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A profile of space needs was developed that responds to the service needs and priorities of the community, Recommendations were developed for collection size, shelving capacity, seating, computer technology, meeting room and programming space, student support spaces, staff work space, storage and other space needs. The individual space needs were aggregated and a building net-to-gross factor applied to identify the total square footage needs of the Library. Library Study Results As the Council is aware, the Pleasanton Library was designed as a branch Library and as a result, it lacks some to the space needed to fully meet administrative support needs, Further, because the City has experienced significant growth since the Library was designed in the mid 1980's, because community expectations of Library services have changed and expanded, and because libraries have expanded to provide services currently unavailable, the Library Study identifies a need to expand the Library from is current size of 30,178 square feet to approximately 73,000 square feet. A complete copy of the Library Study is included as Attachment A. The key findings of the Library Study are: . Pleasanton's Library facility is an attractive 30,178 square foot building that has served the community at this location since 1988, The population has grown from 44,600 to more than 67,200 residents since the Library opened, a 51 % increase, Originally a branch of the Alameda County Library, the City of Pleasant on took over operation of the Library in 1999, The City's increased financial support has raised Library service levels significantly over the past five years, Collections and programming have improved and service hours have increased. . Lack of space is the building's primary limitation. When the City took over Library operations, the staffing and administrative space requirements that went along with an independent operation had to be shoehorned into existing Library space. Previously, the administrative "backbone" of the Library was handled off-site by the Alameda County Library System, The City has also increased financial support for the Library's operations to provide an expanded collection of books, magazines and media, public access computers and extensive programming, in keeping with the community's high interest levels and high expectations for Library service, . Community response to the improvements to Library collections over the past five years is remarkable. Circulation has increased 78% since 1999/2000, the first year that the City operated the Library, This year, circulation has topped one million for the first time - that's about 15 items for every resident. SR:06:075 Page 3