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Another area of concern and additional cost is the list of Optional Upgrades. In the early meetings with the architectural firm of Dow Howell Gilmore Associates, it was determined that a number of improvements generally associated with on-going maintenance needed attention. First, the timing for purposes of addressing problems such as leaking root painting both interior and exterior, replacing carpet and replacing the chiller seemed appropriate to be done during the expansion to avoid future disruptions to the public. Secondly, it gave rise to the opportunity to capitalize the needed maintenance items. To address the various concerns and costs, a Phase I contract was entered with Dow Howell Gilmore Associates, Inc. to review these issues and to provide options along with projected costs. Attached is a copy of the architect's report compiled by Dow Howell Gilmore & Associates. As found within the report, a number of options have been identified with the cost estimate associated with each option. The sum of those options if all were exercised would exceed $3.1 million. The options were submitted as a menu of choices based on needs of the library. As can be noted, each option is generally within a level of funding that had been previously approved at $850,527. At a time just prior to entering into a Phase I contract with Dow Howell Gilmore Associates Inc., the County entered into a design contract with the Architectural firm of Edlund & Dritenbas, P.A., for the North County Library. The Architectural firm began quickly to establish program planning for the facility. Four significant needs were identified. The first major need was the existing parking. It currently can not meet the needs of the existing facility during peek demand. In addition to addressing the parking needs of the present facility, expansion would be needed for both the addition of the building and the growth of the patronage. In order to expand both the building foot print and the parking lot, the existing stormwater facilities that wrap around the building need to be relocated and enlarged at additional costs. The second need is an increase in the seating capacity of the meeting room. The desire is to provide an addition that could seat approximately two hundred along with an expansion of the lobby. A third need is to expand the area to be made available for the children. Like other uses originally provided for in the initial construction of the North County Library, the area growth in numbers of children has impacted the original designed facility. Finally, the fourth area is the need to expand the reading room to accommodate increases in stacks of fiction, non-fiction and reference. In addition, the media and computer needs have all increased. And yes, there are a number of identified imrpovements like found in the Main Library that are optional upgrades some of which seemed appropriate even if the library did not expand. The significant expansion elements included an enlarged parking lot encircling the library on three sides increasing the available parking from 70 to 121 spaces, an increase of 51 spaces. The meeting room will be increased to 1,065 sf to accommodate 200 seats. The children's area MAY 239 2000 -47- BOOK mica F'�GE