 There we go. Okay, so welcome everyone to the second public forum of the Jones library building committee specific to the all user multi stall restrooms that are planned for the renovated and expanded library. This is a public forum it is not a meeting of the outreach since I do not see a quorum. But I do have with me today, Sharon Sherry from the library director, Craig to Carlo and will Fernandez both from collars our owner project manager. And I am Alex Lefebvre, I am the chair of the Jones library building committee outreach subcommittee. So I see we have some attendees in the audience welcome thank you for coming. This meeting is being recorded but we definitely welcome anyone to raise their hand at any point during the presentation. We're here to answer any questions that we can or take any information that you want to provide. So with that, I'm going to ask Sharon to go ahead and pull up the presentation and we'll get started. Can you see it. I can thank you. And if you can keep an eye on hands that would be amazing. And I don't know that I can do that and share my screen at the same time. Let me see if I can do that. I think I can do that. Yeah, I can do that. Okay. Okay, great. So, welcome. So, go ahead and turn to the next slide. So, the Jones library building committee has agreed to use all user restrooms, all throughout the building so on the garden level are on the entry level off amity street, the second floor and third floor they'll all be single occupant, all user restrooms. And then on the garden level which is the community space is where we would have a all user multi style restroom so what we're really talking about today is that restroom because it's the one that would not be a single user restroom. And so the decision was made sharing you get a little. Yeah, there we go. So the decision was made because all user restrooms have been found to benefit the widest range of people and that includes parents with children of different gender, people with disabilities who may require an accompaniment of an attendant of a different gender as well as gender diverse people. So we still all user restrooms also maximize space and minimize bathroom lines which since we are dealing with a pretty compressed tight space in the library to meet all of the library needs, having a bathroom that maximizes space is really good. And there's a link on this presentation and this presentation is available I think on both the library as well as the town website. There's a, it's actually an architecture firm has done a video called stalled which I think Sharon's going to click on here. And it's just if you're, if you're new to all gender restrooms it's got a lot of information that you can look at in terms of what some other designs look like, you know how they've been implemented why they've been implemented, etc. So it's just a nice little resource to have. So on the next slide. So what is currently being proposed and this is what I said previously so all bathrooms will be all user single occupants on the first second and third floor and then the multi stall. So, this design right here is a preliminary design that was provided by the architects. It was preliminarily approved by the Jones library building committee. The red dotted lines are not wall but could be wall if for some reason we wanted to separate those spaces it allows for it to go back into, you know, sort of gendered restrooms. We are based on the public feedback we've gotten to date, likely asking the architects to come up with a more open design. It doesn't necessarily have people choosing which way to go into, but instead, you know more of an open visible design because we're hearing a lot of people saying, you know, they would be comfortable if there were visibility around security issues. And one of the issues that we deal with at the library, because libraries are for everyone is that we do have people who have addiction, you know, problems that they're dealing with addiction. And so using library bathrooms can often be a place where people might overdose and so we want to be really, really cognizant of making sure that we can keep all of our patrons safe. And that if someone does overdose that the library staff which is trained on using Narcam is aware that somebody's in the bathroom that they need help and that we can get to them in a quickly manner to make sure that they survive. So that's one of many factors being under consideration as part of the bathroom. And so we had Sharon go to the next slide. So one of the things that we're looking at in terms of the bathroom is the type of stalls. So a standard privacy stall is what you would see in most what we would think of as sort of traditional bathrooms that were installed in the past in public places. There's a divider between the stalls and there's about a 12 inch gap above the floor in between the dividers you can see everybody's feet somebody drops the toilet paper you can see it etc. They're the least expensive to build an install but they're also the least private. They also have the least amount of security concerns because if somebody has overdosed passed out, you know, it doesn't even have to be an addiction right it could be somebody who's passed out for another reason they're really easy to see a patron can report back to staff that somebody's on the floor. The semi private option has dividers that stop short of the floor, it can be a gap usually between four to eight inches. It's moderately more expensive than the standard privacy, and it offers often a nice balance between people feeling like they have the privacy when you're in an all user restroom, as well as the security concerns of being able to possibly see feet or other issues to make sure that everybody is safe in the bathrooms. And then the third option for doors is maximum privacy. And this is, you know dividers installs extend fully from the floor to the ceiling. To do that code requires a floor drain light fixtures and sprinkler in each stall so as one can imagine that becomes the most expensive of the option because of the additional code requirements for those types of stall. It's the most private, the most expensive but then also creates security concerns about patrons who may be in need of assistance and you may not be able to see or tell. So, go ahead Sharon to the next slide. So these are just a couple of all user multi stall restrooms that have been used in other public spaces and they are included in this just to really get the dialogue going. Some people have used all user multi stall restrooms some people have it and so we thought it was good for people to see sort of other ideas to help with the thinking of what's possible. So this particular design is used at a synagogue. It's a pretty straightforward, you know Florida ceiling maximum privacy, one row of stalls on one side bathrooms on the other. Go ahead Sharon the next. This is a design at a university. So this is a little bit like what our design potentially looks like now. You could necessarily have but you'd have stalls on both sides with a sink in the middle. And so that's offers a slightly different feel and flow a little bit more open than the prior design. And then this is a design actually at an elementary school so this is the most open design where, I mean this is obviously a school hallway but where the sink area would be potentially open out into the public which would allow for, you know, security concerns to be eliminated and what we've heard from some people is they would be more comfortable because it doesn't feel like a closed in space where they might feel uncomfortable using restrooms with people of all genders on the gender spectrum. So those are just three ideas in terms of getting the conversation started. Yep. So the timeline for the decisions that the Jones library building committee which is a town committee needs to make around the bathrooms is here and so the first public forum. We had last Tuesday on January 3. This is our second and final public forum. And then there's a survey that we've started on December 22nd, and it will close on January 15 and we'll in a minute show people how to get to that. That survey is available online but there are also paper copies in the library that people can fill out and complete and put into a box and then those just get manually entered into the survey results. The Jones library building committee and design subcommittee are meeting on January 19 and January 26 at 430 where it's anticipated conversations around the community feedback will be had in those meetings, and then a possible vote is scheduled for February 2 or February 9 in terms of giving final direction to the architects. And then a possible date for us to make any changes to the bathroom. February 9 is the absolute drop dead date. No changes will be made to the bathroom design after that. So we really want to make sure that everybody is filling out surveys and giving us feedback before January 15. Next slide. So the survey has, it's super short, very quick to fill out asks if you've ever used a multi stall all user restroom. If you did, would you like or not like about it. We asked people to vote on the proposed stalls. And then we asked people just generally to share their thoughts about any features design elements that they'd like to see. The last bit is just a couple of demographic questions in terms of age group gender identity. Do you have children are you a caregiver things like that to help us hopefully make sure we're reaching the widest spectrum of community members to have input from everybody. So ways to share your opinion. There's a link to the all user restroom survey. So this is actually available if you go on the Jones library website. There is a link there to the survey. There is, I think also a link sharing if I'm not mistaken if anybody uses a public computer in the library, there's also a link to the survey there. The weekly newsletter that goes out from the Jones library also contains a link so if you're on that weekly newsletter that comes out on the weekend, you'll find a copy of it in there. So, yeah, so this is a survey it's super quick to answer. There are a couple things that are required. But again, like I said, super fast. And then so like we did for the broader open comments at the beginning of this process we've created this padlet. So the padlet has a link to the stalled online. It's got a link to the survey, but then this isn't also a place where people can add their own comments they can rate designs that they like and then they can also actually upload their own pictures. So we have people here who are, you know, three people have rated the different designs they've added their comments keep scrolling down Sharon, they've added their comments. And also of note if you click on any of the pictures, it will actually make them full screen and you can scroll through pictures this way so you're not looking at teeny tiny pictures. So these are just different bathroom designs. I think click the X Sharon. And then if you keep scrolling down you'll see I think some people have added their own. So, you know, these are different things that people have added you know, some somebody wants a sanitary product station which is great somebody included this as an open design and then more people can just Yeah, so it's a nice space to be able to share comments thoughts photos and vote on other ideas. Oh, yep. So go ahead and close out of that. So, X on the top right of the tab, I think, yeah. You need to close out of this to go back to the presentation. Okay, there we go. Thanks. Sorry about that. Okay. And then the info at Jones library.org. Oops, cancel or close. Please. Okay. info Jones library.org so that's the same email that we've been using throughout this process. So folks can send an email to info Jones library.org it's a different way to share information with us about the bathroom thoughts or comments. And then the submit a comment form. You can also click on that link, which is also in the library website. And the thing to know about this is when you enter a comment using the comment form. It doesn't give us your email address. So if you use this form. And you want a response from us we actually can't respond to you because we we don't know who you are so it better to use the info at Jones. If you'd like to respond to something. So I think that is it for yeah. So we've gotten I think about 135 responses so far to the survey. I think we've had I think 20 people go on the padlet and use that. So it feeling feeling good that we're getting a lot of nice conversation a lot of people have a lot of a lot of really great feedback and thoughts about what they'd like to see in the bathroom design and I'm certainly grateful for all of that feedback and people taking time. I think it's really important to encourage people. If you fill out the survey if you do it online, if you could forward it to anyone and everyone you know the more people we get to fill out the survey. You know, the better, the better represented the community is in terms of the conversation and dialogue. So, that's it. I don't know if anyone in the audience has any questions, comments, thoughts, you're welcome to come into these raise your hand if you're interested. Thank you to attendees I'm happy to bring one of you, both of you, either of you, whatever you guys want, we're happy to bring you into the room and it, you know, to have a conversation, I think is really helpful, because there are things that we take for granted and, or things that we may not be thinking about. Or there's always the thing, yeah, we take for granted that people, you know, are watching meetings and know the thought process so yeah. Okay, seeing no hands. I see that I did exactly 17 minutes which is what the last before I did it 17 minutes as well. So, these are recorded they can be shared there on the town website under recordings I think so. I appreciate those of you who showed up for the, the public forum. Hope you'll complete the survey if you haven't hope you'll pass it along to others. And we look forward to hearing from everybody. Well, thank you Colliers for coming yet again. Appreciate your time. Certainly, and I just want to say, fantastic job, filing all this information and making it accessible to everyone. That's what we do or try. All right. Thank you everybody. Good night everyone. Good night.