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Committee extends BID leases for Catalano Square and Erie Street Plaza, clarifies public-use terms

5122422 · July 2, 2025
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The committee approved 15-year lease amendments renewing Business Improvement District No. 2's operation of Catalano Square and Erie Street Plaza, and the city attorney clarified the leases require the BID to maintain those spaces as public parks and permit First Amendment activities.

The Public Works Committee approved lease amendments renewing the Board of Business Improvement District (BID) No. 2's authority to operate and maintain Catalano Square and Erie Street Plaza under extended leases.

Mary Channing of the city attorney’s office told the committee the amendments extend two existing leases for former city park properties for 15 years, clarify permitted uses (including…

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