2/17/2004 LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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TOWN OF M 1 LIBRARY-BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of February 17,- 2004 Committee Attendees Also Attending Sheldon Gilbert John Renz, Mashpee Commons Maureen Founds Ann MacDonald-Dailey Sunny Merritt Randall Im i, Architect Torn O'Neill Stewart Roberts, Architet Steve Cook Helene LeFe, Library Director Dave Burton Fd DeFoe Acting chairman Sheldon Gilbert called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. REVIEW of 02103!04 MINUTES The minutes from the rneeting of 2103104 were corrected,as follows; page 1, under REPORT ON MEETING WITH JOYCE MASON, paragraph 2, delete the number 3). The committee unanimously approved the minutes as corrected, REVISED SITE PLAN —RANDALL I AI REPORT Randall presented three possible new strategies for consideration by the committee. Option A(see Attachment A). Turn the building around on the site so that the front of the building faces onto Job's Fishing Road, leaving the existing library in place. This strategy removes the back portion of the new building, with the parking area behind the existing library facing Fit. 151. Randall envisions that this plan would create a direct mute for the children corning from the school's behind the Fire Station and from the Boys Girls club on Frank Hicks Drive to gobs Fishing Road to the library entrance. This plan also incorporates an entrance from the parking area into the rear of.the new library. An additional future building could be built facing steeple street, perpendicular to the existing library, on a parallel line with the new library. Option 8 (see Attachment . Again, turn the building around with,the front entrance facing gobs Fishing Fid. but now moved up closer to Fit. 151. The existing library is now adjacent to the far end of the new library. An additional future building could be built facing Steeple Street, perpendicular to the existing library. Parking, again, is behind the-buildings, facing Rt. 151. Randall envisions that this strategy would accommodate future partnerships with the library program. Option a (see Attachment c). This strategy places the new library directly facing onto Rt. 151, 75 feet back from Rt. 151. Parking would be behind the library:facing Steeple street. The front entrance to the library would face the parking area. This plan eliminates the existing library. Helene commented that in Strategies I and 2, F ndall's suggestion of incorporating the use of the old library for the children's program would require bringing the building up to,code. If the building was used for administrative purposes, or for a meeting area, this might not be required. Sheldon Gilbert stated that, although he liked Strategy#3 x it appeared that having the parking area facing onto Steeple Street would require special landscaping planning to make it presentable to Ma hp e Commons. Randall added that his concern for all three strategies was how to deal appropriately with the Steeple Street area of the site. Stewart Roberts stated that Strategy#2 could benefit from partnering with another entity: noting that Buff Chace is looking for strategic partners such as town offices, an art center or perhaps a museum.