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COVINA - At its Dec. 20 meeting, the Covina City Council received a visit from Santa Claus, heard a resident complain about drivers running red lights at Puente and Grand avenues and talked about cracking down on taggers.
That same night, the three members of the council present changed hats and met as the Covina Redevelopment Agency. They then went into closed session to discuss a $1.75 million loan to Bert's Motorcycle and Watercraft Mega-Mall, which wanted to expand and remodel its 128,000-square-foot building on Azusa Avenue.See the full content of this document
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Open Meetings: Da Vs. Cities
When Peggy Delach, John King and George Chadwickcame out of closed session, they approved the deal. It included reimbursing Bert's owner, Seidner Enterprises Inc., an additional $2.25 million over 10 years for construction costs.
That decision has propelled the Covina Redevelopment Agency into a legal battle with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, which alleges the agency violated the state's open-meeting law when it went into closed session. Prosecutors sued the agency on March 2.Each side interprets the Ralph M. Brown Act differently.Prosecutors say the redevelopment agency broke the law because its discussions of the loan went...See the full content of this document
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