Are you Kidding Me?

In case no one read the minutes from the Legislature meeting, see below for the link. Rather than bore you with a paste up of the minutes, I decided to just include my email to those of the Concerned Citizens for Neighborhood Preservation (area residents who are keeping an eye on the happenings of the CC Health facilities):

We should not give the Legislature AN INCH on this matter. Without any plans for a facility at that location, why buy the properties? Still taking over a half million dollars off the tax rolls, and without any idea what would go there are how that affects the rest of the County facilities? The Legislature (John Daniels) also mentioned that The McNeils are interested in the Moose property - BUT STILL MADE THE MOTION AND VOTED TO PURCHASE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ANYWAY.

This is not over, folks. Ric Van Donsel said that the County could win the lawsuit. It would be July before the Moose lawsuit would be settled. This is ridiculous. No one mentioned what they expected would fit, no one appears to have had dialog with the City for shared services. We're right back to where we were 4 months ago.

The mention of the Noss site being nonviable seems way out there too. Why is the BDC/IDA pushing to promote this site for development to private entities but the County won't touch it? There would be liability for anyone, right? I read the report on the Rosen site a few months ago, there are areas on the South Main end of the site that are less contaminated (and therefore less liability!).

By the way, Darth Schrader appears to have his numbers messed up - again.
Here's the link and quote from the minutes of yesterday's General Services special meeting:
http://www.cortland-co.org/Legislature/Minutes/2007Comm/apr19-07GSSpMtg.htm

"Scott Schrader: According to the EPA, all 18 acres of that land is contaminated and it has been capped. If any construction was proposed on that site there would be a lot of liability and there would be no money available for clean up.

Newell Willcox: Would like documentation of this from Scott Schrader."
SO WOULD WE!!!

However, I think we pay attention more to detail. Here's the link from BDC/IDA on the Noss Park site, followed by a short quote from the press release:
http://www.cortlandbusiness.com/news/pressrelease.php?RECORD_KEY(pressreleases)
=id&id(pressreleases)=422

"City of Cortland's Noss Park receives funding in the fourth round of NYS program to provide pre-permitting assistance to development sites
New York State has just announced that the City of Cortland's 26-acre Noss Park - Rosen site was one of 23 sites in 13 counties that will receive a total of $2 million in matching grants under the fourth round of the state's Build Now-NY initiative."

Where did those other 8 acres disappear to?

Finally, I am more than a little concerned that the public is not getting the entire information and the Legislators are delegating our small but determined group to do due their work for them. Can't (Ron) or won't (Marilyn) call meetings with their districts prior to what may be the final vote next week?

Stay the Course, no properties!!!