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ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARING
R-97-06 and
PA -97-28, Borders
Costa Mesa, LLC
MOTION
Continued to
August 11, 1997
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY OF COSTA MESA
JULY 14, 1997
The City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City
of Costa Mesa, California, met in special joint session
July 14, 1997, at 6:15 p.m., following the regularly
scheduled Redevelopment Agency meeting, in first floor
Conference Room A, City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Notice of the special joint meeting was given as required by
law. The meeting was called to order by Mayor/Agency
Member Buffa.
Council/Agency Members
Present:
Mayor/Agency Member Peter
Buffa
Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Chair-
person Gary Monahan
Council Member/Vice Chairperson
Libby Cowan
Council/Agency Member Joe
Erickson
Council/Agency Member Heather
Somers
Council/Agency Members
Absent
None
Officials Present:, City Manager/Agency Executive
Director Allan Roeder
City Attorney Thomas Kathe
Redevelopment and Housing
Manager M -brie;. Ullman
Management Analyst Paula
Schaefer
Accounting Supervise: Diane
Butler
The Management Analyst ---announced that thiE was the time
and place set for the public hearing to consider Planning
Action PA -97-28 ' (final development. plan) and Rezone
Petition R-97-06 (previously numbered R-97-04), for'Borders
Costa Mesa, LLC, 410 - 17th Street, Suite 1705, Denver
Colorado, for property located at 1884, 1898 Newport
boulevard and 145 East 19th Street. A facsimile was
received earlier in the day from the applicant requesting a
continuance to August 1.1, 1997, to allow additional time to
review the conditions of approval as set forth by the Planning
Commission. Brenda Godfrey; Borders Costa Mesa, LLC,
apologized for the short notice concerning the request for
continuance.
On motion by , Council/Agency Member , Somers,
seconded by Council/Agency Member Erickson, . and
carried 5-0, approval was given to continue the public
hearing to a special joint City Council/Redevelopment
Agency meeting on August 11, 1997, at 5:30 p.m.,
in first floor Conference Room A.
Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Chairperson Monahan requested that
the Planning Commission requirements be reviewed by
Borders Costa Mesa,. LLC, and that any questions be
forwarded to staff prior to the meeting on August 11, 1997.
HOME No. 4 The Management Analyst reported that on April 14, 1997,
Reimbursement and the City Council and Redevelopment Agency denied approval
Settlement Agree- of the Home No. 4 Affordable Housing Agreement and voted
ment with Civic to use U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Center Barrio (HUD) funds to cover Civic Center Barrio Housing
Housing Corpora- Corporation's (CCBHC) costs.
tion (CCBHC)
The Management Analyst added that a Reimbursement and
Settlement Agreement was prepared by outside counsel,
Barbara Leibold, of McNamara, Van Blarcom, McClendon &
Leibold, to reimburse CCBHC; invoices were received totaling
$43,333.73; and the deadline for CCBHC to submit
additional invoices was July 11, 1997, bringing the grand
total to $60,267.15. She addressed two items under
dispute: reimbursement of legal fees to William and Rita
Lush for $2,457.00; and credit application fees, appraisal
fees, and legal fees to American Savings Bank for
$2,911.42.
The City Attorney reported that the motion made by
the City Council and Redevelopment Agency on April 14,
1997, was to reimburse expenses to. CCBHC; however,
the agreements in place at that tirne do not obligate
the City to pay any funds if such projects were
abandoned. He noted that the Reimbursement and
Settlement Agreement is a vehicle by which staff can honor
the Council/Agency direction and provide a grant for
reimbursement.
MOTION/Approved A motion was made by Council/Agency Member Erickson,
Agreement; City seconded by Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Chairperson Monahan,
Manager Author= and carried 5-0, approving the Home No. 4 Reimbursement
ized to Negotiate and Settlement Agreement, directing staff to make payment
with CCBHC of $763.73 in eligible predevelopment for Home No.4 from
1996-97 Low and Moderate Income Housing funds, and
authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and, if necessary,
pay eligible predevelopment costs.
CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney requested a closed session pursuant to
REPORTS Government Code Sections 54956.9(a) and 54956.9(c) to
Request for Closed discuss whether to settle pending litigation in Grant v. the
Session Regarding City and the Costa Mesa Redevelopment Agency; and
Gene Grant, and whether the City and Agency should initiate litigation against
the Vozenileks the Vozenileks.
ADJOURNED TO At 6:20 p.m., Mayor/Agency Member Buffa adjourned the
CLOSED SESSION special joint meeting to a closed session to discuss the items
announced by the City Attorney.
RECONVENED At 6:25 p.m., Mayor/Agency Member Buffa reconvened the
SPECIAL JOINT special joint meeting, and the City Attorney announced the
MEETING action taken during closed session.
MOTION By a vote of 5-0, the Council/Agency Members
Rejected Grant's rejected the late claim from Gene Grant; and the City
Late Claim Attorney was authorized to settle the litigation as
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recommended in the Assistant City Attorney's
Confidential memorandum dated June 25, 1997.
MOTION By a vote of 5-0, the City Attorney was directed to
Authorized commence litigation concerning the Vozenileks as
Litigation recommended in the City Attorney's confidential
Against Vozenileks memorandum dated July 7, 1997.
ADJOURNMENT At 6:30 p.m., Mayor/Agency Member Buffa adjourned the
special joint meeting of the City Council and Redevelopment
Agency to a special- City .Council meeting.
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