wadleigh memorial library building project

Wadleigh Library Building Project

INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY

2016: WARRANT ARTICLE 3

2015 ELECTION

• 1st time on the ballot• Supported by the BAC

• Building problems and needs not going away

• Cost increase of 2.7% ($160k)

2016 ELECTION

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DUE DILIGENCE

• Board of elected officials o Guidance from Facilities Committee, Community Development

• Responsible planning• Decades of evaluation & study• Recommended for funding 16 times by CIP:

o 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

IN THE LAST 20 YEARS…

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS…

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

BUILDING PROJECT CONSULTANT

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS…

STRATEGIC PLANNING

FOCUSGROUPS

COMMUNITYSURVEYS

MANYPENNY | MURPHY

ARCHITECTURELAVALLEE | BRENSINGER ARCHITECTS

IN THE LAST 8 YEARS…

ADAMS & SMITHArchitects/Consultants

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12 DIFFERENT BUILDING CONCEPTS

• 2007: Renovation/additiono 27,000 gross sq.fto $5,625,000 (2007 dollars)o Taxpayers: $5.12 million

2011-A: Renovation/addition 31,600 gross sq.ft. $8,474,316 (2011 dollars) Taxpayers: $7.97 million

2011-B: Renovation/addition 23,600 gross sq.ft. $5,615,052 (2012 dollars) Taxpayers: $5.15 million

4 MORE FULLY DEVELOPED

FOR EVALUATION1

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• 2014: Rebuild/additiono 21,000 gross sq.fto $5,460,000 total costo Taxpayers: $4.96 million

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FOR EVALUATION

WHY THE SAME PLAN FOR 2016?

BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT PLAN

• Least expensive• Smallest / most

efficiento Creative use of spaceo Future cost savingso Brings library up to state

average sq.ft/capita

• Meets community needs

• Vetted by elected officials

• Allows for future flexibility

• It’s “the year”“Creative, flexible spaces in future libraries will meet the needs of digital learners…while at the same time continuing to

accommodate the traditional user searching for a quiet space to read.”

Hendrix, Jennifer C. “Checking out the future: perspectives from the library community on information technology and 21st century libraries.” ALA Policy Brief No. 2, February 2010.

2016: SECOND TIME ON THE BALLOT

2016: Rebuild/addition 21,000 gross sq.ft $5.1 million cost to taxpayers $5.6 million total project cost Guaranteed Maximum Price

Cost adjusted from last year to account for inflation and donations/funds raised.

• Been studied/evaluated/planned this long (20 years)• By this many different committees (5)• Involved this many consultants/architectural firms

(6)• Had this many design concepts (12)• Had this many designs more fully developed (4)• Solicited this much public input

o (2 surveys, a focus group series and 4 open houses)

No other town facility project has…

• Reduced the cost to taxpayers prior to vote o Approximately $500,000 spent on real estate, professional services

• Source: Impact fees, trustee funds

• Had this much money pledged to further reduce costo $512,000 gifts received/fundraised (as of 12/2015)o …and counting…

No other town facility project has…

even

Current state of affairs• Systems are 30+ years old and failing• Minor repairs made when possible• Didn’t want to waste taxpayer $$ on costly

repairs or replacements when…• Anticipating a project CIP recommended for

fundingo Recommended funding year kept getting postponed…since 1998o Vicious cycle

Why not fix what we have?

• All major systems need to be replaced• Highly invasive• How do we provide service while walls,

ceilings being ripped open?o 10,000-12,000 people coming through our doors each montho Most heavily utilized/trafficked town facility other than schools

Why not fix what we have?

• Expensive &more time consuming to renovate • Least cost effective solution• Still left with an inefficient building envelope• Still left with a space that does *not* address

needs expressed by the community

Why not relocate?

• Look to the past

• 1944 Library Site Committee

• Findings issued as supplement to 1944 town report.

* ”Report of Library Site Committee March 14, 1944.” Supplement to Annual Reports of the Town Officers of Milford, New Hampshire for the Year Ending January 31, 1944.

Why not relocate?• Among their requirements:

o “It must be located where the people who want to use it can do so conveniently without going out of their way…being near the stores, town hall…, etc.”

o “It must be located where it can count as a memorial building and not be injured by surroundings unsuitable to a library.”

o “It must be easily reached by people on foot as well as by automobiles. This means that the entrance must be nearly at the street level, with only a few steps and no steep pathways.”

Lull Estate: “IDEAL”

Lull Estate

• AKA: current library site

• Among 5 sites evaluated o Others deemed unsuitable

• Property and land donated to the town

• Town vote unanimously approved Lull site

Committee members: C.S. Emerson, Minnie Falconer, Benjamin Prescott, Gertrude Howison, Mario Bianchi, Owen Fisk, A. Wallace Wilkins.

Ideal location

The times may have changed….

but the requirements established by this committee of

residents have not.

Ideal location

• Significant monthly foot traffic provides boost to local economy…without competing with stores

• Walking distance from most schools, senior housing

• Provides additional downtown parking

• Literal & figurative Community Center

Ideal location

TOWN HALL

Benefits• Larger space for Children’s services

• Bigger space for Young Adult Services

• Larger, flexible community meeting room space o For the library’s more popular programs o For area Seniors’ groupo After-hours accesso More technologically conducive to modern day meeting use

CHILDREN’S DEPT

TEEN DEPT

MULTI-PURPOSE

ROOM

Benefits

• Technology center o Support & mobile workspace for local businesseso Access for everyone to learn, practice, improve skillso Creative, collaborative space to invent… and innovateo Access to current/new technologies

• 3D printers• Specialized tools • Design software• And robust workstations

Benefits

• Smaller quiet/meeting/group study rooms• More energy efficient & cost effective to run• Easier to staff & secure

o 2 floors instead of 3, better lines of sight• Flexible floorplans to better accommodate

changes in library services and use…for decades to come

Libraries aren’t just books anymore….and they haven’t been for some time.

They’re so much more.

Let us show you.

Wadleigh Memorial Library

• http://www.wadleighlibrary.org/building/

• www.tinyurl.com/2014-CIP-LIBRARYo Includes Q&A with Architect Ron Lamarre

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