NO MORE ‘WILL-SERVE’ LETTERS !!

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at Patch.com

BCVWD Tabled Both Developers’ Request to Honor Old Will-Serve Letters and Approved Resolution to Halt All Will-Serve Letters.

Congrats to the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District for tabling old will-serve letters. Sunny-Cal planned to develop 497 houses at the old turkey ranch and K. Hovanian requested will-serve letters to build another 172 houses in the Four Seasons Development.

The Water District then approved Resolution 2014-05 effectively stopping all will-serve letters until drought conditions improve and there is more than a 5-year supply of drinking water remaining.

The BCVWD did what agencies are established to do, which is to protect the public. We all know that the developers and building association have threatened to sue the Water District if they are not allowed to continue to build, but it is not the Water District that deceived them.

The City of Beaumont was supposed to expand their Sewer Plant and build a Recycled Water Plant by 1995, but the corrupt elected and appointed officials stole all the money.

Developers can feel free to file a lawsuit against the City of Beaumont, but it’s a really long line leading to empty coffers as the City is only worth a fraction of the debt accumulated.

Developers flock to Beaumont because of the ‘great deals’. Now they know those great deals were deals with the devil.

Relevant Issues

A Clear Conflict of Interest
The City of Beaumont's contract with Urban Logic presents a significant conflict of interest and therefore must be terminated.
Favoritism and Cronyism
The City of Beaumont, under Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas, has consistently demonstrated favoritism and cronyism in the awarding of pubic contracts.
Cost to Taxpayers
Urban Logic's contract with The City of Beaumont which allows it to profit from each approved development, along with their on-going practice of awarding high-dollar public contracts to a small group of friends and associates instead of to the lowest bidder, have cost Beaumont taxpayers millions.
Impact on Existing Businesses
The policies of Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas ignore the needs of existing businesses in favor of new development and big box stores.
Quality of Life
Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas have damaged our quality of life by failing to uphold high development standards, depleting local resources, making local government less accessible to residents, and by destroying the small town feel of the City of Beaumont.
Tactics
Urban Logic protects its ability to extract money from the City of Beaumont at all costs, resorting to intimidation and threats when necessary.