Shawn Nelson voted to kill Chevron’s West Coyote Hills development – but not for the same reasons that Keller and Quirk-Silva noted. At Tuesday’s City Council Meeting Shawn Nelson said of staff, “It’s like everybody got their Christmas list out.”
Nelson was referring to the extraordinary list of demands that the City of Fullerton has placed on the developer that include all-terrain vehicles, trailers, an interpretive center, school fees of more than $10 million, a $5 million endowment, and park fees. Nelson said “There’s only 760 units planned in this development and that would be $265,000 per unit. And they haven’t graded one spec of dirt, haven’t put in a street, a sewer, a street light. I’m embarrassed. I mean that’s shameful. Whether you approve it or not, that’s a problem.” He went on to ask, “How is that [list of demands] their [Pacific Coast Homes] or anybody’s responsibility that comes to town?”
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Nice work, Shawn!
I suspect Chevron would rather do you business your way: without all the graft.
And you’ve left yourself negotiating room for the future.
Keep up the good work!
The city has no control over school fees, which are standard for new development (or additions). However, a $5 million dollar endowment? Shawn Nelson was correct for standing up to city staff and saying enough already.
I’m sure his opposition to the development was based on reasons that differ from my own, but regardless of his reason or motives, his vote help kill the development and for the foreseeable future 760 cookie cutter shit boxes will not be built in the last significant open space in North OC. I’ll take it. Nelson lived up to his old campaign mailer that said he would Save Coyote Hills.
I love Nelson’s die job on his hair. What is he moonlighting as an Elvis impersonator?
The dye job and the weight gain looks more like Elvis circa 1973