A good act for Act V

There has been a remarkable series of breakthroughs this month toward

a solution and compromise concerning the future of the Corporate Yard

and Act V. That news alone should bring cheers enough to last a

while.

But even better than that are the details and the desire to bridge

disagreements evident at a community workshop on the issue.

Councilwoman Tony Iseman, who in the days before the workshop said

the move would keep the city from solving its biggest problem --

parking -- said after the meeting: “We broke the log jam that had

been causing the problems for years.”

And on Wednesday, Iseman and Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider

announced that they’d reached agreement on eight more points.

“Now we are going to make it happen,” Pearson-Schneider said.

As reported in the Coastline Pilot, points of the compromise

include:

* A reduced footprint of the Maintenance Yard portion of the Act V

build-out.

* Have multiple peripheral parking locations, at the north and

south ends of town.

* Parking spaces at the Village Entrance could number less than

650.

* Parking and shuttle stop at Act V made easily recognizable.

* Moving the vehicles from Act V to another location during summer

would be an option. For example, the school district bus parking lot.

* Eliminate one building proposed at Act V and the trim the

footprint of the remaining building.

* Keep approximately 255 parking spaces at Act V for peripheral

parking.

* If the footprint of the maintenance yard at Act V is reduced in

the back, the fuel modification zone would be reduced and less of an

issue.

* It would be OK to have the fuel station at Act V, if the city

can also get 250 parking spaces on the site. Possibilities to

explore: widening the sides in front parking area and valet parking.

As everyone who has followed this decade-long battle knows, one

log jam broken does not mean the river will flow unimpeded forever.

But the signs are indeed encouraging.

We wait anxiously for the next piece of good news and hope it is

not long in coming.