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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/25/80 MINUTES RA MINUTES BAKERSFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Regular Meeting-November 25, 1980 The Regular Meeting of the Bakersfield Redevelopment Agency was called to order by Chairman Casper Tuesday, November 25, 1980, at 4 p.m. in the City Council Chamber. The secretary called the roll as follows: MEMBERS PRESENT: Vincent Casper, Chairman Jeanne Foth, Vice Chairman Robert E. King Frank S. Lewis ABSENT: John S. Mooneyham Dr. Glenn O. Puder Gene Winer STAFF PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT: Dennis Needham, Deputy Executive Director Philip Kelmar, Treasurer Art Saalfield, Assistant City Attorney Dale Hawley, Public Works Director Cal Bidwell, Building Director Melvin Tooker, Development Services Coordinator Jim Gilchrist and Dave Kennon, Community Development and Housing W. D. Higginbotham, Finance Operations Manager Harry Tow, Quad Consultants, Inc. MINUTES Minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 28, 1980 were approved as mailed. FINANCE a) Voucher Approval - Following discussion, on motion by Ms. Foth, seconded by Mr. King, and carried, Vouchers Nos. 60 and 61, held over from last month for clarification of charges, were approved for payment. Following discussion, on motion by Ms. Foth, seconded by Mr. King, and carried, Vouchers Nos. 66 through 8~, totaling $7,828.96 (See Voucher Register dated November 25, 1980), were approved for payment. Ms. Foth moved, as a result of Vouchers Nos. 60 and 6~, that the Agency authorize staff to determine if there is another firm who might serve as the Agency's relocation consultant. The motion was seconded by Mr. King, and carried. b) Transfer of Revenues - Mr. Kelmar reminded members that the legal documents that were drafted in connection with the sale of notes for the California Republic Bank Building required that all revenues of the Agency go into a parti- cular fund, and they provided that once the annual debt service is accumulated, the excess monies can be transferred to other funds for the Agency's regular operations. Mr. Kelmar stated this must come before the Agency each year for approval. Following discussion, on motion by Mr. Lewis, seconded by Mr. King, and carried, the Agency authorized Mr. Kelmar to make the necessary transfers to other funds. PROJECTS a) ShoppinA Center - Mr. Needham noted the letter received from HUD regar- ding the UDAG Application stated insufficient financing information, and insuf- ficient information, as the reasons for not granting the funds. He stated the people he talked to at HUD explained that it means the Application hasn't been approved, or just rolled over to the next quarter, and that this letter went out to a number of cities. Mr. Needham reported a review was done in a meeting last week in Washing- ton, attended by Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Donahue, and others, and that it was his under- Standing that the information HUD wants will be received this time to their satisfaction, i.e., the wording on the financing commitment was resolved last week according to Mr. Jacobs, and the commitment from one of the department stores will be mailed as well as telephoned. This is being worked out. Chairman Casper noted that a recent Los Angeles newspaper article dis- cussed various programs in HUD that the Republican Administration might keep, and that UDAG was specifically mentioned as one they favor. b) c) d) 1) 2) 1) Hotel - Mr. Needham stated there was nothing to report on this project. Multimodal Transit System: Public Hearing - Chairman Casper asked Mr. Needham if he had anything to report ahead of the Public Hearing on this project. Mr. Needham noted the following corrections to be made to Negative Declaration No. 1237: --Item 11-16-c should read "yes" instead of "no.u --Add "c" to Item 111-16. Mr. Needham noted the following correction to be made in SB-620, Project Application: --Under heading "Description of Proposed Project" delete in third paragraph, second sentence, as follows: "...(20th Street will be closed to all traffic with the exception of east bound, one way, bus traffic);..." Mr, Needham referred to Mr. Hawley for clarification. Mr. Hawley reviewed the ingress and egress of traffic in the area of the proposed transit facility, as noted on two sketches handed to Agency members. Mr. Needham noted that the reason for making these corrections at this time was because they had to be made prior to the Public Hearing on the Negative Declaration. Chairman Casper stated the review of Negative Declaration No. 1237 would continue, and asked the secretary if any additional correspondence had been received concerning this issue that was not included in the original packets. The secretary read a letter from the Kern High School District dated November 20, 1980 stating they had "...no comments to file either in support of or in opposition to the report." Chairman Casper declared the Public Hearing open for those persons wishing to comment on the environmental impacts of this project. There being none, he declared the Public Hearing closed. He asked if there were any further comments from Agency members or staff, and there being none, the Chairman asked for a motion. Ms. Foth moved the Agency certify that the Negative Declaration on the proposed Multimodal Transit Terminal is in conformance with requirements of the CalJfornia Environ- mental Quality Act, and that the issues and concerns associated with the project have been adequately discussed and resolved with mitigation, and that staff be directed to transmit this document to the City Council for their review and certification. The motion was seconded by Mr. King, and carried, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Foth, King, Lewis and Casper None Mooneyham, Puder and Winer Authorization to Sign EIR Documents - Mr. Kennon stated the issue here was an attempt to relieve Mr. Needham of some unnecessary administrative duties by assigning them to a staff member. Following discussion, on motion by Mr. King, seconded by Ms. Foth, and carried, Mr. David Kennon was authorized to prepare, research, review and sign environmental documents involving the Agency pursuant to the California State Environ- mental Quality Act. Downtown Parking; Report on Feasibility Study - Mr. Needham stated that from the standpoint of financial information to-date received in a letter from the Agency's financial consultant regarding the potential for a parking structure on the Sill and Hoenshell properties, and regarding an additional level of parking on the "K" Street Garage, staff can't recommend proceeding. 2) GENERAL a) l) Mr. Needham recommended, however, proceeding with the feasibility study to include cost of parking spaces, cost of doing a bond issue, how much money would be available to the Agency from the Parking Authority's Fund to off-set costs, and whether or not and how much tax increment monies would be needed to do a parking structure; then come back to the Agency within the next month or two with this information. Mr. Needham stated staff was looking at the possibility of getting everything ready to prepare for a bond issue when the market is ready and they can recom- mend it. Request for Parking Spaces - The secretary read a letter from Mr. Ron Ireland of Royal Copy and Printing addressed to Councilman Barton stating interest in a long-term parking lease for 168 parking spaces in the proposed 18th Street parking structure. Design Review Board - Mr. Needham reviewed the following: Equity 1, 930 Truxtun, Signage - This proposed signage is within the Agency's standards, and the Design Review Board recommended approval. 2) Old Church Plaza, Truxtun Avenue, Two-Level Parking Structure - A rendering was presented showing some changes to the structure, and a proposed two-level parking structure providing more than the required number of spaces. The Design Review Board recommended approval. Following discussion, on motion by Ms. Foth, seconded by Mr. King, and carried, the Agency approved Items 1 and 2, above, as recommended by the Design Review Board. b) Report on NAHRO Annual Fall Workshop in Fresno - Ms. Foth and Mr. Lewis attended this workshop and gave the Agency a brief review. Ms. Foth stated she had been asked to become a member of the governing body. Following discussion, Mr. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. King, and carried, Ms. Foth be appointed a member of the governing body of the Pacific Southwest Region of NAHRO. c) Mr. King asked whether the Agency was spending money on housing at this point. Mr. Needham responded that the Agency was not. He explained however, that feasibility of a $50,000,000 bond issue was being studied for that purpose, but the requirement for the development to be ready and in place for the people to buy the housing could not be met. Mr. King stated he thought this was the wrong time for this body to be spending money making studies to issue bonds. Chairman Casper apprised Mr. King of the fact that it was the City that was thinking of issuing bonds for housing. b) Mr. Harry Tow gave a brief presentation on the final draft report (copies were passed out to members) that was generated during the first phase of the Multimodal Transportation Terminal Study, indicating a second phase was due to begin in a few weeks. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman Casper adjourned the meeting at 4:55 p.m. Bernice E. Stewart, Secretary to the Bakersfield Redevelopment Agency