Fresno County is thinking about moving 500 employees out of downtown, in large part because the county says the city of Fresno won't provide sufficient parking. Does the entire responsibility for parking at county offices rest on the city's shoulders? The county seems to think so.
On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors took up a proposal to move its Public Works and Planning Department to the Fancher Creek development in southeast Fresno being doen by Ed Kashian.
Board Chairman Bob Waterston said past discussions with the city have been fruitless. "We've gone round and round with the city on parking, and they've never done anything for us," Waterston said. "What is it going to take for the city to get on board with this?"
It may be that the current discussion is just a bargaining ploy to get the city to pay for something the county isn't willing to do for itself. It may be that the county just got a better deal from Kashian. It may be that this is just more of the petty nonsense between local governments that passes for cooperation and collaborative behavior hereabouts. We'll see, I suppose.
I would say it's all of the above, plus short sightedness on the part of the County officials. And perhaps a bit too much chuminess between the BOS, the Department of Public Works, and the big developers. But what else is new around here?