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Committee debates sale of West Lyon Street parking lot; councilors ask for more analysis
Summary
The mayor proposed selling the West Lyon Street parking lot to clean up mixed public/private parking rights; councilors expressed concerns about losing downtown parking and asked for more data on designated spaces, alternatives such as leases, and the timing relative to the Remain Street parking project.
Mayor Nicholson presented a request to declare the land at 13–17 West Lyon Street surplus for disposition Wednesday, saying the site is unique because planning-board decisions assign some spaces to private entities while the city maintains the lot. "To clean that up… I'm requesting that we sell the lot… and then put it out for the RFP process," the mayor said, noting the Remain Street construction of about 100 parking spaces and recent reconstruction of a parking deck factor into timing.
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