Finance Committee - 3/20/2019 Page 2
Alderman Laws
Thank you, if we approve this, when does work start and when does it end?
Sarah Marchant, Director Community Development
Great question. The project would be started for engineering and design, hopefully in June, designed over the
summer, going out to bid next winter for construction next spring.
Alderman Laws
Shameless plug here, the second Pride Parade for Nashua on June 29" this year so | just wanted to make it
didn’t interfere because we are having it at the library.
Ms. Marchant
The goal is to have it done in time for the Library’s 50" Anniversary which is the end of next summer | believe.
So we are trying to get it — construction will affect things next summer.
Alderman Laws
Excellent, thank you
Chairman O’Brien
And to give a lead in if | may | will recognize Alderman Kelly afterwards. This courtyard renovations, this is
where we have had some of our, in the past, movie nights and everything during the summer. So this will
greatly improve and enhance that to the community correct?
Ms. Marchant
Correct. | will say the design is intended to be done in phases, we believe that the design will likely be more
than the City is willing to spend next year to implement all of the improvements. With the multi-tiered plaza and
ADA grading items that we want to fix and make better, it is a pretty comprehensive and large project and so
the goal is to get a true community space and so that is what we are working towards.
Alderwoman Kelly
Actually you started to answer my question | was sort of wondering where we were with design. You said
design would start after that, so do we have a preliminary or just general check off items that we'd like to see?
Ms. Marchant
We don’t have anything yet, we have ideas in people’s heads and ideas of this group and this committee. The
library has some ideas very specifically of what they need and want to get out of the space. So those ideas
were laid out in the RFP and the goal is to work with this consulting group. We will have some public
meetings, most likely in June, to kick it off with some preliminary ideas, visions, 3D demonstrations. Things to
get people’s thought process going so you can give good comments and say what you really want; it will be
very public one we get going.
Alderwoman Kelly
Follow up if | could, thank you. So is this $104,000.00 just for getting the design going?
