The future of 1st St. CRPL

It might be worthwhile to think about the weather in the future developments at 1st St.
Article in CR Gazette Friday, June 20, 2008. "Climate change to fuel extreme weather: report".
Plans for the future of 1st St. may need to address the close proximity to the river. If CRPL remains at this site, architects may need to rethink space usage. This building, supposedly was designed and built with all of those columns throughout the main floor to one day, if needed, support an extension of the second floor past the Van Vechten window area as the second floor.
Perhaps there should be no main floor and make this parking or green space that the river could claim as it needed. At the very least no book stacks, with possible open interior meeting rooms and auditorium if walls were still needed for support. Carpeting and wallboard would not be as devastating to replace as the entire collection.....
We are in a very vulnerable position in this location. Much of the flooded areas will likely become greenfield in the very near future. We should think ahead along these lines, too. Grand Forks, ND should be a source of information for the city and the library board, since city officials have already traveled there this week and established the initial contacts.