FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 8, 2000
GOOD LUCK AT STATE
Consultants help with library,
city hall design
HEPPNER MUSTANGS!
Local citizens meet with consultants
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A team of consultants visited
Heppner on October 28 to help
with a design workshop through
a grant from the Oregon
Community Foundation. The
team, consisting of John
Reynolds, professor at the
University of Oregon; June
Mikkelsen, coordinator for the
Multnomah County Library
construction projects; Sally
Donovan,
historic
preservationist; and Barbara
Linn, facilities architect at
Portland
State
University,
discussed with local citizens the
opportunities for a new library
and city hall.
The purpose of the grant was
to involve the citizens in the
community in the initial design
discussion with the help of
facilitators and design experts.
About 21 members of the
public attended the meeting to
hear what the consultants had to
say and to contribute their ideas
of how the building should look,
feel and operate.
To kick off the work session,
Chris Boothby of Boothby
Architecture gave a brief
introduction and explained the
process that would be used. John
Reynolds reviewed building
operating systems in relation to
energy efficiency, solar heating
and natural daylight. Sally
Donovan presented information
regarding historic downtown
building styles, materials, texture
and scale.
After the presentations, the
attendees broke into group work
sessions and had an opportunity
to work directly with the
consultants in three basic areas.
Those areas were heating,
cooling and lighting; historic
building facades, textures, and
materials; and library layout and
function.
At each work station notes
were taken regarding comments,
ideas and solutions reached by
the groups. Once everyone had a
chance to work in a group with
the consultants, everyone again
gathered into a group to go over
the information received.
Some conclusions from the
meeting included:
-Passive solar strategies should
be investigated to minimize
heating and cooling loading and
cost.
-Natural daylight should be
used as much as possible,
especially for the library.
-There was interest in using
vines and foliage for shading,
although maintenance was a
concern.
-Ground source heat pumps
were also suggested as an
alternative that should be
explored.
-As for the library functions,
the work groups indicated that
space for a larger collection of
books was needed. Also a larger
children's section was desired.
Reading areas were felt to be
important and should be
welcoming and comfortable.
-More computers were desired
also.
Good
lighting
was
considered very important.
-There was an expressed need
for shared conference and
meeting spaces with the library
and city hall.
-Having the library on the
ground floor was considered
desirable by the majority of the
participants.
-Room for art and projects,
with sinks and counters, was
considered a priority for
multipurpose use.
While most of the time was
spent in work sessions dealing
with building design and
function, areas of general
concern were addressed also.
Several issues dealing with
site selection were discussed.
The location downtown, existing
buildings that could be used, and
other potential sites were
discussed. Using the old Heppner
Junior High building was one
issue that will be investigated
although participants thought it
not as desirable due to the
difficulty of reaching the location
by the elderly population and
potential high cost of retro-fitting
the building. This possibility will
be investigated further however
to determine how viable this
option might be.
Also discussed was the
potential loss of retail space on
Mam Street if the building were
constructed there.
The effect of the traffic
generated by the presence of a
city hall and library there was
felt to be an advantage for
downtown businesses.
Those in attendance believe
that people would come to town
from quite a wide area to use the
library and there would be an
"excellent"
opportunity
to
capture some business due to the
exposure and proximity.
Limited parking was an issue
that kept coming up and what
effect that would have on
downtown business. It was
pointed out that parking in a
thriving downtown is usually
hard to find. According to those
at the meeting, some business
owners and. their employees park
in spaces that could be used by
customers and some congestion
could be reduced if employees
parked on side streets some
distance from the business. It
was also apparent that parking
would be an issue wherever the
facility were located, they
determined.
4-H News
Book and More Books
4-H Club
By Shannon Clay, reporter
On Oct. 26, the 4-H club
Books and More Books had a
meeting at Becky Hunt’s house.
They discussed the last book
they read, Nancy Drew #3, “The
Bungalow Mystery.” Shannon
Clay gave the book report and
Kara Clay gave the author report.
They watched a clip of J.K.
Rowling s interview on the “Rosie
O’Donnell Show.”
Members decided to read “The
Face on the Milk Carton” by
Caroline Cooney for next month.
The club had two visitors who
are thinking about joining the club.
After the meeting, everyone
ate snacks and sack lunches.
Art gallery plans
sh ow ,
sp ecia l
holiday hours
Mary Cemyar. M.F.A., is
planning special Thanksgiving
hours at her Condon art gallery.
Cemyar will also present a new
Christmas show, introducing
paintings and sculpture by new
Condon-area artist Ben'e Wilson.
The gallery will be open the
weekend after Thanksgiving,
Friday, November 24, and
Saturday, November 25, from 11
a m. to 6 p.m. and will be open
from that date through Saturday,
January 6, on
Fridays and
Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m.
and by appointment.
A reception for the artist will
be held December 16 from 7-9
p.m.
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