Priorities over the next 5 to 10 years

General Stats 71,000 residents

45,500 are in the workforce

33,500 work outside of North

Sydney

11,500 work in North Sydney

89,000 in the North Sydney

LGA workforce

17,500 students in North Sydney:

59% of infants and primary are

residents; as are

14% of secondary and 13% of tertiary

Stanton 1965

Stanton 1965

Stanton 1965

Library Stats & Facts Built 1965; expanded 1976, 1987, 2005

40,000 members average

25,000 very active members of which

57.9% are residents

42.1% are non residents

52% of these non-residents work in the LGA; the remainder are

40% students and only 8% visitors to the LGA

Local schools have very good libraries

The workforce generally have only small, specialised libraries

Opening hours: the library is open 7 days and in the early evenings Monday to Friday, so the hours are suitable for both residents and workforce

Library Trends 2005 Books: 174,000 held (479,000 loaned)

Audio: 23,000 held (184,000 loaned)

E-books : 0

Visits: 361,000

Database searches : 42,000

2015 Books: 130,000 held (414,000 loaned)

Audio: 40,000 held (184,000 loaned)

Ebooks : 2,327 held (3,162 loaned)

Visits: 483,325

Database searches: 114,000

Comparisons Loans Branch LGA Local jobs

p.a. Libraries sq m

Lane Cove 600,968 1 11 15,586

Manly 363,384 0 15 14,059

Mosman 289,976 0 9 10,072

North Sydney 593,649 0 10 88,957

Willoughby 1,099,501 5 23 62,740

Population densities and trends Resident population forecast to grow to 83,212 by 2036.

Greatest resident increase will be in Crows Nest/St Leonards (+6,000) and North Sydney (+ 4,300).

Workforce and resident populations are centred along the transport corridors, with by far the greatest density in the North Sydney CBD. Unlikely to change.

Crows Nest/St Leonards share a border with Lane Cove and Willoughby.

First conclusions & next steps Stanton is ideally sited for its residents

While much loved by its users it has a range of design flaws which can be overcome

The Library is under-servicing the Workforce

There is a need to:

(i) identify a space in the North Sydney CBD where a modern Branch Library can be located

(ii) develop a Functional Brief for solutions to Stanton’s shortcomings (this was done in 2014)

Master Plan for Stanton

CK Design was recruited in 2014 (architect for Blue Mountains’ and Randwick award winning libraries)

CK Design responded to a Functional Brief by recommending an additional 500 sq m

of floor space to be taken from the ground floor of James Place office block.

CK Design Report and 3D walkthrough delivered in 2015

Finally: Need for Proof of concept Architectural scope of services (as advised by Budden, Nangel, Michael & Hudson, architects for the top

floor extension of Stanton in 2005, and who know the Library and James Place Office Block well):

1) Feasibility and Sketch design Stage:

1.1) Review proposed sketch design and review against existing structural drawings and conditions.

1.2) Provide feasibility report and preliminary structural solution to allow costing by quantity surveyor.

2) Fire Engineer to provide solution to extending ground floor into James Place

3) Mechanical Engineer to provide solution for extending a/c into ground floor of James Place

Recommendations

The existing central Library has a range of design flaws that can be overcome with a remodelling of the internal spaces and an extension into the ground floor of James Place.

RECOMMENDATION 1: Budget bid to engage a QS (incorporating assumptions about

(Structural/ mechanical and fire engineering solution).

RECOMMENDATION 2: Take the master plan into account in any intermediate work on

Stanton Library.

The LGA’s workforce is under-serviced. The strategic response to this is to establish a branch library in the workforce’s densest population centre: the North Sydney CBD

RECOMMENDATION 3: That the library manager with the strategic planning team to

include a branch library proposal within the State Government developments at both North Sydney and Crows Nest/St Leonards metro station sites.