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February 9, 2005
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SACRAMENTO HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
I. Tricia Stewart called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m. II. Roll call was conducted: Present: Bud Aungst, Kim Curry-Evans, Edenausegboye Davis, Chris Ganson, Edgar Hilbert, Mary Lou Lackey, Nou Lor, Linda McDonald, Sandy Redmond, Eric Straub, James Taylor, Rose Thomas Absent: None Staff Present: Tricia Stewart, Chris Pahule, Leslie Fritzsche III. Tricia Stewart welcomed members of the community to the meeting. IV. OFFICER ELECTIONS The following committee members were elected to the following officer positions: Chairperson: Edenausegboye Davis Vice-Chairperson: Mary Lou Lackey Secretary: Linda McDonald The officers will take their positions at the March 9th RAC meeting. Officer terms are one year long. V. REDEVELOPMENT ITEMS A. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard / Broadway Development Project Update Ruthy Bennett of AF Evans was present to introduce herself and the AF Evans team to the community for the development at the southeast corner of Broadway and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The proposed development is mixed use/mixed income, which incorporates both retail and housing (both homeownership and rental) for a variety of income types. Ms. Bennett shared that AF Evans will hire a local partner to assist with outreach and serve as a community liaison between the development group, SHRA and the community. Community meetings to discuss the project concept will begin in late April/early May. To learn more about AF Evans go to www.afevans.com. B. Oak Park 2005 Budget Review Tricia Stewart presented this informational item to the committee. Mrs. Stewart provided an overview of the current Oak Park budget which included the tax increment flow received in January 2005. As a general rule staff presents an annual budget with the RAC in October to discuss the anticipated tax increment flow for the following year and to identify new projects or programs to fund in the project area. A handout was provided to the committee that summarized the current fund balances. C. South Oak Park Housing Rehabilitation with Rebuilding Together Tricia Stewart presented this action item to the committee. Staff recommended that the RAC approve an allocation of $150,000 in Low/Mod Housing funds to Rebuilding Together to conduct a housing rehabilitation project for 20 owner occupied homes in the south Oak Park area (the portion of the redevelopment area south of 12th Avenue). The $150,000 would be provided as a grant to cover any costs not covered by donations to Rebuilding Together or through volunteer efforts. Households that are eligible to receive these benefits must be low to moderate income. A motion to allocate the funds and to enter into an agreement with Rebuilding Together was made by Davis with a second by Thomas. The votes were as follows: Ayes: Bud Aungst, Kim Curry-Evans, Edenausegboye Davis, Chris Ganson, Edgar Hilbert, Mary Lou Lackey, Nou Lor, Linda McDonald, Sandy Redmond, Eric Straub, James Taylor, Rose Thomas Noes: None Abstention: None D. Allocation of $500,000 to the Housing Authority’s 5H Program Leslie Fritzsche of SHRA presented this action item to the committee. Staff recommended that the RAC approve the use of tax increment funds for the rehabilitation and sale of single family homes in the Oak Park Redevelopment Area. The Agency recommends that $500,000 of low/mod housing funds be allocated to the program to significantly rehabilitate six Housing Authority owned single family homes. Priority in the sale of the homes will be given to public housing residents, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders, households on the public housing and HCV lists and the general public who are low income. The sales proceeds of the six homes in Oak Park will be used to make additional improvements to public housing stock in the Oak Park Redevelopment Area. A motion to allocate the funds was made by Curry-Evans with a second by Aungst. The votes were as follows: Ayes: Bud Aungst, Kim Curry-Evans, Edenausegboye Davis, Chris Ganson, Edgar Hilbert, Mary Lou Lackey, Nou Lor, Linda McDonald, Eric Straub, James Taylor, Rose Thomas Noes: None Abstention: Sandy Redmond E. Oak Park Redevelopment Plan One-Year Extension Tricia Stewart presented this action item to the committee. Following the approval of the 04-05 State budget, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 1096 which allows for a statewide shift of $250 million in redevelopment funds for all redevelopment agencies in California. SB 1096 included a provision that would help lessen the impact of the shift of funds by allowing redevelopment agencies to amend redevelopment plans by one year and to increase the redevelopment area’s tax increment ceiling by the amount shifted to the state. By extending the Oak Park Redevelopment Plan by one year, it will allow for redevelopment activities to be conducted for one additional year; changing the expiration date of the plan from 2014 to 2015. A motion to extend the Oak Park Redevelopment Plan by one year and to increase the tax increment ceiling by the amount shifted to the state allowed by SB 1096 was made by Lackey with a second by Redmond. The votes were as follows: Ayes: Bud Aungst, Kim Curry-Evans, Edenausegboye Davis, Chris Ganson, Edgar Hilbert, Mary Lou Lackey, Nou Lor, Linda McDonald, Sandy Redmond, Eric Straub, James Taylor, Rose Thomas Noes: None Abstention: None F. Proposed Agency Individual Project Reviews and Sole Source Negotiations Tricia Stewart presented this action item to the committee. The number of subsidy requests from local property owners and the development community has increased throughout all redevelopment areas. Currently, there is not a process in place, nor a timeline established for reviewing these requests, rather each request is dealt with on a project by project basis. In the effort to streamline the process and save time for both the development community and staff, the Agency proposed to adopt the Individual Project Review application and guidelines for Sole Source Negotiations. Recently this process was adopted by the City Council for the Richards Blvd and Downtown Redevelopment Areas and has proven to be an effective tool. Staff recommends the RAC adopted this process to review subsidy requests in the Oak Park Redevelopment area. An outline of the process was included in the staff report presented at the meeting. A motion to adopt the Individual Project Reviews and Sole Source Negotiations process was made by McDonald with a second by Redmond. The votes were as follows: Ayes: Bud Aungst, Kim Curry-Evans, Edenausegboye Davis, Chris Ganson, Edgar Hilbert, Mary Lou Lackey, Nou Lor, Linda McDonald, Sandy Redmond, Eric Straub, James Taylor, Rose Thomas Noes: None Abstention: None G. Oak Park Redevelopment Area Updates Donner Field Project – Seven proposals were submitted for the development site. A selection committee has been formed to review the proposals and select a developer. Rose Thomas was selected to serve on the committee as the RAC representative. The next steps in this project included selecting a proposal/developer, enter into an Exclusive Right to Negotiate with the developer and to enter into a Disposition and Development Agreement with the developer. MLK/Broadway – Chris Ganson and Eric Straub were selected to sit on the project “steering committee/task force” Design Review Guidelines – the residential and commercial guidelines for Oak Park are in the process of being updated. A community meeting workshop to discuss design and architectural elements like and disliked by the community was held on Feb. 17th at the Oak Park Community Center. VI. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS There were no informational items to review. VII. COMMUNICATION FROM PAC MEMBERS AND PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Mr. Gryder expressed concerns to the committee regarding the Regent Project at Stockton Blvd and 9th Avenue. VIII. ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by all committee members. |
