1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:29,980 And compliance with the Open Meeting Act, Nebraska Revise Statue 84-1407, a current copy of the Act is available at this meeting. Madam Clerk, can you call roll? Augustine Cholte, here, bar, hemer, jablach, sha, lore, roth, shelling, here. Council President Augustine Cholte, the role has been called. Thank you. We have one item on the agenda presentation by BVBH architecture on the design of the 2 00:00:29,980 --> 00:00:36,440 date for our new community building project Tara. Yes. Are you starting? Sure. So, as the 3 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:43,140 agenda item says, BBH is here, Mark Bacon and Matt Smith are here to give you a presentation 4 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:50,820 on all the work that's been happening since November beginning of November since the vote passed 5 00:00:50,820 --> 00:00:56,880 on this project. So, they're going to give you a nice overview of how we've gotten to where we are 6 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,780 and all the work that's gone into it over the past several months, so feel free to ask questions 7 00:01:01,780 --> 00:01:02,940 as we go along, okay? 8 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,300 Okay, well it's great to see everyone. Last time we were in this room, 9 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:15,860 as when we were interviewing for this great project, so I'm excited to be in front of you this 10 00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:22,340 evening to be able to show you the immense amount of process that we've been able to progress, 11 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:26,060 that we've been able to make. And Rick and Tara and Karen have been great to work with, 12 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:31,040 highly informative, engaged, and bringing in the right people in need be. 13 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,800 So it's been a great process so far. 14 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:37,020 And so what we're going to talk about tonight real quick 15 00:01:37,020 --> 00:01:39,880 is just do a high level overview of the floor plan 16 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,420 and then also the exterior design review. 17 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:46,800 Okay, so with that, again, my name is Mark Bacon. 18 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:48,700 I'm a principal at BVH Architecture 19 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,440 and I'll turn it over to Matt Smith, who's the project manager 20 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,280 from BVH Architecture. 21 00:01:58,460 --> 00:01:59,060 There we go. 22 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:05,920 So, like Mark said, we're going to go over two parts, we'll go over the four plans, roll 23 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,320 through those, and then I'll hand it back over to Mark and he'll go through on the exterior 24 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:09,760 design. 25 00:02:10,220 --> 00:02:13,620 So, if I go the right way. 26 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:16,780 This is just a little chart. 27 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:19,840 This is how we think, just in kind of a big picture. 28 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,480 So we've done all the scribbling and the mess that you see on the left. 29 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:33,200 So but last time we met at steering committee, we've made some good progress and we're at the point now where we can just definitely 30 00:02:33,980 --> 00:02:42,480 Unveil the exterior design and also the floor plans to to date so we're getting towards that kind of last loop there as we move forward, but 31 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,260 So plan review 32 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:53,640 So everyone knows buildings on the current side of the library as well as it kind of extends out on to 25th Street there 33 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:58,480 And then the parking lot is actually, the future parking lot is actually where City Hall sits. 34 00:02:58,740 --> 00:03:04,000 So kind of Dorian everything, looking back, you see Frankfurt Square there on the bottom left corner of the screen. 35 00:03:05,780 --> 00:03:12,480 So site plan, we've been working on this, I do want to kind of go through, we're really looking at the 36 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:21,480 extent that's in the dashed area, trying to build it into potentially an overall master plan for the downtown with some of the street updates. 37 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,460 But really what we're talking about today is everything inside that area. 38 00:03:25,860 --> 00:03:32,240 So really looking at how we can make this building, really tie in, bring some activity, 39 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:36,660 bring some life, connect it back to, obviously, what we're shooting for is Frankfurt Square 40 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:40,940 there as well, really create a hub for the community downtown here. 41 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:48,860 So the building itself is made up of kind of our three main entities, the library, the 42 00:03:48,860 --> 00:03:53,540 museum as well as city hall offices. So we'll go through these three fairly quick 43 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:58,500 here. This is looking at the first floor. We have the library on the left. There's 44 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:04,140 a an area for a coffee tenant to be able to move in and build out in open 45 00:04:04,140 --> 00:04:09,380 up shop. We also have the water offices there in the pink as far as utility so 46 00:04:09,380 --> 00:04:14,440 people can come in pay their bills and whatnot and then the library and then 47 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,240 the children museum on the right. So that orange area you're seeing there is really 48 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,760 are kind of our center front porch area that we'll mark will elaborate on as we get further 49 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:28,620 into the discussion tonight as well as we're kind of indicating kind of a front porch on the exterior 50 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:35,840 as well so you can see the cars along the back there along the alley so we have we have drop off for 51 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:42,140 the water bills we have dropped off for book return and book pickup as well as the future coffee shop 52 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:43,500 So, 53 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:51,960 second floor, go up. The library extends from first to second. We have arts 54 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,800 council as well. We kind of have a little center front porch where showins where the 55 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:03,600 library or the arts can use that space for programming uses for whatever events 56 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,780 they may be putting on. And then we're also showing the children museum which is a 57 00:05:07,780 --> 00:05:12,120 two-story space in that kind of X area, but then we have a mezzanine that will 58 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,400 overlook that space as well so we can really get the interaction for all the kids 59 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,440 as they are in that space. 60 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:24,280 Third floor this is where we're showing right now in the 61 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:29,180 yellow community room and also the council chambers so the future home of all of 62 00:05:29,180 --> 00:05:34,900 you so we have it we have it set up right now where the yellow is kind of the open 63 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:39,800 area it's a dividing room we'll kind of go through some of those options as we go 64 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:45,860 through further into this presentation but really looking at making this a flexible space that can 65 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:53,020 be really utilized for the city for whatever needs may be there. And then the pink areas you can 66 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:59,740 see are the city hall. So we have open offices, some enclosed offices as well as some of the other 67 00:05:59,740 --> 00:06:06,400 amenity spaces and conferencing for the building itself. And then that orange bar you see is since we 68 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:12,460 have a kind of a larger area at the pre-function space before and after events that are utilizing 69 00:06:12,460 --> 00:06:20,160 the community room. I've got a question. We've got the community room and the city council 70 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:29,920 on the third floor. Yes. To me that doesn't seem like it'd be very accessible. Yep. So 71 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:48,210 In fact, it's on the third floor, you know, right now, you know, we're here, we're ground level, I guess I'm not too hung up on, I'm hung up, should say, I'm not on that third floor, but anyway, that's my opinion. 72 00:06:48,590 --> 00:06:48,650 Yeah. 73 00:06:49,530 --> 00:06:58,970 And we do have our elevators and access and an essential kind of grand staircase that goes through the center of the building as well to make sure we have adequate access. 74 00:06:59,730 --> 00:07:03,610 We wanted to really accentuate the views down towards 75 00:07:03,610 --> 00:07:07,870 Frankfurt Square and really make this a destination spot for the building. 76 00:07:08,550 --> 00:07:12,730 The last thing we wanted was this big kind of 3,000 square foot room that 77 00:07:12,730 --> 00:07:18,330 maybe sent empty or set empty for a majority of times are really making it a 78 00:07:18,330 --> 00:07:23,670 destination, trying to activate it as much we can and trying to prepare for as 79 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:28,630 many uses as it can be. It also has a tie-in and I can get into that as well. 80 00:07:28,630 --> 00:07:34,650 the library has a use for it as well and it does tie in with the stairs the 81 00:07:34,650 --> 00:07:39,130 connect. I'll hop into that real quick to hopefully answer a little bit more. 82 00:07:40,630 --> 00:07:48,290 So this is the first level library you can see in the gray here. So this is the 83 00:07:48,290 --> 00:07:52,590 stair that's connecting the two floors of the library. It also extends up to that 84 00:07:52,590 --> 00:08:01,110 community room, and I'll flip real quick to the third to the second floor. This is where the 85 00:08:01,110 --> 00:08:07,070 little kids are going to be as we've gone through programming with Karen and her staff and really 86 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:10,850 allowing for that accessibility up to the floor because they do have events where there's like 87 00:08:10,850 --> 00:08:17,030 300 or so kids and trying to get them up and into the space that they need to be in as soon as possible. 88 00:08:17,550 --> 00:08:22,950 so really trying to accent. So that's one of the reasons for the location of that 89 00:08:22,950 --> 00:08:23,570 community room. 90 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:27,100 I'll go back real quick. 91 00:08:29,390 --> 00:08:30,970 So you can see the front entry and the 92 00:08:30,970 --> 00:08:35,650 orange. We have the access to both the Chilean Museum as well as the library right 93 00:08:35,650 --> 00:08:41,130 off that front porch area. So you can have access on both sides. The coffee shop 94 00:08:41,130 --> 00:08:46,050 is connected. We're looking at how we can operationally have both of those open 95 00:08:46,050 --> 00:08:50,250 so you can access it from inside the library. But it also can be shut off so 96 00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:55,650 So if operational hours differ, neither both of them can be the same time or they can 97 00:08:55,650 --> 00:08:57,790 be open independently as well. 98 00:09:00,020 --> 00:09:07,860 Going up to this second floor, this is the area where we have the teen and youth areas. 99 00:09:08,260 --> 00:09:13,900 We have the little ones, the children's areas, as well as what we're calling the business incubator. 100 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:19,720 So computer tech support, everything for the community, heritage room, conference rooms that 101 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:25,000 the community can run out and utilize as well as that front porch area that's kind of 102 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:31,140 a flux space. So in the first and second floor both of those areas can be utilized by whether 103 00:09:31,140 --> 00:09:36,320 the children's museum, city functions, the library, it's really set up so whatever program 104 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:44,860 is needed there, it can be utilized as much as we can for the building. And then the gray 105 00:09:44,860 --> 00:09:50,680 area right here is that centralized library staff. Currently in the old building, they 106 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:54,880 are all kind of scattered apart, so really pulling them in together to make more of a collaborative 107 00:09:54,880 --> 00:10:00,600 environment for them so they can work together and develop programs for the community in a much 108 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:09,990 more efficient manner. The white area there is open area. That's, yep. So this is a two-story 109 00:10:09,990 --> 00:10:19,090 way to space? Two story area. It's two stories for taller exhibits. Yep. So 110 00:10:19,090 --> 00:10:22,170 sometimes they need taller exhibits for for what they're putting in there. So 111 00:10:22,170 --> 00:10:27,470 we're trying to provide for that. I don't want to be critical about it. No, no, 112 00:10:27,670 --> 00:10:28,210 no, it's perfect. 113 00:10:31,180 --> 00:10:34,720 And then we talked about the community room up there. We are 114 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:40,540 showing different layouts for it. So we're looking at kind of a 200 to 250 115 00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:46,780 50% capacity for this space as well as the city council showing we'll go through 116 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:50,400 multiple of these but this is showing kind of that at max capacity we could get 117 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:55,440 even more than that if we do chairs and like the kids sitting on the floor so 118 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:00,220 we can go higher than 250 in this space per code as well so we're just showing 119 00:11:00,220 --> 00:11:05,460 kind of the seated arrangements that essentially could happen and how it can be 120 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:05,900 set up. 121 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:13,570 We do have it set up. We can have collaborative tables so tables facing 122 00:11:13,570 --> 00:11:18,770 each other in kind more of like a work session, banquet seating, shown with the 123 00:11:18,770 --> 00:11:23,110 tables in the round, and then also seminar seating so that kind of teaching 124 00:11:23,110 --> 00:11:28,090 where everyone's at a table and they have similar tests that can be used and 125 00:11:28,090 --> 00:11:34,690 then looking towards one direction. And then also go ahead. If we're gonna have 126 00:11:34,690 --> 00:11:38,370 tabled out there. I didn't count them, but there's a bunch of them and turn 50 127 00:11:38,370 --> 00:11:41,250 chairs and everything. Where are we going to store all that stuff? Good question. 128 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:46,350 So you can see this kind of jumbled mess. I can find my mouse. So this is the 129 00:11:46,350 --> 00:11:49,730 storage area for all of these. So what we're actually showing is all the tables. 130 00:11:49,730 --> 00:11:54,590 They actually flip up a nest so we save as much space as possible. So we've we're 131 00:11:54,590 --> 00:11:57,490 actually putting in the amount of tables that we're showing here or actually 132 00:11:57,490 --> 00:12:01,190 showing here as well. So we have the proper amount of storage for the tables, the 133 00:12:01,190 --> 00:12:03,530 the banquet tables and the chairs all together. 134 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:08,410 So that's what that kind of secondary yellow area is there. 135 00:12:11,710 --> 00:12:14,930 And then something else we are looking at as well 136 00:12:15,530 --> 00:12:18,230 is showing this space being divisible. 137 00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:20,970 So there's a partition that will be able 138 00:12:20,970 --> 00:12:22,230 to divide the space into two. 139 00:12:22,430 --> 00:12:27,230 So if you maybe have two functions that wanna activate the space, 140 00:12:28,350 --> 00:12:31,250 maybe there's someone who doesn't need quite all the space, 141 00:12:31,370 --> 00:12:32,470 you still wanna have a council meeting. 142 00:12:32,470 --> 00:12:38,250 you can really multi-use and then do all use that space try to make it we're 143 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:42,010 trying to make it as flexible as possible so it maintains. What is the pink space 144 00:12:42,010 --> 00:12:46,550 again? So the pink space there is the the council chambers area so that's more 145 00:12:46,550 --> 00:12:50,750 of a permanent space it is raised up or raised it up similar to what you have 146 00:12:50,750 --> 00:12:57,530 here six inches so we can elevate that we also are looking at adding we're still 147 00:12:57,530 --> 00:13:01,390 working out the furniture arrangement everything getting into those details but 148 00:13:01,390 --> 00:13:03,750 adding some sort of curtain divider to. 149 00:13:04,470 --> 00:13:08,630 So if you do have a presentation like in this style, 150 00:13:09,310 --> 00:13:11,350 you could have a presenter that could present here, 151 00:13:11,430 --> 00:13:14,230 we could have a screen that could come down 152 00:13:14,230 --> 00:13:15,250 and they could present to that. 153 00:13:15,430 --> 00:13:18,290 So you could have still that kind of front stage set up 154 00:13:18,290 --> 00:13:19,350 if you so choose. 155 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:21,690 But then now, 156 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:25,960 so you can all 157 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:30,960 close off. 158 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:31,620 That's it. 159 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:32,140 Oh, okay. 160 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,700 So we really know that a lot of this equipment 161 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:39,200 it just it just is what it is and it has to sit where it does but trying to 162 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,740 try to use it as best we can but also dividing it off so it's secure too. Do 163 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:47,120 also want to point out there is a secure entrance much like you guys have 164 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:54,040 here that's towards the back here as well. If we go into an executive session where 165 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:54,420 do we go? 166 00:13:59,230 --> 00:14:05,870 Okay yeah so where is the elevator in this? Oh the elevator you can see it 167 00:14:05,870 --> 00:14:10,730 here. So the elevator we have is right here in the center. So we actually have two elevators 168 00:14:10,730 --> 00:14:14,110 in the building right now. This one is here, I'll get to the other one here in a second. 169 00:14:15,710 --> 00:14:19,610 But we have our main stair that goes up the three stories and then we have the elevator 170 00:14:19,610 --> 00:14:25,570 here. So as a council member you can come up here, you come down a hallway here and then 171 00:14:25,570 --> 00:14:30,230 you're entering into the chambers. General population would come, we have two entrances 172 00:14:30,230 --> 00:14:35,410 reason as light locks here. So if someone gets here late or or something they don't 173 00:14:35,410 --> 00:14:41,710 become disruptive when they're trying to sneak in the back. Is there a caterer's 174 00:14:41,710 --> 00:14:46,970 kitchen? Yep, so we do have a catering kitchen slash teaching kitchen. So we've 175 00:14:46,970 --> 00:14:52,570 been working with the the library staff as well on this because they're going to 176 00:14:52,570 --> 00:14:56,790 be programming events out of it as well. So it not only will act as a catering 177 00:14:56,790 --> 00:14:59,770 kitchen for someone draining out the space, but it's also 178 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:06,380 So we're looking at setting up as more of a teaching area as well. So when the library programs 179 00:15:06,380 --> 00:15:09,820 or whoever wants to program a space, there's amenities there to do so. 180 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:18,760 And then going back 181 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,760 down to the first floor. So this is that children museum space. Like we said, we have that 182 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:28,760 two-story area. So if we have taller exhibits, we can account for that. Also connecting on 183 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:33,800 the two floors. This will be like a mezzanine up here. So when I go to the second floor, you 184 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:39,360 see that, but providing interval bathrooms, and then there is a second elevator shown 185 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:46,400 right now for transportation of exhibits and whatnot up and down. Delivery of exhibits 186 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:53,640 and we'll be through the north east corner here, off to the side. So we start the trucks 187 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,500 here, off-load, bring them in, you can bring them straight in the space or you can bring them 188 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:03,660 straight into the elevator. There is a shared wood shop as well for the building as well 189 00:16:03,660 --> 00:16:07,620 as for the children's museum to utilize, shall they need it? 190 00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:13,100 How many square feet do we have in the children's museum? 191 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,980 So overall, children's museum is 10,500 square feet, 192 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,820 same as the program. 193 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:26,210 Yep, so we have... 194 00:16:26,890 --> 00:16:28,870 That's the mezzanine area also? 195 00:16:29,110 --> 00:16:30,370 Yep, it includes everything. 196 00:16:30,530 --> 00:16:33,570 So there's about 8,000 square feet on the first floor, 197 00:16:33,790 --> 00:16:36,810 and there's about 22,500 square feet on the second floor. 198 00:16:36,810 --> 00:16:42,870 So, and here's the second floor, so you see that mezzanine, and then that open to below situation here. 199 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:48,650 As you look down with family restrooms that are independent. So all the restrooms in this are independent. 200 00:16:48,850 --> 00:16:58,390 As we're going through security measures for the children's museum, just trying to understand how we can make sure everyone is protected as they're in this space. 201 00:17:02,310 --> 00:17:09,970 And then hopping up City Hall, so you can see kind of that other half, there's a community room with the council chambers. 202 00:17:10,890 --> 00:17:16,470 the access, there's access back here so if you need to dismiss into session there's 203 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:21,490 conferencing back here to be able to utilize. This is a shared break area for both 204 00:17:21,490 --> 00:17:26,270 city hall staff and library staff so we're not doubling up with those. We're 205 00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:32,010 using one shared space for both of those entities and then if there's anyone 206 00:17:32,010 --> 00:17:35,730 from the public who's visiting we do have this entry lobby so this will be 207 00:17:35,730 --> 00:17:37,090 your main, so you come off the elevator, 208 00:17:38,870 --> 00:17:40,370 you come off the elevator here, 209 00:17:40,810 --> 00:17:42,750 and then enter into kind of a secure lobby, 210 00:17:43,010 --> 00:17:45,890 so we can maintain security before anyone's allowed 211 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:47,570 into the kind of city hall proper. 212 00:17:48,490 --> 00:17:52,290 And then we also are providing two open conference rooms here. 213 00:17:53,190 --> 00:17:55,330 So if anyone has a meeting set up 214 00:17:55,330 --> 00:17:57,090 or someone comes here to want to stop to anyone, 215 00:17:57,550 --> 00:17:58,990 they can come out greet them 216 00:17:58,990 --> 00:18:01,190 and then actually take them into one of these conferences 217 00:18:01,190 --> 00:18:03,310 because they're having to bring them back through the space 218 00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:05,310 is really how that's set up. 219 00:18:05,310 --> 00:18:13,670 And then there's a variety of different sizes and types of conferencing open workstations as well as some private offices in the city hall areas. 220 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:24,040 I know that was fire hose of information, so any other questions on that on the plans? 221 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:36,920 Just a comment on the coffee shops, and I think it's important to clarify, maybe everybody understands that this is not a city run coffee shop. 222 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:44,200 this will be put out for bids for at least it's something everybody believes is 223 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:49,760 really nice for this facility but it's not the city competing with Starbucks 224 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:54,100 or maybe it is a Starbucks but it's not the city I just my point being I want 225 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:58,180 people to understand we're not getting in the coffee business no just 226 00:19:11,910 --> 00:19:12,610 for a scooters 227 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:15,930 But, you know, that it is set up well for a future tenant. 228 00:19:16,170 --> 00:19:16,290 Yep. 229 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:20,260 All right. 230 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:23,700 Excuse me. 231 00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:24,160 Yeah. 232 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,560 We can go back to the level here. 233 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:30,160 What's that white area on the bottom? 234 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:31,220 I can't read that. 235 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,440 Oh, so this is that open, that two story space 236 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,260 we were talking about. 237 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:35,860 So it's just open to below. 238 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,340 Oh, right. 239 00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:37,840 Yeah. 240 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,480 So it's a two story volume that does not have a form. 241 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:40,820 Yep. 242 00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:43,980 And that's to allow for the taller children's museum exhibits. 243 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:44,540 OK. 244 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:45,160 All right. 245 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:45,400 Yeah. 246 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:45,740 Thank you. 247 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:54,820 So as we've been working through the entire project, 248 00:19:54,940 --> 00:19:59,020 we had set up these project challenges with the entire team. 249 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,100 And when I say entire team, that means Rick, Tara, 250 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,340 and Karen, all of us were coming up with, 251 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:05,960 what should this project be about? 252 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,820 And when you have to make decisions, 253 00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:10,520 you reflect back on these project challenges. 254 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,500 And so what you're seeing in front of you 255 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:15,880 is those challenges that we came up with. 256 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,420 And so I'm going to go through each one of them 257 00:20:17,420 --> 00:20:19,380 as we work through the exterior design. 258 00:20:19,380 --> 00:20:24,980 This gives you a little bit of a peer behind the curtain of how architects and designers 259 00:20:24,980 --> 00:20:30,340 think when we're trying to design a building in your community. 260 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:36,300 And so first I want to start with just how do we make a building that fits in Columbus? 261 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,740 It can't be anywhere else, it doesn't look like it belongs anywhere else but it belongs 262 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:43,760 right here and withstands the test of time. 263 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:50,000 So, part of that is about durable materials that are easy to maintain, but also does it look 264 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:56,440 current today and does it look current 10 years from now? All that's really important so that you 265 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:02,220 don't have a building that becomes dated quite quickly. And so, we always start with, you know, 266 00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:07,880 the context that we're working with in that being the downtown. So, you're probably familiar with all 267 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:13,580 these buildings. You know, there's lots of government and civic and church and retail spaces. 268 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:18,720 And so just to isolate a few, this is what we started to focus on. 269 00:21:19,340 --> 00:21:27,280 And what you'll notice is the downtown is primarily consists of some sort of masonry, 270 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:33,740 whether that's stone, whether that's brick, you know, it's used in a myriad of ways. 271 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:38,380 The other thing is, at the street level, there's oftentimes glass. 272 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:46,300 So glass is important for the retail shopping experience to see in, but also when you're inside the facility to be able to see out. 273 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:57,320 And then as you'll notice this also has an overhang on it, which helps protect the glass from unwanted solar heat gain or sun heat gain. 274 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:05,100 But it also provides cover for people walking to and from each store and to and to and from a store. 275 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:11,000 So you're getting out of your car and you can go while it's raining you're not getting rained on as much 276 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:11,800 so 277 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:18,960 And then also again what we've we've looked at is just how the what the downtown makeup is 278 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,320 So these blue lines just represent the different repetition, you know 279 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:30,020 Sometimes the the city plat or the block that creates the width of the building sometimes it's about the structural system 280 00:22:30,020 --> 00:22:35,240 sometimes about materiality, but really what you should know is, you know, they're using those for 281 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:41,600 very specific reasons. Oftentimes that's to define entry points or large amounts of glass 282 00:22:42,270 --> 00:22:47,700 or that retail experience where you notice that heavier blue line or a blue swatch there, 283 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:54,780 which just really shows like street presence that these buildings have in downtown. Also height 284 00:22:54,780 --> 00:22:59,360 is really important or as we would call it scale and proportion. So again, 285 00:22:59,540 --> 00:23:04,660 retail is oftentimes two stories. It's meant for, you know, people coming in and 286 00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:08,740 out and there's oftentimes retail in the first floor and offices or 287 00:23:08,740 --> 00:23:12,700 residences on the second floor. When you get to a government service building, 288 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,840 like a bank or such, you know, they get a little bit taller about a story and a 289 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,700 half and then a government building oftentimes is about strength and 290 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:28,160 permanence and but also they just they're taller because they have more spaces, more program 291 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,840 packed into them. And then you get to the Plac County Courthouse which as you notice here is one 292 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:38,740 of the tallest and one of the tallest buildings in your downtown. Again that's about just you know 293 00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:44,600 it's anchoring the Frankfurt Square. It's one of the tallest buildings it's sign of permanence and 294 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:50,820 strength. And so all these things are important as we start to unpack the design and work through it 295 00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:51,620 and explain it. 296 00:23:52,060 --> 00:23:54,240 But again, the primary thing we got to remember 297 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,700 is we're designing for people. 298 00:23:56,180 --> 00:23:59,040 This should be a building that people want to come to, 299 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,320 people brag about to the other communities, 300 00:24:02,580 --> 00:24:03,800 brag about to their relatives. 301 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,720 And so we want to make sure that we're keeping that in mind. 302 00:24:06,980 --> 00:24:10,960 So again, how do we create a warm and welcoming environment 303 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,260 that it is a source of city pride? 304 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,800 So again, just reflecting back on the context 305 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,460 that those entry points, that clear idea 306 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:25,560 of connection back to the street scape. So what's happening along on our, in our 307 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:31,060 case, 14th is really important. So again, when we're looking at how we design 308 00:24:31,060 --> 00:24:36,260 for people, it's how do we make a building that is three stories tall, feel more 309 00:24:36,260 --> 00:24:42,060 human, more approachable. And so one of the things we've looked at is, you know, 310 00:24:42,140 --> 00:24:48,160 a building that kind of steps back like the profile that you see here. So the 311 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:53,740 The second story roof sticks out a little bit further than the second floor itself and 312 00:24:53,740 --> 00:24:56,620 the second floor sticks out a little bit further than the first floor. 313 00:24:56,940 --> 00:25:02,940 That's about creating connection, again, linking back to that retail idea of a lot of glass 314 00:25:02,940 --> 00:25:09,780 connecting to the street, also on the second floor getting, you know, those nicer views, 315 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:14,080 but also being able to be connected with happening at the street level. 316 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:20,060 So again, this is where a building becomes alive when you can have all of those connections happening. 317 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:26,960 So this is a depiction as if you were sitting in the library space having a cup of coffee, 318 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,480 reading your book and looking out toward 14th Street. 319 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:37,380 So that is the opportunity to have a lot of connection to the street. 320 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:51,000 And a view looking east, so standing underneath those overhangs that we are just talking about looking back toward the east or where the new parking lot would be toward the Children's Museum. 321 00:25:51,560 --> 00:26:00,100 So again, this is an area where we've tried to reinforce this idea of the front porch. The idea of a front porch is symbolic where all are welcome. 322 00:26:00,780 --> 00:26:05,960 All can all belong here. All should come and use this facility. 323 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,120 It's also a way to shade and provide outdoor space. 324 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:15,800 So for outdoor learning, we know during the pandemic that outdoor learning has been 325 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:22,720 highly influential in space, and so being able to create that, but it also gives you 326 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,020 the opportunity to have outdoor play as well. 327 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:32,740 So as children are here, there's places for them to play. 328 00:26:32,740 --> 00:26:37,240 Also, you know, like the plantings and things begin to act as safety devices so people 329 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,920 that don't put their car in park don't end up driving through your building. 330 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,740 So there's just things like that that we're trying to be smart about when we're designing. 331 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:51,480 And so a view from Frankfurt Square, that intersection looking back toward the building, 332 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,940 Platt County Courthouse there is off to your left, you can barely see it, and then, you know, 333 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:57,660 the view. 334 00:26:57,660 --> 00:27:03,360 you. Again, you'll see it most frequently with trees in front of it, but we wanted to 335 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:08,920 show it without the trees, so you can just understand how the trees begin to soften 336 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:14,820 that. They will change in color, they help shade the building, all those things. So I'm 337 00:27:14,820 --> 00:27:27,640 going to provide additional outdoor canopy and shading for the users. So one of the things 338 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:34,240 We have created a physical model of your building, and some people respond better to seeing 339 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:39,240 a three-dimensional model of that building rather than those images I was showing you. 340 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:45,860 And so, this is a Iggy Peck Architects book, I'm sure it's on Karen Shelves, you know, 341 00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:50,760 whenever you have to create something, or whenever you have something in mind, you have to 342 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,560 create it, you have to build it to show it. 343 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:58,560 And so, you know, that's what we're trying to do here and so feel free, you know, at any point 344 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:04,040 you want to get up and look at it, but it's a diagrammatic look at what your building will be. 345 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:12,080 It's not going to be all wood as this shows. So, again, this allows us to just help connect it back 346 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:18,480 to your community, help us understand the design. So, again, standing on from the south, 347 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,860 This would be in the current city hall parking lot that's across the street from the library 348 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,100 being able to look at that view 349 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:30,320 And so I'm going to focus this in on several aspects of the project right now 350 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,060 again the front entry 351 00:28:33,060 --> 00:28:35,740 Being able to bring you into the front entry 352 00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:39,680 undercover gets you out of the elements, you know be able to drop off 353 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,460 You know family friends and 354 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,220 Allow them to have a covered entry into the building 355 00:28:45,220 --> 00:28:49,720 Again, children's museum off to the right, the library off to the left. 356 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,160 And then if we stand back at the Frankfurt Square intersection again and start to focus 357 00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:00,740 on the lower portion of it, the side porch is where the coffee shop and the public library 358 00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:02,640 have an outdoor seating area. 359 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,980 So again you can see the Platt County Courthouse kind of off there in the background. 360 00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:14,860 That provides not only an outdoor space for people to use, but also shading for the glass 361 00:29:14,860 --> 00:29:20,940 that's on the west side since it does face west or like the tables and chairs 362 00:29:20,940 --> 00:29:25,680 will they be fixed or will they be movable or what what your plans there yeah we 363 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,140 would need to work through that right yeah yeah right now we're just 364 00:29:29,140 --> 00:29:34,460 establishing the budget for the furniture yeah but we'll work through that and then 365 00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:40,080 if we start if we begin to look at the second floor level which on this end is 366 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,800 the children's, yeah, the children's area of the library. 367 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:50,820 Again, it's facing west and so we wanted to be able to connect it back to Frankfurt Square 368 00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:58,200 and those views, but also protect the building so that we're not from unneeded sun control. 369 00:29:58,760 --> 00:29:59,840 Sorry, unneeded. 370 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:28,200 And so we've looked at, again, we haven't designed the interior of this. This is really a concept image of being able to have these playful areas in the children's area that then, you know, they can step up on a platform and have those views back out toward, you know, something that's iconic within your community. Then if we start to look again from the city hall. 371 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:34,060 the parking lot, we look at the community room and what you'll see is it's a 372 00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:40,460 taller space. Now that is purposeful for many reasons, one of them being the 373 00:30:40,460 --> 00:30:45,000 type of events that happen in there. Because it's you know a large space you 374 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,040 have to have a taller volume bigger screens for you know audio visuals because 375 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,540 the projector has to be far away so that the people that are sitting in the 376 00:30:53,540 --> 00:30:59,500 back row can see. Also it helps as we'll show later connect it to the downtown 377 00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:05,560 context that we're designing within. So again when you're up on that third floor, 378 00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:12,620 you can have all these spaces be completely dark so you can give an AV 379 00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:18,440 presentation but you can also open them up and have views out to the south 380 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:25,020 across 14th down to Frankfurt Square. Something else that should be mentioned to just 381 00:31:25,020 --> 00:31:32,680 beyond these, you know, this wall here that my cursor is kind of floating over is a 382 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:38,580 rooftop terrace. So that could be, again, part of the revenue generation part of 383 00:31:38,580 --> 00:31:44,980 that, or also just be a spillout area for, you know, for this community room. 384 00:31:44,980 --> 00:31:48,920 Again, we would have great views out toward Frankfurt Square. 385 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,960 You answered my question because I was going to ask you about that flat area if that was possible. 386 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,260 Yeah, it's limited in size just for egress reasons but it's there. 387 00:31:58,060 --> 00:32:01,460 So it's definitely an amenity for this community space. 388 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,440 So again, one of the reasons we put the community room up on that third floor. 389 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,760 So the overall material palette is quite simple and quite durable. 390 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:17,760 looking at brick, you know as we talked about in different values of glass being 391 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:23,660 clear glass and sometimes we're using opaque glass, opaque glass helps us 392 00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:29,660 control the sun, but it also is a fun thing like if you, yeah, the study space 393 00:32:29,660 --> 00:32:33,720 right on the other side on the inside, it actually acts as a whiteboard, so you can 394 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:38,140 draw on it with dry erase markers and it becomes highly functional there too. So 395 00:32:38,140 --> 00:32:43,080 So again, it does a lot of different things for us and does some heavy lifting. 396 00:32:43,660 --> 00:32:49,420 Again, we live in a beautiful state that has an infinite horizon and an infinite sky, 397 00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:55,300 and we should always consider that as part of where we're how we're designing, and then 398 00:32:55,300 --> 00:33:01,700 also just the context of the existing historic buildings that make Columbus what it is. 399 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:08,240 So, you know, we've quite simply just used materials that are quite familiar, as well 400 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,520 as, you know, I won't go into this in detail, but details that are familiar, too. 401 00:33:12,780 --> 00:33:18,940 So we're looking at different aspects of your downtown and appropriating them to the 402 00:33:18,940 --> 00:33:19,240 building. 403 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:20,880 So, again, that it can fit in. 404 00:33:22,140 --> 00:33:28,120 So one of the things, too, is we're highly conscious about the amount of glass, because, 405 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:35,320 We want to be able to have good views in and out of the building and not make it a dungeon, 406 00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:40,780 but also we don't want it to be a utility or an operational issue for you. 407 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,120 And so one of the things we've looked at is this becomes diagrammatic. 408 00:33:44,740 --> 00:33:50,720 A black and white drawing is on this side of the building, the south and the east, 409 00:33:51,140 --> 00:33:52,580 you can see the glass percentages. 410 00:33:52,580 --> 00:34:00,280 50% of the South facade is glass, and that's where the most demanding program that requires 411 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:05,940 glass needs to be, so that's where the library is at, right, where you can have those types 412 00:34:05,940 --> 00:34:06,480 of spaces. 413 00:34:06,780 --> 00:34:11,020 I was just telling the other group an hour ago that it's about a sticky space. 414 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:17,100 So a sticky space is defined by how do you get people to stick in a space. 415 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:25,100 Those things that make people stick are access to views, access to natural light and power, right? 416 00:34:25,180 --> 00:34:28,020 Because we all have devices today that we want to be able to plug in. 417 00:34:28,580 --> 00:34:32,840 So, we've been able to do that through access to views and natural light 418 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,200 and the overhangs are doing a lot of work for us. 419 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:43,340 And I'll show you how we're able to confidently say that through some computer simulation that we've done. 420 00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:49,360 Just for a reference, the police station, your new police station, there is the glass percentages. 421 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:57,400 So, you know, we're well within kind of what your, one of your newest buildings in the city is. 422 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:03,860 So, as we come around to the north side, so this is kind of that service access where you can pay 423 00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:13,040 your water bill, drop off a book, and get a cup of coffee. And, again, 20% on the 424 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:18,500 north, 12% on the west, and then this is relative to your police station. 425 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:24,620 So again, we, you know, that's just a good visual for you to, you know, because that building 426 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:25,000 is built. 427 00:35:25,340 --> 00:35:30,080 So you can kind of see, you know, about how much glass is going to be on this new building. 428 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:36,980 So again, just coming back to these views, again, we're looking at the roof, which provides 429 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:42,220 user impact, you know, so the roof overhangs impacts the way people use it. 430 00:35:42,220 --> 00:35:46,060 as well as helps with your utility bills, glass, 431 00:35:46,540 --> 00:35:50,240 even though I went through those each side of the building 432 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,700 has a certain percentage of glass. 433 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,620 When you total up the amount of glass 434 00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:55,800 for the entire building, 435 00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:58,440 relative to the amount of surface area, 436 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,840 only 27% of the building is glass. 437 00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:07,120 So it's a fairly low number, which is actually good 438 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,940 because once we get to 30% or above, 439 00:36:09,940 --> 00:36:14,820 there's certain energy codes that start to kick in and so that's a threshold 440 00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:20,280 that we're trying to pay attention to. So that's why we're highly sensitive to 441 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,840 the amount of glass as well. And then brick. So the other balance of your 442 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:30,340 building is brick. Highly durable, stands the test of time, looks great, day one, 443 00:36:30,340 --> 00:36:39,360 to day 20 and so or year 20 sorry you know yeah and day 20 yeah yeah day 21 is 444 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,540 maybe I don't know so you know but you know and it helps just connect it 445 00:36:44,540 --> 00:36:51,000 back to the downtown place it's really hard to render brick you know so we 446 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,520 tried to zoom in and show you but you can see I mean you know the brick right 447 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:59,940 over here on the wall is what we're talking about so again trying to connect it 448 00:36:59,940 --> 00:37:04,440 to the downtown. So remember I showed you all the repetition and how those things are 449 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,600 important in downtown, how we've begun to use them. Again the repetitious columns which 450 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:15,480 create the front porch and kind of define that as well as the street transparency which 451 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:20,740 talks about the retail connection and just the connection to people that are at the street 452 00:37:21,330 --> 00:37:26,800 is really important and being able to reinforce that through the front porch, a highly active 453 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:31,400 front porch at that, and then how we define the entry. 454 00:37:31,660 --> 00:37:35,100 So again, using that repetition to define an entry point. 455 00:37:35,260 --> 00:37:36,540 So people know where to go. 456 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,240 The building works for wayfinding. 457 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:45,480 So people intuitively know how to enter the building. 458 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:47,880 So again, with that overhead canopy. 459 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,880 So again, I talked about why it's important not only 460 00:37:50,880 --> 00:38:00,720 from the way that the community room is being used for those AV views, but also as it 461 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:03,780 begins to relate to the downtown context. 462 00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:06,340 So the Plac County Courthouse being one of the tallest buildings. 463 00:38:06,820 --> 00:38:11,760 So we're trying to relate the scale of the new building to Plac County Courthouse. 464 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:17,320 But then on the eastern edge of the site, we have the church here. 465 00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,940 And so that's a much shorter building. 466 00:38:19,940 --> 00:38:27,660 So we wanted to be able to tie that back to the context as well, plus this second floor 467 00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:32,160 overhang is the definition, you know, the leading edge of the front porch. 468 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,720 So again, just trying to relate it to where we're building. 469 00:38:35,740 --> 00:38:42,720 This is not a view you would ever get, but we wanted to show you how it relates. 470 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:49,220 So you have Plac County Courthouse and the Church and your new project between them. 471 00:38:49,220 --> 00:38:55,380 So, again, this isn't a view you would ever get, but you can see how it starts to relate. 472 00:38:56,580 --> 00:38:59,600 Again, I'll just walk you around the building real quick, and then I'm going to take you 473 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,380 into the computer simulations that we were talking about. 474 00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:10,360 So, again, just that view from the current parking lot across the street from the library, and 475 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:15,980 then from the new parking lot on the east where you would go, you know, kind of adjacent 476 00:39:15,980 --> 00:39:22,860 or through the outdoor play area, this park-like setting, and come into the building. 477 00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:28,320 On the right hand side of the new building is that service lane for, you know, 478 00:39:28,540 --> 00:39:29,920 where you can pay your water bill and such. 479 00:39:30,580 --> 00:39:33,960 So again, trying to work through all the vehicular circulation 480 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:38,740 and the pedestrian circulation in order to keep them separated so there's no conflict there. 481 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,220 So again, when we talked about the third and final goal, 482 00:39:42,220 --> 00:39:45,520 How do you make it safe and secure and natural light and views to the outside? 483 00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:51,560 You know, there's all sorts of research out there that people learn better, have they pay attention better when they have views to 484 00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:52,960 the natural light 485 00:39:53,680 --> 00:40:03,740 and to the exterior and so again as we're thinking about this is just you know the sun diagram as the moves around the building and as I said 486 00:40:03,740 --> 00:40:09,900 We rarely want to just be able to say well, you know, we think this is going to work 487 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:14,440 work. We want to simulate it and we have the ability to do that. And so we've been able 488 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:20,940 to look at daylight, glare, and access to views. So anything that is trending toward the 489 00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:29,020 red means that we have more and more daylight. So obviously when you have more and more daylight 490 00:40:29,020 --> 00:40:33,820 that can be a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing. You can get a lot of glare. But 491 00:40:33,820 --> 00:40:38,960 the good thing about it is you actually have views to the outside and are connected that way. 492 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:43,920 So what we wanted to do is be able to mitigate that glare. 493 00:40:44,260 --> 00:40:48,460 So anything that's in closer to green is really good. 494 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:49,720 Means it's not overlit. 495 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,820 That means you can sit at the window, work on your laptop, 496 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:54,660 and not have any glare on your screen. 497 00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:57,640 So again, when we're talking about sticky spaces 498 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,600 and to get people to use those, this is really important. 499 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,340 So our computer simulations shows that we're 10% or under an overlit, 500 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:14,140 which is a really high quality space. But then just for our own reference, we took away the overhang 501 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:22,680 to see what that did. And you can begin to see how just like a radar, the darker the color, 502 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:30,680 the worse it is. Okay, and so with no overhang, those spaces will be, you'll be hot sitting right 503 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:35,800 at the glass, you won't want to sit there because you have glare. So we've been able to fine tune 504 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:37,780 in our design using this computer simulations. 505 00:41:38,620 --> 00:41:40,900 So again, this front porch is intentionally designed 506 00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:45,680 not only for user impact and user and human comfort, 507 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,060 but also for your utility bills. 508 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:51,080 Again, we're talking about views. 509 00:41:51,580 --> 00:41:55,020 So the building being viewed from inside and from outside. 510 00:41:55,460 --> 00:41:58,160 Again, we can simulate that with the quality of views. 511 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,180 So anything with the darker blue means 512 00:42:00,180 --> 00:42:02,260 that you get better access to views, 513 00:42:02,260 --> 00:42:06,920 which is usually a correlation to the amount of glass that you have. 514 00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:14,480 So, again, by using that overhang, we can have glass in very strategic places to give you those views. 515 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:22,620 So, you can tell how much glass has been a topic of discussion because it is so critical to usability, 516 00:42:23,060 --> 00:42:28,540 but also to how you operate your building. We don't want crazy high utility bills. 517 00:42:28,540 --> 00:42:38,500 So again, reinforcing that view, sitting from, you know, in the library looking out the front porch or on that third floor, you know, looking out across Frankfurt Square. 518 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:49,580 So again, those are how we've begun to design the building and to leave you with one view just the nighttime rendering when we presented this. 519 00:42:49,780 --> 00:42:55,740 The first time it was actually raining, so it felt right, but, you know, it adds that dramatic effect. 520 00:42:55,740 --> 00:43:03,140 But what you can see is the building will come to life even at night by glowing and being something that is 521 00:43:03,140 --> 00:43:04,740 Field safe and secure 522 00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:07,600 But looks like it belongs downtown as well 523 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,720 So will the frontage 524 00:43:10,340 --> 00:43:11,840 sidewalk area be? 525 00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:14,520 Designed to accommodate 526 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,160 unloading of passengers and and 527 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:24,260 Traffic and then do we go in one entrance and then go left for the library right for the children 528 00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:26,780 I mean, is there one almond entrance? 529 00:43:27,220 --> 00:43:30,040 That's a great question. 530 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:36,340 Yes, there is a defined entry drop-off zone at the street 531 00:43:36,340 --> 00:43:39,640 that then you would come into one primary entry. 532 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,120 You would literally go left to go to library or go right. 533 00:43:43,340 --> 00:43:45,860 And the other to go into the Children's Museum, 534 00:43:45,860 --> 00:43:47,380 the other thing that should be reinforced 535 00:43:47,380 --> 00:43:52,140 is you can go into that front porch interior area 536 00:43:52,140 --> 00:43:57,040 and go up to the third floor to the community room, to City Hall, you know so 537 00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:02,540 that front porch is connecting everybody so again and you could walk back and 538 00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:06,160 pay your water bill from that. Walk back and pay your water bill, you can walk back 539 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,560 and drop your book off and the other thing is it can be everything else can be 540 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:15,200 locked down around it and you have Columbus days on Frankfurt Square, the front 541 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:21,380 doors can be open and now you have access to restroom facilities and but nobody 542 00:44:21,380 --> 00:44:25,920 can get anywhere else within the building. So we've really tried, I mean, you know, Rick 543 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:30,540 and Tara and Karen have really been guiding that to make it multi-functional. 544 00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:34,520 You answered my question about getting to the third floor, you know. 545 00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:35,860 Yep. 546 00:44:36,020 --> 00:44:40,100 The citizen comes in and says, okay, I need to go to City Hall, okay? 547 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:40,700 Yep. 548 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:41,960 What's the best way to go? 549 00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:47,320 Yep. So there will be, it's a really, and this is our next step is to start working on 550 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,700 the interior design, but there's a really grand stair if you want to take the stair 551 00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:55,540 three stories or the elevator is just right there next to the stair and you can go 552 00:44:55,540 --> 00:44:59,960 up. And then it's a left to the community room or a right to the 553 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,400 City Hall. So pretty simple. 554 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:15,540 Yeah. You mentioned the agility. How will this building be heated? All electric or gas? Yeah. Yeah. Matt, you want to answer? So right now, we have gas per heating. 555 00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:26,540 Yeah. Yeah, 556 00:45:30,190 --> 00:45:42,430 John. You alluded to a being able to see the brick that's going to be used. If you've got a panel over here, Edward Jones thing, is that what you're alluding? Not yet. No, we haven't actually selected the actual brick. 557 00:45:42,430 --> 00:45:46,690 We're just saying brick right now do that how do you decide what color you're 558 00:45:46,690 --> 00:45:52,690 going to so we will we'll go back to surveying the downtown and looking at 559 00:45:52,690 --> 00:45:57,910 you know the bricks the brick blends all of that and we'll most likely choose from 560 00:45:57,910 --> 00:46:05,010 what we see in this area so I was really involved in the building of the 561 00:46:05,010 --> 00:46:09,750 hospital out there about 20 years ago now and that was a very controversial thing 562 00:46:09,750 --> 00:46:15,070 what color do you make this hospital and there were a lot of people that wanted to use a dark red brick 563 00:46:15,070 --> 00:46:21,730 because hospitals were all dark red brick and there were windows and things like that. You really 564 00:46:21,730 --> 00:46:27,110 don't want to be going to the hospital in the first place and when you see this. So to make a 565 00:46:27,110 --> 00:46:31,890 long story short we ended up with a lighter colored brick. This was a prairie style architecture. 566 00:46:32,330 --> 00:46:36,390 Okay, yeah, sure. It's worked out very nicely but it didn't, well there wasn't anything 567 00:46:36,390 --> 00:46:41,470 there to begin with. And so everything else has come in as kind of had to, you know, play 568 00:46:41,470 --> 00:46:47,090 off of that style and color as opposed to them playing off of something else. But it 569 00:46:47,090 --> 00:46:53,530 was different, but it was different, good. Okay. Good. Yeah. Well, you know, as we, I mean, 570 00:46:53,590 --> 00:46:58,190 that'll be a bit down the road, but yeah, we'll be, there's lots of different brick colors 571 00:46:58,190 --> 00:47:01,230 to choose from and we'll work to choose just the right one. 572 00:47:09,540 --> 00:47:13,440 Soops is what the next steps 573 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:19,340 are and deadlines. When are you going to have plans ready? When do we go out for 574 00:47:19,340 --> 00:47:24,380 bids? What kind of a time one you have? Yeah, I'm going to let Matt answer that. 575 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,380 He's all over the schedule. 576 00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:32,620 I'm feeling better about the city hall being 577 00:47:32,620 --> 00:47:42,060 upstairs on the third floor. Yeah, so next steps we have we're producing our 578 00:47:42,060 --> 00:47:45,060 or it's foundations and primary steel. 579 00:47:45,660 --> 00:47:46,500 So steel package. 580 00:47:46,940 --> 00:47:49,100 So we're kind of getting the bones together 581 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,460 and that'll be going out to bid here in mid-May. 582 00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:55,640 So it's happening pretty fast. 583 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,300 We have actually, I believe construction 584 00:47:57,300 --> 00:47:59,140 is gonna actually start happening out there. 585 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,700 I believe tomorrow, work is here. 586 00:48:03,140 --> 00:48:05,820 I might step in just for a minute, 587 00:48:06,140 --> 00:48:07,880 and the council may not have seen this 588 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,000 because it came out about 3.30 or 4 o'clock, 589 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:24,340 but the city put on a press release this afternoon to highlight the closure of the streets that will start to take place next Monday for the construction with the fencing off. 590 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:33,940 So that's all just come out this afternoon, 25th Avenue from 14th Street North to the alley will be permanently closed. 591 00:48:33,940 --> 00:48:42,160 The North Lane of 14th Street, 25th to 26th Avenue will be closed during the duration. 592 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:49,520 The alley between 24th and 25th Avenue will be restricted with partial full closures 593 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:50,340 at times. 594 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:58,060 26th Avenue will remain two-way traffic with a slight center lane shift for the duration 595 00:48:58,060 --> 00:48:58,760 of the project. 596 00:48:59,660 --> 00:49:04,380 and the public parking lot located in the southwest corner will be closed. 597 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:09,600 This will become all construction area and that all takes effect a week 598 00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:16,200 from today and it was released this afternoon. So we'll be in you know in the 599 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:21,100 paper on our website so on so forth. I'm sorry. I'm sorry about that. I think just 600 00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:25,560 real high level the the schedule is you know we have an early package that's 601 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:30,780 going to come out which helps move the design and construction along and that 602 00:49:30,780 --> 00:49:34,840 comes out in May and then our final drawings go out at the end of the summer. 603 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:39,300 Yep. And then the building will open in the spring of 2023. 604 00:49:46,070 --> 00:49:46,510 As you can tell 605 00:49:46,510 --> 00:49:50,710 there's going to be an activity that's going to start to happen on and around the 606 00:49:50,710 --> 00:49:52,590 site in order to facilitate that. 607 00:49:58,910 --> 00:50:01,330 Council members are there any more questions 608 00:50:01,330 --> 00:50:02,190 comments? 609 00:50:04,980 --> 00:50:08,180 Gentlemen we thank you for your time your presentation was excellent and 610 00:50:08,180 --> 00:50:09,940 We appreciate all the work you've done for our community. 611 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,120 Thank you so much. 612 00:50:11,260 --> 00:50:12,240 That is a thank you everyone. 613 00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:14,560 It's been a lot of fun, so it looks good. 614 00:50:15,020 --> 00:50:15,140 Good. 615 00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:16,480 Thank you. 616 00:50:17,740 --> 00:50:19,580 And with that, this meeting is adjourned.