02.12.08
City Hall, Library and Police Building Update
By Peggy Schlichter
Mr. Crawford presented one offer for sale to the council for the SE quarter block on the corner of N. Main and 2nd Street with a asking price of $57 K.
Additionally, since the School Board Bond Issue is going forward on March 25th the dual use library issue is no longer a topic for consideration.
The council then talked about when they thought they would be ready to go to referendum on the new building. April was discussed with Mr. Bump to get back to the council at the next meeting on what the mandatory time allowances were to schedule a election.
Mr. Sherman raised several questions: Why shouldn’t we use the existing site for the new building. Do they have tear-down costs yet? What type of backlash should we expect for tearing down the library? The Mayor pointed out that it is the recommendation of the Library Board to go with new construction. That they had already talked with Mr. Christensen on the possibility of removing the old water tanks to provide more room at the current sight and he saw no problem with the removal.
The discussion then turned to the space availability for parking at both sites. It was determined that Mr. Aldrich would get with Mr. Sloan to provide the council with a evaluation of all sites at the next council meeting including an estimate on tear-down costs. No motions were made on this issue.
The referendum date is to be discussed at the next meeting after Mr. Bump researched the time requirements.
No other offers for sale of property have been received to date.
Anonymous said,
February 12, 2008 at 1:27 pm
“What type of backlash should we expect for tearing down the library?”
Stuart City Council, expect a BIG backlash!
Anonymous said,
February 12, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Is that Cappy’s house they are talking about?
thevoicesofstuart said,
February 12, 2008 at 3:43 pm
3:39 pm – no. next block west i believe.
Anonymous said,
February 12, 2008 at 5:02 pm
So the tennis courts then?
anony said,
February 12, 2008 at 5:13 pm
the SE quarter block of N main and 2nd is where the tennis courts are located.
citizen said,
February 13, 2008 at 7:56 am
Doesn’t the school own the tennis court property?
And won’t the school need this property for rebuilding?
anony said,
February 13, 2008 at 8:28 am
no tennis courts there ” IF ” they buy it.
Anonymous said,
February 13, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Lets clear up any misinformation. Tells uswhat is located on this property now if you know.
citizen said,
February 13, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Peg
has the ada committee sent letters to other possible sellars?
and does the ada committee have any idea what kind of a building they are going to build?
thevoicesofstuart said,
February 13, 2008 at 11:03 pm
7:00 pm – just to make sure i will drive by there tomorrow and look for myself then post it.
citizen – the city called the potential site owners and asked them if they were willing to sell and their asking price. one has responded. the council has a set of plans based on comparable size to the space of the masonic temple. the ada committee was disolved several months ago when they started talking about a dual use library with the school. there has been no discussion of a council review of the plans with department heads to determine if they fit the city needs. there has been no council determination of the exterior finish of the building. the plans are at city hall and you can look at them if you wish.
Anonymous said,
February 14, 2008 at 7:47 am
Peg
Your second bullett please explain. Since the school bond issue is going forward the dual use library issue is no longer a topic of converstion. What does this mean?
thevoicesofstuart said,
February 14, 2008 at 9:30 am
7:47 am – it means that neal is no longer pushing to have the public library co-located with the school library and that space must stay incorporated in the plans for the new city building.
Anonymous said,
February 14, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Please people, the library is falling in anyway. The north wall of the library is leaning to the north. You can see a good 6 inches between the wall and the celing inside. The building was built, what a 100 years ago? It was never ment to be in use this long. Tear it down and build new for our children. Isn’t that what you want to do with the school, build a nice new one for the kids, why not a new library, are they not worth it??? Even if you put lipstick on a pig (remodeling the library) its still a pig (still a old building)
citizen said,
February 14, 2008 at 6:16 pm
i would vote for the library, but no to city hall and police.
so if they put all of them together i will vote NO