Dear Mayor, City Council, City Manager and Staff - Owner Builder Complaint CC County

By Clayton Watch

Dear Mayor and City Council,

Once again, city staff has failed to provide oversight of the Olivia on Marsh Creek 81-unit apartment project. Specifically, William Jordan claimed "owner-builder" status on his application to Contra Costa County and it appears he provided false information on this application.

As you know, Contra Costa County requires an owner-builder to have resided at the property for 12 months beforehand, along with meeting other prerequisites. Let's cut to the chase - we all know William Jordan falsely claimed to be an "owner-builder" on his application to the county. The lot at 6170 High Street is an empty dirt lot. Unless Mr. Jordan was living in a tent amongst the tumbleweeds, it's impossible he met the residency requirements. Lot 6450 Marsh Creek Road, as listed on his owner-builder application, has been a rental unit for many years. The adjacent lots don't pass the smell test either.

In our opinion, this sleight of hand was done purposely because he doesn't have a licensed and bonded contractor to complete the required work as of today's date.

We raised this issue with written communication to the City Manager, Bret Prebula, along with the City Council on 10/18/23, 10/23/23, and 12/18/23. We also raised the issue at a meeting on 10/18/23 with the City Manager, Bret Prebula, and the City Engineer, Larry Theis and both said they weren’t concerned with how the permits were obtained and therefore took no action to investigate this or notify Contra Costa County of this serious irregularity.

It is unfortunate, that City Staff continues to abrogate their responsibilities to provide oversight of Olivia to the citizens of Clayton.

Please contact us if you have any questions or updates on rectifying this situation. The community demands and deserves better.

Sincerely,

Gary Hood

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