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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. In October 2004, staff was prepared to present these two options and Commission recommendations to the City Council. However, in lieu of holding a meeting to select two preferred site plan concepts to undergo further development and review, the Council expressed its interest in focusing its attention on addressing library space needs, This decision was based on the fact that a decision regarding the potential expansion, relocation or reuse of the Pleasanton Library is critical to the eventual outcome of the Civic Center Master Plan. In addition, staff was working on specifications for conducting a Library Needs Assessment Study (Needs Study) that when completed, would serve as the foundation for identifying long-term library space needs. Based on this situation, staff suspended work on the Civic Center Master Plan project and focused on the library space needs issue, As a result, this report provides on overview of the Study and includes a recommendation to proceed with analysis of the library building, to determine its ability to meet the required space needs, DISCUSSION 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, The Library began the actual needs assessment process in June 2004 which focused on identifying space needed to serve not only current residents but also to serve the population once the City has reached build-out, projected for 2015, Kathryn Page Associates, a Library-planning firm, was engaged to conduct the assessment. The consultant met with ten community focus groups, conducted eleven interviews with Library Commissioners, Pleasanton City officials and Pleasanton Unified School District personnel and worked with Library staff to conduct a general community survey, Interviews with eight groups of Library staff were held, Community demographic data was compiled and analyzed, Library usage and resource level statistics were assembled, reviewed and compared to similar data for libraries that serve comparable communities, SR:06:075 Page 2