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“Nothing could be further from the truth,” was Community Development Director David James response to the very public outcry that the city’s mitigation fee policies favor commercial developers and are “not friendly to small business.” James announced at the Jan. 8 regular council meeting that his staff was successful in negotiating a two year payment plan with The Orchard Shopping Center’s developer, Sobel Development, which would remove the onus for more than $100,000 in fees from the shoulders of the businesses that signed leases months ago for commercial space in the nearly completed center. Prior to this agreement, the city had allowed developer Brad Sobel, and others like him, to “choose” whether or not they wanted to pay the fees up front or pass them directly on to the tenants. Case in point: Que Pasa Restaurant’s opening was delayed by a number of weeks before an agreement could be reached to pay off more than...
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