Convene

1:39:25 PM

The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Rosa met in regular session at 1:39 p.m. on the 26^th  day of April, 2010, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, California

Roll Call

Present:  Chairman Ours, Agency Members Arnone, Evans, Lemke, and Olsen.  Absent: None.  Also in attendance Economic Development and Housing Director David Gouin, Economic Development and Housing Managers Jocelyn Lundgren and Danielle O’Leary, Program Specialist Frank Kasimov, Legal Counsel Molly Dillon, and Recording Secretary Shirley Stevens.

Public Appearances

None

Acknowledgements and Announcements

None

Statements of

Abstention

Mr. Evans abstained from the closed session due to owning property in the downtown area.  He also recused himself during the public hearing.

Approval of Minutes

Moved by Mr. Olsen, seconded by Mr. Arnone, carried 5-0-0-0, to approve theMinutes of March 22, 2010 as submitted.

Chairman/ Commissioner

Reports

1:40:48 PM

Mr. Arnone reported that he and Mr. Olsen met with Mr. Gouin and staff on Gateways Citizens Advisory Committee selection.  They reviewed all the resumes and will interview 10-12 people to sit on the Committee.

Ms. Lemke attended California Redevelopment Association Introduction to Redevelopment North Seminar and Workshop.  The event provided a good overview of redevelopment.  She complimented Jocelyn Lundgren and Ethan Walsh on their presentations at the seminar.  Ms. Lemke commented that she learned that Santa Rosa is one of only ten jurisdictions in the state where the City Council is not the Redevelopment Agency.

Committee Reports

None

Consent Items

None

Item No. 10.1

PUBLIC HEARING

ON THE FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE MERGED SANTA ROSA CENTER

AND GRACE BROTHERS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS 1:41:24 PM

Open

Public Hearing

 2:01 PM

Close Public

Hearing

2:03:22 PM

Frank Kasimov made the staff presentation.  California Community Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code 33000 et seq.) requires that an Implementation Plan for a Redevelopment Project Area be adopted every five years following a public hearing.  On October 11, 1994, the City Council adopted Ordinances 3149 and 3150 merging the Santa Rosa Center and the Grace Brothers Redevelopment Project Areas.  This Implementation Plan is a policy and program planning document that guides and sets priorities for redevelopment activities, including programs, potential projects and estimated expenditures within the Merged Project Areas based on Agency goals and objectives to assist in the alleviation or elimination of blight and the development and rehabilitation of affordable housing for five year period covered by the Implementation Plan.  

Commissioner questions included:  what are the differences between the façade improvement loan program then and now; is there a possibility that the plan could change; would affordable housing money be used in the area; when the plan expires in five years, will any project in the process of being under contract be frozen; is there a reserve for the Santa Rosa or has it diminished  as the project winds down; what will happen to the $1 Mil after the project ends, lose it or use it somewhere else; would there be a reopening of negotiations with the County for the project area. 

Staff responded:  loans are being repackaged to be more attractive to business owners as a loan and/or grant program; plan could be amended if an issue warranted a change in priorities, there is flexibility; there is no housing in the area so the affordable housing money will be used in other areas of the City; once a contract has been opened, it is not frozen even if the plan expires; cash reserve for the Santa Rosa Plaza is $1 Mil; Agency can decide to use the money elsewhere, but there will still be administrative work to be done, also if there is an existing project, the Agency could decide to use the money there or to keep it in reserve;  first, have a development disposition agreement for the development of the AT&T bldg., then, presentation to the Agency to decide whether to close down the project area or to decide if there is a legal case to extend the project area because it still meets the definition of blight, and the cost benefit of doing so. 

Chairman Ours opened the Public Hearing at 2:01 p.m. 

David E. Grahams, a Santa Rosa resident, inquired if the implementation plan includes closing Santa Rosa Avenue and if the closure is still in process? 

Chairman Ours responded it is not part of the plan and that the City Council was the governing body in charge of Santa Rosa Avenue closure. 

With no further comments from the public, Chairman Ours closed the public hearing at 2:03 p.m. 

Moved by Mr. Arnone, seconded by Ms. Lemke carried 4-0-0-1 (Mr. Evans abstained), to adopt and waive the reading of the text as follows: 

RESOLUTION NO.  1618   ENTITLED:  RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA ADOPTING A FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE SANTA ROSA CENTER AND GRACE BROTHERS MERGED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS

Closed Session

2:04:14 PM

Ms. Dillon announced the closed session at 2:04 p.m.

                                    CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

(Government Code Section 54956.8)

Property:  520 Third Street

A.P.N. 010-063-019 and 010-063-027

Agency Negotiator:  David Gouin, Executive Director

Negotiating Parties:  Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Rosa; and Museum on the Square, LLC (Hugh Futrell and Bill Carle

Under Negotiation:  Price, conditions, and terms of payment for the potential sale, exchange or lease of the property and potential disposition and development agreement

Adjourn Closed Session and Reconvene to Open Session

3:06:18 PM

Reconvened to open session at 3:06 p.m.  Ms. Dillon announced that the Agency met in closed session regarding Item 12.1 as listed on the agenda and reported as follows: 

             No reportable action was taken.

Adjournment

3:07:16 PM

With no other business to come before the Redevelopment Agency, Chairman Ours adjourned the meeting at 3:07 p.m.

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Shirley Stevens, Recording Secretary