Completion of the Cupertino Library enlargement has been hampered by pandemic-related delivery delays which have staff with out wanted supplies. Delayed by a few month, the brand new multi-purpose rooms are actually anticipated to open in February, with the courtyard reopening anticipated in March. (Courtesy photograph)
Like many different building tasks, completion of the Cupertino Library enlargement has been hampered by pandemic-related delivery delays which have staff with out wanted supplies.
As of final November, undertaking completion was scheduled for the tip of January, “pending supply and set up of some gadgets impacted by provide chain points,” in line with the Metropolis of Cupertino’s web site. That date has been bumped up one other month.
“The brand new multi-purpose rooms are anticipated to open to the general public in February, with the courtyard reopening—with artwork installations—anticipated in March,” Cupertino communications officer Brian Babcock wrote in an e mail.
Preliminary funding for the undertaking got here in November 2019, when town council allotted $8 million towards the enlargement. Building started in February of final 12 months.
The only-story, southern portion of the constructing was demolished to make method for a a 5,600-square-foot, two-story addition related to the prevailing library. The first and second flooring have massive multi-purpose rooms that might be used for library packages for all ages, spill-over research areas and different group makes use of. The enlargement will join Memorial Grove to a brand new courtyard, with the objective of bodily establishing a middle for the library.
Accepted earlier than the pandemic hit and the Santa Clara County Library District curtailed hours and providers at it branches through the shutdown, the enlargement was designed to accommodate the Cupertino Library’s excessive quantity of holiday makers. Greater than 900,000 individuals got here by way of the library’s doorways from June 2018 to June 19, and that quantity was anticipated to hit one million in ensuing years.
The Cupertino Library and different branches within the district had been set to renew every day hours on Jan. 24. The library might be open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
For extra info, overview the undertaking reality sheet at https://www.cupertino.org/house/showpublisheddocument/28948