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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-10-24; Housing and Redevelopment Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; Minutes.1 Meeting of: MINUTES Time of Meet-ng: 4:OO p.m. Date of Meeting: October 24, 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 Densham, Helton, McMahon, Mikhael, Norby, Palmesi and Rombotis. Absent: Committee Member McCoy. Others Present: Chris Salomone, Director of Housing & Redevelopment Bob 3ohnson, Traffic Engineer APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting held September 26, 1988, were approved as amended, page 3, paragraph seven, line two, delete the word "Advisory" and insert the word "Redevelopment"; page 4, under the heading of Parking, "Chairman Rombotis" . PUBLIC COMMENT: There were no requests to address the Committee. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Chairperson Hayes stated she had attended the Village Merchants Meeting and the Chamber Meeting. Chairperson Hayes requested Item 89 be taken out of order at this time, and the Committee concurred. 1. SELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND DESIGN REVIER BOARD MEMBERS. The ballots were given to the Minutes Clerk to be tabulated. The results were announced later in the Meeting, as follows: Chairman: Steve Densham Design Review Board Members: 3ohn McCoy 3erry Rombotis 9. PEDESTRIAN CONFERENCE. Bob gohnson, Traffic Engineer, reported on the Pedestrian Conference held in Boulder, Colorado, stating the theme of the Conference was to link up pedestrians to the roadway systems and mass transit systems. Mr. 3ohnson said the proceedings will be published in 3anuary and he will provide copies for the Committee. Hayes Densham Helton McMahon Mikhael Norby Palmesi R ombo t i s MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE October 24, 1988 Page 2 Mr. Johnson described the walkway built by the City of Boulder and told of some of the problems they are having with mixed traffic, including pedestrians, skateboards, bicycles and rollerskates. Mr. Johnson stated the conference emphasized the necessity for separating vehicles and pedestrians and not having them sharing the same space. to help accomplish this was to close certain streets to vehicle traffic. Mr. Johnson stated he did not think this was feasible in Carlsbad, at least not at the present time. One suggestion made OLD RUSINESS/INFORMATIONAL: 2. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. Design Subcommittee Chairman McCoy was not present. Finance Subcommittee Chairman Densham reported they were working with Chris Salomone and HUD, as HUD was instituting programs were they would joint-venture projects with individual cities and private enterprise. hope was to tailor financing to the long-range plan. He said the Housing_ Subcommittee Chairperson Mikhael reported they had discussed how the master plan would encompass housing, and will wait until that master plan is completed to see how all phases of housing would be included. The land north of Grand had been discussed as a possible site for moderate housing. Long-Range Planning Subcommittee Chairman Norby reported they had not met as a Subcommittee. He had discussed with staff and Chairperson Hayes the distributing of a questionnaire. He said the consensus was to hold off and include that when there is a master plan. Parking Subcommittee Chairman Rombotis reported the subcommittee felt that parking and the parking ratio should relate closely to the land use and tied very carefully with the proposed master plan revisions. relates entirely to the intensity of the use of the land. He said the parking Mr. Rombotis said a parking authority is needed to enable the City to collect fees from the people who are short on the parking requirements. .’ MINUTES HOUSING AND RFDEVELOPMFNT ADVISORY COMMITTEE October 24 1988 Paae 3 Mr Rombotis reported the subcommittee wanted to distrjhute an anonymous questionnaire to the villaqe merchants asking questions such as what type of bus3nessi who uses the parkingj where do they park (employees and customers), and felt there would be a better response if no names were rewired on the questionnaire. He said they would like to make the questionnaire as short as possib1.e and simple to return in order to get more response from the merchants. Comment was made about the post office employees parking on Madison Street and the consensus of the Committee was that something needed to be done about that as soon as possible. Mr. Rombotis concluded his report stating the questionnaire would be refined and brought to this Committee. Housina and Redevelopment Advisory Committee by consensus approved the parking questionnaire concept and requested the Subcommittee on continue working on this project. 3. ELM AVENUE STREET NAME CHANGE. Chris Salomone reported he had requested CalTrans to send the City a cooperation aqreement to change the signs on the freeway and an estimate of the cost to the City, along with a time frame. He will pass this information along to the Committee as soon as he receives it. - NEW BUSINESS/INFORMATIONAL. 4. FAIR MARKET RENTS. Chris Salomone stated the City has been lobbyina to get fair market rents up to a competitive level for the City of Carlsbad, and this has now happened. 5. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. Member Rombotis reported there had been one project before the Design Review Board: an office building at the corner of Madison and Arbuckle. This project was approved with an on-site bike storage area and lockers. The project had been sent back for redesign. 6. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Chrjs Salomone stated this was an item in the Minutes that involved the input this Committee would have in workinq with staff in the review of projects in the subareas. He said staff would do whatever the Committee desired, and a workshop could be planned on this after the master plan is completed. MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE October 24, 1988 Page 4 7. CHASE FIELD. Chris Salomone reported the bids for this project were opened today. Committee and added that all the concerns of this Committee were incorporated into the plan. that all the improvements will be completed by springtime. He showed a copy of the blueprints to the It is hoped Chairperson Hayes stated that the same procedure should be used with Chase Field as with the grafitti problem, and that is to correct the damage immediately. This would keep the field in good condition and hopefully eliminate any vandalism. 8. MASTER PLAN/CONSULTANT. Chris Salomone stated the consultant for the streetscape had stated his willingness to bring professionals from San Diego County to do a workshop to show the City what other communities have done for a master plan. Mr. Salomone requested permission to continue to gather information and hold a workshop on this. This will be an Agenda item for the November meeting. Committee Member Densham suggested the Members of this Committee think about a term for the "master plan" without using that term. title for the plan, and suggested Visions Implementation Plan", (VIP), or some other name that would catch people's interest. He felt that was not a good 9. PEDESTRIAN CONFERENCE. This item was taken out of order. (See Page 1) IO. REVIEW/STATUS OF PROJECTS. Chris Salomone reported that Bill Baldwin had been hired for the streetscape to handle public relations--a Qack- of-all-trades person. Mr. Salomone stated the streetscape is scheduled to begin the first week of January. The designs for the parking lots should be received this week. Mr. Salomone stated this Committee would see those designs after the Subcommittee views them. The sidewalk infill program is still in the CIP for 1990. The Boys and Girls Club pool is having its final inspection by the Health Department. Chairperson Hayes stated the public must be protected during the streetscape construction and Mr. Salomone assured her that was part of the specifications and there will be barriers to protect the pedestrians. . .. MINUTES HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE October 24, 1988 Page 5 Chris Salomone left the meeting at this time and Patty Cratty became the staff representative. 11. MIGRANT HOUSING. Patty Cratty referred to the newspaper articles and stated staff was awaiting a legal opinion. She said that 80 to 90 percent of the migrants are documented. The question is to what extent is the City responsible, and whether a Government action is making them homeless by clearing out the camps. The comment was made that there are people on the waiting list for housing and 500 people would have quite an impact on the Section 8 program. housinq problem are being investigated. All the questions regarding this 12. NEWS ARTICLE. Patty Cratty stated that Chris Salomone had gone to a meeting and had gotten a clear bill of health from HUD with regard to the community development block grant funds. was felt this was just a political move, as the City has followed the letter and spirit of the law. It 13. NOVEMBER AGENDA/CALENDAR. Patty Cratty reminded the Committee the next Housing Meeting would fall on November 28, 1988, the Monday following Thanksgiving. to hold the Meeting on the regular day. The consensus of the Committee was Agenda Items for November: Master Plan/Consultant ANNOUNCEMENT: Chairperson Hayes announced the new Chairman would take office as of January 1, 1989. ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion, the Meeting of October 24, 1988, was adjourned at 5:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, CHRIS SALOMONE Housing and Redevelopment Director Harriett Babbitt Minutes Clerk