tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157230973290376625.post2710531618181458610..comments2023-11-23T11:53:11.163-07:00Comments on Caldwell Guardian: King's Bldg., Downtown Caldwell (and other stuff) Discussed at City Council Meeting/WorkshopPaul Alldredgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502379547952380365noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157230973290376625.post-8662146554453154062014-01-24T14:17:54.467-07:002014-01-24T14:17:54.467-07:00The $2/sf - $5/sf lease rates will never be remedi...The $2/sf - $5/sf lease rates will never be remedied, unless the URA funds are returned to the downtown property owners for Code Requirement updates. The cost of capital investment to make the required City Code updates cannot be recouped by any "potential" lease increases for many, many years. Most of the property owners cannot fund these new Code requirements. Until these updates are done, however, new, "higher" lease tenants or possible use changes will not be obtainable. Consequently, the downtown district will never recover, unless the property owners have the means to update their properties to meet costly Code requirements. The URA could best serve these property owners by returning the $1.3 million back to these property owners to help meet these Code requirements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157230973290376625.post-34295950279262273772014-01-21T01:34:27.106-07:002014-01-21T01:34:27.106-07:00The answer for controlling property taxes and urba...The answer for controlling property taxes and urban renewal agencies are to amend the property tax system with a menu system just like Otter Care and Obama Care. The property tax payer needs a property tax choice. One could pay the current levy system rate or a 1% cap on assessment for property taxes and fees with or without home owner exemption assessed value. for example a $ 100,000 at 1% is $ 1000. In Nampa this would save me $ 900 on my current assessment. You should be able to choose the lesser taxes of the two taxes if love the constitutional individual ownership of private property rights or if love government and social justice pay the higher taxes of the two plans. This is extremely simple language and choice. I call it "Robert Muse Tax Reduction Initiative Plan (TRIP)". Let your tax bill take a TRIP to your savings account.Robert Musehttp://robertmuse.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157230973290376625.post-91959672984217451922014-01-15T14:18:25.537-07:002014-01-15T14:18:25.537-07:00Urban renewal cost Tom Dale his job as mayor of Na...Urban renewal cost Tom Dale his job as mayor of Nampa, it is just taking a bit longer for the reality of it to set in for Caldwell. My observation is, millions have been spent and what do we have to show for it? Boise has kept focus on downtown but even they are now looking at a trolley folly in downtown again. It is clear to me downtown Caldwell received little from urban renewal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157230973290376625.post-34323999001315195232014-01-14T16:18:45.038-07:002014-01-14T16:18:45.038-07:00I am amazed at how little has been done to "r...I am amazed at how little has been done to "renew" anything downtown. I was in downtown Nampa a couple of weeks back and it seems to be humming with activity. Downtown Caldwell offers little incentive for me to go downtown except for the Post Office and my bank.<br />It will take a lot more niche places like the Bird Stop and the Craft Corner to for me to go downtown on a regular basis. <br />I can't believe the King's building hasn't been vandalized given the amount of time it has been sitting there vacant. Not even any graffiti that I can see when I drive by. If it isn't demolished I can only wonder what it will be used for but right now it is a ripe target for vandals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com