Is the library proposal right for Rochester? City council will review design concepts and potential tax impacts of proposed public-private partnership that would include a $95 million downtown library. 1:35 pm, Dec. 11, 2020 × A proposal for the Rochester Public Library expansion moves the library to the block formerly occupied by the Post Bulletin with the main entry at Civic Center and East Center Street. The Library would double it's current size. Three other buildings a hotel, senior living complex and condos, would be built up from the library's third floor. (Contributed rendering) A new downtown Rochester library constructed under a proposed public-private partnership would cost an estimated $95 million.