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92-R-86
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing an Architectural Competition for the Main Library
WHEREAS, the Evanston Public Library Board of
Directors and staff have beeri studying library space problems
since 1977;
WHEREAS, studios to date have not provided a
satisfactory solution to those space problems;
WHEREAS, the Library Board of Directors believes that
a two -phased approach to achieving needed library space would
be a practical approach - phase 1 utilizing the present
building and an addition to the east, phase 2 completing the
project with reconstruction of the present building;
WHEREAS, an architectural competition would provide
numerous solutions to the problem, from which the best design
for the community and the library could be selected;
WHEREAS, the results of the architectural competition
would provide specific data for planning purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Evanston City
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Council, upon the recommendation of the Evanston Public Library
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Board of Directors, endorses the concept of an architectural
competition as a step in the planning process for a two -phased
project on the present Main Library sill.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Adopted: filJ'� �� 1986.