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Virginia Bloom
From: Grant Yates
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:47 AM
To: Virginia Bloom
Subject: Fwd: Agenda Item 5 - Tuesday 8/13/2013 Please table this item to another date
Can you do this? I am trying to keep distance from these folks.
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From: MICHAEL AND PAULIE <greatf ill@msn.com>
Date: August 13, 2013, 6:46:07 AM PDT
To: Grant Yates <gyatesgLake- Elsinore.oM>
Subject: FW: Agenda Item 5 - Tuesday 8/13/2013 Please table this item to another date
Mr. Yates, Please read this email during the meeting as our objection to Agenda Item No. 5,
REFERENCE Agenda Item 5 (link below)
http://www.lake-
elsinore.org/index.aspx?recordid=2247&page=492
Dear Mayor and Council:
We understand Castle & Cooke wanting to sell land in 2005 -B and believe the City should make
it a mandatory part of the approval that Castle & Cook buy down ALL CFD2005 -A bonds (for
all the houses and land) to meet the new proposed rates for 2005 -B. This would be the only
fair and responsible action the City Council should take and we believe this issue should be
tabled to a future date until this is part of the deal. We would like to remind you that last year
the City looked at refunding the bond for CFD2005 -A and it was determined at that time we are
at the best rate we can get, so refunding is not an option.
The CFD rate in Alberhill Ranch was established at the same rate for all of Alberhill Ranch and
we believe it should remain the same and /or the builder or their prospective buyer can pay all
bonds in CFD2005 -A down to be equal to the proposed rates in 2005 -B.
We don't mean to sound unreasonable but put yourselves in our shoes. Some of us paid
extremely high market values in Alberhill Ranch for our homes over $600k and we are paying
CFD taxes on that amount. Some of us are paying approximately $6,000.00 a year in taxes for
CFD2005 -A. The proposed rate for CFD2005 -B would be $2,100.00 a year for the same
house. The price of many of our homes have plummeted and will take a real nose dive if you
approve this proposed reduction in taxes for CFD2005 -B.