The City, over the last 15 years or so, has been known to do some mighty stupid things. Some call it corruption. The lack of free parking on Lucerne Avenue has been to the detriment of those shops. For the City and some Commissions, it's always been about the tax base and/or helping "friends." Considering that this present commission says it is "business-minded," it now wants to rid itself, once again, of valuable and even historic properties to non-profits or to the CRA, but that's another story.
Facts on the L Street Parking Lot
1. The City sold it to Les Evans, their favorite developer, in March 2005 for $575,000 and he quit claimed it to one of his companies, 601 Lucerne Inc. in August 2005.
2. LUCERNE Holdings LLC bought the property for $375,000 in December 2010. Why didn't we buy it back?
3. Market value is $73,531 FOR 1 PARCEL, the same for another and $147,148 for the third parcel.
607 Lucerne Ave--38-43-44-21-15-509-0050 - $73,531
605 Lucerne Ave--38-43-44-21-15-509-0060 - $73,531
601 Lucerne Ave--38-43-44-21-15-509-0070 - $147,148
If you have been wondering why there is a meter back on the property--
Finance Director Steve Carr says, "The lot owner did not want to renew the lease so the lot
is in private hands and the meter is their meter. There is no City involvement with this lot
any more."
Hey, if Lake Worth can make money off of my lot, then I can do it too, thought the owner. I just don't think Lake Worth was making enough to cover the lease and expenses. The lot was empty again yesterday morning. However, the parking charges are more advantageous than what the City was charging.
Good to know privately operated. Who enforces parking payment?
ReplyDeleteThey should market this lot to the nearby restaurants that use valet parking. Ordinary citizens who frequent our downtown don't really like paid parking.
ReplyDelete"Ordinary citizens" don't really like paid parking?
ReplyDelete"Net worth" should have nothing to do with "self worth". How would one of your children or your spouse feel if they were referred to as "ordinary"?
Here might be part of our problem in LW. Paying for something that we might of once got for free is something very few people really liked when they started to have to pay for it. No matter how much money they have in the bank. Things like directory assistance, TV signal coming into your house, or public parking. Just because we don't like paying for things by the user should not label us here in LW as just "ordinary." Let's stop putting a label on ourself, and stop thinking we're just "ordinary". Let's stop thinking of ourselves as "ordinary" and start seeing ourselves as "EXTRAORDINARY" here in LW!
The downtown merchants were promised a parking garage on that property. What happened? Andy?
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