SYNOPSIS

 

Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission

 

April 5, 2006

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chair Gore.

 

PRESENT:    Burns, Burruss, Coriano, Gale, Gore, Hoag, Piatkowski, Shah, Simon,                                    Stivers.

 

ABSENT:       Fowler (Excused).

 

APPROVAL OF ACTION SUMMARY SYNOPSIS

 

1.         March 1, 2006 – Approved, as submitted.

            March 15, 2006 – Approved, as submitted.

 

Citizens Comments

 

2.         None.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

3.         BEGIN Program Applications

 

The Commission recommended approval of the application. This matter is scheduled for City Council on April 25, 2006.  Resolution SHRC 2006-014.

 

AYES:             Burns, Burruss, Coriano, Gale, Gore, Hoag, Piatkowski, Shah, Simon,                                    Stivers.

NOES:            None.

ASENT:          Fowler.

 

Chair Gore announced that Item #6 would be heard prior to Item #5 on tonight’s agenda..

 

BUSINESS

 

4.         Approval of the Issuance of Tax-Exempt Bonds for the Vineyard Point             Apartments

 

Kelly Korver, Housing Finance Analyst, introduced the item and provided a brief overview of the project.

 

The Commission recommended approval of the bond issuance.  This matter is scheduled for the Board of Supervisors on May 9, 2006. 

 

SHRC Synopsis

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AYES:             Burns, Burruss, Coriano, Gale, Gore, Hoag, Piatkowski, Shah, Simon,                                    Stivers.

NOES:            None.

ABSENT:       Fowler.

 

6..        Conditional Agreement and Funding to Assist Development at 3210

            Auburn Boulevard

 

Lisa Bates, Community Development Director, briefly introduced the item.

 

Paul Hahn, Assistant to the County Executive for Economic Development & Intergovernmental Affairs, also addressed the Commission.  He explained that the development assistance grant would  consist of a $950,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and that the agreement for development of the site would be between the developer and the County, not SHRA, but that since SHRA administers the CDBG funds, the County wanted to bring this forward to the Commission for the consideration.

 

(Note:  It was noted that the square footage amount of 1,400 s.f. shown on page 2 of the staff report should actually be corrected to read 14,000 s.f).

 

Randy Graham, owner of the KIA dealership, spoke in support of the project and responded to some questions by Commissioners.

 

Mark Stivers said he would be voting “no” on this project and said he felt that such a project was not an appropriate use for using CDBG funds or even redevelopment funds.

 

Sam Burns spoke in support of the staff recommendation and said it is time to move forward on the improvements to the Auburn Boulevard Redevelopment area.

 

Karolyn Simon said that she would vote in support of the project only because the resolution is very specific about using the monies for acquisition purposes only, not for promoting the business or deciding what the business is.  She also encouraged the maker of the motion for this item to revise the job opportunities number from 14 to 15. Karolyn commented about the public perception of these types of projects when redevelopment monies are involved.

 

Troy Givans, Senior Planner for the County, spoke to the issue of legislation that was enacted to prevent redevelopment agencies getting involved in auto dealerships.

 

Tom Burruss said he felt this was opening “Pandora’s Box” and expressed concerns that we will have other dealerships doing the exact same thing.

 

Darin Gale asked a question about the creation of jobs as a requirement for receiving funds, to which Lisa Bates explained that the requirement is tied to the source of the funding.

 

 

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Cyril Shah supported the auto dealership concept in general in the Auburn Boulevard Redevelopment Area, but said he was not convinced that another business wouldn’t come in and have it pencil out without this level of CDBG funds going towards the acquisition of the land.  He said for those reasons, he would be voting “no.” on this item.

 

Jim Hoag expressed concerns about the creation of jobs opportunities under this project and gave an example in the past where a developer was supposed to create jobs for residents and said those jobs were never filled by residents. 

 

Lisa Bates said there would be an agreement with the developer that they have to report back every year on how they fill those jobs, otherwise they will have to pay back the monies they have received for the project.

 

At the conclusion of discussion, the Commission voted to recommend approval of the staff recommendation for approval of the conditional agreement and funding to assist the development at 3210 Auburn Boulevard, as amended, to revise the number of low income jobs from 14 to 15 in the text of the resolution, and to remove the wording “for areas residents” in reference to the number of jobs created.  This matter is scheduled to be heard before the Board of Supervisors on April 25, 2006.

 

AYES:             Burns, Gale, Gore, Hoag, Piatkowski, Simon.

 

NOES:            Burruss, Coriano, Shah, Stivers.

 

ABSENT:       Fowler.

 

5.         McClellan Park Hangar Building 690, Owner Participation Agreement

 

Greg Wessel, (Program Manager, County Community Development) introduced Kathy Broderick, Senior Reuse Coordinator for the County’s Department of Economic Development and Intergovernmental Affairs at McClellan, who gave a presentation to the Commission about the redevelopment progress occurring at McClellan.  She referenced a hard copy PowerPoint presentation that was included in the Commission’s agenda packet.

 

Greg Wessel then discussed the Owner Participation Agreement (OPA) for Hangar Building 690 and provided a brief description of the project.

 

The Commission voted to recommend approval of the OPA that would provide gap financing in the amount of $500,000 forgivable loan for the rehabilitation and upgrade of Hangar Buidling 690.  This matter is scheduled to be heard by the Board of Supervisors on May 9, 2006.

 

AYES:             Burruss, Coriano, Gale, Gore, Hoag, Piatkowski, Shah, Simon.

NOES:            None.

ABSENT:       Fowler.

NOT PRESENT TO VOTE:  Burns, Stivers.

 

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7.         Housing Trust Fund Nexus Study

 

Cindy Cavanaugh, Assistant Director of Housing Policy, introduced the item.

 

Desmond Parrington, Associate Planner for the City, was also present to answer any question.  He said City staff will be presenting this item to the City Council on April 18, 2006 (evening session) and he encouraged the Commissioners to attend, if interested.

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

 

a.         Anne pointed out that the week of April 17 is CDBG Week & there will be some        community events related to this.

 

b.         Dream Street is scheduled in the Lemon Hill neighborhood on April 29.

 

c.         Anne congratulated Commissioners Gore and Shah on their reappointment by          the City Council to the Commission.

 

d.         The City is scheduling ethics training sessions     (AB 1234) on August 8th and the     League of California Cities is also offering an on-line course.  The Agency Clerk will coordinate with the City Clerk’s office to schedule the Commission members       on the upcoming City training.  The deadline for Commissioners receiving    training is on or before December 31, 2006.

 

e.         Discussion of upcoming tours requested by the Commission.  Tentative dates –        May 17 at Phoenix Park; and in June, a tour of the SROs.

 

f.          Pre-bid session held today with perrsons interested in submitting proposals on         SRO replacement units. 

 

g.         Anne also referred to a handout given to the Commission (California   Redevelopment Association Legislative Update) this evening – bills on eminent          domain.  She also referred to another handout that was given to the Commission         this evening from Mark Stivers - an article from the LA Times regarding a “tent”   city. 

 

h.         Provided update on finding a new tenant for the deli/convenience store in the             Riverview Plaza Building.

 

i.          She also mentioned some maps of SHRA properties that were recently mailed to     the Commissioners.

 

ITEMS AND QUESTIONS OF COMMISSIONERS

 

Fernando Coriano asked about the Quarterly Reports.  Anne said the next report would be scheduled for June, and offered to send Fernando the last Quarterly Report provided to the Commission as part of the March 15 Commission packet.

 

 

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Karolyn Simon said the last report had some old projects in it and didn’t appear to be updated.  Anne said the reports would be “scrubbed down” and that we would provide them on a quarterly basis to the Commission.

 

Tom Burruss said he had been approached by some members of the Army Depot RAC expressing concerns about the expansion costs of the George Sims Center and requested some information on the project.

 

As there was no further business to be conducted, Chair Gore adjourned the meeting at 7:42 p.m.

 

 

                                                                        __________________________

                                                                        NANCY R. ABEELS

                                                                        Agency Clerk