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In August, the $100,000,000 state bond bill Report of the passed, funding the remainder of the library construc- Mashpee Public Library tion waiting list. Passage of the bond gave Mashpee an additional 15% in state funds, bringing our total to just under $3,000,000. Thank you to all those resi- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the dents that contacted the Governor's Office or their leg- Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: islators asking that the bond bill be passed. The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners also This was a very exciting year for the library. The offered an anticipated 5% grant funding to any library Trustees, Staff and I have been working on a library on the waiting list that achieves LEED certification. building project for 10 years to replace the undersized LEED is an internationally recognized standard for facility that had ably served the community for 21 measuring building sustainability and the"Greenness" years. Mashpee finally reached the top of the state of a building.LEED was developed by the U. S. Green building grant list in September 2007. The Planning Building Council, a non-profit coalition of building and Construction Committee (P&CC) began 2008 industry leaders that encourages designing and build- meeting with library architect, J Stewart Roberts, of ing energy efficient projects that reduce negative envi- Somerville, MA and Owners Project Manager, Rick ronmental impact and promote healthy buildings for pomroy,of South Easton MA,to begin the final design their occupants. The P&CC was already designing a work on the library project. A P&CC subcommittee, "Green"building and it took just a few small additions with members Steve Cook, Irving Goldberg, Sheldon to make it a LEED building. The additional grant Gilbert,started with the schematic (concept)drawings money will help pay for the additional changes needed of the building used for the grant application and to achieve that higher level of efficiency as well as the began planning the mechanical and electrical systems cost of certifying the project meets LEED standards. j as well as the interior layout of the rooms within the building. Work progressed throughout the Spring and In November, the bid for the new library was was completed by midsummer. The subcommittee awarded to Bufftree Building Company of New was assisted by Town representatives, Joyce Mason - Bedford. The bidding process was highly competitive and the four lowest bids were less than 1% apart. The Town Manager, Helene DeFoe - Library Director, Catherine Laurent - DPW Director and Rene Read - closeness of the bids reflected the high quality of the Assistant Town Manager. bid documents that contractors received. The bids came in well within the budget estimates,relieving the The P&CC planned to have the drawings com- committee's concerns about the rise in material costs pleted and out to bid by July. They encountered a from 2005 to 2008. The downturn in the economy slight delay because the state building code was being benefited the library project because contractors had revised and the release date of the seventh edition was fewer projects to choose from. Thus far, the lot has expected at any time. The committee postponed going been cleared,and fenced.Demolition of the old library out to bid for a short time because using the new sev- began in mid-December and final cleanup of the con- I' enth edition was highly advantageous to the library struction debris was completed by year's end. A Project. The revision became official in August and ground breaking ceremony for the new library will be the design was finalized to meet that code. The major held in early 2009, with an expected completion date difference between the sixth and seventh edition of May 2010. allowed elimination of a second emergency stairway Library Staff moved out of the old library in from the second floor. The change saved the cost of May,relocating the library to 5 Joy Street in the South the additional structural steel needed for the extra stairway and freed up valuable square footage for Cape Village Shopping Center. The library occupies two storefronts, totaling 3,400 square feet. About library services. 7,000 collection items have been placed in deep stor- The Friends of Mashpee Library made a very age and will remain there until the new building is generous gift of $75,000 to fund photovoltaic panels completed. Many thanks to Anchor Self Storage and on the roof. This will help cut the operating cost of Flagship Self Storage for donating climate controlled electricity for the library, as well as help to make the storage spaces for the library collection items and library "Green". The subcommittee chose a heat equipment that couldn't fit into the temporary library. induction HVAC system. This is a very quiet, energy I' efficient, cost effective system, requiring minimal maintenance. i 127