Minutes

Minutes

Franklin Boulevard Redevelopment Advisory Committee

Meeting July 9, 2003

Sacramento Children’s Home

2750 Sutterville Road

Call to Order

Members Present: Darrin Pradie, Ruth Ann Rose Paul Blankenship, Virginia Colla, Adina Medina and Muriel Strand

Members Absent: none

Introductions –

RAC members, staff, presenters and audience

Welcoming Remarks – Darrin Pradie

Minutes approved for June 11, 2003 RAC Meeting – Committee Members

Committee Reports – Virginia Colla

NERT – increased pickups need to take place where dumping is very bad. Refrigerators had been dumped and need to be picked up promptly as it poses a safety issue for children in the area.

Consent Calendar - there were no items on the consent calendar

Redevelopment Items – Tricia Powers

RAC Recruitment – recruitment ended on 6/27. Between first and second recruitment 15 applications were received, but there are still two categories that need representation – will recruit again. Interviews to take place at the end of July for 10 positions.

County Streetscape – Community meeting to be held on September 4, 2003, location to be determined. The County and Carter & Burgess are moving along quickly – they have provided all necessary survey information for the community to take place.

Deeble Street – a community meeting took place on June 23, 2003. The meeting was well attended. The community voiced that they wanted a masonry wall. Since there is not enough funding available to proceed with the wall, Councilmember Hammond will write a letter to the RT board and the people who signed up at the community meeting to be on a sub-committee will take the letter forward to the board. In the meantime, Darrin has been identifying donations for the project to possibly reduce the cost of the wall. Current budget $115,000.

East side of North City Farms Streetlighting project – no update.

Presentations

Curtis Park Railyard Site, Petrovich Development Company (Informational Item)

[provided handout]

2/28/2003, CPR transferred to Petrovich Development Company (PDC). Union Pacific (UP) is no longer involved with the decision making process or cleanup process.

PDC plans to cleanup the property to residential standards and they are not planning to mix soil – they will remove all toxins.

There is a plan in place for cleanup and PDC will implement the plan and will go above and beyond. Work to be completed ASAP. Timeline dependent upon weather and a number of issues.

PDC envisions neighborhood serving retail on the site. One component of the project will probably be multi-family, but they are open to pursuing whatever makes the project better. The multi-family component will exist of 250-300 lots (30 acres). Efforts will be made to preserve the heritage trees. There will be a detention facility that acts as both storm drainage and a park facility.

See handout that was passed out for outline of project related issues.

An EIR will be completed for process.

PDC planning to apply for entitlements in August 2003 and the process will last 16-24 months.

PDC will return to the RAC to give project updates.

Communication from RAC Members and Public on Items not on the Agenda

I. Franklin Blvd. Business Association Quarterly Report (April – July), Marlene DeAngelo

· 4^th Annual festival was someone disappointing – no participation from Campbell’s and there were not many participants. Planning committee does not feel it really benefited the businesses. The event may happen again in the future, but may not be business based.

· The grand opening for La Plaza was a great event. Awards/certificates were given to the business and property owners. All 13 business owners attended. Anne Moore, Lauren Hammond and Tim Quintero were among the attendees/speakers.

· There are still some issues with parking, cleanup in front of the businesses and green card sales.

· Great partnerships with code enforcement. Working on ways to improve the strategy for fixing the dumping and abandoned cars issues in the County. Working with Ted Freeman in the City to work on City code issues in the area.

· Franklin Tire – looking to expand into another building and is working with the City to work out issues with the plans.

· Working with City on planning issues.

· New Home Grand Re-Opening to be held August 26, 2003.

· Next quarterly report will be in September.