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Town of Elon officials gave an update about the status of the future Elon library Monday at the May board of aldermen agenda session.

Town Manager Mike Dula said that after sending out a request for qualifications document to local architectural firms, the library committee received applications from 34 companies and narrowed the list to seven.

At the committee’s meeting last week, members decided to interview all seven of the firms. Interviews will next week, and the committee will make its final recommendations in June. At that point, the board will negotiate offers with the top three firms.

The library committee is also assembling a fundraising team to begin gathering donations for the library’s capital improvement budget. Shirley Beyer, who was active in the movement to build the library at the park, has been asked to join the team.

At Monday night’s meeting, Dula also told the board the town will be setting up an identity theft protection program to avoid identity theft from citizen utility records.

He also mentioned that the town litter sweep will take place on May 16.

Next week, the board will reconvene the quasi-judicial hearing for a controversial new apartment complex that began last month. Board members will vote on whether to approve a special use permit for the Blue Ridge Development Company’s proposed 240-unit complex called the Legacy at Elon, which would have driveway at access at the Cook Road Extension and University Drive. The complex would include land in both Elon and Gibsonville.

At the board’s last hearing on the matter, residents expressed concern about adding more traffic to the road where Elon chemistry professor Eugene Gooch was killed while cycling April 3.