Hurry up and wait.That seems like a good description of the Bay Meadows plans that have appeared thus far. We hurry up and pass some sort of planning guideline, demolish the present track, lose the jobs and tax revenues and then wait for up to 20 years to see what may develop. You would think the development company would at least offer a here and now sweetener such as a lighted football field to be developed within a year on the large recreational tract that it has agreed to preserve in order to show good faith with the community and an immediate benefit to the city.
This is the type of improvement which wouldn't impact the neighbors and would address a need which has bedeviled several local High Schools and their impacted neighbors such as the Serra High School and now the San Mateo High School communities. These venerable institutions are seeking from unwilling homeowners improvements that would extend sports functions well into evening hours which would in turn make life difficult for the already impacted surrounding residents.
Personally if nothing else it I think it would go ways in having suspicious taxpayers see a tangible benefit in a hurry rather than have to wait.
Mike Caggiano
Board member, Home Association North Central San Mateo
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