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A place to gather and grow
Mail PO Box 292
(Donations -make checks to TCLA)
location 1173 S. Main St.
Templeton, CA 93465
805 221-5372 templeton.reading@gmail.com
All volunteer run and donor funded
Templeton Library is open
5 days a week!
Tuesdays 10 am - 5 pm
Wed./Thurs./Fri. 1-5 pm
Saturdays 10-1pm
Closed Sundays & Mondays
Holidays observed:
New Year's Day, MLK Day, President's Day,
Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day & Friday after
Christmas Day & day after
Community Call to Action
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Templeton residents pay 1.6% of their property taxes for library services that fund 14 county branches—not Templeton Library.
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SLO County has collected that money for 45 years, since the original Templeton Library was closed in 1979
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The county promised a 50-50 agreement to build a new library in Templeton but then had no funds to match residents' fundraising.
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The county library budget is $13 Million. Our request for the $318, 000 Templeton residents pay for library services annually — is less than 3% of the library budget.
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In its 3 years of operation, Templeton Library has outperformed other small county libraires in circulation and collection size.
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TCLA asks for a $318,000 tax exchange from SLO County directed to Templeton Community Service District to operate Templeton Library.
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Lack of tax funding prevents Templeton Library from applying for state and federal funds.
Action Plan, steps 1,2,3
Step 1. Email SLO County Supervisors. Encourage County Supervisors to approve a tax exchange to direct tax money that Templeton residents pay for library services to TCSD. TCSD Directors need to accept the funds and administer them to operate Templeton Library.
SLO Supervisors: *key support needed
*John Peschong - john@johnpeschong.com
*Dawn Ortiz-Legg - dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us
*Heather Moreno - hmorena@co.slo.ca.us
*Jimmy Paulding - jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us
Bruce Gibson - bgibson@co.slo.ca.us
Step 2. Please speak in person, (3 minute limit), December 9th and 16th Board of Supervisors meetings, 1055 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo,
Main floor, meeting chamber. Arrive by 9 AM and submit a request to speak in the public comments. Fellow Templetons will be at both meetings. Please choose one fact above to focus on and express your view of how and what the library means to you and our community. The location near our schools, how it is a community hub for learning and after school activities are examples.
Attend the speakers meeting, Monday Dec .8, 7:00 at the library. Please call Melinda Reed, TCLA President 650 796-6295 if you need a ride, or more speaking advice.
Step 3. Request an MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) from SLO County for a formal tax exchange agreement through LAFCO.
Templeton Library welcomes all residents with free library cards, Wi-Fi, computer access and printing services. We have an exceptional children's area and a total collection of over 15,000 materials. We make copies @ $.25 each.
Children's Storytime
Every Tuesday 10:05 AM Kristen Barnhart, storyteller, and Papa Bear
Coffee & adult stories
Free coffee each week
EVERY Tuesday at 11 am
Story host: Nina
Christmas Photos information under Events tab.
ART WITH ANNIE!
Every other Wedneday, 3-4pm ages 7-12
Free, materials to make notecards & gifts for the Library gift shop!
Next classes: 12/3, 12/17, 1/7
(NO ART on 11/26 or 12/31)
Templeton Library is a free public Library, all Donor funded and all Volunteer run. No government or taxpayer funds were received.
It is operated by Templeton Community Library Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation of members.
Designed by 19Six Architects and built by PL Construction at the corner of Main Street and Templeton Rd, it is situated in the Templeton High School parking lot.
Templeton Library is staffed by trained volunteers as a public space that will serve the learning and technology needs of our community.
Book Donations:
We take used books in good condition,
maximum 2 boxes a week per household.
We are grateful for hardcover best sellers, almost new Sci-Fi paperbacks, Young Adult, and Spanish books.
We are unable to accept encyclopedias and dictionaries. Thank you!!
