REPORT TO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate a Formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Sunnyvale School District for a Joint Use Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center on the Lakewood Elementary School Site
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
On February 7, 2017, the City Council authorized the City Manager to conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of joint-use Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center in partnership with the Sunnyvale School District (SSD). A project team consisting of City and School District staff, working together with Anderson Brul? Architects, evaluated four site options (Attachment 5) and identified two viable alternatives of mutual interest (Options 3 and 4). One of the original key questions was whether the Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center could be sited on the existing Lakewood Pool site. Options 1 and 2 explored this opportunity; however, neither met the desired site requirements and fall severely short in providing adequate parking. Consequently, those options were dropped from further evaluation.
Options 3 and 4 would be constructed on School District property with off-street parking achieved through the re-design of the District's existing parking lot augmented by parking on the adjacent Lakewood pool site.
At this point, there is not a design upon which to base a cost estimate as the cost will vary depending on future design decisions. However, for planning purposes, a range of low and high cost estimates has been developed as follows:
Option 3 would be a single-story facility with a projected cost ranging from $23 million to $28 million. Option 4 would be a two-story facility with an escalated total project cost in the range of $24 million to $29 million.
Both Options 3 and 4 allocate space for future growth and/or the contribution of a third partner such as the high school district and/or community college. The F...
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