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Home My WebLink About2015-06-01MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MONDAY, JUNE 1, 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 return 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 retums 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 Bill Carver (representing Riverside County) Member Joel Kinnamon (COD, representing Chancellor of California Comm. Colleges) Member Patricia A. Larson (representing Coachella Valley Water Dist.) Member Anna Rodriguez (representing Riverside Co. Board of Supervisors) Chair Robert A. Spiegel (Mayor Pro Tem, City of Palm Desert) Absent: Member Wendy Jonathan (DSUSD, representing Riverside County Office of Education) Also Present: John M. Wohlmuth, Executive Director of the Successor Agency -Palm Desert RDA Jim Grayson, Richards, Watson & Gershon, Successor Agency Counsel Rudy P. Acosta, Assistant City Manager Paul S. Gibson, Finance Officer Lauri Aylaian, Director of Community Development Martin Alvarez, Director of Economic Development Janet M. Moore, Director of Housing Ruth Ann Moore, Economic Development Manager Veronica Tapia, Management Analyst II David Hermann, Management Analyst Rachelle D. Klassen, Secretary, Successor Agency -Palm Desert RDA MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS JUNE 1, 2015 Member Carver thanked staff for all of its good work in preparing reports and providing recommendations that are in the best interest of all concerned. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. MINUTES of the April 6, 2015, Regular Meeting of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. Member Larson moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 124, approving the Minutes of the April 6, 2015, Regular Meeting of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. Motion was seconded by Member Buck and carried by 6-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Carver, Kinnamon, Larson, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Jonathan). V. NEW BUSINESS A. ACTIONS/MINUTES OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. Member Buck moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 125, receiving and filing Minutes of the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Meetings of March 12, March 26, April 9, and April 23, 2015. Motion was seconded by Member Larson and carried by 6-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Carver, Kinnamon, Larson, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Jonathan). B. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF CONTRACT FOR TEMPORARY FENCING TO SECURE SUCCESSOR AGENCY PARCELS LOCATED ALONG THE ALESSANDRO WEST CORRIDOR (A. P. N.s 627-071-067 through -071, 627-074-014, and 627-092-043), PROPERTY NOS. 1(a) THROUGH 1(g) AS LISTED ON THE APPROVED LONG-RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN (LRPMP) AND ON THE RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE (ROPS). Staff reviewed the printed report provided with the agenda packets and answered questions. This included reviewing status of the longstanding Redevelopment Agency project (pre-2012 Redevelopment Dissolution) known as the Alessandro Alley Improvement Project that was placed on hold, now renamed as "Alessandro West Improvement Project." The ultimate intent of the project is redeveloping this commercial area that fronts Highway 111, between Monterey Avenue on the west and San Pablo Avenue on the east, widening the rear alley, and creating perpendicular parking along a new wall to enhance viability of the retail and restaurant businesses there, both at their front and rear entrances. Currently, 2 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY JUNE 1, 2015 engineering and architectural contracts are underway to finalize design, and staff was requesting an additional year of temporary security fencing in the subject contract while this process is completed prior to bidding and project commencement. Member Larson moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 126, approving the extension of a contract with American Fence Company for temporary fencing located along the Alessandro West Corridor, APNs 627-071-067 through -071, 627-074-014, and 627-092-043, Property Nos. 1(a) through 1(g), as listed on the Approved LRPMP and on ROPS. Motion was seconded by Member Carver and carried by 6-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Carver, Kinnamon, Larson, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Jonathan). Member Buck noted for the record that she would support a resolution on a future meeting agenda that would allow the Successor Agency Executive Director to negotiate and execute ongoing routine or emergency property maintenance services contracts with a limited scope, such as temporary fencing, clean-up, plumbing, or bee removal, as needed, in a specified not -to -exceed amount on Successor Agency properties until their ultimate disposition. C. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO DISPOSITION AGREEMENT WITH EL PASEO HOTEL, LLC, FOR PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SHADOW MOUNTAIN DRIVE AND LARKSPUR LANE, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA (A.P.N. 627-262-008 AND A.P.N. 627-262-011; PROPERTIES 7[a] AND 7[b] OF THE APPROVED LONG-RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN). Staff reviewed the printed report that was included in the agenda packets and answered questions. Mr. Grayson noted for the record that draft Resolution No. OB-127 contained in the packets, page 2, Section 2, should be clarified to read, "...to complete the execution of the First Amendment to Disposition Agreement with El Paseo Hotel, LLC,...," instead of reading, "...execution of the Disposition Agreement," and staff agreed to make this change. Member Larson moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. OB - 127, authorizing execution of a First Amendment to Disposition Agreement (Contract No. SA33850) between the Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency and El Paseo Hotel, LLC, for property located at the northeast corner of Shadow Mountain Drive and Larkspur Lane (APNs 627-262-008 and 627-262-011), Property Nos. 7(a) and 7(b) of the Approved Long-range Property Management Plan, Palm Desert, California, as amended to reflect the change on page 2, Section 2, to authorize execution of the First Amendment to the Disposition Agreement. Motion was seconded by Member Kinnamon and carried by 6-0 vote (AYES: Buck, Carver, Kinnamon, Larson, Rodriguez, and Spiegel; NOES: None; ABSENT: Jonathan). 3 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY VI. CONTINUED BUSINESS None VII. OLD BUSINESS None VIII. REPORTS AND REMARKS A. CHAIR JUNE 1, 2015 Chair Spiegel reported that the City Council and Successor Agency Board will be taking its customary summer break by holding the first meeting in July and the second meeting in August, cancelling the second meeting in July and first meeting in August. B. MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD Member Carver noted that although the project has not yet been brought before the Oversight Board, he asked staff for an update on the City's negotiation with Quicksilver for a potential hotel -resort project on bare Successor Agency parcels located at the Desert Willow Golf Resort, which has been previously publicized in the media. Staff provided a brief update, noting that the process was progressing, albeit slowly. It included initiation of the required environmental review, while at the same time Quiksilver also underwent a corporate organizational change that delayed their progress; but they've indicated their full intent to continue moving forward with the project. It was explained that the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) between the City and Quiksilver has an 18-month term, which runs through the end of 2015. Further responding, it was noted that they have an option on Parcels A and B at Desert Willow; and they're in the process of designing the project as if they were purchasing all parcels at once. Staff additionally reported that the City has also contracted with an independent consultant to provide an analysis of the proposed project to identify critical areas of concern. C. SUCCESSOR AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR None 4 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IX. ADJOURNMENT JUNE 1, 2015 Chair Spiegel noted that the next regular meeting of the Oversight Board was scheduled to be held Monday, July 6, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. Upon a motion by Member Larson, second by Member Carver, and unanimous consent of the Oversight Board, Chair Spiegel adjourned the meeting at 1:48 p.m. £d17&f ROBERT A. SPIE�G , ATTEST: ' 4.611b 0 RA HELLE D. KLASSEN,tCRETARY OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR) AGENCY TO THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 5