Pacifica Tribune/Jane Northrop, 8/7/13. "Permits expire on Oddstad Assisted Living; developer hopeful project lives."
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| Most Pacifica residents are hopeful that the assisted living project gets built before WE need it |
The three-story, 96-unit complex at 721 Oddstad Boulevard was approved so long ago, its site plan, sign permit and use permit have all expired. The developer had a year from July 23, 2012, when City Council approved it, to apply for a building permit. That hasn't happened and there has not been an application for an extension, said Kathryn Farbstein, assistant city planner." Read article.
Reference - Oddstad Assisted Living Facility Center, includes links to CEQA, EIR, mitigation, monitoring. " The project consisted of a 55,914-square foot, 96-unit Assisted Living Center complex at 721 Oddstad Boulevard in the City of Pacifica. The project included the construction of three three-story buildings, an underground parking garage, and access roads. The project site is currently designated as Agricultural under the City of Pacifica General Plan but is zoned Neighborhood Commercial (C-1). The parcel of land proposed for the project is approximately 2.13 acres and is located near San Pedro Valley County Park at the intersection of the North and Middle Fork of San Pedro Creek."
Note: photograph graphic from the above reference. For additional Fix Pacifica article reprints, search this blog for "Assisted living Oddstad build".
Posted by Kathy Meeh
22 comments:
Property is listed for sale. Sounds like they have given up.
The real problem was that City Council delayed and delayed their approval of the project. The developers lost the option on the property [at an agreed price]and the property owner then wanted an unreasonable amount of money when the developer finally got approval.
Council's failure to act in a timely manner doomed the project.
Council delayed dealing with Vreeland's chronic absences and that delayed the vote. Was it sympathy for a troubled colleague, ineptitude, or running out the clock? Maybe a little of all three? When the vote finally took place, Dejarnatt was still recused and I believe Jaquith, Stone, Digre and Nihart voted for it. Of course, it was an absolutely meaningless gesture at that point. Money is always an issue and it may have never been built even if it was rushed through, but council's dithering delay really stacked the deck against it.
Vreeland ripped off this city by not showing up for his job the last 2 years of his office. He should not be reaping any benefits.
Yeah? Council quietly joined the mgmt/exec classification of city employees about 7 years ago. That gave them all the benefits of that class, including a pension when they reach retirement age. Sort of a foxes in the henhouse thing. The whole 'pensions for elected officials' thing is controversial. It's on the radar of pension reformers statewide.
This is ancient history and all this has been taken away.
present tense not past.
1023 Going by the 2011 State Controller's salary list which is the latest available, it isn't ancient history. Not aware of any council action that would make it so. You have details on that?? Agenda, date, etc. On that 2011 report, of our remaining veterans, Stone continued to waive all compensation, Digre had reduced hers significantly, and Nihart appeared to be taking the max. Do you have info that says former, qualified councilmembers are not now or will not be collecting a CalPers pension? If you have any facts to support your rosy outlook, please share. Otherwise, it's only the faces that have changed while the very generous compensation for an elected part-time position in a flat broke town is still going on. IMHO this is an example of the attitude problem council has in making real pay cuts to city employees. Got any proof anything has changed?
Do you have info that says former, qualified councilmembers are now or will be collecting a CalPers pension? I haven't heard that before so if it's true, I'd like to see the documentation.
They paid into calpers. It is not free or bonus money. Just like everyone else.
No, not at all like everyone else. These are not FT career civil servants for whom CalPers was always part of the compensation package. These are very PT, elected officials who gained access to a CalPers pension and the rest of the benefit package by using the power entrusted to them by the voters to quietly vote this for themselves. They all have other FT jobs from which they can receive benefits. Would the public have supported this posh city benefit package for councilmembers? Doubtful, and that may explain the near-secrecy with which it was done. If the current batch wants to make it right, they should vote to give up
all of it-- the pension, cafeteria cash and other costly benefits. They already receive a monthly stipend that is nearly double the $400 the State Municipal Code recommends for a city of 39,000. Set an example of real austerity and they just might find it easier to ask for more sacrifices from the rank and file instead of scamming another tax measure on the voters. In any event, they'd be correcting an abuse of power from which they undeniably profit.
427 they do. Check the state report and you'll see where the contribution is made. Also worth noting that usually the pension contributions for the mgr class which council joined about 2007 are paid by the city. This do they or don't they get a pension question has been settled on here before. Came up about the time Pete said he'd retire. Yeah, Pete with a pension from this city. Who else made the grade?
I don't think it's at all settled. There were comments made about Pete DeJarnatt receiving a pension of $25,000 a year for life. That was never established as fact. It's the problem with blogs and the internet. You can make up anything you want and somehow it's up to other people to "prove" it's not true.
Have you stopped beating your wife yet? Let's see your proof.
I sure am tired of this foggy, cold weather we're having today.
"I sure am tired of this foggy, cold weather we're having today." Anonymous 12:33 pm.
Its warmer today, so that must mean you're not in Pacifica today.
12:33
Maybe you should go into city hall and ask for the documents.
Instead of spewing BS.
It was a joke, Kathy.
No, it was more a disclosure, Anonymous 2:52 PM. Time to move on, yet?
The info is public record. Of course they get it. Voted it for themselves about 2007. A sneaky bit of business that keeps on giving. Bothers some people less with this particular council in office? Good luck with that.
"Bothers some people less with this particular council in office?"
Doesn't bother me. I never bought into the idea that council was paid too much.
What ever happened to the idea of public service? Too idealistic? Ok. I have no problem with them making $2000 per month with absolutely no benefits. That's roughly $20 hr for 20 hrs per week, give or take. Their comp should be determined separate from any city employee. They are part-time regardless of how often they appear in the paper or out and about working on their name recognition for the next step. They all have access to benefits through their day jobs. Receiving a lifetime CalPers pension for serving on Council in permanently impoverished Pacifica is greed carried out under the radar. I don't care who gets it, past, present or future, but the list is growing.
I wonder how they find the spare time to go to all of these meetings and events. No one from the Pacifica City Council has or will make it in politics over the hill.
"What ever happened to the idea of public service?"
Said by someone who has never offered a day of public service in their life.
Irrelevant to the issue, even if true. We have an expectation and a right to be truly and well-represented by those we entrust with public office. We are fools when we choose to overlook purely self-serving actions by those in office.
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