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Friends of Library Petition Drive Pushed by Ann Petta

Ann Petta has for some reason activated the "Friends of the Library" to support the Jacobsen Family Holdings Development Proposal in preference to the Stringfield Development Plan.

The Cover Letter does indicate that Both Plans have a Library included in the design.

However, they only question how Stringfield could build the library? I would assume the same way Jacobsen would, cement rebar and a building design.

The real question the Friends of the Library should be asking who is going to PAY for the Library they want? The County has not provided for rent or lease of the current space. The city gives the Library its limited funds and space as it is. Jacobsen is not GIFTING the Building to the City, or County. So the Friends of the Library should look for the Funding Commitments before weighing in on which Developer should build a Library Building.

The friends of the Library may also want to consider that Jo's Plan has the Library on Barton Road, where as the Current Jacobsen Family Holdings Plan has it on land formerly owned by FORMER Mayor, Bryan Mattesson, who has sold his property to Jacobsen, or at least has given them an option to buy the property.

The Friends of the Library are being used by Ann Petta to support the desires of the Realtor Class in the City, not the Reading Class.

The original Jacobsen Family Holdings Plan of a Library and some shops did not take the area of Jo Stringfields house, or property to the east of her lot. There is no need for Jacobsen to push that far east. Leave Jo with her property, and those to the east, and Jacobsen to the property to the west. The Design of the development can complement and flow into each other. King Solomon would split this baby.

This still will not answer question of who pays, for the library. Shouldn't the Friends of the Library get their thinking caps on and put the library in a location which will serve both the citizens of the city and the high school students. Perhaps funding from State, Federal and County could build a PUBLIC owned library space, not a leased or rented one. This would be a better use of tax money.

On plan 43 the library is shown on single family zoning. They would have to rezone. The mailers rendering is a deliberate misleading of the public. There is not going to be a water fall or the library in the T/C he wants. He can say anything he wants because like the Corp for Better Housing said that the housing would be for low to moderate income. As soon as they got the check it changed to low to low low. Jacobsen will say what ever he needs to say or promise because he will change it if it's approved.We are dealing with slim ball sludge puppies that only see the money thay want. Absoulatly Jacobsen is not going to give away $90,000 a year. I wonder who at City Hall put Petta up to this.