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Library upgrades and resilience measures win broad public support at NCIP meeting
Summary
Residents and library trustees urged the NCIP committee to prioritize ADA upgrades, archival climate control and a permanent generator for the Monterey public library, arguing the building — used more than 130,000 times in the last year — needs upgrades for accessibility and to preserve local history.
Residents and neighborhood leaders urged the NCIP committee on Nov. 19 to prioritize major accessibility and archival upgrades at the Monterey Public Library, including ADA-compliant restrooms, improved archival storage and a permanent generator to support the facility during outages.
Joanna, a frequent library user, told the committee the library is “a place I can really depend on,” and she urged upgrades so that “every member of the community no matter their abilities” can use the facility. Karo Sullivan of the Monterey Public Library Friends and…
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