10/9/2001 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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+W Library Tj'6US1:e es 10/9/03, Page 2 III REPORTS: (Conti`.nued Wayne e laini'. t:4 �#t -he had rho,.,ie . some research on the building Committee and what .ii-s responsibilities were. He researched the Town Meet inq Reports., 'Ae found .to his. surprise that. the building committee Nvc.s set -up to ;AE,.e about expansion and ��- vation of'_ 'the current 1i' rary, not. t-c -tee ,u ild i t. He waS also sur- ri-sed to find t'-'-at. the feasibility study was being done -to de to rmi ne'- # t r they. needed to do re.n6vation, expansion, both,- build tai,- b ild a new library, Whatever i was ., The study was done by Powers and Company. To' this - day, ETarne ex l'ained that he had not- received the results of the feasi.bi.lt study. In the minds of all of the selectmen, they believed that what- was needed was a new - library, not a re ovation. We seemed to be at a standstill because of Powers & Cbmp-any who, they believed, over- did the scope o� the work. The fact of the natter is, she did not do what they had asked. to be done. on April 1 , . 2000 , they were supposed to receive r a feasibility study, completed and .into their ham s . Dere we are now, at 2001, and Wayne had not seem the results of the study. Now, where do we oxo? How do we procced? The '.fact of the matter is , the board of seleetr►en were the ones who were in control of the c n'tractual agreements for the Town, and were the - people who decided whether to sign contracts. or to do the things to move forward. There axe ' some issues that have be addressed, and that is , where do we go from here with the money?r' Wayne explained that- he . belieed there was $120 , 000 that was set aside for architec- tural design work. The fact of the -ratter i s, we do not have the results of the feasib.i liter study to go ahead ar�d do the architectural design. Tt seems that the architectural designs were put a little before we knew what was h6ppening. Mr.. Taylor explained further that David had met -with him be-ore a meeting with him and the Mashpee Commonse Unfortunately, we .have to go through thein for the design of the b i ldi ng. - That i , r�ovidin r the libr� ry remains at this location. We have to. work with that situation. There Were other sites which were addressed at the meeting that they ossib-ly. would - allowfor the library -use. There are advantages to that as well. 'there are advantages to be able to keep this building in operation while they build the new buildin . There is also some availability there ' for help in the architecture-1 -desiarn work. Vlhat will be the cost o that library Is it a library that the Town can afford without the grants of four ir.-i .li.on, or three million? The grant is a good feature, but if we cannot get it, we still have to be able to afford what we need. We have to be conscious of that.