3/30/2004 LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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5 t TOWN OF MASHPEE LIBRARY BUILDING c Notes.from the Meeting f March 3 , 2004 Committee Attendees Also Attending Sheldon Gilbert John Renz, Mashpee Commons Jane Dolan Ann MacDonald Dailey, Liaison Tori O'Neill Mike Bailey, Mashpee Enterprise Maureen Rounds Acting chairman Sheldon Gilbert called the session to order at 7. 1 g Bull. As there was no quorum, the following notes will record the discussion held by the LBC. .lane Dolan noted that in the minutes from the March 3, 2004 meeting, on page 1 under the Renewable Energy Project opportunity, the available date for the second grant in 2004 should be- Sept. 17, 2004 instead of June-17, 2004. REPORT of SUBCOMMITTEE FOR LOCATING NEW LIBRARY ON SITE (see Attachment A). Sheldon Gilbert began the discussion with a report of a subcommittee meeting comprised of Helene eFoe} Ed Defoe, Steve cook and Sheldon Gilbert. The meeting carne about as a result of the realization that differing opinion's are held as to.whether to retain the existing library building, or to demolish it and start from scratch. The LBC unanimously approved a motion, during the meeting held on 3/03/04, to recommend that the old library be demolished. The Board of Selectmen has voiced the opinion that the old library should be retained. The subcommittee report lists four new construction options that have been presented to the LBC by Architects Roberts and Imai, giving criteria for each..The report further discusses renovation options t.o the existing library, which are based on the assumption that required renovation casts would b much less than new construction costs, thereby reducing the.overall cost of the building project. Two renovation options were.presented by the architects that would combine the use of the existing library and a.new library building.' Both options place the new b.0ilding.on the Jobs Fishing Fid. section of the site, one at the corner of Steeple Street and Jobs Fishing Fid., and one slightly up Jobs Fishing Rd. toward Route 151 but.still proximate to steeple Street. New Construction Option#1 was the one most favored by the LBC as well as Mashpee Commons, Among other advantages, it offers the best exposure for passive solar, and it maximizes the use of the Commons and buildings facing on it, to continue theMashpee'Cornrnons LLP. general area plan for the Commons. No proposed renovation plans have been developed because-earlier determinations by the LBC based on estimated costs suggested that renovation was a poor option. suggestions for renovation- plans had included abandoning the-use of the existing builftg as a library, and Inst a ,use It for administrative offices, or perhaps turn it into a children's library. New wr c: nstruction costs for the reprised plan of a 1 # ' sq.ft library, assuming a cost of$185 per sq. ft., would be$3,944,000. We have had an indication, from an earlier discussion with Joyce Mason, that the Board of Selectmen was very appreciative of the LBC efforts to reduce the size and cost of a nevw -library,'and might consider approving$3,500,000 for anew library. The difference between $8;944,000 and $3,500,000 is$450,000, which would be the goal of the.fundraising effort: There is a $21 ,og contingency fund built into the new construction cost figure.