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• 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 population in a given area <br />• Growth and development opportunities /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 />