FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
From Molly Fogarty, Director, Springfield City Library: Ed Pikula (City Law Dept) is not available today to send an update. I am sending you a summary of this week's activities related to Mason Square. If there are any further updates, I will forward those on Monday.
• The City Law Department has received correspondence from Craig Brown, Attorney for the Urban League. The letter states that the Urban League's delay in vacating the premises until November 15, 2010 is directly attributable to the unanticipated construction work that must be performed with respect to the leased space at STCC Technology Park in order to satisfy fire code requirements.
• This will delay the planned re-opening from November to January, which reflects the timeline provided by our Architect, Steve Jablonski. We have contacted the Vendor to let them know that we cannot accept delivery of the furniture and shelving, the week of November 8th as planned. There will certainly be financial considerations to consider, i.e. storage fees, which we will be investigating.
• A Use and Occupancy Agreement has been sent to the Urban League. (I will ask Ed Pikula to follow up on that issue on Monday.) It is my understanding that the Urban League has not paid any use and occupancy fees as of this date, but need confirmation from the Law Department.
• The City Council Veterans, Administration, and Human Services Committee discussed this updated information on September 29. Councilor Rooke attended the meeting. At the meeting Ed Pikula reported that an Eviction notice will not be issued to the Urban League at this time, but that the City Law Department reserves the right to revisit this, if there is any further delay.
• A financial order has been submitted to the City Council for the October 4th meeting, authorizing the Mayor to accept a Gift in the amount of $196.923.50 from the Springfield Library Foundation for the Mason Square Branch Library.
Please contact me if you have any questions.