HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board - Minutes - 03/28/1995CITY OF FORT COLLINS
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES - SPECIAL MEETING
Ben Delatour Room - Fort Collins Public Library
March 28, 1995 - 12:00 P.M.
PRESENT: LIBRARY BOARD: Anne Ostrye-Macdonald, Alan Bednarz, Karen Dornseif, Linda
Knowlton, Al Stone
ABSENT: Le Moyne Anderson
M. Madeleine Wawro
CITY STAFF: Linda Saferite, Mike Powers, Carol Clemons, Bob Copeland,
Robert Holzfaster, Larry Webber, Ellen Willis, Dean Willms, Kim
Crowley, Marjorie Teklits
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY LIAISON: Shirley Chase
At 12:00 p.m., Library Director Linda Saferite introduced Library Building Consultant Bob Rohlf who
is here to study the feasibility of the reuse of Old Fort Collins High School as a Main Library. Mr.
Rohlf showed the outline plan of the original Fort Collins High School including the footing plan and
column structure.
There are too many columns and they are spaced too close to accommodate library bookstacks. The
second floor is not strong enough to hold books. The columns can't be made bigger because the
footings would not support them. If the building is designated a historic landmark, windows which are
bricked up now would have to be replaced. While expensive, the building could be made into a
Library.
In addition to costing the reconstruction of Old Fort Collins High School as a Main Library, he will
provide estimates for the expansion of the Library on the current site and the cost of a new facility on
an undetermined site. Mr. Rohlf reviewed a preliminary site analysis that showed how the current site
could absorb a 115,000 s.f. building. Parking would need to be provided on site or nearby property
secured.
Discussion ensued as to how similar communities had addressed their space needs.
It is anticipated that Mr. Rohlf's report will be available for Library Board discussion at their May
meeting. The meeting was concluded by 1:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Marjorie Teklits
Library Secretary