On Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Novi Civic Center, located at 45175 W. Ten Mile Road, the community will receive its first look at preliminary schematic designs for the new Novi Public Library.

The site plan and drawings will be presented during a joint meeting of the Novi Building Authority and Library Board by BEI Associates Incorporated and Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated. (Preliminary site plan and interior schematic designs attached). The meeting will be cablecast at 7 p.m. on Novi’s Channel 13 and video streamed live to the City’s website at cityofnovi.org.

In November, Novi voters approved an average of .26 mills for a 20-year period for construction of a new library on the existing library property. The millage will allow the City of Novi to issue $16 million in bonds for construction, furnishing and equipping the new facility.

The new Novi Public Library will be located on the Civic Center & Novi High School Community Campus to the west of the current facility. Construction of the new library necessitates the relocation of the historic Township Hall and the City of Novi is looking at possible uses for its’ property located at Ten Mile and Taft Roads in conjunction with this building project.

Construction of the new, two-story, 57,000-square-foot facility is anticipated to begin in late Fall 2008, with an anticipated opening in Winter 2009-2010. The new Novi Public Library will include a state-of-the-art computer lab, ample meeting space, children’s activity center, a teen area, café, and outdoor reading space.

For more information on the City of Novi or the new Novi Public Library visit the City’s website at cityofnovi.org.