Midway Rising, Surveillance Review, and Council Races Take Shape
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Monday's City Council schedule is dense and consequential. Special sessions at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the twelfth-floor chambers at 202 C Street will address a series of separate actions that together would constitute approval of Midway Rising's next phase: forming an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District, establishing its public financing authority, environmental review and certification, land-use decisions, and a ground-lease action for the sports arena redevelopment across approximately 49.23 acres.
Ahead of Monday's hearing, a November 4th report indicated that the city closed a loophole in the Midway Rising framework — the sports arena property can no longer receive other projects' low-income housing obligations transferred in without explicit city approval, a safeguard against the affordable housing commitments being diluted over time.
The council will also review Flock automated license-plate reader cameras and other surveillance technologies sooner than previously expected, according to a November 6th report. A council majority had signaled support for turning off the Flock system the prior month, but signaling support and completing a formal shutdown are separate steps — the accelerated timeline for that review is what's new.
Unofficial council election results show Martha Abraham increasing her lead over incumbent Henry Foster III in District 4, Nicole Crosby maintaining a lead over Richard Bailey in District 2, and District 6 incumbent Kent Lee holding 19,267 votes to Mark Powell's 12,536. At the county level, Monica Montgomery Steppe led Kristine Alessio in the District 4 supervisor race 97,070 to 51,231, while Rebecca Jones held 96,485 to Kyle Krahel's 63,932 in District 5 — all subject to the official canvass. The supervisors also passed two transparency measures on Wednesday, November 4th addressing lobbying by former county officials and disclosure requirements involving consultants and lobbyists.