The parking garage would go up in anticipation of Walker's 110,000-sf, $90-million expansion plan, including a restaurant and 350-seat auditorium. The arts organization is funding the expansion without public aid largely through a fund drive.
While some city officials questioning whether the public should finance a facility that would primarily serve Walker visitors, others say it will address parking problems in the Lowry Hill neighborhood, makemoney for the city, and benefit the adjacent Guthrie Theater until it moves to a new facility on the Mississippi River in 2005.
The proposal will be considered by the Minneapolis city council's ways and means committee, which will hold a public hearing Dec. 10. The full council could vote on it early next year.
If approved, construction for the garage is expected to begin next spring. It would open in late 2003.
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