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April 24, 2008
The "Great Hoax" against the Neighborhood Plans
The “Great Hoax” against the Neighborhood Plans
The majority of the City Council recently approved The Avenues Neighborhood Improvement Plan (Plan). I doubt that the City Council understands or read the documents (80 plus pages) that they approved at their meeting on April 15th. The “Great Hoax” is that the costs relating to the improvements desired by the property owners and residents of the neighborhood are well in excess of 50 million dollars (my estimate, since the expensive Consultant and novice City staff didn’t make any realistic estimates).
By the way, the Council allocated 7.5 million for improvements within the Plan before the Plan study started. This method of budgeting is unique, considering allocating funds well in advance of determining what The Avenues Neighborhood Improvement Plan and other neighborhood plans would cost.
This is one more example of the majority of the City Council mismanaging the finances of the City rather than correcting the “structural budget deficit” which is bringing the City to the brink of bankruptcy. The majority of the Council “wrings their hands” and holds hearing after hearing without determining how the City will get out of its disastrous financial problems.
More to come in future Blogs.
Posted by Fred at April 24, 2008 11:44 PM
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