trustees on monday june eleventh we'll start with the pledge of allegiance ok are there any comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda project that's under construction now as well as the market central school driveway accessible from market street so highlighted in orange is the is the footprint of the of the property  as we get a little bit closer to the site what's shown in this reddish brown color is is the footprint of the building it's taking up virtually the entire site that has been designated since since the last time we've presented this project the city has done a lot of great work with the school to work out an agreement for usage of the site that helps us in several ways it allows for priority program spaces to be on the first floor so it's allowed us to maximize the footprint to get all those areas that wanted to be on the first floor to stay there it allows for parking and drop off for the city hall the senior center in the library within the site what's shown for the space isn't necessarily the final plan there's there's still going to be refinement to that improvements this was an example that was used to work with the school in what we're trying to  do it allows for the possible connection of parking areas from mary street into the into the new connection behind the library and city hall and senior center and it allows access to the allard square garage and it also allows room for utilities to go through so there's a lot of good features that have happened in the in the two months that the school and city have been working together it's kind of today within the entire schedule from the beginning of the project as a whole to the ribbon cutting we have the design team itself has been on hold while the city and school  have so there hasn't been substantial progress in some areas but in others there have been so right now we're at that point where we've now hired or the city has now hired angle berthe construction incorporated as the construction manager for the project this will allow they're estimating in and pre construction team to begin working with us that the final steps in schematic design or in progress right now and the pricing of the design will begin this week and occur over the next several weeks allowing for an estimate to be established by mid july as we move forward the plan is to continue design development right up until the point of a bond vote at that point we expect to finish construction documents from the bond vote into next march and then the construction team would begin with the bidding process and construction and all that moving forward leads to about a may first or so ribbon cutting of the of the project so why a new building there is an absence of an identifiable civic and cultural center in south growing to we're in a late in aging and less efficient city hall that there's opportunities the library is currently in a temporary space which doesn't serve all of the program needs that the library has city lacks a senior center entirely the inability to meet the public's demands for access to technology so there's a lot of new advances in technology that can be incorporated into a new building there is a lack of space for community groups to meet so this new project offers a lot of spaces for those groups where they can meet at all times of the day or evening there is insufficient space to accommodate the collections the resources and the programming and programming of the library of the seniors of several folks and there are deficient spaces to appropriately reinforce age centered learning so that was a little bit more focus towards the library side but a lot of opportunities that could happen in a new building that we're not getting today the time has come for a new vision we're looking for this project to serve as the living room for the community a place to gather to create a cultural and social center to realize the opportunity for search shared synergy so there's  multi use spaces that can be used by several groups being in the same building we can take advantage of that we wanted to be a catalyst for city center we've just started to see one building under construction now and there's going to be more but this this will help develop city center it will inspire learning opportunities for all generations we think this is a very multi generational project it will allow the library to expand online and physical  certification we can delve into more details in the future but looking at something it's very sustainable and in an energy efficient outreach today we started this process pretty much back in february we had several public workshops we've done a website survey we've met with the library board of trustees the friends of the library local school students from orchard school in the middle schools well local community groups we had a seniors lunch in this room the public at committee and city librarian staff so we've really branched out and gotten a lot of feedback and comments from from several people this diagram in the corner is a collection of the words that we received from some of these meetings in the larger words are the ones that we heard the most in the fireplace will show up in the design i'm sure and so i don't understand meeting meeting space so the public has helped to define the priorities of the project so we want to make sure that that is seen through out in early march we developed three different options and these are just some reviews in and how each was slightly different from the other some had a two story lobby space a second floor editorial or  urban plaza in the front some had a children's library on the second floor some had on the first each had similarities but each had differences as well from that public presentation we received over four hundred fifty comments from the public what we did was put all of those comments in a spreadsheet somewhere by building somewhere more general in terms and we started to prioritize  them and rate them so one of the spreadsheet examples is on the board here in the green was a favorable comment towards that element read comment was maybe a more negative comment towards that specific element so what we did was put all of those comments together in started to see where the patterns were so we identified the features that were most desirable in the features that were less desirable some of the things that we recognize as being desired were kind of the overwhelming input that we received was the exterior character of option b and i have a few quotes more necessarily read them but that particular one was love this one floor plan of option c that was seen as a good efficient use of space the auditorium on the first floor was a clear winner the library the children's library also on the first floor was a was a that the one of the options did not have fiction and nonfiction together and it was clearly viewed that those should be together as an adult library on the same  after those public comment periods and the three examples were provided we worked over the weekend to present a final option early the next week which we called option d and that was  kind of a conglomeration of the elements that we were were favorable you know each option we envision having sustainability incorporated using the inspiration from the from the people that have weighed in but it was it was a way to kind of set in stone the direction that the project wanted to take where on option g today and that isn't a function of anything other than refining things and making them better so some of those some of those things are reflecting the agreement with the school that has an effect on how we deal with the site has affect how many things we can fit on the first floor really trying to just maximize what we can do there so we've looked at several design options we've increased the size of the senior center in the children's library to help accommodate needs that we weren't quite getting in with option  areas within the floor plans and if there's questions feel free to ask them the city clerk in the welcome center it's approximately twenty one hundred square feet and most of the numbers are going to give our our net square footage is which means we're not calculating the walls or spaces that are you doesn't count toilets things like that welcome center is conceptually the same as what we have here where there's basically greeters near the front door it allows for a great deal of the public to have their questions answered at the very first step within the building  it could be getting a permit application or filling out a form some of the most common tasks that people that occur in city hall so we wanted that to be a convenient first floor location where somebody off the street can can take care that business quickly we have some lobby cafe seating in the front here and kind of a glassy street front type of  atmosphere and we have an area that early voting could take place within that space as well so one of the things we heard was having a very convenient first floor city clerk and we've accommodated that these were just a few examples of the type of character or the type of space that we're in visioning they haven't been designed to this level at this point but you know some of what shown is accessibility so the living room and the children's library are on the first floor and what we're calling the living room is is basically the entrance to the to the library it's the place where we envision the fireplace  a place to have a coffee take a book and just enjoy watching people along the street it may this area may have newer books and large print books comfortable seating of various types walking in a little bit beyond the star i should say the stars within the center were exploring having a skylight from above reach all the way down to the first floor in a stairwell that is open and inviting so that patrons that want to go right up to the adult collection can either take a convenient elevator or the stairway to get there walking beyond that main entrance to the right would be the children's library how many are in the children's library itself i have some square footage is listed later it's skipping my mind at the moment but it i think i have it a little bit further on the what we're seeing is purple is nine thousand nine hundred square feet that's that is correct to tell you the entire purple is ninety nine hundred square feet it includes the children's sorry this includes some staff areas for books circulation as well as the living room so what is it is all encompassing if i don't recall the square footage is that the tween yes yes and there will be further this is kind of a simplified version there will be further definition of where the stacks are storytime areas cetera so as you speak if you say it is not fully above the start of the or seems to be a large room then a room to the right in that another room what are those three thinking about this area is being developed as a staff staff space the area to the right and underneath the stairway is a is step space dedicated to the children's library and then actively space to the right there within there within the two blocks up here is a few images of what that living room space could potentially be we envision a kind of you know essentially a fireplace some seating that's around it some books that you can grab  and read but also a space where somebody could take the podium and have a little gathering that same time moving up on the plan these spaces that are highlighted the stairs the larger star is not a tory i'm the smaller start to the right is a catering kitchen so we envision an auditorium and i'll  go through a few of the options for the other twenty but the seating depends on the configuration but roughly is roughly a hundred people it's a twenty two hundred square foot auditorium that includes all the area that's blue and includes storage the catering kitchen is about three hundred square feet the little star so another priority that we found was that this is a space that wants to be on the first floor we're looking at raised platform not necessarily a high stage but a raised platform that's fairly low to the ground provides some gravitas to whoever is presenting the room would have every shown here this is the of vermont public radio theater so these these chairs move out they had to manually have to be tipped down but not brought out so it's a fairly quick set up terribly different in area less correct yes hundred hundred sitting in the in the theater seating so we envision moving matinees could happen here as part of the programming for the library or senior center speakers presentations some of the options there could be also table seating within within the space so it's a multi multi function room these are three possible setups little bit hard to see here but this would be for a performance setup where we have one hundred seventeen seated retractable teared seating throughout here this area also in all situations it's the same layout this is an event table set up where we have eighty eight seats at round tables and the last one could be a council city council set up where is moving along the the last to the northeast corner is what we have the senior center this very slightly from an earlier version that we had it on this on the northwest corner  this allowed us to get a little bit more glass a little bit more natural daylight into the space of a slightly larger in size as well so we've we've tried to improve that set up we're about twenty three the the development of a senior center is incorporated to respond to those comments where roughly two thousand three hundred square feet  it allows for it can function as a living room it can also function as a smaller group gathering space for games meals or exercise the kitchen the catering kitchen does have a pass through so that when there's meals it's convenient there could be a coffee bar vision a television as well as a fireplace and these are the four possible setups within that space so this one is looking at an exercise set up where everyone has i believe we have thirty six square feet so if you could picture ourselves that's how much space you have that fits thirty people pretty comfortably number two over here it's a bridge table set up so that's forty eight people with with still kind of plenty of room around them this is a he says deck set up because also be an activity set up where you have larger tables for certain activities this particular one has sixty four people still lots of room  for whatever accessories are a part of the program in the last option here is a round table dining set up tonight that holds ninety people the way it's shown this morning we have to give  maximize the site so an option c c d e k e the d d up should be an option to both had a larger space between the back of the sidewalk  new connection between the library and sit in the senior center directly there is not that hasn't been expressed as something that's wanted to be connected it's not a long way but the lobby a little smaller yes we noticed that is true the part of part of refining to option g that we're in now was trying to reduce the amount of space that was under utilized years and have no programs or any other kinds of activities except the bad one teensy little exercise room that's in the back of the offices and still this is a  it's it's not oversized but a kind of a comfortable room type of size we do have opportunity that we're exploring on the north side for another outdoor terrace it is the roof of the senior center essentially  so there will be a lot of windows along the south wall and quite a bit on the east wall as well but this will bring a little bit deeper into this space stars are just highlighting that the fiction nonfiction collections will be the primary  do lack the definition that he had previously so they're there in progress they don't know it's gone or if it's there but just no none of the spaces have disappeared they're just being relocated to fit this floor that are meant for after hours civic access so those are spaces that during library areas can be used by library off hours they can be reserved through the library and used for group thing that's missing but we are not forgetting it is that we are putting the friends of the library bookshop and storage space on the second floor  into the stacks somehow presumably they'll be so we'll have the staff space and then also be a movable staff kiosk so that we can hold there's an event in the digital lab they can be closer to the so this is level three of the building it is the top floor we have this is divided into four basic areas of the dark blue areas being again those meeting spaces that could be used during the daytime or reserved for specific access if you things so we have one larger meeting space into smaller in addition to the two that are on the second floor the city managers offices  are in this light blue area playing its own department as of the green and city staff and support spaces where the rooms things like that are below what we have here with this white area throughout so looking at square footage we can start to identify how the floors change so level one is the largest so we're twenty three thousand square feet level two step down to seventeen thousand six hundred that's where things are today first four wire is ninety eighty six second floor fifty seven hundred making a total library of twenty five six forty four but that does not include with some changes so the next steps for us are to continue into design development that we know we can answer these questions with more clarity will have a cost estimate by mid july to get a sense of where things stand design develop will be completed by voting day and construction documents throughout the winter into march where it will be bid and construction would start it's kind of a quick quick schedule when you think building i mean will there be an exterior view and and the floor plans  allen square through that possible connection to mary saint we're going to run utilities to that space the school would like more of a separation and what's shown here so there will be  you know pedestrian access and there will be some driveway connection to the school side of that walking but but yes that separation is kind of this project and school for this building there will be a number of dedicated parking spaces that are that are using that area for the project will be well these these spaces are and we have other plans also that will continue to be fine and the red square the top big red square where the current parking lot talk to the school part of that i don't know which direction th site is but that's i think where they wanted to bust but there's also some additional parking on the east on the east side it's just not on this picture because the parking plan with the buses we need to work with the school to figure out and some parking people are for parking and parking engineers will determine that so i think our expectation is they'll be several more parking spaces and that but it's now green space so the way this is supposed to work right now this is part of the school parking lot the amount of parking that happens concerned we're working out an arrangement has not been working on an alternative parking arrangement primarily for staff and the patrons that would be very convenient but we're not ready to announce it yet  can say to you is that we have very good high confidence that we're going to be able work that out on and it's going to be readily available so we hear and understand the concern and we take it very seriously that parking has to be there we have a very good plan to address that on the medium to the short to medium range longer term they'll be additional parking in city center that will take advantage of as well so for the short medium term i think we have a solution to that but we're just free you park where you can and so on and you are using public transit too so we have to think about now everyone's going to be clamoring for parking i just want you to know that that it's not going to be one hundred people wanting hundreds five that's that's all i'm saying i'm not saying that you know we understand the same thing with a retail store you're not going to have enough parking for christmas you know at the university level  and you know because people say you just need a little bit more time to find a spot but you do find a spot right so it's just a matter of making sure that those who have access to the firemen have that access right but a lot of people that's my concern about that that would feel good i think the highest percentage of her patrons are either here in the small children or seniors and those two groups it's harder for them to take the bus or car or a summary and renew their the parking garage that does exist and again i don't know anything that's in the works here but it's not too far away you know just across from the d m v in your current sprint it's not far from but we don't have the feeling of a city center downtown like right i mean it's an accepted thing if you go downtown to burlington and you're going to events you know the parking is catch as catch can and you you know that going in in south religion we haven't had that experience you know for our general public like that if you want to go somewhere oh gosh i can't find parking into you are all gushy can't buy again well maybe sometimes a trader joes but you know our population is not as accustomed  would say to that to that piece i personally don't mind it but i would say right you know we have a big our population is used to driving everywhere because our mass transit also isn't as available so you know we're setting up meetings as we speak with city staff and others now to keep the process moving forward i believe we're going to be updating the city council on a regular happen i take quickly back to staff so this morning we had a meeting i designed meeting with colorado architects as well and this afternoon i was able to pull aside three of the full time staff just to say here's what we talked about today what do you think about this and even in that short time they came up with three things that i had missed when i was looking at the picture so that certainly that's certainly telling as far as their expertise and  them time to let us know if in fact they wanted to buy houses and we built a new city hall that gives them one hundred eighty days to consider that they can release it for city center for the time being if that transfer fires and they want to utilize this building and i think they do we would have a section for parks  and that downstairs area really hasn't been developed very much but this morning i said you know i think the tweens might like being in the front window especially if we have some reading those books that are right there against the i think that's how it got there today and but that's what we're aiming for is twelve to fifteen probably a lot of comfortable chairs is what they asked for maybe a study area too but a lot of what they were saying is that they want a lounge furniture more than a table of furniture and so i don't know for sure if that's going to be where it is later but what's the in the one of the previous designs we were able to have the tweens near the stairs on the first floor so still part of children's but near the stairs and on the second floor teens were near the stairs that may or may not be able to happen in this to hang out with the teens so depending on how the design continues that gave them that easy access to each other it's one of the reasons why the second floor of the teens are right near the stairs  are the senior center has a very nice you know kind of playing sense to it i'm not sure i've seen that with tweens so much so it that yeah and that and i understand not wanting me necessarily close  because the church and the children space needs to have its personality and it and it has to be its own place as this as the senior center is and then within that are we have been designing it thinking of them as children they might think that they're grown that's the you know like i'm sure that's true but but that's kind of the way i would look at it is we definitely want definitive children's space and then within that one of the things that they said well we interviewed them is yes i don't know what will be able to do with it but yes we want a theme you know we want harry potter we were just all surprised  potter is passe but they're like oh we want harry potter we want dragons so those things will happen more as a design element that space so does help and we'll be the you know like a chess chess table or something yeah we actually have talked about having storage having storage shelves for all the board games that we have right near the tw center offered and i think that they want to use some kind of you know maker space of the text there and see the teams in there to the depths of stair step so it's just thinking you know how can we create  space for that you know ten to seventeen you know tens young compared to seventeen so it's just it's well one of the things that are definitely are doing it and why they're kind of put down as a block a is just the area that is available to them if they want of course they'll go wherever they want to go depending on what happens on the second floor if it happens around that four foot ri e we were looking at some pictures today of wealth of this worker that work that i might not see anybody over the age of ten to ten to seventeen anywhere else in the library if i the no i think that's really important because it's hard for i think all of us to look at that purple space and really kind of dramatically what it's going to look like and feel like so thank you for being so receptive i think that will really help with the final design and if you're enthusiastic about the final design then we can transfer that to publi them so we're there to help you with that ok