Will council commit to measuring and quantifying the difference in GHG emissions between the current iteration and previous/possible future iterations of the design of Clover Point?
I mentioned on Stephen's twitter page that I think a year-round hybrid compromise can be made.
Retain the parking loop. Widen the parking stalls to accommodate families with kids getting in and out of cars with pets and strollers and to accommodate people using walkers needing a little more room between cars. Every 4-6 parking spaces, replace a couple of spaces with a grassy patch where people can sit, picnic, etc...
Pull all the parking spaces back from the edge and install a nice proper walkway around the entire perimeter
You can even keep some space for the orange chairs, turn the parking spaces they currently occupy into a grassy patch and put the chairs there.
Move the big picnic tables to the big grassy bit in the middle
You could even do a small waterpark feature in the big grassy bit in the middle for kids to play in
I think this strikes a nice balance and provides year-round use.