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Posted by editor Mon May 5, 2008 11:14:51 PDT
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Based on their past track record and recent comments, the city council and staff do not inspire great confidence in the hearts and minds of your readers. I'm referring to the following issues:

On CCI expansion impact: Ed Grimes, “Tehachapi is going to have a voice.” And Mayor Hand, “We're a little more sophisticated now than we were ten years ago.”
On development mitigation fees: City Manager Greg Garrett, “You are trying to make the [city] staff look stupid.” And Director David James, “We acknowledge the chaos and animosity this has created,” followed by “Nothing could be further from the truth.”

Observation: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein said, “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it must be time to resign.”

We could use less ‘voice’ and ‘sophisticated’ and more wisdom and effective action from our representatives. Our city and staff wouldn't ‘look stupid’ if their actions didn't create so much ‘chaos and animosity.’

Development impact mitigation fees are typically paid by a developer before a building permit or certificate of occupancy is issued. Getting business tenants in the middle of the fee payment is not being ‘business friendly’.

– James R. Mortensen
 

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Comment From: dreamkiller

Did Stan not just vote for mitigation payments???? Comment From: rpournelle

These fees are supposed to cover the resources taken used in developing the property. Regardless of whether the building is rented, they still have to connect to city water, sewage, power, etc. So why not collect them from the developer? These funds are supposed to be used for infrastructure development. The funds don't get paid until a tenant occupies the building. How can they plan for the future if they don't know when the funds come in? I'm not trying to make anyone look stupid, this policy has not been explained well.