Huether is at it again, Saber rattling for another unneeded project
l3wis You would think with all the silliness going on with the administration building the last thing Huether and his minions would want to do is push for a project by claiming it is a done deal before it is;
Project backers of a $40 million hotel, retail and residential facility as well as a public parking ramp known as The Banks are no longer pursing the downtown venture, citing higher than expected construction costs. As a result, the city intends to move ahead with the parking portion of the plan – a 600 space parking garage – as a standalone project at 110 E 10th Street where a surface parking lot sits.
Except, once again they are leaving out the finer details of ‘moving ahead’ like the administration building;
The contract with the construction manager – still being negotiated – and project financing will require council approval before any work begins on the parking ramp.
That’s right, the city council still has to approve bonding from the parking’s enterprise funds before any work can start. Remember those parking rate increases passed recently? They were pushed through to pay for bond payments on a new parking ramp. Now a parking ramp we don’t need. Once again, the administration got the cart before the horse, and we are all paying for it.
We don’t need another parking ramp. We should have thought of all this before selling a fully functional one for $1.
