Franklin Redevelopment Advisory Committee Minutes:

PLEASE NOTE: THESE MINUTES ARE UNAPPROVED. WHEN THE FRANKLIN RAC HAS ENOUGH MEMBERS TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM THE COMMITTEE WILL TAKE A FORMAL ACTION ON THE MEETING MINUTES. AT THIS TIME THESE MINUTES ARE IN DRAFT FORM.

Meeting of June 2, 2004

Location: Pat Anderson Education Center, Multi-purpose room

CALL TO ORDER – Paul Blankenship, Committee Vice-Chairperson

The meeting was called to order at 5:44 p.m.

ROLL CALL - Tricia Powers, SHRA

Present: Paul Blankenship, Caleb Pagan, Vivian Swinburn, Anita Shumaker and Kathy Worjarowski

Absent: None

WELCOMING REMARKS – Paul Blankenship
2004 RAC MEETING MINUTES

An action will be taken on all the minutes at the next meeting where the committee has a quorum.

ACTION ITEMS – (the committee does not have a quorum at this time, however the members may make an informal recommendation on items in this category).

Discussion on changing the monthly meeting starting time from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

In order for all committee members to arrive to the meeting on time each member agreed that the meeting start time should be changed to 6:00 p.m. to accommodate all schedules. The meetings will continue to be held in the Multi-purpose room at the Pat Anderson Education Center.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS –

Redevelopment Area Joint City/County Housing Policy Discussion

This item was presented after item B. Chris Pahule, Acting Redevelopment Manager, presented this informational item to the committee. Mr. Pahule reported that housing issues at the federal, state, and local levels are impacting the way the Agency is doing business. Because of these issues, the Agency is looking at creative ways to meet the changing housing environment and meet redevelopment requirements. Therefore, the Agency is considering pooling redevelopment funds into a joint City/County-housing fund in order to carry out these requirements in either of the joint City/County redevelopment areas. Additionally, the Agency’s Commission has requested that staff explore increasing the redevelopment housing set aside budget from 20 to 25%. Staff is in the process of setting up a workshop for the Commission in late July to discuss these issues and will invite the committee members.

2005-2009 Implementation Plan Project Brainstorming Discussion, Tricia Powers

This item was carried over from the May RAC meeting. Tricia Powers presented this item to the RAC.

The Agency has been preparing to update the Implementation Plans for all redevelopment areas. An Implementation Plan is a strategic document that plans out projects and programs for a redevelopment area for a five-year period.
Staff conducted a visioning workshop with representatives of City and County departments who are active in the Franklin redevelopment area. The final outcome of the workshop was a list of possible improvement projects that could be pursued during the next five years. This list was made available to the RAC prior to June meeting. This list was compared to the projects outlined in the Franklin Blvd. Urban Design Master plan to create the list that was presented to the RAC.

Tricia Powers reviewed the list with the RAC which consisted of Commercial Projects, Infrastructure Projects and Residential Projects. It was noted that the there are more projects listed than funding is available. Staff is "over-subscribing" in order to have flexibility in which projects are conducted over the next five years.

The committee had the following comments:

Commercial Projects: The committee supports any assistance given to Caballo Blanco – they are good community members and a landmark business. They support the idea of the rehab of the banquet rooms as there is a need for a venue for family functions and meetings.
Infrastructure:

From 12^th Avenue to 21^st Street there are no crosswalks and people are forced to j-walk. A crosswalk needs to be added to the project list.
On 47^th Avenue at the Lightrail station a crosswalk has been implemented. There is no signal or an island for pedestrians to use as a "safe haven." This crosswalk needs some pedestrian safety mechanisms added ASAP.
An Urban Garden Program should be available in the Redevelopment area

Residential: None

C. Update regarding other redevelopment projects, programs and activities Tricia Powers

Deeble Street: Construction has begun.
Franklin PBID: 51 percent of the property owners within the proposed PBID have signed petitions. The date to go to Council for the Resolution of Intention (ROI) is being set. At this meeting the ROI will be approved and the public hearing date will be set.
46^th Street and Lang Avenue Housing Development Feasibility Study: the consultant has created A conceptual site plan. Staff is waiting for the proforma to be completed by the consulting. Once this is available staff will move forward with determining the feasibility of the project.

VII COMMUNICATION FROM RAC AND PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT OTHERWISE ON THE AGENDA

Linda Kimura, Chief of Staff to Supervisor Illa Collin provided a brief update on activities in the County portion of the redevelopment area.

VIII ADJOURNMENT