This night is set-aside for the citizens of Tehachapi to give their input on what they want their new city hall to be, and where they want it located.

Your input is crucial because this project is going to affect the citizens of this town and your children and grandchildren for many years.  This is an opportunity for you to weigh in make yourselves heard.

I've made no secret of the fact that I believe in my best business judgment the Capital Hills location is the best for the citizens of Tehachapi and that is what I am recommending.  I have attached the site plan map for the Capital Hills site.  We would be building on lots 6, 7, 11, 12 and lots 8 and 10 are for future growth.

 
Others feel the shopping center site is best and that is what they are recommending.  I strongly feel that this particular location is not looking far enough into the future.  This is landlocked with nowhere to grow.  This is at Valley and Curry where the fire station is located and the proposed city hall at this site would be the anchor for the shopping center. 

This site might fit our needs for 5 to 10 years, but then what?  Those of us still around and possibly your children will have to rebuild at the prices of the market at that time, not in today's dollars.

I know that the bloggers have been up in arms this week over the incident that happened at City Hall last Monday.  I thank the many that stood in defense of me.  But this is not the time for people to be deciding a crucial and costly issue such as this one based on personal likes and dislikes.  This is your future you are deciding.

Tower Investments will be at the meeting and can show and tell you more than I could describe about their proposal.  You will have the opportunity to question Tower, your city officials, and any other presenters that show up.  I urge you strongly to do so.

I can tell you that if the city hall is built in Capital Hills this facility will anchor future medical complexes that can draw better and more healthcare to our area.  I was recently at the Tehachapi Hospital Foundation fundraiser and I was made further aware that if the new medical complexes go in the hospital has a better shot at being built sooner.  This is important.

 
Equally important, Bakersfield College, Cal State and Cerro Coso have all told me that if there was a complex in Tehachapi where they could hold classes they would.  Capital Hills offers us the space to build not only a City Hall, but also four 1,000 sq. ft. rooms that can be used for classes.

There will be an auditorium that can roughly hold 400 to 500 people and could be segregated space for classrooms.  The auditorium would allow us to bring in some small convention activity and will bring in revenue to the local businesses.  There could be concerts, plays, the symphony and any number of other activities to serve the community.

There will be plenty of parking and three access and exit points so that traffic shouldn't be a nightmare situation, which could occur at the shopping center location with the main entrance on Valley Blvd.

From a business and aesthetics perspective, I am so convinced that Capital Hills is the best site that I could go on forever, but I've posted this in my prior blog October 6, 2007.  I would respectfully request that all of you that can possibly be at the meeting to attend and make your decisions from the information provided there.