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TOWN <br /> LIBRARY BUILDING <br /> Minutes of the Meeting of Tuesday, 10/14/03 w <br /> - Committee Attendees- Also Attending-. <br /> Po'nniel3arrett Joyce Mason, Town Administrator <br /> _ <br /> Grace Talmage Joyce <br /> hertz,.l ashPee Commons <br /> Tom o'l eill Helene D F e, Librarian <br /> DeFoe Ann MdDonald-Daley,'Library Trustee <br /> Maureen Rounds <br /> Jane Dolan: l shp' resOdent <br /> Steron filbert Steve Cook, ilashpe resident <br /> Davd Bunton <br /> Diane Lannon <br /> Vice Chairperson Bonnie Barrett called the rrreetirtg t 'order at :20 PM. Bonnie <br /> rigr�atiort of Kevin eonr�oll as chairman of � announced'the <br /> f the Librar�r Building Committee. <br /> REVIEW OF 7/0 7/03 LIBRARY COMMITTEE MINUTES. <br /> The committee members unanimously <br /> approved minutes from the previous meeting h ld n July 7, 2003. <br /> REVIEW of 71211103 AR of SELECTMENI 'll. NUT S. Bonnie summari ed the dei ctrrtert <br /> minutes, item' Ving the issues to be'Purs ed by tete Library BuildingCommittee. <br /> . <br /> follows: <br /> 'They are a <br /> Library Building Committee to contact To <br /> . rn Fudala ani get gear-round population arta <br /> year-round grow-out f gores. <br /> library B 'ruling Committee to lock atha irs approach to determine <br /> � g �� savings <br /> Library'Ouilding Committee to look at scaling back the project <br /> Library Building corrrr'rtittee estirrtates it wouldtake 2 years for thea to raise$1.5 million <br /> • Question: how much more will it cost to run and staff new facility of size and layout <br /> proposed' _ _The on nsU' was_t��ttl�e ticre for Town I eetin be deferred until the <br /> g a Zoo Town <br /> . llJleet'rng. � � . . <br /> DISCUSSION WITH JOYCE MASON. Joyce stated thatu ort b tl�t Bo <br /> p and of Selectmen for <br /> construction of a new library is firm at$3,000,000. She also shared with the commit-tee <br /> feeling that the buildingproject shoal a her <br /> ! should'not a discarded at this time. The Twrt has need for <br /> more adequate library, bort the architects' pians have not been budget-driven. With a show of a <br /> bit more glare and take from the committee on the design it is willingto accept, she feels <br /> Selectmen will respond favorablyto a � the <br /> smaller budget package presentation. Joyce also <br /> reminded-the comma tee that the cost of staffing needs for the new library��r�rould reed to be- <br /> factored into budgetary requirements. <br /> Bonnie asked committee members to express their views on whether <br /> to disband the library <br /> expansion effor at this time or whether to continue on with their_work. <br /> Those in favor of disbanding felt that the architects'current plansfor <br /> of the-rte �l of Mashpeethe library were a r #lect�on <br /> - both now and in tete future a the population continues t grow. <br /> Therefore it mares no sense to build a less a pensive structure that will not <br /> meet the Town s <br /> needs. so mentioned was that ashpee now has a number of other current buildingprojects <br />�+ i.e., Bloch tenter, senior tenter, which are ' ro1 .t <br /> tapping the resources of the.Town. It was <br /> a <br />