Dear Santa Clarans,
In late April of 2007, the San Francisco 49ers demanded that our City Council sign the "Confidentiality Agreement" with the team. This agreement forced our Council and Agencies to take certain dealings with the 49ers into Closed Session, out of the view of Santa Clara residents. The Closed Sessions are indicated, but not detailed, in the "Action Summaries" here.
Also, over roughly that same interval, the Redevelopment Agency has paid RDA cash to consultants on everything from the Feasibility Study to the Term Sheet - and now for the Disposition and Development Agreement, or DDA. A summary of those payments and to whom they have been made is here.
Santa Clara Plays Fair continues to track both the count of the secret Council/49er meetings, and the cash paid for "Stadium Studies." As of this date:
90: The number of secret, Closed Sessions that our City Council has held with the San Francisco 49ers and Cedar Fair since 5/1/2007.
$2,800,000: The total of RDA cash spent on 49ers consultants since 4/3/2007.
We'll publish this ticker periodically to keep Santa Clarans informed of the costs of the 49ers' stadium subsidy - both in dollars and in transparency.
Best regards,
Bill Bailey, Treasurer,
Santa Clara Plays Fair
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Greetings! And thanks for commenting.
I apologize for pulling your comment, but your name and your neighbor's were in your post. Members of Santa Clara Plays Fair continue to be harassed by supporters of the massive 49ers stadium subsidy - as have their employers. We avoid publishing personal names unless the party agrees in advance.
Could you email me back directly at info@santaclaraplaysfair.org?
City Council meetings are held on most Tuesdays. Tomorrow night, in fact, you'll hear about even more broken promises for the stadium - and it what it really costs Santa Clarans. If you can make it, please come - 7:00 pm.
Check the city's website, too.
Best regards,
Bill Bailey, Treasurer,
SantaClaraPlaysFair.org
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"There is no reason why the council needs to continue this secrecg. The stadium will draw many people from areas outside of the city. It is something the true resudents do not want."
- Santa Clara resident
Sorry, but I felt it would be better to delete your name from your comment. See my longer comment above.
As for continuing this secrecy surrounding our continuing subsidy of the 49ers, I agree completely with you.
We know exactly which five parcels are going to get a stadium 'plopped' on 'em. We've also formed the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, which is a public agency responsible to Santa Clarans. Yet, other than a city memo from December of 2007, there has been not one disclosure of how that public agency is supposed to raise $330,000,000 for the San Francisco 49ers...
...on top of the $114,000,000 we're already giving them.
As for drawing traffic during NFL game days, you bet. The arrival of at least 20,000 cars will require 31 barricaded checkpoints from Lafayette Street to Lawrence Expressway - and 160 police officers to direct that mess.
If you live in Zip Code 95054, better carry your utility bill if your driver's license isn't current, because you'll have to identify yourself in order to get to your own home.
First year of operation: The 49ers walk away with $130,000,000 - MINIMUM - in luxury suite fees and TV rights.
The amount paid into our city's General Fund?
A stinking $180,000. And that's all.
Please contact me at info@santaclaraplaysfair.org if you have any questions about the $444,000,000 subsidy for the San Francisco 49ers - and what we as a city are truly paying just to have them here.
Thanks and regards,
Bill Bailey, Treasurer,
http://www.SantaClaraPlaysFair.org
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