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building on Main Street. The public is invited.
Waynesville grants library rezoni
Library
continues plans to purchase Bellbrook Road properties f
By Jean Kowalski
Waynesville s Mary L. Cook public library will go
ahead
an d
purchase
several lots
on
Bellbrook
Road
for a
new building.
\ Waynesville council gave final approva l
last
week to
th e
libreiry s request to rezone the proper
ty
from
R-1 to R-4.
which
will
allow
a
library
to be
b ui lt o n the
si te.
Council s approval followed a public
hearing,
where members of th e l ib rary s s taf f and board
described the need for a new. larger
library,
as well
as plans
for th e
new building.
The l ib rary s current
location,
a former school
building
at Fourth and
Miami
streets,
is too
small
to fit the library s needs, library board president
Janette
Maloy said.
We re simply
ou t
of
space.
Maloy
said.
That
causes
problems within the
library, because peo
ple want to
come
in and read and
relax,
while
we ve got programs going on.
Maloy
said
one-third of
the
available space in the
current building is
wasted because
of a
lack
of
planning, and because the school building was not
built to handle a l ibrary s needs.
The plans for the new library, which
the
bosird
plans
to build within two to three years, vyill in
clude a community room for
th e library s
pro
grams, as well as for any local
organizations who
Neighbors
concerned over
traffic,
street improvements
By
Jean Kowalski
The Mary L. Cook
public
library s
plans
to
move to new quarters on Bellbrook Road within a
few
years
were
me t
with apprehension by those
wondering how the library would affect the
neighborhood.
Objections by council members
and
neighbors
of the property centered around traffic
and any
street improvements that
would be necessary,
and
th e costs o f those improvements.
Bellbrook
Road,
from Franklin
Road
north to
Preston
Avenue, has
no
sidewalks, curbs o r gut
te rs o n e ithe r side: n or are th ere
s idewalks
on
Frsinklin Road, which many village residents
would us e to ge t to th e
library.
1
can t
imagine the village would stand still for
no sidewalks,
Brannock said.
I
would
envision
the
village requiring
the
(Bellbrook Road)
proper
ty owners to stall sidewa lks the whole way
(south)
to Franklin Road.
The only problem I see is
with
th e sidewalks,
council member Mary feunker said. Children
will be walking to that library, and we have to
make i t
as
safe as possible.
The
library, following
village
ordinances,
would be required
to
install sidewalks along its
property; however, if the village required adja
cent owners
t o i ns ta ll
sideweilks.
th e
property
owners
would
ha ve to p ay fo r them.
Library officials said sidewalks anywhere other
than
in
front
of
the library are the
village s
con
cern. not the library s.
We v e don e w it ho ut s id ewa lk s
in
front
of
the
library
for
years. library
president
Janette
Maloy
said. Others said th e increased
traffic along Bellbrook Road from
the
library may
cause problems.
T h er e s n o o ne in th is ro om w ho
doe sn t
th ink
th e
library
needs more
space, council
member
Bill Brannock said, Biit why does that space
have
to
be
on Bel lb rook
Road?
Can Bel lb rook
Road handle the
traffic,
not just
for a
library, but
for any
reason?
The
street
itself
is
no t
equipped
to
handle the
volume
of traffic a library
would
generate,
neighbors said.
L ib ra ry d ir ec to r
Inara
Turkopuls
said few
l ib ra ry u sers be tween 16
and
25
percent
walk
to th e
library.
It s not surprising how
few
people walk
to
th e
library.
Turkopuls said, because most
people
don t just go to th e
library,
they
go
to th e grocery
store and then
to
th e library. It s basically
a
drop
off
place,
even in a small place like
Waynesville.
Also. Turkopuls said,
th e
l ibrary board
wanted
to re loca te in a n a r e a where th e
res idents
were
predominantly
young
families with school-age
ch i l d r e n .
There is
more
population
growth
in
this
part
of the
community.
she
said, and we
wanted
to
stay
in
t he t own .
Traffic
should
be
no
problem for the
library.
Stan Kleski. th e architect hired to design th e new
l ibrary , said .
If two cars pass each other (on
Bellbrook
Road). Kleski
said,
then it s a busy
day.
If traf
fi c
will
increase
on th at
road , 1
d o n t t hi nk
th e
library will cause it.
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wish to
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and se rv
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said.
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and
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atton
said the
themes
for the paintings
still life studies of toys and
household
item
(Jean
Kowalski
Photo) pas t.
rezoning
request
Road properties for new, larger facility
Special
education
programs praised
Clinton-Massie school district s specia
tion
programs were commended r ecent l
Ohio Division of Special
Education
fol
review
by th e
state
agency.
The
c ommenda t i on s
inc luded :
The district s evaluations
are
design
sure that children ar e no t in special
e
classes
because
of inappropriate selec
min is tr at io n o r i nt er pr et at io n
of
ev
mat e r i a l s .
Paren ts whose chi ld ren ar e in the
education
programs
have
indicated
they
a
ed with the ir
progress.
Teachers provide
parents
with peri
gress
reports in a manner
cons is te nt
reporting
schedule
of
th e school district.
Teacher s
use
activi t ies which
indic
pre-vocational
skills,
career awareness a
activities are provided
in
an effective man
The speech/pathology staff ha s assist
development
of curriculum
guides
an
policies related to
speech
and
language
he
School psychological reports
contain
background
information summarizing
s
hi s tor i e s .
The
areas
i nv ol ve d i n
th e
review inc l
ministration. learning disability and deve
tally handicapped education, speech and l
therapy,
and psychological services.
Specific observa ti on s i nc lu ded ch
records, individual
education programs,
in
with
teachers and
parents,
and
a
review
special education units facilities.
The s ta t e review was
conducted
fo r
th e
entire sp ecial ed ucatio n pro gram ,
kindergarten through 12.
Parking limited
on
Dayton Road
Parking on Dayton Road in
front
Waynesville s chool s soon will be l im ite
hou r .
Village
council gave preliminary appro
day to
t ime restrictions
on parking on the
of
Dayton Road during regular
school
order to prevent high
school
students
fro
ing in
front
of the school s throughout
th e
When you have students parking in
fro
schools, it s hard
for parents to
park and p
kids
up. village
police chief
Cliff
Maxw
S ome kids will
run
in b etw een th e c
sometimes
parents will stop on
the
stree
thei r k ids
up.
Parking and stopping ar e
already
prohi
t he e as t
s id e o f
t h e s tr e et .
The
ordinance
requires three readings,
board
president
wish to use it.
Maloy
said. That
because peo-
and re lax,
whi le
space i n t he
of
a lack
of
building was not
which t he b oa rd
years, wil l in-
th e
library s pro-
organizat ions who
er
s ai d t he i nc re a se d
the l ibrary
may
w ho
doesn ' t
t h i nk
counci l membe r
y does that space
C an Bel lbrook
for a library, but
to
handle
th e
woul d g en er at e,
said few
1 6
nd 2 5
people
walk
to
th e
ause most
people
go to th e grocery
basical ly a drop-
l ike
Waynesville.
rary board wanted
th e
r e s i d en t s
we r e
with school-age
in this part
a n d we wan t e d
to
for
th e library,
to des ign t he new
(o n Bellbrook
a
busy day.
If
traf-
I d on 't th in k th e
Books ar e
only a
part
of
what we are
about,
Maloy
said. The library is community-oriented
and serves the needs of the community not only in
books and we re at a dead end as far as offering
anything
further.
Another of
the
li bra ry s missing elements, a
study room, will be
provided
in th e new building,
Malov
said.
We want to get students into the library.
she
said. We try to complement the schools facilities,
but we venogoodplacefor the students tostudy.
Another
feature
to
expand
will
be the Ohicana
Room, the library s storehouse
of historic
informa
tion and artifacts from Waynesville. the region,
a n d
th e s ta te .
The
building will
also
i nc lude mor e work room
for the library s staff, as well as including enough
room 6.000
square feet
for
approximately
40 . 0 0 0 vo l ume s .
Stan
Kleski. the architect hired by the library
board, said the
prel iminary plans
for the
new
library u-e
very
residential in
character and
scale.
We
tried to be
sensitive to
not
only th e
neighborhood, but als to the archi tec ture
of
Waynesville.
The
new library
will
cost
approximately
450 ,000 .
The
l ib ra ry board
wanted
to
purchase
t he la nd
on Be ll br ook Road
because
t he re w e re
fe w o th e r
opportunities for larger quarters within th e village
i tself .
We
wanted to
stay
in the
town, even
though it s
a school dist rict l ibrary. library director Inara
Turkopuls sai d. Mos t l ib ra ri es
nowadays
need
parking, wi th a minimum acre to an acre and a
half. Where
else
can
you
find that In
town?
We
made
a c ho ic e o f
wha t
w as available a t
the t ime
of
making t he choice.
Where
there was
growth in the community, we
didn t
have
a
l ot o f cho ice.
Maloy
said.
When
you get
ou t
and
start looking
for lots In
Waynesville. you h av e
little
to choose from.
Maloy said the library will most likely remain in
it s current location, owned by American Legion
Pos t 615 . unt il a new facility can be built.
The library has been in it s current
location
since
1954. when it occupied a
small
portion of the lower
floor
of the former school building. It eventually
expanded
to fill the entire floor, which is approx
imately 3.000 square feet and hou se s 30. 000
vo lumes .
The library will undertake fundraising measures
with
which
to build the
new
facility.
