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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/21/2011 - Minutes � • • Ren�on library Advisory Board —�fc�cy of,:i �' ��i ���' , ,�•n�, ,c� '.�'1 J��'.1 �;.:; Meeting Minutes Renton City Hall, Council Conference Room, 7th Floor December 21, 2011, 5:30 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Laurie Beden called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. In Attendance Members: Laurie Beden, Erica Richey,Amy Pieper, Suzi Ure City of Renton Staff: Terry Higashiyama, Peter Renner, Diane Wagner Absent: Catherine Ploue-Smith Excused: KCLS Staff: Angelina Benedetti II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA � A motion was made by Erica Richey, seconded by Amy Pieper,to approve the December agenda as written. All were in favor, motion carried, agenda approved. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Amy Pieper made a motion to approve the November 16, 2011, minutes with the following corrections: Section VI. CITY Report, change "non-use project"to "FeasibilityStudy." In the next paragraph, change the words "weed"to "went" and "graphics" to "geograph�'. Suzi Ure seconded the corrected minutes. All were in favor, motion carried, November minutes a roved with corrections. pp IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC COMMENTS None. V. BOARD COMMUNICATION The recent Boards and Commission Training was discussed. Angelina, Laurie, and Suzi all attended and enjoyed the training. Laurie said she enjoyed the cultural awareness topic as she felt it was very engaging. She also commented on the importance to reach out to parts of the community that can't reach us, i.e. having meetings in different locations. She stated that she felt the Renton diversity statistics were very illuminating. She commented on the number of different languages spoken in Renton, etc. Boards and Commission Training Packages will be sent to those who were unable to attend. VI. CITY REPORT Peter Renner gave a follow-up report to the recent Design meeting. Peter mentioned that good progress has been made and public meetings are off to a good start. The Four-Way City of Renton • • Library Board Minutes December 21,2011 Page 2 of 3 Agreement is moving forward and Peter talked about how they got rolling on the Agreement. The designer for the Highlands Library is Colpitts Development Company. They have done other projects in the area such as the apartment complex south of the Library site. Peter talked about the downtown location and said that he and Greg Stroh, Facilities Manager, met with the electrical engineers who were on site to analyze what is in the building, where to pull utilities from, and what could be salvaged. Peter mentioned all the consultants for HVAC, Electric, etc., have been fully engaged by the Architect, Miller Hull. Peter talked about miscellaneous comments from the open house and the public perceptions of the space. He said that Alex Pietsch, City of Renton Economic Development Administrator, did a good job of explaining the parking situation and said there were some good questions and detailed inquiries. The next open house is scheduled for January 11, 2012, at the Highlands Neighborhood Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Peter said he would report back to the Board regarding the construction progress as that , comes around. Planning is crucial and the ultimate design would include no change orders. , Peter talked about the sight line from Piazza Park to the new Library, and how the park and �, building will be designed to look like they go together and were well planned. Peter talked , about traffic flow review by the City's Transportation Department,which is done on all � projects. Discussion the briefly followed about I-405 expansion/re-design,the PRO Plan, and accessibility to downtown Renton. VI1. KCLS REPORT/ANGELINA BENEDETTI Angelina Benedetti was not able to attend the meeting. The Board briefly talked about the circulation statistic/information provided by Angelina prior to the meeting. VIII. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS The 2012 meeting schedule was discussed. It was agreed to rotate the location of the meetings every other meeting from City Hall to another City facility, i.e. downtown Library, Highlands Library, etc. IX. OLD BUSINESS Terry Higashiyama briefly discussed the Steering Committee progress. She talked about how the Committee has been divided into sub-groups and each topic of the groups. She said there would most likely be field trips to other City's facilities. Terry discussed the upcoming meeting schedule and the anticipated report to the City Council. X. NEW BUSINESS The January Council Presentation and the topics of the address were discussed. This item will be discussed in greater detail at the January meeting. ���� � • � • :s'i�• � T�.f� H:\\Boards and Commissions\Library Board\2011\2011 Minutes\December 2011 ` � . • City of Renton Library Board Minutes December 21, 2011 Page 3 of 3 XI. INFORMATION None. XII. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Amy Pieper, seconded by Suzi Ure, to adjourn the December meeting. All were in favor, motion carried,the meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m. , ���� Signature NEXT REGULAR MEETINGS JANUARY MEETING Wednesday,January 18, 2012, 5:30 p.m. Renton City Hall,Council Conference Room, 7th Floor 425.430.6574 Telephone FEBRUARY MEETING Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:30 p.m. Location tbd Telephone �.���''7 � tF H:\\Boards and Commissions\Library Board\2011\2011 Minutes\December 2011 so��-�� sH�Fr 'f • ,� c;cy or,� — '� ��J��,���:J;�`� ''�`. <:����..r� .. , ' Renton library Advisory Board DATE: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Do you wish to Name Address City/Zip Phone speak? PLEASE PRINT Yes No �1 �� � - 1\ �, �� � �e-�e� ��n v�e� G o � � � � � ��� � - � �t�.�� No cu AN��.� ,� ��, � �, , , �