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Inclusion of libraries in the city's ten-year capital plan since 2016

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Tony Marx discusses the significance of libraries being included in the city's ten-year capital plan for the first time in 2016. He emphasizes the importance of this inclusion for planning and executing capital improvements.

Libraries were first included in the ten-year capital plan in 2016
This inclusion allows for better planning and execution of capital improvements
Marx highlights the success of five Carnegie total renovations in neighborhoods of need
He expresses the desire to do another five renovations, pending commitment of funds

Tony Marx

1:15:36

I'll start by saying it was only in 2016, for the first time in decades, that we were that the library systems at all were in the ten year capital plan, which seems like an obvious thing to do, but somehow we didn't get it.

1:15:57

If you can't if you don't have a commitment of a plan and an amount, you cannot do the capital improvements that we require.

1:16:08

That's what we're asking the administration to redress again.

1:16:13

We did five Carnegie total renovations in neighborhoods of need.

1:16:19

Amazing results.

1:16:20

Amazing.

1:16:21

Come see them.

1:16:22

We wanna do another five.

1:16:24

We've proven, as my colleagues have in their systems, that we can produce results, but we need the commitment of dollars to be able to plan and produce those results.

1:16:38

Otherwise, we can't.

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