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The City Council discusses measures to further protect the park and other public open spaces, including requiring a referendum on any potential sales.
Nancy Crowell, who has led the library through decades of change and technological evolution, will step down at the end of the summer.
The grant will be used to replace the library's lighting with more economic and energy-efficient systems.
Opponents and supporters agree the library's expansion must be planned in conjunction with other costly public building projects that are on the horizon.
The $13 million bond issue is too big, group leaders say, but library trustees say the expansion plan is just right.