Library Hours and Branch Staffing Reductions

Urged the council to maintain current staffing levels at the Chevy Chase Library, emphasizing its importance as a remote community glue and safety hub.

Highlighted the long-running weekly writers' club at Chevy Chase Library and how cutting staffed hours would disband their diverse, published writing group.

Spoke as a board member of the Glendale Library Arts and Culture Trust against proposed library cuts and the possible shutdown of the Adams Square branch in dense South Glendale.