BOHNER Rodney T <br />From:C Rojas <c_rojas15@yahoo.com> <br />Sent:Monday, July 09, 2018 11:16 AM <br />To:BOHNER Rodney T <br />Subject:To Fred Wilson, Hearings Official for Lombard Apt Proposal <br />DearMrWilson, <br />ThisisinregardstotheLombardApartmentproposal.Beyondtheobviousmaterialissuesthatthedevelopersfailedto <br />address,muchlesssolve,it'sapparentthatthecityhasabandonedanyattemptstoattractfamiliestothearea. <br />Cities/countiesdon'tthrivebecauseofastrongrentalmarket,thatcanonlyhappenwithhomeownership.Ofcorse, <br />homebuyersneedaneconomythatcreatesjobsthatdevelopsamiddleclass.Neitherthestate,LaneCounty,nor <br />Eugene,haveanyrealsolutiontothedestructionofthatelementiftheeconomy.Instead,theycreatetheillusionof <br />t.Itdoesn'twork.SanBernardinocountyandcityareexamplesofthat. <br />prosperitybyutilizingrealestatedevelopmen <br />In2000,SanBernardinodecidedthattheyweregoingtoallowmorepropertydevelopmentpremisedonpopulation <br />growthprojections.Administratorsthere,aseverywhereelse,thoughtallthosemillionsofsquarefeetofnew <br />construction,includingresidential,wouldincreasetaxesandfundservices.Workedforawhile,SanBernardinoandits <br />neighboringcounty,Riverside,hadthefastestgrowingpropertypropertyvaluesinAmericabetween20002006. <br />Sowhatwastheupshotofallthatrealestatedevelopment?In2012,thecityofSanBernardinodeclaredbankruptcy. <br />From2012to2016,SanBernardinowasthesecondpoorestbigcityinAmerica.Howcouldthathavehappened?After <br />all,administratorshadwelcomedallmannerofdevelopment,theyhadapropertyvalueboom.Truthis,bothSan <br />BernardinoandRiversidehadseentheirmiddleclassevisceratedbetween1985tothepresent.KaiserSteel,oneofthe <br />largestmillsinAmerica,wentbankruptandclosedshop.SantaFeRailroadhaditsmainroundhouseandterminalin <br />Berdo.Theyleft,takingmassiveamountsofrailtrafficwiththem.NortonAFB,oneofthelargermilitarybasesonthe <br />WestCoast,wasdecommissionedandshutdown.Theagriculturalheritagethatfoundedbothcountieshadlongbeen <br />abandoned.Almostnojobsexistedtowarrantthecreationofanyofthedevelopmentschemesconcoctedby <br />municipalitiesanddevelopers.SanBernardinoisrapidlysinkingandnosolutionexists. <br />ty.Theyhavenoremedyforthefallinwagesand <br />EugeneandLaneCountyareanalogoustoSanBerdocityandcoun <br />incomesforresidents.Instead,outsidedevelopersusepublicresourcesforbuildingsthathavenoinherentbenefit.If <br />youallowthisridiculousproposaltogothrough,thenit'sapparentthatwenolongercantrustpublicfunctionariesto <br />maintainpublicbenefit.Iurgeyouturndownthisproposal. <br />Thankyou, <br />CharlieRojas <br />SentfrommyiPhone <br />1 <br /> <br />