<div style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 14px;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Good morning,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">   I am interested to know if other libraries are dealing loitering issues at their facility. I realize that there will always be people loitering as libraries as they are public spaces but it seems as though the issues is becoming much worse as we have people sleeping outside our doors at night literally blocking our entrances. We have a few that spend the entire day in our courtyard often sleeping and staff is having to "remind them that we cannot have them sleeping at the library. It makes other patrons uncomfortable when they walk in and see people sleeping or have their belonging sprawled out across the area. </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">     Do any libraries have polices in place or is there a blanket policy that libraries use to help keep this from becoming an issue. What about signage, what can be posted if anything? </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div contenteditable="false" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:16px;" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(235, 107, 86);" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(235, 107, 86); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Nadin</strong></em><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">e E. Jiron</strong></em></span></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:16px;" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: comic sans ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: comic sans ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">City Of Grants</em></span></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size: 12px; font-family: comic sans ms;" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: comic sans ms; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Director, Grants Public Library</em></span></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: comic sans ms;" style="font-family: comic sans ms; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:12px;" style="font-size: 12px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1101 N. First St</em></span></strong></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: comic sans ms;" style="font-family: comic sans ms; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:12px;" style="font-size: 12px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Grants, NM 87020</em></span></strong></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: comic sans ms;" style="font-family: comic sans ms; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:12px;" style="font-size: 12px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Library 505-287-4793</em></span></strong></span></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: comic sans ms;" style="font-family: comic sans ms; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Direct line 505-972-0310</em></span></span></strong></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: comic sans ms;" style="font-family: comic sans ms; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">njiron@grantsnm.gov</strong></em></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);" style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:14px;" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: "times new roman"; color: rgb(0, 168, 133); font-size: 18px;" style="font-family: "times new roman"; color: rgb(0, 168, 133); font-size: 18px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">What we do has far greater impact than what we say..</strong></em><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</em></span></span></span><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133); font-size: 18px;" style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133); font-size: 18px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: "times new roman";" style="font-family: "times new roman"; box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</em></u></span></span></div></div></div>