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

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: $ 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.

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 Piedmont Avenue Library Branch Profile

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 Piedmont Avenue Library Branch Profile

Piedmont Avenue Library Circulation FY : 164,746 (4 th 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: Circulation/SF: Turnover rate: 3.37 % Systemwide circulation: 6.76% Branch Cost/circulation: $2.84 Piedmont Avenue Library Branch Profile

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% Piedmont Avenue Library Branch Profile

Piedmont Avenue Library Children’s Programs (FY08-09) No. programs: 250 Staff programs: 237 Guest performances: 13 No. participants: 7,662 Participants/program: 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 Piedmont Avenue Library Branch Profile

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?

Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey Would you support a library on Broadway or MacArthur if space/funding was available in the Kaiser complex?

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.

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

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?

Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey The current library is 1,700 SF. Is the size right?

Piedmont Avenue Library Summary of Survey What is your preference for the next one to three years?

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

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 & 41 st Potential Location: Piedmont Ave & Broadway

Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion Library

Piedmont Avenue Library Longer Term, contd. Option 2 Build a new Library or remodel a building Location: Key Route Parking Lot Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion Under-building parking Library Surface Parking Julia Morgan Bldg

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

Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion City of Piedmont Library Services 43% of City of Piedmont residents are OPL Cardholders Piedmont Checkouts in : 88,000 items; only 3.61% of total circ On average, Piedmont cardholders checked out items compared to items per Oakland cardholder City of Piedmont currently pays $355K to City of Oakland for library svcs

Piedmont Avenue Library Options Discussion COMMUNITY FEEDBACK