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from the other tenants. But Mi- chael Fischer, a Peralta neigh- bor, pointed out that the numbers were misleading because the PGP income was net, while the option two income was gross. Once you factor in maintenance and util- ity costs for the entire parcel, he explained, actual income will be less.


By the numbers “You’re comparing apples and oranges,” Diane Singer pointed out. “We don’t know how much it will cost to manage this prop- erty; we don’t know how much income option two will actually provide.” Alexia


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questioned the district’s appar- ent bargaining with PGP’s sub- tenants. “When did the district approach the subtenants?” she asked. Told that the subtenants had actually come to OUSD, she noted that it was an “odd coinci- dence.” Singer agreed. “I’m puzzled


by how this relationship evolved. It sounds kind of funny. Are we cannibalizing this guy’s (Hawkins) business?” she asked,


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adding that, “as a government body, the board should not be meddling in someone’s business.” Option two would also leave


much of the property untended. The Super Sports driving range, for example, would be orphaned.


Look before you leap Michael Fischer recommended


the board issue a request for pro- posals for the long-term use of the entire property before cancelling the PGP lease. Kathy Moffat,


participat-


ing via telephone, reiterated the short-sightedness of ending the lease with no alternative in sight. “We need to set a direction,” she said. “We need to keep PGP on a month-to-month. Everything is functioning right now. Let’s leave it until we have an alterna- tive.” Tim Surridge expressed his


desire to maximize returns for the district. He noted that PGP’s lease was 20 years old and that $200,000 a year today is not what it was then. He recommended ac- cepting the three separate license agreements, noting we can “lease out the rest of the property later.” That comment spurred Rick Ledesma to suggest a third op- tion. “All leases need to be re- viewed,” he said. “With option


two, we end up with a golf range. We need to lease that out, maybe to PGP. We don’t have to re-up the 20-year lease, but we need to review it.”


Chip off the same bloc The vote on option one, renew-


ing Super Sports on a month- to-month, was Singer, Moffat and Delgianni-Brydges in favor; Wayland, Ledesma, Surridge and Ortega against. Before deciding on option two,


Moffat asked the board to delay the vote until it had more detailed numbers. The proposals before the board were, after all, simply suggested lease amounts that could go up or down. “We should direct staff to negotiate terms,” Moffatt said. “Give us time for a well-thought-out plan.” Moffat’s request to defer the


vote was rejected four (Wayland, Ledesma, Wayland, Surridge) to three (Moffat, Singer, Delgianni- Brydges). Option two was sub- sequently accepted by the same margin. “The board has no idea how


much it costs to maintain that property,” Kent Hawkins said after the meeting. “I wanted to speak, to tell them how much maintenance really is, but I wasn’t allowed to.”


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Good works across the border


construction began in 2014. It was erected in the small fishing village of Desemboque and will provide clean water, stop typhoid and other diseases for the 2,000 residents. The Rotarians were surprised to learn that the water tank manufacturer was inspired to donate a second tank, to provide clean water in the nearby town of nearby Morelos Ejido. The trip was organized by


Villa Park Rotarian Will Warren stands beside one of the two new water tanks erected in Mexico.


Rotary Club of Villa Park’s an-


nual trip to Caborca, Mexico was three-pronged this year. In addi- tion to administering two drops of polio vaccine to about 200 children, the club donated money for the childrens medical fund, and oversaw the installation of a 10,500-gallon water tank. The water tank is part of Ro- tary’s Global Grant Project;


Mike Brunhober. He, Ken Cap- lin, Margaret Lawson, Will War- ren and Jay Applebaum were joined by members from 12 Ro- tary Clubs in California, Arizona and Louisiana.


Margaret Lawson, a Rotarian from Villa Park, gestures at the fully-erected water tower in Desemboque. It will provide fresh, clean water to the village residents.


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