities. <br />FEBRUARY 5, 2002 <br />r <br />i�j <br />-79- <br />