Thursday, April 2, 2009

Update on our two top priorities

Library facilities on Maplewood Cemetery land:

Both the Trustees of the Library and of Maplewood Cemetery are preparing to sign the letter of intent to lease the property. Once that document is signed, the feasiblity committee will have permission to do surveying work on the property to site a library building.
The committee is gathering information to make some preliminary cost estimates. Our rough estimates at this point indicate that a 10,000 square foot building should be possible for $2-3 million. We are working on making sure that number is closer to 2 million than 3 million. If we decide to commit to this option, the next significant step will be to hire an architect to bring all our ideas and work together into a site plan that would be suitable for presentation to the town.

Renovation of existing Town Hall

It is my understanding that the Selectmen are bringing a proposal to the Community Preservation Committee to fund a study and architectural plan to renovate the existing Town Hall building. If this funding is approved, the Selectmen will appoint a Town Hall feasiblity committee, which would be responsible for deciding exactly how the space in Town Hall is allocated. We hope the Selectmen will appoint one or more library representatives to this committee.

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