TALKS PUSHED BACK TO AUGUST IN TRACY, CA

Wal-Mart talks delayed till August [The Record (Calif.)]

A City Council decision on a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter has been postponed again while the city digests more than 400 pages of comments, letters and studies it has received concerning the expansion.

The council originally delayed action at its July 1 meeting until Aug. 5.

The new delay is at the request of the Department of Engineering Services to ensure city staff can review each submission and give them a proper response, according to city spokesman Matt Robinson.

“All of the responses are being studied to see if any information affects the plans submitted by Wal-Mart. Any changes in the scope of work would cause a delay and change of budget the city has set for the analysis,” Robinson said.

A new date for presentation of the item and subsequent findings to the City Council will be set once responses have been made to all the public submissions regarding the Wal-Mart proposal, he said.

Posted by Tony Calero on Thursday, July 24, 2008