Stein Center Park moved one step closer to lease out the median North of Silver Spring parking lot Tuesday night, when planning Commissioners chose to explore the land.
In a unanimous vote, the Commissioner made non-binding recommendations to the Council to authorize the median near Beaumont Avenue for private rental. The north end of Island Park is proposed to partially covered with tarmac materials to host events and vendors, such as Central Park Garden Center satellite Stein is known as Stein's only cash crop.
Whitefish Bay Village Council OK'd; median paving Vulture to create "events pad" last month, and with the Commission's plan of action, the village Council will now move forward with a draft contract for Stein only plants and potentially can rent space to organizations that are interested in hosting an event or while the use of space.
"We have a single (user) on the hook, and I'd like to think that with the attraction of the events that are related to the business district that we will see more progress," said the Manager of the village of Whitefish Bay, Patrick Vulture DeGrave.
While initial estimates to create a paved area range from $ 30,000 to $ 50,000, said Tuesday night that the DeGrave estimates has been enhanced and is now closer to $ 50,000. These funds will come from the financial district of incremental tax, which has a projected surplus of $ 90,000 in 2012.