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Even though Salt Lake residents approved the $10.2 million bond in 2003, with $10 million slated for the project and $200,000 for the bonding costs, the city has waited to issue the bond until The Leonardo raised its share of the money, per a formal agreement between the two entities. If City Council members approve the bond as Leonardo and council staff expect, it will be several months before the city can sell the bonds to raise money for the project, said Dan Mule, the city treasurer.
The group has two options for renovating the building. One would cost $14.8 million and the other would require $17.8 million. With the city's $10 million, the group's $10 million from private funds and the additional $5 million, The Leonardo could begin work on the $14.8 million renovation immediately, without additional fund raising. But the group prefers the more-expensive second option because it includes a $3 million, 11,000-square-foot addition on the Leonardo's north side, facing the new city library.
"We believe that the north addition is just a beautiful reflection of the main library," said Mary Tull, The Leonardo's executive director. "It does solve the seismic thing in a very elegant way."
The $14.8 million option would secure the building with corner buttresses outside the building. The $17.8 million alternative would rely on the north addition and walls along the south side of the building for extra support. The additional 11,000 square feet provided in the second option would postpone any need to add to the building, according to a report by Leonardo staff members.
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