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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Min 1998-02-23 1-26-98 I 2-23-98 Seal Beach, California January 26, 1998 The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Seal Beach regular meeting was canceled due to the lack of business items for consideration. I Seal Beach, California February 23, 1998 The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 6:58 p.m. with Chairman Campbell calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Chairman Campbell Agencymembers Brown, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings I Absent: None Also present: Mr. Till, Executive Director Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Mrs. Yeo, Secretary APPROVAL OF AGENDA Brown moved, second by Fulton, to approve the order of the agenda as presented. AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried WAIVER OF FULL READING Fulton moved, second by Brown, to waive the reading in full of all resolutions and that consent to the waiver of reading shall be deemed to be given by all Agencymembers after reading of the title unless specific request is made at that time for the reading of such resolution. "I AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were no Oral Communications. 2-23-98 I PUBLIC HEARING I RESOLUTION NUMBER 98-1 - IMPLEMENTATION PLANS - RIVERFRONT I SURFS IDE PROJECT AREAS Chairman Campbell declared the public hearing open to consider Implementation Plans for the Riverfront and Surfside Project Areas. The City Clerk certified that notice of the public hearing had been advertised as required by law, and reported no communications received either for or against this item. The Director of Development Services reported the purpose of the public hearing relating to this item is to review the Implementation Plan that was a State requirement of Redevelopment Agencies to adopt in 1994, at that time the City indicated for the Project Areas whether or not certain projects within certain Areas had been completed, the plan at that time indicated there are a number of areas that awaited additional development. The revisions to the Plan proposed for consideration basically brings the Plan document in line with the recent amendments that were approved for those portions of the Hellman Ranch area that are in a portion of the Redevelopment property, the Table attached to the proposed adopting Resolution provides changes to the language for areas 1, 19 and 20. Agencymember Forsythe inquired as to what bearing Resolution Number 94-3 has on this Implementation Plan, to that the response of the Director was that Resolution 94-3 adopted the initial Implementation Plan, that provided the Agency for information purposes, the only amendment proposed to that Plan is to Table 1 and reflects the changes to the future land use goals as established in 1994 which included a hotel on the State Lands property and 329 homesites on the Hellman property, now revised to reflect the land uses set forth in the current Hellman Specific Plan. Agencymember Forsythe voiced concern with the percentage of low to moderate housing in Seal Beach, that primarily due to the priorities under the Housing Implementation Plan to which she stated her preference that the priorities be rearranged to reflect that Seal Beach far exceeds its allowable percentage of low and moderate with Leisure World, the Trailer Park, and Navy housing. She noted there is an impact even in a retail sense in that if persons look at the per capita with the mean income level, it is an adverse affect, and in reference to priority one, the expansion of the local housing supply in terms of affordable housing, suggested that be made the third priority, move up priority two, the maintenance and improvement of existing housing stock, then the preservation of existing affordable housing, the question is why would the City do new affordable housing before taking care of what exists. The Director explained that those priorities are those established in the Housing Element of the General Plan as it currently exists, at the time there is a requirement of the State to update the Housing Element to reflect new goals for low and moderate income housing, most likely in about a year, the goals will likely change, then this Plan will need to be amended. Agencymember Forsythe made reference to the required set aside for low and moderate income housing, however stated that if those funds were required to be used her belief is that the priorities are out of order, such funds should be spent on existing low and moderate rather than new housing. I I 2-23-98 Members of the audience were invited to make comments to this item if desired. Mr. Gordon Shanks, Surf Place, said one can not oppose this, it is basically a good summation of what is going on with the Redevelopment Agency in Seal Beach. He inquired if the Unocal property on First Street will be required to have low and moderate income housing, the response was that it is designated as low density residential. Mr. Shanks asked how much money is currently set aside for low and moderate housing and how much of that is actually funded, the response was that it is now about $1.7 million and that is the actual amount of that designated fund, in turn Mr. Shanks asked why something has not been done with those monies thus far. It was explained that a program is in the preparation stages at the,present time as to what those monies can or will be used for. Mr. Shanks stated he was under the impression that the low and moderate set aside was an unfunded debt that would need to be paid at some future time, and to find that it is actually funded he commended the Agency. Ms. Sue Corbin inquired as to changes that are being considered for the Hellman plan at the Coastal Commission, and if this Plan will need to be further amended as a result of the final Hellman Plan. The Director responded that until the City and Agency receive Coastal Commission approvals for that project the question is not answerable at this point, parcels 1, 19, and 20 are part of the Hellman project, the property at First and Pacific Coast Highway is envisioned for a retail center, the Plan is being amended at this time because of the mandate to do so by the State. Ms. Corbin asked how much money the Agency owes the City's General Fund from past loans, etc. The City Attorney offered that at one time the City loaned the Agency certain sums of money, however it is believed that has been paid back. Mr. Jim Sokoloff, Seal Beach, made a request for an additional, van accessible, parking space at the west side of the crosswalk of the two hundred block of Main Street, and to the issue of constructing public buildings in the one hundred block, next to the cleaning business, it would need have accessible restroom facilities, and if that is done there will be no room for anything else that may be planned for that property. Chairman Campbell suggested that Mr. Sokoloff make his comments during the City Council meeting, then declared Oral Communications to be closed. I I Hastings moved, second by Brown, to adopt Resolution Number 98-1 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE SURFS IDE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 98-1 was waived. I AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried APPROVAL OF MINUTES Brown moved, second by Fulton, to approve the minutes of the regular Redevelopment Agency meetings of October 27th, 1997 and November 24th, 1997. I I I 2-23-98 / 3-23-98 / 4-27-98 AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting at 7:17 p.m. t.~Jf~~ Seal Beach, California March 23, 1998 By direction of the City Council, the Redevelopment Agency regular meeting of March 23, 1998 was canceled. Seal Beach, California April 27, 1998 The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 6:49 p.m. with Chairman Campbell calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Chairman Campbell Agencymembers Brown, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings Absent: None Also present: Mr. Till, Executive Director Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mrs. Yeo, City Clerk/Secretary