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Recent Milk Pail Parking Deal for Phase II was Revoked and is now Dead DEAR MAYOR CLARK AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, On July 4th I was at a large event where those who know me and also know about my challenges with the survival of the Milk Pail were coming over to congratulate me on a successful negotiation with the developer Merlone Geier. The same thing happened last night at another BBQ I attended where several people I know came over to me with congratulations. My email inbox, beginning at 10 pm on July 1st. has also had an outpouring of congratulatory wishes. What those people did not know, along with the people who have read the headlines that indicate “Milk Pail Market Saved” and “Deal reached to save Milk Pail” is that the great effort and expense I put into these good faith negotiations along with Merlone Geier is now history. The agreement has been revoked by Merlone Geier since the Phase II project was not approved July 1st. The terms of the very recently negotiated “Amended Parking License” contained several conditions, and one of them was that the “Amended Parking License”
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■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ July 18, 2014
not only required the successful approval of the Phase II project, but that the approval needed to be obtained at the July 1st City Council meeting. This condition was not met and therefore the agreement has been revoked. It is very important to me that I now correct the false illusion in the community that there is currently an “Amended Parking License” that is going to secure parking for the Milk Pail for a very long time The Original Parking License remains in full force for the next 19 months. My sincere regrets about the confusion that the conditions of the Amended Parking License may have caused. At this time I am very sorry that we have lost our certainty of having parking after January 2016 with Merlone Geier but I have every expectation that a revised agreement that would accommodate Milk Pail parking in the future is still very possible. STEVE RASMUSSEN, Owner, the Milk Pail Market
To the Milk Pail Community: Here is the letter that I sent to the Mountain View City Council over the 4th of July weekend. Steve “ …BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD for a new agreement while the Original Parking License remains alive for 19 more months “