Comments on: Council Votes to Save Dublin Developer Millions of Dollars

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

People who have money abuse the system too. There is a home in Dublin Ranch that is being run as a boarding house for students from Asia–against the CCR’s. There are plenty of people who can afford to buy homes that don’t necessarily make the best neighbors. BMR’s help people like teachers, police officers, firefighters and other community worthy people who happen to work in jobs that don’t have high pay.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

My family had seriously thought about buying in Positano as there isn't an abundance of choices for one looking to move up from a 2000sf zero lot home in lower Dublin Ranch. If we were looking for another 2000 sf home with no yard then yes there is an abundance in Dublin. We decided against Positano because it is unfortunate that a neighborhood of that size surprisingly does not have a community pool or center. Dublin Ranch and Dublin Ranch Golf Club does. Not everyone has the dough or a lot large enough to build a pool, thus the community pool would be of great value for families with kids. It is just too bad they left a priceless feature out of their plans, a feature that would have had a positive affect on the quality of life for the homeowner. Not having the community pool is a big and decisive turnoff. Yes we will by 2050 have an aquatic center at Emerald Glen, that pool will be so crowded thus useless to most residents.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If lowering the BMR % is what this is all about, I am all for it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Anonymous June 22 5:46PM. This reinforces the need to reform how one qualifies for a BMR unit. There must be a way to cross check and preserve these units for the true needy families that are honestly working hard to make a life for themselves and tryihg to get to the next level where they no longer need a subsidy. These unites should also be reserved for the ones who sacraficed personal wealth to serve the public, like Teachers and Public Workers etc..

There should also be a rule/ordinance that if you commit a crime or create a nuisance to your neighbors or to you community while taking advantage of a subsidized unit you will be evicted, sent packing to you where you came from.

I feel if one was handed a brand new unit at below market rate in a beautiful community such as Dublin, subsidized by fellow neighbors, they should be grateful and take that second chance in life to make a difference. But too many are not grateful, they just continue on their ways of waiting for handouts while continually take from the new community like they've always done elsewhere, bringing their ill troubled ways to Dublin instead of leaving behind and taking advantage of this second chance.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Cantara offered a plan with an 'in-law unit' but my understanding was the city fees on this type of residence were brutal & the builder was not going to build any more of this plan. Dublin charged double fees since it was technically two residences (please correct me if I am wrong). It looks like this is just a reclassification of that plan listing the 'in-law unit' as a (possible) 'BMR' apartment.

This seems a bit like an end run to keep BMR %s in Dublin in check with requirements for federal low income housing grants & help the builder at the same time.

That said a separate collection of 275 sqft BMR apartments would make absolutely no sense. These would have to be the smallest and most undesirable apartments (BMR or otherwise) in the tri-valley.

I am glad the city is working with Braddock & Logan to keep Positano rolling along. I was disappointed to hear Lenar postponed building the rest of Sonata indefinitely and the fact that Cantara has only one lot available despite selling only a third(?) of the total lots started to make me wonder if they were going to shutdown as well.