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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-02-22; Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; MinutesMINUTES Meeting of: Time of Meeti \\\ HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE g: 4:OO p.m. Date of Meeting: February 22, 1988 Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Hayes called the Meeting to order at 4:OO p.m. ROLL CALL: Present: Chairperson Hayes, Committee Members Helton, McCoy, Moralez and Rombotis. Member Norby arrived at 4:07 p.m. 4:58 p.m. Member Sanchez arrived at Absent: Members Clarke and Guilford. Others Present: Chris Salomone, Housing & Redevelopment Director Patty Cratty, Senior Management Analyst APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting held January 25, 1988, were approved as presented. PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no one present ,o speak before the Committee. OLD BUSINESS/INFORMATIONAL: 1. SUB-COMMITTEES/ACTIVATION AND DUTIES Chairperson Hayes stated Chris Salomone and she had not met to work on these duties. The Committee Members will given a draft of Sub-committee Duties and were asked to review that and bring suggestions to the next meeting. Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee tabled Item 1, Sub-Committees/Activation and Duties, until the March meeting . Chris Salomone stated that the new Committee Members wil be known by the March meeting, and that would affect the sub-committee make-up. applications had been received from citizens wishing to become a Member of this Committee. The four Members up for re-appointment are: and Clarke. go to Council March 1, 1988. committees' meetings will need to be open meetings, and the public and the press may attend. He added that eight new Members Rombotis, Hayes, Sanchez The Agenda Bill for the re-appointments will Mr. Salomone stated the sub- The comment was made to make certain the time of the Regular Meetings is changed on all calendars to indicate the new time of 4:OO p.m. Hayes Helton McCoy Moralez Rombot is Hayes Helton McCoy Moralez Rombot is MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 22, 1988 Page 2 2. STREETSCAPE DESIGN PR03ECT Chairperson Hayes reported this project was acted upon by the Housing Commission and she spoke at the meeting. Over 20 people spoke, all favorably, and Chris Salomone handled all inquiries very ably. sympathetic to the parking and vehicle circulation. Hayes added this was the first big money this Committee has spent. The Commission/Council is very Mrs. Chris Salomone stated he is actively working on getting the off-street parking. with Members of this Committee before the March meeting. If a meeting is called, it would be posted. He would like to discuss this Member McCoy inquired about the streetlights for the streetscape, and Mr. Salomone stated Mr. Anear had been contacted by the consultants and shown pictures of the proposed fixtures. Member Rombotis volunteered to talk with Mr. Anear. regarding the streetlights. Member McCoy stated he would like to see the old lights used somewhere else and not just thrown away. would be saved and used somewhere. the lights on Madison were in phase two of the grant improvements. streetlights from Elm for the Madison Street project. Chris Salomone stated they Patty Cratty stated The suggestion was made to use the 3. VILLAGE I.D. SIGNS/LOCATOR MAP Member Norby reported this item was brought up at the next Village Merchants' meeting following this Committee's meeting and they were in favor of the suggestion. Chris Salomone suggested the sign at the Carlsbad Inn between Fidel's and the hotel be studied, as he felt it could be used throughout Carlsbad. picture of that sign to the next meeting. He will bring a Member Norby was directed to meet with the volunteers from the Merchants and bring back ideas to the next Committee meeting. 4. CITY COUNCIL/ADVISORY COMMITTEE GOALS Chairperson Hayes announced this item would be held until the Sub-committees had discussed goals. NEW BUSINESS : 5. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD Member Rombotis reported the items before the Design Review Board are listed in the packet. Matt Hall was elected Chairman of the Design Review Board, and 3ohn McCoy was elected Vice-chairman. MEMBERS \ MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 22, 1988 Page 3 The Board approved the Calvert re-design, with no residential upstairs. and the Booth project was sent back with suggestions for re-design. This was a modern-type building and the Board asked for something more traditional. Mr. Rombotis concluded his report stating Chris Salomone was requested to contact the post office with regard to some solution to their employees parking on the street. The Valdez project was approved, 6. JANUARY ACTIVITY REPORT Chairperson Hayes stated she could not accept that report as showing all the dates that are available. She would like the date to be shown under Project Title. Chairperson Hayes suggested that perhaps a card could be distributed to the people downtown and they could make suggestions on how to improve the village area and drop the cards off at Chris Salomone's office. Member Rombotis stated this type of program would require a public relations program, but could be of value. Chairperson Hayes continued, stating they could suggest what hazards existed that could be eliminated, or what culd be done to make the village more beautiful--in a positive spirit--to invite mre cooperation. the Committee Members to think about how this could be instituted. She asked 7. LITERATURE ON TRAFFIC SUB3ECTS Chris Salomone stated he thought this information would be interesting to the Committee Members, and they all agreed this was very good information to have on stop signs, speed limits, children at play, bike lanes, speed bumps, crosswalks and traffic signals. Chris Salomone distributed copies of the Agenda Bill that will be before Council regarding the Pedestrian Action Plan. Chairperson Hayes stated she had appeared before the Traffic Safety Commission last 3uly with specific recommendations, which are now going forward. She said this was a great step forward in making Carlsbad a pedestrian city. 8. RECENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Chairperson Hayes commented that several merchants have said this is what is missing in the downtown area, and there are no young, working couples living in the downtown area. Chris Salomone stated there are several projects just outside of the Redevelopment area that were not included in this report. Member Rombotis stated there are very few R-3 lots in the Redevelopment Area. The surrounding area calls for higher density housing, and that is where it has gone in. MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 22, 1988 Page 4 9. ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, SCENIC CORRIDOR STUDY AND OPEN SPACE INVENTORY Chris Salomone referred to the copy of the Planning Department report included in the packet. He said the intent was to not develop one theme as a whole for the City, but to identify those areas where they can set some criteria, and to set standards that are good. There will be some recommendations to complement the Design Review Manual, and these recommendations will go before the Design Review Board. Chairperson Hayes asked to be informed about the difference in street designations. The standards are in the Design Standards, and copies will be furnished to the Committee Members in the next packet. In reply to Committee query regarding entry signs, Chris Salomone stated the streetscape program will precede any statement by the City as far as entry signs. The streetscape entry signs will be unique, and the City wil have more generic entry statements. IO. CARLSBAD SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER Chris Salomone stated the Agenda Bill has been drafted but not presented to Council yet. Center has been discussed, with the use of the Housing Set- Aside funds. The Senior Center will be built at the Pine Street site, with the land given to the Redevelopment Agency. and the School District will assume a condominium-type ownership of part of the building for ten years. then vacate that portion of the building and the Senior Center will expand into all of the bulding. Funding for the Senior They will pay for the construction of the building They will Mr. Salomone stated the School District has asked for a $200,000 loan for ten years, out of the existing Redevelopment funds, to be repaid with interest. This would not affect any of the Redevelopment projects. loan would be to pay for their quarters during the construction of the new center. This 11. MARCH AGENDA/MARCH CALENDAR Senior Center - Chairperson Hayes would like something sent to the Senior Citizen Commission to let them know this Committee would like to meet with them and let them know this Committee is interested in the new center. Chris Salomone will bring plans for the Senior Center to the next meeting. Elm Street Parking - Update Sub-committees City Council/Advisory Committee Goals Village I.D. Signs/Locator Map MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 22, 1988 Page 5 AD30URNMENT: By proper motion, the Meeting of February 22, 1988, was adjourned at 5:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, CHRIS SALOMONE Housing and Redevelopment Director Harr let t Babbitt Minutes Clerk MEMBERS ’