TUMF Projects Recorded On General Ledger thru 2011

By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at Patch.com

Beaumont Records TUMF Projects Two Years After Being Thrown Out of WRCOG

Attached is a picture of the General Ledger Fund 35 – Mitigation Fees – for Fiscal Year 2010 – 2011 showing the City recording $1.3 Million in road work as ‘TUMF Projects’. This is just wrong.

#1 – The Western Riverside Council of Governments threw the City of Beaumont out of the TUMF Program in 2009. Once the City was thrown out of TUMF they no longer qualified for any TUMF projects.

#2 – TUMF Projects would be recorded on the WRCOG’s General Ledger, not the City’s. All the City should have on their General Ledger is collection of the TUMF from the developers and full remittance to the WRCOG.

There are no transactions recording the collection of TUMF from the developers. The Judgement states that instead of charging the developers TUMF they pushed the fees onto the ‘future’ property owners through Mello Roos bond debt.

Below the TUMF Projects is a copy of Fund 66 showing the WRCOG legal fees for Fiscal Year 2010 – 2011. Over $800,000 to McNeil Law Offices in one year.

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.