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

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 NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Electrical distribution difficult Electrical/data capacity maxed out Noise conflicts Buildings at capacity

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

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

14 CURRENT LIBRARY TRENDS – square footage NATIONAL* Median Square Foot per capita *Sample from Library Journal WEST COAST** Median Square Foot per capita **Sample from Library Journal for AL, AZ, CA, ID, OR, WA PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS (78 projects) (15 projects) (91 projects) (27 projects) (81 projects) (31 projects)

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 CURRENT* 551,343 POP (2010 estimate) 1,185,279 items (2.16 items/capita) 716 seats (1.2 seats/1,000 pop.) 310 computers (0.57 computers/1,000) 88 seats in 27 rooms limited access in 4 bldgs 708 seats in 11 bldgs, limited access in 4 bldgs 7,152 sf (0.14 sf/capita) PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS * Numbers as of 1/1/2009 PRELIMINARY 2030 RECOMMENDATIONS 718,000 population (2030 estimate) 1,717,000-1,995,400 items items/capita 2,500-2,910 seats ( seats/1,000 pop.) 1,280-1,490 computers comp/1,000 pop. 12 to 36 seats in 3-6 rooms w/ conf. rooms in all bldgs 75 to 175 seats/bldg + flexible common space BEST PLANNING PRACTICE items/capita 3 to 4 seats/1,000 pop. N/A 18 to 36 seats /building In 3-6 rooms 75 to 200 seats/bldg + flexible common space

17 draft service recommendations draft May Fife Milton/ Edgewood Sumner Bonney Lake Buckley Eatonville Graham South Hill Orting Parkland/ Spanaway DuPont Key Center Peninsula Lakewood Summit Tillicum Steilacoom Frederickson Potential New Branch Frederickson University Place 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 to Improvement Strategies EMERGING RECOMMENDATIONS

18 Fife Milton/ Edgewood Sumner Bonney Lake Buckley Eatonville Graham South Hill Orting Parkland- Spanaway DuPont Key Center Peninsula Lakewood Summit Tillicum Steilacoom Frederickson Addition and renovation or Replacement of existing building Buckley Eatonville Graham Key Center Parkland-Spanaway Peninsula South Hill Steilacoom Summit Potential New Branches Frederickson University Place 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) Key to Improvement Strategies FACILITY IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS Expansion or Relocation Lakewood Sumner draft additions and relocations draft May

19 draft alternative service delivery points draft May Potential Outlying Locations (more than 12 miles from a library) Ashford Greenwater McKenna Potential Isolated Locations (significant physical barriers to a library) Anderson Island Brown’s Point South Key Peninsula Woodbrook Fife Milton/ Edgewood Sumner Bonney Lake Buckley Eatonville Graham South Hill Orting Parkland- Spanaway DuPont Key Center Peninsula Lakewood Summit Tillicum Steilacoom Frederickson Existing Libraries Potential New Libraries University Place Potential Alt. Serv. Locations Outlying Locations Isolated Locations Convenience Locations Potential Convenience Locations 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 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!