Gray, in budget, proposes $100M overhaul of MLK Library Gray unveiled the plans as part of his fiscal 2014 budget proposal, which he presented to D.C. Council members Thursday morning. City officials who briefed reporters on the proposal Wednesday said the library funding would be used to pursue the recommendations of a 2011 Urban Institute panel that examined revitalization options for the central library. The most feasible option, it concluded, would be adding one or two floors to the existing four-story design and sharing the building with a paying tenant. The D.C. Public Library board commissioned designs last year that involved adding floors and making the modernist building's stark interior more inviting - designs estimated to cost as much as $200 million to implement. The $103 million that Gray is proposing would be supplemented through financing generated by the private use of part of the building, officials said. Besides the central library spending, Gray also proposed more than $40 million to renovate or rebuild the system's branches in Cleveland Park, Palisades and Woodridge. His proposal also would restore seven-day-a-week operations at all city libraries for the first time since 2009, when a budget crunch led to Sunday closings and abbreviated hours at neighborhood branches. Among other budget proposals, Gray detailed how he plans to spend a promised $100 million on affordable housing programs. The vast majority - $86.9 million through September 2014 - would be deposited in the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, used to leverage financing for affordable units in private developers" projects. Smaller amounts would fund rental housing vouchers, emergency rent assistance, homebuyer assistance and other programs. Gray also proposes to spend an additional $1.5 million in the next 18 months on programs for homeless families and youth. The city's family shelter has been at capacity for months, and some nonprofits serving homeless youth have complained about having their funding cut recently. The budget proposal offers new details on Gray's proposed $15 million "One City Fund," intended to support nonprofits that previously directly lobbied D.C. Council members for funding. The program, the officials said, will be administered by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, which will competitively bid and monitor grants of up to $100,000. Major capital projects include continued funding of $400 million though 2019 for the city's planned streetcar system - enough to complete a line running from Georgetown to the Minnesota Avenue Metro station, and to do preliminary work on a line through the Anacostia neighborhood. About $15 million would go toward bicycle infrastructure in 2014, including bike lanes and 10 new Capital Bikeshare stations. Gray also proposes to spend $50 million in the coming years to acquire and develop park space in the NoMa neighborhood north of Union Station that has seen a surge of workers and residents but little space for recreation. Across the Anacostia River, Gray proposes to spend $20 million for upgrades to the Fort Dupont Ice Arena, $18 million to renovate the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, and $26 million to build a new Barry Farm Recreation Center. A smaller-bore proposal, however, could have the most direct impact on neighborhood residents: The public works department is hoping to embark on the wholesale replacement of trash and recycling cans over the next five years. Gray is also planning to eliminate fees for the replacement of lost or stolen cans. Meanwhile, about $56 million would be set aside for city employee raises under Gray's plan, subject to collective bargaining agreements. Separately, Gray has pledged sufficient funding to maintain the city's police force at 4,000 sworn officers by October 2014. Gray is proposing no new taxes or fees, the officials said Wednesday. He is proposing to repeal the D.C. Council's previous decision to levy personal income tax on the proceeds of non-District-issued municipal bonds, a policy that was particularly unpopular among retirees. To pay for the new spending proposals, Gray is relying on projections from city financial officials that revenue will increase by more than $350 million over the coming 18 months. Officials said they also expect to realize more than $50 million in savings thanks to a declining number of children in foster care, fewer special-education students being placed in private schools and tighter reins on city health-care programs. Gray and his deputies are expected to testify on their budget plan before the council on April 8. Over the following six weeks, legislators will evaluate and, in some cases, modify the mayoral proposal, likely taking a final vote in early June.