LFNAC
Forum
May
28, 2008
7:30
PM
Sirius
Community
“My dream library is a model
municipal green project. It is a building that would be sustainable, have an
active solar system. Something that
other communities could look to and see that sustainability is doable for a
small community.”
“Also, I would like to have
active community space and for a community garden.
“The other idea is a room
for history. We need a room that is
climatically correct and cases for historical materials. We really need a space that honors the town
history.”
“My kids sent me to say that
we need space for more books. My kids
will help with fund raising.”
Shutesbury Elementary School
gives excellent community for people who have kids in the school and people
visit for the spaghetti supper or play basketball, but there is a disconnect from
SES for other town people.
“The current Spear library
is too small to stay because when you are in the library you take up space and
need to give other people the chance to use that space. So, I sometimes leave
more quickly than I would like to.”
Comments regarding survey question
#14
The library helps with community education and
those of us who grew up poor gained many services from libraries. This is an informal education that libraries
give and it is important to keep this service.
“There
will not be many opportunities for Shutesbury to build a building so many
opportunities need to be combined. To
think of combining needs, such as having community space with the library is
very important.”
How
would the town raise money for this project?
The town would probably borrow over a period of long time like 20
years. Would this money be taking away
from something else? What is the “else”
that is this money would take away? No
other town department has a greater need than the library for a new building
and more space. The Library really
doesn’t have competition for town space.
This committee needs to find
a size of a new library that the community can financially support and that the
town will vote for.
It would cost about $11 per
person per year for 20 years if a building costs $1.5 million. But this is hypothetical; LFNAC does NOT know the price of a new library
yet. Costing is part of the planning
process. If you joined the Jones library, it would be $35 per person per year.
The top of the hill is too
dangerous for kids. The library should be closer to SES.
The town needs to make use
of the current library building when a new library would be built.
To continue with the spirit
of community, outside space needs benches and play facilities for
children. Some hiking trails would be
nice.
From the energy committee,
there is no public transportation now, but in the future the town will need
public transportation. We need a place
for people to drive and leave their car so they can then take public
transportation. Maybe there could be
enough parking spaces to facilitate a park-and-ride. Even right now there is some car pooling
starting and a space to leave cars is needed.
The large Sirius Community
room is licensed for 90 people. Do
people here feel this room is big enough?
We would not want the library community room any smaller. The size of the community room needs to have consensus
among townspeople.
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