The City Council took a vote, and by a 4-2 margin, the City is going to sign a certain contract with a developer and move forward with the Bull Street development.
The agreement commits the city to the $31 million in public aid for water and sewer lines, streets and other utilities and possibly an additional $40 million for two parking garages and the baseball stadium that would double as a concert and civic-function venue. The deal also saves from demolition five major buildings on the nearly 200 year-old state mental health facilities campus. But the agreement leaves most the remaining 40 without any protection.
I really hope this development works out. I think the City needs a baseball stadium about as much as it needs Sherman to ride through again, but that's just my opinion.
Hopefully, it works out. I thought it was interesting that Councilwoman Devine didn't vote because she had a "prior commitment". Could that be a possible way for her to have hedged her bet?
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