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Home My WebLink AboutTC Agd Pkt 2012-08-01 (4)JUL 3 1 2012 TOWN CLERK TOWN OF TIBURON TOWN COUNCIL LATE MAIL # ~=>H z MEETING DATE f- z_ Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: Connie Peirce [connie94920@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:07 PM To: Mayor, Jim Fraser; rctib2@gmail.com; Vice Mayor, Emmett O'Donnell; Peggy Curran; Diane Crane lacopi; Councilmember Frank Doyle; askalicenow@usa.net; Scott Anderson Subject: Library Expansion Tiburon Town Council Dear Mayor Fraser and Councilmembers: I strongly urge you to appoint a Task Force rather than approve the proposed expansion of the library. The reasons are innumerable and have been well-documented both in writing and in oral comments before you. However, the following two facts alone warrant withholding approval at this stage: 1. 54% of the valid petitions submitted by Tiburon and Belvedere residents oppose the current plan. 2. The Library Agency doubts it will be able to maintain the library without an increase in the parcel tax. This statement gets to the essence of what the Agency means when it states "We hope not," "We're not planning on" additional taxes, but then cites the fact that a parcel tax was levied after the current library was built. To put your constituents and all Belvedere residents in the untenable position of later having to tax themselves for something they never endorsed or seeing a major building in their midst fall into dis-repair or be poorly staffed is unconscionable. Please act wisely. Sincerely, Connie Peirce 36 Cove Rd. Belvedere E3 TOWN CLERK TOWN OF TIBURON 7/31 /2012 Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: Muriel Harris [murielharris@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:38 AM To: askalicenow@usa.net; sfraserl @comcast.net; Vice Mayor, Emmett O'Donnell; rctib2@gmail.com; Peggy Curran; Scott Anderson; Diane Crane lacopi; Councilmember Frank Doyle Subject: Postpone approval Dear Council Members, Due to 50-50 division on the massive expansion of the library, I would like to request that you postpone approval of the existing plan and appoint a task force made up of members from both sides of the issue. It seems the only fair thing to do. I have lived in Belvedere for almost 48 years and hate to see this divisiveness in our community. There has to be some room for compromise and I believe a balanced task force is the way to accomplish this. Sincerely, Muriel Harris 14 Cove Road Belvedere L a(.. TOWN CLERK TOWN OF TIBURON 7/31/2012 Diane Crane lacopi From: Peggy Curran Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:01 AM To: Diane Crane lacopi; Scott Anderson; Dan Watrous Subject: FW: Library expansion project -----Original Message----- From: Dfinkelsteinmd [mailto:dfinkelsteinmd@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 9:52 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Library expansion project Dear Peggy, JUL 20112 TOWN CLERK TOWN OF TIBURON I enjoy your newsletter and believe that you are doing a great job running the town of Tiburon. I am a homeowner in Belvedere, however and wonder if you would be so kind as to pass this letter on the counsil members who are voting this week on the library expansion project. Thanks, David Finkelstein, MD, MPH 17 Cove Road, Belvedere Dear Mayor and Counsil Member, Please do not approve the planned library expansion in it's current form. The plan calls for a large structure that is not in keeping with our small community in Belvedere and although we love and appreciate the library as a community resource, there must be a better way to find more space and offer more services. Please appoint a Task Force to look into these preferred approaches to improving the facility without damaging the neighborhood or the relationships we all have with the library. Sincerely, David Finkelstein, MD, MPH 17 Cove Road, Belvedere Sent from my iPad. Did you make the world a better place today? 1 Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: Mimiclar@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:57 PM To: askalicenow@usa.net, Mayor, Jim Fraser; Vice Mayor, Emmett O'Donnell; rctib2@gmail.com; Peggy Curran; Scott Anderson; -Diane Crane lacopi; Councilmember Frank Doyle Subject: Library Expansion The Community is so divided on this issue that it would behoove the Council to appoint a task force to find a unifying position on the expansion that all could support. The very least the Council can do is to insist on the view corridor being expanded. In my opinion what the designers have created is not a 'town plaza' (whatever) but an alleyway that gets little sunlight and has no redeeming qualities at all. And I still do not understand the Council supporting a coffee shop environment at this site when on your 'other hand' you spend mucho $ trying to enliven downtown Tiburon and bring business to the merchants there that include several cof fee venues. Mimi Clarke 20 Geldert Dr. Tiburon JILL I 2312 TOWN CLERK TOWN OF TIBURON 7/31/2012 Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: ns.george@comcast.net Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 7:36 PM To: askalicenow@usa.net; Mayor, Jim Fraser; Vice Mayor, Emmett O'Donnell; rctib2@gmail.com; Peggy Curran; Scott Anderson; Diane Crane lacopi; Councilmember Frank Doyle Subject: Postponement of Library Expansion Approval Dear Town Council Members, In an effort to gain wider community support for our library expansion, I am writing to ask if it would be possible to postpone final approval of the expanded library a little longer. I know there have already been a number of meetings open to the public and informational public events at the proposed site, but I recently heard the suggestion of appointing a Task Force to be made up of members on both sides of the issue, and I wonder if this might be one last way to reach a consensus going forward. I understand that our residents are still divided on significant aspects of the proposal and personally would like to see us be able to work together on this important project. Our current library has provided so many special services and been a central gathering place for all ages. My hope is that we will continue the same wholehearted support for our new library as we have had for our current one. Thank you for your consideration of this request. D E C E r W E H Sincerely, 4J1 U L ; , ?0, It Z Nancy George TOWN CLERK 58 Reed Ranch Road VOWN OF TIBURON Tiburon that you have directed the architects to attend to a few more items, and when those items are complete, final approval will be given. will work on reaching a compromise with respect to our proposed library expansion. I understand that Our existing library continues to mean so much to residents of all ages, and it was built with the wholehearted concensus of our community. 7/31 /2012 Page 1 of 1 Diane Crane lacopi From: krscollin@comcast.net Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 6:53 PM To: askalicenow@usa.net; Mayor, Jim Fraser; Vice Mayor, Emmett O'Donnell; rctib2@gmail.com; Peggy Curran; Scott Anderson, Diane Crane lacopi; Councilmember Frank Doyle Subject: Tiburon Library Project As 26-year residents of Tiburon, we STRONGLY urge your committee to put together a TASK FORCE that represents both sides of this project pro and con. This issue has important long- term implications for all residents. The cost of building and maintaining this facility should be carefully considered because future 'taxation' to prevent closure of the library altogether will have much bigger ramifications for all of us and the town's leadership. To give blanket approval to this project with some minor changes ignores the voices of 50% of the Town. We are not against a renovation or even a reasonable expansion of the library; however, the current plan is grossly oversized, particularly given the population of Tiburon and Belvedere. In this age of iPads and Smart Phones, even schools are rethinking their libraries some are getting rid of books and opting for iBooks for students. These innovations may fizzle in five years (I personally love books and would hate to see them go away). But you can't ignore the fact that technology is changing the way students learn and how schools teach in very dramatic ways some good and some not. This can't help but affect how libraries are used in the future. Again, I urge you in the interest of fairness and prudent fiscal management to please have an independent task force look at the issues and hopefully come up with some reasonable recommendations for solving the strong differences in this matter. Thank you for your consideration and hard work on behalf of all of us. Kathy and Bruce Scollin D 2 Indian Rock Court Tiburon .y C r_ J U L TOWN CLERK FOWN OF TIBURON 7/31/2012