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Council approves purchase of property for H Street parking garage; mayor and members press solar and cost questions
Summary
Council voted unanimously to acquire property tied to a planned H Street parking garage to support downtown housing development funded by state awards, prompting questions about solar-panel relocation costs and whether eminent domain should have been used earlier.
The Fresno City Council unanimously approved acquisition of property linked to the planned H Street parking garage project, part of a broader set of state-funded downtown housing and infrastructure projects.
Council members asked detailed questions about the property—s sale history (the city previously sold the parcel for $1.9 million), the cost to relocate on-site solar panels (staff estimated roughly $612,000 to relocate panels), and whether the…
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