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As an example, the early site concepts include parking adjacent to Bernal /Main inconsistent with latter Council direction regarding parking requirements. Others provide ideas but have deficiencies related to meeting the parking requirements of the police department. Some include the 3.3 -acre San Francisco site which is not currently part of the project. All site plan concepts included a new city hall office building (sized at approximately 53,520 square feet), additional parking, options to improve access to the Library from Main Street, reservation of space for Library expansion, and improvements to the Main Street gateway. None of the site plans considered relocating the police department or the Library. Nevertheless, they all offered unique concepts and were shared with the community. The project included an analysis of traffic circulation, parking needs (including the potential for a parking structure if necessary), safe and comfortable pedestrian pathways between City facilities as well as to Main Street, a space needs analysis and estimated budget for a new city hall office building, reservation of space for an expansion of the Pleasanton Library and a recommendation regarding the retention or removal of the 123 Main Street and 200 Old Bernal buildings. As part of the process, staff conducted a public process involving monthly meetings with the Pleasanton Downtown Association's Economic Restructuring Subcommittee, a public hearing directed to all PDA members, a public hearing directed to Downtown residents and businesses, and a general community meeting. Based on this input, staff identified a number of site plan options that were reviewed by the Planning and Library Commissions, both of whom selected the same two site plan options. However, the Library Commission expressed its interest in seeing more detailed analysis regarding long term library facility needs and requested that they be reviewed as part of the civic center master plan process. Prior to finalizing the civic center master plan, staff requested council review of the site plan concepts and as part of that discussion, the Council determined that it would be beneficial to focus on library expansion needs to assure that all civic center needs were reviewed prior to finalizing a civic center master plan. As a result, work on the civic center master plan process with Group 4 was suspended prior to preparation of a final civic center master plan document. Library Needs Assessment Study In response to a Library Commission presentation about the space needs of the Library, the Council designated the completion of a Library space needs study as a "highest" priority project in 2004. In April of 2004, the Council approved a request from the Library Commission to fund a space needs assessment of the Library. In response, the 2004 Capital Improvement Program provided $50,000 for such a study. On April 20, 2004 staff issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for consultant services to conduct a space needs assessment at the Pleasanton Public Library. Page 4 of 9