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Friends of the Library urges free parking or library-card system to keep evening and weekend programs accessible
Summary
Speakers at the public-comment period pressed the council to preserve free or subsidized parking for library patrons attending evening/weekend classes, proposing a library-card parking-code system and a drive-through window to maintain access for low-income residents and seniors.
Dr. Susan Riley, representing the Friends of the Library, told the council the organization contributes roughly $200,000 annually to evening and weekend programming and urged the city to ensure people of limited means can attend classes without paying for parking. “The library is free. Parking probably will not be free,” she said, and proposed a system in which a code on library cards would allow one hour of free…
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