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Home My WebLink About2015-01-12MINUTES ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015 - 1:30 P.M. ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM - PALM DESERT CIVIC CENTER 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260 This Oversight Board has been created pursuant to § 34161 through 34190 of the Health and Safety Code for the sole purpose of overseeing the actions of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. In accordance with Health and Safety Code § 34179(h), all Oversight Board actions shall not be effective for five (5) business days, pending a request for review by the State Department of Finance ("Department"). In the event that the Department requests a review of a given Oversight Board action, it shall have 40 days from the date of its request to approve the Oversight Board action or retum it to the Oversight Board for reconsideration, and such Oversight Board action shall not be effective until approved by the Department. In the event that the Department returns the Oversight Board action to the Oversight Board for reconsideration, the Oversight Board shall resubmit the modified action for Department approval, and the modified Oversight Board action shall not become effective until approved by the Department. I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Spiegel convened the meeting at 1:30 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Present: Member Heather Buck (Palm Desert RDA former Employee) Member Wendy Jonathan (DSUSD, representing Riverside County Office of Education) Member Anna Rodriguez (representing Riverside Co. Board of Supervisors) Chair Robert A. Spiegel (Mayor Pro Tem, City of Palm Desert) Absent: Member Bill Carver (representing Riverside County) Member Joel Kinnamon (COD, representing Chancellor of California Comm. Colleges) Member Patricia A. Larson (representing Coachella Valley Water District) Also Present: John M. Wohlmuth, Executive Director of the Successor Agency -Palm Desert RDA Rudy P. Acosta, Assistant City Manager Paul S. Gibson, Finance Officer Lauri Aylaian, Director of Community Development Janet M. Moore, Director of Housing Mark Greenwood, Director of Public Works Ryan Stendell, Senior Management Analyst Veronica Tapia, Management Analyst II Rachelle D. Klassen, Secretary, Successor Agency -Palm Desert RDA MINUTES ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY JANUARY 12, 2015 Prior to taking up remainder of the Posted Agenda, Mr. Wohlmuth requested the Oversight Board pull from it Item C of Section V - New Business, Approval of the Disposition and Development Agreement Between the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency and the Trustees of the California State University (CSU), and he would be providing a verbal report in place of the Request For Approval. Oversight Board Members concurred with the request for withdrawal of formal action on Section V - New Business, Item C, and an informational report to be provided in its place. III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. MINUTES of the December 1, 2014, Regular Meeting of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. Member Buck moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 107, approving Minutes of the December 1, 2014, Regular Meeting of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. Motion was seconded by Member Rodriguez and carried by 4-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Jonathan, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Carver, Kinnamon, and Larson). V. NEW BUSINESS A. ACTIONS/MINUTES OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. Member Jonathan moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 108, receiving and filing Minutes of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Meeting of November 13, 2014. Motion was seconded by Buck and carried by 4-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Jonathan, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Carver, Kinnamon, and Larson). B. REPORT ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S EXECUTED CONTRACTS FOR DECEMBER 2014 FOR ROUTINE AND EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR AGENCY PROPERTIES PER OBLIGATIONS LISTED ON THE RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE. Staff reviewed the printed staff report provided in the agenda packets and offered to answer questions. 2 MINUTES ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY JANUARY 12, 2015 Member Buck moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 109, receiving and filing the report on the Executive Director's Summary of Executed Contracts for December 2014 for Routine Maintenance and Emergency Maintenance Services for Agency Properties per obligations listed on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS). Motion was seconded by Member Rodriguez and carried by 4-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Jonathan, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Carver, Kinnamon, and Larson). C. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DDA) BETWEEN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU), AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 113 ACRES OF SUCCESSOR AGENCY PROPERTY KNOWN AS A.P.N. 694-200-001 (PROPERTY NO. 10a) AND PORTION OF A.P.N. 694-160-003 (PROPERTY NO. 10b) TO CSU, PURSUANT TO THE LONG-RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN. As promised at the opening of this meeting, Mr. Wohlmuth reported that subsequent to the agenda being posted, the State Department of Finance clarified for the Successor Agency that its Long-range Property Management Plan was approved with the subject property being classified as "Government Use," thereby transferring it to the City of Palm Desert. As such, it didn't require any additional action by the Oversight Board; therefore, he had requested the subject consideration be withdrawn. Further to that end, at the Thursday, January 8, 2015, regular City Council and Successor Agency Meetings, the Disposition and Development Agreement was approved, transferring the property from the City to CSU, with some minor modifications to the Agreement having to do with ensuring the land is used for educational purposes in perpetuity and that the campus bears the Palm Desert name permanently. For benefit of the Oversight Board Members, he went on to highlight some additional details of the terms of the DDA as was contained in the agenda packets for this meeting. NO ACTION TAKEN - Resolution No. OB-110 withdrawn frorn consideration and Informational Report received only. VI. CONTINUED BUSINESS None VII. OLD BUSINESS None 3 MINUTES ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY VIII. REPORTS AND REMARKS A. CHAIR Chair Spiegel wished everyone a happy new year. B. MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD None C. SUCCESSOR AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JANUARY 12, 2015 Successor Agency staff noted that it would like to change the date of the next meeting, given the schedule for approving the next Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 15-16A) due by March 1. Therefore, staff was proposing adjourning the regular meeting to be held on Monday, February 2, 2015, to Monday, February 23, 2015, at 1:30 p.m., and combining the February and March 2015 meetings. Board Members present concurred with this schedule change. IX. ADJOURNMENT With Oversight Board concurrence, Chair Spiegel adjourned the meeting at 1:42 p.m. A ROBERT A. SPIE L, IR ATTEST: RACH LE E D. KLASSF_�N, SECRETARY OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCE SOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 4