Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
ARMY DEPOT
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Meeting Minutes Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:30 p.m. George Sim Community Center 6207 Logan Street |
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Lien called the meeting to order. Mr. Pahule announced that Mr. Chris Erias was no longer the Agency staff person assigned to the Army Depot Redevelopment Area. Mr. Pahule would provide staff support to the RAC along with Ms. Leslie Palmer from the Agency.
ROLL CALL
Roll call was conducted.
RAC Members Present: Mario Affinito, Don Colquitt, Joe Hensler, Burnie Lenau, Tim Lien, Dorothy Medley, Ted Ortiz, Rosalie Vierra, Steve Vourakis
RAC Members Absent: Jose Chacon, Ron Dwyer-Voss, John Healy,
Staff Present: Chris Pahule
II. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 23, 2005 MEETING MINUTES
Mr. Lien had a correction to the minutes under the Roll Call section. The amended minutes were approved with a unanimous vote on a motion by Mr. Lenau.
III. 7940 Fruitridge Road
Mr. Pahule presented a report, which requested authority for the Agency to sell a vacant lot at 7940 Fruitridge Road to Mr. Tam Do. He explained that the Agency provided a commercial loan through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to a business owner that used the subject site as collateral for the loan. The Agency foreclosed on the loan in 1995 and acquired the property.
After having held the property for many years and having been unable to find a suitable use for the property that would meet federal CDBG objectives, the Agency decided to sell the property and to use the proceeds to reimburse the CDBG program.
He stated that the property was listed on the open market and is being sold for $101,000 to Mr. Do, who owns and operates a business at 7912 Fruitridge Road. Mr. Do addressed the members, stating that he intends to build a new, 2,500 sq. ft. commercial building to expand his existing glass, screen, and window shop.
Following discussion, a motion by Mr. Hensler to approve staff’s recommendation to dispose of 7940 Fruitridge Road to Mr. Tam Do was approved with a unanimous vote.
IV. INDIVIDUAL PROJECT REVIEW
Mr. Pahule stated that this item was tabled at the last Army Depot RAC meeting to enable members to review the developer guidelines and provide feedback to the chairperson. He stated that the purpose of the item was for the Agency to establish guidelines for individual project review and sole source negotiations. The guidelines also outline information required for evaluating a proposed project and development team, as well as clarify current redevelopment policy and practices. Mr. Lien stated that he had received no comments from members on the guidelines.
A motion by Mr. Lenau to approve staff’s recommendation to establish developer guidelines was approved with a unanimous vote.
V. RAC MEETING LENGTH
Members discussed the length of meetings and decided that staff and members should try to keep meetings to 90 minutes.
VI. FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THE RDA
Mr. Pahule presented various funding sources that may be available for commercial, residential, and public improvements in the Army Depot Redevelopment Area. Members were interested in more information on the various tax credit incentive programs available from the State for residential and commercial development. Additionally, members were interested in the City’s process for programming funds on an annual basis. Mr. Pahule mentioned that he would provide RAC members the relevant pages from the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) document that show which projects would be funded by the City.
VII. REDEVELOPMENT UPDATES
1. Project Prioritization – Mr. Pahule reported that he has received four completed forms to date, and expects presentations next month from interested groups. Mr. Lien mentioned that he would be sending out a letter to Mr. Dick Fischer asking him for a list of potential redevelopment projects at Depot Park. Ms. Becky Heieck from the Power Inn Business and Transportation Association stated that she would expect to present projects in May, but would also like to be able to present in June. Members decided that they would revisit their outreach timeline at the April meeting.
2. 65th Street and Fruitridge Road Intersection Improvements - Mr. Pahule stated that the contract for the gateway project has been awarded to Golden Valley Construction and the project should begin construction soon.
3. Max Baer Park Lighting Project – Mr. Pahule announced that the City's General Services Department has begun the design work for the perimeter lighting at Max Baer Park.
VIII. COMMUNICATION FROM RAC MEMBERS AND PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
As a follow-up to RAC members concerns about code enforcement and police services in the redevelopment area, Mr. Tim Quintero from the City’s Neighborhood Services Department was asked to attend the meeting and provide an overview of the department and their Neighborhood Response Team (NRT). He stated that the NRT breaks the area up into 6 zones with each zone having a captain to report code enforcement issues. Those issues are addressed by the City’s Code Enforcement officers assigned to the area.
He also mentioned the Avondale/Glen Elder Weed and Seed program, and that there are two police officers assigned to the area. Members expressed continued concern with code enforcement and crime issues in the Project Area. The members also agreed that they would become involved in ongoing community efforts to address code enforcement and crime issues, but that the RAC meeting was not the appropriate venue for the issues.
IX. ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Mr. Lenau.