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RESOLUTION NO. 2014-059 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING THE CHULA VISTA PUBLIC LIBRARY STRATEGIC VISION PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING LIBRARY STRATEGIC FACILITIES PLAN (4/5 VOTE REQUIRED)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Recommended Action
Council adopt the resolution.
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SUMMARY
The Chula Vista Public Library is currently operating under a Library Facility Master Plan that was adopted in 1998. In 2010 the City contracted with Group 4 Architecture Planning and Research (Group 4) to develop a new Library Strategic Facilities Plan. The project's scope was to address two issues. The first was to validate the GMOC standard of 0.5 square foot per capita threshold for library space needed to keep pace with population growth. The second was to consider the best location and design of future library facilities that would be relevant and sustainable. Options for library facilities development were examined in accordance with the current General Plan, patterns and preferences of current users, and reasonably expected future service given the dramatic changes in public library trends, expectations, capabilities, and challenges.
The Library Strategic Facilities Plan was brought forward for Council consideration on July 19, 2011. At that time Council asked that consideration of the plan be postponed. This created an opportunity to incorporate two additional elements into the Library Strategic Facilities Plan. The first was an evaluation of the trendsetting Otay Ranch Branch Library "express branch" model - smaller, more flexible, using different service concepts, embedded in a retail environment, which opened on April 2012. The second was a response to Council request for a more overarching vision of what library service could be in the 21st century. Group 4 was retained to conduct a Strategic Visioning process in fall of 2013 resulting in a companion piece to the original Library Strategic Facilities Plan. Once the strategic directions fo...
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