“We have studies up the wazoo on the fact that we need (a parking deck), whether there’s a hotel on top of it or not,” Councilman Zack Matheny said.
“It probably would have been a heck of a lot easier if we had all agreed that a parking deck was going to be there, and the size of a parking deck, and then the hotel came.”
Matheny pointed out that the city built the Bellemeade Street Deck to provide parking for workers in what’s now the Wells Fargo Tower, and there’s precedent for building parking decks in conjunction with other projects. The question now is whether that part of Elm Street is where a deck is needed, Matheny said.
There’s also the question of whether the city should own or lease a potential deck, and whether the proposal for a 244-space parking deck at 200 S. Davie St. supplies enough spaces to justify the investment, Matheny said.
It typically costs between $20,000 and $25,000 per space to build a structured parking deck, Matheny said."
and this:
“It really is the new council that would have to shepherd this through one way or the other, and I think it’s good that they’ll have the opportunity to learn about it and vote on it,” Councilwoman and mayor-elect Nancy Vaughan said."
So are they still claiming there is adequate parking for GPAC? If they had studies showing the need for more parking then why didn't the GPAC Task Force see a need for more parking? Cover up? Or just stupid people in charge?
Once again, we were lied to. Zack Matheny and Nancy Vaughan cannot be trusted to lead Greensboro until they prove their interests are somewhere other than with Greensboro's elites. And while Nancy Vaughan ran on the promise of economic development for east Greensboro we've seen nothing that resembles any sort of a plan for anything different than those before her.
