Issues surrounding the creation of a new stadium for the Chargers will be taken up by the San Diego City Council’s Budget Committee next month, Councilmen Todd Gloria and David Alvarez announced today.
\nThe councilmembers announced the hearing, set for March 18, and outlined a series of “threshold issues” that need to be addressed in a memo to Mayor Kevin Faulconer.
\n“We are ready and willing to work with you, the Chargers and all stakeholders to develop a stadium plan that makes sense for everyone, and [we] are pleased to see the expedited schedule for the mayor’s task force,” Gloria and Alvarez wrote.
\nWith the committee working on these issues concurrently, the city will be best positioned to meet the accelerated timeline sought by the Chargers for real progress,” they said.
\nAmong the issues the councilmen said needed clarification:
\n\u2022 the funding sources for a stadium that Faulconer would find acceptable;
\n\u2022 the city’s capacity to issue future bonds;
\n\u2022 the amount the county of San Diego and other local cities are willing to contribute to the financing plan;
\n\u2022 how much money the Chargers will directly contribute to the project;
\n\u2022 the cost of moving the Metropolitan Transit System’s bus maintenance yard, which occupies one of the two sites under consideration for a stadium; and
\n* the price tag of a playing facility on the other possible site, next to Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley.
\nThey also said the future of the proposed San Diego Convention Center expansion has to be resolved, because it could have an impact on where the Chargers stadium is located.
\n“Taxpayers need answers to key questions about a potential new football stadium,” said Gloria, who chairs the Budget Committee. “Recent events make it clear that the public needs this information sooner rather than later.”
\n“By resolving the threshold issues laid out in the memo, I am confident that the committee’s work will help the city move forward on a stadium plan that makes sense for everyone,” Alvarez said.
\nThey said that since Council will have to consider any deal brought forward by the mayor, it’s “critical to get the answers to the questions now.” \u2013 City News Service<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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