tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post18551206592551103..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Lockerbie Residents Give City Officials Thumbs Down To Fire StationGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-27881055564853420532012-11-14T09:43:13.484-05:002012-11-14T09:43:13.484-05:00The RFP did not foreclose a developer from proposi...The RFP did not foreclose a developer from proposing a plan that incorporated the fire station into the redevelopment of the existing Mass Ave parcel, but it would have required doing it in a fashion that permitted the current station to continue operating while construction was underway. I don't think the developers were too keen on that idea. The biggest rub is that putting the fire station at the North Lockerbie parcel is completely inconsistent with the area development plan for the historic neighborhood. It will, in effect, create the same dead zone in the middle of the neighborhood they complain that the current station causes to the Mass Ave corridor currently.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13360253405718977802012-11-14T09:27:29.065-05:002012-11-14T09:27:29.065-05:00I should also add...
Kintner lied by non sequitur...I should also add...<br /><br />Kintner lied by non sequitur. The RFP included the demolition of the current fire station - a fact Kintner shared everywhere. The developer of the Mass Ave site will have nothing to do with the relocated fire station. So, the fact that there is only one site (ever) under consideration is completely irrelevant to any privacy issues involving the RFP proposals.<br /><br />And, that being said, there was never a reason the winner of that RFP could not be announced with the caveat that a TIF was established as the source of funding. But, that would mean that the Councillors would have more information than Vaughn and Kintner wanted them to have.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33477660213362944262012-11-14T09:00:44.210-05:002012-11-14T09:00:44.210-05:00This is yet another reason that full disclosure sh...This is yet another reason that full disclosure should be made when TIFs are being considered. Everyone except the neighbors knew the fire station would be relocated to this site. The neighbors were denied their inherent right to speak to the plan before taxpayer money was on deck to be raised and spent.<br /><br />And, as usual, neighbors have key information nobody in city hall's echo chamber ever thought to ask about - like the water table scuttling cellar parking.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.com