According to The Dallas Morning News, University Park Council voted on Sept. 7 to incorporate two pieces of land from the former University Gardens condominiums into the future George W. Bush Library.

Now the library’s property line will extend farther south creating room for a driveway, basement parking and extra library bus parking.

Although the land amounts to less than an acre, it has caused quite an uproar. SMU paid off two former condo owners after they filed a lawsuit regarding the land.

“SMU has had historical conflict with nearby homeowners over zoning for years now, and it’s not going to change,” Stuart Palley senior history and finance double major said. “As SMU grows and increases in stature its an issue that will present itself again and again. If you look at what the community is gaining as a whole, a presidential library and added prestige, I think it outweighs the negatives.”

Additionally, the City Council voted to extend the zoning of the land south along Central Expressway to Mockingbird Lane. The land could be used for a variety of purposes, but SMU officials stated they would use the land for something that would compliment the library. Uses could include a storage facility, outdoor tennis courts, or an athletic field.

“I don’t have any issues with them incorporating more land,” Ted Wallace, junior sports management major said. “My only concern would be will there still be enough parking on campus for students and how much more traffic will the addition of this library bring to campus and the university park area. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.”

The George W. Bush Library will be the thirteenth Presidential Library is said to be complete by 2013.