PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY 2030: FACILITIES MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MEETINGS

1. PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY 2030: FACILITIES MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MEETINGS • PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM • SUMMER 2009

2. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW • Project Overview • Public Participation • Needs Assessment Findings • Facility Assessments and Trends • Improvement Options • Options for expanding or relocating buildings • Taking library services directly to people • Discussion • Next Steps AGENDA

3. PROJECT OVERVIEW • 20-plus-year facilities master plan: Pierce County Library 2030. • Planning project to determine what library services and buildings are needed to serve communities. • Convenient services, buildings, and service delivery for where, when, and how you and your community want. OVERVIEW

4. 1986 BOND • Last major building effort 2006 LEVY PROMISES • Expanded hours • More materials • Increased services for children and teens • Improved technology 1986 Bond Projects and Beyond Renovated with 1986 bond New libraries with 1986 bond Relocated and expanded with 1986 bond Expanded with 1986 bond Added after 1986 bond LIBRARY SYSTEM UPDATE

5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION • Respondents to survey: 4,000 • Respondents to outlying communities survey: 320 • Attendance at community meetings: 170 • Community leaders at advisory meetings: 125 • Leaders at Strategic Vision Workshop: 55 • Community organization meetings: Dozens PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

6. LAYERS OF DEFICIT • Population grew beyond projections from 1986 Bond • New services not planned for current buildings: computers and express checkout • Public demands for services are changing: teen space and gathering place

7. PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY 2030: FACILITIES MASTER PLAN NEEDS ASSESSMENT FINDINGS • Analysis of current Pierce County Library use patterns surveys, mapping • Building evaluations • Library services evaluation • Population and projections analysis • Current service and construction trends of contemporary libraries NEEDS ASSESSMENT FINDINGS

8. BUILDING EVALUATIONS • Buildings generally in good condition, but aging • Buildings are at capacity: Since buildings expanded and constructed with 1986 bond, the population has grown by 41% • Noise conflicts in many locations • Parking lots often crowded Noise conflicts Buildings at capacity Electrical distribution difficult Electrical/data capacity maxed out NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

9. More seating and spaces to read, learn, gather Pictures show best practices at contemporary libraries RECOMMENDATIONS: SEATING & SPACE

10. More computers in a variety of configurations RECOMMENDATIONS: TECHNOLOGY

11. More shelving for books and materials RECOMMENDATIONS: MORE MATERIALS

12. SELF SERVICE/ SERVICE DESKS RECOMMENDATIONS: SERVICE DESKS

13. Take library services to the people… • To grocery stores • To transit centers • To other places RECOMMENDATIONS: ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY

14. CURRENT LIBRARY TRENDS – square footage PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS

15. SYSTEM DESIGN CRITERIA • Build on existing infrastructure • Recognize transportation and development patterns • Provide equitable services throughout system • Offer convenient access • Maintain an economically efficient system • Meet community needs through library buildings and taking services directly to people SYSTEM DESIGN CRITERIA

16. LIBRARY SERVICE LEVELS- systemwide * Numbers as of 1/1/2009 PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS

17. draft service recommendations draft May 7 2009 Key to Improvement Strategies Expansion(through addition to existing building, expansion of site, or relocation) Bonney Lake Buckley DuPont Eatonville Fife* Graham Key Center Lakewood Milton/Edgewood Orting Parkland/Spanaway Peninsula South Hill Steilacoom Sumner Summit Tillicum University Place *If Fife joins Pierce County Library System Key Center Peninsula Milton/ Edgewood University Place Fife Sumner Bonney Lake Lakewood Buckley Steilacoom Summit Parkland/ Spanaway Tillicum DuPont South Hill Orting Frederickson Graham Eatonville Potential New Branch Frederickson EMERGING RECOMMENDATIONS

18. draft additions and relocations draft May 7 2009 Key to Improvement Strategies Addition and renovation or Replacement of existing building Buckley Eatonville Graham Key Center Parkland-Spanaway Peninsula South Hill Steilacoom Summit Key Center Peninsula Milton/ Edgewood University Place Fife Sumner Lakewood Bonney Lake Buckley Steilacoom Summit Parkland- Spanaway Tillicum Relocation (at a new location in same service area) Bonney Lake DuPont Fife (if joins PCLS system) Milton – Edgewood Orting Tillicum University Place (back to Town Center) DuPont South Hill Orting Frederickson Graham Eatonville Expansion or Relocation Lakewood Sumner Potential New Branches Frederickson FACILITY IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS

19. draft alternative service delivery points draft May 10 2009 Potential Alt. Serv. Locations Outlying Locations Isolated Locations Convenience Locations Potential Outlying Locations(more than 12 miles from a library) • Ashford • Greenwater • McKenna Key Center Potential Isolated Locations(significant physical barriers to a library) Peninsula • Anderson Island • Brown’s Point • South Key Peninsula • Woodbrook Milton/ Edgewood University Place Fife Sumner Bonney Lake Lakewood Buckley Steilacoom Summit Potential Convenience Locations Parkland- Spanaway Tillicum DuPont South Hill • Cascadia • Ft Lewis • Gig Harbor – Downtown • Gig Harbor - North • Lake Catherine • Lake Tapps – west • Lake Tapps - north • Lakewood International Dist. • Midland • Milton City Hall • South Prairie • Spanaway Y • Steilacoom downtown • Transit Stops (Lakewood, Sumner, Puyallup) • Wilkeson Orting Frederickson Graham Existing Libraries Eatonville Potential New Libraries EMERGING RECOMMENDATIONS

20. NEXT STEPS • Meeting with community organizations in the summer • Implementation Planning in the summer (planning for costs and phasing carrying out the facilities master plan) • Report in late 2009/early 2010 • Thank you! NEXT STEPS