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Home My WebLink About1982-09-27; Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; MinutesMEETING OF: Housinq and Redeve MaNUTEs Advisory Commi i ttee DATE: September 27, 1982 PLACE: City Council Chambers TIME: 5:OO P.M. Redevelopment Office: 438-5591 Land-Use' P1 anni ng 4LL TO ORDER: 3LL CALL: Present: Eva Carney Matt Hall Thelma Hayes Red Helton John McCoy Laura Moralez Robert Holmes Roy Sanchez Roy Ward Meeting called to order 5:OO P.M. thers in Attendance: Chris Salomone, C0mmunit.y Redevelopment Manager; Marty Orenyak, Building and Planning Director; Michael Hol zmi 11 er, Land-Use Planning Nanager; Patricia Cratty, Administrative Assistant Redevelopment- Ron Beckman, Assistant city Manager/Developmental Services PPROVAL OF MINUTES: y proper motion minutes of the August 30, 1982, meeting were pproved. ES - N REVIEW BOARD r. Sal omone, Community Redevel opment brief run-down on the status of the oard selection. Mr. Salomone stated robably be taking place at the Counc Manager gave the Committei City's Design Review that the selection would 1 meeting on October 5. r. Salomone also stated that the Design Review Board was oted as being the Planning Commission for the Redevelopment rea. olunteered to sit on the commission. Those listed were as ollowed: lr. John McCoy, Mrs. Thelma Hayes, Mr. Robert Holmes and Mr. att Hall. From the Planning Commission: F4r. Clarence chelhuber, Ms Mary Marcus , Mr. Jerry Rombotis and Mr. 'illis Rawlins. Flr. Salomone listed the names of those persons who had From the Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committe ORTGAGE REVENUE BOND-COUNSEL/UNCERWRITER SELECTION ORTGAGE REVENUE BC'ND-ALLOCATION taff gave a report on the status of the Mortgage Revenue ond Selection and stated that there was much interest on the art of developers in the area to proceed with the Yortgace evenue Bond Program. ouncil had selected its Bond Counsel and Underwriter at their eeting of September 21, 1982 and approved the recommendation o request funds from the State Allocation Committee. ouncil authorized $80 million in single family mortgage revenul onds and $15 mi 11 ion in mu1 ti-fami ly mortgage revenue bonds. Staff informed the Committee that the MEMBERS ' EARNEY dAL L HF.Y ES I-I E L T 0 N '.1c COY YORAL EZ HO Li4 E S SANCHEZ NARD Housi g and Redevelopment Advi MM;heES Yeeting of: September 27, 1982 Page 2 Ir. Salomone stated that the Underwriting firm selected to bepresent the City was the firm of Blyth, Eastman, Paine Webber, nd the Bond Counsel would be Mr. John Murphy from the firm of 'tradling, Yocca, Carlson and Rauth. IEIGHT SUITABILITY STUDY UPDATE Ir. Salomone gave an update on the status of the Height luitability Study issue. Mr. Salomone reiterated that at their ieeting in July the committee recommended that the City Council llow consideration of increased height in the Design Manual for .he Redevelopment Area on a case by case basis. Recommendation s slated for October 5, 1982 Council meeting to on height .onsiderat i on. Ir. Salomone mentioned that City Council had recently allowed fc :onsideration of increased height at the Palomar Airport area. liscussion held if the increased height at Palomar Airport ncluded housing. :OYAL PALMS !r. Salomone disucssed the Royal Palms issue as an informational tem stating that the City did not have approved plans at :his time. Flr. Salomone stated that he wanted to clarify any umors that might have been heard regarding this project and :his item was simply informational because of the recent lues ti ons rai sed. 'ARK1 NG COMMITTEE lr. Ward spoke briefly on the Parking Committee meetings. lichael Holzmiller, Land-Use Planning Manager spoke on the aecommendations of the committee. Mr. Holzmiller stated that t the parking committee meeting discussion was held and recom- iendation made on increaseing parking for office use in all reas of the City except the Redevelopment Area and a 300' badius around the Redevelopment Area. Within the Redevelopment rea the 300' radius would be like a buffer and keep required Committee lad also recommended that the Planning Commission and the City ouncil consider allowing provision for compact cars everywhere n the City. space for every 400 square feet except for banks. This being up to 40%. ouncil Member Anear questioned as to the reasoning that the :edevelopment Area was exempt. Mr. Holzmiller stated that there 'as alot of small lots in the Redevelopment Area and that if larking were incresed none of the lots would develop and the ommittee wanted to encourage office use in the Redevelopment rea. :ouncil Member Anear expressed concern regarding the change in barking requirements and felt that perhaps they should be left is is. Mr. Ward mentioned that the most important item at this ;ime was to encourage development and additional parking is ieeded. lotion by Member Helton to forward recommendation of parking :ommittee forward to Council. Second Member Sanchez. CARNEY HALL HELTON MC COY MORAL EZ HOLMES SANCHEZ WARD .- MINUTES Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Meeting of: September 27, 1982 Page 3 MEMBERS Y IOWNTOWN PARKING LOT (AT&SF) Mr. Salomone presented preliminary design of downtown parking lot which provides for 81 parking spaces with exit onto Elm Avenue and Oak with landscaping. Mr. Salomone stated that the design was ready to forward to Council concurrently with the mid-block parking lot. Mr. Orenyak, Building and Planning Director, mentioned that would be an alternate lighting plan. BIG BEAFYPOINSETTIA Mr. Salomone gave brief informational disucssion on the status of the Big Bear Market and Poi-nsettia Plaza. Yr. Art Dawson have recently negoitated a new lease which will trigger remodeling of entire center and expanding the Big Bear Market which would also trigger the restructure of the parking circulation for the plaza. Stated that BLOCK GRANT rlr. Salomone distributed a list of projects which have been proposed for the 9th Year Community Development Block Grant program from the two public meetings that were held. will be forwarded to Coucnil with cost estimates and eligibilit status. Mr. Salomone stated that Council will have opportunitj to choose projects to prioritize for the 9th year funding cycle Projects PIANISIMO: Tabled. 4ppl icant not present COMMENTS Discussions held on the Madison and Roosevelt streetscaping which is underway and comments made that business has been picking up in the downtown area. Staff mentioned that the Redevelopment Office will be having a booth at the Fall Faire for downtown growth and potential. SIGNING Mr. Salomone presented the committee with a mack up of a sign logo that the downtown merchants have been working with to give some identification to the downtown area. This sign was made up to be considered for forwarding to City to be placed at possibily six strategic locations. COUNTRY SQUIRE NURSERY Mr. Salomone presented proposal from Mr. Dan Blanchard for a plant boutique on side of Alt Carlsbad on Carlsbad Blvd. Mr. Blanchard gave presentation to the Committee and described his intentions for the plant boutique. The applicant stated that he would like to use a gazzebo type structure which would be decorative and attractive and in keeping with the colorful country nursery type theme. Plr. Blanchard stated that they would offer rare plants and bulb from the local growers and also a limited amount of pottery. Some discussion held on parking. Mr. Holmes made motion to accept proposal with second from He1 ton. HOLMES SA \IC H E Z WARD CARNEY HALL HAYES HELTON MC COY MORALES ( X X X X X X X "- MINUTES Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Meeting of: September 27, 1952 Page 4 MEMBERS \ RUNZO'S CANDIES Mr. Salomone acknowledged that Runzo's Candies located in the Redevelopment Area had recently been presented an award from the International Confectioner's Association. Mr. Salomone stated that this award has greatly promoted business. K & K LABORTORIES Mr. Salomone discussed the use of K & K Labortories at the old United Parcel building site on Tyler Street. Discussion held and concensus was that the use will improve area. HOUSING COMMITTEE ROLE: Mr. Salomone discussed first of all that design review functior of the committee would be dimin'ished with the selection of the Design Review Board. Filr. Salomone also felt that it was a good starting point to look at other aspects of housing in the City. With that he turned the floor over to Mr. Michael Holzmiller, Land-Use Planning Manager. rulr. Holzmiller discussed several items that the City would be considering in regards to housing in the near future. stated that the multi-family zones would include Senior Housing ordiance and mentioned that one project has been approved. Mr. Holzmiller also spoke on affirmative steps by the City in providing senior citizen housing and also discussec development agreement ordinance. Discussions held on higher dens i ty zone. He ADDITIONAL ITEMS Committee had general discussion of needs of City and complete( projects, general development of City and quality of development keeping in mind research to assure continuous quality and flow of developments. ITEM #1 PIANISIYMO Committee reviewed use of business and the concensus was that it was felt that the use was conforming with the goals of the Redevelopment Area and a project they would like to see done. MEETIFIG ADJOURNED: 6:30 P.M. Respectfully Submitted, PATRICA CRATTY Administrative Assistant/Redevelopment