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South Pasadena hears final Library Park campus site plan; ad hoc committee recommends 'B plus' option
Summary
At a Nov. 5 special study session the council received a final site‑plan report for the Library Park campus. The ad hoc committee recommended an option the committee calls “B plus” — retaining historic resources while adding about 10–20% more square footage to create flexible, multiuse rooms; estimated costs range widely by option.
Kathy Billings, South Pasadena’s library director, presented the final Library Park campus site‑plan report prepared by Group 4 Architecture Research and Planning at a Nov. 5 special study session. Billings told the council the project grew from an ad hoc committee formed in May 2024 and that the report reflects more than a year of community outreach.
Don Marcus, the Group 4 presenter, described the site as a one‑block downtown campus that includes the 1930 Community Hall, the main library (built 1982 at about 19,000 square feet), and the senior center (about 5,700 square feet). He said outreach reached “almost 3,000” participants overall, including about 672 survey respondents, and summarized the community’s priorities: books and reading spaces,…
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