Liberty Lake to present three library design options to City Council July 15

City Administrator Mark McElbein told the Liberty Lake Library Board that the city will present three conceptual design options for the library and Town Square to the City Council on July 15.

The options were developed under the city’s contract with Turner & Townsend and with design work by BCRA, and the presentation targets Council feedback before the city conducts additional public engagement, McElbein said. “Our plan right now is to bring back options that council directed us to, put together through our contract with Turner and Townsend area at the July 15 council meeting,” McElbein said.

Library Director Jandy said the project team currently has three design iterations and plans a community open house at the library after the July 15 council meeting so members of the public can review conceptual drawings of the exterior, the park layout and alternative interior designs. “We will be bringing something back on July 15. Right now, we kinda have 3 different design iterations, so we’re hoping to get some feedback from council on July 15 that we can narrow down,” Jandy said.

Jandy also reported survey response totals that will inform design and programming decisions: “Total per survey responses, 699 fully completed, like, every single question answered. And then I think it was, like, 743, high 7 hundreds of, like, somebody who had at least done 1 response,” she said.

The board and staff said the schedule remains feasible. McElbein told the board, “We don’t see any reason why at this point, we can’t meet that schedule,” and said the intention is to let Council state preferences before the public engagement refines a preferred option.

Next steps: staff will present the three options at the July 15 City Council meeting, then schedule a community open house at the library to gather resident feedback and narrow the design choices.