Spring Hill Councilmember Wendy North has been on a mission to Johnson County Library officials this fall. Her message: Don’t spend $4 million next year to upgrade the tiny Spring Hill library branch. Save the money to build a new one four miles north and east, where more houses are likely to go up. North has told county commissioners and the library board that an informal offer from a developer of single-family homes would allow the city to acquire land near Spring Hill High on 199th Street that could eventually become a new municipal center with an adjacent library similar to what Lenexa has, and what’s being built in Merriam. It’s all in the talking stages, with nothing on the city planning books, North said, citing that as the reason she declined to name the developer. She acknowledged that she isn’t speaking for the city council, since that body has never openly talked about the idea.
Source: Prairie Village Post
