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e e e assumption is that there should be adequate reading and study areas, and meeting room space throughout the design life span of the building. There was general agreement with the assumptions about service level and mix if the appropriate planning period is adjusted to ten years as agreed earlier in the discussion. C. Floor Size Councilor Bennett left the meeting at 1:15 p.m. Jim Robertson explained that diagrams he would present were based on the assumptions made by the committee that the building would be three or four stories and approximately 90,000 to 120,000 square feet. The committee commissioned H.B.W. Associates to develop a detailed program that assumed a projected population of 200,000 and planned for 20-year growth. It calls for a total building area of about 115,000 square feet, or three times the size of the current facility. The program also addresses some functional adjacencies by defining the functions within each of the departments or areas and assigning them square footage. For operating efficiency and ease of use, the consultants recommended that each floor should be 50,000 square feet or less. Mr. Robertson said the site places constraints on the building profile. One of the prime criteria used for each site under consideration was that it be at least one half block in size. Loads generated by a library are approximately 125 pounds per square foot of live load, making it advisable to consider use of the basement. If the building is designed with a setback, natural light would reach the basement. In assuming the use of a basement, there is the potential of some underground parking which requires a ramp. In the design Mr. Robertson presented, space was also allowed for the bookmobile. Mr. Robertson indicated public open space on the site was included at the request of the committee. Allowing for the setbacks and open space, the half block site has a buildable area of 40,000 to 45,000 square feet. Mr. Rutan said he thought it was premature to discuss design and he asked if the objective was to build a library as a monument or as a functional facility. Ms. Schue said she found Mr. Robertson's design information useful. Ms. Bascom agreed with Ms. Schue. Ms. Hildebrand said the present library is 38,000 square feet, with a main floor of 18,000 square feet, occupying less than half of the half-block site. Ms. Decker reported that the Future of Our Library Committee recommended a library of approximately 50,000 square feet to have floors as large as possible to minimize the amount of staff required to move between floors, but small enough to prevent users from feeling lost. She said the council should not be asked to make a decision on floor size at this time, but is being asked for direction on whether a structure of two to four stories should be considered. Ms. Decker said staff and the committee shared the opinion that one-story structures do not belong in downtown Eugene. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 13, 1988 Page 8