Under the plan presented Tuesday, the third library has been scaled back to the 73,000 - square - foot
facility library officials first proposed in January.
Not exact matches
It has drawings for a $ 15 million, 73,000 - square - foot
facility, and
officials thought ground would be broken for the city's third
library by August.
Now,
library officials are revisiting the notion of their own
facility near the original proposed site.
Last month, the council surprised
library officials with an action to reconsider its previous approval of an $ 18.6 million budget for a 93,000 - square - foot
facility after questions were raised about book and equipment purchases.
The City Council agreed to hold off until June 20 before deciding whether they will give
library officials the requested $ 18.6 million to construct the
facility on Park District - owned land on the south side of 95th Street, west of Neuqua Valley High School.
The Park District asked for the loan to speed up their construction time so that a park
facility could be built on the same timeline as the
library, which
officials have been planning for more than a year.
At a recent
Library Board meeting that drew City Council members, homeowners groups and other city leaders,
library and park
officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed
facility.
After months of negotiations, Park District and
library officials presented the City Council with the latest plan to construct a
library and a Park District
facility on 13 acres on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High School.
Start saving those little plastic bags.The city council on Tuesday night passed an animal - control ordinance that prohibits pets from defecating anywhere but on their owners» property.Should Fido have a little accident elsewhere, however, the new law requires the owner to come behind with a scoop and remove the offensive material or pay a $ 35 fine.The ordinance is effective immediately.Also Tuesday night, the council gave the Mount Dora Public
Library the green light to proceed with plans to build a new
facility, and
library officials scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony.
Moscone is just the first stepa $»
officials are blanketing the city with solar cells, installing solar arrays on municipal buildings, including ports and
libraries, and a $ 2.2 - million solar rooftop on a wastewater - treatment
facility.