Hough Branch : Public Meeting #2

Hough Branch
June 6, 2017
Public Meeting #2

Agenda
June 6, 2017

5:30 - 5:45pm Welcome & Introductions
5:45 - 6:15pm Overview of Community Engagement
6:15 - 6:45pm Design Alternatives Feedback
6:45 - 7:00pm Public Comment / Q&A

Cleveland Public Library calls obstacles, such as hunger,
illiteracy, and unemployment: Community Deficits.
The People’s University
CPL embraces its responsibility to fight these deficits by taking
a strong STEP for our community’s future and providing:
• Safety - Safe places to learn all year round
• Technology - Free access to all types of new technology
• Education - Extensive & inspirational communities of learning
• Preservation - A commitment to capturing and honoring history

Community Vision Plan
An effort to determine the appropriate services that
will be offered at the Cleveland Public Library’s branch
locations by 2019 through authentic engagement and
valued input from community residents.
Current branches in Group 3:
• West Park
• Eastman
• Hough
• Union
• Walz

A report will be produced for each group with
recommendations tailored to each branch, which
may include:
• Exterior architectural renovations
• Concepts for reprogramming interior spaces
• Outdoor site improvements
• Framework for prioritizing library services
• Streetscape enhancements
• Creative ideas for bridging the digital divide
• Partnerships with community organizations

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• The Library does not have a future plan for the
Hough Branch building.
This Community Vision Plan is the public
engagement process to create a plan.
• There is no budget set for the Hough Branch
recommendations.
The library wants to know what the community needs
are first, then plan financial investments accordingly.
• The definition of "21st Century Library" will be
co-created by each branch community.
The Cleveland Public Library recognizes each
community has different needs and priorities.

OVERVIEW of
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
FEEDBACK

Survey Feedback
HOUGH:
15
TOTAL
SURVEYS:
647
"Please list the name of the CPL facility
you identify as your local branch."

Q: If you could suggest an additional
resource for your local branch, what
would it be?
• Comfortable seats with cushions
• Park space nearby
• Community programming
• Computer classes with youth
• Basketball hoops
• Tutoring
• Virtual Reality
Survey Feedback : Hough

Q: Please offer three words that best
capture your vision for the Hough li-
brary experience by 2019.

"Keep up the
good work!"
"Don't be afraid to
make patrons be
QUIET!"
"Hold a quarterly
meeting with leaders,
city council members
- outreach programs
to get neighbors
more involved,
community town hall
meeting."

Ward Meeting: Feedback
• "Looks closed" - windows dingy, no
sign, not well-lit
• Wifi not very strong
• Noisy because it's one open space -
"I use MLK Branch instead for its
meeting rooms."
• Don't know what's offered here

Ward Meeting: Wishlist
• Boost wifi and advertise for people to
sit outside.
• Stay open on Sunday afternoons for
school access
• Hold more events and classes for kids
• Improve signage, visibility from street,
lighting
• Have an area newsletter to tell
residents what's available at area
libraries (ex. storytimes, etc)

Discovering Options
THE TOP TWO THINGS HOUGH BRANCH
SHOULD FOCUS ON ARE...:
VOTE
WALKABLE LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
VOTE
LIBRARY COMMUNITY/MEETING SPACES
VOTE
LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY ACCESS
VOTE
OFFER CLASSES
VOTE
LIBRARY OUTDOOR SPACES
VOTE
SMALL-SCALE LIBRARY LOCATIONS
HOST LECTURES
HOLD EVENTS
VOTE
VOTE
OTHER (WRITE IDEAS IN BOX):

Defining the Vision
BUILDING/GROUNDS:
• Remove some of the trees
• Redo some of the sidewalks
• Designated space for chilrdren & teen
• Recreation area
• Addition for kids/teens
• Reading garden

Defining the Vision
NEIGHBORHOOD:
• Fix the street
• More lighting
• More daycares, places for kids

Defining the Vision
SERVICES:
• Tutoring
• Geneaology sessions/help
• Integrate learning with kids play time on computers
• Homework help
• Stay open on Sundays
• After school programs all year long
• Computer access for more than two hours
• GED/work programming
• More tutoring - K-12
• More computers
• More laptops and iPads
• Better kids' books, videos for new moms
• Reading & communication programming
• Job fairs

BRANCH(ING)CONVERSATIONS
INTERNAL
CPL&BRANCH
POSITIVES NEGATIVES
EXTERNAL
NEIGHBORHOOD

Branch(ing) Conversations
INTERNAL / BUILDING
POSITIVES +
• Security guards - know kids
personally
• Good location
• Interesting shaped building
• Good check-out policy
• Programs for kids
• Computer access
• Enough parking
• Good staff
• Technical assistance for
seniors
• Sanctuary
• Movies
• Lunch programs
• Comfortable
• Community-oriented
• Family atmosphere

INTERNAL / BUILDING
NEGATIVES -
• Not enough book variety
• Not enough security - don't feel
safe
• Not very green - no flowers, etc
• No outside place to go - garden,
playground, etc
• Too loud - bad acoustics (echo)
• Too many kids - like a daycare
• Outdoor bricks slippery when wet
• No separate area for kids/teens
• No separate work rooms for
quiet time
• Bricks falling apart out front - not
maintained
• Duty guards aren't armed, no
vests
• Kids get rambunctious, loud
• Looks abandoned, uninviting,
looks dangerous
• Trash builds up outside in "dead
corners"
• Not maintained
• Hard to get work done (loud)
• Kids have to leave at 5:00
• Not enough lighting around
building (dark)
• No place to play outside
• Uncomfortable seating
• Dark inside library too

EXTERNAL / NEIGHBORHOOD
POSITIVES +
• Close to senior high-rise
• Location in neighborhood -
tucked away
• Close to schools
• East Side Market up and
running soon?
• Parks nearby - good recreation
options
• Rockefeller Park - tennis
courts, bike trails
• Historic neighborhood
• Wade Park on Wednesdays
• Art museum
• Good system of town halls,
neighbor connections
• Everyone knows each other
• Convenient bus lines along
Euclid
• Things within walking distance
- U.Circle, Rockefeller Park,
Clinic

EXTERNAL / NEIGHBORHOOD
NEGATIVES -
• Lots of older people hang
around - not safe for kids
• Too many shootings
• Not enough for kids to do -
no playgrounds, etc
• No good grocery options -
especially for healthy produce
• Not very diverse
• Streets really dark - not
enough lighting
• Crime in neighborhood
• People fight in/around library
• Not safe after dark
• Blighted/vacant houses

Summary: Recommendations
1. Add more comfortable seating and flexible workspace
options

options
2. Find opportunity for "quiet work area"

options
3. Update interior with more modern color, lighting

options
4. Improve front plaza entry with signage, lighting, landscaping

options
5. Improve back entry with signage, lighting, canopy

options
6. Add outdoor seating area

options
7. Strengthen Wifi for after-hours access

options
8. Coordinate with neighboring branches to better communicate
events, resources, programming

options
9. Explore opening on Sunday afternoons

options
9. Explore opening on Sunday afternoons
10. Hold neighborhood "block party" events to deepen social ties

DISCUSSION
of DESIGN
ALTERNATIVES

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Brooklyn
Woodland
Jefferson
West Park
Glenville
Collinwood
Harvard-Lee
Mt. Pleasant
Main Library
Carnegie West
Garden Valley
South Brooklyn
Langston Hughes
Memorial-Nottingham
Martin Luther King, Jr.
CPL SERVICE AREAS WITH BRANCH LOCATIONS 2014
Prepared by: Knowledge Office ADO
November 19, 2014
Source: NODIS
Service Area | 27 CPL Branches + Main library + Public Admin.
+ Ohio Library for the Blind & P.D.

Service Area | Hough Branch
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Hough Branch Use

CPL
BRANCH
EXPERIENCE
library
building
library
property
neighborhood
library
services

CPL
BRANCH
EXPERIENCE
library
building
library
property
library
services
neighborhood

Interior | tech centers at CPL
TechCentral, Downtown Main Branch TechEast, Fleet Main Branch

1. How important is it to be able to check out
TABLETS / LAPTOPS for in-branch use?
1. Not important 2. Somewhat 3. Moderately 4. Important 5. Very important

2. How important is it to have LOUNGE
SEATING AREAS?

3. How important is it to have a LAPTOP
BAR/LOUNGE AREA?

4. How important is it to have PLAYFULLY /
ORGANICALLY ARRANGED SHELVING?

5. How important is it to have FLEXIBLE/
MOVABLE SHELVING?

6. How important is it to add more modern
COLOR, LIGHTING, and FURNISHINGS?

QUIET
WORK
ROOM
KIDS/
TEENS
AREA

7. How important is it to close off a QUIET
WORK AREA for adults?

CPL
BRANCH
EXPERIENCE
library
property
library
building
library
services
neighborhood

8. How important is it to IMPROVE THE BACK
ENTRANCE?

9. How important is it to ADD A FRONT
ENTRY PLAZA with lighting, seating, signage?

10. How important is it to have a READING &
WIFI GARDEN on the property?

Hna Food
Dixon’s Groceries
Simons Supermarket
ST. CLAIRE-SUPERIOR
GLENVILLE
HOUGH
UNIVERSITY
CIRCLE
2
2
3
Healthline
Healthline
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15 MINUTE WALK
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15MINUTEWALK
15 MINUTE WALK
15 M
INUTEWALK
WADE PARK A
SUPERIOR A
79THSTREET
M
LK
JR.DR.
HOUGH AVE.
CHESTER AVE.
EUCLID AVE.
E. 89th Street Historic District
CPL - MLK Branch
Daniel E. Morgan K-8
Oak Leadership institute
MLK Jr. Highschool
Wade Park Elementary
Montessori High School
The Cleveland Museum
Of Art
Cleveland Museum
Of Natural History
Hawken School
St Thomas Aquinas School
Mary B. Martin
Hough Area Development
Corporation
Lexington Bell Community
Center
Hitchcock Center
for Women
Famicos Foundation
Star of Bethel Missionary Church
University Church of Christ
Nazarene Baptist Church Glenville Church of Christ
Fidelity Baptist Church
Masjid Al-Nur Islamic Center
Light of Liberty Church
Cleveland Thurgood
Marshall
Cleveland Thurgood
Marshall
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland VA Hospital
N.E. Ohio Neighbor-
hood Health Services
C Town General Store
Church Square Pharmacy
48
KEY
LIBRARY
SCHOOL
PARK/RECREATION CENTER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
OFFICE BUILDING
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
HOSPITAL
MUSEUMS
SPECIAL HOUSING
RETAIL DESTINATION
15 MIN WALKING RADIUS
BUS ROUTES
GROCERY/FOOD RETAILER
1

HOUGH LIBRARYREC
CENTER
HOUGH
CDC

11. How important is it to EXPLORE
ALTERNATIVE BRANCH LOCATIONS?

12. How important is it to link the library to the
rec center / CDC with a new STREETSCAPE?

13. How important is it to have a LIBRARY
NEWSLETTER for neighborhood residents?

Monday 10:00-7:00
Tuesday 10:00-7:00
Wednesday 10:00-6:00
Thursday 10:00-7:00
Friday 10:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-6:00
Sunday Closed
Hough Library Hours | Current

14. If library hours were extended, which
option would you prefer?
a. Open earlier on Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thur
b. Open earlier on Fri or Sat
c. Open later on Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thur
d. Open later on Fri or Sat
e. Open Sundays
Monday 10:00-7:00
Tuesday 10:00-7:00
Wednesday 10:00-6:00
Thursday 10:00-7:00
Friday 10:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-6:00
Sunday Closed
Hough Library Hours | Current

ENCOURAGE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMMING

15. If you'd like, please list:
one type of event/program you would like
Hough Branch to provide (ex. foreign-lan-
guage readings, author signings, garden-
ing talks, tai chi, etc)
PLUS one community partner who could
help facilitate (ex. rec center, local school,
etc.) that event/program
ENCOURAGE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMMING

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