Deborah McQueen, Veronica Long & Christine Thompson, LivermoreÂ
The Eden Housing apartment complex does not belong in our downtown project space â it is a left-over piece from old plans. The project has changed over the years. Last December Mayor Marchand said, âIt has evolved and I think it is better.â City Council insists that the outdated apartment complex has to stay â even when not supported by results of the year-long public outreach process we paid for. Â
The public outreach was part of the downtown project evolution. When citizens flooded council meetings to protest the Lennar Development in 2016, a responsive city council stepped back to gather citizen input â paying consultants approximately $500,000 to guide the process. The City made that investment and Livermore residents stepped up to work with them forming a covenant of sorts, where citizen input would have a place in the downtown project plans.Â