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South Be id Redevelopment Commission Commissi ners' Meeting June 16, 1978 - Page 5 5. (c) Continued- Chairk Any questions by the public or the press? Jeann Derbeck: I suppose we should know this but just to reiterate for the recor : what you would build is an extension to the library? Mr. Napoli: We have three possibilities that I see right now - the most recur ing complaint that I get from my branch librarians and my staff at th Main Library from patrons is the lack of free public parking for library users...and this would afford us an opportunity possibly to build a parking garage. We may have some space limitations - in other words the lot may not be large enough to provide a ramp to turn cars around to a econd or third level. Another possibility would be a building and the 1 t is large enough to provide maybe two stories - in an addition of arounJ 20,000 square feet, at a cost of $40.00 a square foot for public librar,ies, that would be at least $800.000 and my estimate is that it proba ly would cost in the neighborhood of one and one -half million for a building of that type with two levels. A third possibility would be a combi ation of the two - perhaps parking at the street level with the building constructed over it on columns and that would perhaps give us enougi parking for 30 or 40 spaces - under the building and more floor space above it. Ms. D rbeck: But the building, whatever building is built will be used as a lib ary? Mr. Napoli: It would be called a library. Jeann2 Derbeck: More library space? Mr. Napoli: Possibly, possibly. Ms. D rbeck: Well but what else could a library use? Mr. N poli: Well there may be other ways that we can solve our space problem, as I aid a parking garage, not really more library space, just a place to park ars . Ms. D rbeck: I mean other than parking, the building would be expanding libra y space? Mr. Napoli: Yes. There are other options we have too - in taking care of our s ace needs for at least another five to ten years. We have a large basem nt that is pretty much under - utilized. It could be remodeled and we could move our "behind the scenes" operation - our non- public service operations into the basement ... if we had that remodeled.and that would be much than adding on a second building, or an addition to the main libra �heaper Y.