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Home My WebLink AboutTC Agd Pkt 2012-07-25 (7)Ila 0 ~lld2vo ~e ih z~ 11 / Ick1l.) " aly, , N COUNCIL MAIL # MEETING DATE -z Joan Palmero From: /mane Cranela~i Sent: Monday, July 16,2012 4:41 PM To: Dan Wa oan Palmero Subject: -FW- ibrary Story Poles -----Original Message----- From: Sylvia Ross [mailto:rossx2@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:19 PM To: Diane Crane Iacopi Subject: Library Story Poles Dear Diane, Please copy and distribute this email to all council members as soon as possible. Thank_ you very much. Sylvia Ross Dear Mayor Frazer and Council Members, In the event that I am unable to attend the July 25 Tiburon Town Council meeting, I would like to express my reaction to the recent erection of the library story poles and the proposed new addition to the library. The poles show a building area even more massive than I had imagined. Our Town Hall will be dwarfed by this "over the top" addition if we allow it to happen. I am not even including the Library Agency in this email because I, and scores of others over the years, have objected to the size and direction this project is going. Each time I have been to a meeting, I feel our opinions, when expressed, are falling on deaf ears; they are not really listening and they do not care about what they hear unless it is in agreement with their own agenda. I have expressed opposition to the size of this new addition several times and I hope you will hear my voice and the voices of others who agree. I wish I could express as specifically and eloquently as my deceased husband and ex-councilman and mayor, Bruce Ross, did when he was alive. Both he and deceased Belvedere councilman and mayor, Dan Gale, were architects of renown and they both opposed this monstrous addition. Please listen to me and realize how this project overwhelms our downtown entrance and ruins the beautiful library and Town Hall that we now cherish. Sincerely, Sylvia Ross 1 Page 1 of 'I Joan Palmero From: Diane Cran-e-t-copi Sent: 4 urs ay July 19 012 9:11 AM To: e .C n, Dan Watrous; Joan Palmero Subject: FW: oppose library current plans. From: Anne & Herb Briggin [mailto:brigginl@mindspring.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:52 PM To: Diane Crane Iacopi Subject: oppose library current plans We are opposed to the current expansion plans of the Belvedere Tiburon Library and hope The Tiburon Council will reconsider the size and placement of the proposed library. We are not convinced that we need such a large space for a community center because these needs are largely met by the new Tiburon Rec Center and existing facilities at The Belvedere and Tiburon City Halls. We have NEVER observed overcrowding in our many years of attending the library. We do support expansion for the children's library, for staff space and for storage. We hope that this could be accomplished with much less square footage than the 16,000 being proposed. Unfortunately, this has become a very divisive issue in this community and we hope that the Council will see the wisdom of creating a more modest plan which would gain much wider support. Respectfully submitted, Anne and Herb Briggin 7 Cove Road Place Belvedere, CA 94920 415-789-8666 7/24/2012 Page 1 of 1 Joan Palmero From: Linda'Tripp_..[2realI da@att.net] Sent: Zan rsday, July 19, 211012 3:43 PM To: Palmer ,_Q-~ Subject: New parking Dear Council Members, How can a facility be enlarged by 150% with its parking being enlarged by LESS THAN 10% At the Library Agency meeting this Monday, the architect and agency members clarified that the new parking would be for 52 cars (including only 2 handicapped parking spaces on Tiburon Blvd. - not nearly enough for ageing population!) a total increase of FOUR spaces over the current parking. Unbelievable..!! How many people does this monstrous expansion expect to service?? And if, so many people are needing this large facility, why aren't there going to be adequate parking spaces for it, as well as the Town Hall? Linda Tripp 2219 Centro East, Tiburon 7/24/2012 SCHOENBERG GUITARS 106 MAIN ST, TIBURON, CA 94920 July 16, 2012 The Honorable Jim Fraser, Mayor and Honorable Town Council Members: Richard Collins, Frank Doyle, Alice Fredericks, Emmett O'Donnell The Town of Tiburon 1505 Tiburon Blvd Tiburon, CA 94920 VIA EMAIL: Town Council Members c/o Diane Crane: dcraner&,ci.tiburon.ca.us Re: Support for the proposed Library Expansion Dear Mayor and Town Council Members: RECEIVED JUL 2 4 2012 TOWN MANAGERS OFFICE TOWN OF TIBURON I am writing in support of the application of the Belvedere Tiburon Library Agency for Design Review approval of its proposed plans for a much needed expansion of the existing library facility. The Agency has received the best professional advice regarding our library's space and functional needs for the coming decades. These needs have been thoroughly reviewed with you at previous public meetings. The architects have achieved a highly artful translation of those space requirements into a sensitive addition to a library building. This addition is very respectful of the architectural style and character of our beloved library. The proposed design before you for approval has fully taken into account the directions you have previously offered regarding size, views and visual relationships to Town Hall. The design is also consistent with the Tiburon General Plan, which requires that buildings front on streets with parking placed to the rear of buildings. The time is now to approve this design so that the Library Agency and Foundation can commence a serious fund raising drive to provide the construction funding. This is a rare opportunity for the community to receive, at no cost to taxpayers, a much-needed upgrade to a heavily-used public facility. It would be a terrible shame to waste that opportunity. Respectfully, Eric Schoenberg Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: Peggy Curran Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:10 AM To: Diane Crane lacopi; Dan Watrous; Scott Anderson Subject: FW: Tiburon Library fyi Margarei A. (Peggy) Cia-ran Town Manager. Town of Tiburon 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 415-435-7383 pctirran~ci.tburon,c.us v4tiVlY. ci Aibu ro n. Ca. us From: Cena Bessolo [mailto:cbessolo@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 7:24 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Tiburon Library City Manager, Members of the Tiburon Town Council Subject: Tiburon Library expansion I have been following the discussion on enlarging the library but not weighing in until now. Now that I see the story poles in place, I admit to being shocked. Adding 16,000 sq. ft. to a 10,000 sq. ft. structure is excessive in my opinion. Further, I am puzzled as to the facts. I talked with a library supporter who tells me that the funds are already raised privately and enough to cover construction and maintenance. I am skeptical. In checking this "fact" with a non-supporter, I am told that some monies have been pledged for construction but that the library committee will look to us taxpayers to pay annual maintenance. That's quite a range of information. I think the truth needs to be clarified and published. As general principle: If private money is to cover construction and annual maintenance costs, is it guaranteed? If even one penny is to be funded by tax payers, whether it be for maintenance and/or construction, it must be put to a vote. Remember "taxation without representation"? Sincerely yours, Lucena Whipple Bessolo 19 Paseo Mirasol, Tiburon cbessolo@comcast.net 7/24/2012 Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi w, From: Pegg urran Sent: Tuesday, July 24 201 10:22 AM To: acopi Cc: Dan Watrous; Scott Anderson Attachments: FW: I support the Library expansion; FW: Tiburon Library expansion I support the plan; FW: Library Expansion I think these are repeats but I'm not sure... found them in my in-box. I'll search again to make sure there are no more lingering in there. If they are originals their lack of timeliness is MY fault, not the senders. Perhaps we can make that clear. / _ Margaret A. (Peggy) Curran Toivn Manager, Town of Tiburon 15o5 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 9490 415-435-7383 pcurran (&)ci.tiburon_ca.us Nvtitiv.ci.tiburon.ca. us ~-"f ) 7/24/2012 Diane Crane lacopi From: Jim Fraser Usfraser1 @comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:37 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: I support the Library expansion -----Original Message----- From: Ann Aylwin [mailto:annaylwin@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:20 PM To: JSFraserl@comcast.net Subject: I support the Library expansion Dear Mayor Fraser and members of the Tiburon Town Council, I have been actively involved with our town's library for over a decade, and a part of the Library's expansion planning for a number of years. As a member of the Architect Review Selection Committee, I toured quite a few renovated libraries in the greater Bay Area, and saw first hand the future of libraries. As the Reed Union School District representative on the Library Agency, I've focused on the needs of the children of our community, and have been thrilled by all that the expansion will provide them. As part of the Agency's Building Committee, I understand why the proposed expansion needs to the size that it is and the place that it is. I think the proposed expansion plans do a remarkable job of addressing the current and future needs of our town, while retaining the look and feel of the existing library. The new plaza, promenade and park are a fantastic plus. I am very, very enthusiastic about these expansion plans and respectfully ask you to support the Library in bringing them to fruition. Sincerely, Ann Aylwin Sent from my iPhone 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: Jim Fraser Usfraser1 @comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:37 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: Tiburon Library expansion I support the plan -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Leighton [mailto:ralphleighton@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:59 PM To: JSFraserl@comcast.net Subject: Tiburon Library expansion I support the plan Greetings, Jim, I see the Library Expansion has generated some controversy, but I wanted to let you know that I support the expansion of the Library as proposed there are always tradeoffs as a price of progress; a diminished view of St Hilary's Church (from one exact location) is worth the gain of strengthening this cherished institution that has played such a large role in our lives over the years and in our children's lives as well. If anyone can bring the Town together after this discussion, you're the one who can. Best regards, Ralph Leighton 1 Library Expansion Diane Crane lacopi Page 1 of 1 From: Jim Fraser Usfraser1@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:34 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: Library Expansion From: Jeff Foran [mailto:jefff@keelinreeds.com] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:34 PM To: JSFraseri@comcast.net Subject: Library Expansion Dear Mr. Fraser, My wife and I fully support the Library Project. We see the library as an essential center of education for all ages and all interests. The current proposal insures our library will be able to fulfill that mission. Sincerely, Jeff Foran Karen Price 52 Linda Vista Tiburon 7/24/2012