Comment - Often people deal with the library as an amenity in the community at the same time they use other amenities. Housing makes sense and I commend you for this idea. Comment - I would like to see research on other communities that have similar arrangements. Commissioner Linn has done some informal consultation and they will be cooperating. He works with seniors and knows the need for affordable housing for low income elderly It can take as much as two years for something to open up.
Housing can contribute height and make the building more of a presence.
The expectation is that spaces will be unassigned and used as needed. Comment - The Turning Point parking lot is never full. Perhaps we could share that. Comment - The plan which shows the library occupying the west portion of the building with commercial space to the east would allow for expansion more easily than any of the others. The library would not own that space at first, but would be an option for the future.