By Fernando Alcantara/Garden Grove Journal
Garden Grove City Council reconsidered and reaffirmed several resolutions that would allow a new mixed-use hotel and retail project on Harbor Boulevar Tuesday night.
The approved resolutions go against the wishes of the state Department of Finance who had previously denied the city’s progress with such projects.
Governor Jerry Brown called for a state-wide shut-down of all redevelopment agencies earlier this year in an effort to curb spending at the expense of smaller cities ability to earn revenue.
Previous agreements with developers, however, preclude the city from walking away from such projects. An agreement with developer Garden Grove MXD, who plans to build a large hotel-retail complex on Harbor Boulevard, being one of them.
According to an e-mail by the Department of Finance, the Successor Agency is prohibited from making new agreements regarding redevelopment projects.
The legal staff for Garden Grove argue that there is an “agreement to agree,” meaning that in order to comply with a previous contract that is in good standing, the city is obligated to make the purchases necessary to ensure previous contracts are upheld.
The financial impact of these approved projects represents nearly $100 million in revenue to the city for the next 20 years; over $10 million in annual income once the projects are completed and in full operation.
A $100 million in revenue?? Dream on, these folks have got to go.
These folks have go to go? Who? The City Council? The employees? The hotels? The GG Journal?
I love it when some moron comes on to a website and, no matter what the issue is, they say, “Get rid of the bums!” Let me guess, you want to run for City Council? I’ll keep your name in mind so I know who not to vote for if you decide to endorse someone.
If we had it your way, we would still have a trashed up Harbor Blvd. with hookers and drug dealers everywhere.
Sam, who has to go?? Lets start with you, you don’t even know me and your calling names. Then the Council, all of them. The state shut down the give away, AKA, Redevelopment. But the Council wants to fight the state and still give the peoples money away. Employees, some not all. Thoses making $20,000.00 a month should take a hike. along with a few more over paid folks. You one Sam? Or maybe your Daddy? We need staff that will work for the betterment of the City, not look for ways to give our money away. The Journal I love. So there you go Sam, now you know a little bit of what I think.
Yes, now I know a little about what you think. And I’m laughing. There won’t be any more comments on this article coming from me. I just remembered we’re not supposed to feed the trolls.