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4 <br />Accessibility for vehicles <br />Accessibility for public transportation <br />Design capacity and existing traffic load of roadway proposed to access site. <br />Alignment with Planning Tools (Comprehensive Plan): <br />Alignment with planning tools applicable for the subject property (County Comprehensive <br />Plan, adopted Small Area Plans, Strategic Plans, etc.) <br />Lease versus Purchase: <br />Analysis of the long term viability of the site <br />Availability of property for lease <br />Centrality of Location: <br />Existing and potential future populationin a given area <br />Growth and developmentopportunities/constraints in a given area (i.e. what is future <br />development, as embodied in applicable plans, going to look like and how will it <br />impact the proposed library) <br />Proximity to schools <br />Proximity to retail <br />Proximity to other libraries <br />Site Conditions, Allowances, and Constraints: <br />The cost-benefit conclusions of physical, legal, and land-use allowances/constraints <br />Technical and environmental assessments (planning/zoning, jurisdictional processes, <br />etc.) <br />Environmentally sustainable (C&A, storm water mgt, buffers, energy “net zero” <br />capacity) <br />Operationally sustainable <br />Defeats obsolescence <br />Cost and Availability: <br />Cost for site acquisition <br />Availability of property for lease <br />Analysis of long term viability of site <br />Timeframe for development of the site <br />Terms for site control necessary for development process <br /> <br />