A new parking garage in Media? A conversation worth having but borough council failed to even raise it and voted unanimously to spend another approximate $1,000,000 to repair Olive St garage.

After spending ~$900,000 in 2014 to repair Olive Street Garage, Borough Council voted last week (unanimously) to spend another $960,000 to repair the same structure.  It wasn't even asked by any member of council as to why we are again paying for repairs,  let alone any discussion on the replacement cost of the structure.  Why? 

What repairs are being done in 2019 that wasn't done in 2014?  Are they the same repairs and who is signing off on the completed work?  "Apparent lack of maintenance" as reported by Structure Care?  Why hasn't there been an explanation for this?

Olive St. Garage is over 50 years old and only holds spaces for about 250 cars.  That

amount may have been realistic back in the 60's, but there are literally 3 times as many more cars on the road today with a new restaurant of some type opening in Media every other month.   One of which the New Towne House will bring a noticeable bump in visitors.   The need for more parking is definitely worth the discussion.  

If we're to assume almost a $1,000,000 is needed every five years for repairs, at what point does a replacement cost come into play? Like, now?  Even if a new garage is $8-10 million, the borough would have had a good chunk of it just in the last five years based money saved on repair costs.