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Bountiful council signals informal OK for land swap to aid library renovation
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a proposed land swap with Davis County that would allow a Bountiful Library renovation to reconfigure driveways and pedestrian access; council members raised ballot-box security, parking use, trails easements and gave informal direction for the county to draft agreement documents.
Bountiful — City staff on Tuesday briefed the Bountiful City Council on a proposed land swap with Davis County tied to a planned renovation of the Davis County Bountiful branch library, and council members gave informal direction for the county to begin drafting documents.
Gary Hill, a city staff presenter, said county officials decided to renovate the existing library rather than build a new branch because ‘‘they felt like they would have more square footage, by renovating the existing [building] for the dollars than they would by trying to build a new [one],’’ and that architects identified site circulation and a diagonally placed crosswalk on Main Street as major constraints. Lloyd, a planning/engineering staff member, told the council that the Utah…
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