The farmer's market is a smaller concern compared to huge loss of parking for those who attend performances at the MV Performing Arts Center, as well as Library customers and staff. Library customers and staff park in this lot every day since the other parking lots and garages fill up. What is the plan for these parking needs?

That's great news! Thanks, Council members!

So if I understand this correctly, we're going to spend $114 Million to build 120 units of "Affordable" housing? Who is paying for this and in what world is $1M per unit (by the time it actually gets built, if ever) of "affordable" housing affordable? Wouldn't be a lot cheaper to develop a community in the central valley and induce some Silicon Valley company to hire people there? This doesn't seem to pencil out even for market rate housing! Let's attack the demand side and not approve any more office space until the housing market equilibrates

Excellent news. The solution to parking is to increase density and improve public transit. No one should have to drive to get downtown.

Seth, you have a wonderful opportunity to lead by example! Start that community in the Central Valley, and show everyone how great it is to live there! I'm definitely rooting for you.

This is great! I live right next to this and got the development proposal for the parking garage and thought it was a terrible idea. Bryant already has parking garages and they are loud, bad for the environment, and encourage driving. If we are low and parking we need to start charging for parking. Housing is much more important. My only complaint is the project should be bigger, it's a great location. Very easy to live car free.

no comment to this Council / 'cause I pretty much could tell which way the wind was blowing. We now have a Council that in-the-main is pro housing development By THEIR VOTE. In particular they are tending to much more "affordable" than previous Councils.

@Seth - yes it does seem to 'cost a lot'. I'd totally agree with you - Council now needs to VOTE NO on some, most, all? new office development. We have enought high-tech, high pay jobs. Update SQF to SQF redevelopment of office space - but no addition of office space. (IMO)

Yay!

Seth, this is a local language thing. Here "affordable" means "subsidized". The concept known elsewhere as "affordable" doesn't exist here, so we have no word for it.