PC Meeting Report: From the Email InBOX

Paww....

Although small, sparks happened at recent City of G.T. planning commission meeting.Commissioner Wilson requested the city Planning Dept,.... to get in gear and go through their records to see if the trucking outfit on south Michigan is OK or not.

I understand the C.U.P. they had been operating from is expired and is no longer valid. The Plan. Dept. was requested to come up with the facts back in spring of 2008, and have yet to present anything. "Still working on it" Via the P.C. the city code enforcement has been asked to look into some of the complaints of persons parking 6, 8, 10 autos in their street overnight, and on their front lawns. All magically gone in morning.

The power plant in south G.T. off of Main street is still going. The report as per newspaper is wrong. AES failed to meet one little element in their environmental papers, and that somehow got meant to mean the whole thing went sour. As was mentioned at the meeting earlier in year, AES has like a ten year lease on the property (which in itself is worth something) and have all that time to develop a new work-around project.

They aren't stupid on these things.

Fresh Markets (for N.W. corner of Barton and Mr. Vernon) was shown, but not discussed much. Somewhere rumour got going that they will be in and up and running within six months. Then why did Stater Bros. sign on for a 4 year extension to present location? Someone s not telling us all the real facts.

Also via snoopy neighbor, heard you closed on a deal to sell your house this week.

Pa says...

YEP... I have moved on to other adventures. I'll post what you folks provide.

NW Corner of Barton & Mt. Vernon is the side where StarBucks, is. This has nothing to do with the current Location of Stater Bros Market's Location and lease.

Fresh Markets will take the entire space inclusive of the Old Mrs Moo's, the Old Drug Store and the Pink House... This land was purchased by one single individual who acquired the property the old fashioned way... "Without the City Redevelopment Agency"... forcing people to sell or saying they are going to use Eminent Domain to take their property.

Stater Brother's Market has often used a Lease to Block Competition following into a vacated location. Even IF Stater's Builds a NEW Store on the Land Jacobsen Forced people to sell to him by using the RDA and Schwab to threaten Eminent Domain and a single option as to who they sold to.... they will like to make sure that no other store moves in to the existing store to compete with them. Stater's will sub lease the property out to a non competitive business for a remainder of the lease option, or they will just pay rent and keep the place vacant. Don't think that Jack Brown cares about the BLIGHT of an EMPTY Store will bring to the other businesses in that Retail Development.

Jacobsen may find that he bought land that may be forced back into agriculture use or for a Small High School Site... and his association and venture in GT has been a loss of time and money.

AES, has the 10 year lease on the property and in part the most valuable portion of that lease is the rights to add pollution to the air. "Pollution Credits" are sold on a market and it may be that the cost of development does not provide an income greater than the value of selling the "Pollution Credits". In addition, the old plant was not the best design, and if they manage a better design and a Zero Pollution Use for the Property... Have at it... Be aware the High School is still "Planned" and the State of California is going to issue a Note of Concern about the Power Plant what ever the plans will be.