Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency

ARMY DEPOT

REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Meeting Minutes

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2004

5:30 p.m .

George Sim Community Center

Multi-Purpose Room

6207 Logan Street

I.                   CALL TO ORDER

Ms. Chiang called the meeting to order at approximately 5:30 p.m.

 

II.                ROLL CALL

Roll call was conducted.

RAC Members Present: Mario Affinito, Jose Chacon, Don Colquitt, Joe Hensler, Tim Lien, Dorothy Medley, Ted Ortiz, Steve Vourakis, Rosalie Vierra, Liz Wills

RAC Members Absent: Burnie Lenau

Staff Present: Ya-yin Chiang (SHRA)

 

III.             APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

After a correction of the Roll Call for the June 23, 2004 meeting to correctly indicate the presence of Dorothy Medley and the absence of Rosalie Vierra, the Committee approved the minutes by a unanimous vote on a motion by Ms. Wills and seconded by Mr. Colquitt.

 

IV.              REDEVELOPMENT ITEMS

 

A.         Army Depot Five-Year Implementation Plan

Ms. Chiang continued the process of developing an Implementation Plan for the Army Depot Redevelopment area with the Committee, and began discussing a proposed draft strategy and focused set of goals for the redevelopment program in this area.  The draft strategy goals include the following:

·         Create Great Public Spaces – to address the public infrastructure and facility needs in the area.

·         Help Residents Help their Neighborhood – to encompass all things towards creating a vibrant and safe residential neighborhood.

·         Provide Options – Increasing options for employment, retail and community based services.

·         Be Clean, Safe, and Friendly – Assist with making the area clean and safe by partnering to address crime, code violations, and other nuisances in the area.

·         Apply the Power of Partnerships – Capitalize on the strength of partnerships and what can happen in an area where different interests work together to achieve a collective goal.

Comments received from the committee included a desire for increased safety and police presence in the area, the Weed and Seed program currently funds police officers and code enforcement, dumping in the area is an issue that needs to be addressed, broader community input is needed, and the goal of Apply the Power of Partnerships should be a value applied to all the strategies, not a separate strategy.

 

Separate from comments on the strategy, during the discussion, committee members commented on the need for establishing meeting ground rules to allow the opportunity for all members to share their views.  Ms. Chiang indicated that at the next meeting, the Committee would discuss setting ground rules for meeting conduct.

 

            B.         65th Street and Fruitridge Road Intersection Improvements

Ms. Chiang explained that the City Public Works Department is currently in the process of designing improvements to the intersection of 65th Street and Fruitridge Road to include monument signs and landscaping.  Since the last RAC meeting, changes have been made to the design, and the new project design was presented for additional comment.  Committee members discussed ways to deter sitting/loitering on the monument sign, raising the height of the monument signs, questions about lighting and graffiti resistance, and landscaping questions were raised.

           

C.         Redevelopment Area Report

Plan Amendment Process Update – Ms. Chiang gave an update on the plan amendment process, indicating that the 2nd Reading of the Ordinance was approved by the City Council on June 29, 2004.

 

IV.              COMMUNICATION FROM RAC MEMBERS AND PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA - None.

 

V.                 ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:20 p.m.