Boston Public Library Special Board Of Trustees Meeting

I. Chair’s Report

Dr. Ray Liu, Chair

A. Call to Order

1. Acknowledge EDI statement

2. Roll Call

3. Review and Approval of Minutes for the May 20, 2025 Meeting

II. President’s Report

David Leonard, President

A. Central Library Services, Operations, and User Experience Study RFP

Beth Prindle, Director of Research & Special Collections

VOTED: "that, the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston approve a one-time contract, not to exceed Four Hundred-Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) with PAM LLC, 76 Cornwall Bridge Road, Sharon, CT 06069 for the purpose of the Central Library Services, Operations, and User Experience Study RFP.”

III. Proposal for Name Change

David Leonard, President

A. BPL Naming Policy for Buildings

David Leonard, President and Audrey Wynne, Policy Advisor and Legal Liaison

VOTED: "that, the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston approve the revised Naming Policy as presented and discussed.”

B. Roxbury Branch Naming Proposal

David Leonard, President and Dion Irish, Chief of Operations for City of Boston

**There will be public comment allowed for this topic (only) prior to the vote.

VOTED: "that, the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston approve the proposal to rename the Roxbury Branch the “Shaw-Roxbury Branch.”

IV. New Business

V. Public Comment

*Please sign up for public comment within the first 30 minutes of the meeting to support effective time management. On occasion, additional public comments on matters formally on the agenda may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair, and if time permits. Members of the public are also reminded that comments may alternatively be submitted in writing to the Clerk for distribution to the Trustees.

VI. Adjournment

Dr. Ray Liu, Chair

Pamela Carver, Clerk of the Board 6.6..25 2

Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston

Dr, Ray Liu, Chair; Evelyn Arana Ortiz, Vice Chair,

Navjeet Bal, Joe Berman, Jim Canales, Cheryl Cronin, John Hailer, Jeff Hawkins, Julie Kim, Jonathan Lavine,

Jose C. Masso III, Porsha Olayiwola, Senator Mike Rush, Christian Westra, and Lynn Perry Wooten

President, David Leonard

Clerk of the Board, Pamela R. Carver