7/10/2001 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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BOARD of LIBRARY TRUSTEES REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING TUESDA r- JULY 10r 2001 7: 0 P. ISI. PRESENT: HELEN8 DEF E, LIBRARY DIRECTO. DAVID LAR' N, c A I RAN ARLG D 'E TE. GARY ENTIAN ANN MACD N D-DAI,LE II- MARSH DIANNA SMITH II MINUTES- OF PREVIOUS MEETING; The minutes of May 8, 20'01 were approved and accepted as-prepared. ' III REPORTS: A. Library Director: A copy of He lene' s complete report is attached for your. information. Helene reported that she had- attended a meeting at the Abington Library last week to discuss with the building consultants for the State the problems with the grant. . There were a number Of items the c mrr.itt e did -not care for in 'the design, and when they were added up, there were jest too many elements they did not approve. They did not like the stair design; they felt the shape of the Meeting room was distracting to the attendees. It had a lot of windows at the -front, so' that ,thy' people looking at the speaker would not only be looking, into the sure, ' they would also be distracted' by the traffic., Helene felt they were very good comments.. . They spent over three hours withHel ne going over all of the aspects of the reconended improvements . They also mentioned in some areas of the building they were very short on windows. They felt there would not be enough -natural light, specifically in the adult non-fiction and the children' s room. H lene explained that. it was. obvious that - this 'committeee had gone over this with a fine-toothed comb' to do a rating of the -pluses and minuses . They had couple of favoraible comments : They feat that Darlene had done a very nice job f laying out the parking areas: It- was just a case f more negatives than positives. They felt the building could be -tight ned up, and they felt that Mashpee would end. up with a better operation. Helene explained that they had until mid-December to make changes, corrections and re-submit -the application, if they do re-submit, get it in by the deadline, 'Make a cut, then they would be on a waiting list, That is where they stare now.