4/10/2001 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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i Library .Trustees 4/10/01. Page Two The Building Committee was appointed approximately a year and a half ago . A design feasibility study was awarded by the Town to an architectural firm, Powers & Company, out of Boston . Ms . Darlene Powers and her staff worked very hard for the last sixteen months putting together essentially, using the program. The size of the building was determined by population.. Clearly, the present bu ld - bug. .s insufficient for the Town' s present needs . As part of the building and - feasibility study , we planned to add on to this 'build n.g . It was determined that we cannot-;- , in fact ,, do that since building codes have changed . This particular build- ing was not designed to take a second floor . There is no basement . It did not allow for future expansion . David explained that what he hoped to accomplish this evening was to perhaps clarify some of the misconceptions . Fields Point , Mashpee Commons have offered really from the beginning to be part of the process - not designing the building , and not having undue control over that , We would graciously - accept any assistance both monetarily and on an advisory capacity , We. the Trustees and the 'Iowa would like the overall decisions and designs to be those of the people of the town. They understood that . The proposed design, the interior of the building , the program i pretty much what we are going to meed # The final design by no means , has been solidified . The - building committee had the option of dis� cussing a few alternative sites besides our present location. a hpee Commons who owns most of the property here , , did not have sites available at that time . David wanted to thank Grace Talmage and her group o-f people who put together " Mashpee Library Growth Pattern 1928-2001" , a hand-out to the meeting encouraging support for the Article 19 on May 7th. III A period of 0 & A from the attendees were answered by Helene DeF e , Iv PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION WITH IAS PEECOMMONS : David explained that we had .with us Buff Chase, Randall Imai , and Douglas Storrs . What we had -here was a combined meeting of our Board of Trustees our Building Committee , - and a number of members of th.e' Friends of the -Library, Mr. Buff Chase introduced himself and explained that there might be some other advantages to having an alternative location . One of those might be that you coup construct the library in the other location, and operate this library right until the day that you moved .