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Originally Posted by LMich
This makes no sense. I get he has to say something to appease the community groups, but this isn't how the economics of this work. The commercial more than anything else would pay for the benefits, right? Of course they aren't going to get rid of any of the units, as that runs up against the consensus idea that more housing is always needed in the city; but at the end of the day, it's the commercial that's really going to disproportionately subsidize the public benefits, I'd think. Levin and the community group want eat their cake, but have it, too.
The council can do this - play hardball - since this needs an upzoning, though.
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There are some that work to alleviate or fix problems, and others that complain about them but offer no alternative. Its kinda what this council is doing in regards to this project. But hey... you can't fix stupid. Thank goodness at least we have a mayor who gets it, and his pro-development, pro-growth administration.
This is just city politics at its worse. The nagging, and really... the problem with bureaucracy lagging projects and growth. Just one case study out of many.