Money for Land, not Buildingsw

The City of Nampa is going through an up hill battle to receive funding from the Urban Renewal Agency to spend $15.5 million. From reading the IPT and other city news releases, one would think that the $15.5 million would be actually building the library and new police station. NOT! The $15.5 million is to just purchase land. What is being lost in the public discussion is what happens once the City spends $15.5 million for land, but then doesn't get enough money from future taxes to actually construct the buildings? In addition, when the city held its final meeting to approve spending $5million from its emergency reserve to buy land and announced the locations of the library, citizens present expressed concerns that the location would provide no parking for downtown and would have zero benefit to the downtown, which was the major reason for doing the library to begin with. Mayor Dale stated that the City was also in discussions to buy land in downtown to build a new garage. What Mayor Dale didn't say was that the city has no money to build a parking structure.

The city is spending our money because a consultant presented a plan, that the city can't share, that said $450 million would be spent to renovate our downtown. Now the City doesn't look like it will have approval or money to build its project. People of Nampa, wake up! This is the most rediculous process any city has ever undergone.