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Home My WebLink AboutPRELIM - RDA - 05/25/06X A PRELIMINARY MINUTES REGULAR PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006 CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER I. CALL TO ORDER - 3:00 P.M. Chairman Ferguson convened the meeting at 3:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Present: Member Jean M. Benson Member Buford A. Crites Vice Chairman Richard S. Kelly Member Robert A. Spiegel Chairman Jim Ferguson Also Present: Carlos L. Ortega, City Manager/RDA Executive Director David J. Erwin, City Attorney Sheila R. Gilligan, ACM for Community Services Homer Croy, ACM for Development Services Justin McCarthy, ACM for Redevelopment Stephen Y. Aryan, Assistant to the City Manager Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk Amir Hamidzadeh, Director of Building & Safety Phil Drell, Director of Community Development Paul S. Gibson, Director of Finance/City Treasurer Mark D. Greenwood, Director of Public Works David Yrigoyen, Director of Redevelopment & Housing Patrick Conlon, Director of Office of Energy Management Walt Holloway, Battalion Chief, Palm Desert Fire/Riverside Co Steve Thetford, Asst. Chief, Palm Desert Police/Riverside Co. Grace L. Mendoza, Deputy City Clerk III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - A (CLOSED SESSION ITEMS) None IV. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION Request for Closed Session: Fire Dept./CDF Sheriffs Dept. PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MAY 25, 2006 Conference with Real Property Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8: 1) Property: APN 620-400-024 Negotiating Parties: Agency: Justin McCarthy/Lauri Aylaian/City of Palm Desert/Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: City of Palm Desert Other Parties: Jorge Boone, WC Rancho Mirage, Inc. Jim Gibbons, Resort Ventures, LP Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment Mr. Erwin asked the Agency Board/City Council to consider adding another property item to this agenda. Upon motion by Spiegel, second by Crites, and 4-0 vote of the Agency Board/City Council, with Kelly ABSENT, the following property negotiation was added to the agenda. 2) Property: APNs 653-420-032/033/034/035/036 Negotiating Parties: Agency: Carlos L. Ortega/City of Palm Desert/ Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: SGH Business Partners Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment With Agency Board concurrence, Chairman Ferguson adjourned the meeting to Closed Session at 3:02 p.m. He reconvened the meeting at 4:01 p.m. V. RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING - 4:00 P.M. A. REPORT ON ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION. None VI. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Member Buford A. Crites VII. INVOCATION - Member Jean M. Benson Vill. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - B MR. JAMES BROWNYARD, representing DesertChapter of the Southern California Building Industry Association (BIA), thanked City Councilmembers for meeting with their Legislative Affairs Committee and the rest of their membership to provide an update on City activities. He said it was a good discussion and a great deal of 2 PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MAY 25, 2006 information shared that was of benefit to their industry. He felt a very good rapport was established between both the City Council and the members. MR. FRANK BOSCH addressed the Agency Board/City Council to introduce his family's idea for establishing an exclusive bakery enterprise at a location across from the Marriott on Country Club Drive. He noted that his son already operates a wholesale bakery at Cook Street/Joni Drive in Palm Desert and understood that the City Council would have to approve the proposed venture, which he looked forward to initiating. MR. RON GAUL, addressed the Agency Board/City Council as the Imperial and Coachella Valleys' representative to the Salton Sea Coalition, an organization of 14 environmental and outdoor recreation groups, including the Torres Martinez and Cabazon Band Indian Tribes. He returned to provide an update on the information he provided two weeks ago; the air quality forum at the University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Campus, would be postponed due to the State's programmatic environmental impact report on the Salton Sea Restoration Plan being delayed to mid -July. However, he reported that there would be a Salton Sea Advisory Committee Meeting in Sacramento, which would be teleconferenced to the Coachella Valley Association of Government's Conference Room at 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 2. He said interested persons were encouraged to participate in the teleconferencing sites (there would also be one in the Imperial Valley), where public comments would be accepted. IX. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS A. PRESENTATION OF A $4.5 MILLION CHECK TO CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT/PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. Chairman/Mayor Ferguson recounted the steps taken and approximately 20 years of effort in setting aside the land and planning by his colleagues on the City Council to establish the co -located Cal State San Bernardino and University of California, Riverside, campus in Palm Desert. He went on to comment that it was a three-phase project, roughly $30 million, with the last building to be constructed a Health Sciences Center, and the City of Palm Desert deciding to help finish it off. He said last Tuesday City Councilmembers met with the Chancellor of the California State University System in Long Beach, where the City's contribution was approved to complete the funding, along with naming the building the "Palm Desert Health Sciences Building." Agency Board/City Councilmembers jointly presented the check to Dean of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, Fred Jandt. On behalf of the California State University Chancellor, Board of Trustees, Cal State San Bernardino President Karnig, and himself, Dean Jandt 3 PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MAY 25, 2006 graciously accepted the contribution and expressed the University's deep gratitude for the City's contributions. He quoted from a proclamation presented to Palm Desert at last week's Board of Trustees Meeting, which recognized the City's support of higher education for many years and the resulting value to the community at large. He said that included the set -aside of land and now this major contribution to make the Health Sciences Building possible. The building will house the University's Nursing Program, expected to have an immediate impact on the Valley's nursing shortage as a supplement to College of the Desert's Nursing Program. B. PRESENTATION OF RECOGNITION TO CITY OF PALM DESERT/ PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY EMPLOYEES FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2006. On behalf of the Agency Board/City Council, Chairman/Mayor Ferguson and Mr. Ortega honored the following employees for their outstanding performance with a printed certificate of recognition and a $100 gift certificate: Steve Aryan, Terry Cechin, and Paul Gibson. X. CONSENT CALENDAR A. MINUTES of the Regular Redevelopment Agency Meeting of May 11, 2006. Rec: Approve as presented. B. CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE AGENCY TREASURY - Warrant Nos. 227RDA, 219-Housing, 228-Housing, and 229HA. Rec: Approve as presented. C. CITY'S/AGENCY'S COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS and Investment Reports for April 2006. (Joint Consideration with the Palm Desert City Council). Rec: Receive and file. D. REQUEST FOR ACCEPTANCE OF WORK for Contract No. R22200 - Installation of Monument Signs at Entrada del Paseo (Fluoresce Lighting & Signs, Pomona, CA). Rec: By Minute Motion, accept the work as complete and authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the subject project. 9 PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MAY 25, 2006 E. REQUEST FOR RATIFICATION of a Professional Services Agreement for the California Villas Rehabilitation Project (Contract No. R25290). Rec: By Minute Motion, ratify the Executive Director's approval of a professional services agreement Contract No. R25290, dated May 2, 2006, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, with Harris & Associates, Palm Desert, for the subject project - funds are available in Account No. 871-8680-466-4001. F. REQUEST FOR RATIFICATION of a Professional Services Agreement for LEED Commissioning Services of the Henderson Community Building (Contract No. R22600B). Rec: By Minute Motion, ratify subject agreement in an amount not to exceed $10,368.60, including reimbursables, with Engineering Economics Inc., Sun City, Arizona, for LEED Commissioning Services for the Henderson Community Building -funds are available in Account No. 850-4358-433-4001. G. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL of the Purchase of Conference Table and Credenza for the North Wing Conference Room. Rec: By Minute Motion, approve the purchase of a conference table and credenza for the North Wing Conference Room by authorizing a purchase order in the amount of $20,975 to Paul Downs Cabinetmakers of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania - funds are available in Account No. 850-4358-433-4001. Upon motion by Spiegel, second by Kelly, and 5-0 vote of the Agency Board, the Consent Calendar was approved as presented. XI. CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER None XII. RESOLUTIONS None XIII. NEW BUSINESS None XIV. CONTINUED BUSINESS None 5 PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MAY 25, 2006 XV. OLD BUSINESS None XVI. PUBLIC HEARINGS None XVII. REPORTS, REMARKS, AND AGENCY BOARD ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR None B. AGENCY COUNSEL None C. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY None XVIII. ADJOURNMENT With Agency Board concurrence, Chairman Ferguson adjourned the meeting at 5:25 p.m. ATTEST: JIM FERGUSON, CHAIRMAN RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, SECRETARY PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY C01