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Council directs library advisory committee plan and asks staff to explore buying University Park Library

City of Irvine City Council · February 10, 2026
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Summary

After hours of public comment, council directed staff to prepare a Brown Act library advisory committee plan (one appointee per councilmember plus two at-large members) and separately directed staff to explore the feasibility of purchasing the County's University Park Library parcel and report back in 90 days.

After extensive public testimony and council discussion about the city’s transition to a municipal library system, the City Council took two significant library-related actions on Feb. 10.

First, Councilmember Trish Trecedor moved and the council approved a directive that staff develop a plan for a library advisory committee as a Brown Act body with one appointee per councilmember and two at-large members; staff was asked to return proposed bylaws and a plan within 60…

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