Residents are invited to share their ideas on siting the new Northgate library at a community meeting from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N., Student Events Center.
City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs, Library Board members, and capital program staff will talk about the Library's siting process and criteria, share information on current locations being explored, as well as to hear from the community on other possible sites.
Six sites that are currently being explored are located at:
Other sites suggested by residents at a community meeting held Jan. 31 included parcels at North 90th Street and Wallingford Avenue (former Wilson Pacific Middle School site), the south parking lot of Northgate Mall, the AT&T Building at Roosevelt Way Northeast and 89th Street, the tire store at Northgate Way and 8th Avenue and the Seafirst Bank site at Northgate Way and 5th Avenue and a lid over the interstate. Representatives of the community are encouraged to give feedback on the sites by filling out a comment form at the Lake City, North East, Broadview, or Green Lake branch libraries, or by calling or e-mailing the Capital Program Office at (206) 386-4624, capital.program@spl.org.
The Library Board will hear public comments and narrow the list of site alternatives at its 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 meeting at the Central Library, 1000 4th Ave., Lee Auditorium. The board will hear public comments and make siting recommendations at its 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 meeting, Central Library, 1000 4th Ave., Lee Auditorium.
Northgate, one of Seattle's fastest-growing communities, will receive a new 10,000-square-foot library under provisions of the "Libraries for All" building program approved overwhelmingly by voters in November 1998.
The new branch will have a capacity for more than 30,000 books, seating for up to 100 patrons, reading and homework areas for children and youth, adult reference and study areas, computer work stations, instructional spaces and a multipurpose meeting room for community use. The $5.1 million branch is scheduled to open in 2004.
For more information about the community meetings or the building project, call Lake City Branch Manager Beth delaFuente at (206) 684-7518, or Capital Project Manager David Kunselman at (206) 386-4096.
See also Northgate Library home page.
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