Conditional and Finial Approval

This is on the agenda at tonight's Coatesville City Council meeting:

Regular Action Items
1. Receive a consider a Resolution approving the Preliminary and Final Land Development Plan, with conditions for the Land Development Plan, referencing the development of an Office Building and Hotel Redevelopment Project, located along Manor Road.

The last time the Coatesville City Council voted on a conditional and final approval of a major project it was for Chetty's "Pennock Place" at 3rd Avenue and Lincoln Highway. City Solicitor Andrew Lehr recommended voting against it.

From the Chester County Reporter, March 28, 2006

“Coatesville Council puts Chetty Development on hold”

“Johnson said he wanted to vote in favor of the project, but was acting on the advice of city Solicitor Andrew Lehr who said there were problems with some of the language in the resolution. Lehr said one of the conditions of the resolution was that a zoning variance is needed. The zoning hearing board, he said, meets on April 4.”

From:

Coatesville council action delays building plan
Source: Benjamin Y. Lowe INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A major part of Coatesville's $600 million revitalization is on hold after City Council, on its solicitor's advice, declined last night to approve plans for a downtown condominium building.
The move has delayed builder Carl Chetty for at least a month. He has proposed building up to seven seven-story condominiums.
After he angrily walked out of last night's meeting, Chetty said that his patience was "wearing thin" with
Published on 2006-03-28, Page B03, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)

“Schenk said he voted to table it because of advice from City Solicitor Andrew G. Lehr who said there were problems with some of the language in the resolution.”

The lot at 3rd Avenue and Lincoln Highway is vacant.

Did an alleged meeting at Chetty Headquarters in December of 2005 have anything to do with Mr. Lehr's recommendation against Chetty's building?
Ernie Campos speaking at the City of Coatesville Redevelopment Authority meeting July 17,2006:

CamposMeetingWdevelopers.wav

Redevelopment Authority Minutes May 15, 2006
http://coatesville.org/minutes/rda/060515.pdf

Redevelopment Authority Minutes June 19, 2006
http://coatesville.org/minutes/rda/060619.pdf

Redevelopment Authority Minutes July 17, 2006
http://coatesville.org/minutes/rda/060717.pdf

Agenda for tonight's Coatesville City Council meeting:
http://coatesville.org/minutes/ccagenda/2010/100322Regular.pdf

Chetty Builders/RDA Agreement of Sale for North Flats property

You can find the Agreement of sale between the City of Coatesville RDA and "North Flats, L.P." (Chetty Builders) here:

http://www.box.net/shared/0ma390z2s7

If there were no changes by the Coatesville City Council it may be the same agreement of sale approved by the Coatesville City Council on December 23, 2009.

Also see Matt Baker's website:

http://bakerforcoatesville.com/

And Karl Marking's website:

http://www.karlmarking.com/

I have just one comment so far. It appears that Coatesville's costs can be migrated by grants for cleanup. I think the last capable grant writer we had at the City of Coatesville was Jean Krack.

I think that by now the FBI has more hooks to initiate a RICO investigation in Coatesville than a bass crankbait lure.

Council rejects layoffs after city sent notices
13 employees were told their last day would be Oct. 30
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
By DANIELLE LYNCH, Staff Writer
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/10/27/news/srv0000006702073.txt

Was the work visa for Donald McKensie? Is he back in the Islands waiting for his alleged kickbacks for additional consultant fees?

I think this comment by moondancer may be accurate:

May 15, 2009 7:52 PM
moondancer said...
MacKenzie, acting as stooge for Walker, yolked the city with software that is no better, maybe less than the existing program. The expensive part will be the high cost training and the "commissions" that will "kicked back" to the perps, uh I mean administrators. Walker never misses a chance to feather his nest at the cost of Coatesville.

Also see Resume kept out of public eye - COATESVILLE — City Manager Harry Walker refuses to release the resume of a consultant the city recently hired to work in the finance department.
Friday, October 10, 2008 3:00 AM EDT By DAN KRISTIE, Staff Writer
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2008/10/10/today%27s%20stories/20159306.prt

Back up to my last post concerning Amrit Lal and the approximately $110,000 owed to the City of Coatesville. The City of Coatesville has clear legal rights to that money. Did any money change hands between Lal and city officials?
http://www.aopc.org/OpPosting/CWealth/out/1416CD06_6-28-07.pdf

In the flats development;
Disbarred Attorney Leslie Smallwood of Mosaic Development Partners, LLC allegedly has long time connections to several people in the Coatesville area and possibly to several politically connected to Coatesville through now deceased attorney Michael T Whitlow. Whitlow was her partner in the court action for “knowingly misappropriating clients’ trust funds in the amount of at least $139,500” for which she was disbarred.
See
http://coatesvilledems.blogspot.com/2009/05/smallwood-disbarred-attorney-smallwood.html

Why was Chetty Builders rejected the first time around? See About the hotel in Coatesville:
http://coatesvilledems.blogspot.com/2009/08/about-hotel-in-coatesville.html

About the power plant in Coatesville:

I was informed that Walker and Lehr had allegedly been meeting for months before the RDA meeting with some power plant representatives at “The Whip Tavern” in Chester County. Al Baxter was alleged to be one other Chester County resident at those meetings. What I am hearing is that the power plant for the flats idea was allegedly years in the making. That it allegedly was proposed by, Walker, Lehr and Al Baxter about 4 years ago. In other words, long before Walker was brought in.
An excerpt from RDA meeting, February 19, 2008

Mr. Discullio, “Mr. Simpson, you are on City Council.”

Mr. Simpson, “Yes”

Mr. Discullio, “As you know, Mr. Walker wears two hats, being City Manager and RDA Director. I will say this, as far as negotiations with the power company; I was stunned to find out that the City Solicitor and Mr. Walker and had been talking to the power company and (RDA solicitor) Mr. O’Donnell was not invited to participate in that. That was eye opening to me”.

Mr. Simpson, “I will take that up with council because as far as I am concerned, I don’t think that the city.” Cut off by Coatesville City Solicitor Andrew Lehr from the audience

Mr. Lehr; “I never said that”

Mr. Discullio, “Excuse me Mr. Lehr; it is factual because you said it. I got it right from you.”

Walker, “I never talked to anybody from any power company, in my office”.

Mr. Discullio, “Mr. Lehr, told me, told me, that you and he had serious discussions with the power company.”

Campos, “What was the, the issue, the act of doing something or just bringing information up to up front and we don’t like the information, That’s what I’m trying to figure out. I know the negative aura about the power company but I don’t, I’m not supporting you know the action of any individuals or bringing stuff up forward, we don’t like it we reject it. It’s hard to say, you know”


You can listen to an excerpt from the RDA of February 19, 2008 here:
http://www.box.net/shared/bf6hzf5r3y


I think that by now the FBI has more hooks to initiate a RICO investigation in Coatesville than a bass crankbait lure. Only one hook needs to stick and the USDoJ using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can go back 10 years.

PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN CHESTER COUNTY PA CAN SAY: WHAT RECESSION?

Check out the Associated Press Economic Stress Index measuring economic stress by county in the United States Interactive Map.

You will see that Chester County, PA has one of the very lowest Economic Stress numbers and lowest unemployment numbers in the United States.

It helps you understand why Chetty Builders feels that they will have no problem selling their condos here in Coatesville, Chester County, PA.

It’s crime keeping people away from Coatesville; not a recession. If Coatesville was not drug trafficking central for Chester County, PA the real estate market here in Coatesville would be in HOT.

And, demographics show us that the hottest portion of the real estate market for decades to come is the condo-townhouse market for Baby Boomers and young people starting out. The McMansions may turn out to be “white elephants” in the real estate market.

Chetty is a very well respected experienced builder who is still making money is an over all depressed economy. Bart Blatstein is a very well respected experienced builder who is still making money in a depressed economy. They are both interested in Coatesville…Mmmm

Some Samples from the AP INTERACTIVE MAP:

THE NUMBERS FOR CHESTER COUNTY, PA are

"AP Economic Stress index 6.65
Unemployment 6.1%
Foreclosure 0.21%
Bankruptcy 0.38%"

Just a few samples from places you might know:

Sacramento County, CA
"AP Economic Stress index 16.58
Unemployment 11.3%
Foreclosure 4.44%
Bankruptcy 1.58"

Bucks County, PA
"AP Economic Stress index 8.73
Unemployment 7.5%
Foreclosure 0.69%
Bankruptcy 0.64"

Westchester County, NY
"AP Economic Stress index 8.30
Unemployment 7.2%
Foreclosure 0.79%
Bankruptcy 039%"

San Diego County, CA
"AP Economic Stress index 12.97
Unemployment 9.3%
Foreclosure 2.87%
Bankruptcy 1.21%"

Have some fun checking out the Associated Press Economic Stress Index Interactive map at:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/_national/stress_index/index.html?SITE=YAHOO&SECTION=HOME