Minutes

Franklin Boulevard Redevelopment Advisory Committee

Meeting September 10, 2003

Sacramento Children’s Home

2750 Sutterville Road

I. Call to Order – 5:40 p.m.

II. Members Present: Adina Medina, Paul Blankenship, Darrin Pradie, Kathy Wojnarowski, John Kuckowicz, Caleb Pagan, Adriane Guzman and Anita Shumaker.

Members Absent: none

III. Welcoming Remarks – Darrin Pradie

  1. Speaker cards are now available if the public would like to speak on an item. The speaker cards will be in the back of the room at each meeting. If a member of the community would like to speak on an item, he/she is to fill out a card before the item is heard and turn it into the chairperson. The community member will have 3 minutes to speak.
  2. Introduction of new RAC members: Tricia Powers introduced Wojnarowski, Kuckowicz, Pagan, Guzman and Shumaker to the rest of the committee and the audience.
  3. Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to departing RAC members: Departing RAC members included: Virginia Colla, Ruth Anne Rose and Muriel Strand. Only Virginia Colla was in attendance to accept her certificate.

IV. Minutes approved for July 9, 2003 RAC Meeting – Committee Members

V. Committee Reports – Darrin Pradie requested that a committee member volunteer to participate on the NRT in order to report code issues in the Franklin area. Depending on the time of the meetings Kathy Wojnarowski volunteered to do the reporting. Tricia Powers will get back to Kathy on the details of the NRT. Anita Shumaker volunteered to go to meetings that Kathy cannot attend.

VI. Action Items –

1. Funding for the 46th Street and Lang Avenue Housing Development Project, Tricia Powers

The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (Agency) currently owns one 7 acre parcel at 46th Street and Lang way. The Agency is proposing to develop this site with single family homes, which would be available for home ownership. The development would consist of high quality manufactured homes and would be available to mixed income families/individuals. The Agency requested that $50,000 be transferred from the Acquisition Multi Family Rehab fund to Housing Development Assistance for a feasibility study to be conducted to determine a detailed scope for the project. Staff will return to the RAC following the feasibility study to report back to both the RAC and the general community on the outcome of the study. The study is to include the following items:

 

-Site investigation and due diligence

-Design for a conceptual site plan

-Design for a conceptual traffic plan

-Provide conceptual structure sessions

-Provide a plot plan and yield study

-Identify entitlements required for the proposed development

-Create a project development schedule

-Provide cost estimates from pre-development to closeout

-Create complete schematic site yield plans discussing possible conflicts

Additionally, the consulting firm selected will be asked to incorporate solutions to the communities concerns as voiced at the general community meeting regarding this proposed project on 9/8/03.

Anita Shumaker, Darrin Pradie and Adina Medina volunteered to be part of the selection committee for the RFP selection process. All members will be invited to go on a tour at a manufactured housing plant – date TBD.

All members approved the funding of the feasibility study however, they had the following comments:

Kathy Wojnarowski: The neighbors from the community meeting did not appear to be against this proposed development – their real problem is Chateau Lang – something needs to be done about that property.

Anita Shumaker: This study is needed to move forward. Statistics on the long-term wear and tear of manufactured homes needs to be documented in the feasibility study. At the community meeting the street connections appeared to be an issue, however this study is needed to determine what the options are for connecting roads. The option for a gated community needs to be explored further and it is necessary for all the community’s concerns, expressed at the general community meeting, to be addressed in the study.

Adriane Guzman: Same as the two comments above.

John Kuckowicz: This proposed development and feasibility study is a positive step forward. It is important to include the community to participate.

Paul Blankenship: The community’s concerns about Chateau Lang are valid – they need to be mitigated. If the project does move forward then the Agency needs to ensure that families purchase the homes not a developer who would rent out the homes. This needs to be controlled.

Caleb Pagan: Agrees with Paul’s comments. A gated community may be the answer to keep out unwanted activities. The homes need to stay owner occupied. A HOA (HomeOwnership Association) may be necessary.

Adina Medina: The homes need to be owner occupied and not for rent.
  1. Committee nominations for Secretary – Darrin Pradie

The term for secretary will last one year. Anita Shumaker volunteered to be secretary and the committee was in favor of her taking on this position. The Secretary’s responsibilities include recording the official actions taken at regular and special meetings. The RAC will approve/disapprove the minutes at the following RAC meeting. Anita’s term as secretary being at the October 8th RAC meeting.

VII. Information Items-

  1. Youth-led community mapping for 95820, The Big Mappers

    2. Jennifer Peterson of La Familia introduced presenters Lisa and Wong. The Big Mappers met every Tuesday and Thursday. They surveyed the 95820 zip code. They used Survey Monkey, which allowed them to enter in data and compile findings.

    Lisa – 17-year-old high school student explained the process for collecting data – they used observations and interviews. 560 surveys were collected – the questions revolved around safety, employment, entertainment, transportation and extracurricular activities.

    Wong – 17-year-old high school student – provided statistics from the report (see handout for specifics on the statistics.)

  2. Franklin Blvd. RDA Implementation Plan 2005-2009, Tricia Powers

    3. Per California Redevelopment Law, every five years following the adoption of a redevelopment plan Implementation Plans need to be updated. An implementation plan is a document that states the Agency’s goals and objectives for a project area. Additionally, it will describe specific programs, expenditures and an explanation of how these projects/programs will eliminate blight and implement housing requirements for the area. The Agency will be allocating $10,000 from the 2004 Tax Increment flow from the Franklin Blvd. Redevelopment Area for the 2005-2009 Implementation Plan. Staff will return to the RAC to go over the possible projects/programs for the 2005-2009 plan.

  3. Redevelopment Projects Update, Tricia Powers

a. Deeble Street – wall extension near railroad and Lightrail tracks. Noise, aesthetics, dumping and safety issues brought forward from the community. Money has been allocated to this project – a budget of $155,000 exists. There is currently enough money to implement a 6ft ornamental iron fence with room for landscaping – landscaping to be carried out by residents through community service. Some community members would prefer a masonry wall, however the cost for a wall without landscaping would be approximately $300,000 and no other funds for this project have been identified. Agency and City staff will return to the community in October to show what progress has been made to date and to determine whether or not the City should move forward with the ornamental iron fence design plans. If the community would prefer the wall – the project will go on hold and funding would have to be identified – it is unknown at this point how long the community would have to wait until funding becomes available.

Due to City liability policies and requirement for product warranties the donation of fence materials and community-based construction of the fence is not possible. Only the landscaping portion of the project can be community service based.

b. Eastside of North City Farms Streetlight Project – Agency and Public Works staff spoke with property owners in the streetlight project area about obtaining easements from them so that the poles for the streetlights could be installed. The property owners who were home did not have a problem granting easements. The property owners who were notified about the easements have until Sept. 30 to oppose the streetlight being placed on their property. If all necessary easement are obtained without problems the area should have streetlights by September of 2004.

c. County Streetscape – A community meeting was held on September 4, 2003. The County and Carter & Burgess presented two design scenarios to the community. All residents and business owners within the redevelopment area were mailed notices, which invited them to this meeting. Of the few attendees, option B was preferred, which provided curb, gutter, sidewalk, lighting and landscaping improvements along Franklin from Turnbridge to 46th Avenue. Also these same improvements would be made to the north side of 47th Avenue.

Option A, which was not chosen, provided these same improvements with the addition of a landscaped median, but only from Turnbridge to 47th. Residents felt that the landscaped medians would cause too much congestion along Franklin because turn lanes would be limited – also some community members felt that kids would be more inclined to run into the street to wait in the median to cross the street.

These same scenarios were presented to the Franklin Blvd. Business Association – they agreed that option B was the best option for a phase one project. The County and Carter Burgess will move forward with designs for option B.

    1. Communication from RAC members and Public on items not on the agenda –
    1. Darrin Pradie announced that the Agency was taking requests for a new name of the 46th Street and Lang Avenue Housing Development Project. Two suggestions were made:

"The Chateau" and "46th Park Place."

Adjournment at 7:10 p.m.