REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate a Formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Sunnyvale School District and Fremont Union High 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 (Attachment 2) to explore a joint-use Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center in partnership with the Sunnyvale School District (SSD). In the initial meetings with the School District, the District indicated that proximity to the existing elementary school site would be a determining factor as to whether a partnership would be viable. As a result, the study team (comprised of City and School District staff working together with Anderson Brul? Architects), evaluated four sites on School District property (Attachment 3 - Site Options).
The study team developed a program space plan (Attachment 4) and evaluated the sites using the following criteria: 1) whether there would be adequate square footage to meet programming needs now and in the future; 2) proximity and pathway connections to/from Lakewood School and Park for convenient and safe access; 3) a parking standard of 2.6 spaces per 1,000 square feet of program in accordance with standards for libraries set by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE); 4) impact to existing park infrastructure, program elements and plantings; and 5) the project's ability to creating a positive relationship and presence in the neighborhood.
Options 1 and 2 would result in a two-story, 21,000 square foot facility located on the existing pool site. They differ in that Option 2 provides a different building footprint to create a more public entry/plaza space. The number of parking spaces needed to support this size facility is 55 spaces. When added together with the District's existing parking lot of 52 spaces, a total o...
Click here for full text