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Report regarding the Design Review request for the Community Civic Campus Library, Parks & Recreation and Community Theater/Council Chamber schematic design. (Tony Rozzi, Principal Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission, by motion, provide schematic design comments for the City Council's consideration.
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BACKGROUND
The Community Civic Campus project (Project) proposes to build new Police, Fire, and Library and Parks and Recreation facilities on a phased approach due to timing and funding constraints. The Project will be built at the northeast corner of El Camino Real and Chestnut Avenue and southeast corner of Arroyo Drive and Camaritas Avenue (APNs 011-326-030, 093-331-070, 093-330-040, 093-331-080, 093-312-050). The current facilities are seismically unsafe and/or undersized/underequipped to meet the growing needs of our community and new facilities are needed. The focus of the Planning Commission's review at this meeting will be to provide comments on the completed schematic design of the Library, Parks & Recreation and Community Theater/Council Chamber for the City Council's consideration.
Phase One - Reviewed by Planning Commission on April 18, 2019
The new Police Station will be designed to the requirements of the current Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986 (Health & Safety Code ? 16000, et seq.). It will be a functional building with efficient spaces to meet the operational needs of the public safety departments. The Police Facility will include a 911 Emergency Center, support police patrol, and provide spaces for administrative records, communications, investigations, property and evidence, classrooms, physical training, and a firing range.
Phase Two - Under Consideration at this Hearing
The new main community center will include a welcoming lobby and atrium area for multiple users, a large multi-purpose room which will support public meetings, as well as theatre p...
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