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Wadleigh Library Building Project
INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY
2016: WARRANT ARTICLE 3
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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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RECEIVED NEEDED0
10203040506070
% VOTES
VOTES
2015 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
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IN THE LAST 20 YEARS…
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IN THE LAST 10 YEARS…
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
BUILDING PROJECT CONSULTANT
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IN THE LAST 10 YEARS…
STRATEGIC PLANNING
FOCUSGROUPS
COMMUNITYSURVEYS
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MANYPENNY | MURPHY
ARCHITECTURELAVALLEE | BRENSINGER ARCHITECTS
IN THE LAST 8 YEARS…
ADAMS & SMITHArchitects/Consultants
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12 DIFFERENT BUILDING CONCEPTS
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12 DIFFERENT BUILDING CONCEPTS
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• 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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WHY THE SAME PLAN FOR 2016?
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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.
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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.
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• 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…
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.”
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Lull Estate: “IDEAL”
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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.
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Ideal location
The times may have changed….
but the requirements established by this committee of
residents have not.
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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
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Ideal location
TOWN HALL
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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
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CHILDREN’S DEPT
TEEN DEPT
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MULTI-PURPOSE
ROOM
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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
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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
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Libraries aren’t just books anymore….and they haven’t been for some time.
They’re so much more.
Let us show you.
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Wadleigh Memorial Library
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• http://www.wadleighlibrary.org/building/
• www.tinyurl.com/2014-CIP-LIBRARYo Includes Q&A with Architect Ron Lamarre
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