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Council sends two library‑lot charter amendments to the ballot, orders election
Summary
By vote March 3, Ann Arbor council approved two charter amendments to let the Ann Arbor District Library acquire and develop the downtown library lot and to repeal the charter's specific land‑use language for the site.
The Ann Arbor City Council voted March 3 to place two charter amendment questions on the ballot that would (1) authorize the sale of 319 South Fifth Avenue to the Ann Arbor District Library and (2) repeal section 1.4 of the city charter that currently specifies a narrow use for that parcel.
Council members described the action as a way to enable a larger mixed‑use redevelopment that would include a new downtown library branch, programming spaces, public open space and mixed‑income housing without new city taxes. Council Member Cornell, who moved DC3, said the plan envisions “a much needed new expanded library, an attractive public open space, mixed use housing, small and local business incubation, all without any new taxes.”
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