Part of the need is due to the opening of C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voightlander Women’s Hospital creating 500 new jobs.

The tables were turned, however, when plans for the Wall Street parking structure caused some Ann Arbor residents and councilmembers to criticize the University.

Though Kosteva emphasized the necessity of the parking structure.

“There were expressions of concern from neighbors in the Wall Street area expressing their preference not to have a parking structure,” Kosteva said. “It is reasonably close proximity to the medical center, so it enables our (medical center) employees to shuttle or to walk from that location. There has also been growth in employment in the Wall Street area with the expansion of the Kellogg Eye Center and the expansion of the Brehm Tower.”

Another factor making the city budget important to the University is that the University has money flowing to the city through streams like leasing buildings and paying taxes, according to Kosteva.

Kosteva added that, overall, the relationship between the city and the University is strong.

“For the most part, there is an appreciation and a value that the University has added 9,000 jobs in this community in the past 10 years,” Kosteva said. “I believe there is a real, sincere appreciation for that on the part of the city and the majority of residents throughout the community.”

However, Kosteva noted that there is sometimes friction between the two parties.

“Nonetheless, there is also an ever-present tension that does exist between the University community, public universities and the communities that they’re in, because there’s such a large amount of property,” Kosteva said.