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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND and PROJECT DESCRIPTION At its meeting of April 19, 2005, the Council considered a variety of locations for a new public restroom building in the Downtown area, and selected the southwest comer of Delucchi Park near W. Angela Street as its preferred location. This location is supported by policy in the Downtown Specific Plan - "construct public restrooms (including one with family facilities) on Main Street and in Delucchi Park," the Downtown Parks and Trails Master Plan - "The park (Delucchi) would have a small parking area, public restrooms, and a group picnic area," and the Pleasanton Downtown Association - "Delucchi Park by W. Angela... is the PDA's first priority location." With this as a target location, staff directed the firm of ELS Architects of Berkeley (currently under contract for the nearby Firehouse Arts Center Project) to prepare two (2) separate design boards - one (1) representing a possible "custom" structure, and another depicting a typical manufactured structure, in order to illustrate the possibilities, constraints, and costs involved with respect to siting a public restroom building at the Delucchi Park site. Reduced copies of the design boards are attached to this report, and will be presented at the meeting by staff. Site Development: The existing park site is relatively open and flat, which should allow for easy development. Existing trees on the park's southern end can be preserved to shade and frame the proposed structure. Sanitary sewer and water lines are nearby (W. Angela Street), allowing for tie-in to the proposed structure. A service point for electrical connection has not yet been identified, but staff is currently working with PG&E toward that end. Program: In directing ELS' schematic design work, some basic parameters for the proposed building were established. These parameters or "program" included the proposed building size, the number and type of plumbing fixtures, and the construction materials - with an emphasis toward lasting, maintainable materials. This last item also relates to the building's overall aesthetic quality, with a certain "civic quality" emphasized. Based on our experience with the development of public restrooms in various parks and City facilities, staff identified a structure of approximately 700 - 760 S.F. in overall size, which would contain the following spaces/fixtures: · Women's restroom - five (5) stalls (1 of which is disabled accessible) and two (2) hand sinks. · Men's restroom -two (2) stalls (1 of which is disabled accessible), three (3) urinals, and two (2) hand sinks. · Family restroom - one (1) disabled accessible stall, one (1) hand sink, and a diaper changing station. SR 05:126 Page 2