5.5 Recommendations #3.
Pursue a minimum of 175,000 square feet for a Central Library forming part of the Brampton Centre for Innovation, potentially constructed in multiple phases in response to the significant and ongoing population growth in Downtown Brampton and the City as a whole beyond the 10-year Library Facilities Master Plan period.
#4.
Advocate the importance of the Central Library through the upcoming design process for the Centre For Innovation. At a minimum, the design of the space should allow for a diverse range of services and programming, segregation of “noisy” versus quiet zones, and provide opportunities for learning, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise. The design should also permit future expansion if intended to build the Library in multiple phases.
#5.
Pursue a total of three (3) District Branch typologies that collectively add a minimum of 103,500 square feet to the library system. District Branches should be constructed as part of the Uptown Core / Shoppers World development, the second phase of the Embleton Community Centre, and within the proposed Heritage Heights Town Centre.
#6.
Construct a total of four (4) Neighbourhood Branches in order to support the City of Brampton’s 20-minute walkable neighbourhoods objectives for key development and redevelopment areas. Neighbourhood Branches should add 47,000 square feet of library space between them.
#7.
Close the Four Corners Branch upon completion of a new Central Library while also discontinuing operations of the interim South West Branch upon opening of the new Embleton Branch.
#8.
Establish a required level of sustainable building design for new and substantially redeveloped library branches. This should include requiring a minimum LEED Gold certification (or Net Zero building standards) while exploring connections to nature or other ways to reflect best practices in environmentally sustainable and resilient designs.
#9.
The library staff and user experience within new and existing library branches should allow for barrier-free accessibility, comfort and welcoming environments, and programmatic flexibility to the greatest degree possible through design and building systems.
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