Hidden Hills Could Separate From The Calabasas Library
CALABASAS, CA — A library divorce could be imminent for the Calabasas Library after the city of Hidden Hills voted to not renew its existing agreement with its next door neighbor.
The city of Hidden Hills in 2013 entered a memorandum of understanding with the city of Calabasas and Las Virgenes Unified School District to provide Hidden Hills residents with library services in exchange for funding, according to a staff report from the city of Hidden Hills. The Hidden Hills City Council on Feb. 13 voted not to renew the agreement when it expires in June.
The city will hire a library consultant to create a new plan to bring library services to Hidden Hills. But Hidden Hills’ relationship with Calabasas and the school district is not necessarily over — their hired consultant will consider many options to move forward, including a new understanding with the local partners.
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“The city finds itself with an opportunity to reevaluate library services and the use of city-restricted library funds,” said Hidden Hills City Manager Kerry Kallman. “Staff’s initial research… indicated that the terms of the current MOU may no longer be meeting Hidden Hills residents and school district needs.
Calabasas City Manager Kindon Meik said he is excited for Hidden Hills to find ways to revamp their local library services, and agreed the memorandum of understanding needed an upgrade.
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“I’ve realized as we’ve looked at this agreement that it’s clunky, it could be changed. There’s ways for it to be improved,” Meik said. “Libraries are very different than they used to be 10 years ago when this agreement was established.”
Even still, the city of Calabasas would like to continue its partnership with the city of Hidden Hills, he said. The school district would also like to maintain its relationship with Hidden Hills, according to an email from LVUSD Superintendent Dan Stepenosky.
“What we’re asking for is that this discussion continue,” Meik said. “We want to be your partners and we feel that’s important and we want to be able to be part of those discussions.”
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