Friday, November 23, 2007

Rialto Project's Details Hazy (Daily Bulletin, Nov. 18, 2007) Industrial Projects for Renassainse area & Cactus @ Santa Ana Still Uncertain??.

BS Ranch Perspective

It seems that all the original Plans for the southern end of Rialto are not as they were originally intended, and now The Rialto City Council is willing to Fly By The Seat of Their Pants, and get Buildings on those properties, it will not matter what kind of Building's but just as long as there are buildings and they are developed, and have working toilets, and there is a need to have trash service delivered to that address (all of which the city gets tax money from). I know that it is a time that things that were originally planned are likely not going to happen for a long time, if you were going to wait for the pieces of the Real Estate to come back to the Ballooned Prices that they had become before the Market "Popped".

It just doesn't seem right that Rialto reform from a sleepy little bedroom community to a small industrial city, by just the change of the market!! I guess that is what they are going to have to do to keep Rialto's Budget in the Black!! The additional taxes that are brought in will pay/replace the current 8% Utility Tax, which the people of Rialto will be tired of paying in the next five years.


I might be beheaded on the Internet on this statement, but I will make it, Officer Sergio Carrera's Death on Duty was a Wake Up Call to the Citizens of Rialto, they finally realized that they were living in a City that had been let go by their City Council Members, and the City Administrator, upheld by the Advice of the Cities Attorney, Owens that they Reduce the Staff of the Police Department to Unsafe Levels, by SERVING THE PINK SLIPS TO THE ACADEMY TRAINEE'S (TRAINEE'S WHOM HAD NOT YET MADE IT TO THE TITLE POLICE OFFICER), POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE IN TRAINING & ON PROBATION, & ALL NON-SWORN PERSONNEL WHICH WERE STILL ON PROBATIONARY STATUS, WAS LAID OFF!!     This was done early in the battle with their own Voting Citizens, and the Rialto Police Benefit Association, in an attempt to make Police Officers Quit, and move on to other Police Agencies who was on the Cal-PERS retirement system (The Retirement system that Rialto is currently on).

The Tactic was a success in many ways, there was three officers that left on one day, and went to the neighboring City of Riverside. These Officers had been with Rialto their whole career, Officer Madson had started with Rialto as a Cadet, and then became a Reserve Police Officer, which was his title when I started @ Rialto Police Department. He left to put himself through the Academy and was hired then by Hemet Police Department, as soon as Officer Madson got his Basic Post Certificate he came back to Rialto where he worked for over 10 years, before this Occurred. He has a family to take care of and he was concerned for them in making the decision to move to Riverside. Officer T.Roy was 16 when I first met him, his car was stolen and I took the stolen vehicle report. It was then that I talked him into becoming an Explorer at Rialto Police Department. He worked his way up to being the Capt. of the explorer group, then shortly after I had transferred to being the Reserve Coordinator he followed me there, when I went to Traffic he became a Regular Officer at Rialto Police Department. He too had just short of 10 years with Rialto when he went to Riverside, all because he had a family to support and it was time that he made sure that his retirement was set and the fight was to much for his family to bear!!


The Tactic's that the Rialto City Administrator Garcia, Rialto City Council Members (Vargus, Scott, Robertson, Sampson, Hanson) took at the advise of the City's Council, Owens, It was clear at that time that the Public Safety and the Safety of the Police Officer's that were trying to keep the Criminal Element Away was all jeopardised by this action, Now I know that they say that the city has almost recouped all the officers that were lost, All 27 of them, however you had over I venture to say 50 years police experience that left, and now you trade it for these Officers that have a combined 27 years Police experience (IF EVEN THAT) Not one of the position's that were filled to replace the Police Officers that left were Experienced Officers, they all were Police Officers, FRESH OUT OF THE ACADEMY!!

Because of the Current Contract that the City Council Negotiated and refused to budge on any points of interest with the Rialto Police Benefit Association's Negotiation Team, therefore they're has NOT BEEN ANY Lateral Entry Police Officers that had Experience being a Police Officer from another Agency. The reason being is that The City Council, Didn't and will not, and continues to fight against the Retirement System that more then 97% of all other Police Agencies have and that is the 3% at 50 Years of age Retirement Package.

The past tactics taken by the Rialto City Council, Rialto City Administration, they should feel that they are a GREAT PART TO BLAME FOR THE RISE IN CRIME IN RIALTO!!

BECAUSE THE RIALTO CITY COUNCIL, RIALTO CITY ADMINISTRATOR (GARCIA), RIALTO CITY REPRESENTATION (OWEN), ARE A GREAT DEAL WHY THE CRIME RATE IN RIALTO INCREASED SO HIGH. BECAUSE OF THE TACTICS THAT THEY USED TO GAIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO COME INTO RIALTO AND TAKE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OVER, THEY DID SOME THINGS THAT MADE RIALTO POTENTIALLY UNSAFE FOR POLICE OFFICERS........EVEN TODAY...SINCE THE STUFF THAT WAS DONE BACK THEN IS STILL BEING FOUGHT TODAY BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.    IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME JUST ASK THOSE THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THE TACTICS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK IN THEIR WAR TO HAVE SHERIFF PENROD TAKE OVER!!!!

BS Ranch



Rialto project's details hazy
By Jason Pesick, Staff Writer

RIALTO - The entities that will make up the industrial project that Atlanta-based Oakmont Industrial Group is planning here are still uncertain - but the project will leave a major mark on the region.

The 192-acre, 4million-square-foot project will be located around Cactus Avenue near the city's southern border with Riverside County.

"That is akin to the redevelopment of the former Kaiser Steel plant," said Tim Howard, Oakmont's regional partner.

What exactly will be included in the $350million project is not yet clear, he said.

Councilman Ed Scott seems to have an idea though, and it's fine by him.

"I think the major component of the project is a manufacturing facility," said Scott, a member of the council's economic development committee.


Scott had recently expressed concern about the number of distribution centers moving into the region. He said the centers bring trucks and low-paying jobs.

Such a business will be included, Howard said, but it is too early to say how much of the project will be allotted to manufacturing.

Construction isn't expected to start until early 2009, he said.

"It's freshman year in college and we don't need to declare until our junior year what our major is," Howard said.

Scott said that since there is no fire station south of the 10 Freeway in Rialto, building such a facility will be part of the project.

The area was supposed to include more than 720

homes. In February, the council approved the housing project. The Local Agency Formation Commission in April allowed the city to annex the land.

But in August, developer Young Homes sold the land to Oakmont for $92million. Not a shabby price considering the land isn't even approved for industrial development.

The council would have to approve the new project considering it has undergone such a dramatic change.

In addition to the project on the city's south end, Oakmont is also planning to build a smaller business park, which will include 11 buildings on 31 acres.

Construction on the smaller park, which will be near Rialto Airport where the Renaissance Rialto community is planned, could start in about six months and include buildings that are 10,000 to 50,000 square feet, Howard said.


jason.pesick@sbsun.com

(909) 386-3861

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