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The preliminary design of the new $16 million Larkspur Library is complete and set to be released this fall. Public Works Director Julian Skinner said the city’s development team — Alten Construction of Richmond and the Berkeley architecture firm Noll & Tam – plan to complete the design review application to present to the Planning Commission in the fall. “Design review will be followed by completion of construction plans for building permit and then construction,” Skinner said.

Construction is set to begin in fall or winter, depending on the weather. Plans to build a new 6,845-square-foot library and 2,500-square-foot-community space have been in the works for years. The city has elected to add an outdoor patio area, a parking lot and landscaping to the project, Skinner said.



The new library will replace the library at City Hall. The building will be at the Commons, a city-owned parcel at the corner of Rose Lane and Doherty Drive. The Commons Foundation, a nonprofit, has raised $5 million in donations.

The city said it will receive a $1 million state targeted grant and a $5.2 million state library grant to assist in funding the project. The exact details of the design elements will be released at the time of the meeting, Skinner said.

A $13.2 million contract was awarded. The new library is expected to cost $8.

87 million; the new community space, $1.6 million; a separate meeting room, $387,000; site work, $1.8 million; and furniture fixtures and equipment, $500,000.

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