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Acknowledgements A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S V - 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The assessments and recommendations proposed by this report were developed for The City of Dallas and The Dallas Public Library by a team of professionals led by The Hillier Group. This team worked in close collaboration with many members of the Dallas community over an eighteen- month period. The patient and generous commitment of time by these individuals proved to be central to the com- pletion of the programming and planning tasks identified as the subject of this effort. These indi- viduals worked closely with the architects and others in an efficient and highly cooperative manner to formulate the programming and conceptual planning information described within this report. Their fair-minded critiques, experience, observations, and general good counsel helped to shape everyone's understanding of what a library system of the future should be and might become. The efforts of these individuals are gratefully acknowledged: City of Dallas City Council Ron Kirk, Mayor of Dallas Mary Poss, Mayor Pro Tem Steve Salazar, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem John Loza Laura Miller Maxine Thornton Reese Donald W. Hill Barbara Mallory Caraway Leo V. Chaney, Jr. James L. Fantroy Alan Walne Lois Finkelman Sandy Greyson Donna Blumer Veletta Forsythe Lill V - 2 A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S Al Lipscomb Donald W. Hicks, Sr. Charlotte Mayes Larry Duncan Arts, Education and Libraries Council Committee Veletta Forsythe Lill, Chair Maxine Thornton Reese, Vice Chair Mary Poss Barbara Mallory Caraway Steve Salazar Municipal Library Board Lee M. Simpson, Chair Sandy Melton, Vice Chair Lucie Bellew Teresa Benavides Nancy Bingham Pat Bowman Deborah Brown Marsha Fogarty Lynn E. Goldstein Vivian Hill Ora M. Hinton Ruby J. Hunter June Leftwich Ernesto Lopez Hazel Partee Judith Solganick Donohue Annellon Fitzgerald Gilda Molina Jane Shouse Stephen B. Smith A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S V - 3 City Manager's Office Teodoro J. Benavides, City Manager Mary K. Suhm, First Assistant City Manager Jacqueline L. Lee, Assistant City Manager Jill A. Jordan, P.E., Assistant City Manager Department of Public Works and Transportation David C. Dybala, Director Warren Benoy, Assistant Director, Capital Projects Jay Macaulay, AIA, Program Manager Jayne Clemons, Management Assistant Department of Equipment and Building Services Steven M. Park, Director Beverly Davis, Assistant Director Don Wade, AIA, Program Manager Office of Financial Services David K. Cook, Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland, Assistant Director, Capital Budget Michelle Smithen, Budget Analyst Department of Planning and Development Christine Carlyle, AIA, AICP, Assistant Director Gary Penny, Manager of GIS Casey Gardener, GIS Technical Manager Department of Parks and Recreation Willis Winters, AIA, Assistant Director V - 4 A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S Particular and special thanks go to the Library's staff in recognition of the unique brand of Project Team endurance displayed throughout the course of repeated, tedious, and painstaking reviews of count- less worksheets, preliminary drafts of this document, and numerous internal discussions. The Project Team shall remain indebted to these individuals for their consistent performance and gra- cious good nature. Dallas Public Library Administration Ramiro S. Salazar, Director of Libraries Joe Bearden, Assistant Director, Support Services Laurie Evans, Assistant Director, Public Services Sherry Grieb, Internal Operations Administrator Cynthia Gray, Support Services Administrator Steven Smiley, Automation Services Administrator LaVerne Brown, Public Service Administrator Dale McNeill, Public Service Administrator Gail Bialas, Manager, Texas Center for the Book Jeannette Brown-Sneed, Facilities Coordinator Norma T. Medina, Management Assistant Margo Dempsey, Secretary Leticia Reyes, Secretary Stakeholder Team Jane Shouse, Volunteer Coordinator Sonya Hayes, Manager, Interlibrary Loan Mary Ann Kitchens, Manager, Lakewood Branch Library Julie Travis, Assistant Manager, Fine Arts A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S V - 5 Other organizations outside of the City of Dallas were instrumental in the planning process. The Dallas Plan Karen Walz, Executive Director Dallas Public Schools David Paul Patton, Assistant Superintendent Gay Patrick Most of all, we wish to thank the entire Dallas community who gave of their time to respond to the consultants' requests for information and input via meetings, surveys, and interviews. The infor- mation assisted greatly in shaping the recommendations, which will strengthen the Library system and make it more responsive to the needs of our communities. Project Team The initial Request for Proposal by the City of Dallas for a Facilities Assessment & Program described a somewhat unconventional consultant team organization and an unusual approach to professional services scheduling and delivery. It called for the commissioning of an architectural firm that would hep select and then lead a team of consultants in establishing a comprehensible Library System Master Plan. All portions of this team were to work concurrently, coordination their efforts and findings as the progress of each separate trajectory demanded. In addition to the traditional engineering and design consultants, the team assembled by the selected firm, The Hillier Group, would necessarily include sub-consultant specialist who will provide assessment and rec- ommendations for a broad and complex range of library issues. Architect The Hillier Group - Dallas Rico Cedro, AIA, NCARB, Project Director Chase Towers David Dillard, AIA 2200 Ross Avenue Melinda Mendoza Suite 4700W Dallas, Texas Tel: 214-521-1112 Fax 214-521-2221 V - 6 A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S Architect/ Library Planning Joseph C. Rizzo, AIA, Principal in Charge The Hillier Group - Princeton Luis Vildostegui, R. A., Project Manager 500 Alexander Park John Graham, R. A., Project Architect Princeton, New Jersey 08543 Vashtie A. Sankar Tel 609-452-8888 Lisa Losey Fax 609-452-8332 Associate Architect Bill Booziotis, FAIA Booziotis & Company Architects Aaron Farmer, AIA 2400 Empire Central Drive Fred Fernandez Dallas Texas 75235 Donald W. Roberts, CDT, CSI Tel 214-350-5051 Holly Hall Fax 214-350-5849 MEP Engineer Alfredo A. Mateo, P.E., President Mateo Consulting Engineers Inc. Paul Oxenreider, P.E., Director of MEP Engineering 5580 Peterson Lane Suite 225 Dallas Texas 75240 Tel 972-233-6700 Fax 972-233-7709 Civil Structural Engineer Charles Gojer, P.E. Charles Gojer and Associates, Inc. Richard J. Miller, Electrical Engineering Manager 11615 Forest Central Drive Suite 303 Dallas, Texas 75243 Tel 214-340-1199 Fax 214-348-8053 Technology Rob McGee RMG Consultants, Inc. Patrick McClintok 333 West North Avenue Suite F Chicago, Illinois 60610 Tel 312-321-0432 Fax 312-321-9594 A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S V - 7 Market Analysis, Collections, and Staffing Beverly Simmons, Senior manager DMG Maximus Steve Liftman 1633 Bayshore Highway Suite 380 Burlingam, CA 94010 Tel 650-259-1200 Fax 650-259-0546 Cuesta MultiCultural Consulting Yolanda Cuesta 6648 Lake Park Drive Sacramento, CA 95831 Tel 916-395-1688 Fax 916-395-1688 Cost Estimating Scott McCaslin, AIA Principal McCaslin Cowden Associates, Inc. 5011 McKinney Avenue Dallas Texas 75209 Tel 916-395-1688 Fax 916-395-1688 GIS Mapping Channel Marketing Corporation Kenneth D. Jones, Vice President 5200 Keller Springs Road James Marlow, Director, GIS Suite 522 Dallas Texas 75248 Tel 972-960-0800 V - 8 A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S Photographs Monroe Township Public Library, Jamesburg, New Jersey (p. 68 photo: Barry Halkin) Connection Newark, Newark, New Jersey (p. 204 photo: James D’Addio) Sprint, World Headquarters Campus, Overland Park, Kansas (p. 206 photo: Sam Fentress).
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