Piedmont Ave. Library Community Meetings

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Piedmont Avenue Library Community Meetings April, 2010 Sponsors: Friends of Piedmont Ave Library Piedmont Ave Neighborhood Improvement League SUMMARY Tenant since March 1932 Current Lease of $1.00 per month September 2009, Citibank sold property New Owner: Goodhue Property Investments Existing Lease expires October 2010 New Lease of $4,250 per month; November 2010 City Council has approved new 1-year lease & 1-year option. Funding beyond June 2011 to be addressed in FY 2011-13

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April, 2010 Sponsors: Friends of Piedmont Ave Library Piedmont Ave Neighborhood Improvement League

Transcript of Piedmont Ave. Library Community Meetings

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Piedmont Avenue Library Community Meetings

April, 2010 Sponsors: Friends of Piedmont Ave Library

Piedmont Ave Neighborhood Improvement League

SUMMARY

•  Tenant since March 1932 •  Current Lease of $1.00 per month •  September 2009, Citibank sold property •  New Owner: Goodhue Property Investments •  Existing Lease expires October 2010 •  New Lease of $4,250 per month; November 2010 •  City Council has approved new 1-year lease &

1-year option. •  Funding beyond June 2011 to be addressed in FY 2011-13

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Piedmont Avenue Library Branch Profile

FY08‐09 General Branch Information

•  Total Branch Cost: $467,960 •  Personnel Cost: $418,030 •  Non-personnel cost: $49,930 •  Hours open: 2,061 •  Cost/open hour: $227.05 •  Reference questions: 15,424

Branch costs in this profile reflect budgeted, not actual figures. The Oakland Public Library had numerous vacancies throughout the system during FY08-09, resulting in lower actual branch costs than were budgeted.

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Piedmont Avenue Library

Demographics

•  Service Area Population: 19,177 •  Per capita income: $55,316 •  Branch cost/resident: $24.40 •  Branch visits (FY08-09): 185,033 •  Visits/resident: 9.65 •  Branch cost/visit: $2.53

Schools within 1 mile of branch Public: 7 Charter: 1 Private: 7

Preschool: 8 Elementary: 9 Middle: 10 High school: 5

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Piedmont Avenue Library

Collection: 48,915 items

Collection by Item Type

Fiction (19,503) Non-Fiction (23,376) Audio (2,780) Video (3,256)

Collection by Target Age

Child (18,993) Young Adult (2,835) Adult (27,087)

Collection Highlights

• Non-fiction collection emphasizes philosophy, history, poetry, and biography • Branch houses largest LGBT collection in the East Bay • 102 periodical subscriptions • DVD collection focuses on TV series, documentaries, and foreign language

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Piedmont Avenue Library

Circulation FY 2008-09: 164,746 (4th Highest Circulation)

Circulation by item type

Books (107,922) Audio (13,273) Video (43,551)

Circulation by age

Child (55,788) Young Adult (7,565) Adult (101,393)

FY08-09 Circulation Information

Circulation/FTE: 29,419 Circulation/hour: 79.93 Circulation/SF: 96.91 Turnover rate: 3.37 % Systemwide circulation: 6.76% Branch Cost/circulation: $2.84

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Piedmont Avenue Library

Computer Statistics FY08-09

•  Public use computers: 3 •  Computer sessions: 8,880 •  Hours used: 3,958 •  % of available computer time used: 66.31% •  % of available booking sessions used: 89.32%

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Piedmont Avenue Library

Children’s Programs (FY08-09)

•  No. programs: 250 •  Staff programs: 237 •  Guest performances: 13 •  No. participants: 7,662 •  Participants/program: 30.65 •  Branch cost/program participant: $61.08

Programs by target age

•  Pre-school: 76 •  School-age: 116 •  Family: 58

Participation by program type

•  Pre-school: 2,998 •  School-age: 1,453 •  Family: 3,211

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

Friends of Piedmont Ave Library Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League (PANIL)

•  Would you support a library on Broadway if funding was available through Redevelopment?

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

Would you support a library on Broadway or MacArthur if space/funding was available in the Kaiser complex?

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

Would you support a special tax assessment district (Mello-Roos, similar to Rockridge Library district) to fund a new library? This would increase taxes for every homeowner.

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

•  Would you support a new library on a portion of the Key Route parking lot – Howe Street between 40th and 41st Streets? This could be a multi-storied structure

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

•  The current library is within one block of Piedmont Avenue. How far from Piedmont Avenue do you feel the library can be placed and still enjoy community support?

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

•  The current library is 1,700 SF. Is the size right?

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Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey

•  What is your preference for the next one to three years?

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Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion

Shorter Term

•  Stay in Current Location & Pay Rent (~$51K/year) •  Move to Another Location & Pay Less Rent & Less Space •  Move into Portable Building: School or Parking Lot

• Lease: ~$21K/one time; ~$1500/month + tax • Purchase: ~$102K + tax

•  Close the Library

Longer Term

•  Move closer to a Redevelopment Area

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Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion

Longer Term Option 1 •  Move closer to a Redevelopment Project Area •  Projects in these redevelopment areas can take advantage of tax

increment financing and other special powers •  Broadway/MacArthur Redevelopment Project Area

• Potential Location: Broadway & 41st • Potential Location: Piedmont Ave & Broadway • Potential Location: Broadway & MacArthur

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Piedmont Avenue Library Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion

Library

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Piedmont Avenue Library Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion

Longer Term, contd. Option 1 Move the Library into a RDA Broadway/MacArthur Redevelopment Area:

J. Mora Moss House, built 1864 Mosswood Park Bought by Oakland, 1912 CA Historical Landmark Carpenter Gothic Style Victorian Mansion

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Piedmont Avenue Library

Longer Term, contd. Option 2 •  Build a new Library or remodel a building

• Location: Key Route Parking Lot • Options: Mello-Roos; Developer Multi-Use

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Under-building parking

Library

Surface Parking

Julia Morgan Bldg

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Piedmont Avenue Library Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion

Longer Term, contd. Option 2 •  Build a new Library or remodel a building

•  Possible: 3770 Piedmont Ave (Merritt Building)

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Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion

Longer Term, contd. Option 2 •  New Location: Where in neighborhood?

Taxing District •  Establish a Mello-Roos Taxing District to accomplish

above •  Mello_Roos establishes a special tax for authorized

purposes and bonds •  Based on $10M project costs; 25 year length of bond

• Piedmont Area only: Cost range: ~$55-$157/yr • Piedmont Area & the City of Piedmont: Cost range:

~$43/yr-$91/yr The above Mello-Roos estimates are dependent on final district boundaries being established

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City of Piedmont Library Services

•  43% of City of Piedmont residents are OPL Cardholders •  Piedmont Checkouts in 2008-09: 88,000 items; only 3.61% of total circ •  On average, Piedmont cardholders checked out 18.24 items compared to 11.17 items per Oakland cardholder •  City of Piedmont currently pays $355K to City of Oakland for library svcs

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COMMUNITY FEEDBACK