BLUE FOLDER ITEM
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 21, 2022
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; CityClerk; [email protected]; CityClerk; Paul Novak; Communications; Kevin Cody; Lisa Jacobs
Subject: False Public Statements in BCHD Finance Committee Minutes Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022 6:09:28 PM
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1) Electeds, Mayors and Councils of the BCHD Owning Cities, Mayor and Council of Torrance, LALAFCO, Media:
2) Correction of the Inaccurate BCHD Finance Committee Record:
In the June 16 2022 minutes presentation in the BCHD Finance Committee Agenda Packet, the following is written as a BCHD comment assertion between its 2019 and 2020 plans:
"Smaller Building Sizes:426,000 sf to 253,700 sf"
The statement is objectively false and misleading.
At the same time as BCHD's sleight-of-hand reducing the size of the RCFE building, it made a number of other changes that resulted in an OVERALL INCREASE in square feet of the ENTIRE PROJECT from 729,000 sqft of surface buildings to 792,000 sqft of surface buildings (about 10% increase) by transferring 160,000 sqft of out-of-sight underground parking to an 8-10 story surface ramp. Apparently BCHD "believes" that an 8-10 story Prospect and Diamond is invisible and does not count in the square feet. If you live ANYWHERE near Prospect and Diamond, you will see, smell and hear the above ground building.
Furthermore, we were told that the building size was reduced in order to keep market rents high and not saturate the market. This was NOT a concession to the neighbors.
BCHD is falsifying its actual change in campus size - BCHD INCREASED the square footage of surface buildings - BCHD DID NOT REDUCE SIZE.