Grandpa,

I am sending you a copy of the flier for the City sponsored meeting to discuss the Specific Plan the Doug Wilson has been working on. The meeting is going to be held March 30th. I do hope citizens show up.

The flier exhibits a picture of a beautiful Greek Theater. This is the polar opposite of the big box stores the Council is trying to push through. But it does hold true to the deception and smoke screens the Council notoriously uses when addressing the public. Thank God some of the citizens do not take what the Council says at face value. It would be ideal if the Council would do their own research instead of voting for everything the Staff recommends.

It is a very time consuming task to figure out what the Council is really going to do. But, their history has shown that they do not care about our children, families and community when the only thing that matters to them is spending our tax dollars to hire consultants to force through the building of Lowes, Wal-Mart, Target, etc. These companies do not belong on Barton Road for the fact that our streets cannot handle the traffic. It would destroy our family friendly community that the parents of Grand Terrace have worked so hard to build. It would increase the air pollution and crime.

Yes, it would be lovely to include a Greek Theater in the Barton Road Project along with a scaled down shopping area.

It would be great to have a Civic Band Shell like Flemming Park in Colton. However, the purpose is not to end blight but to make blight with stores we can't support or need.

Gramps Adds:

Let's hope that Doug Wilson will allow the Public to Comment at the Public Meetings, and that the input is noted with adjustments included. Or is this just another staff recommendation out of the CRA Driven Planning Department and Developers. NOTE Grand Terrace Elementary School is still in the Redevelopment Plan Area. Also Note the Houses behind CVS are being included in the Redevelopment Plan. Is this the beginning of zone creep. Will all along Barton on the North side up to Preston be next to be re zoned to commercial/Retail?