[Sosfbay-discuss] Proposed Agenda for County Meeting...

Fri Jul 6 14:40:44 PDT 2007

I want to thank the Committee members for allowing me to attend the meeting
to present information about the proposal.

I just wanted to add a note about the numbers. The current proposal from the
49ers requests the following contributions from the City of Santa Clara :

* $180 million in cash for construction and site improvements (including $20
million to relocate an electrical substation)

* $107 million in physical assets (15 acres of land plus relocation of a
planned parking garage.)

Santa Clara has approximately 114,000 residents, so the cash contribution
PER RESIDENT is about $1,600, and if you count the value of all the assets,
it's over $2,500 per resident.

By comparison, the per resident subsidy for the new Arizona Cardinals
stadium in Glendale, Arizona, was $38/per resident ‹ and that's based on a
total budget including land acquisition and site improvements. [The county
contributed more through an increase in rental car and hotel taxes]

The public financing for the new football stadium in Seattle was through an
extension of car rental and hotel taxes, 6 special lottery games, and a
0.17% 
sales tax, but no direct cash from the city. So a resident there would have
to spend about $1,500,000 on taxable purchases in the city to match the
Santa Clara per resident contribution.

Even Texas, the public funding (a voter-approved $325 million) for the new
Dallas Cowboys stadium is coming from an 0.5% increase in sales tax and
increases to hotel and rental car taxes. So a resident there would have to
spend about $500,000 on taxable purchases in the city to match the Santa
Clara per resident contribution.

And, finally, the new stadium for the New England Patriots was paid for
entirely by the team owner. [State taxpayers did finance about $75 million
in infrastructure improvements, but the team is responsible for paying back
that debt.] And they¹ve managed to win the Superbowl in 3 of the last 6
years.

I hope this information provides a sense of scale for the current 49ers
proposal.

Thanks again for the opportunity to bring this issue to you attention, and I
hope we can count on your support. If you have any questions or would like
any additional information, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Michele Ryan
Moderator
StadiumFacts.org

> The most momentous thing that happened was the Santa Clara Citizens
> outcry against the proposed 49'ers Stadium. It sounds like it would cost
> the City of Santa Clara something like $800,000,000.00 (eight hundred
> million dollars). That would be $2,000 per household. You can find out
> more at:
> 
> http://stadiumfacts.blogspot.com/
> 
> I hope you are better soon. We missed your input. Nobody knew how to
> present for you on the media group report, so nothing happened on that item.
> 
> In other news, we did consense that the north county local exists.
> 
> Tian
> 
> Andrea Dorey wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, guys,
>> I felt flushed and dizzy yesterday from the intense heat and was so
>> unwell that I went home to lie down with cold cloths and fan to cool
>> off.  I had no way to contact anyone as I don't have wifi at home
>> yet.  I still feel the effects‹very tired.  I hope to go to Mtn View
>> tonight with flyers if I can, but another dose of overheating could
>> be more serious.
>> Andrea
>> 
>> On Jul 3, 2007, at 5:36 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> Proposed Agenda for County Meeting
>>> Thursday, July 5, 2007
>>> Location:
>>>         San Jose Peace Center
>>>         48 South 7th Street, San Jose
>>>         http://www.sanjosepeace.org/
>>> 
>>> 6:30 Socializing and Dinner  -  7:30 Meeting
>>>         (dinner is not provided by the Peace Center,
>>>         so bring your own or get it from one of the
>>>         nearby restaurants)
>>> 
>>>          -- Preliminary Items --
>>> 
>>> Choose Facilitator(s), Note-Taker(s), Time Keeper, and
>>>     Vibes Watcher(s)  (5)
>>> Introductions and Short Announcements  (5)
>>> Revise and Affirm Agenda  (5)
>>> 
>>>          -- Main Part --
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1. Treasurer's Report  (10)  Cameron
>>> 
>>> 2. State Party Business
>>>     (none)
>>> 
>>> 3. Old Business
>>>     A. Tabling  (10?)  (??)
>>>     B. Bylaws Amendment  (15)  Drew
>>>     C. Media Group Report  (5)  Andrea
>>> 
>>> 4. New Business
>>>     A. "Unreasonable Man" at Peace Center  (5)  Merriam
>>>     B. Affirm Local  (10)  Drew
>>>     C. 49ers Santa Clara Stadium Report  (10)  Michele Ryan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> (Total scheduled time:  1 hours, 20 minutes)
>>> 
>>>          -- Future Events --
>>> 
>>> Next GPSCC meeting  Thursday, August 2, 2007
>>> 
>>>          -- Disclaimer --
>>> 
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