1. CALL TO ORDER

Elgin Bradley called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm

3. ROLL CALL

Present: Elgin Bradley, Quonzeles Byrd, Barbara Brown, Mary Calhoun, John Cranshaw, Richard Greene, May Lee, Cheryl Martin, Dawna Mitchell

Absent: All members were present

Agency Staff Present: Christopher Golden, Chris Pahule

4. *APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The March meeting was called to order by Elgin Bradley

The minutes were approved by a motion from May Lee with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 noes. The discrepancy between votes and attendees were due to the fact that two members were not present at the time of the minute's approval.

5. REDEVELOPMENT ITEMS

The letter sequence is out of order due to rescheduling necessities beyond our control. The items are listed in the order presented.

D. 6135 65th St. Apartments: A Presentation by Mitch Abdallah and Gary Shimotsu

Mitch Abdallah of ADI Development and Gary Shimotsu from Shimotsu Architecture conducted an initial presentation to discuss two proposed affordable apartment developments in the Stockton Redevelopment Area. These developments are in their very first stages of design and the presenters wanted to get community input early on in the process. The RAC gave input to the developers regarding many aspects of the project, including issues of land-use and design. Mr. Abdallah and Mr. Shimotsu have promised to take the RAC's comments into consideration and return to the RAC with updated plans that reflect the desires of the RAC where possible.

B. Implementation Plan

Christopher Golden gave an update on the structure, priorities, status, and projected timeline of the Stockton Boulevard Redevelopment Area's 2005 - 2009 Implementation Plan Update.

C. Aggregation Informational

This item was pulled from the agenda prior to the RAC meeting, but after the agenda was mailed out. This item will be included on the next agenda in June 2004.

* A. Economic Assistance Request for the Stockton Boulevard Partnership's Marketing Study

After a lengthy discussion The RAC voted 4 votes in favor of supporting the economic assistance request and 2 votes to forward the item to the next meeting on the grounds that a representative be present to give a presentation to the RAC regarding additional specifics about the Marketing study and the need for financial assistance. A vote of 5 ayes were necessary to approve the economic assistance request. For this particular request Christopher Golden was able to present basic information regarding the request and Elgin Bradley as well as Charles McClatchy were able to answer many of the questions presented by RAC members. The scheduled presenter of this item was unable to attend the meeting due to a family emergency. Elgin Bradley and John Cranshaw excused themselves from the vote as required by law. May Lee assumed the duties as the RAC Chairperson for the purposes of this vote. In addition as required by redevelopment law, Richard Greene excused himself from both the conversation as well as the vote.

6. COMMUNICATION FROM RAC MEMBERS AND PUBLIC ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

May Lee, Quonzeles Byrd and Dawna Mitchell spoke about their recent experiences at the SACOG Tall Forum.

7. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm

According to the Brown Act, no action may be taken on items not posted on the agenda.

Reports or memos related to specific items are available by request. Please contact Christopher Golden at (916) 440-1399 x1292 or by email at cgolden@shra.org for more information.