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Home My WebLink About1983-04-25; Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; Minutes-- MINUTES Date of Meeting: April 25, 1983 Time of Meeting: 5:OO p.m. Place of Meeting: City Council Chars Meeting of: HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY OMMIWE MEMBERS CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Co-Chairman Hall at 5:06 p.m. ROLL CALL: Present : Matt Hall John McCoy Roy Sanchez Thelma Hayes Eva Carney Laura Moralez Roy Ward Red Helton Robert Holmes Absent : None A!ITELWWCE : Mike Holzmiller, Land Use Planning Manager Marty Orenyak, Director, Building and Planning Charles Grim, Principal Planner Patty A. Cratty, Administrative Assistant Council Liaison Kulchin arrived follcwing Closed Session Council Meeting. APPm OF MINUTES: Me-r Thelma Hayes asked for a change in the Minutes of the April 4, 1983, meeting, on page 6, where Mr. Garcia was speaking. added to that discussion, repeating what he had previously said, that the buildings were important and adding that parking was not the mst inportant problem. She asked for Mr. Ryburn to be On Page 7, under No. 3, change Vocational to Camercial. The Minutes of the April 4, 1983, meeting were approved as amended. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Rehabilitation Program Update A. Changes in Interest Rates Administrative Assistant Patty Cratty gave the report, stating there had been a meeting of the Loan Cdttee today and they were considering changing interest rates since the mney market had loosened up and this would make the program mre attractive. to see haw the leveraging is coming out. The Council would have to approve any changes. The Codttee wants Hall Carney Hayes Helton McCoy Moralez Holmes Sanchez Ward X X X X X X X X X MINUTES April 25, 1983 Page 2 Menher McCoy asked if this meant inhouse, and Miss Cratty answered the Bank of America reviews the applications and the City is collateralizing all loans. Quite a few cities do their own programs. Menker Ward stated there was no one with underwriting experience on the staff capable of doing this. Member Hayes asked if there was any way to connect the reason for the inquiry, and Menher Ward said the reason the discussion arose was the Bank of America was not allowing the City to operate under the term of the mntract 5 1/4% loan rate and four to one leverage of mney. They are requiring 100% collaterial, which is both comercia1 and residential with City funds. stated the purpose to leverage may be six to one, but the main resistance from Bank of America is they can't go below a second mortgage. The City was asking for them to go into the third or fourth spot, without asking the people to refine and get the packaging together. The City should be helping get the job done, because it is paying a penalty by this additional collateralization. He added the Bank of America would mme around if the City shows expertise in presentation and packaging and help the clients package the loan request. He Miss Cratty added the City had no track record before but are now ready to review and get better leverage. More information will be brought back to the Comnittee on this. 2. Local Coastal Plan Amendment Charles Grim, Principal Planner, gave the report, stating that five or six mnths ago the Comnittee had looked at an office project for Jerry Ronbtis . The City and the Council both supported the project and the next step was the Coastal Codssion. They said they couldn't approve because of inconsistencies between the Coastal Plan and the Redevelopment Plan. The suggestion was made to go through the Plans and find all inconsistencies. The inconsistencies found were listed in the attachment to the packet. There should be no problem getting these inconsistencies changed, it is just going through the procedure. The Comnittee voted to proceed with the changing of the Coastal Plan to be consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. Hall Carney Hayes Helton McCoy Moralez Holmes Sanchez P' $ - X X X X X X X X MINUTES April 25, 1983 Page 3 3. WOrkshoD (Verbal Remrt1 synop sis on Design Review Board/City Council Patty Cratty reported on the April 12, 1983, joint meting of the Design Review Board and the City Council. both were following the same line of thinking and had the same goals and objectives. Parking was the major problem, with enphasis on mre downtown parking and landscaping. The main object of the meeting was to see if 4. Design Review Board Status Report Patty Cratty referred to the list of projects approved by the Design Review Board from beginning up to the present time, a mpy of whi& was attached to the packet . Menber McCoy asked why the construction on the Sunnys restaurant had not been done as yet, inasmuch as they are in operation. had appealed the conditions and been denied. Also, Mr. Baker had thought the process through the City would take much longer than it did, and was not prepared to do the landscaping and redeling at this time. the smr and start the rerfcdeling in October or NoverrS3er. It was explained by staff that they The City agreed to allow him to operate through Menber Hayes asked if this Cornnittee had gotten information on all of these projects as she did not recognize some of them, and Marty Orenyak assured her they had all gone through this Cdttee. his departmnt does have the discretion to decide whether a project is minor or to bring it to the Comnittee. the Comnittee, unless there was a need to expedite. In that case, it would be presented as an information item. He stated Virtually all projects will be brought to Member Hayes asked if the alley at the end of Elm could be inproved, as it is in deplorable condition. Miss Cratty said she would check with Engineering to see whether it was public right-of-way or dedicated. Marty Orenyak was asked about the parking lots and the possibility of conpletion by May 1, and he said neither would be conpleted by the Spring Faire, but there was -le parking downtown if the people arrive early. stated the hangup on the mid-block parking lot is SZ&E and the telephone conpany. that the lot by the railroad tracks should be barricaded for the Faire. He The suggestion was made 5. sp ring Faire The Faire booth will be in front of McDonalds, and a sign-up sheet was sent around for the M-rs to sign up to donate booth the. Me-r to please come and help if they can. Miss Cratty asked every MEMBERS ’ .. c MINUTES April 25 1983 Page 4 6. Film - Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Patty Cratty asked the Menbers of the Comnittee if they would like to see this film. The film has been ordered and there will be a time schedule set up. runs approximately 12 minutes. M&r Hayes stated she would like to see this tied in with the pedestrian circulation plan. The film 7. Housing and Comnunity Developent Update patty Cratty reported the post office will be correcting the traffic circulation problem. The streetscaping for Grand and State will be on the Council Agenda May 3. Members had expressed their appreciation to this Comnittee for the good guideline and solution provided on this item. Mer Ward stated the Council The Cornittee discussed the bench problem, stating they thought there was to be no advertising on the benches. Chris Salomne was supposed to talk with CalTrans about this and it was felt North County Transit should be given a certain time limit to remve the advertising. The Comnittee felt they should be informed whether there is a policy for no advertising on the benches, or whether this has been changed. Council Liason Kulchin arrived at the Meeting, stating she had been at an Executive Session of the City Council and had sent word to be given to the Codttee as to why she was not present. By proper mtion, fhe meeting was adjourned at 5:42 p. m. Respectfully submitted, Harriett Babbitt Minutes Clerk