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Meeting of: HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Time of Meeting- 4.00 p.m.
Date of Meeting: April 25, 1988
Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers
MEMBERS
CALL TO ORDER: .-
Chairperson Hayes called the Meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Chairperson Hayes, Committee Members Helton,
McCoy, Mikhael, Norby and Rombotis.
Committee Member Densham arrived at 4:07 p.m.
Absent : None.
Others Present:
Patty Cratty, Seni-or Manaqement Analyst
Doug Duncanson, Parks Superintendent
APPROVAL OF MTNUTES:
Minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 28? 1988, were
approved as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There were no requests to address the Committee.
1. CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
Chairperson Hayes presented a Certificate of Appreciation
to Laura Moralez, who resigned from the Housing and
Redevelopment Advisory Committee due to ill health.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
Committee Member Helton reported on the Senior Citizen
Commission Meeting he attended as liaison from this
Committee, stating the main topic was the new Senior
Center.
Chairperson Hayes stated the policy on this new assignment
would be if Mr. Helton had a report to make at a meeting, h
should call staff for the item to be placed on the agenda.
OLD BUSINESS:
2. SUB-COMMITTEES
Chairperson Hayes stated she and Chris Salomone would
discuss the Sub-committee forms filled out by the Members
and would assign Committees.
3. INVITATION TO FORMER MEMBERS
Chairperson Hayes stated Chris Salomone would have a slide
presentation for the proposed meetinq and the second part
of the meeting would be a discussion to get ideas of what
has worked over the years for the Committee and things that
did not work. The Committee recommendation was to hold
this meeting when there was a short aqenda.
This item was trailed until the end of the meeting.
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4. REPLACEMENT COST OF TREES
Doug Duncanson, Parks Superintendent, reported Parks &
Recreation Department had gotten more defined costs on the trees and concrete work. To remove the trees would cost
$200 per tree: 19 to be removed, $3,800.
plant, including labor and soil amendment would be $1,620
for 15 gallon trees: 24-inch boxed trees would cost $5,700,
and 36-inch boxed trees would cost $13,000, as heavier
equipment would be needed to offload and shippina costs
would be more.
The cost to
Mr. Duncanson stated the concrete work would cost $14,374,
curbs and gutters, $3,926, driveways removal and
replacement $2,720.
yet, due to spring clean-up week.
He said the work has not started as
Mr. Duncanson stated Parks & Recreation would look to the
City for payment of funds over the amount figured for 15
gallon trees.
considerably larger than the 15 gallon trees.
The comment was made that 24-inch trees are
Housing and Redevel.opment Advisory Committee recommended
replacing the trees to be removed in the Village Area with
24-inch boxed trees, with the difference in price to be
paid by the City.
5. CITY COUNCIL/ADVISORY COMMITTEE GOALS
The consensus of the Committee was that the Sub-committee
goals should be established first. Discussion followed,
with some Members feeling that the goals as provided by the
Housinq & Redevelopment Office should be prioritized and
approved to give the office guidance.
Chairperson Hayes stated she wanted the committees to look
at these goals in their own areas, and to have a time limit
in which to get that done.
Committee Member Densham recommended the Redevlopment
Agency goals and objectives be given this Committee's
blessing or criticism and direct the Sub-Committees to make
a thorough review of the applicable goals and objectives
off of this list, prioritize them, add or subtract, and
then formulate a general statement of goals.
Mr. Densham stated the goals get more specific as you go
down the chart into the departments and he felt these could
be accepted and long-range goals set up for an annual
review.
Chairperson Hayes suggested these goals could be accepted
as a temporary fulfillment until the Committee could
produce its own.
scrutiny of the Sub-Committees.
These goals would be subject to the close
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Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee reaffirmed
the desire to have the Advisory Committee Goals completed
and before the Committee not later than three months from
this date.
6. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD SELECTION
Housing and Redevelpment Advisory Committee recommended the
re-appointment of Committee Members McCoy and Rombotis for
the balance of this year's terms on the Design Review
Board.
7. VILLAGE I.D. SIGNS/LOCATOR MAP
Committee Member Norby reported on the locator map, using a
sketch to indicate the proposed sign. He stated the
current proposal would be to have a one-time fee of $10 or
$15 to cover the cost of the printing. The poster portion
of the sign would be updated every six months, and
businesses that deal in services to the public would be
eligible to be listed.
Committee Member Densham suggested dividing the map into
color coding to indicate the different categories and have
brochure to list the individual merchants.
8. NEW YORK - SLIDE PRESENTATION
This item was postponed until Chris Salomone was present.
NEW BUSINESS/INFORMATIONAL:
9. STREET STANDARDS
Chairperson Hayes referred to the material contained in the
packet.
10. NEWS ARTICLE
Chairperson Hayes stated this article by Ben Smith was for
information purposes only.
11. ADVISORY COMMITTEE VANCANIES
Chairperson Hayes reported there are two vacancies on the
Committee at this time and she reminded the Members that
applicants must be housing program tenants.
12. SIDEWALK ORDINANCE
Chairperson Hayes stated there is a large container across
from the fountain downtown on the northeast corner that is
ungainly to see. She also reiterated her complaint about
the tables and chairs that are placed on the sidewalks that
block the walkways for pedestrians.
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Committee Member Rombotis stated the Design Review Board
had asked for an ordinance on that problem, and had made
specific recommendations as to encroachment by eating
establishments into the public right-of-way. Staff is
developing a policy on this based on those hearings and
recommendations. He recommended this item be carried
forward and the Design Review Board recommendations be
brought before this Committee.
Chairman Hayes announced this item would be continued to
the next meeting for staff to bring the Design Review Board
recommendations before this Committee. She stated she felt
the Code Enforcement Officer should cite the restaurant
owners who block the pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks.
13. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB POOL ENCLOSURE
Committee Member Densham reported Council approved
additional funding for the pool enclosure by re-allocating
the funds for the Oak Avenue Improvement Project. They
indicated they wanted the Oak Street improvements done as
well.
14. COMMISSIONER'S HANDBOOK
Chairperson Hayes called attention to the Handbook, copies
of which were distributed to all Committee Members.
15. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD UPDATE
Committee Member Rombotis reported on the projects that
have been before the Design Review Board, including a
project by Mr. Lubin, a chiropractor, which was sent back
for more work with staff; a denial of the tennis courts in
the railroad right-of-way without prejudice, which would
allow them to re-submit their proposal. Also, the Board
approved the Calvert project.
Committee Members McCoy and Rombotis stated the Design
Review Board felt the Senior Center design could be better
and that if private builders were submitting the design,
they would be asked to re-design.
16. MARCH ACTIVITY REPORT
Chairperson Hayes stated the report was better, with the
starting date and staff member listed.
17. MAY CALENDAR
Chairperson Hayes announced there was a possibility of a
special meeting May 9. Patty Cratty added that the
Entitlement projects must be submitted by May 30, which
would just give enough time with the May 9 meeting.
The Meeting would be May 9, 1988, at 4:OO p.m., in the
Council Conference Room.
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By consensus the Committee agreed to hold the regular
meeting May 23, 1988, and invite the former Committee
Members for the slide presentation.
AD30URNMENT:
By proper motion, the Meeting of April 25, 1988, was
adjourned at 5:53 p.m., to Monday, May 9, 1988, at 4:OO
p.m., at the City Council Conference Room.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRIS SALOMONE
Housing and Redevelopment Director
Harriett Babbitt
Minutes Clerk