The city had approved $28.1 million before the project started.
Last week, the city approved the $85,000 needed to get rid of the lead.
In April 1992 the city approved a plan to make 709 such apartments available over four years.
But residents say that the city should not have approved so many projects in one small space.
If that happens, because the city has already approved the project, it could be completed by late 1993, he said.
The city approved both the park and the temporary fire station in October 1976.
The city has already approved a new electrical code, which went into effect last year.
Not when the city approved the construction of more housing units than in any year since 1972.
The city has currently approved some 628 units, and about 196 have been completed.
The city originally approved one name in honor of a former mayor.