A Bird in the Hand Is Worth MORE than Two in the Bush

McGraw Development, applicant for the refurbishment of the run down harbor RV parks, states it has invested $10’s of thousands in time, research and consultants and hopes to plan a complete makeover of the decrepit RV Parks in the Harbor. 

For the last 10 months, Sean McGraw and Dr. Scott Lawhon have dotted every i, crossed every t, traveled up from Orange County to attend Crescent City Harbor meetings, many on extremely short notice, to meet with commissioners, City and  County elected to earn the lease to mitigate both eyesore properties.

Now, in the 11th hour, the Harbor Commission is considering accepting additional Requests for Proposals (RFP).

Both attorneys, Ryan Plotz for the Harbor and Thomas Gruenbeck for the applicant concur there is no need for an RFP. It is not a requirement to award the contract.

Mike Bahr of CSS Community Solutions, grant seekers, disagrees. He and developer Steve Opps are hoping commissioners will entertain an RFP for three projects: a boat operations yard (to replace the Fashion Blacksmith boatyard); About a dozen vacant land parcels; and the RV Park. Fully, the summer is half over yet, nothing has developed. The question must be asked, Have the commissioners dragged their feet and squandered the opportunity to begin the asphalting of the substandard roads in both parks?

Perhaps.

An exceptional proposal from the McGraw Group is being held up by perhaps a greed level for more development by the Opps group?

It begs the question, Is a Bird in the Hand worth MORE than two in the bush?

More importantly, the delay of repairs on both RV parks, opens options for the current applicant who is and has been poised to get to work.

The Harbor meets August 13 at its Office at 2PM to discuss the delay issue.