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About 19 people from the community attended this meeting to discuss their vision for the expanded Lake City Library. Seattle Public Library City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs opened the meeting with welcoming comments and introductions of Library Board member Betty Jane Narver; Douglas Bailey, Library capital project manager overseeing the Lake City branch; Ray Serebrin, director of neighborhood libraries; Lois Fenker, library director of technical and collections services; Beth de la Fuente, Lake City Library branch manager; Lisa Richmond, public art project manager, Seattle Arts Commission; and the design team of Stan Lokting, Dave Rutherford and Suzanne Finly of ARC Architects, architects for the Lake City Library expansion and masterplan with interior designer Barbara Swift of Swift and Co.
Deborah Jacobs said the intent of this pre-design meeting was for members of the community to share their desires for the expanded library, which is growing from just over 9,000 to 15,000 square feet. Next, Lois Fenker spoke about her role in Libraries for All and of planning for expanded collections for the new, larger branches and new Central Library. Lisa Richmond spoke about the Library's participation in Seattle's 1 Percent for Art program and on incorporating art in libraries as part of Libraries for All. Ray Serebrin and Beth de la Fuente spoke briefly about developing library services and programs. Architects Stan Lokting and Dave Rutherford discussed early design concepts for both the library and the overall master plan with the neighborhood service center. Jacobs described the meeting format and explained the meeting would break into four stations. People could circulate around the room to each station and offer ideas and hopes for the expanded library. Additionally, the public asked questions of various staff members and architects:
Q. Will traffic walking through the neighborhood service
center be a problem for the library?
A. No, we will have a shared lobby.
Q. Will there be private study rooms?
A. Yes.
Q. How will the collection expand?
A. There will be major expansion in all areas; an exact count is on the
fact sheet and is about 25 percent.
Q. Will you build models?
A. Architects will build study models, but a presentation model is not
planned. We will show you the study model at our next design update meeting
if we can.
The meeting then broke into four sessions on design; collections; services/programs; and art. Those sessions yielded the following comments from members of the public on their hopes and dreams for the expanded Lake City Library:
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A few moments were spent recapping highlights from each breakout session. Board steward Betty Jane Narver briefly discussed next steps for the Lake City Library, stating design would begin shortly and there would be a master plan presentation to the community in the near future. Deborah Jacobs concluded the meeting by asking people to send comments to Library staff or e-mail the capital program office at capital.program@spl.org or to contact Capital Project Manager Douglas Bailey at 386-4173 or by e-mail at douglas.bailey@spl.org. She also mentioned that as the design progresses, information would be posted to the Library's Web site at www.spl.org . The meeting ended at 8:30 p.m.
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