Battle over Granite Park: City drops litigation against operator over alleged debt

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Battle implicit Granite Park heats up.

"I'm tired, I'm wounded due to the fact that I mislaid a batch of business, I mislaid a batch of household members, I mislaid a batch of friends due to the fact that they're doing this to maine personally," said Terance Frazier, Owner of Central Valley Community Sports Foundation.

Frazier said helium is upset aft a several-year-long conflict with the City of Fresno implicit Granite Park.

Last May, the metropolis estimated Frazier owed them astatine slightest 1 constituent 3 cardinal dollars successful unpaid rent and utilities astatine the time, but that fig continues to grow.

The City of Fresno and the Central Valley Community Sports Foundation were acceptable to spell to proceedings adjacent week but connected Tuesday, it came to a halt.

The metropolis released a connection detailing the dismissal of litigation against Frazier aft lender, Land Value Management, stepped successful to wide the alleged debt.

"The lender notified america that helium wished to intervene successful that litigation, and we decided to property pause, spot if we tin person immoderate productive discussions with the lender to spot if helium tin cure the default," said Fresno City Manager, Georgeanne White.

Frazier said that's a lie.

"I deliberation what you saw contiguous was the City dismissing the lawsuit due to the fact that they knew they were going to lose. Now they're trying to rotation it and accidental a lender got involved. That's not the existent case," said Fraizer.

"Absolutely false. We person a precise coagulated case. We person a lease that helium has not complied with. There are a fig of defaults, helium continues to beryllium successful default, and helium has ignored the metropolis astatine each measurement of the way," added White.

Frazier tells Action News helium was looking guardant to proving helium had paid the metropolis rent astatine trial.

He said it boils down to the assemblage needing Granite Park.

"I'm not going to spell anywhere. These kids request this park, and I'm gonna beryllium present lasting for them," said Frazier.

White said she's hopeful for a resolution.

"Whenever there's a accidental to negociate a resolution, we bash that, we ever bash that arsenic a city."

The metropolis says that if the indebtedness is not paid, they volition reignite litigation against Frazier.

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