PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY 2030: FACILITIES MASTER PLAN

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PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY 2030 FACILITIES MASTER
PLAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MEETINGS

• PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
• SUMMER 2009

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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
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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
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• 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
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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
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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

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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
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• 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
Electrical distribution difficult
Buildings at capacity
Electrical/data capacity maxed out
NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
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More seating and spaces to read, learn, gather
Pictures show best practices at contemporary
libraries
RECOMMENDATIONS SEATING SPACE
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• More computers in a variety of configurations

RECOMMENDATIONS TECHNOLOGY
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• More shelving for books and materials

RECOMMENDATIONS MORE MATERIALS
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SELF SERVICE/ SERVICE DESKS
RECOMMENDATIONS SERVICE DESKS
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• Take library services to the people
• To grocery stores
• To transit centers
• To other places

RECOMMENDATIONS ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY
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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

2007
0.71
(81 projects)

2007
0.63
(31 projects)

2006
0.61
(78 projects)

2006
0.35
(15 projects)

2008
0.80
(91 projects)

2008
0.62
(27 projects)

PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS
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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
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LIBRARY SERVICE LEVELS- systemwide
PRELIMINARY 2030 RECOMMENDATIONS
718,000 population (2030 estimate)
1,717,000-1,995,400 items 2.4-2.8 items/capita
2,500-2,910 seats (3.5-4.1 seats/1,000 pop.)
1,280-1,490 computers 1.9-2.1 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

2.25-3.0 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

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)
Numbers as of 1/1/2009
PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS
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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 Peninsul
a South Hill Steilacoom Sumner Summit Tillicum Uni
versity Place If Fife joins Pierce County
Library System
Key Center
Peninsula
Milton/ Edgewood
Fife
University Place
Sumner
Bonney Lake
Lakewood
Buckley
Steilacoom
Summit
Parkland/ Spanaway
Tillicum
DuPont
South Hill
Orting
Frederickson
Graham
Eatonville
Potential New Branch Frederickson
EMERGING RECOMMENDATIONS
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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
Fife
University Place
Sumner
Bonney Lake
Lakewood
Buckley
Steilacoom
Summit
Parkland- Spanaway
Tillicum
DuPont
Relocation (at a new location in same service
area) Bonney Lake DuPont Fife (if joins PCLS
system) Milton Edgewood Orting Tillicum Universi
ty Place (back to Town Center)
South Hill
Orting
Frederickson
Graham
Eatonville
Expansion or Relocation Lakewood Sumner
Potential New Branches Frederickson
FACILITY IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS
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draft alternative service delivery points draft
May 10 2009
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
• Browns Point
• South Key Peninsula
• Woodbrook

Milton/ Edgewood
Fife
University Place
Sumner
Bonney Lake
Lakewood
Buckley
Steilacoom
Summit
Potential Convenience Locations
Parkland- Spanaway
Tillicum
South Hill
DuPont

• 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
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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