EDITOR: With all the efforts to make our library children
friendly, the possible move downtown will really stymie this. Can
you imagine backing out of the parking stall at this library
wondering if their isn’t some child below your field of vision
blocked by the tailgate of your SUV or pickup? Or what about those
heavy circulation book carts in the elevator of the two-story
building running over the toe of some youngster?
EDITOR:
With all the efforts to make our library children friendly, the possible move downtown will really stymie this. Can you imagine backing out of the parking stall at this library wondering if their isn’t some child below your field of vision blocked by the tailgate of your SUV or pickup? Or what about those heavy circulation book carts in the elevator of the two-story building running over the toe of some youngster?
Won’t you hate it when you’ll have to make a series of right-turn circles as to not disrupt the thoroughfare traffic downtown just to get to this library’s downtown parking lot, then circle around endlessly in a too small of a parking lot? Where are you going to pick up your children/grandchildren outside the building so as to spare you from parking and walking several blocks?
Did you know that their are issues of hazardous materials at this Sunsweet drying yard site? There were plenty of gasoline-powered forklifts and company vehicles at Sunsweet. I’m willing to bet under all that thick concrete some fuel tanks are lurking waiting for a soils clean up.
Did you know that the recommendations for going upstairs would be for two elevators not one? One for the public and one for the staff so that they can put these heavy carts for restocking the bookshelves in the elevators without worrying about smashing the toes of kids. Both elevators would have to be able to accommodate the handicap.
In addition, a stairway would still be necessary as a secondary means for the public to get out if a power shortage should occur. A 24/7 monitoring service would have to be put in both elevators in case an unauthorized person got stuck in the elevators during library closure. These and other considerations would make the downtown location expensive in terms of both construction and operations.
Oh yes, if it goes downtown. I recommend the building be put on coasters. The Public Works Department is outgrowing its former restaurant building also supplied courtesy of Sunswet owner Rocke Garcia. When the time comes for the city to buy the Sunsweet property, it will be too expensive. We can move the library building which will also be too small as a library facility down Monterey Road if it is designed properly.
Jon Y. Hatakeyama,
Morgan Hill
