March 21, 2007

Whereas San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) is facing a significant cost overrun in its $106 million bond program to modernize branch libraries, and

Whereas, work on only three of the 24 branch projects is complete, and

Whereas, SFPL proposes to transfer funds from five projects, including two in underserved neighborhoods, and

Whereas, Mayor Newsom expressed interest in a library audit at his 2/16/07 meeting with the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, and

Whereas three Library Commission members have also called for an independent audit,

Therefore be it resolved that the Library Citizens Advisory Committee supports an independent audit of the significant shortfall in funds to find ways to make the Branch Library Improvement Program work better in the future.