The city of Clear Lake is moving forward with its future library expansion project before it has closed on the former Woodford Lumber & Home Co. building.
The Clear Lake City Council, in a 3-2 vote, with Mike Callanan and Gary Hugi opposed, approved a design partnership agreement with Bergland + Cram, of Mason City, to help the city envision a path forward for the project, including cost, scope and timeline, at its meeting Monday evening.
The Clear Lake City Council met Monday evening to act on several items related to its park and library expansion projects. Ashley Stewart
âIâm not at all opposed to the concept here,â Callanan said. âIn fact, if this had hit our desk a year from now, I wouldâve been all on board, but I just canât see the urgency to get all this planning done in such a big hurry ⦠Weâre dealing with a variety of things right now that have a lot of ambiguity in terms of what weâre going to ha
The city of Clear Lake is laying the groundwork for a future library expansion project.
The Clear Lake City Council unanimously approved a resolution to purchase and acquire the former Woodford Lumber & Home Co. building at 210 N. Fourth St. from Clear Lake Independent Telephone Co., successor of Woodford Wheeler Lumber Co., for $343,000 Monday evening.
âThe decision to purchase the property is merely the first step, and I want to emphasize that, the first step in a long process to develop a state-of-the-art library and community center project,â said Bennett Smith, Clear Lake city councilman. âHowever that develops, we hope to have a unique facility that would be a significant asset to Clear Lake and be a catalyst for attracting all kinds of people.â