LAWSUIT LIKELY IN TRACT DISPUTE; MOORPARK BATTLE WILL COST TAXPAYERS.Byline: Paul Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western policy, and the Cyprus question was temporarily resolved. O'Donoghue Daily News Staff Writer The developer for the Hidden Creek Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. is expected to file suit today against the city's voter-approved SOAR initiative that blocked the large housing development, adding to the ongoing legal wrangling over the issue. City officials are worried the fight over the 3,221-home development will wind up costing taxpayers, who will foot the legal bill for Measure S, an environmentalist-backed measure that won 67.7 percent voter VOTER. One entitled to a vote; an elector. approval in January as a way to control suburban sprawl. ``I feared this was going to happen, that the city will now be entering a legal debate that could go on for years, that will cost multiple thousands of dollars of taxpayer money, and I believe there was a better way to go,'' said City Councilman Chris Evans Ev·ans , Herbert McLean 1882-1971. American anatomist who isolated four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1922). . The lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. , which must be filed by Monday to meet a legal deadline, is the latest installment in Costa Mesa-based developer Messenger Investment Co.'s battle to get the project off the ground. First proposed 10 years ago, the development on 4,300 acres east of Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. fell victim to voters' fears of homes and shops gobbling up open space and agricultural land. Officials for Messenger confirmed that the suit is scheduled to be filed today but declined to provide details, including any damages they might seek in compensation for the project on which it has reportedly spent $75 million. Resident Roseann Mikos, co-author co·au·thor or co-au·thor n. A collaborating or joint author. tr.v. co·au·thored, co·au·thor·ing, co·au·thors To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . . of the SOAR initiative, said the lawsuit comes as no surprise because Messenger wrote to the City Council last month asking for a resolution rejecting the initiative and threatening to sue the city otherwise. The city did not respond to Messenger's letter. ``But I've seen the letter (Messenger) wrote to the city. . . . With respect to the issues they plan to raise, and looking at those issues, they really don't have a very good case in any way, shape or form, in my opinion,'' Mikos said. ``The City Council has backed us and the people have voted to change the General Plan,'' she said about the city's blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. for development. ``I feel quite confident that . . . Measure S will stand up just fine, just as (similar initiatives) in Napa and Ventura have stood up to challenge.'' Evans, who emphasized that he was not against SOAR supporters' aims of setting aside open space and preserving the environment, said the City Council has no choice but to defend Measure S because voters approved it. ``It's sad, it's just sad that . . . there can't be a way around, that there can't be a resolution of this,'' said Evans, who originally supported the development. ``The one thing that has remained constant throughout all this is that the taxpayers will have to pay the bill.'' |
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