There are questions I have about the Main Street project. From what I read in The Signal I have these questions.
1. Where will patrons of restaurants, stores and Canyon Theater Guild park during construction of the parking structure? Some of those businesses could go broke due to lack of parking.
2. Will additional handicapped parking spots be designated on Main Street to offset those lost during construction? Many patrons are handicapped, or older and need parking nearby.
3. Do I understand correctly that 50 spots in the parking structure (may) be for condo owners? Where will the other condo owners park? What floor will those spots be on ? Will low-cost housing unit renters also be parking there?
4. How will it work having high-cost condos and low-cost housing on the same property? Will that be revealed to condo buyers prior to purchase?
5. How many floors of parking will be above ground, and how many below?
6. And let me get this straight: Santa Clarita will use our taxes to build a parking structure for our partial use, and pay $20 million for the privilege ? And how much will the city rent them back for?
7. For a patron of these places, are these unreasonable questions?
8. How much will Serrano pay the city for the property they build on?
I realize these seem like simpleton questions when negotiating a contract of this size, but they become important to businesses, patrons and taxpayers.
Ron Perry
Canyon Country
