The 15-member Library/Community Center Comprehensive Site Plan Ad Hoc Committee was established by the South Pasadena City Council on May 15, 2024. The Ad Hoc Committee's purpose is to work closely with staff and consultants to develop a site plan for for the Library Park site that is currently home to the Library, Senior Center, and Library Community Room.
(C) = Cancelled (R) = Rescheduled (SM) = Special Meeting
09-04-2025 Agenda Packet(PDF, 12MB) (Complete)
09-04-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 7MB)
07-03-2025 Agenda Packet(PDF, 7MB)
07-03-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 229KB) (Public Comments)
06-05-2025 Agenda Packet(PDF, 11MB) (including Additional Documents)
06-05-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 10MB) (Presentation - Agenda Item 5)
06-05-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 273KB) (Public Comments)
April 9, 2025 (SM)
April 10, 2025 (SM)
04-09-2025 Special Meeting(PDF, 162KB) (Study Session)
04-10-2025_Special Meeting(PDF, 161KB) (Study Session)
03-06-2025 Agenda Packet(PDF, 989KB)
03-06-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 1MB) (Draft Marketing Materials)
03-06-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 1MB) (Consultant's Presentation)
02-26-2025 Agenda Packet(PDF, 1MB) (Special Meeting)
02-26-2025 Additional Documents(PDF, 9MB)
01-02-2025 Agenda Packet(PDF, 516KB)
01-02-2025 Additional Documents (public comment)(PDF, 290KB)
Members
Janet Braun (Mayor, City of South Pasadena) Sheila Rossi (Mayor Pro Tem, City of South Pasadena) Kristen Dubé (Board member, Friends of the South Pasadena Library) Leslie Albe Field (Member, Community Services Commission) Alexandria Levitt (President, Senior Citizens’ Foundation of S. Pasadena) Vacant (Member, Library Board of Trustees) Tom Afschar (At-Large Member) Rich Elbaum (At-Large Member) Tony Hou (At-Large Member) Gene Kim (At-Large Member) Bianca Richards (At-Large Member) Victoria Rocha (At-Large Member) Dean Serwin (At-Large Member) Julia Wang (At-Large Member) Jasmine Wong (At-Large Member)
Staff Liaisons Cathy Billings, Library Director Lucy Hakobian, Community Services Director
RFQ Library/Community Center Comprehensive Site Plan(PDF, 197KB) (Corrected) (Released January 11, 2024)
RFQ Addendum(PDF, 200KB) (Released January 11, 2024)
South Pasadena Public Library Strategic Plan 2023-2027(PDF, 5MB)
Community Services Department Organizational and Operational Assessment(PDF, 9MB) (Catalyst Consulting, 2023)
Library & Senior Center ADA Assessment(PDF, 11MB) (Transtech, 2006)
Community Center Feasibility Study Existing Conditions and Program Analysis Report(PDF, 10MB) (Integrated Consulting Group, 2014)
Library Facility Condition Assessment(PDF, 14MB) (Marx/Okubo, 2023)
Community Center Feasibility Study: City Council Study Session(PDF, 9MB) (March 2016)
Community Center Feasibility Study Executive Summary and Recommendations(PDF, 821KB) (2016)
Nomination for Community Room Cultural Heritage Landmark Designation(PDF, 117KB) (1972)
City Green Action Plan (2019)
City Climate Action Plan (2020)
December 20, 2023 Consider Creation of a Library/Community Center Comprehensive Site Plan Ad Hoc Committee(PDF, 1021KB)
May 15, 2024 Consider the Formal Establishment of the Library/Community Center Comprehensive Site Plan Ad Hoc Committee for the Library/Community Center Site Plan Project and Select and Appoint the Members to the Commmittee(PDF, 241KB)
November 20, 2024 Consideration of an award of contract to Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc. for the development of the Library/Community Center Comprehensive Site Plan in an amount not to exceed $150,000(PDF, 17MB)