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Has DPR released any documentation that states any costs associated with Jellef? Citations please, then we can discuss.
If Jellef is rented out for 16hrs a day, and Maret only uses 10% ten DC gets the other 90% at no costs.

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First, DC funds the land costs, which is much more significant than Maret’s costs.  (So strange that Maret, with all their developers, thinks land is free.  And if land is costless, why don’t they buy some of their own?)

Second, DPR tents the field for less than market value, and the hours available for rent are vary hugely in market value.  Weekday afternoons is when their is a spike in the gap between demand and supply.[/quote]

So you're complaining that DPR's rates are too low to cover their debt servicing? 
That the fields highest and best use from a developer/financial perspective an any way includes athletic facilities?

So maybe you should get DPR to raise the rates and join the market based economy... Yeah, that's a winning approach. [/quote]

What?  That’s not what I said.  DPR [b][i]should[/i][/b] rent the field below value!  That’s their purpose — to make space available to the public for public use.

But if DC is going to lease out exclusive use of their assets to private organizations, then in those cases they should absolutely seek the highest value.

DC did neither.  They did make the field available through their normal, more equitable permitting process, nor did they get fair value for what they gave up.

DC gave a sweetheart deal to Maret, at the behest of Jack Evans and Maret.[/quote]

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