Current Picton Branch Library 1
Expanded Picton Branch Library 2
We ask that you approve our acceptance of the Knudsen bid and execution of the construction contract, which will allow the project to go forward and grant us permission under the lease to alter the building We are NOT asking for money 3
K. Knudsen Construction Ltd. $2,325,280 including contingency of $288,000 4
Their local work: Manor on Loyalist Parkway - Picton 5
Quinte Gardens Retirement Residences - Belleville 6
The Armoury - Picton 7
Some Facts about Library Usage ● 2016 PEC Population: ○ 24,735 ● 2019 Library Membership: ○ 8,746 ● 2018 Total Circulation: ○ 182,254 ● 2018 PEC Square Mileage: ○ 1,050 km squared 8
Materials Provided to the Community: ● Books: 97, 091 ● E-Books: 51,725 ● DVDs: 24, 587 ● Audio Books: 3,883 ● Magazines: 2,857 ● Musical Instruments: 984 ● Computers/Equipment: 1,127 ● Free Wifi to the community 24/7 9
Who uses the library? ● 127,350 individual visits to one of our library branches in 2018 ● 21,700 used a library workstation in 2018 ● 18, 173 people attended programs in 2018 ● 182, 792 items were borrowed in 2018 10
Programming - Infants/Children ● Baby Group ● Fairy Garden making ● HUB Playgroup ● Dance Parties ● Pre-School Storytime ● Kids Knit ● Toddler Time ● Creative Kids ● Baby Sign Language ● Tutoring ● Touch a Truck ● Robotics ● Stop Motion Film Making ● Construction Play Zone ● Cafe Francais ● Vlogging ● Crafternoons ● Easter Bonnets ● Miniature Photography ● Escape Rooms ● Rock Jam ● Feathers & Feeders ● Ukulele Camps ● Cursive Writing workshops ● TD Summer Reading Program *100 programs ● Short Film Making per summer on average* ● Haunted Houses ● Quinte Conservation Adventure Kits ● Santa’s Workshop 11 ● Makerclubs on various themes ● SFX Makeup
Programming - Youth & Children’s Special Events Youth: Special Events: ● LGBTQ2+ Youth Group ● Tim Holland - Stunt Ventriloquist ● Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments ● Clifford the Big Red Dog visits ● Liam Garrett Memorial Art Show ● Little Red Theatre ● Digital DJ ● Barefoot Players ● So you’ve been accepted, now what? ● Captain Underpants - character performance ● Maker Projects with PECI ● Rene Schmidt - Canadian Disasters ● Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Special Events: ● Wild Zoo Parties - animal education ● Krista Dalby - Lantern Festival/ShadowPuppets ● County Reads JR ● David Archibald - Children’s performer ● Mad Science ● Pam Withers - Author ● Betsy Cotton - Dinosaur Presentation ● Eric Walters - Author ● Jacob Rodenburgh ● Jennifer Mook-Sang - Author ● Mystic Drumz 12 ● Wallace Edwards - Author ● Tabby Johnson - musician
Programming - Adults ● Art Class - Terry Culbert & Barb Hogenauer ● Bridge Lessons ● Life and Bronze - Ruth Abernethy ● Spanish & French conversational lessons ● Parent with Confidence - Carolyn Bond ● Eat Local with Fiddlehead Farm ● The Body in the Library - Mary Jane Maffini ● Movie Night ● Newcomers Group ● County Wreck Diving ● Functional Fitness ● Mah Jong & Scrabble game times ● Home Delivery ● Knit and Chat ● Drumming Circle ● Ukulele Band ● History of the Sandbanks ● Tea with the Queen(‘s admirer) ● Film Screening “Murphy’s Law” ● Commercial Fishing - Herb Cooper ● Pollinator Friendly Garden Design ● Ontario Bicycle Touring - Howard Pulver ● How History Changes Plants & Plants ● Hands on Art - Hedy Campbell Change History ● Wawhte: Stories of Residential School ● Burial Sites of the First Nations Survivors ● Letters to Vimy - Orland French ● The Writing Process - Ken Murray 13
Programming - Adults Special Events ● County Reads & Authors ● Linwood Barclay - Author Festival Visit ● Gwynne Dyer - Author Visit ● Dave Meslin - Author Visit ● Terry Fallis - Author Visit ● Carol Off - Author Visit ● David Frum - Author Visit ● Helen Humphries - Author Visit 14
Programming - Computers and Technology ● Social Media for Small ● Social Media Businesses ● Intro to Facebook ● Computer Basics ● Fake News ● Internet Safety ● File Management ● Intro to Podcasting ● iPad 101 ● Overdrive/Hoopla ● Windows 10 ● Vinyl Cutting ● Creative on the Cheap Series ● 3D Printing ● Photography for Mobile Devices ● Google Maps & Apps ● Android 101 ● Maintaining & Optimizing ● Photoshop and Alternatives Windows ● iCloud - FAQ & Discussion 15
$437, 305.98 per month in total service value https://www.clarington-library.on.ca/economicimpact 16
Picton Branch Benefits Everyone ● Interlibrary Loan ● Ameliasburgh ● Bloomfield ● New Books ● Consecon ● Milford ● Wellington ● Technology ● 50% of the collections Seamless interaction between branches 17
Project Budget 18
Project Funding 19
Fundraising 20
Quarterly Knudsen Cash Flow Breakdown: ● Q4 - 2019 Total = $461,356 ● Q1 - 2020 Total = $488,082 ● Q2 - 2020 Total = $558,822 ● Q3 - 2020 Total = $338,826 ● Q4 - 2020 Total = $245,661 ● Q1 - 2021 Total = $232,528 21
2021 2018 $12,933 $7,838 $4,440 *Minimal Increase b/c No More Water Cooler* $2,523 $1,599 $1,605 22 2017 Actual Cost vs. 2020 Projected Costs
Other costs - now vs projected 2018 Picton Branch Costs: Projected 2021 Costs: ● Telephone: no change ● Telephone: $2,766 ● Internet: no change ● Internet: $4,263 ● Snow: no change ● Snow: $4,328 ● Grass: Reduction - $3,672 ● Grass: $3,672 ● General Mtce: no change ● General Mtce: $16,448 ○ Cleaning: Increase - $1,920 ● Staff: offset by other savings ● Staff: no change 23
We ask that you approve our acceptance of the Knudsen bid and execution of the construction contract, which will allow the project to go forward and grant us permission under the lease to alter the building 24
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