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Home My WebLink About10/12/1994 - City Council Special Meeting - Redevelopment AgencySPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF COSTA MESA OCTOBER 12, 1994 The Costa Mesa City Council and Redevelopment Agency met in special joint session, and the City Council held a special meeting on October 12, 1994, in conjunction with the regularly scheduled Redevelopment Agency meeting which commenced at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Notices of the special joint session and special Council meeting were given as required by law. ROLL CALL Council/Agency Members Present: Mayor/Agency Member Sandra Genis (arrived at 6:45 p.m.) Vice Mayor/Agency Vice Chairman Jay Humphrey (arrived at 7:00 p.m.) Council Member/Agency Chairman Peter Buffa Council Member/Agency Member Mary Hornbuckle Council Member/Agency Member Joe Erickson Council/Agency Members Absent: None Officials Present: City Manager/Redevelopment Executive Director Allan Roeder City Attorney Thomas Kathe Assistant to the City Manager Ann Gyben Principal Planner Mike Robinson Assistance Finance Director Marc Davis Administrative Assistant Paula Schaefer Accounting Supervisor Diane Butler Executive Secretary Marie Thompson Officials Absent: Redevelopment and Housing Manager Muriel Berman Agency Attorney Sally May PUBLIC HEARING Following the Agency's New Business item (Redevelopment Action Amendment No. 3 to RA -94-09), Agency Chairman Buffa opened the special joint meeting the Redevelopment of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency pursuant to the Plan for the Down- Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California. The town Project Area Agency Chairman announced that it was his responsibility as Chairman of the Redevelopment Agency, and acting on behalf of the Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa, to preside over the joint meeting. He outlined the procedures to be followed during the public hearing, and stated that anyone wishing to speak would be given the oppor- tunity to make a five-minute presentation. The Assistant to the City Manager reported that the purpose of the hearing was to consider evidence and testimony for and against the adoption of Amendment No. 3 to the Redevelopment Plan for the f Downtown Project Area which was originally adopted by the City Council in December, 1973, and subsequently amended in 1978 and 1980. She further reported that in 1986, revisions were made to comply with changes in the Community Redevelopment Law. The Assistant to the City Manager outlined the purpose of Amendment No. 3 which would ensure that the Redevelopment Plan conforms to the City's General Plan, and would allow the Agency's current land use approval authority under the Redevelopment Plan to be delegated to certain designated boards of the City and Agency. She stated that the City Council will be considering an ordinance which would revise portions of the Redevelopment Plan to amend or add time limitations to the Plan pursuant to newly added Section 33333.6 of the Community Redevelopment Law. The Assistant related that the Planning Commission found Amendment No. 3 to be consistent with the City's General Plan; that a Preliminary Review of Environmental Impacts was prepared and a determination made that Amendment No. 3 will have no significant environmental effect. She announced that notice of the joint public hearing appeared in the Daily Pilot newspaper on September 21, 28, and October 5, 1994; and that proof of publication, along with proof of mailing notices to all affected taxing agencies and assessed property owners in the Project Area, were made a part of the record. The Executive Secretary announced that no written comments were received on proposed Amendment No. 3 to the Redevelopment Plan. No oral testimony was given in favor of Amendment No. 3. Paul Lovetere, 645-A' Park Drive, Costa Mesa, owner of a duplex for 17 years, recounted that approximately 11 years ago, quarterly reports were issued on Redevelopment Agency activities. He thought citizens should be informed of current and future plans of the Agency, and suggested that quarterly reports be reinstated. Mr. Lovetere was concerned about three words contained in Amendment No. 3: condemnation, relocation, and eminent domain. 'In order to allay concerns on that portion of Park Drive, Mayor/Agency Member Genis noted that it is designated "residential" in both the General Plan and Redevelopment Plan. There being no other speakers, a motion was made by Council/Agency Member Hornbuckle, seconded by Council/Agency Member Erickson, and carried 4-0, Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Humphrey absent, to close the joint public hearing. J MOTION/Adopted , A motion was made by Agency Member Hornbuckle, seconded by Redevelopment 'Agency Member Erickson, and carried 4-0, Vice Chairman Agency Resolution Humphrey absent, adopting Resolution 178-94, A RESOLUTION 178-94 OF THE COSTA - MESA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FINDING THAT " AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF CEQA AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UPON APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 3, said exemption to be filed with the County of Orange. MOTION/Adopted A motion was made by Agency Member Hornbuckle, seconded by Redevelopment Agency Member. Erickson, and carried 4-0, Vice Chairman Humphrey absent, adopting Resolution 179-94, A RESOLUTION Agency Resolution OF THE COSTA MESA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 179-94 FINDING THAT THE USE OF TAXES ALLOCATED FROM THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOUSING OUTSIDE THE PROJECT AREA WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO THE PROJECT. MOTION/To Read A motion was made by Council Member Hornbuckle, seconded by Resolutions and Ordi- Mayor Genis, and carried 4-0, Vice Mayor Humphrey absent, to nances by Title Only read all ordinances and resolutions by title only. MOTION/Adopted A motion was made by Council Member Erickson, seconded by City Council Resolu- Council Member Hornbuckle, and carried 4-0, Vice Mayor tion 94-93 Humphrey absent, adopting Resolution 94-93, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF CEQA AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UPON APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 3, said exemption to be filed with the County of Orange. MOTION/Adopted A motion was made by Council Member Erickson, seconded by City Council Resolu- Council Member Hornbuckle, and carried 4-0, Vice Mayor tion 94-94 Humphrey absent, adopting Resolution 94-94, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT THE USE OF TAXES ALLOCATED FROM THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOUSING OUTSIDE THE PROJECT AREA WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO THE PROJECT. Vice Mayor/Agency Vice Chairman Humphrey arrived. MOTION On motion by Council Member Hornbuckle, seconded by Council Ordinance 94-14 Member Erickson, and carried .5-0, Ordinance 94-14, AN Given First Reading ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 9.0 OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ORDER TO AMEND OR ADD CERTAIN TIME LIMITATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 33333.6 OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW, was given first reading and passed to second reading. MOTION On motion by Council Member Erickson, seconded by Vice Mayor Ordinance 94-15 Humphrey, and carried 5-0, Ordinance 94-15, AN ORDINANCE Given First Reading OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, was given first reading and passed to second reading. Council Member Hornbuckle suggested that staff consider ways to create a community report for the public who live and do business in the Redevelopment Area. Mayor Genis requested that elimination of the Agency's eminent domain in condemnation powers be considered at a future Agency meeting. NEW BUSINESS The Assistant to the City Manager presented a request from Street Closures for Children's Hospital ' of .Orange County (CHOC) . for closure of CHOC Walkathon portions of Avenue of the Arts, Sunflower Avenue, Town Center Drive, and Park Center Drive, on Sunday, October 16, 1994, at MOTION 9:00 a.m. , for the fourth annual CHOC Walkathon. On motion by Closures Approved Council Member Erickson, seconded by Vice Mayor Humphrey, and carried 5-0, the closures were approved. CITY ATTORNEY'S The City Attorney requested a closed session pursuant to REPORTS/Request Government Code Section 54957 for the purpose of Council's for Closed Session: conducting performance reviews and considering compensation Performance Reviews adjustments for the City Manager and City Attorney. ADJOURNMENT TO At 7:15 p.m., Agency Chairman Buffa adjourned the joint meeting CLOSED SESSION to a closed session ins the first floor Conference Room to conduct the performance reviews. City Manager and The meeting was reconvened at 10:20 p.m., and the City Attorney City Attorney announced the action taken during closed session. A motion was Performance Reviews made by Council Member Erickson, seconded by Vice Mayor Humphrey, and carried 5-0, increasing the compensation for the City MOTION Manager and City Attorney by four percent plus monthly benefit Approved Increase in contributions of $739.00, retaining the same car allowances, and Compensation stipulating an effective date of October 12, 1994. ADJOURNMENT i Agency Chairman Buffa, with the concurrence of Mayor Genis, declared the joint meeting adjourned at 10:25 p.m. Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: Deputy City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa