James Mitchell
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first heard Oct 2023
last heard 14 Sep
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It's easily pulled up online to see exactly where the lot is and see what's out there.
So it is not necessarily the challenge of...
The investment, it is the dollar amount that we're talking about.
But it's also a concern that we're saying, okay, I'm bringing this to council with the full expectation that this is gonna be a yes because we have about a 30, 45 day timeline on closing.
It should not be an apparent that there would not be questions from council.
So to then tell me that if we were to defer in order to have time for any question to be answered, that it could delay the project, to be perfectly honest, and this is going to sound mean, but I truly do not mean for it to be as disrespectful as it's about to sound.
That's not my problem.
My issue and my concern is that as representatives, if we have questions, we should be able to not only ask those questions but have time for those questions to be brought back to us, not be put under a timeline that if we do not just say yes,
to this then that will cause a delay or financial challenges on our end it should come to us with enough time where if there is a cup question there's time for that question to be answered we are not to be under a deadline based on staff's conversation regarding negotiating dollars
that we are going to be investing.
I respect the fact that the county has a goal and has a role around parks as well as we have a SEAP program.
And I respect the fact that we created a way for developers to fund a fee in lieu in order for them to build the project that they felt was the best project for them.
Yet, I have a challenge that if something is brought before council, one, I will repeat the expectation that we are supposed to be an automatic yes, and two, to tell me or my colleagues that if we were to defer it to get any of these questions answered, that that may cause a challenge because you're already in negotiations for a 30 or 45 day period of closing, then you probably might want to bring that before us a little sooner.
Ma'am, if I may, and that's a good point, but we don't want to bring, we staff don't want to bring something to you until we know enough details for you to really weigh out the consideration, like the price.
And the 30-day, and sorry if it sounded that way, that's just more how, like if you put an offer on a house or a property, they're probably not going to hold it for you forever, and that's the same way with this.
And this is kind of the same way when we do a bid.
You know, they'll hold their price for a certain amount of time.
And I'm sorry if it came across that we're putting you in the spotlight.
That's just more the nature of the business.
And we want to make sure it's enough detail where you feel comfortable making the decision regardless of the decision you make.
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