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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