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City outlines needs-assessment for South Pasadena library, senior and community campus
Summary
City staff and an ad hoc committee described a needs-assessment and community-engagement schedule for a site plan that could inform a future rebuilt or renovated library, senior center and shared community spaces at the Library Park site.
Kathy Billings, director of the South Pasadena Public Library, told the Public Art Commission on March 31 that the city has launched a needs-assessment phase for a project to reimagine the library park campus and explore options for a renovated or new facility to serve library, senior and community services.
The site-plan phase will document space needs — not produce architectural designs — and assess technical constraints such as site slope, utilities and historic features, Billings said. She described the work as the first step that will allow the city to seek potential funding by showing funders a documented vision and programmatic needs.
The project is being led by an ad hoc committee established by the City Council and a Bay Area architectural consultant experienced with libraries and civic buildings. Billings said the consultant will produce graphic site plans that capture space needs and layout options but “you’re not…
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