By Scott Unger • Of the News-Register • 

MURAC backs Palindrome for Alpine development

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Moe

No architectural appeal.
No fun.

Unnatural combination of uses with deliberately inadequate parking suggests tiptoe into the
15-minute city concept.

And that name!
If the name was "Grain," that would be stupid.
"Granum" is even more stupid.
It ain't even American.

Bigfootlives

Nothing spends like other people’s money.

Moe

If the city would have purchased the property for a legitimate reason, such as an equipment yard / repair / storage facility, that would have been ok. But clearly, that was not the case.

All the city had to do was nothing. Ultimate RB would have taken care of itself. Now the city should just admit that it made a mistake. Why not flip the property, perhaps with a change in zoning?

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Meanwhile, I'll say it again:

Moe's prescription:

1. Go back to old fire district: $1.50 / $1k.
End new fire district.

Appearance is that new fire district was a trick to increase tax authority.

Provide tax credit of at least 3 x $0.50 / $1k until 150% of overpayment. Overpayment defined as taxes collected on old fire district
$1.50 / $1k tax authority after new fire district $ 2.00 / $1k was in effect.

2. End "$13" service fee.
Provide 3 x $13 = $39 credit until 150% of overpayment. Overpayment defined as fees charged since original debt repaid by service fee.

3. No stormwater fee.
City shall repair storm system as needed without imposing new permanent fee.

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