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SPACE ALLOCATION PROGl~~A.M <br />Tllis Space Allocation Program is a narrative of the activities, room types, <br />capacities and sizes of the facility. The major activities were identified through <br />work sessions with the staff and Board of the library. These were then broken <br />down into specific use areas and occupancy capacities were established. Square <br />footages were assigned to each area based on the design standards common in the <br />industry and minimum requirements established by the building codes. <br />This information is Presented here as the first step in defining the size and scope <br />of the future library needs and can be used as a basis for beginning the actual <br />design of the building at some later date. Phis program and the related charts and <br />drawings are not intended to represent a design for the facility and should not be <br />used to visualize how the building will look. Once the progrtm is adopted and a <br />final site is selected, the architectural and engineering research, code analysis, <br />calculations and design can begin. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The current building housing the Elk River Public Library was opened in 1975. The <br />library's annual cIrctilation that year was 37,547. The community's population taken in the <br />1980 census was 6785. Much growth has occttrred in the area doting the last 15 years and <br />the library is reaching its limits as capacity to accommodate the desired collection size and <br />programs. The cttrrent population sewed by~the hbrtry Is estimated at nearly 17,000 and <br />its annual circulation Is approximately 93,000. <br />The following plan addresses the serious space prohlems the llbrary is facing in Itght of <br />contInuing growth In the area and the increasing use of the llbrary that accompanies that <br />growth. <br />4 <br />