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SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEEDS ASSESSMENT DECEMBER 2017 MANASC ISAAC ARCHITECTS LTD. 10225 100 AVENUE EDMONTON, AB T5J 0A1 CANADA T: 780.429.3977 MANASCISAAC.COM Spruce Grove Public Library is the most inclusive service in our city. The Library is free and welcomes people from all economic walks of life, offers support to everybody, and brings us all together. SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY PATRON COMMENT, 2017 BONNYVILLE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY E EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY 2017 NEEDS ASSESSMENT • This 2017 Needs Assessment Report for the Spruce Grove Public Library applies up-to-date standards from the 2010 Standards & Best Practices For Public Libraries in Alberta, Government of Alberta, Municipal Affairs, and population statistics from the City of Spruce Grove and the Government of Canada that project towards a successful library designed for the year 2032. This year allows for the greatest capacity of a single library to serve a population before a branch library should be implemented. EXISTING SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY • The existing Spruce Grove Public Library, built in 2007 as part of Melcor Cultural Centre in King Street Plaza, has a square footage of 16,000 ft2. King Street Plaza, including Melcor Cultural Centre and other tenants, is located at 35 Fifth Avenue, Spruce Grove, Alberta. CURRENT & PROPOSED POPULATIONS AND LIBRARY USE • In 2017, Spruce Grove’s population is 34,881 and the Library serves a population of 41,857. • In 2032, the projected Spruce Grove population is 52,401 with a medium-scenario projection from ISL Engineering and Land Services 2016 Spruce Grove Growth Study. • The Library Board has indicated that its service population includes residents outside of Spruce Grove, and requests a design population to include an additional population of 5,599 to total 58,000. • Therefore, the design population for 2032 is 58,000. THE SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY 2032 SPACE REQUIREMENTS • Utilizing the 2010 Standards & Best Practices For Public Libraries in Alberta, Government of Alberta, Municipal Affairs, Space Planning Worksheet with a collection at the “enhanced” level (mid-range between the minimum “essential” and outstanding “exemplary” levels), the required square footage for Spruce Grove Public Library in 2032 is estimated to be 43,966 ft2. Spruce Grove Public Library’s 1 role in the community 2 Spruce Grove Public Library and patron use Is there a need for more space? 3 The space requirement i INTRODUCTION A LIBRARY...“A library is a safe space where In June of 2017, Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd. was retained by the Spruce Grove Public everyone can come Library Board for consultation on gathering input from the public on the community’s to learn, create, and needs and library space needs and to prepare a Needs Assessment report on Library facility connect with their expansion. community …” CITY OF SPRUCE GROVE Kate Keith-Fitzgerald, The City of Spruce Grove is a suburban community situated 11 kilometres west of Librarian and teacher, Lewes Public Library Edmonton and adjacent to the Town of Stony Plain and Parkland County. Major industries From “This Is What a in the Spruce Grove area include transporation, food processing and distribution, Librarian Looks Like” by Kyle Cassidy oilfield and industrial manufacturing, hospitality services, warehousing and supply, and professional services. As part of the Tri-Municipal Region including the Town of Stony Plain, Parkland County, and the City of Spruce Grove, the City shares amenities such as The TransAlta Tri-Leisure Centre, a recreational multi-purpose facility. Much of the City is residential with commercial areas scattered around residential neighbourhoods. The City Centre downtown core is located on the southern edge of the City along Highway 16A, and south of the Highway is an industrial area. HISTORY OF SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY Spruce Grove’s library was founded as a Spruce Grove Community Library in 1961 in the Village council office on Highway 16 and King Street. Local volunteers helped to renovate the room into a small library, housing a collection donated by community members and supported by small municipal and provincial grants. After one year, the Library had a membership count of 213 patrons. In 1968, the Library occupied a space on First Street. Then, in 1972, it moved into the Yellowhead Regional Library basement. Next, the Library expanded to a 1,500 ft2 space in the Town administration building (King Street and Fifth Street) in 1974 and hired its first professional librarian. The Library expanded its hours, reference service, and interlibrary loan service, and introduced family and children’s programming, storytime sessions, book displays, and special events. In 1975, the Library was approved for municipal status and became Spruce Grove Public Library. A collection of 7860 items served a membership of 1588 patrons, with 21,457 items circulated in 1975. The Library moved to Shenfield Centre in 1981 and introduced videocassettes and books on tape to collections. Later that decade, computers were introduced to the Library and an automated catalogue was introduced. The Friends of the Spruce Grove Public Library SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY // MANASC ISAAC ARCHITECTS 1 SPRUCE GROVE LAND-USE MAP LIBRARY 2007-PRESENT LIBRARY CITY CENTRE advocacy and fundraising group was incorporated in 1990. In 1991 the Library had VEHICLE ORIENTED PARKS AND RECREATION outgrown its location again and moved to King Street Mall. ESTABLISHED NEIGHBOURHOOD MOBILE HOMES In 1999, the Library restructured its information services with the increased availability of HAWTHORNE LIFESTYLE COMMUNITY the Internet and new opportunities for interlibrary cooperation. By joining The Alberta MIXED RESIDENTIAL & Library (TAL) community, Spruce Grove Public Library was now able to provide access to COMMERCIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD RETAIL & collections from across the province. SERVICE INDUSTRIAL In 2007, the Library moved in to its current location, a space shared with the Spruce Grove DIRECT CONTROL Art Gallery in Melcor Cultural Centre at 35 Fifth Avenue. Since 1961, the Library has grown PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTIONAL URBAN RESERVE into a modern community hub that connects and supports residents of Spruce Grove and MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY the surrounding area. 2 MUNICIPAL LIBRARY NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S MISSION & VISION MISSION The Library is a home for information and a meeting place for the A COMMUNITY... sharing of knowledge and ideas. “I value the VISION The Library continually sparks curiosity and nurtures the needs and atmosphere, generation of interests. Children and youth are encouraged to celebrate resources and their individuality, ideas, and voice through reading, writing, and community the technology. Source: Spruce Grove Public Library Library affords. My Library is a place SPRUCE GROVE POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHICS where it is safe for Spruce Grove’s population in 2017 is 34,881 according to the Spruce Grove 2017 Municipal me to just come and Census. When the Library moved in to its current location in Melcor Cultural Centre in 2007, be there to do what the City’s population was approximately 19,496 as per the 2006 Federal Census*. From 2006 I need to do that to 2017, the population increased by 79% - nearly a doubling of residents. The Library today day, all while being serves not only Spruce Grove, but also the catchment population of the surrounding area, myself.” which is approximately 20% of the current population, for a total of 41,857. Patron comment, 2017 Within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region (EMR), Spruce Grove was the second fastest Spruce Grove Public Library growing urban community between 2001 and 2011 at 5.1% and had the third highest community survey growth rate between 2011 and 2015 at 5.2%. Spruce Grove was designated as a Priority Growth Area in the 2009 Capital Region Growth Plan, along with eight other communities, which suggests that the EMR will direct growth to Spruce Grove through expanding infrastructure and developing transportation corridors and employment areas. Specifically, Spruce Grove is part of the Tri-Municipal Region along with the Town of Stony Plain and a portion of Parkland County. Communities in the Tri-Municipal Region share similarities in demographics and occupation profiles. Regional collaboration on facilities has been prioritized since at least 2009 in the Recreation and Culture Indoor Facility * There was neither a Canadian Federal nor a Spruce Grove Strategy which aimed to develop facility plans that included the needs of all communities Municipal Census in 2007. in the Tri-Municipal Region. While the Library and other cultural services are primarily used by residents of Spruce Grove and the Tri-Municipal Region, the EMR population also uses these facilities. The EMR population is projected to increase by 23,000 per year in the low growth scenario and 31,000 per year in the high growth scenario as per the Spruce Grove 2016 Cultural Master Plan. The Plan acknowledges that cultural organizations in Edmonton, such as the Edmonton Public Library, will absorb much of this growth, but other libraries in the EMR will be impacted by the population growth through their unique cultural offerings. Spruce Grove’s most recent land annexation occurred in 2007 when it acquired 572 hectares (5.72 square kilometres) from Parkland County for residential and commercial expansion, allowing the City to expand eastward. Previously, annexation expansion occurred westward toward the Town of Stony Plain in 1991. The City is considering further annexation. SPRUCE GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY // MANASC ISAAC ARCHITECTS 3 LIBRARY DESIGN POPULATION FEEL AT HOME... A municipal library is typically planned and built to serve a design population, which “A place to go on a accounts for the current and future needs of the community it serves. Therefore, the cold winter’s day. A current population as well as the projection population either to a defined point in the place to take kids to future (i.e. 15-year projection) or to a defined population (i.e.