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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-01-27; Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; MinutesMINUTES Meetinq of: HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE L4 Time of Meet,,ig: 5:OO p.m. Date of Meeting: 3anuary 27, 1986 Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers i CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chairman McCoy at 5:02 p.m. ROLL CALL: Present : Chairman McCoy, Committee Members Clarke, Guilford, Hayes, Moralez, Nielsen, Rombot is and Sanchez . Absent : Member Helton. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The Minutes of the November 25, 1985, meeting were approved as presented. OLD WSINESS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: 1. Chris' Salomone , Community Redevelopment Manager, introduced 3erry Rombot is, the newly appointed Member of the Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee. Mr. Salomone explained the function of the Design Review Board, which consists of five members, two from this Committee, and three from the Planning Commission. New Member - 3erry Rombotis (Introduction) 2. Board Representative to fill Vacancy on Design Review By unanimous vote, 3erry Rombotis was selected to represent the Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee on the Design Review Board. 3. Code Enforcement Chris Salomone reported the City has been lenient in code enforcement in the downtown area the last few years to allow the area to become developed and successful. Staff now feels it is time for stricter enforcement. A full-time Code Enforcement Officer has been hired by the City and is now enforcing Ordinances and Codes throughout the City, as well as in the Redevelopment Area. Mr. Salomone continued, stating that most violations in the Redevelopment Area are signs. He stated Mike Harrington, the Code Enforcement Officer, would give a summary of the process and violations beinq handled at this time. Mike Harrington stated he has been the Code Enforcement Officer since 3anuary of 1985. The areas are divided into two parts--residential and commerical. y MEMBERS McCoy Clarke G uil f ord Hayes Moral e z Nielsen Rabotis Sanchez MINUTES ... 3anuary 27, 1986 Page 2 Residential violations are basically on a complaint basis. In the commerical area, Mr. Harrington stated he responds to complaints and information given to him by Mr. Salomone and other City departments. The complaint is documented and a personal visit made to discuss the violation. The majority of violations is due to signage as far as the Redevelopment Area. A letter is written to the violator giving them fifteen days to correct the violation. Another personal visit is made at that time, and if the violation has not been corrected, a stronger letter is written, stating the code that has been broken, a deadline date for correcting the violation and explaining this will be turned over to the City Attorney. If nothing is done by another ten to fifteen days, the matter is turned over to the City Attorney. The City Attorney writes a letter giving a deadline date for correction of the violation and a date for a hearing. If the violation is corrected before the hearing date, nothing further is done, otherwise the case goes to the courts. Mr. Harrington stated there were 98 complaints last year, with the majority being on signage. Almost 17% of the sign violations were in the Redevelopment Area. Mr. Harrington stated there needed to be a change made in the issuing of business licenses to include instructions to people at that time about the Codes and Ordinances. According to Mr. Harrington, the Redevelopment Area is the easiest to work with, and the most responsive. Mr . Harrington responded to questions from Committee Members and stated any time they find a violation they should call him at 438-5689. 4. Update/Economic Research Associates Market Feasibility Study Chris Salomone stated the remainder of the Agenda consisted of information items only, and he would give a brief summary of each item. Mr. Salomone stated the market analyses are being made in four parts and should be finished by the February meeting. The findings so far have been that the downtown development is appropriate to date, and it is now time to wait to install infrastructure improvements. It is also recommended that the downtown area be further improved with scenic corridors and streetscaping . Mr. Salomone referred to a wall map and an artist's rendering of some of the proposed improvements for the downtown area. 5. Desian Review Board (RedeveloDment Permit UDdate) a. Carlsbad Inn -- Chris Salomone stated the developers attempted to include a restaurant in the retail area of the development. The Design Review Board denied the request for the restaurant and the liquor license in that end of the building. This has been appealed to the City Council and will be on the January 28, 1986, Agenda. The developer will need to add 23 additional parking spaces, and the City will not allow them to build the second 66 condominiums until that additional parking is found. The 23 parking spaces will be offsite, requiring the developer to either buy land or find another solution. MINUTES 3anuary 27, 1986 Page 3 Member Sanchez made a motion for this Committee to recommend this request be denied as determined by the Design Review Board. The motion died for lack of a second. b. Wave Crest I1 (3oe's Transmission Site) -- Chris Salomone reported a small, temporary, sales office for Tamarack Beach Resort would be opened on the corner site. He called attention to an artist's rendering showing the proposed office, and stated this should be an improvement for that corner. The owner is still working with the City on a permanent building for that site. c. Besaw Project -- Chris Salomone reported this was a design change and was not granted. d. Village Corner (3ohn Grant) -- Chris Salomone reported this remodeling project is at the corner of Elm and State. He referred to a rendering of the proposed upgrading of the bui'lding . e. Gilbert's Auto Body -- This request was denied and has been appealed to the City Council. Member Clarke inquired about parking on Item d, and Chris Salomone stated Mr. Grant had indicated his willingness to participate in a parking district if and when one were formed. On the Redevelopment Permit Applications included in the packet, Member Hayes requested adding dates to that list in the future. 6. &date on Buildina Moratorium Chris Salomone gave an update on the building moratorium instituted by City Council, adding the Redevelopment Area is exempted. 7. Historic Preservation Commission Patty Cratty, AAII, reported the closing date for the H is to r ic Pr eserv at io n C om mi ssio n ap point me nt will pr oba b 1 y be extended, inasmuch as there has been little response at this time. She asked the Committee Members to mention the Commission to anyone they feel would be interested in serving on the Commission. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: Chris Salomone stated there would be a Downtowner on Wednesday at 5:OO p.m. Mr. Salomone reported the Christmas tree has been planted in the park. The benches have been placed around the downtown area, and the City is approved for rubberized railroad crossings. Mr. Salomone said there are optimistic feelings about the depot grant. He said the City should know about this grant February 7. Member Hayes asked for an update on the pedestrian circulation study. She would like to have the Committee consider an ad hoc pedestrian canmittee. Mrs. Hayes will bring material to present to the Committee. MEMBERS January 27 MINUTES 1986 Page 4 AD30URNMENT: By proper motion, the meeting of 3anuary 27, 1986, was adjourned at 6:08 p.m. Respectfully submitted, CHRIS SALOMONE Community Redevelopment Manager Harriet t Babbitt Minutes Clerk Y MEMBERS