REPORT TO BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
SUBJECT
Title
Review and Discuss Progress on the Santa Clara City Library Strategic Plan and Library Facilities Master Plan
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara City Library is engaged in two significant planning efforts: the Strategic Plan and the Library Facilities Master Plan.
* The Strategic Plan, informed by community and staff engagement, will identify the Library's work priorities over the next three years. The output of this work will be a plan to help Library staff direct work efforts with strategy and intent, to strengthen services in those areas that will be most impactful for the community. The plan will include a regular survey of public needs to better inform future service development.
* The Library Facilities Master Plan, informed by community and staff engagement, will provide documentation to support maintenance and upkeep of Library facilities, recommendations for optimal space utilization, and a nexus analysis to correlate long-term facility and service needs with population growth and development in the City's General Plan. The output of this planning will be a forward-thinking, 20-year Facilities Master Plan providing guidelines and recommendations to coordinate the growth and maintenance of Library facilities and services with the City's long-term planning and service goals.
Background on the Strategic Plan
Since February 2023, the Santa Clara City Library has been working with consultants Fast Forward Libraries to develop a strategic plan for the Library. This work included Board and Staff Kick-Off Sessions encompassing Environmental Scans and SOAR Analyses (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results); a Community Survey which collected 1,543 responses in five languages; Community Mapping activities involving interviews and focus groups; production of a Learning Report of data collected; Staff and Board retreat sessions; and a Sta...
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