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FEB 1 <br />989 <br />BOOK 7 '''GE <br />3 <br />Administrator Chandler explained that in recent weeks we <br />have been looking at the overall downtown program in terms of <br />coordinating the library and the courthouse projects, and have <br />found many areas of concern that need to be addressed. These <br />areas range from parking to historical significance of the <br />buildings. The question is whether we should address those <br />concerns separately for the courthouse and the library or whether <br />we should have a master plan. Parking became a very integral <br />question, and staff sees a need, independent of the main library, <br />for a master plan for the downtown area. <br />Stan Boling, Chief of Current Development, displayed an <br />overview of the downtown area showing the existing parking, etc. <br />Administrator Chandler felt we have too much potential cost <br />at stake not to take the time on the front end as there are just <br />too many areas that need to be addressed, with parking <br />requirements being the driving force. Staff recommends that we <br />invest the time and dollars in a master plan because it will pay <br />dividends in the long run. The estimated cost on that is in the <br />range of $30,000-$40,000, which is rather on the high side, and <br />we feel it can be done for Tess. There is funding available that <br />we can use to pay for this particular study. We would like to <br />see the consultant identify the problems and present various <br />alternatives in terms of that development, especially parking. <br />We then would have a master plan of what we want to do before <br />proceeding with an architect. Staff does not see the library as <br />a conflict to what we are looking at to the east, and it would be <br />their recommendation that the library project keeps on track. <br />James H. Howell of the architectural firm of Dow -Howell - <br />Gilmore Associates, Inc. gave a brief presentation on the design <br />of the main library while explaining that the site plan was <br />designed around the constraints of the supermarket and the <br />laundry. The site incorporates approximately 68 parking spaces <br />to the north and about 40 to the south. The City requires one <br />parking space for every 400 sq. ft., which is 98 parking spaces. <br />72 <br />