As a former planning commissioner the people AGAINST projects are the loudest so you want to make sure you have a good pulse on what your neighbors and the louder people at public hearings stand so you can be prepared ahead of time. 

Most will also sell to public if you have the storage space and want to save money in the long run.

*Development plans for expanded Hoffman Town Center*Although specific tenants have not been named yet due to the development being in the earlier design and planning stages, the vision as described by Hoffman Co. is a commercial and residential mixed-use development including a new public school, storage center, city agency training, a farmer's market, festival space, beer garden, and "other similar uses approved by the city".Sources:Developer laying groundwork to go bigger in Alexandria’s Eisenhower corridorAlexandria considering big plans for properties next to Eisenhower Avenue Metro stationPotomac Yards Alexandria: The 2$ Billion Sports Arena is not the Biggest Development in the Pipeline for Potomac YardsThe Sports Arena was a recent idea that was part of a bigger plan approved in 2017, that called for a massive shopping center at Potomac Yards and the surrounding area to be redeveloped into 1.9 million square feet of office space, 1.1 million square feet of residential space, 900,000 square feet of retail, 300 room hotel, and 9.3 acres of open space by JPG Smith.

"As public records, the contract forms adopted by the Texas Real Estate Commission are available to any person."

Are you able to gather feedback from your showings to gauge public opinion? 

They do public debt funds, apartment complexes (in Southern California and the Southeast), car washes and self storage.

So I guess the question is how long will it take for the general public to realize that 7% is the "new norm"?

If their is a public easement and there are temporary structures within this easement - the city can come in and remove them.

They have to collect the data, confirm the data, then publish the data for the public.

In CA Public Works, they typically allow 1-3% mobilization costs.Depends on how large of a project you're doing and what the contractor is to provide, like portable restrooms or storage containers.