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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno's troubled Granite Park is moving into adjacent much issues.
The City of Fresno announced Wednesday that they volition beryllium terminating their lease with the Central Valley Community Sports Foundation astatine Granite Park.
The metropolis claims the operator, Terance Frazier, owes the metropolis implicit $1 cardinal successful unpaid rent and different fees.
Fresno City Manager Georgeanne White responded Friday nighttime to Frazier's claims that the metropolis is unfairly targeting him and his organization.
"I deliberation it's fume and mirrors and it's ridiculous. It's truly simple. You person a lease. Follow rules. Instead, it's defiance and silence. Enough," White said.
In their release, they cited that the instauration owes implicit $1.3 cardinal to the city. White said they're owed $708,000 successful backmost rent, $263,000 for PG&E fees, $151,000 successful h2o and sewer fees, and $181,000 successful billboard revenue.
Frazier hosted a property league Friday disputing the city's claims.
"We paid rent much than 25 years worthy successful advance," Frazier said.
He besides says helium has been investing successful the parkland and adding worth to an different neglected portion of the city.
"We'll gladly manus implicit the reins if the metropolis chooses to run the parkland themselves. But just compensation for concern would beryllium expected. Yet alternatively of negotiating successful bully religion by the city, they're attempting to prehend our improvements for free," helium said.
White said this is conscionable the latest contented they've had with Frazier and Granite Park. In 2022, the metropolis threatened to terminate their lease then, after it was recovered the parkland didn't person the close liability insurance.
White said they yet did get insured, but it would person proved disastrous if they didn't.
"The astir caller incidental was truthful superior successful which a grandma was beaten successful the parking batch and sustained precise superior injuries. And that was astatine the large bounce location event. And wherever determination was nary security, determination were nary parking batch attendants. That creates each sorts of liability for the city," she said.
She added determination person been issues with incorrect parking and lawsuit protocols, causing different businesses adjacent to turn frustrated with Granite Park.
White besides said the metropolis is spending excessively overmuch wealth covering the park, and it's coming retired of their wide money budget, and taking wealth distant from different metropolis services.
On Wednesday Frazier was fixed a three-day announcement to vacate and their lender has a 30-day announcement to cure the default of the lease. If they don't, White said the metropolis volition spell to tribunal and the eviction process volition begin.
"We've asked them to comply, and that is either met with soundlessness oregon defiance. So capable is enough," she said.
White besides said the parkland is not closing and antecedently scheduled events volition proceed.
