190:$ 85,000 general obligation bond issue was put on the March 30 ballot. It included $ 5,000 for the purchase of books and periodicals for the new library. It was voted down by a vote of 152-108 out of approximately 2,500 eligible voters. The City Council put it back on the ballot for the May 28 election that same year, but it was voted down 434–247.
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In 1965 city officials made plans for a new 7,000-square-foot $ 120,000 library building on city-owned property at West A Street and
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By 1987 the library had outgrown the 1,500-square-foot space at the fire station. Since the library had moved to the fire station the collection had more than tripled and there were five times as many card holders. Boxes of books were stored in the attic. Many library programs had to be held in the
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November 2 ballot because voter turnout was less than 50%. The following year on the May 16 ballot the bond measure passed. In June 2001 the library moved into temporary quarters at Bolton Primary School and
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Library Services Construction Act grant. A list of 22 possible sites was narrowed down to three until the West Linn City Council
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