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Originally Posted by DougRockstead
I have to admit that I am a little shocked with everyone crying about how the School for the Deaf needs to sell their land so we can build a big building.
We aren't talking about a restaurant or bar. We are talking about a school that was started in 1856 and a campus built over 40 years ago.
This is real Texas history. Let's not forget about what this city is and how it came to be in our pursuit of progress.
I think the school for the Deaf is perfectly fine where it is and we can just build around it.
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it's half a mile from the urban epicenter and houses 544 students on a surface area larger than the capitol grounds. the campus is 68 acres.
i've lived here for 20 years and have stepped on their campus twice. both times for charity.
i know they have a small museum but aside from that i don't know of any way the public interacts with it
it's perfectly reasonable to consider other options for a site that is funded by taxpayers. nobody wants to eliminate the school or force them into less adequate facilities.
the campus was laid out 40 years ago in a completely different austin and i don't think it makes sense for the city going forward to keep as is
the opportunity cost here is massive. we are forfeiting a lot here.
how many millions of dollars in property tax are we giving up every year?
how many thousands of hours of traffic are we taxing our residents with?
i get why it's a sensitive subject, but we are adults