Date: Feburary 11, 2006
Subject: RE: Hillel Purchase on La Jolla Village Drive
A price of 1.3 million will kill this deal which is not
Jerrys {Mayor Sander's] desire.
On the 9th [City Council hearing] we will simply present a report
supporting the $940,000 [new purchase price] with little if any backup
or explanation...
Date: June 7, 2004
Subject: Change to RECON Biological Report
As you are aware, the public is very interested in this project and all
technical reports can be reviewed/copied by the public. That being said,
a revised biology report is necessary for consistency with the City's
[previous] determination that no mitigation is required for biological
resources
(raptors).
The email mentioning Mayor Jerry Sanders is particularly revealing because at that time the Mayor's office refused repeated requests for meetings with those opposed to the project.
The emails from Jim Waring suggesting how Site 653's price might have suddenly dropped 30% (seemingly at Mayor Sander's request?) can be found in the June 12, 2006 Initial Filing of Lawsuit document.
The "private" email from Laura Black to Hillel, seemingly requesting RECON to alter their report to remove evidence of potentially significant environmental impact before public review, can be found in the January 8, 2007 CEQA Opening Brief document.
Both legal documents can be found on the Legal Docs page.