DATE:
October 22, 2024
13
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE TO LEASE SPACE FOR RELOCATION OF THE SANTEE BRANCH LIBRARY (DISTRICT: 2)
Body
OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego Santee Branch Library has been operating out of a leased facility located at 9225 Carlton Hills Blvd. #17, Santee CA 92071, since 1985. The Santee Branch Library is approximately 9,300 square feet and does not have adequate or functional space for library materials, programs, and needed resources. The Library Master Plan calls for a 15,000 square foot facility to support this community. County Library needs to relocate because the Santee Branch Library is undersized.
Today's request is for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) to approve, in principle, lease of space for the Santee Branch Library. Upon successful negotiation of the lease agreement, staff will return to the Board to request approval of the transaction.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Find that the proposed action is not an approval of a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378 (b)(5) of the State CEQA guidelines.
2. Approve in principle the lease of approximately 15,000 square feet of space to relocate the Santee Branch Library.
3. Authorize the Director, Department of General Services, to conduct a site search, negotiate a lease, and upon successful negotiations, return to the Board for approval of the lease agreement.
EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT
The Santee Branch Library is lacking critical elements to support the community in its current location. A larger library would benefit the community that has been traditionally underserved due to the lack of space for adequate materials, programs, and resources providing equitable access to educational classes, opportunities to develop literacy, online and paper study materials, and recreational reading at no cost to the communities and custom...
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