LA County regulations require a minimum number of spaces based on building square footage, in addition to specific ADA parking spaces. Under the designs currently being discussed, we would be required to have 12 parking spaces. [...]
The current building structure of the Bob Lucas library doesn’t allow us to accomplish this and meet our goal of universal accessibility in a cost-effective manner.
We have to balance the need for additional space, various codes and regulations regarding building set-back, and required parking space. The plan already calls for eliminating some of the impermeable pavement and replacing it with an outdoor reading court [...]
The Bob Lucas Memorial Branch is currently projected to be completed by late 2023. The Main Library will be under construction until at least early 2025.
We currently expect construction at the Bob Lucas Memorial Branch to begin in the spring of 2023. Construction for the Main Library will not begin until the Bob Lucas Memorial Branch is once again operational, around late 2023. [...]
The renovations will produce a fair amount of noise, but the contractor will be required to follow all local noise ordinances to mitigate this issue.
The plan is to close the Bob Lucas Library first to complete that project. While that is taking place, Main Library design and preparations will continue; the Main library will be open for the community until the Bob Lucas [...]
The Bob Lucas Library needs a complete overhaul, but the focus will be on ensuring that there’s significantly more space, both interior and exterior, for the literacy center and other programming within a design that reflects its significance to [...]