California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 2 - California State Library › Chapter 3 - California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 20430 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Addition -- a
				  project that increases the floor area of enclosed space of an existing building.
				  "Addition" also means "expansion."
(b)
				  Addition/remodeling -- a project that combines remodeling with an addition to an
				  existing building.
(c) Administrative
				  costs of the project [Education Code section
				  19990] --
				  administrative costs include costs of any services provided by employees of the
				  applicant jurisdiction or its library service provider, excluding professional
				  services as described in section
				  20432(e) and (f) where
				  such services are required by the applicant jurisdiction to be provided by a Public
				  Works or similar department, or by other departments providing the professional
				  services, and where the costs are directly billed to the construction
				  project.
(d) Applicant -- a local
				  jurisdiction as defined under Education Code section
				  19988 that is
				  eligible for a grant and that is in the process of making application for California
				  Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond
				  Act of 2000 funds.
(e) Application Form
				  -- the form entitled "Application Form: California Reading and Literacy Improvement
				  and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 Funds" found in
				  section 20440, Appendix 1.
(f) Appraised value -- the value of land, an
				  existing building, or any other improvements as determined by an independent
				  certified appraiser no more than one year prior to the date of the Board's deadline
				  for application. [See section
				  20436(a) for appraisal
				  requirements.]
(g) Architect -- an
				  architect holding a valid license under California Business and Professions Code,
				  Chapter 3, Division 3, commencing with section
				  5500.
(h) Assignable square footage -- the usable space
				  within the building assigned to furniture and equipment, excluding any
				  non-assignable space.
(i) Board --
				  California Public Library Construction and Renovation Board.
(j) Bond Act -- the California Reading and
				  Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000
				  (Education Code sections
				  19985-
				  20011).
(k) Co-located library -- a library that houses a
				  combined public library and public school library in a single facility, either on or
				  off of school grounds. Library services provided in the facility shall be defined by
				  a cooperative agreement between the public library jurisdiction that will operate
				  the library and one or more public school districts serving any combination of K-12
				  students. The terms "co-location project" and "co-located library" are used
				  synonymously. If portions of a co-located project are not devoted to the delivery
				  and support of public library direct service, the project shall be considered, in
				  addition, a multipurpose project.
(l)
				  Common areas of a multipurpose building -- areas of a multi-occupant building that
				  are shared by its occupants.
(m)
				  Community Library Needs Assessment -- a written evaluation of the library service
				  needs of an identified public library service area containing the elements specified
				  in section 20440, Appendix 3.
(n) Completion of the public library project --
				  For the purposes of Bond Act grant projects, the public library project shall be
				  considered complete at Substantial Completion.
(o) Construction manager -- an individual who has
				  had responsibility for construction management for five or more construction
				  projects in excess of $1,000,000 each, within the 10 years prior to the Board's
				  application deadline.
(p) Conversion --
				  remodeling an existing building that is not currently used for public library
				  purposes to make it a public library.
(q) Construction cost estimator -- an individual
				  who has had responsibility for five or more construction project cost estimates in
				  excess of $1,000,000 each, within the 10 years prior to the Board's application
				  deadline.
(r) Cooperative agreement -- a
				  written legal agreement containing the elements specified in section
				  20440, Appendix 2.
(s) DSA -- Division of the State Architect,
				  Department of General Services, State of California.
(t) Electronic technologies -- any electronic
				  device or network that processes or provides access to data or
				  information.
(u) Eligible project costs
				  -- reimbursable costs authorized in Education Code sections
				  19989 and
				  19995(b)
				  as made specific in these regulations.
(v) Eligible projected construction cost:
(1) For new construction -- construction contract
				  costs for a public library or joint use library facility derived by calculating the
				  normal public construction costs in the applicant's area as specified in section
				  20436(c).
(2) For conversion, remodeling, and
				  addition/remodeling -- construction costs related to all aspects of remodeling,
				  rehabilitating, or renovating an existing public library facility owned by the
				  applicant; or construction costs related to the conversion of a building into a
				  public library, as specified in section
				  20436(d).