Consolidate user libraries on Macbook pro

I have 3 different user accounts on this computer, but I can't seem to merge each user's library into one central library. We don't want separate libraries. How do I create a central library and maintain it as a single library. When one user gets downloads, we want the downloads to go to the central library.

Use the instructions in this article to merge the libraries.
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T

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1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8c7efe75 objc_exception_throw + 43
2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff982a410c +[NSException raise:format:] + 204
3   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ed783b9 -[NSKeyedPortCoder decodeInvocation] + 106
4   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebe371d -[NSKeyedPortCoder decodeObjectForKey:] + 735
5   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ec3b4da -[NSConnection handleRequest:sequence:] + 103
6   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebe2d50 -[NSConnection handlePortCoder:] + 652
7   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebe2688 -[NSConnection dispatchWithComponents:] + 50
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15 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff94882685 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 173
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17 AppKit                              0x00007fff95db624e _DPSNextEvent + 1434
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