Southdale Library Sketch Plan
Hennepin Council is requesting a Sketch Plan review of a proposed plan to tear down the existing Hennepin County Regional Library building to construct a new library. The proposed building would also include space for a new Edina Art Center as a tenant. The building would be located on the north half of the 7.75-acre site; the south half of the site would include green space with sidewalks/bike paths through the site to connect to the regional bike trail through Adams hill park to the south. The green space would support activities of the art center and library. Vehicle access is proposed off 70th Street with the existing access off York Avenue closing. The front of the building would face the green space to the south and York Avenue to the west. Underground parking is proposed along with a surface parking lot along 70th Street. The library space would be roughly 45,000 square feet and the Edina Art Center 19,000 square feet.
This sketch plan will be considered by the Planning Commission on November 15, 2023 and by the City Council on December 5, 2023.
