A community meeting to discuss possible
locations for a new branch library in Sand
Point is scheduled for 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, March 23 at the Wedgwood Presbyterian
Church, 8008 35th Ave. N.E., meeting room.
For more information, call David Kunselman,
Library senior capital projects manager,
(206) 386-4096.
The meeting will include a presentation
on potential sites by the Library’s
capital program staff and a discussion of
the opportunities and challenges of each
location. City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs
and members of The Seattle Public Library
board of trustees will attend to listen
to public comments about the siting options.
People also will be encouraged to suggest
other possible sites.
Library siting criteria require that branches
be situated in areas frequently visited
by all segments of a community, close to
or on primary streets and transit routes,
and highly visible to passers-by.
In 2000, $1.4 million was earmarked from
the Opportunity Fund for a 5,000-square-foot
Sand Point Branch with the assumption the
branch would be a tenant improvement project
in an existing building. The Opportunity
Fund was created as part of the “Libraries
for All” (LFA) bond measure to be
used for new or unanticipated neighborhood
library capital needs for underserved areas
of Seattle.
Voters approved the $196.4 million LFA bond
measure in 1998. The bond money, which can
be used only for construction of libraries,
is funding new and improved branches, in
addition to the new Central Library. To
date, the Library has completed 17 projects;
11 other projects are in the planning, design
or construction phase.
The Seattle Public Library Foundation continues
to raise funds from private sources to enhance
the public bond commitment and keep pace
with the demands of patrons for a high level
of library service. Every dollar raised
will ensure a level of excellence in the
Library’s facilities, collections,
and programs that would not be possible
through its tax-based support alone.
For more information, visit the Library’s
Web site at www.spl.org.
(For more information, call Caroline Young Ullmann, communications assistant, at 206-615-1627).
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