After the Last Planning Meeting

Mr.Koontz (a City Employee, and a Person Employeed by a Company Contracted to do work for the City),told the planners after the "Official Meeting":

The houses on Barton would be gone in 2 weeks, not burned, bulldowzed.
The sheriff wants them gone ASAP, because of the gang activity there.
(shouldn't that be Jacobsen's problem to solve?)

Miguel's plans are almost through plan check & and they were "chomping at the bit" to get started. (what lot split? approvals tied to no address or parcel #'s or lot).

Some progress made on the plans/negotiations for the office building next to city hall.

The OAC had resolved the problems with the 215 interchange, with approvals the CRA is in the final negotiations for the DDA with the developer now. Sandbag had offered to be the lead agency for the OAC project and Caltrans had offered to do the road reports within 6 months
NO mention of the lawsuit or settlement talks.

half truths from staff to planners--what's new?

Between hairbenders and Jo Stringfield, the city owns 2 lots and Jacobsen 3 lots. To the best of anyones knowledge, Miguels owns the long narrow parcel next to hairbenders not the lot in front of The Terrace Retirement Facility.

The track map or lot split come through council or planning, unless
that too was done "in the back room" to give Miguel's lot a long Barton frontage.

Jacobsen is in escrow to buy Hairbenders too, the rest of the people don't want to sell, and are being pressured by the City or the Redevelopment Agency or their "Hand Picked Selected Developers".

This makes Grandpa ask:

Is it true that Miguel's also gets veto power on any other mexican restaurant on any of the 16 acres? Is that not restraint of trade? What about residents who have owned for years, can they build too?

Maybe the demo is a way for the city to subsidize Jacobsen, unless he is paying for the demo after providing the years of blight, and gang hang outs?

Where will the off ramp be placed, how much of GT Elementary, the Texico Station, and all the property around the freeway be changed? Show us the REAL PLANS... before the EIR is filed.. how about it?