Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
65th STREET
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Meeting Minutes TUESDAY, August 5, 2004 6:00 P.M. California State University, Sacramento Napa Hall – Room #2005 3000 State University Drive East |
I. CALL TO ORDER
Ms. Katherine Klein called the meeting to order at approximately 6:10 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Roll call was conducted.
RAC Members Present: Jonathan Clayton, Steve Jones, Katherine Klein, Gary Little, Howard Schmidt, Dave Sikich, J.D. Stack, Christopher Wilson, and Joshua Wood
RAC Members Absent: Matthew Altier, Jim Donovan, Taiwo Jaiyeoba, Betty Lopez, Esther Rios-Alexander, and Brian Vail
Staff Present: Ya-yin Chiang (SHRA), Matt Anderson (City Planning)
Community members in attendance introduced themselves.
Ms. Klein introduced sample ground rules for meeting conduct. Members provided comments and additions to the ground rules including soliciting participation from all members, being respectful to past issues, being prepared for meetings, not being rushed to a decision, and notifying SHRA staff of absences prior to the meeting. The ground rules were adopted by a unanimous vote of the committee on motion by Mr. Stack and seconded by Mr. Sikich.
III. APPROVAL OF July 8, 2004 RAC MEETING MINUTES
The minutes were approved by a unanimous vote on a motion by Mr. Wilson and seconded by Mr. Jones.
IV. REDEVELOPMENT ITEMS
A. 65th Street Implementation Plan – Finalize Strategy and Project Priorities
Based on the input and group exercise from the last few meetings, Ms. Chiang passed out a revised strategy based on comments from the July meeting and two tables showing the project priorities that were identified by the three groups at the July meeting. Comments and discussion from the group included the need to balance traffic in the area, particularly north/south bound traffic on 65th Street, identification of previous projects, change over of existing uses, and the need to prioritize the strategies and reprioritize the projects under the strategies. Ms. Chiang indicated that she would look at how the project fall under each of the strategies to ensure that all the strategies are included for implementation through projects, and that the committee could continue to prioritize the strategy and projects in future meetings.
B. Project Analysis Review
This item was continued to a future meeting due to time constraints.
C. Redevelopment Area Update
1. Infrastructure Needs Assessment Presentation- Staff from the City’s Department of Utilities will attend the September RAC meeting to give a presentation on the infrastructure needs in the 65th Street area.
2. Folsom Boulevard Widening – The first public meeting for the Folsom Boulevard Widening Project will be on Wednesday, September 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A location has not been determined, but a newsletter will be mailed out with further details about the meeting.
V. COMMUNICATION FROM RAC MEMBERS AND PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None.
VI. ADJOURNMENT