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Three minutes, and time limits will be strictly enforced. Guidelines are posted on the city's website and on the meeting agenda. Please join me in a salute to the flag.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the public for which it stands, one nation, under God, invisible, but liberty and genesis for all.

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Thank you. Recording officer, maybe please have the roll call.

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Chair Wong. Here.

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Vice Chair Jutta Konda, Board Member Cheng, Board Member Hu,

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so we have three present with two absent.

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For the recreation, we have Chair Kesting, we have Commissioner Brahmon,

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Commissioner Gatani, we have three present with two absent.

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Thank you. So we'll move on to presentations. Our first presentation is 24-0028,

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May and Library Project update phase two presentation.

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There is. Thank you guys for meeting with us tonight.

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Just quick introductions. My name is Alison Boyer.

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I am the assistant city engineer for the public works department.

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Also here from the city, we have Michelle,

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who's our director of library and recreational services,

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as well as demon who is our superintendent of recreation.

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get it one time. And then also we have our consultants here who are helping us with this library project

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and we have David Schnee and Andrea Gifford in the back and they'll help with the presentation.

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So quick project update for you. Sorry.

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Sorry. I should have planned a little better.

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Sorry, quick introductions, and then project update.

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We are currently in our round two of community engagement.

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We previously came to you guys in our round one.

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We're doing our brief need study and identifying what was the wants from the community.

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We're in our round two where that will go here through the end of this month.

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We're here on three, four, which you see in the red box down there.

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We're in the process of doing our conceptual design and identifying our options.

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We will go to Council for a study session in April, and then we'll start our round three.

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We'll kind of hone in on what exactly the public is looking for in our options.

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We'll come back to another joint commission board meeting on March 15th, and then we'll do

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alternative is as well as decide if they're going to direct staff to proceed with pulling ballot

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language. I'm sorry, we will have the polling results and they'll give us direction for ballot

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language. And then on June, in June, if they will make the determination if they want to proceed

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with putting it on the ballot.

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So with that, I'm going to pass it off to Andrea. Sorry.

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There we go.

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All right. Good evening. I'm pleased to present to you this evening the round one community

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round one results. As you recall, we had gone out to the community and reached a significant

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number of community members and asked them to prioritize a number of programs and services

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that would be possible as part of the renovation or new library. And tonight we'll share those

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results with you. The top five are what we call our high priorities heard from the community or

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listed up on the screen here. Children's exploration and discovery, a fair amount of good support

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for arts and crafts programs, as well as makerspace programs, making sure that we have adequate space

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for events and presentation, as well as continuing the after-hour book pickup and drop-off.

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As we move to the next slide, you can see the communities top six through 10, what we call

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our medium priority programs and services.

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These include recreation programs and services, a flexible community room, making sure that

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the library highlights multicultural programs as well as the world language collections, providing

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space for local art within the community to display, as well as complementing the interior

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library with some lovely outdoor reading spaces.

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The next slide here rounds out the other programs and services that were part of the survey.

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These were still important to the community but didn't quite make the top 10.

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We will make sure that these programs and services still can be accomplished while they

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may not have dedicated space to them.

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As you know, we'll be designing the library for flexibility and these types of programs and

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services would still be able to be accomplished in the flexible meeting rooms, program spaces

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and event spaces, and as well as the library being able to create pop-up space for these types

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of programs and services. So while they're still important to the community, we want to make sure

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that the library is flexible enough to accommodate these types of programs in the future.

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And so as we gathered all of the priorities for the programs and services of the community,

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we were working with library staff to help create a library program.

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Here you can see the six different categories of public spaces that we're talking about.

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Browsing, which is basic, which entails new and popular materials as well as the world language collection as and cultural connection kind of place.

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highlighting children's and tween program space, teen, dedicated teen space, continuing the adult programs and services materials there, creating space for meetings, studying and flexible meeting space.

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And then a new category that the library currently has is a make or create space.

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And so the bars on the right indicate, in the first bar you can see what the proportion

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of space dedicated to each of those different types of programs and services are in today's

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60,000 square foot library, the predominant space being dedicated to adult programs and services.

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Then the bars on the right are the three different options that we've been tasked to work through.

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The first option being renovation and addition, 120,000 square feet, and how space would be

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distributed based on those community priorities throughout the new program for the library.

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The library option two is an all-new library, very similar type of program.

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The small difference there is that the existing library has some unique existing conditions,

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the additional circulation and hallways that we'd have to factor in as, but in a new library,

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we'd be able to design the library a bit more efficiently within that program.

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And then the third option is the smaller reduced program that really accommodates the medium and

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high priorities, again, making sure we allow space for those other needs, but at a slightly reduced

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square footage. And you can see the distribution of spaces as we are from today and into the future,

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really focusing on enhancing space dedicated to childrens and tweens. That was one of the number

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high priorities that we heard from the community, increasing our meeting room space for events

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and performances, study space, and then you can see that new category we created for

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a maker and create spaces to really accommodate those art programs and maker space programs.

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In addition to increasing the program space, the library's graph footage, we will also make sure

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that the collection has space to grow. As the population grows, we want to make sure that the collection

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proportionally grows with the population. And so here you can see the slight difference between

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Option 1 and Option 2, as I mentioned, is just a little bit less efficiency in the renovation

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addition option as opposed to an all-new library, so there's a little bit of a reduction in shelving

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number of items there, and as we get to the smaller footprint of the option 3, the 96,000 all-new

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library, again, some limitations on the way that collection can grow with the highest percentage of

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growth being the hundred and twenty thousand square foot all new and

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so with that I'm going

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to hand it over to Michelle to talk about our community engagement round two.

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Okay, so as you know the most important thing that's really we've been focusing on is

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that public outreach to make sure that we really hear what the community wants and everything

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that Andrea mentioned you know has been straight from the surveys that we've received from

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the community whether it was online in person at the library at a kiosk you name it. So we've

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continued that here into phase two of community outreach and once again we've done some pop-up

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events at kiosks events like the farmers market as an example. We've also have

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these big boards at the library and the community center for people to you know very easily just

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put dots on what they think is their favorite. And then we have the kiosks as well at both

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library and the community center. It's been really important to us to get as much feedback as we

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can, as you can see, we've had our survey online now for about three weeks. It is also available

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in multiple languages, so we're really trying to reach the community as much as we can.

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These are just a few, or if this is not an exhaustive list, but these are some of the

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community organizations or groups that we have engaged with when asking for feedback in

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this phase two. And we'll get into what all that phase two looks like in a moment. But

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these are some of the organizations we've been really fortunate to get a good turnout

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from from the community on responding to the survey. The first round of surveys we had about

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3,000 respondents right now and I'll show you my next slide, the numbers that we have.

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In addition to actual events, we also don't forget if have this available in the library

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where you know, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people are coming in every day and

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getting a chance to look at it and some people, you know, you'll talk to as you're moving through

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the library and say if you fill this out and they're like, oh yeah, I filled it out yesterday

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or I filled it out last week, which also gives you some idea on how frequently they're in the library as well.

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So, you know, generally most library patrons are coming in. If they're younger,

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they're probably coming in with their parents at least once a week or every two weeks for programs.

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But most people come in every three weeks because that's when their books are due.

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So you can kind of give them an opportunity for us to catch

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residents as they're coming in, especially by keeping this open for several weeks.

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next slide please.

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So one of the other points of outreach that we've done that's been successful is our email blast, the library has a really robust group of people that subscribe to our newsletter.

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It's well over 40,000 people, so we have hit as many of our newsletters within the city as we can.

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We're getting great click at click rates for people clicking on it.

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and we've also obviously engaged the schools as much as we can to to make sure that they're aware of the survey and get that feedbacks and so much of the feedback we've been getting has been children's and youth focused.

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That's why you saw when Andrea presented just the huge increase in space for those sections. Obviously this direct result of these surveys.

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And then, you know, I won't list every single thing on there, you can see it, but we really

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have tried to utilize as many city channels as we can, as well to push the surveys out.

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And just to give you a little bit on the diversity of geographic diversity of who's been filling

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out these surveys, here's a little breakdown by the zip code, and you can see the brown

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online over there is gives you an idea of the population in those areas that make up

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the city of Sunnyvale. The green line shows you the percentage of those populations that

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have filled out the survey. So when you think of 94087 and that green line there, 40% of

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of the survey respondents came from that zip code.

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So that's how you can interpret it.

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That 37% on the brown line there for 94087

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is about the percentage of residents in the community

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that come from that zip code.

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and filled out the survey.

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I'm turning it back.

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Great, so, great to be back for both of the commissions here.

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Okay, there we go. Great to be back before you this evening, and to now present what's

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the main, begin the presentation on the subject, which is the main part of round two, which

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is the building site and parking options.

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So the survey that we have going out here, a

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great library needs to reflect and celebrate the values of the community. And before we begin

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the architecture we want to hear from the community, what are those values we want to get

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to sense about for them the architecture and for the site. So it's really appropriate

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that we have both the library and the parks and rec commissions out here today. So this

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is showing what we call design values here where we put images and key expressions and

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the results that we get in the distribution of that. The really wonderful results from

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about two-thirds in the library, the farmer's market, where Chair Kess-

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I saw that you came, and we had wonderful feedback there, and the online survey is there as well. And for any of you who have not yet done the survey, who might be listening in to this live or recorded, if you go to the library's homepage at the banner, is a direct link to that too. So that was flashed earlier, and we appreciate that. And so the results thus far are really wonderful.

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and our cities from clear directions and opportunities for us.

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So the top five results to date are the indoor outdoor connections.

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We can't beat being in this part of a beautiful climate, having park views, being part of

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the phase two of the Civic Center is wonderful, having natural materials, celebrating the beautiful

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landscape setting we're in, having a welcoming grand entrance, being just a place that people

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want to be drawn into. And also perhaps being a little bit original or iconic as well,

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people want to have something that perhaps will stand out as well. So those are wonderful

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feedback that we've got. And we'd like to hear from you that these reflect your values as well.

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So for especially for our Parks and Rec commissioners now we get specific and I think when we

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presented last time you were going to say well there aren't there great opportunities outside

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And, indeed, there are, because the beauty here is we're not just doing a tight-in-fill

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We're part of a whole civic center campus, phase two, is for sure going to complete the

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main civic plaza that connects City Hall to the library, so that's definitely in the

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works.

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And what other opportunities there are was what we were asking the community, and amongst

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all these choices, we are getting also strong clear indications.

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So, again, the first thing is people love to enjoy the climate and have places to read outdoors and we always need to be connected.

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So having a strong Wi-Fi there was part of what people really responded to.

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Having pathways to walk and stroll, perhaps jog, take a stroll or walk your dog.

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Any of those things are important. The library also does story walks, so these pathways can be really wonderful places to enjoy the landscape.

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An open meadow is one of the key characteristics and opportunities that we'll be showing you in a few slides a little bit later that can be created here, which is just a wonderful pastoral setting where you can enjoy the landscape and sit and picnic and do other things.

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The civic plaza outside city hall that goes across all of and that will be completed with the library is a wonderful community event space, a lot of great support for that.

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and then places for children to play.

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It works so complimentary to libraries.

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Andrea and I were just talking to another Bay Area Library system today

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and they were talking about having wonderful robust children's areas,

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which is a very big priority, as Andrea said, but having the outdoor space

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so the kids can get their energy out before coming into the library,

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they play area and the library go so well together.

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So now I'm going to turn it over to Allison who will get to show you how we're starting

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to assemble this together and the different options

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and how we are evaluating them against the city's success

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criteria.

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So as David mentioned, we are taking all this input

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from the residents and also from library staff.

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And we're coming up with our three options,

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the renovation and addition.

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And then we also have a new.

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So we're going to kind of do a comparison here.

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But just to give you a quick overview,

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we've got an existing library with the addition.

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This will have potential underbuilding parking.

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It's got a space reserve for our future DPS,

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which is part of the master plan.

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New walkways, the community gardens.

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It changes the new entry for the libraries.

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It comes off of that civic plaza that just, you know,

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tried to use the space as much as possible outside.

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It does keep the original library entry point

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and the existing parking configuration, but it adds some new trails.

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So this is our layout for a existing and then an addition.

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So we have two versions of the library, but I'm just going to call it new for now.

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It's scaled up by size.

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But you'll notice here we also have a potential for an underground parking garage.

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We have also reserve space for a future DPS,

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as per the master plan, new walkways to the community gardens, new library entry directly

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across from city hall, more walkable space, it also includes that large children's playground.

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So the Civic Center master plan was adopted by council in 2018 as part of that master plan,

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council identified success criteria. So these are the report card that we are looking at everything

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back to. So you've got improving the quality of service, fiscal responsibility, accessible

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to all members, civic and community engagement, increasing usability of open space, and then

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to be leaders in sustainability.

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So quickly to compare, you know, a new, and then we're

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also going to compare that to an existing with an addition. So the library project will provide

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the best traditional and innovation to new spaces and improve user experience. This will be

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easier to do with a new library, you're able to create new functionalities and just

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connectivities in a new library versus using the existing footprint throughout.

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So those are the two comparisons there when we go against this rubric here.

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Then for fiscal responsibility, fiscal responsibility has a couple components to it, obviously the

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construction cost.

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If we're building a new library or renovating the existing, is there a temporary facility

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that needs to be constructed and considered through that process and then ongoing operational and maintenance costs.

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So just quickly here, if we were to do an addition to the library, we would probably have to do some sort of temporary facilities so that has an added cost.

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Whereas if we do a new library, we can keep the existing library functioning and then kind of do what we did here for City Hall.

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right, keep City Hall. We move in and then we demo the old and create the wonderful site around it.

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And then the fiscal responsibility of the ongoing operational costs. So as you can see here is just a

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rough assumption of where we would have staff and need to place folks for communicating with the public,

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just having eyes on what's happening in the library. As you know with the existing library,

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it's a little bit more segmented, so you need more touch points visibility, whereas if we do a

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new build, you have that option for increasing the sightlines, laying things out in a specific way

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that meet the needs of the community today.

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Accessibility, obviously, we're going to meet all the

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accessibility needs in both builds.

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Civic and community engagement, again, this would be

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highlighted in both projects, but with the new, you are able to open up to the plaza and just

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set things up and program spaces that let's us really highlight that indoor and outdoor spaces

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and just program the space the way it's needed today but also give us more flexibility for tomorrow.

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Increase the ability of open space. So as I think you guys are pretty well aware with the

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New Civic Center, we were able to increase the open space here to be six acres of open space.

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So that was one of the big things we want to consider as we move into this new library.

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North of Olive, we've got about four and a half acres of open space right now with this

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new building.

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If we were to do an addition to the existing library, we would keep about four and a half acres.

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It probably isn't as usable as you can tell.

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We eat up a lot of it with the new addition.

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We gain some back at the corner, but that's not where you're going to put a playground.

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So it is 4.5 acres, but it's just not as usable.

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Whereas on the new build, you can end up with almost 6.5 acres of open space and it's all

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together and it makes it a lot more programmable for how we want to lay things out.

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And then leaders in sustainability, we have the climate action playbook here at the city.

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We will, at a minimum, meet lead gold.

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That is what is set forth in there for any new city building.

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A, it would be, it is a possibility to be lead platinum net zero energy in a new build.

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We would not be able to achieve that gold if we were to do a renovation and an addition,

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just with the existing footprint of the building,

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and its current structure.

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So that was a lot.

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I'm trying to summarize it here for you.

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So you have the success criteria there on the left,

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a renovation and addition option versus a new option.

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So we've got improved quality of services,

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meets it for the existing.

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Obviously, anything will be better than what they have now.

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They'll have a bigger space.

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They'll be able to meet all the needs of the public,

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where as the new one kind of exceeds that with the ability to program the

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spaces and lay it out exactly how we need it today. Fiscaly responsible, there

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are higher operational costs and maintenance costs with a renovation in

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addition. There are slightly higher capital costs with an all-new construction.

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Accessibility, both will meet that. Civic and community engagement, again, we will

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hit the priorities that set forth by the community in that survey and then we're able to exceed

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that and just add more indoor outdoor space and community space in the new, with a new

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build. Increase the usability of open space. As you saw, the amount is the exact same with

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a renovation to the library in an addition. However, we are able to increase it by almost two

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acres with a new library. And then in leaders in sustainability, we will hit the lead

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gold requirement for both, but we have the option to meet lead platinum or net zero energy

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with a new build.

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So what comes next?

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So we're in the process of finishing up round two

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community engagement, that'll close in March 17. We'll take the information we get from

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you guys as well as the public and go to council for a study session on April 9th where we

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We will present all this.

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Then we will begin round three of community engagement on April 10th.

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We will then do another joint commission meeting with you on May 15th where we will

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review design options and we will be looking to you to come with a recommendation of a preferred

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option for council.

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We will take that to council in a workshop on May 21st and ask them to select a preferred

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alternative.

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At that point we will also be sharing them with them the polling data of where it looks

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like this is going to land with the public if it were to go to ballot and ask them to

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make the give us direction as staff to prepare ballot language for and how to move forward.

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So we think that is a lot of information but we are open to questions.

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Thank you so much for that, a lot of information, it's really exciting.

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Do any board members or commissioners have any comments or questions for staff?

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Wait, wait, Commissioner Vitani.

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Thank you so much.

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It's a lot of information and nice initiative and emphasis given on the library.

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I do have two questions.

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My first question is, I see that the information is collected using like the community surveys

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and all of the stuff.

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I've seen there is a location of adults as well as children and the teens is increased significantly.

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So what is other basis like based on that, this allocation is determined.

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For example, right, you know, for the children's and the teens, how many children's are like coming to the library?

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How much contents is like being like the used by the children's based on these metrics?

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How does that allocation is being determined just based on the survey or based on some statistical data?

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It's really a little bit of both.

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Definitely, we took into account a lot of what came through the survey.

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Everything that came through the survey, that's very important to us.

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But the other factor, that is the children's, the youth space at the existing library

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as you saw on that first chart was very small. It accounts for currently 11 percent of the

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building. The usage by children's, by the youth in Sunnyvale and the percentage of

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youth of the library is 65 percent youth services. So that 11 percent footprint that they have

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for 65 percent of the overall use of the library is not, is disconnected. That's why you

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see such a huge increase in the children's and teen spaces in all three options.

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I see. Yeah, so it's both good. Definitely. And my second question is, I haven't seen

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any things is mentioned about the content of the library material. I'll give the context.

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If I go into the library and if I wanted to browse some of the things because it's a world

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that is changing every day and the contents are really absolute. So there are a lot of contents

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that is sitting and occupying the library space which is absolute and people probably years

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or years they don't look in that one. So any form of like you initiate you to how do you basically

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like you know utilize those space digitize those contents or providing some kind of like the programs

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given an example that some kind of like the free online courses or like the

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technological rather than stacking the paperback technological for like a

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stuff which is constantly changing. Is there any thought process on that?

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So currently the last fiscal year, the library checked out about 1.5 million items. That was both in print and in e-book format. E-book's circulation for that last fiscal year is at about 15% and that has held steady for a couple of years. During the pandemic, the first pandemic year, that 2021.

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One, e-book usage was at about 20%, so it has dropped, and that is because we had access

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free access to a lot more e-book materials during that pandemic year that we don't anymore.

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So to your question, e-books are not the most popular way of delivering content to the community.

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it is still very much based in print format and that has a lot to do with 65% of the use being

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by children. You know they're wanting those board books, they want those picture books,

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they want those beginning readers that they can take and read in the night.

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We have a lot of materials in the library obviously you've seen them and gave you some numbers there

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We're at about 300,000 items.

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But we are also very careful on what we select.

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So items that do not check out very much

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don't spend their time on the shelf.

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We might put them back in the storage room.

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If they're old materials like old medical books,

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old legal books, old travel books,

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books that get dated, we remove from the system

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and we replace it with something new

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or something online that can provide the same information.

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So we do have to your question about online courses.

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We have plenty of resources that are in person in physical format

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and online to meet that need, whether it's an online course

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or training, taking a civil service test,

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taking a, you know, a mail carrier exam we have all of this online. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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Thank you. I'm doing any other board members or commissioners or questions for comments.

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Board member Jirikanga.

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Thank you for the intense presentation. I'm sure it took a lot of time to

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prepare that. I have just a clarifying question. This is about the activities which didn't

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make in top 10. So there was a mention that we still can accommodate that. So my question,

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my clarifying question is, so are we cutting down the space to these activities which didn't

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in top 10 or what is the compromise there? A little bit of both. Some of it is programming

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from an operational standpoint. If there's a conflict between if a children's space gets

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it or an adult's space gets it, that's something that Michelle and her team will get to work out

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through an operational standpoint. Some of the spaces did get smaller, but it would be things like

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maybe there's a monthly yoga class that in the larger we would be able to accommodate but in

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the smaller we would say would it go to the recreation center community center or yeah I think yeah

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just to build on what Allison was saying some of it isn't necessarily space some of it is program

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base so we might place a higher priority on something that was up the list and a lower priority on

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something that was lower on the list. So if, for instance, like Maker, and as Andrea said,

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Maker in create spaces was very high up on the list, right? So we looked at creating a space for

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that. If it was lower on the list, let's just say hypothetically, we could still offer some of

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those programs. We might just not create an entire room for it. So that's how we're looking at

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this is the types of spaces and the types of activities that were the top of mind for

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the residents are the ones that we carved out the most space for. The other ones, it

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doesn't mean they just go away. There are still people interested in them and they might

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be things that we're currently doing. We just might do it in a different way. But we,

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know. So another, yeah, another example that is the resiliency center. We're not going

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to have a dedicated resiliency center space, but it will be a cooling center when it's hot

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out. And there's going to be power when the power goes out. So we'll still be built to

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have those things, but we're not going to have a, I don't think we ever would have just

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a room that's just cold. You know, we're going to, we're using the whole library, but we're

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taking what the public is saying and helping prioritize the space to meet the needs.

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Another example is the music in movies. You don't need a music in movie room all the time,

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but one of the spaces can be flexible. So if the library wants to host a movie night,

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there's a space for them to do that. It just wouldn't be there every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

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So it's like a multi-purpose, it's flexible space. Yeah. Just another question, again,

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a clarifying question. So when we say unusable spaces for some of the options,

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can we elaborate on that? Why is that an unusable space? Like, it's for the options of

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renovation plus addition. Yeah.

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I think she's referring to the outside area.

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So I was specifically talking that corner of past story and olive. You're not going to create a

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playground right at that corner. It's still green space and you can set, you could read there,

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but you're not walking your dog through the trail. That's just that small corner.

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Good. It's taking up a little bit more that was parking and making it greener at that corner,

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but you're not creating a playground. You're not putting a walking path there. You're not

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doing an outdoor activity at that space. It's just that corner is green.

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And last one is when we are going with option one that renovation and addition, there was

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a picture there which says you're going to build a new temporary space.

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So if we are not touching the existing library and you're building around it, do we still

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need to make a temporary space for it?

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So if you're doing a renovation and addition, you will need some either to close the library

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or have a temporary.

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In order to meet the needs of the public and meet code requirements, ADA, seismic, all

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of the things that you would need in a renovation, you would have to get a majority of the library.

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So in doing that, we need to put the books in storage.

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It's just not something.

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You're not going to want the children running around in the construction zone.

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The bathrooms might be in the middle of a renovation.

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So there are times when that would, at a minimum, there are times when that would have

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to be closed and we would have to have the collection elsewhere.

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And so that's an added cost in that process.

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So that would be portable or it's so, there's different options, Michelle can elaborate more

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on it.

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But other communities have done portable, they've rented out space.

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You could use branch library, but again, that's not going to be as large.

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So, yeah, I mean, in my experience, when we did a renovation, we took over the gymnasium

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at one of the schools for about five months.

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They let us have it, and it was just a giant room.

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You know, there's lots of bookshelves in it.

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It wasn't ideal, but that was what we could do, and we could only put in a very small amount

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of the collection so we only took a high demand children's books. We didn't take anything else

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so everyone else was kind of out of luck but that was the only space available at that time.

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Now you know there might be more retail space available because some of the big retailers

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you know have closed up so we might be able to find something in a strip mall where we could use

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00:38:55,690 --> 00:39:01,170
but then you really have to still take that building and bring it up to you know to be something we can

426
00:39:01,170 --> 00:39:07,870
use, you know, you need bathrooms, you need, you know, new flooring, you need to make

427
00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:09,590
sure there's air conditioning, all of these things.

428
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:12,050
Thank you very much.

429
00:39:13,710 --> 00:39:14,430
Chair Kestin?

430
00:39:21,290 --> 00:39:21,830
There we go.

431
00:39:22,230 --> 00:39:22,930
Thank you so much.

432
00:39:23,690 --> 00:39:24,650
There's a great presentation.

433
00:39:25,130 --> 00:39:27,990
I really do appreciate the hard work that you put into it.

434
00:39:28,910 --> 00:39:31,250
Thank you so much, David, for remembering me at the market.

435
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:34,350
I'd like to let you know that both of my sons voted in that as well.

436
00:39:34,930 --> 00:39:39,710
They were very excited about the idea of a kid's playground area in more outdoor space.

437
00:39:43,350 --> 00:39:46,790
So I'd also like to say, Michelle, you were saying that things that don't get checked

438
00:39:46,790 --> 00:39:48,970
out get off the shelves pretty quickly.

439
00:39:49,290 --> 00:39:52,450
That also like to say that things that do get checked out get off their shelves pretty

440
00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:53,010
quickly too.

441
00:39:53,650 --> 00:39:59,370
I can tell you for a fact that finding an adventure time graphic novel at the library is difficult

442
00:39:59,370 --> 00:40:00,290
to find, right?

443
00:40:00,390 --> 00:40:01,230
I mean, very popular.

444
00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:04,390
So the team collection is one of the most popular collection.

445
00:40:04,990 --> 00:40:09,770
So like anything we can do to add more square footage to our library is something we should

446
00:40:09,770 --> 00:40:11,970
be paying very close attention to.

447
00:40:12,490 --> 00:40:17,310
And with that, I would just like to say that under no circumstances would I think that

448
00:40:17,310 --> 00:40:22,950
adding only 60,000 square feet for the new library would be a good idea?

449
00:40:23,770 --> 00:40:27,270
The smaller footprint, I think is a very bad idea.

450
00:40:28,010 --> 00:40:30,790
If anything, I would say we need to be planning for the future.

451
00:40:31,370 --> 00:40:33,190
When's the next time we're going to build another library?

452
00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:35,210
I mean, we're all going to be dead.

453
00:40:35,550 --> 00:40:37,990
Every one of this room will be dead when we do something like that.

454
00:40:38,450 --> 00:40:43,950
So we need to be thinking far advanced into the future about what the needs for the city

455
00:40:43,950 --> 00:40:48,670
are going to be 50 years from now, 60 years from now, if we're going to see a return on the

456
00:40:48,670 --> 00:40:49,490
investment scene here.

457
00:40:50,110 --> 00:40:53,350
So I would say 120,000 square feet would be your minimum.

458
00:40:53,350 --> 00:40:57,350
We should be thinking higher and bigger than that.

459
00:41:01,230 --> 00:41:04,970
That's just sheer, that's just the math, right?

460
00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:11,550
It's good to see that we're thinking about the indoor and outdoor space concepts.

461
00:41:11,910 --> 00:41:19,710
It looks like those were the top three options that were requested from the design values, indoor outdoor connection,

462
00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:21,990
and park views and natural materials.

463
00:41:22,550 --> 00:41:27,490
I think the more that we think about those concepts as we move into the programming phase

464
00:41:27,490 --> 00:41:35,270
for this project, we will maximize the return on our investment.

465
00:41:36,330 --> 00:41:41,610
Can we talk briefly about how we can pierce the envelope of the building

466
00:41:41,610 --> 00:41:48,630
to blend what is indoors and blur what is outdoors into the space.

467
00:41:49,350 --> 00:41:58,270
I think one of the great things about this idea is that the more open new outdoor space we have access to,

468
00:41:58,730 --> 00:42:01,530
the more we're able to tap into the parks development fund.

469
00:42:02,410 --> 00:42:07,470
And I think that that's a very smart concept, very smart idea that we should be paying attention to.

470
00:42:07,470 --> 00:42:08,290
So to

471
00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:17,450
the one concept that you have, I think it's slide,

472
00:42:20,210 --> 00:42:21,330
we can go to slide 20.

473
00:42:22,610 --> 00:42:25,370
It shows the existing library in the new edition.

474
00:42:25,850 --> 00:42:31,510
I'm not sure who's doing the parking analysis of this, but if for some reason we were to

475
00:42:31,510 --> 00:42:38,930
stay with the existing library, it doesn't seem consistent that the option 2 and option 3,

476
00:42:40,370 --> 00:42:46,190
The parking needs for option two and option three are somehow consistent with what's going on at option one.

477
00:42:47,210 --> 00:42:56,270
I would say if we were going to do something like option one, then that entire bottom left hand side of parking should definitely be removed from the drawing.

478
00:42:57,870 --> 00:43:06,090
Just thinking forward what our needs were going to be, especially as we see transportation alternatives take over.

479
00:43:07,670 --> 00:43:13,970
the way that we move from point A to point B. The ability to create more outdoor space

480
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:17,850
has to take precedent over where we're parking our car.

481
00:43:20,890 --> 00:43:25,810
It'd be great to hear more about what the renovation options are.

482
00:43:26,030 --> 00:43:31,650
If we're going to seriously discuss what renovations are going to be working in that line of work,

483
00:43:31,830 --> 00:43:34,930
I can tell you people say, oh, I want to keep this.

484
00:43:34,930 --> 00:43:40,930
And the contractor loves people who say that because you start off with the idea that

485
00:43:40,930 --> 00:43:42,650
oh, we're going to keep all these great things.

486
00:43:43,010 --> 00:43:47,450
And then you slowly but surely whittle away what it is you're going to be keeping until

487
00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:52,530
the only thing you have left is the one item you absolutely loved, which are going to be

488
00:43:52,530 --> 00:43:57,790
that vaulted ceiling right by the administration offices with those exposed wood columns,

489
00:43:57,790 --> 00:43:59,950
wood beams that are gorgeous, right?

490
00:43:59,950 --> 00:44:06,570
But that said we could totally rip that stuff right out and put it into a brand new building

491
00:44:06,570 --> 00:44:13,190
and keep the cultural items that are significant to us that are important to the city of Sonnyville

492
00:44:13,630 --> 00:44:19,710
and have that integrated into the future that we craft for ourselves.

493
00:44:21,030 --> 00:44:27,650
It's unfortunate that too often we lose part of our culture, our background as we move forward.

494
00:44:28,810 --> 00:44:35,310
But that being said, I'm not sure that, you know, the brick library is the one part of

495
00:44:35,310 --> 00:44:37,250
our culture that we want to hold on to, right?

496
00:44:37,850 --> 00:44:40,850
There's ways of keeping it, there's ways of holding on to it, there's ways of having

497
00:44:40,850 --> 00:44:41,650
it still with us.

498
00:44:42,430 --> 00:44:47,690
The ability to reuse and repurpose existing materials, which we see consistent here in

499
00:44:47,690 --> 00:44:49,010
this building, right?

500
00:44:49,630 --> 00:44:50,490
What is it, the tables?

501
00:44:51,350 --> 00:44:53,990
We're taking from the red woodgroves that used to occupy here.

502
00:44:55,430 --> 00:44:56,710
That's, I think, a pretty good idea.

503
00:44:58,390 --> 00:44:59,630
It's really great to see.

504
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:17,680
One of the cultural items for our current state, still being seen on all three of these drawings. And that's the Charles Street Community Gardens. It's fantastic to see that those are staying put. I'm sure that everyone who uses those gardens would be very happy to see that that's still there.

505
00:45:20,190 --> 00:45:29,070
We talked briefly about slightly higher capital costs for new construction. It'd be good to have a better idea about what that actual delta is.

506
00:45:29,070 --> 00:45:49,050
especially when we start talking about going from lead to lead platinum, what the actual energy costs savings are going to be, especially over a long period of time, whether or not that is actually a net gain in costs for running a building and having a new construction building.

507
00:45:55,880 --> 00:46:01,460
The construction time, the details of proposed construction time would be fantastic to see.

508
00:46:02,420 --> 00:46:12,680
And I would say it's unfortunate that Vice Chair Mason isn't here, but with her in mind

509
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:19,080
I would like to point out that, you know, I'm not speaking for her obviously, but I would

510
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,260
like to point out something that she does bring up quite often.

511
00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:28,040
When we're gathering information from the survey, first off, you're doing a great job.

512
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:29,960
Thank you so much for your hard work.

513
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:48,140
Thank you so much for your efforts, but that being said, it'd be great to see what we can do to get more input from the area codes 9-4, excuse me, zip code 9-4-0-8-5, slide number 14, 9-4-0-8-5, and zip code 9-4-0-8-9.

514
00:46:48,140 --> 00:46:55,740
And it appears as though majority of the population that's giving the input is from a very specific

515
00:46:55,740 --> 00:46:58,780
section of town and be great to see more input from the north.

516
00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:04,160
I'm not sure how we do that, but it'd be great to see that.

517
00:47:04,260 --> 00:47:11,100
And I know that Commissioner Vice Chair Mason would want to find out more about how we can

518
00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:11,380
do that.

519
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:14,340
And I think that will close my comments.

520
00:47:14,700 --> 00:47:15,040
Thank you.

521
00:47:16,620 --> 00:47:18,720
So I'll test on a couple of things just really quickly.

522
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:23,020
On the population, one of the things we just wanted to show with this slide is that most

523
00:47:23,020 --> 00:47:27,680
of the population is in southern Sunnyvale, so that's why we have the two columns, so

524
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:33,980
you can see that the percentage of the population that's in 8, 5, or 8, 9, and then the percentage

525
00:47:33,980 --> 00:47:35,280
of what we're getting back.

526
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:40,160
So yes, we will continue to try and hit as much as Sunnyvale as possible, but that was

527
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:44,940
what we were trying to show is there's not as much residential in that area.

528
00:47:44,940 --> 00:47:45,100
Yeah.

529
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,620
Under those zip codes, I should say.

530
00:47:49,820 --> 00:47:51,700
So we will continue to reach out.

531
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:57,840
Just to clarify, you're saying that this is not a respondent.

532
00:47:58,100 --> 00:48:04,340
This bar chart is not consistent with the respondent data coming in.

533
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:18,860
So a, so 15% of the population is in 8, 94085 and we've gotten 10% of our survey results

534
00:48:18,860 --> 00:48:20,000
from that area.

535
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:20,480
Okay.

536
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,640
So that's what we're trying to show is that there's not is, I agree, we're still trying

537
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:28,960
to blanket as much of the city as we possibly can, but I just wanted to make that statement

538
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:34,800
it clear that we from a proportional standpoint, we're hoping that we're getting close.

539
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:41,240
As far as the cost, we are working on all of those and we will have that next time around

540
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:49,990
how much the renovation, the addition, renovation addition, and the new will cost in those two

541
00:48:49,990 --> 00:48:50,510
different options.

542
00:48:50,610 --> 00:48:55,370
That's also information we have for the polling, so we'll go through that, feel like there's

543
00:48:55,370 --> 00:48:55,790
one more.

544
00:48:56,230 --> 00:48:56,870
Oh, the parking.

545
00:48:57,190 --> 00:48:59,770
The parking number is set forced in the master plan.

546
00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:02,850
So the number of parking stalls is actually dictated in that.

547
00:49:03,290 --> 00:49:12,150
That doesn't mean we can't look at it, but it's a campus-wide number of parking stalls to serve City Hall, the library, and public safety.

548
00:49:12,670 --> 00:49:17,970
So it's looked at campus-wide, which is one of the reasons why underground parking is so great.

549
00:49:18,110 --> 00:49:24,030
It gives you that open space, and you only have one shot for underground parking when you build the building.

550
00:49:24,470 --> 00:49:28,430
So that's, it has a high cost, but it does have a great benefit.

551
00:49:28,430 --> 00:49:33,950
may be a mistake. Where do we see the underground parking and these and these so we're exploring

552
00:49:33,950 --> 00:49:41,190
it in all of the options. Okay. Is that the the the the the broken yeah broken line is the

553
00:49:41,830 --> 00:49:47,290
difference between existing and addition we can't put underground parking under the existing so we

554
00:49:47,290 --> 00:49:52,590
could only put it under that addition and so that limits how much underground parking you can do

555
00:49:52,590 --> 00:49:58,670
with an addition. Yeah well definitely recouping what's at grade would be you know the priority

556
00:49:58,670 --> 00:50:07,730
and making use of that space would be much more would be beneficial. And then just so your

557
00:50:07,730 --> 00:50:15,610
understanding square footage this building is 120,000 square feet so just for comparison.

558
00:50:15,610 --> 00:50:23,470
So at two floors versus four, it'll give you an idea of how expansive that is.

559
00:50:23,810 --> 00:50:24,470
That's no.

560
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:27,540
Board member Chang.

561
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:31,080
Thank you.

562
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:38,320
My first question is the zip code breakdown is really helpful, but the survey was also offered in three languages.

563
00:50:38,580 --> 00:50:44,200
I'm wondering if you could provide the breakdown for the languages it was taken in in comparison to the demographics.

564
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,380
I don't have that on me, but that is something we can get to you for sure.

565
00:50:48,740 --> 00:50:48,900
Thank you.

566
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,820
And then my second question is in all three and in the master plan, there's a space

567
00:50:52,820 --> 00:50:58,680
reserved for DPS and I'm wondering what level of engagement there is with DPS and what level

568
00:50:58,680 --> 00:50:59,580
of buy-in they have.

569
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:10,820
So DPS just got their EOC, right, and the tenant improvement.

570
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,000
So that was the first part of the master plan.

571
00:51:14,060 --> 00:51:20,040
Right now, DPS has buy-in in the sense that there's a new building, it is part of the master plan,

572
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:26,460
there are requirements set forth for sizing, location, secure lot, what streets it comes off of,

573
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:31,040
all that is set forth in the master plan and that's how this area was, these areas were identified,

574
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,000
is that answering your...

575
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,220
I guess if they're involved in kind of some of the outreach.

576
00:51:38,420 --> 00:51:45,320
So the DPS building is not part of this project, it would be part of a future phase of the master plan.

577
00:51:45,580 --> 00:51:52,580
So right now the only requirement is for reserving space and making sure that we can meet their needs as we move forward.

578
00:51:53,540 --> 00:52:00,440
Okay, great. Thank you. And then my final comment is just that I attended the Lunar New Year event at the library and it was packed in the middle of a storm.

579
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:04,720
So, I think that speaks to the space constraints, especially for the children's area.

580
00:52:07,570 --> 00:52:07,990
Thank you.

581
00:52:10,340 --> 00:52:10,900
I agree.

582
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:13,280
I have just one parameter.

583
00:52:14,060 --> 00:52:22,020
On the beginning of the service study, one of the document provided was a map of the

584
00:52:22,020 --> 00:52:23,080
user library.

585
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:31,300
And I think that to understand the engagement of the population, people may go to the closest

586
00:52:31,300 --> 00:52:31,920
library.

587
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:32,740
Okay?

588
00:52:32,740 --> 00:52:41,320
So, for example, the fact that we are working on a life-good library, it is to help the population

589
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:42,660
on the north of the city.

590
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:50,640
So, this understandable that population on the north are less responding because they

591
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:53,900
are more concerned by life, by life-good, and so on.

592
00:52:54,220 --> 00:53:01,240
So, the 20th understandable is it will be good to have a map of the existing library where

593
00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:02,160
people can go.

594
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:15,280
Thank you. I just had a couple questions. When you look, when you show the, the

595
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:22,340
graph of increased score footage, to totally understand how the children's youth area grew, the

596
00:53:22,340 --> 00:53:30,360
teen area didn't seem to grow relatively as much. And is there, I just wanted to, is there a percentage

597
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:34,600
that you were looking to grow it, or is there a reason that we're not growing the teens as much?

598
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:35,480
slide

599
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:39,680
4?

600
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:54,540
Oh no fun, page 4, slide 8, sorry. Actually, the teen area is growing pretty considerably.

601
00:53:56,080 --> 00:54:03,980
It doesn't look, I think, just on this chart as much as the growth is. The teen collection

602
00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:11,120
is growing, I think, where you have to look at is the teen space is so tiny right now that

603
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:21,040
any kind of growth makes it. It's just not giving you the big bar chart there, but it is growing significantly, and also is part of that growth are

604
00:54:21,620 --> 00:54:29,720
study rooms and meeting spaces as well, which will also add because these kids are coming in and a study area.

605
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:35,960
So you're going to have your collection space that's going to grow, but that you've also got that study room and meeting space.

606
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:39,060
So the teams will grow pretty, pretty sizeably.

607
00:54:39,660 --> 00:54:39,960
Thank you.

608
00:54:40,340 --> 00:54:41,940
And sorry, just to add quickly.

609
00:54:42,140 --> 00:54:46,920
So the children in Twin Space has more open space for the kids, lower bookshelf so they

610
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:48,820
need a little bit more space for that.

611
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:53,900
And then the team space also overlaps with the red space.

612
00:54:54,060 --> 00:54:57,840
That meeting study flex with Michelle is saying they'll be adjacent to each other so that

613
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:01,440
they have that space for the study and other needs.

614
00:55:02,140 --> 00:55:02,580
Thank you.

615
00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:05,940
And echoing Chair Kestin, I think, if we're going to do this, it may go to the next question.

616
00:55:05,940 --> 00:55:14,460
sense to go big, but going to the 96,000, why bother? But that said, obviously, if there's

617
00:55:14,460 --> 00:55:20,340
that cost, the difference in cost is a big factor. At what point does the community get

618
00:55:20,340 --> 00:55:26,200
to start thinking about those trade-offs? What I'm concerned about is when you, when we ask

619
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:31,220
people, what's your ideal? Everybody has their picture of the ideal. But then when they get

620
00:55:31,220 --> 00:55:35,240
the price tag for that ideal, and especially when it's a bond measure, something that ideal

621
00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:41,140
listen to this important thing anymore. And so at what point do we go back and say this is your

622
00:55:41,140 --> 00:55:48,440
ideal and this is knowing how much it might cost. Is that still your ideal or how do we structure

623
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:52,940
this in such a way that it becomes appealing and that we're going to get the voters on this?

624
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:54,360
You go to slide four.

625
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:01,240
So slide four has our overall schedule on it but there is a

626
00:56:02,460 --> 00:56:08,160
polling is an item that will start probably in mid-April and that's when we have a

627
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:13,320
polling consultants that our finance department has held procure and they will start calling

628
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:19,380
registered voters and say if you spend this much this is what you get or would you pay

629
00:56:19,380 --> 00:56:25,440
a little bit more and you would get this and it'll all be related to the property tax.

630
00:56:26,380 --> 00:56:30,880
So we will do that and that information will be going to counsel for them to make that

631
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:38,260
decision on what they're hearing that the public will support on 521. Again, if we go on to the

632
00:56:38,260 --> 00:56:46,800
ballot for this year, it has to be, it's not a 50 plus 1, it's a 67, it's 2 thirds that need to

633
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:52,160
pass it for now. That's what we're going on. I know there's other things on the ballot, but that

634
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:56,680
is what we have to plan for, that it would need to pass by 67% of the residents.

635
00:56:58,720 --> 00:56:59,360
That's really

636
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:05,640
where that public education case there, C, comes into play, what you were asking in terms

637
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:10,800
of, you know, how do we get that message across? That's really what happens at that point.

638
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:18,860
We cannot advocate for anyone to pass anything, but we can provide information on if, you know,

639
00:57:19,740 --> 00:57:25,500
whatever the language that's decided, here's what you're going to get for that and make sure people

640
00:57:25,500 --> 00:57:27,040
will have a very clear understanding,

641
00:57:27,260 --> 00:57:29,580
whether it's lead gold or lead platinum,

642
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:31,300
whether they're getting an underground parking,

643
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:33,580
whether they're going to get all things

644
00:57:33,580 --> 00:57:35,860
because it's the 120,000 square foot.

645
00:57:36,300 --> 00:57:37,540
All of that will come through

646
00:57:37,540 --> 00:57:39,100
in a public education campaign.

647
00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:41,200
Okay, and there's always the possibility

648
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:43,280
that we don't make that 67%.

649
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:46,240
In the context of the master plan,

650
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:52,280
what happens to that portion of the master plan?

651
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:58,980
I guess it would have to go to Council and determine if the funding would be coming from the general fund or other sources.

652
00:58:00,220 --> 00:58:02,800
Or if they want to go out again two years from now.

653
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:11,800
I guess the question is would they consider keeping the library as it is in making other changes?

654
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,620
I'm just curious what would be to be decided.

655
00:58:14,620 --> 00:58:15,760
Okay, yes.

656
00:58:15,780 --> 00:58:16,580
I'll put the key direction.

657
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:17,760
Thank you.

658
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:21,060
Any other questions or comments?

659
00:58:23,660 --> 00:58:24,220
Oh.

660
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:25,500
Oh, there are none.

661
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:28,960
Thank you.

662
00:58:30,540 --> 00:58:31,560
Kathy Brocard.

663
00:58:37,110 --> 00:58:38,450
Hi, I'm Kathy Brocard.

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00:58:39,310 --> 00:58:41,510
I'm also active with the Friends of the Library.

665
00:58:42,350 --> 00:58:49,270
And so if you could go back to slide 8 or we talked again about the spacing and who uses the

666
00:58:49,270 --> 00:58:55,450
spaces. The question is, the library currently has the basement, the first floor and the second floor.

667
00:58:56,210 --> 00:59:01,730
When you did the spacing, did you take into account all the basement and the first floor and the

668
00:59:01,730 --> 00:59:11,550
second floor? And then, so the friends are hoping to have, you know, the same or more than we have.

669
00:59:12,090 --> 00:59:16,950
And I don't see any much space on the today's space for the friends. Do you know how much

670
00:59:16,950 --> 00:59:19,710
They allocated to the friends in

671
00:59:22,050 --> 00:59:28,930
the in the future no now now it's about 200 square feet total

672
00:59:28,930 --> 00:59:33,670
Would you say or less that maybe about a hundred for the friends? Oh in the basement

673
00:59:33,670 --> 00:59:39,510
Yeah, well the basement and the first floor because we're going to do anything on the second floor. Do you have that number?

674
00:59:50,970 --> 00:59:52,590
I'd be glad to show you our spaces

675
00:59:53,270 --> 00:59:55,630
You think it's 1,400 square feet?

676
00:59:57,730 --> 00:59:58,490
I can verify.

677
00:59:59,090 --> 00:59:59,710
That'd be great.

678
01:00:02,900 --> 01:00:06,740
And then, any idea what you hope we'd use in the future?

679
01:00:10,970 --> 01:00:35,110
We're working with the friends, so we've had one presentation with the Friends of the Library, but we're still working actively with them to gather there and discuss these for today and in the future. So we have some safe housing issues, but we haven't specifically decided exactly. So I think we're looking to go back to them. Yeah, we were scheduled to go back next week and talk and find out what the friends needs are.

680
01:00:36,310 --> 01:00:45,150
Oh that's great, did you let our president know that would be great if you could. I think we're on the schedule. Great. Thank you.

681
01:00:51,500 --> 01:00:52,020
Thank you.

682
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:55,180
Do we need to have a discussion?

683
01:00:56,280 --> 01:01:09,040
No, okay. Thank you so much for this detailed and incredibly complex presentation. We're going to look forward to the next one and wish you luck as you move forward.

684
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:18,820
Well, we're excited. We're very excited about this. Thank you. So we'll move on to the next presentation, which is 24-0392 branch library update.

685
01:01:26,290 --> 01:01:32,890
Yeah, thank you. Damon Sparrasino, recreation superintendent with the library and recreation services.

686
01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:40,570
I've had the good fortune and pleasure of working with Garrett and our public works department in.

687
01:01:40,570 --> 01:01:46,590
And on this project, and since Garrett, our library superintendent, couldn't be with

688
01:01:46,590 --> 01:01:52,070
us tonight, I was happy to sit in and give a brief update for everybody.

689
01:01:52,750 --> 01:01:53,570
Next slide, please.

690
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:07,200
Just to recap on the overall project and the previous efforts relative to the schedule

691
01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:14,760
and timeline, we conducted the feasibility study and the memorandum of understanding with

692
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:18,000
the school districts were finalized in January of 2020.

693
01:02:18,940 --> 01:02:24,360
Community outreach took place in 2020 between June and September.

694
01:02:25,560 --> 01:02:31,400
And then concept designs and presentations took place between November and December

695
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:38,580
of 2020, and then council approved the concept design in December of 2020.

696
01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:50,600
The preferred concept was then presented or selected by council and began a Department

697
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:58,920
of Public Works then began working with the consultant to further work on that design.

698
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:03,560
So the design was complete in early 2023.

699
01:03:05,500 --> 01:03:13,520
The school district in city went through DSA permitting in August of 23 and the public

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01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:17,620
art design selection is currently in progress.

701
01:03:18,100 --> 01:03:23,040
I have a little bit more on that for you when we get to the closing remarks.

702
01:03:24,020 --> 01:03:33,260
And then additionally, we've met with the architectural firm and subs on furniture and furnishings

703
01:03:33,260 --> 01:03:40,680
The checkout equipment, network equipment, and begun collection discussions.

704
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:55,640
Just as a recap, the preferred design has painted cement plaster, really has the indoor outdoor

705
01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:56,120
feel.

706
01:03:57,160 --> 01:04:04,080
One of the main themes we heard through the community outreach is to really have the branch

707
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:09,560
library have the look and feel of the existing neighborhood which has a lot of

708
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:17,880
eichlers and mid-century modern architecture. So that's also why the design

709
01:04:17,880 --> 01:04:19,300
came in the way it has.

710
01:04:21,500 --> 01:04:24,490
Here you'll see some of the color palettes that were

711
01:04:24,490 --> 01:04:34,810
collected and a hint through the layout in terms of the cutaway of the building.

712
01:04:36,310 --> 01:04:45,750
In the upper left-hand corner, you'll see the community rooms, the maker spaces, in the upper right-hand corner.

713
01:04:45,990 --> 01:04:50,730
You'll see the office spaces and the material handling spaces.

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01:04:50,730 --> 01:04:56,590
is, and then you'll rotate through the main mall area, and you'll see another creator

715
01:04:56,590 --> 01:05:04,150
space, some of the meeting rooms, and then as you move through the left hand side, the

716
01:05:04,150 --> 01:05:10,070
lower left hand side, you'll see the children's area, and then in the far left wing, kind of

717
01:05:10,070 --> 01:05:16,990
in the middle, you'll see the school district buildings, both the high school district and

718
01:05:16,990 --> 01:05:25,550
the elementary school district. The elementary school district will also have access from the adjacent

719
01:05:25,550 --> 01:05:32,430
school through a breezeway and then you can also see that the elementary school districts kind

720
01:05:32,430 --> 01:05:37,470
of work through how they'd like to have their smaller tables in the groupings if you could see it in

721
01:05:37,470 --> 01:05:38,670
sort of a classroom style.

722
01:05:42,190 --> 01:05:47,010
The other element that was built in as a reminder is the after-hour holds

723
01:05:47,010 --> 01:05:53,170
and pick up checkout area located in the front area of the library in the foyer, and

724
01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:03,880
here we have

725
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:11,620
an example or a picture of the makerspace that will be a focal point located on the as we went

726
01:06:11,620 --> 01:06:17,260
through before the upper left hand corner just off the entry. The concepts to provide access and

727
01:06:17,260 --> 01:06:26,100
hands-on instruction to creation tools, resins may not otherwise be able to afford or have on their

728
01:06:26,100 --> 01:06:33,960
own. Some of these would be a 3D printer, 3D carving machine, like the X-carve laser cutter,

729
01:06:34,640 --> 01:06:42,580
silkspring printing press, heat press, vinyl cutter, large format poster, printer.

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01:06:43,380 --> 01:06:47,940
Users will utilize the equipment only after completing, of course, the necessary training.

731
01:06:54,930 --> 01:07:00,910
Here is some imagery from what will be the tech skills and creation lab, which are planned

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01:07:00,910 --> 01:07:05,030
and seen before in the lower right hand corner.

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01:07:05,550 --> 01:07:09,850
This is meant to support lifelong learning technology and education.

734
01:07:10,630 --> 01:07:16,210
It will have approximately 14 PCs, a classroom screen and instructor podium.

735
01:07:16,910 --> 01:07:21,970
The creation lab is meant for one to two persons to develop content also, such as podcasting

736
01:07:21,970 --> 01:07:22,830
or video animation.

737
01:07:30,320 --> 01:07:36,080
Another cool feature, something that we talked about here tonight, which was important to

738
01:07:36,080 --> 01:07:42,500
the community as well as some of the design elements that were brought in is the ability

739
01:07:42,500 --> 01:07:49,120
to connect both the inside with the outside and just off of the children's space there

740
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:55,000
will be an outdoor courtyard that will help bring nature into the library and then children

741
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:55,920
out to nature.

742
01:07:57,500 --> 01:08:00,780
This will be an enclosed and safe space.

743
01:08:00,780 --> 01:08:06,760
The concepts and rendering shown here, this will be an outdoor to expand the functionality

744
01:08:06,760 --> 01:08:12,360
and utilization of the children they could do either with their parents or we can also

745
01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:14,700
do some programming in the outside space as well.

746
01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:22,900
So it will be a really great addition and a really great use of design that we hope to see

747
01:08:23,500 --> 01:08:24,680
in a future main library.

748
01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:25,660
And

749
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:46,700
as mentioned briefly before, this particular slide highlights the community rooms and the library program room as well as the high schools program room and the school districts program room.

750
01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:58,920
The community room will, this will allow the library as well as the recreation department

751
01:08:58,920 --> 01:09:06,300
to run classes both during hours and after hours, as well as provide access to the partner

752
01:09:06,300 --> 01:09:15,520
spaces during and after hours as well, of course, with giving the city priority when this

753
01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:17,440
will districts aren't using their spaces.

754
01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:27,620
Additionally, as mentioned prior, there's a movable partition that has been incorporated

755
01:09:27,620 --> 01:09:35,020
into the plans for this as a bid alternate for both the community room at the top of the

756
01:09:35,020 --> 01:09:42,940
page, as well as in between the two classrooms to create an even larger space for larger programs.

757
01:09:42,940 --> 01:09:43,780
a

758
01:09:50,690 --> 01:10:19,350
couple of key things coming up here. I just spoke with the project lead for this, for the branch library this morning, and the bids are currently scheduled to be open by the city on the 20th of March, however, they're anticipating some last-minute questions from potential bidders, which they think is kind of part for the course and will probably more than likely push the

759
01:10:19,350 --> 01:10:29,730
final back at least one week, so probably the 27th to the end of March, and then the other

760
01:10:29,730 --> 01:10:34,550
thing that's going on right now, as mentioned earlier, that I wanted to give you an update

761
01:10:34,550 --> 01:10:45,450
on was the artwork is currently we're sitting on 10 applicants or 10 selected artists and to

762
01:10:45,450 --> 01:10:52,270
remind both the Park and Red Commission and the Board of Library Trustees that process

763
01:10:52,270 --> 01:10:59,250
began in August of last year and wrapped up in September, where we had over 70 applicants

764
01:10:59,250 --> 01:11:04,610
apply for both either an indoor or outdoor art element.

765
01:11:05,790 --> 01:11:13,570
The committee was convened of Sunnyvale School District, Fremont Union High School District,

766
01:11:14,370 --> 01:11:20,610
some of the architect team, the public works team, the library and recreation staff.

767
01:11:20,750 --> 01:11:23,910
We had librarians as well as recreation staff.

768
01:11:23,910 --> 01:11:28,830
We had a local resident who's an artist and also a professional in the field and works

769
01:11:28,830 --> 01:11:30,850
for another city in their public art department.

770
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:35,290
And then we also had a Lakewood Village Association resident.

771
01:11:35,290 --> 01:11:54,470
And so we will be bringing back five exterior and five interior art examples for the arts commission to hear in June, and they will forward on their best, what they would like to see brought to life to council and, and forwarding that on it for July.

772
01:11:54,470 --> 01:11:54,550
Why?

773
01:11:57,070 --> 01:12:11,350
Lastly, based on early estimates, we're hoping that this project comes through, and this, of course, probably won't be the last time we bring any updates to the Board of Library Trustees, but as we sit here today, we're looking at late 2025.

774
01:12:14,370 --> 01:12:18,550
And that ends the presentation for tonight.

775
01:12:18,950 --> 01:12:22,790
Thank you. Do any board members or commissioners have any comments or questions for staff?

776
01:12:22,790 --> 01:12:23,590
Great.

777
01:12:29,870 --> 01:12:44,530
Thank you very much for that update. We're very excited. We can't wait to. Yeah, there's going to be a lot of fun stuff, things that we were talking about for the main library on a smaller scale, but we really great to see those integrated into the new branch.

778
01:12:44,530 --> 01:12:49,490
So if I could just add to what Damon was saying, you know, when Steve retired, obviously

779
01:12:49,490 --> 01:12:56,710
that this was his project and I just want to thank Damon for stepping in as soon as Steve

780
01:12:56,710 --> 01:12:59,110
announced and said, you know, I'll do whatever it takes.

781
01:12:59,110 --> 01:13:04,690
So Damon has really taken this project on and he's becoming an honorary librarian as a

782
01:13:04,690 --> 01:13:04,850
resource.

783
01:13:05,790 --> 01:13:06,010
Welcome.

784
01:13:08,130 --> 01:13:08,530
Thank you.

785
01:13:08,650 --> 01:13:09,350
Thank you, librarian.

786
01:13:09,350 --> 01:13:09,790
Are you Damon?

787
01:13:09,970 --> 01:13:11,190
We appreciate all your work.

788
01:13:14,330 --> 01:13:15,230
We'll continue.

789
01:13:15,510 --> 01:13:16,570
We're waiting for updates.

790
01:13:16,570 --> 01:13:17,170
We're very excited.

791
01:13:17,330 --> 01:13:17,750
Thank you.

792
01:13:18,450 --> 01:13:18,630
Okay.

793
01:13:18,790 --> 01:13:22,350
So then we're moving on to 24-39O study issues update.

794
01:13:23,650 --> 01:13:28,130
So I just want to give everyone a quick overview of how council ranked study issues compared

795
01:13:28,130 --> 01:13:31,530
to how the commissions or board members ranked study issues.

796
01:13:31,770 --> 01:13:35,810
I don't have much in-depth information, but I could give you just a general overview.

797
01:13:35,810 --> 01:13:36,770
So,

798
01:13:39,490 --> 01:13:46,610
as you can see on the screen, the PRC ranked evaluate feasibility of dog off-leash hours

799
01:13:46,610 --> 01:13:51,850
as our number one, Council ranked as number two, so still very high.

800
01:13:53,030 --> 01:13:58,110
Another item we had was evaluate late-night lights at public parks, the Commission ranked

801
01:13:58,110 --> 01:14:06,460
to add number six. Council rate to add number two. I mean, sorry about that.

802
01:14:08,620 --> 01:14:09,060
Council

803
01:14:09,060 --> 01:14:14,040
rate to add number six while we rate to add number two further commission. A few items

804
01:14:14,040 --> 01:14:21,500
got deferred such as waste reduction initiative. A value of feasibility of naming parks. A value

805
01:14:21,500 --> 01:14:26,800
of the feasibility of ordinance ban use of gas power. And we also had a few items that

806
01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:37,920
were dropped, such as making city owned property at East Evelyn and West Matilda place open and accessible to public, as well as explore the feasibility of planting 2025 new trees.

807
01:14:39,700 --> 01:14:53,900
And we also have one more item, which was promotion of assessment of sustainable landscaping strategies, the recreation commission had it ranked six, but as is a environmental services item is only ranked out of two items, so is ranked number two.

808
01:14:53,900 --> 01:14:59,900
And then for Library Recreations for the Board Trustees, your item was ranked

809
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:03,060
One with you, and also rate number one with council.

810
01:15:05,800 --> 01:15:27,460
And that concludes my presentation. Very short. I just want to give you a quick overview. If you have any questions, we do have the video of the council strategic meeting online. Thank you. Thank you, Ricky. Do any board members or commissioners have any comments or questions for staff? You're kidding. Casting. Casting. Casting.

811
01:15:27,460 --> 01:15:27,720
Okay.

812
01:15:28,360 --> 01:15:29,820
That joke never gets old, by the way.

813
01:15:30,220 --> 01:15:31,300
Yes, and casting one, two, three.

814
01:15:31,580 --> 01:15:32,080
Does this mic on?

815
01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:32,680
Yes, it is.

816
01:15:34,020 --> 01:15:35,520
Thank you, Ricky, it's good to see that.

817
01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:45,780
It would also be nice to see a ranking of how the department ranked the study issues as

818
01:15:45,780 --> 01:15:45,940
well.

819
01:15:47,860 --> 01:15:55,780
I mean, I was kind of, I was kind of, I wasn't surprised, but it was unfortunate that the

820
01:15:55,780 --> 01:16:02,380
the department ranked so many of the issues that the board, that the commission saw as being

821
01:16:02,380 --> 01:16:12,660
valuable as like the bottom of the list. And to me, you know, when our number one issue,

822
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:18,600
which was unanimous, was viewed as like the, what was it?

823
01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:25,960
The ninth, the ninth most important

824
01:16:25,960 --> 01:16:30,480
from the department, and our

825
01:16:34,060 --> 01:16:35,520
second,

826
01:16:37,740 --> 01:16:38,400
which was,

827
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:44,520
a second, there we go, was viewed as the first.

828
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:46,140
That's awesome, that's great.

829
01:16:51,810 --> 01:17:00,810
It would be great to have like our third was viewed as the seventh most important.

830
01:17:01,890 --> 01:17:08,170
I feel as though there should be more of a lock step between us and the department.

831
01:17:09,270 --> 01:17:14,850
I wonder why that is and why that isn't happening, and it would be great to see a more symbiotic

832
01:17:14,850 --> 01:17:18,530
relationship between the commission and the department.

833
01:17:19,790 --> 01:17:26,110
If I could just respond, I have no way of knowing what some people's has, but what I can say

834
01:17:26,110 --> 01:17:33,650
is when the department's rank study issues, it's based on what they have staff banned

835
01:17:33,650 --> 01:17:36,110
what to do in different areas.

836
01:17:36,410 --> 01:17:43,770
So if they're already working on A, B, and C study issues and the staff that's allocated

837
01:17:43,770 --> 01:17:48,270
to that would then need to take on another set of study issues.

838
01:17:48,470 --> 01:17:55,050
They might rank those lower because the staff are already maxed out what they're working

839
01:17:55,050 --> 01:17:55,290
on.

840
01:17:55,290 --> 01:18:01,990
So, it's probably just a different perspective in terms of the stat- when we rank study issues,

841
01:18:02,210 --> 01:18:07,250
I'm looking at, for instance, when we were looking at the couple for us, well, what's- what's

842
01:18:07,250 --> 01:18:11,130
Damon working on right now? What's Michelle working on right now? What's Garrett working on?

843
01:18:11,490 --> 01:18:17,570
So, that's how we look at it, and so I think that's why it's good to have the department rank it,

844
01:18:17,910 --> 01:18:22,330
the commissions rank it, and the council rank it, and it's going to be somewhere as a melding of the three.

845
01:18:23,570 --> 01:18:26,110
So that's how it comes to light.

846
01:18:26,810 --> 01:18:31,970
So I don't know what obviously Public Works did, but that's how we look at it.

847
01:18:34,030 --> 01:18:39,170
That was the only other thing I was going to add is that where Parks and Rec Commission

848
01:18:39,170 --> 01:18:45,030
is concerned, it's not just being ranked by library and recreation services.

849
01:18:45,030 --> 01:18:53,010
There's some issues that also get ranked based on Public Works and ESD in the case of that

850
01:18:53,010 --> 01:19:00,350
particular one. So there's a there's a few things going at play, so to speak. But yeah, I'm not

851
01:19:00,350 --> 01:19:07,590
here to knock what I'm saying is we're going to be better as an organization, as a commission,

852
01:19:07,790 --> 01:19:15,750
and we'll be better as a department. The more we communicate with each other, the more we can speak

853
01:19:15,750 --> 01:19:20,250
with each other, and through that communication, the more we're going to be able to get done,

854
01:19:20,970 --> 01:19:24,570
and it would be great to help foster that kind of a relationship.

855
01:19:26,810 --> 01:19:31,150
I'll wait until after public comments, because I know this constant calendar is coming out,

856
01:19:31,190 --> 01:19:34,090
so I'd like to talk a little bit more about the wins that we did get.

857
01:19:34,950 --> 01:19:39,110
So I'll wait on that, except it, yeah, I'll wait on that.

858
01:19:39,490 --> 01:19:40,130
Thank you so much.

859
01:19:40,350 --> 01:19:44,570
The clarification, since it's a special meeting, there is no consent calendar for this meeting.

860
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:57,340
Thank you.

861
01:19:57,900 --> 01:19:59,920
So we'll move into oral communications.

862
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:04,580
members of the public will now have an opportunity to address the Board Commission on topics

863
01:20:04,580 --> 01:20:06,080
not listed on tonight's agenda.

864
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:10,720
The section is limited to 15 minutes and may be extended or continued after the public

865
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:13,240
hearings general business section of the agenda.

866
01:20:13,840 --> 01:20:16,520
Individuals are limited to one appearance during our communications.

867
01:20:17,440 --> 01:20:22,220
As stated at the beginning of the meeting, this meeting is considered a limited public forum

868
01:20:22,220 --> 01:20:25,820
and the Board and Commission can regulate the time, place and manner of speech.

869
01:20:25,820 --> 01:20:30,640
Speaker comments during oral communications must be limited to matters within the Board

870
01:20:30,640 --> 01:20:34,620
and Commission's authority to address generally referred to as within the meeting subject

871
01:20:34,620 --> 01:20:35,460
matter jurisdiction.

872
01:20:36,240 --> 01:20:40,500
If a speaker does not speak to a matter within the subject matter jurisdiction, the presiding

873
01:20:40,500 --> 01:20:44,180
officer will rule the speaker out of order to allow the Board and Commission to conduct

874
01:20:44,180 --> 01:20:47,980
its business in a reasonably efficient manner and to protect the rights of other speakers.

875
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:52,460
The presiding officer will not rule speech out of order because the presiding officer disagrees

876
01:20:52,460 --> 01:20:54,880
disagrees with the content of the Speaker's speech.

877
01:20:55,380 --> 01:20:58,880
A reminder to the public, please submit a speaker card to the recording officer,

878
01:20:59,420 --> 01:21:03,640
raise your digital hand now, or dial star nine on a telephone if you wish to address the board commission.

879
01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:07,300
I will call in members of the public participating in person first,

880
01:21:07,580 --> 01:21:11,100
then the recording officer will ask remote participants to unmute their microphone

881
01:21:11,100 --> 01:21:12,920
when it is their turn to address the board.

882
01:21:13,580 --> 01:21:15,580
Speakers will have three minutes to speak.

883
01:21:16,280 --> 01:21:18,120
Gary, turn now.

884
01:21:18,900 --> 01:21:19,640
Thank you.

885
01:21:19,640 --> 01:21:20,600
That

886
01:21:22,900 --> 01:21:25,560
was one of the best pronunciations I've heard of from.

887
01:21:26,360 --> 01:21:27,540
Thank you so much.

888
01:21:31,080 --> 01:21:38,800
So, on behalf of this approximately 700 supporters of study issue DPW 2011, dog park hours

889
01:21:38,800 --> 01:21:42,560
that selects any of those parks, I would like to thank you for your support in ranking

890
01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:45,160
the study issue as the number one priority for parks and rec.

891
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:54,780
My heart took a couple of missteps when I saw the DPW rankings as well the night

892
01:21:54,780 --> 01:22:04,400
before the council meeting and I guess I would just kind of emphasize it's always great

893
01:22:04,400 --> 01:22:09,600
when the public has more transparency into all the great work and all the processes that

894
01:22:09,600 --> 01:22:10,260
you guys do.

895
01:22:10,260 --> 01:22:17,040
So from my perspective, if there were that alignment, it would just help us from a community

896
01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:20,960
have more trust in the city and more insight.

897
01:22:22,860 --> 01:22:29,320
But what occurred at City Hall on the 15th was a great example of how our system works.

898
01:22:29,860 --> 01:22:35,480
Council members acknowledged the overwhelming support of study issue and ranked it as the

899
01:22:35,480 --> 01:22:37,280
number of two priority in DPW.

900
01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:45,260
view. We had I think on about or maybe even more 100 letters written by the community

901
01:22:46,190 --> 01:22:51,240
that were sent into the council. So we had a lot of strong support from our community.

902
01:22:52,480 --> 01:22:58,060
The dog owner community is very appreciative, energized and ready to step forward and contribute

903
01:22:58,060 --> 01:23:03,420
to the study issue. We view the effort as a collaboration between the city and dog owner

904
01:23:03,420 --> 01:23:09,060
community and recognize that a good dog owner behavior is a key factor to success.

905
01:23:09,980 --> 01:23:14,840
I want to also state my interest in continuing to be a key contact for the study when it moves

906
01:23:14,840 --> 01:23:22,280
forward and I'd also like to be involved in understanding the PG and Lot study issue

907
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:26,640
when that gets going and how it could be a great place for awfully dog parks as well.

908
01:23:27,900 --> 01:23:28,600
Thank you.

909
01:23:32,280 --> 01:23:36,300
Is anyone else interested in speaking into oral communications before we hear from

910
01:23:36,300 --> 01:23:36,900
remote speakers.

911
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:42,120
Thank you. I have a recording officer. Do we have any remote participants

912
01:23:42,120 --> 01:23:46,320
wishing to speak of the item? None at this time. Thank you. Then I will go ahead and close

913
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:47,280
oral communications.

914
01:23:50,090 --> 01:23:54,430
Moving on to non-agenda items and comments. This portion of the agenda

915
01:23:54,430 --> 01:23:58,810
is for oral reports and announcements by board members or commissioners and or staff to share

916
01:23:58,810 --> 01:24:03,090
information. Do board members or commissioners have any non-agenda items or comments?

917
01:24:06,010 --> 01:24:10,250
Chair Kessie. Thank you so much. Gary, thank you for coming out today. It's really

918
01:24:10,250 --> 01:24:13,550
cool that you guys showed up when you did show up during the meetings. It's really cool

919
01:24:14,010 --> 01:24:19,330
that you came back to say thank you to everybody. It's, it says a lot, man. It's been great

920
01:24:19,330 --> 01:24:23,530
to work with you guys. I do appreciate it. It's cool. I actually got a dog during this entire

921
01:24:23,530 --> 01:24:30,530
process. I didn't expect that to happen, but I'm really happy that I did. I like to just

922
01:24:30,530 --> 01:24:35,610
point out to our commission and to the library commission as well, that the study issue

923
01:24:35,610 --> 01:24:44,130
process brought in $225,000 to the Parks and Recreation Department, right? That's new money,

924
01:24:44,270 --> 01:24:49,770
brand new money, for things that we didn't have your mark beforehand. And I think there are times

925
01:24:49,770 --> 01:24:55,490
when we wonder as a commission what we're doing here, you know, are we getting something done? Are

926
01:24:55,490 --> 01:25:00,310
we actually moving the needle in any direction? And I want to say that we actually are, right? And when

927
01:25:00,310 --> 01:25:05,870
we have these studies usually come out. It's an opportunity for us to work with the public

928
01:25:06,570 --> 01:25:11,470
to come up with a voice for them, for a voice for ourselves, and push those studies

929
01:25:11,470 --> 01:25:18,410
used forward to get funding for cool ideas that could become policy, that could become an impact

930
01:25:18,410 --> 01:25:28,330
to make our community better. Sad that we didn't get access to the bus depot lot, which by the way

931
01:25:28,330 --> 01:25:36,770
is 92,000 square feet of space that is completely underused and I look forward to working on something

932
01:25:36,770 --> 01:25:42,010
new and exciting at that location this coming year. And I would like to recommend everyone on our

933
01:25:42,010 --> 01:25:48,990
commissions to write more study issues, put it out there. It's up to us at the end of the day to

934
01:25:48,990 --> 01:25:55,290
decide whether or not we want to drop it, which we totally can do. But I think just taking a second

935
01:25:55,290 --> 01:25:58,150
and putting it on paper and trying to make the ideas work.

936
01:25:58,230 --> 01:25:58,750
It's a great idea.

937
01:25:59,090 --> 01:25:59,710
Thank you so much.

938
01:26:02,140 --> 01:26:04,040
Any other board members or commissioners?

939
01:26:04,500 --> 01:26:04,540
No.

940
01:26:05,740 --> 01:26:08,160
Disfef any non-agent items or comments?

941
01:26:10,100 --> 01:26:10,340
Okay.

942
01:26:11,540 --> 01:26:13,060
Sorry, actually just one.

943
01:26:13,740 --> 01:26:17,200
Tomorrow night or tomorrow afternoon evening, I should say,

944
01:26:17,500 --> 01:26:20,280
is the job there.

945
01:26:20,740 --> 01:26:25,760
So if you know anyone who is 16 or over looking for a summer

946
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:33,240
job. We're looking for a lot of good people. So send them by the community center, senior

947
01:26:33,240 --> 01:26:40,540
center in particular, and it will be an opportunity not just to apply for a position, but many

948
01:26:40,540 --> 01:26:46,740
instances also to interview and go through the HR process on the spot. So we are looking

949
01:26:46,740 --> 01:26:49,680
to fill positions tomorrow. So if you know anyone, please send them our way.

950
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:50,680
Thank

951
01:26:53,050 --> 01:27:01,030
you. With that, this meeting is adjourned at 8.34 p.m., and I'd like to thank everyone for your participation in tonight's meeting.