Greenwood resident David Traylor has joined the Citizen Implementation Review Panel (CIRP), which is responsible for providing citizen oversight of Seattle Public Library's "Libraries for All" building program.
The 15-member panel meets monthly to monitor and provide feedback on implementation of the voter-approved "Libraries for All" program. CIRP volunteers are appointed to staggered three-year terms by the Seattle Public Library board of trustees and the City Neighborhood Council and are confirmed by the City Council.
Traylor is an artist and landscape architect. An avid reader, he primarily uses the Central, Greenwood and Ballard libraries. He also volunteers at Operation Nightwatch, which serves the homeless, and with Foodlink, a Pike Place Market Foundation-sponsored program that collects unsold food from market merchants for area food banks. He also is a member of Oculus, an artist-run and supported gallery in Pioneer Square.
Traylor replaces a member whose term expires June 1, 2001. Traylor's term likely will be extended to June 1, 2004.
In addition, the City Neighborhood Council is soliciting applications to fill another opening on the panel. Volunteers must be Seattle residents and have a background in successful community-based projects, a creative approach to problem-solving and decision-making, or experience with capital projects construction, project management, or finance.
Applicants must submit a résumé and letter of interest by Wednesday, May 30. Mail or fax applicant information to the Department of Neighborhoods, Attn: Sandy Brooks, 700 Third Ave., Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104-1848; fax: 206-233-5142. For more information about the application process, please contact Stephen E. Lundgren, chairman, City Neighborhood Council Budget Committee, 206-731-2872, or by e-mail, grenstef@u.washington.edu.
Seattle voters passed "Libraries for All" in 1998. The plan calls for improving or replacing all 22 branch libraries, building five new branches and building a new central library. For more information, visit the Library's Web site at www.spl.org and select "Libraries for All capital projects."
(For more information, call Caroline Young Ullmann, communications assistant, at 206-615-1627.)
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