Barton Road Development Plan Input Requested

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I read in the Grand Terrace City News the City Council is asking for citizen input on what the Barton Road Development should include. Well friends I think the property should revert to the prior owners and the city should have to build replacement homes of the same size they removed. That not being a likely out come here are some other suggestions.

Grand Terrace should have a Tent City for all the people who were forced out of their homes after buying from the same Realtors who inflated prices and had mortgage brokers approve the inflated prices on high risk loans. A soup kitchen should be built to feed these people and all the citizens who are still struggling to keep their homes. Oh that won't be done either...

Ok what is wrong with trying to develop anything in Grand Terrace. First you have to know the territory. Grand Terrace is not a go to city. This is not a destination city. Grand Terrace has a limited available money to circulate with in the Grand Terrace Economy. Grand Terrace has a limited number of jobs in GT or products produced in GT to export to other communities. GT can not provide for the basic food needs of the community. If GT were a stand alone country it would be in sorry condition.

The Development of any property in Grand Terrace needs to bring in income from outside the GT Monetary Pool, or Create an Export, or Surplus or New Income Stream.

If the Development could include an attraction such as the Redlands Bowl and have specialty shops and restaurants around it this may cause a draw to the city and increase the Monetary Pool. It would also provide a place for our local talent to have their day on stage. The stage may even be a place for outdoor dinner movie watching in summer?

All available unbelievable land including Edison Easements should be acquired by the city for growing a local food supply for the restaurants and residents in the city.

All City Parks should have Free Pick Fruit Trees.

The one resource the City does have is Water... Grand Terrace's Water Company could sell water and water products. Perhaps a Solar Powered Ice Company could be put in GT.

All new buildings should be powered by PV Cells, and produce a surplus of power.

Perhaps a GT Power Company could be built on Barton Road. Have all buildings and parking lot structures covered in PV Cells.