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b. Environmental Setting

Library services for the project site and vicinity is provided by the Los Angeles County
Public Library (the County Public Library). The County Public Library is a special fund
department operating under the County Board of Supervisors. Funding for the County Public
Library is derived primarily from a dedicated share of property tax revenue, with some general
fund contribution, special tax revenue, and fees.

The County Public Library serves the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and
51 cities in 84 regional and community libraries, 4 bookmobiles, and 7 special reference/resource
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centers. The County Public Library currently has service guidelines of 2.75 items per capita for
community libraries (built-out collection), and 0.5 square foot of facility space per capita. The
project site is located within the service area of the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library.

(1) Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library

The Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library is located at 18601 Soledad Canyon Road,
approximately 1.15 miles from the site. The service area for this library covers 75.66 square
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miles and a population of approximately 68,419. The library currently utilizes 12,864 square
feet of its 17,000-square-foot facility and leases 4,136 square feet to the College of the Canyons.
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The library features a separate children’s area with Homework Center; a periodical lounge
reading area; a special young adult area; two-person reference desk; a circulation desk with four
check-out stations; a copy center; a Friends of the Library Bookstore; and a meeting room with a
capacity of 157 persons. Patrons at this library have public access to six online catalogs; ten
Internet workstations; four Homework Center CD-ROM/ Internet workstations; and a coin-
operated photocopier.
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The Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library has a collection of 100,082 items, which
include books, newspapers and magazine subscriptions, audiovisual collections (books on tapes),
and video recordings (DVDs). Therefore, based on the County Public Library’s guidelines of
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3
Los Angeles County Public Library website, http://www.colapublib.org, accessed March 7, 2005 and March 8,
2007.
4
Personal Communication, Malaisha Hughes, County of Los Angeles Public Library, March 30, 2005.
Information still current as of May 20, 2009 per telephone communication with Mosie Blow, Supervisor of
Developer Fee Unit.
5 Ibid.
6
Los Angeles County Public Library website, http://www.colapublib.org, accessed May 18, 2009.
7 Written Correspondence, Malou Rubio, Head of Staff Services, County of Los Angeles Public Library,
February 25, 2005; updated per telephone communication with Mosie Blow, Supervisor of Developer Fee Unit,
on May 20, 2009.

County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning Skyline Ranch Project
PCR Services Corporation July 2009

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