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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-04-28II. MINUTES REGULAR PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1988 CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER • 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Benson convened ROLL CALL • • • • Present: Member Buford A. Member Richard S Member Walter H. Vice Chairman S. Chairman Jean M. • • • • • • • • • • • • the meeting Crites . Kelly Snyder Roy Wilson Benson at 8:05 p.m. Also Present: Carlos L. Ortega, Executive Director Bruce A. Altman, City Manager Sheila R. Gilligan, City Clerk/Public Information Officer Richard J. Folkers, ACM/Director of Public Works Phil Drell, Associate Planner Patrick Conlon, Director of Building & Safety III. CONSENT CALENDAR A. MINUTES of the Redevelopment Agency Meeting of April 14, 1988. Rec: Approve as presented. B. CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE AGENCY TREASURY - Warrant No. WR0318. Rec: Approve as presented. MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRIL 28, 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . C REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE & CALL FOR BIDS for the Construction of the Improvements Related to the Proposed Assessment District 87-1. Rec: By Minute Motion, authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids for the construction of the improvements related to the proposed assessment district. Mr. Ortega asked that Item C be removed for separate discussion under the Consent Items Held Over_ portion of the Agenda. Upon motion by Crites, second by Kelly, and unanimous vote of the Agency Board, the Consent Calendar, with the exception of Item C, was approved as presented. IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None V. RESOLUTIONS None VI. CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER C. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE & CALL FOR BIOS for the Construction of the Improvements Related to the Proposed Assessment District 87-1. Rec: By Minute Motion, authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids for the construction of the improvements related to the proposed assessment district. Mr. Ortega asked that this item be continued for two weeks. Member Kelly moved to continue this matter to the meeting of May 12, 1988. Motion was seconded by Crites and carried by unanimous vote of the Agency Board. 2 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRIL 28, 1988 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • VII. NEW BUSINESS A. REQUEST FOR DIRECTION TO STAFF FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS IN THE DISPOSITION IN THE PALMA VILLAGE LOTS. Mr. Ortega reviewed the staff report dated April 18, 1988, noting that this was property owned by the City for the last seven or eight years. He said the area was between Monterey and San Pablo south of Fred Waring Drive. He said staff was proposing that the Agency consider several alternatives which would involve the Agency purchasing the twelve lots from the City and taking one of three directions in creating some housing. He reviewed the three recommendations Included in the staff report. He said the other alternative would be not to sell the lots to the Agency, declare them surplus property, and offer them for sale. Aaencv Comments/Questions: Kelly: We could make our dollars go further for affordable housing if we Just sold those 12 lots and purchased a larger piece to develop. Mr. Ortega responded that these lots would not require rezoning and this would fill in the neighborhood without having any particular concentration of these type units. Wilson: What is staff's recommendation as far as the three options listed on the staff report? Mr. Ortega responded that staff would prefer to deal with someone who knows what they are doing and have them come up with something that would fit into guidelines established by the City (Option 2). Crites: Option 2 has the advantage of being least burdensome to the City; does it also have the disadvantage of being liable to produce the most expensive housing of the three options? Mr. Ortega responded that although Option 1 would be less expensive, there would be more staff time and expense involved. With Option 3 it would take a while to find someone with the right experience plus additional time to coordinate the finding of the families, buying of materials, financing, etc. He said he felt Option 3 would be the least desirable. 3 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRIL 28, 1988 • • • • * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - -• • • • Kelly: At the League of California Cities meeting, the City of Santa Fe Springs had an affordable housing project whereby whenever a house came up for sale that was considered an undesirable home in that area, the Redevelopment Agency would purchase it with affordable housing funds, bring it up to standard and resell it as affordable, with certain conditions that guaranteed the house would be kept up to a level that would provide a good quality neighborhood. He said if the City sold those 12 lots, it would get housing of higher quality in that neighborhood. It could then use that money to purchase houses that were of lower quality that needed to be brought up to standard to help bring up the whole community and then resell them as affordable housing with those conditions that the quality be kept up. He asked if this process had been considered. He said it could provide more funds to use for this type of housing. Wilson: Felt what Kelly suggested was a good idea, but also felt Option #2 would be good to provide housing units quickly. Councilman Wilson moved to, by Minute Motion, authorize staff to pursue a specific program that would implement recommendation #2 in the staff report and direct staff to come back with a finalized proposal. Motion was seconded by Benson. Councilman Crites asked using Option #2 would still allow the City to offer these homes to people of "lower" income. He said if this program only got the City into moderate income, he would have a real "end of rope" issue of what is considered "moderate income". He said he wanted to see this program create homes for people who do not have high incomes. Mr. Drell said the best this program could do would be to achieve the median level. He said the units could be made for lower income If the City wanted to subsidize the program more. Upon question by Kelly, Mr. Drell responded that lots in this area sell for between $ 15, 000 and $20,000. 4 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRIL-28, 1988 • • • • •► • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • i -• a • • Councilman Wilson asked, if the Council went ahead with this motion directing staff to come back with a plan, could staff come back with some options of what it would take for the different levels? Councilman Snyder said he would also like the plan to include Councilman Kelly's suggestions. Mr. Ortega said that information would be provided. Mayor Benson called for the vote. Motion carried by a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Kelly voting NO. VIII. CONTINUED BUSINESS A. CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR AGENCY PARTICIPATION IN THE MONTEREY VILLAGE PROJECT. (Continued from the meeting of March 24, 1988) Mr. Ortega reviewed the staff report dated March 15, 1988, which included the recommendation of the Economic Development Committee. He also reviewed the staff report outlining recommendations if the Agency deemed this was a project it wished to become involved in, such as parking considerations, relocation for two parcels, etc. He added that Mr. Frank Goodman, representative of the project owner, would also be making a presentation to the Agency Board. MR. FRANK GOODMAN, 77-900 Avenue of the States, Palm Desert, verified that each of the Members had received a copy of his report (on file and of record in the City Clerk's Office). He reviewed the report, noting that his request was only that the Agency be authorized to enter into an agreement with Dr. Lyon. He said he felt it was important to point out that all actions after the acquisition of the property will come back through the normal procedures of the Planning Commission and City Council as would approval in the future for anything that would be built on the property. He said he felt the City was mandated to accept the negotiations with the Redevelopment Agency based on the Palm Desert Commercial Core Area Specific Plan and the Palma Village Specific Plan. He said this was to the benefit of the City and meets all the criteria. Member Kelly asked if it would be possible to use some of the twelve lots discussed earlier in the meeting as part 5 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRit•28, 1988 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ♦ -• ,• • • of the negotiations to relocate the people who will need to be relocated. Mr. Goodman said yes. Mr. Ortega said that staff's recommendation would be that Mr. Lyons work with the developer of the twelve lots under whatever program is chosen and that those people would have priority. Member Snyder recommended that staff follow through on Member Kelly's suggestions and thoroughly explore the possibility of trading these lots with the ones owned by the City. Member Crites stated that In light of'this discussion, he would recommend that the action taken by the Agency relative to the Palma Village lots be held in abeyance for two weeks. Member Wilson said he did not feel the previous motion should be rescinded. He said he would like to see a plan developed and that the Members would have an opportunity to reject it if they did not like it. He asked how many of the three lots were owner -occupied. Mr. Ortega responded that two were owner -occupied, and one was vacant. Upon question by Member Crites as to whether or not the people who were involved were notified that the Agency would be considering this matter, Mr. Ortega responded that this was not an issue. If the Board decided that the lots were to be acquired, there would be a resolution of necessity and a public hearing, and those people would be notified. Mr. Goodman added that he was not requesting that the Redevelopment Agency take any action at this time other than authorizing staff to discuss the matter with his people. Member Kelly moved to, by Minute Motion, grant approval for the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency to enter into an agreement with Dr. Lyons to acquire the three properties for resale. Member Wilson said he thought the recommendation was to 6 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRIL 28, 1988 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • authorize staff to sit down and negotiate with Dr. Lyons and to bring an agreement back to the Agency Board. Mr. Goodman agreed. Member Kelly amended his motion to authorize staff to sit down and negotiate with Dr. Lyons and to bring an agreement back to the Agency Board. Motion was seconded by Crites and carried by unanimous vote of the Agency Board. B. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF POLICY STATEMENT FOR PORTOLA AVENUE AT HIGHWAY 111 STUDY. Mr. Ortega said recommended that the Agency Board take the same action on this item as the City Council. Member Crites moved to, by Minute Motion, adopt the six policy statements included in the Staff Report dated April 28, 1988, and direct the Public Works staff to perform a feasibility study of the other three corners of the intersection at the same time. Motion was seconded by Snyder and carried by unanimous vote of the Agency Board. IX. OLD BUSINESS None X. REPORTS, REMARKS, AND AGENCY BOARD ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR None B. AGENCY COUNSEL Absent C. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY None 7 MINUTES REGULAR•MEETfNG OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APRIL 28, 1988 • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,• ,• • • XI. ADJOURNMENT Member Wilson moved to adjourn to Closed Session at 8:45 p.m. pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8, Real Property Transactions and 54956.9 (a) and (b), Pending and Potential Litigation. Motion was seconded by Crites and carried by unanimous vote of the Agency Board. Chairman Benson reconvened the meeting at 9:00 p.m. with no action announced. ATTEST: SHEILA R. GIL IGAN, PALM DESERT REDEVEL RETARY TO THE ENT AGENCY 8 JEAN M. BENSON, CHAIRMAN