#ledding library

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Ledding Library / Hacker Architects

Completed in 2020 in Milwaukie, United States. Images by Jeremy Bittermann. The new 20,000-square-foot Ledding Library occupies a unique position at the edge of downtown Milwaukie, Oregon, between a wetland natural area, a...

“ The design aims to create a civic presence for the library, reflecting its esteemed position in Milwaukie’s history, community, and downtown core, while taking advantage of the unique natural setting. Its form draws inspiration from the natural movement of rivers, bending across the site to capture sweeping views of the neighbouring heritage Oak trees and waterway. Extensive use of wood on both the exterior and interior help to blend the library with its surroundings, creating a warm, welcoming, vibrant atmosphere. The vision for the new library was driven by four main principals developed with library staff, community members, and city council”

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Milwaukie needs library expansion task force- is that you?

Milwaukie City Council is looking for a pair of citizens and a local business person to join a task force that will assist City staff and the Library Board to stimulate a broad-based discussion of the community need for library facilities, the options available for expansion, and the process needed to pursue potential locations and funding. The task force will help the City determine how to utilize one million dollars of capital funds that will be available in 2012 from the Library District of Clackamas County to address space needs. Council passed a resolution at its March 15, 2011 meeting to create the Task Force and set its make-up of: • Two citizens-at-large • Two Neighborhood District Association (NDA) representatives • Two Ledding Library board members • A member of the City Council • A local business person • A Library Foundation member • A Planning Commissioner • A Budget Committee member The citizen-at-large positions as well as the NDA positions will be selected to represent each of two geographic areas (east and west sides of Hwy 224): a) the Lake Road, Historic Milwaukie and Island Station NDA’s and, b) Hector Campbell, Ardenwald-Johnson Creek, Linwood, and Lewelling NDA’s. The NDA leadership will be asked to nominate representatives from the two areas. No geographic requirement applies to the local business person to be selected. The Task Force is charged with four tasks: • Develop a scope of work to evaluate options to either expand the Ledding Library or to pursue additional library facilities within the city that deliver services in association with the Ledding library (to be completed by July 1, 2011). • Evaluate the impact of assuming responsibility for delivering services to the unincorporated areas of Clackamas County (to be completed by July 1, 2011). • Cost out the options and present preliminary estimates to the City Council for direction (to be completed by September 1, 2011). • Follow Council direction and obtain necessary consultant services to develop detailed plans to present to Council of the alternative funding options (to be completed by January 1, 2012).

Applications will be reviewed by Mayor Jeremy Ferguson so he can make a recommendation to the Council for appointments at the April 19, 2011 City Council meeting. Applications should be submitted no later than April 15, 2011 and can be obtained by contacting the City Recorder’s Office at [phone] or [email protected], or clicking here.