HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09-08-1994 MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 8, 1994
7:00 P.M.
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY
Attendees:
Kathy Stewart, Brevard County
Carl Tucker, Brevard County
Frank Harris, Brevard County
Joe Vislay, Brevard County
Bo Beauchemin, Brevard County
Bill Starmer, Stottler Stagg & Associates
Roy Cowell, Stottler Stagg & Associates
Ann Kelly
Barbara Sims
Tim Grady
Harry Earnst
Isabel Matos-Escapa, Library Director
Rocky Randalls, Cape Canaveral Councilman
Leo Nicholas, Cape Canaveral Councilman
Other Citizen Participants
Mr. Starmer presented Facility and Site Concept Plans (A&B) for the renovation and addition to
the Library. Plan A concepts provided for expansion to the east and Plan B to the north.
Internal circulation of Plan A provided for a central, open system while Plan B was more linear.
In general, discussions revolved around the following:
A. Site Considerations
1. Area proposed for the library is 250' by 250'.
2. Neither the monument at the northeast corner of the site nor the trees in the
southwest corner of the site will be impacted.
3. Site utilities, water and sanitary sewer, will be impacted and require relocation.
4. Site survey will be available in approximately 3 to 4 weeks.
5. Both site concepts provide that the existing main entry become the staff and
service entry.
6. It was agreed that Site Concept A provided the best solution to both site utilization
and automobile circulation and parking (60 spaces required).
7. Discussion of the possibility to close Poinsetta Street resulted in the conclusion that
there was no real advantage, and in tact potential disadvantages in terms of fire
and emergency vehicle movement, as well as a delay in project completion.
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B. Floor Plan
1. There was unanimous acceptance of Concept Plan A with direction to provide for
the meeting room and childrens room to be contiguous.
2. Plan A was considered more acceptable due in part to the circulation layout.
3. SSA to revise Plan A to clarify circulation specifics and further delineate functional
spaces.
C. Action Items
1. SSA will revise the site plan Concept A to include dimensions for presentation to
Cape Canaveral City Council.
2. Isabel Matos-Escapa to be placed on the City Council Agenda to present the
concept for approval.
3. Frank Harris will set up a meeting between SSA and the Library staff to discuss
modifications to the floor plan concept.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
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Brevard County Library System
Cape Canaveral Library - Public Information Meeting with
A & E Firm Stottler Stagg & Associates
September 8, 1994
Present: Bo Beauchemin, Facilities Construction Division
Ray Cowell, Stottler Stagg and Associates
Harry Ernst, Library Patron
Isabel Escapa, Library Director
Tim Grady, Library Board Chairman
Frank Harris, Library Construction ..c.pordinator `
Anna Kelly, Library Patron
Mark Kelly, Library Patron
Leon Newman, Library Patron
Leo Nicholas, City of Cape Canaveral
Rocky Randels, Cape Canaveral City Council
Marilyn Rigerman, Citizen
Barbara Sims, Staff •
Bill Starmer, Stottler Stagg and Associates
Kathryn Stewart, Library Services Director
Carl Tucker, Facilities Construction Division
Geraldine Vavrek, Library Board Member
Joe Vislay, Facilities Construction Division Director
The second Public Information meeting with Stottler, Stagg and Associates was
called to order on September 8, 1994 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cape Canaveral Public
Library, 7400 Poinsetta Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida by Mr. Frank Harris.
Mr. Harris welcomed everyone and introduced Mr. Bill Starmer of Stottler,
Stagg and Associates. He said the meeting was being held to get the public's
ideas on what they would like to see in the renovated Library. He said Mr.
Starmer would show everyone the ideas they are working on for the Library.
Mr. Harris then introduced himself as the Library Construction Coordinator and
asked others to introduce themselves as well. Mrs. Kathryn Stewart - Library
Services Director; Carl Tucker, Bo Beauchemin and Joe Vislay - Facilities
Construction Division, introduced themselves.
Mr. Vislay said the reason there were two (2) project managers from Facilities
Construction Division at the meeting was because although Mr. Tucker was
originally Project Manager, Mr. Beauchemin will now take over this Library
project. Mr. Vislay said this is due to the time frames for the other Library
construction projects being moved up. He said Mr. Beauchemin already had
other projects in the area so he will be overseeing this project. Mr. Tucker
will continue on with other Library projects as they come on line.
Mr. Roy Cowell and Bill Starmer of Stottler, Stagg and Associates introduced
themselves as well as the other members of the audience.
Mrs. Stewart thanked the members of the audience for the additional thoughts
and comments which were received since the last meeting. She said if anyone
had any other comments to please send them to Mr. Harris or Mrs. Escapa and
they would be sure the Architects would receive them. She asked Mr. Starmer
to please begin his presentation.
Mr. Starmer said he wanted to discuss a couple of different concepts and the
direction they were headed with the addition. He said an earlier meeting was
held approximately six (6) weeks ago and had been an introductory session.
They heard from the citizens and Library staff about some of their concerns
with how the existing facility operates as well as some of the things they
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would like to see in the new facility. He said a subsequent meeting was held
with Library staff and they discussed the "Program". He explained the
"Program" indicated that so many patrons were in a certain area, so many
volumes were in a certain area, etc. It gives the Architects ideas of the
sizes of various spaces. Today, he said at this meeting his firm will present
how they have graphically taken all this information and put in on paper to
begin discussing it visually. Once his firm was finished looking at the
Program, he identified the key areas as the Meeting Room, Circulation, the
Administrative Area, Technical Processing, Reference and General Collection
including both Periodicals and Youth Services. These are not definitive but
are just the general areas on which they would be focused. From there it is
put on a floor plan. He said he wanted to present two (2) floor concepts:
one expands to the East and the other expanding to the North. He said he
would show how these concepts work with the site plan. He then asked if
everyone had a copy of the Concept Plans. He said the dotted line represents
the existing Library. He said the solid lines represent where the addition
goes in. He said that when expanding east towards the ocean in Concept A, his
firm had oriented the entry so that the new main entry to the Library is at a
different place. He said when entering the Library, there is a Browsing
Section in one area, a casual Periodicals section, the Audio-Visual area and
the Circulation desk. He said Circulation will have control of these high
activity areas. He said from there it is broken into more quiet sections:
Fiction, Reference, the Reference work area, study carrels, and Non-Fiction.
He said where the Main Collection and Reference is located today would be the
Youth and Children's area. He said where the main entry is located today,
would be the staff area housing a Circulation work area, Administration, a
lounge, and bathrooms. The Meeting Room in this scheme stays in the same
place. He said there would be new public restrooms which are ADA accessible
and also a storage area. Conceptually they had drawn bubble diagrams of
spaces and had not defined walls and doors and hadn't yet defined square
footage. He said they were just trying to define the relationships of how the
Library space is laid out. He said if the existing Library is approximately
nine thousand (9,000) square feet, the addition is approximately six thousand
(6,000) square feet. He said he would also show how this works on the site
plan. He said the next scheme, Concept B, takes the addition to the north.
He said the dotted line again represented the present Library and the solid
line represents the addition. He said the public entry is now on the east
side and the staff entry remains on the west side. He said as a patron comes
in the library, the busiest areas, audio/visual, browsing and the periodical
area, is right there. Also, there is direct visual access from the Circulation
Desk. He said the layout going around the Library is Periodicals, Non-
Fiction, Reference, Fiction, the Reference work area and the Reference desk
supporting this end of the building. When patrons enter the Library today, the
Meeting Room is at the left. The meeting room in Concept B has been converted
to a staff area with the Circulation work area, lounge and restrooms. The
Meeting Room has been moved to a new position and accommodates the Youth and
Children's areas. In both concepts, they have taken the West entry and made
it where staff will enter and deliveries are made. He said both these plans
have merits and both have pros and cons. He said in discussing some of the
items with citizens and staff, one of the pros of concept B is the meeting
room is much closer to the Children's room. That overflow continuity is
important when there is a large group of children that need to be moved into
that Meeting Room. He said in Concept A, children must go though the
Circulation area to get to the Meeting Room. He said something to consider is
taking the staff area and moving it around with the Children's area. Another
nice amenity of this plan is that is it easier to divorce this Meeting Room
with a separate entry and restrooms so that the public can have access to the
room after Library hours. Mr. Starmer said he would discuss the site plans for
both concepts quickly so that he could answer questions. He said on the
Concept A site plan the addition goes to the East. He showed the existing
parking area and said additional parking would be added to the North and East.
The main entry is from the North-East. He said this plan represents
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approximately sixty-eight (68) parking spaces. The parking at the north is
lost in Concept B. He said although the floor plan for Concept B works well,
his firm did not feel the site plan worked as well. He said ten (10) or
fifteen (15) parking spaces are lost and the functions of the Library are
pretty much the same. He said additional parking could be added to Concept B
but then the site is being ruined. The Library would be loaded up with
asphalt and paving to the point that there is no nice front entry to the
building. He said another thing that happens is that there are three (3) curb
cuts, but only one new one. When using this concept, two (2) can be kept, but
two (2) new ones must be created because one (1) cannot be used anymore.
There is no room to park near the entrance. So if you look at the site as far
as best use of the land, Concept A will sway thinking because it has a little
better parking and easier access to public entry.
A member of the audience asked 'about the trees. She asked if they would be
cut down or if was planned to work around them.
Mr. Starmer replied that the primary trees, the nice ones on the Southwest
corner are being left and the pavement is not being taken any further South.
The existing building is here (pointed to plan) and he said they were doing no
construction in the corner where all the trees are at all. He said the only
thing that must be put in is a retention pond, but that is flexible enough
where the trees can be avoided. He said there were some palm trees on the
other side of the Library, but they certainly did not have the mystique the
beautiful oak trees do. He said they would definitely try to limit
construction near the oaks.
Mrs. Kelly said the palm trees could also be transplanted.
Mr. Starmer said yes, but it would be really be putting the oaks in jeopardy
to try and move them.
Mrs. Stewart asked how much of the lot was being used. She asked if the
entire lot was being used or just a portion of it.
Mr. Starmer said he would have to confirm with the City but it was his
understanding that this existing site is two hundred fifty (250) feet running
north/south by one hundred eighty (180) feet east/west. He said these plans
are approximately two hundred fifty (250) by two hundred fifty (250) so we're
taking about another seventy (70) feet further to the east. The lots are
broken up into fifty (50) foot sections. He said in both Concept plans, both
are suggesting approximately seventy (70) feet additions.
Mrs. Stewart said then is it two hundred fifty (250) square feet.
Mr. Beauchemin asked Mr. Starmer what was due East, on the next lot.
Mr. Starmer replied he believed there was another lot and a half.
Mrs. Stewart asked how close it comes to the Veterans Memorial.
Mr. Starmer said they had not yet done a survey so he did not know.
Mr. Randels confirmed that the Veterans Memorial was in the first fifty (50)
foot lot.
Mrs. Stewart said there was concern expressed by some that the Veterans
Memorials was not touched and she said it would not be.
Mr. Starmer said that functionally what his firm was trying to do was show how
with these two (2) different shapes, there, are pros and cons to both. He said
they would try to take the best of both plans and merge them. He said on
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Concept A the entry was harder for the Meeting Room to be open at night but he
felt this idea could be incorporated in the scheme. He asked for thoughts on
the floor plans.
Mr. Grady said he had a question on the site itself. He said he had
conversations with people around the City and one (1) idea was to close off
Poinsetta Avenue to through-traffic and turn it into a parking lot. He asked
if, presuming this could be done, would this lend more to one plan or the
other. He said the reason he asked was because he was concerned about turning
land into too much paved area. He said if this were possible, the additional
land would not need to be used for parking.
Mr. Starmer said this comment came up at the first meeting about actually
vacating a street and adjoining City property. He said he felt the idea had
value. He said he had heard no more about this so they had not pursued it. He
said that for example, if this were done, there is about a twenty-five (25)
foot paved area and probably a fifty (50) foot right-of-way for the City of
Cape Canaveral. So if the Library needs an additional fifty (50) feet,
basically you'd need about sixty (60) feet for a double row of parking and to
be able to drive in the middle. So even if this additional paved area were
taken, at best it might add a row of parking or twenty-four (24) additional
spaces making the parking in the thirty-four range (34) . Whereas, these plans
are in the fifty-eight (58) to sixty-eight (68) range. He said in order for
this to make the best sense, the Library would really want to work with the
City property as well as the street to build a parking lot between the Library
and City Hall that really worked.
Mr. Grady said so this would mean taking out•the sidewalk that is there and
using it as part of the paved area.
Mr. Starmer said yes and they would probably want a pedestrian way. He said
that would give an ideal way to capitalize on the southwest corner parcel
where the trees are for the entry. He said that one of the concept plans
could be flipped over and used.
Mr. Cowell said there was also the possibility that because the buildings
across the street are set back and the garage door access points for the
Sheriffs Department are not generally used, the potential of going across to
the west of Poinsetta for expansion and leaving the east side of the road
alone is possible. To expand the parking area that way may be possible. He
said the City's concern was with the Fire Department's leaving the station and
going South. The concern was the potential of creating a meandering system
when emergency vehicles are trying to get out.
Mr. Grady said he realized this was important and would have to be worked out.
Mrs. Kelly asked if they wouldn't be forced to plan any development on the
basis of what might happen on Poinsetta Avenue.
Mrs. Stewart replied that the site plan would have to be taken to the City and
the City would say what they agree to and what they will allow the Library to
do. She said she hoped since Mr. Randels was here he could lead the Library in
the right direction, if this was going to be a consideration. She asked
Mr. Randels if there was unofficial talk of doing this.
Mr. Randels said it had never been a City Council item.
Mrs. Stewart asked at what point the Library System needed to go to City
Council to get its blessing on the site plan so that they may proceed.
Mr. Randels said that he could not speak for the other City Council members.
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Mr. Grady said he was not sure if it would cause a delay because the architect
said the floor plan could be flipped over. He said they would not have to
come up with a new design as they could still use the same design.
Mr. Starmer said that if this was a direction that really had some strong
interest, he would recommend his firm draw a site plan that shows the addition
making use of this City property. He said then these plans could be taken to
the City and they could tell the Library whether it was a possibility.
Mr. Vislay asked about closing the road and resurfacing it. He asked what the
timetable would be.
Mr.Randels said at least six (6) months before it could become finalized. He
said every City Emergency Vehicle Department would have to approve it. The
Sheriff's Department comes out of that driveway also. He said he felt some
would say yes to this and others would say no. He felt there would be strong
opinions about it.
Mrs. Vavrek asked about public relations with the Library.
Mr. Randels said he did not think it would be a happy situation.
Mr. Harris asked if there was really a big advantage in building in that
direction. He said the park is at the other end of the property and the rest
is just open land.
Mr. Randels said it would be a prime consideration if there was a severe
shortage of land but this is not the case.
Mr. Beauchemin asked if the City Council would object to the Library acquiring
additional land to the east.
Mrs. Stewart said the City Council does own the land. She said they own the
entire block but they have indicated in their City Council meetings that
basically the Library may use what it needs within reason.
Mr. Beauchemin asked how many parking spaces were required .
Mr. Starmer said there were different answers on this. He said that directly
from the planning guides, they say two hundred (200) to three hundred (300)
square feet per space. If the Library is looking at 15,000 square feet, that
is fifty (50) to seventy-five (75) parking spaces. So at the sixty-eight (68)
spaces it is probably at a comfortable range. He said at the fifty-eight
(58) , it might be inadequate. He said the perfect example is that today there
are twenty five (25) spaces on one side of the Library and twenty five (25) on
another side. There are many days when there is not enough parking and also
many days when there is plenty, so it is not really about numbers. He said it
is just a planning guide and they will just use their best judgement. He said
it is best to be within the planning guide range.
Mrs. Stewart said she would lean towards the sixty (60) spaces range rather
than the fifty (50) . This was due to the fact that if the Meeting Room is
used, even if the meeting only has fifty (50) people attending, chances are
there will be forty (40) cars. Then the public can't get to the Library to
use it. This is when libraries begin to get lots of complaints. She said from
a library point of view, the more spaces the better, but she realized she had
to look at the medium number of uses rather than the highs and lows.
Mr. Starmer said this meeting had a relatively small crowd and the parking lot
was full.
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Mr. Beauchemin said then it appears the Concept B floor plan was the most
preferable.
Mr. Starmer said in this case there was one (1) site plan which worked a
little better. He said then the floor plan would be worked to meet that. He
said that although there are benefits to the spacial relationships of Concept
B, he felt they could be applied to Concept A.
Mr. Vislay said that Concept A was visually best as patrons could see the
entry from the roadway. Concept B site plan moves the entrance to where there
is no street and is tucked in the corner. He said in Concept A people are
looking right at the front of the building not at the side of it.
A member of the aduience asked if in Concept B more of the space was being
utilized.
Mr. Starmer said the square footage of the building is exactly the same.
A member of the audience asked about the size of the departments in Concept A
versus Concept B.
Mr. Starmer said at this point to assume that both Concept A and B have the
same functions, the same size and the same benefits. He said they may differ
somewhat in the drawings but the rooms had not been sized yet. He said to
answer her questions the amenities would be the same. Mr. Starmer said the
one thing that Concept A does have that B does not is that it is a linear
pattern. He said there needs to be a circulation pattern through this. When
this is done, it makes the spacing more narrow. It makes the spaces on either
side of the circulation pattern become oblong. Whereas, if the floorplan can
be opened up a little, more like in Concept A, the spacing becomes a little
bit more generous and flexible. Obviously, an entire exterior wall cannot be
taken down but we can open it up enough to make it work.
Mr. Grady asked about the psychological factor of constrictiveness.
Mr. Starmer said this does make a difference. He said staff is now hiking
from one end of this Library to another whereas in this Concept A, staff has
quicker access and better control.
Mrs. Kelly said she preferred the expansion to the east much better than the
expansion to the north.
Mr. Tucker told Mr. Starmer that regarding Concept A, he had heard at various
other Library meetings that the visual control from the Circulation desk is
very important. He said that from the Concept A floor plan, staff has a good
idea of the activity levels and where patrons are in the Library from this
central point. Whereas, in Concept B there is not this advantage.
Mr. Starmer said even if there is not the Reference area staff, anybody here
taking a product must go by the Circulation desk.
Mr. Tucker said the Meeting Room could even be rotated to the addition. He
said the Meeting Room in Concept A could be moved to the new addition and then
it would have outside access and enough room to put the Children's overflow
next it.
Mr. Starmer said a benefit of Concept A is that the Meeting Room is left
alone. Money is saved by not having to tear down the walls. He said there is
the value of that money being better spent elsewhere in the facility.
Mrs. Vavrek asked then if it would be more practical for the Library to choose
Concept A.
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Mr. Starmer said from comments he has heard and his own personal opinion would
be yes. Again, he said this is diagrammatic. He said his firm will be coming
back and defining the spaces, the spaces within the space, furniture in the
spaces and how it works. But, this is just a step by step process to try and
deliver the best product.
Mr. Nicholas asked about problems relocating water lines and heavy utilities.
Mr. Starmer referred to Concept plan A and showed where the water line comes
in. He said it would have to be relocated. He said on Concept B the line
would not have to be relocated although, he would recommend relocating it
because the Library would be paving on top of it. He said his firm had always
assumed there would have to be some utility modification. He said there is
expense involved in this.
Mr. Randels asked regarding Concept A, since the original diagram shows an
outside entrance on the north side of the building, could that entrance be
utilized for the Meeting Room.
Mr. Starmer said yes. He said that entry would be left as a secondary egress
from the staff area. He said patrons are just accustomed to coming to the main
entrance to the Library if there is a meeting. .
Mr. Randels said he thought this was a possible idea versus redesigning the
browse and restroom areas.
Mrs. Stewart said these areas would have to be redone anyway.
Mr. Starmer said the drawings were just floating bubbles and problems could be
solved.
Mr. Nicholas asked about wasted space in Concept A in the Circulation area.
Mr. Starmer replied graphically the gray areas look large, but they would be
tightened up in the walkway areas. He said that in either scheme both
concepts have the same square footage and the same functions. He felt there
would be less circulation in concept A because patrons walk in and distribute
quickly versus Concept B where patrons come in and circulate in a linear
fashion.
Mr. Nicholas said the Library just should utilize as much space as it can
instead of having just open spaces.
Mr. Starmer asked if Mrs. Escapa or Mrs. Stewart if they had any comments.
Mrs. Stewart replied that she preferred Concept A site plan. She said A gives
a better presentation to the public from the outside of the building. She said
it appears much more open and she liked the shape better. She said complaints
received from patrons at the other libraries were for example: Melbourne
Library patrons had to walk too far. She said at the Central Brevard Library
patrons also complain about the walk and that it is all up hill. She said
Concept A has the parking all the way around the Library and not in just one
area. When people have to park on either end at the Central Brevard Library
parking lot, they don't like that either. Franklin DeGroodt Library patrons
don't like the parking because they have to park at each end of the building
and then walk to the center. There are only a few parking spaces in the
center. Satellite Beach Library patrons don't like the parking area because
there is no drive through and Concept A takes care of this. She said on
Concept B, if there was any parking available in the staff or delivery area,
they would have to go back out onto the street, go down and turn again. Also
they would not like it because there are no sidewalks going around the
building. She said these are just some of the things that the Library System
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had already received complaints about. She said this Library can use those
complaints in creating a better Library here.
Mr. Grady said in regards to her comments on the Melbourne Library, it
reiterates what he had said earlier about the how it is psychologically
constrictive, walking down the corridor.
Mr. Randels said he liked the Concept plan where the existing western entrance
was used as the employee and delivery entrance. It took the flow of traffic
out of the existing area. Plus he said, it is an existing entrance that can
be utilized without much change.
Mrs. Stewart said the Library wanted to look at this with the floor plan, how
much they don't have to change.,
Mr. Randels said anytime an existing structure can be used such as the Meeting
Room in the new proposed area and it stay the same, the Library is miles
ahead.
Mr. Starmer said he agreed. He said it might only cost $2,000 or $3,000 to
tear a wall down, but this is money,that can be spent elsewhere.
Mrs. Stewart said even if the Meeting Room was left the way it is, there would
still need to be changes made to add storage for tables and chairs, etc.
Mr. Starmer said he thought the next step was to take Concept A and develop it
further, come back, sit down with staff and get some of the internal bugs
worked out. Then perhaps set another meeting up with the public.
Mrs. Stewart said that although this was not official, she asked for a show of
hands on Concept A versus Concept B. She said consensus was for Concept A.
Mr. Grady asked what the yellow cross on Concept A Site Plan was?
Mr. Starmer said he wanted to have two (2) or three (3) things there. For one
the Library needs a public plaza/sitting area. Secondly, the Library needs a
drop off area for the young, elderly, or handicapped patrons; and thirdly, a
book drop area.
A member of the audience asked about a drive-through covered area.
Mr. Starmer said that would be nice, but he did not know if the budget for the
Library would handle that. He said basically that area just needs to be
developed. At present it does not specifically indicate anything.
Mr. Randels said that the City was not a group of engineers or Librarians and
they would have to depend on staff for their input. He said he was not sure
if this was the consensus of all the City Council so the sooner the Library
could get a copy of plans to them the better, that way there would be less
chance of problems.
Mrs. Stewart asked Mr. Randels at what point he wanted the Library System to
do this.
Mr. Randels said he would like Mr. Starmer to take these two (2) Concepts to
the City Council and get a feeling from them on the plans.
Mrs. Stewart asked when the next meeting of the City Council was.
Mr. Randels said Monday night. He said it would be good for the Council to
hear just a five (5) minute overview.
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Mrs. Stewart asked Mrs. Escapa to arrange this with Bennett Boucher, the City
Manager. She asked Mr. Randels who he thought should be in attendance at the
meeting from the County.
Mr. Randels said just one (1) or two (2) people who could answer questions.
Mrs. Stewart said she or Mr. Harris would like to be there. She said someone
from Facilities Construction should also be there.
Mr. Randels said he envisioned it to be a short ten (10) minute overview. He
said he hated for everyone to have to come to the meeting for such a short
length of time, but in fairness to the other Council members he felt the plans
should be presented.
Mrs. Stewart said it took Mr. Vislay's approval to go on with the plans so he
should be at the meeting.
Mr. Randels said they did not intend to get into design, square footage,
archways and doorways and that type of thing.
Mrs. Stewart said the Library did want their input as far as if "Concept A
shape was chosen, it would take so many parking spaces". This is the type
question the Library will need feedback from the City on.
Mr. Starmer said his thoughts were that when this is taken to the City
Council, the Library should be able to say this is the direction it is
intending to head. He said to show the Council either Concept A or B, not
both. This was his recommendation.
Mr. Harris said that at this meeting the consensus has been for Concept A. So
he suggested to show the City Council Concept A and tell them this is the plan
the Library is looking at and get input.
Mr. Starmer said he could do this at any time.
Mrs. Stewart said Mrs. Escapa would talk to Mr. Boucher and work out the time
and then coordinate with the others.
Mr. Starmer said he would go back and work on the spaces. He said that
Mrs. Stewart pointed out that although the outer geometry works well, some of
the functions will need to be re-worked.
Mr. Harris said the plans at least show that everything will fit.
Mr. Ernst asked Mr. Starmer about the possibility of having the Children's
Department nearer to the Meeting Rooms.
Mr. Starmer said since graphically the two (2) areas are approximately the
same size, they could be flipped. He then asked if anyone had any other
comments.
Mrs. Stewart said there were four (4) out of seven (7) Cape Canaveral Library
Board members at this meeting and even without an official meeting there was
consensus by the Board.
Mr. Vislay said in summary, Mrs. Escapa would coordinate the meeting with City
Council and Mr. Starmer would pursue ironing out the details of Concept A
spaces.
Mr. Beauchemin asked when the next meeting with the public would be.
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Mr. Vislay said that would be decided after the City Council had had a chance
to look at the plans. He said this should happen within the next ten (10
days.
Mrs. Stewart said County employees would also have to look at their schedules
as there are a lot of budget meetings going on.
Mr. Randels said City Council meetings are in the evenings.
Mr. Starmer said at the next meeting, staff and the Library Board members
should take the floor plan and get some things worked out.
Mrs. Stewart said the floor plan would not be presented to the City Council as
of yet just the site plan.
Mr. Nicholas stated that on Floor Plan B, trees were on the right hand side.
He asked if the trees were there now.
Mr. Starmer replied no. He said these were just artistic touches. He thanked
everyone for coming and for their input and comments.
Meeting Adjourned.
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