Was Wal-Mart, when they moved to the new from the old spot,
didn’t they promise Gilroy that they would not have that sitting
empty, that they would guarantee having someone in that building
before they moved and it just seems odd that no one’s held them to
that promise.
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old wal-mart building
“Was Wal-Mart, when they moved to the new from the old spot, didn’t they promise Gilroy that they would not have that sitting empty, that they would guarantee having someone in that building before they moved and it just seems odd that no one’s held them to that promise.”
Red Phone:
Melissa Durkin, project manager for this replied in an e-mail:
“Here is the condition of approval from Wal-Mart’s Architectural & Site Review staff report that addresses this issue: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. shall demolish the building located at 7900 Arroyo Circle if:
a. A period of twelve (12) months has lapsed since the Wal-Mart Supercenter obtained its Certificate of Occupancy; and
b. The Wal-Mart store located at 7900 Arroyo Circle remains vacant and in Wal-Mart’s possession, and no agreement has been reached with a prospective tenant.”
The twelve (12) month time frame to demolish the Wal-Mart building located at 7900 Arroyo Circle may be extended for an additional twelve (12) months by the City Council if Wal-Mart is engaged in good faith negotiations with a prospective user or buyer, wrote Durkin.
She added since Wal-Mart no longer owns this building, the City cannot require them to demolish it.
Robert B. Hudson, purchased the building, from Wal-Mart.
“It is his property now and he can choose to leave it vacant,” said Durkin. “But he has no plans of that.”
Durkin said she didn’t have information on when he plans to do something with the building or contact information for Hudson, maybe we will see him on the grid soon, either way, Wal-Mart came through on their end of the deal.
sunrise fire station
“Living close to Santa Teresa Boulevard and Welburn Avenue, it seems that Rescue 81 rolls code 3 more often into Las Animas’ fire area, so why not house Rescue 81 at Las Animas station, and put engine 73 and crew into the Sunset fire station? Everybody would win.”
Red Phone:
Well caller, you may have heard sirens wail a couple more times than usual near that area, but looking at the big picture that is not the case. Red Phone contacted fire chief Dale Foster who said the number of calls received at Sunrise Station versus Las Animas Station vary drastically.
“I haven’t looked at records recently, but in previous terms, the amount of calls out of Las Animas is way bigger than Sunrise. A recent estimate would be about 1,200 vs. 250 or so,” Foster said.
Each of the three stations has a district, an area within the city that they are assigned to cover and Las Animas’ district is considerably larger and busier than Sunrise’s always has been Foster said, and therefore responds to more calls.
“It’s in our best judgment that we leave things the way they are, which is to leave the rescue at Sunrise and have the others running out of Las Animas and Chestnut. When we have extra staffing we do put them at Sunrise. And as a matter of fact, earlier this week, we did have more staff and so we had a third crew stationed there.”
Foster added that Engine 73 is a brush rig and is staffed with another engine during summer wildfire season and red flag days. During the winter, 73 is reserved for wildland fires and that’s why you see it in the garage.
