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Encinitas $6.3 million short for library costs

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ENCINITAS -- City staffers have recommended that the City Council reject construction bids and redesign a planned library to help offset an estimated $6.3 million budget shortfall.

The city has set aside $13.7 million of $20 million needed to open the library on Cornish Drive between D and E streets.

"We've been saving up and planning this for 12 years," Mayor Christy Guerin said Monday. She said she hopes the library designs can be saved.

She said that the council would consider tapping funds from other planned projects and that none of them would be ruled out of consideration, including the Hall property park, downtown street and sidewalk improvements, and replacement of the city's three oldest fire stations.

Friends of the Encinitas Library President Kathy Anderson said Monday that she, too, worried about delays of the library project and any loss of amenities from redesigning the building.

Last month, four builders submitted bids ranging from $14.1 million to $18.6 million.

The planned library, at 26,798 square feet, would cost $522 per square foot to build at the low bidder's price. A city analysis of recent library projects elsewhere places the typical cost range at $300 to $400 per square foot.

At its Wednesday meeting, the City Council will consider:

- Rejecting the bids and trying again later.

- Rejecting the bids and designing a less-expensive facility.

- Accepting the lowest bid and working out a financing plan.

In his report to the City Council, Richard Phillips, assistant to the city manager, recommends that the council reject the bids and authorize $150,000 to pay for a "value engineering" study to reconcile designs with cost demands.

The 2-acre library site occupies a hilltop overlooking Encinitas' historic downtown district and the ocean, a blue-ribbon stretch along the high-priced shoreline of this beach community. Architect Manuel Oncina has designed an outdoor terrace to take full advantage of the views.

The report identifies the terrace, footings and a large retaining wall as high-cost items. Others include specialized concrete, glazing and electrical and mechanical systems.

Officials have blamed the higher-than-expected bids on increased costs of labor and materials brought on by global competition and domestic natural disasters.

Guerin said she is concerned that rejecting bids and redesigning the project would result in a lesser library than the community had been promised.

She also worried about further delaying construction. The former library, which opened in 1966, closed in May 2004. It was razed one year ago and the site has been fenced and vacant since then.

With construction costs skyrocketing, further delays could wipe out any savings realized by redesigning the building, Guerin said.

Anderson, of the Friends of the Encinitas Library, said Monday that her group is concerned about losing planned amenities and is most concerned over delays.

She noted that the interruption of library service has lasted 18 months already and she worries it could span more than four years by the time a new library opens.

Meanwhile, Anderson said, local taxpayers continue to contribute to the county library's operations but receive no direct benefit in Encinitas. By agreement with the city, county employees would operate the Encinitas Community Library as part of the county system.

At its peak, the friends group counted nearly 400 people as members, she said, but it seems some have dropped out.

"People are beginning to feel that this is never going to happen," Anderson said. "It's hard to keep people's interest up."

The City Council meets at 6 p.m. at 505 S. Vulcan Ave.

Contact staff writer Adam Kaye at (760) 943-2312 or akaye@nctimes.com . To comment, visit nctimes.com.

Encinitas library costs

- Site selection, grant application, planning: $569,800

- Land purchase, clearing, demolition: $1,139,300

- Planning, consulting services: $1,300,000

- Project and construction management: $445,500

- Fees and permits: $276,500

- Construction: $14,000,000

- Utility undergrounding: $118,800

- Construction contingency: $1,400,000

- Equipment and furnishings: $771,800

Total: $20,021,700

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http://www.ci.encinitas.ca.us/

Friends of Encinitas Library:

http://members.cox.net/tomr1/fotel/
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