David Brodie This is Me

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1. 1. fresnobee.com | Local News

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   Published on: 9/19/2002   Last Visited: 9/19/2002

   The investors' consultant, David Brodie, told the council Tuesday the problem arose when investors learned they couldn't pay for the road improvements with money from a $1 million bond.
   
   Investors are paying the debt on the bond which the city received on the investors' behalf.
   
   Brodie said city staffers then told him the city would pay for the road improvements with money collected from Proposition 111, a gasoline sales-tax initiative. City staff said there is no proof to support Brodie's contention.
   
   Brodie said more than $8 million has been invested in the business park, which initially comprised about 50 acres. Now, only 24 acres are left to develop. He said the city would benefit with property and sales taxes because the business park could create hundreds of more jobs and be worth $35 million.
   
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2. 2. fresnobee.com | Local News

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   Published on: 9/26/2002   Last Visited: 9/26/2002

   The council voted, 6-1, to override the veto after the investor's consultant, David Brodie, promised to pay $50,000 of the road improvement bill.

3. 3. fresnobee.com | Local News

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   Published on: 9/15/2002   Last Visited: 9/15/2002

   The investors' consultant, David Brodie, said the business park initially comprised about 50 acres.
   
   Now only 24 acres are left to develop.
   
   Brodie said it was unfair to make the investors pay the bill because the road improvements benefit the city and other businesses in the area.
   
   Brodie said the investors have sunk millions of dollars of their own money into land acquisitions and for street, sewer and other infrastructure improvements.
   
   They also are paying the debt on a $1.4 million bond and have pumped millions of dollars more into the renovation of the old buildings.
   
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   Brodie contends the $154,845 was supposed to come out of the $1.4 million bond which the city received on the investors' behalf. But when that was ruled illegal, he said, city staffers told him the city would pay for the road improvements.
   
   "This is not rocket science," Brodie said. "There's no contract. The council is the policy maker, and they voted 6 to 1."
   
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   On Feb. 26, 1999, Brodie sent a letter to the city, saying "he was happy to commit to providing the matching funds" of $154,845 to get the grant.
   
   Fees already paid
   
   Once the road improvements were completed, the city paid for them with money from Proposition 111.
   
   The staff report said the city hoped to collect from the investors later. But the investors never sent a payment.
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   Brodie came to the meeting and said all that the council members had to do was direct staff not to bill the investors.