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Advisory board flags parking and access as top barriers; staff to commission parking survey
Summary
Library leaders told the West Linn advisory board that parking is the community's top access concern; staff proposed a parking-count study, better communication about off‑peak hours, lockers for holds pickup, and working with neighbors on staff parking to free spaces for patrons.
Doug, the library director, framed parking as an access and safety issue, recounting past efforts to buy adjacent property for additional spaces and noting constraints (wetlands and other limits). He described plans to hire a firm to run a parking survey to track usage patterns and "see when our busiest times are, and we can tell folks" about better times to visit. The board discussed operational steps such as prioritizing staff parking offsite, increasing use of holds‑pickup lockers and improving communications about less-busy hours.
Board members also stressed equitable access: Sarah noted the library's interest in mitigating barriers for marginalized groups, citing the library's shared work with the school district on outreach. The group discussed broader outreach options to reduce the need for on‑site parking, including recorded programs and off‑site visits.
