"we do understand the priority for trying to preserve trees at this particular property"

Yeah, you know how you prioritize preserving trees? By not cutting them down. Anything else is BS.

I thought we had a green city council!!
I am all for new housing developments and also the Rainbow Playground, but somehow the heritage trees in Rengstorff Park were easily cut causing some outcry to make way for this playground. Couldn't the playground be designed without cutting most of the beautiful trees? Similarly, the housing could have been designed with most of the trees not cut.
BTW: Why is the community not allowed to see the construction of the playground? The whole area is shielded!!

860 units at an average occupancy of 2.2 per unit is 1,892 people. The city's goal is to have 3 acres of park space for every 1,000 residents, so there should be a 5.6 acre park dedicated along with this project. Increasing the size of the park to 0.52 acres is less than 1/10 of what's needed.

By having a dedicated building 100% affordable, the developer can set up a structure that has that building owned by a non profit and so exempt from property taxes. That's a huge cost savings for the developer long term.

A .52-acre “park” for more than 1,000 people? You got to be kidding.