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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA 23 JUN 2005 POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER I. CALL TO ORDER - 3:00 P.M. II. ROLL CALL III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – A (CLOSED SESSION ITEMS) Any person wishing to discuss any item of Closed Session business may address the City Council or Redevelopment Agency Board at this point by stepping to the lectern and giving his/her name and address for the record. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of three minutes unless additional time is authorized by the City Council or Redevelopment Agency Board. Because the Brown Act does not allow the City Council or Redevelopment Agency Board to take action on items not on the Agenda, members will not enter into discussion with speakers but will instead refer the matter to staff for report and recommendation at a future City Council or Redevelopment Agency meeting. IV. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION Request for Closed Session: Conference with Real Property Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8: 1) Property: 74-039 San Marino Circle (APN 625-082-037) Negotiating Parties: Agency: Justin McCarthy/Lauri Aylaian/Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Other Parties: Ron Gregory/Gregory & Gregory Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment 2) Property: APN 640-370-012 Negotiating Parties: Agency: Justin McCarthy/Lauri Aylaian/Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Other Parties: Vince and Connie Cultraro Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 23, 2005 3) Property: 10 acres +/-, NEC Country Club Drive/Desert Willow Drive Negotiating Parties: Agency: Carlos L. Ortega/Justin McCarthy/Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: Sanderson J. Ray/Desert Springs Partners Other Parties: Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment 4) Property: APNs 620-400-025, 620-400-003, 620-420-010 Negotiating Parties: Agency: Justin McCarthy/Lauri Aylaian/Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Other Parties: Les Melcher/Woodbine Development Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment V. RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING - 4:00 P.M. A. REPORT ON ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION. Action: VI. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Member Robert A. Spiegel VII. INVOCATION - Vice Chairman Jim Ferguson VIII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - B Any person wishing to discuss any item not scheduled for public hearing may address the City Council, Redevelopment Agency, Financing Authority, or Housing Authority Boards at this point by stepping to the lectern and giving his/her name and address for the record. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of three minutes unless additional time is authorized by the City Council, Redevelopment Agency, Financing Authority, or Housing Authority Boards. Because the Brown Act does not allow the City Council, Redevelopment Agency, Financing Authority, or Housing Authority Boards to take action on items not on the Agenda, members will not enter into discussion with speakers but will instead refer the matter to staff for report and recommendation at a future City Council, Redevelopment Agency, Financing Authority, or Housing Authority meeting. IX. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS None X. CONSENT CALENDAR POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 23, 2005 ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE ROLL CALL VOTE. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR AUDIENCE REQUEST SPECIFIC ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION UNDER SECTION XI, CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER, OF THE AGENDA. A. MINUTES of the Regular Redevelopment Agency Meeting of June 9, 2005. Rec: Approve as presented. B. CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE AGENCY TREASURY - Warrant Nos. 253RDA, 255RDA, 257RDA, 254-Housing, 258-Housing, and 259HA. Rec: Approve as presented. C. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL of a Non-binding First-source Hiring Agreement with Workforce Development Centers of Riverside County (Contract No. R23880). Rec: By Minute Motion, authorize the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency to enter into the subject agreement with the Workforce Development Centers of Riverside County for up to 18 months as a First-source Agency. D. REQUEST FOR RATIFICATION of Change Order No. 2 to Contract No. R19540A - Construction of a New Visitor Information Center at Entrada del Paseo. Rec: By Minute Motion: 1) Ratify Construction Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $24,464.34 to the subject contract with WDL Construction, Palm Desert, California, for seven miscellaneous field-directed changes necessary for construction of the new Visitor information Center at Entrada del Paseo - the net increase for this work is $24,464.34 and a 10-calendar-day time extension; 2) authorize the Director of Finance to transfer said funds from contingency to base for the contract. E. REQUEST FOR RATIFICATION of Change Order No. 1 to Contract No. R21610A - Engineering Services for Desert Willow Lake Rehabilitation Project. POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 23, 2005 Rec: By Minute Motion: 1) Ratify Change Order No. 1 to the subject contract with PACE (Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc.), Fountain Valley, California, for field changes in the amount of $3,168 for lining testing services at the Desert Willow Golf Resort; 2) authorize the Executive Director and Chairman to execute same; 3) direct the Director of Finance to transfer $1,040 from contingency to base for this project and authorize expenditure of $2,128 for the balance of Change Order No. 1 from Account No. 851-4663-454-4001. F. REQUEST FOR RATIFICATION of Contract Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. R22730 - Field Survey Staking Services Associated with the 20-acre Affordable Housing Project. Rec: By Minute Motion: 1) Ratify Contract Amendment No. 2 in the amount of $1,345 to the subject contract with MSA Consulting, Rancho Mirage, California, for provision of field survey staking services associated with the acquisition of property from the Portola Country Club for the Agency's 20-acre affordable housing project; 2) authorize the Director of Finance to transfer said funds from contingency to base for this contract amendment. G. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL of Contract Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to Contract No. R22810 - Construction Management Services for the New Visitor Information Center at Entrada del Paseo. Rec: By Minute Motion: 1) Approve Contract Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 in a total amount not to exceed $24,005 to the subject contract with Harris & Associates, Palm Desert, California, for provision of additional construction management services and for a six-week extension of the contract duration that coincides with extension of the construction contract; 2) authorize the Director of Finance to transfer $9,828 from contingency to base for the subject contract amendments and authorize expenditure of the necessary balance of $14,177 from Account No. 850-4358-433-4001. XI. CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER XII. RESOLUTIONS None POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 23, 2005 XIII. NEW BUSINESS A. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF ACTIONS TO RENOVATE THE LANDSCAPING FOR DESIGNATED LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS (JOINT CONSIDERATION WITH THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL). Rec: That the City Council, by Minute Motion: 1) Award a contract to Steven Burt & Associates, Inc., Bermuda Dunes, California, in the amount of $469,082 for Landscape and Lighting District Landscape Renovations (Contract No. C23040A, Project No. 936-04); 2) set aside a 10% contingency for the project in the amount of $46,908.20; 3) authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement; 4) appropriate $271,433.80 to Fund 400 Capital Projects Reserves. That the Agency Board, by Minute Motion: 1) Authorize the transfer to Fund 400 Capital Projects Reserves of $55,324.50 from Project Area No. 1; $178,041.60 from Project Area No. 2; and $38,067.70 from Project Area No. 3; 2) appropriate $26,000 to Account No. 853-4388-433-4001 from Project Area No. 3 Unobligated Funds. Action: XIV. CONTINUED BUSINESS None XV. OLD BUSINESS A. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER NO. 3 TO CONTRACT NO. R19540A - CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER AT ENTRADA DEL PASEO. Rec: By Minute Motion: 1) Approve Construction Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $219,032.89 to the subject contract with WDL Construction, Palm Desert, California, for increasing the scope of the contract work to include landscaping the half-acre pad surrounding the Visitor Information Center, plus performing miscellaneous extra work associated with construction of the new building; 2) authorize the Director of Finance to transfer $120,846.98 from contingency to base for the subject Change Order and authorize expending the remaining $98,185.91 necessary for this added work from Account No. 850-4358-433- 4001. POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 23, 2005 Action: XVI. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PROPOSED FINANCIAL PLAN FRO FISCAL YEAR 2005/06 (JOINT CONSIDERATION WITH THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY). Rec: 1) Conduct the Joint Public Hearing on the proposed City, Agency, and Housing Authority Budgets. 2) Waive further reading and adopt City Council Resolution No. 05- 47, adopting a City Program and Financial Plan for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. 3) Waive further reading and adopt City Council Resolution No. 05- 48, establishing the Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2005/06. 4) Waive further reading and adopt Redevelopment Agency Resolution No. 503, adopting a Redevelopment Agency Program and Financial Plan for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. 5) Waive further reading and adopt Housing Authority Resolution No. HA-27, adopting a Housing Authority Program and Financial Plan for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. 6) By Minute Motion, approve revised attorney services' hourly rate for Best, Best & Krieger and for Richards, Watson & Gershon, as proposed by the two firms. 7) Waive further reading and adopt City Council Resolution No. 05- 49, setting the Salary Schedule, Salary Ranges, and Allocated Classifications for FY 2005/06. POSTED AGENDA REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 23, 2005 8) By Minute Motion, approve Out-of-State Travel as listed on the accompanying memo. Action: XVII. REPORTS AND REMARKS A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR B. AGENCY COUNSEL C. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY XVIII. ADJOURNMENT