New Tune on Blue Mt. Senior Villas?

Blue Mt. Senior Villas was Misrepresented by Developer or by City Manager?

Quoting City Manager Tom Schwab from an interview in this weeks Grand Terrace City News: He states: the complex will be for "completely independent living. NO Meals will be provided. There will be no assisted living services."

At the Presentation of the development the developer Corporation for Better Housing, a (Charity), said there would be a caretaker on site 24/7. In addition a shuttle service to take people to the store or to the doctors like The Terrace does was part of the conditions stipulated to in the placement of the Development distant from the nearly non existent PUBLIC Transportation options in Grand Terrace.

So which is it? Will there be a caretaker in house 24/7? Will there be a shuttle service?

It was also said that the City would own the Development and the Land, and the CBH would have a 65 year lease on the property. The Grand Terrace City News article says the Building will be OWNED by CBH and the property will be leased from the City. The City will be PAYING CBH 8 Million dollars, for them to own the building, and they lease the property for $1.00 per year. Of course when the 65 years is up the building would revert to the City. The city will have to remove it in all likelihood at City expense. What prevents the CBH from "Selling" their Building during that 65 years? What assurances the Management of the facility will be the quality presented to the punch and cookie feed seniors?

There were constructive criticism of this project beyond the neighbors concerns about the loss of their View from their property. Transportation, and Location of the Development was a concern. The DEAL is a concern as it was not competitively bid. The Parks lack of restroom facilities even for seniors living in the Apartments will be a future problem. The city had a nice concert paid for by the Developers of this project. Now we are beginning to hear the real tune of what we should expect when it is built.