--- ## title: Meeting Minutes - Action Only --- ## City Hall and Court House ## 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Council Chambers - 3rd ## Floor 651-266-8560 ## City of Saint Paul ## Meeting Minutes - Action Only ## Library Board ## Chair Saura Jost ## Councilmember Anika Bowie ## Councilmember Molly Coleman ## Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson ## Councilmember HwaJeong Kim ## Councilmember Rebecca Noecker ## Councilmember Nelsie Yang ## 1:00 PM ## Council Chambers Wednesday, June 3, 2026 ## Roll Call ## Board Member Rebecca Noecker, Board Member Nelsie Yang, Board ## Member Anika Bowie, Board Member Cheniqua Johnson, Board Member ## Saura Jost, Board Member HwaJeong Kim, and Board Member Molly ## Coleman ## Present 7 - ## Approval of Minutes 1 Min 26-17 Moved by Board Member Jost, Approval of Minutes is Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, Board Member Kim, and ## Board Member Coleman 7 - ## Nay: 0 ## Discussion 2 ## RES PH 26-93 Authorizing the Saint Paul Public Library Agency to accept $3,150,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Hayden Heights Library reconstruction project and amending the 2026 SPPL Budget ## Moved by Board Member Jost, Resolution-Public Hearing is Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, Board Member Kim, and ## Board Member Coleman 7 - ## Nay: 0 3 ## RES PH 26-129 Accepting a gift of $580,461 from The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and amending the Library’s 2026 Financing and Spending Plans. ## Moved by Board Member Jost, Resolution-Public Hearing is Adopted. The Page 1 ## City of Saint Paul ## June 3, 2026Library BoardMeeting Minutes - Action Only motion carried by the following vote: ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, Board Member Kim, and ## Board Member Coleman 7 - ## Nay: 0 4 ## RES 26-918 ## Authorizing the Public Library Agency to accept Minnesota Department of Education grant funds in the amount of $250,000 to support reconstruction of the Riverview Library and record a property declaration related thereto Moved by Board Member Jost, Resolution is Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: ## Yea: ## Board Member Noecker, Board Member Yang, Board Member Bowie, ## Board Member Johnson, Board Member Jost, Board Member Kim, and ## Board Member Coleman 7 - ## Nay: 0 ## Staff Report 5 ## SR 26-98 ## Rondo Community Library Update ## Received and Filed 6 ## SR 26-106 ## Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Coordination at SPPL Referred to the Library Board due back on 7/8/2026 ## Adjournment Page 2 ## City of Saint Paul