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Scotts Valley mayor outlines town center purchase, housing mandates and budget outlook
Summary
Mayor Derek Timm told a Senior Life Association audience that the city purchased the former airport land for a city-led town center, faces state-driven housing mandates including projects that bypass local review, and expects budget deficits to shrink as revenue and grants ramp up.
Mayor Derek Timm delivered a State of the City to the Senior Life Association, describing recent city purchases, housing policy pressures from the state, and changes to the city budget and staffing. He said the city bought the former airport parcel now planned as a town center and is pursuing a city-led vision rather than handing the site to a private developer.
Timm said the city received a $1,000,000 earmark tied to housing and urban development that helped with the town center purchase. He called the purchase a turning point after decades of delays tied to the fact the land was previously owned by the City of Santa Cruz. “We are focused actually on trying to envision what a town center could look like and doing it, organically, building it with the city's vision in mind, not…
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