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"Garage Design D is too tall...it's going to overpower the existing buildings," organizer Lorraine Reynolds told Daily Voice after the village clerk certified signatures on a petition opposing the proposed Hudson Street facility's size. "It's going to be a massive structure."
The council unanimously approved bonding $11.5 million towards the project in March.
The June 21 special election will cost the village around $45,000, Mayor Paul Aronsohn told Daily Voice.
"The council decided not to rescind its unanimously adopted ordinance, and we are thereby compelled by law to hold a special election," he added.
Reynolds, in turn, said the petition – which drew 1,229 signatures – will freeze any funding and allow the five council members to discuss a possible compromise.
"If it's agreed to lowering it one story to three stories, four levels, the petition will be withdrawn," she added, "and we move forward immediately with a three-story, four-level parking garage funded in house."
Because of the timing, Reynolds doesn’t think there will be a large turnout.
“It’s the day after school ends," she said. "A lot of people are going to be gone."
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