The mayor suggested that the city might scale back its renovation plans.
Starting in 2000, the first of several renovation plans was announced for the mall.
The hotel is closed, but a renovation plan has been announced.
But a $114 million renovation plan was not approved until this spring and the district must pay half that itself.
Under the renovation plan, the library would be expanded to 5,000 square feet.
Some of the changes come under a $5.1 million renovation plan, to begin shortly.
Since then, the theater has been the focus of several renovation plans, including a failed 1983 effort to create a television production center.
A £5 million renovation plan was put forward in February 2009.
The school is implementing renovation plans, with expected completion in 2010.
On June 3, 2011 further renovation plans were announced by the government.