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Council pulls Arbor South items as debate continues over public financing and city-owned parking
Summary
Council removed Arbor South Brownfield and development-agreement items from the Nov. 17 agenda after council members and public speakers raised questions about the project's financing, including use of TIF and the city taking ownership of three parking structures. Public commenters and council members offered competing views on jobs, affordability and risk.
The Ann Arbor City Council removed key Arbor South items from its Nov. 17 agenda, citing the project's complexity and ongoing proposed modifications. The items pulled include the Brownfield plan and the related development agreement, steps that would have advanced a public review process for the Arbor South project.
Supporters at the meeting argued the project would bring jobs and affordable housing. Robert Malcolm Sr., a 50-year member of Laborers Local 499, said the development would create ‘‘hundreds of jobs for members of the laborers and hundreds more for the allied trades’’ and add roughly 200 affordable…
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