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HomeMy WebLinkAboutrda min 1984/05/17 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Thursday, May 17, 1984 Council Conference Room 4:00 p.m. City Hall ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT Chairman Cox; Members Malcolm, Moore, Scott MEMBERS EXCUSED Member McCandliss STAFF PRESENT Executi ve Di rec tor Goss, Community Development Director Desrochers, Redevelopment Coordinator Zegler, Agency Attorney Harron, Special Counsel Reed, City Engineer Lippitt ALSO PRESENT Jim McKenzie, Charlie Yem, Ted Brumleve, Bennet Greenwald Chairman Cox, noting that one Agency member would not be in attendance this afternoon and another member would not be available for the meeting until later, suggested that item no. 1 be trailed to the end of the meeting. ITEM NO. 2 - RESOLUTION NO. 506 - APPROVING A MODIFICATION OF CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE MUNCHNER KIND'L SIDEWALK CAFE The Sidewalk Cafe Policy was reviewed by the Agency in April and was found to be valid. Therefore, the Munchner Ki nd '1 design and 1 ease must now be revised. Mrs. Rodrigues, owner of Munchner Kind'l restaurant, has submitted a request for a minor modification to the existing sidewalk cafe design. The planned modification and the original design will be attached to the renewed lease which will be considered by the City Council on May 22. The cafe will continue to occupy approximately 550 sq. ft. of public right-of-way and will be cordoned off from the pedestrian way by barri ers consi sti ng of pl anter boxes. One of these planter boxes will be replaced by a bratwurst cart. Di scussion followed concerning the adequate footage for this type of use. Members expressed concern that the applicant continues to request approval of changes to the original cafe design "after the fact." RESOLUTION OFFERED BY MEMBER SCOTT, the readi ng of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted unanimously. Member Moore suggested that Mrs. Rodri gues be noti fi ed in writing of the Agency's concerns. MOTION TO NOTIFY OWNER MSUC (Moore/Cox) send 1 etter under the Chairman's si gnature to Munchner Kind'l Restaurant owner stati ng the Agency's concerns about requesting approval of something already in effect. . ---------------------- . - Adjourned Regular Redevelopment Agency Meeting - 2 - May 17, 1984 ITEM NO. 3 - RESOLUTION NO. 507 - ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN CENTRE ALLEY I~IPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA (City Engineer) Bi ds have been received for the installation of PCC alley paving, PCC alley approaches, sidewalk ramps, asphalt concrete paving, processed miscellaneous base, curb and gutter, excavation grading, and preservation of property for construction in the Town Centre Alley Improvement Project. Staff recommends that the low bidder, Silver Strand Contractors-San Diego, be awarded the contract in the amount of $43,852.74. RESOLUTION OFFERED BY MEMBER SCOTT, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed, and adopted unanimously. Di scussi on foll owed regardi ng assessment fees to the surroundi ng property owners for the alley improvements. City Engineer Lippitt suggested an agreement be worked out with those directly affected by the alley improvements so that all property owners and tenants in the Town Centre area would not have to pay the fees. Communi ty Development Di rector Desrochers i ndi cated that one of the affected property owners has his lot up for sale. The other parcel is owned by a church, which does not use the alley. MOTION TO REPORT BACK ON ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PROPOSAL MSUC (Cox/Moore) to ask staff to report back on the cost of individual parcel s between Center and Madrona Street, Thi rd and Church Avenues, for assessment district purposes and contact the church as to their interest in parti ci pation. ITEM NO. 4 - RESOLUTION NO. 508 - ENTERING INTO AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT WITH PAUL THORYK AND AUTHORIZING CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT At their meeting in April, the Agency selected Mr. Paul Thoryk as a developer for parcel 3 located at Bay Boul evard and "F" Street. Sta ff was al so authorized at that time to enter into negotiations with Mr. Thoryk in order to prepare an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement. RESOLUTION OFFERED BY MEMBER SCOTT, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed, and adopted unanimously. ITEM NO.5 - REPORT - GREENWALD/MCDONALD PROPOSAL AT BAY BOULEVARD AND "J" STREET Noting that Member Malcolm was still delayed, it was suggested that this item be taken up after his arrival and Item 1 be discussed at this time. - ---_._------~------,,- ---- Adjourned Regular Redevelopment Agency Meeti ng - 3 - May 17, 1984 ITEM NO.1 - APPEAL - STEWART'S HALLMARK SIGN Mr. Jim McKenzie has applied to erect a sign at the Stewart's Hallmark shop at 310 Third Avenue. The Design Review Committee has denied the application since the sign requested is at variance with the adopted sign program for the retail village. The request requires a deviation from the adopted sign program because a Type' B sign is only permitted to be used by a major tenant, which is defined as one with 3,000 sq. ft. of floor area. Staff recommends approval of this request. Mr. Ted Brumleve, SGPA Associates, P.O. Box 3326, San Diego, 92103-0461), architect for the strulcture, explained that two 'months ago at a Design Review Commi ttee meeti ng two modi fi cati ons of the sign program were approved. One modi fi cati on encourages "works of art-type" si gnage whi ch all owed 25% of the tenant's window area i,nclude specifically neon letter signing. Therefore, he suggested it is Mr. Yem's option to come back under that addition to the sign program and seek approval by the Design Review Committee to put neon signing back up after proving he is in compliance with the sign program. Mr. Yem, owner of stewart's Hallmark store, reiterated he would like to retain the neon sign~ for nighttime visibility. His store hours would be expanded on Tuesday ni!ghts to coincide with the theater's movie specials. Assistant Planner Ba~zel indicated that neon signing would require Design Review Committee approval. Mr. Yem, stated that this signing would be removed if required b~ the Committee. MOTION TO APPROVE APP~AL MSUC (Scott/Moore) to ,approve the appeal. MOTION TO RETAIN EXIS1ING NEON SIGNING MSUC (Cox/Moore) to retain existing neon signing conditioned on the Design Review Committee's apqroval. , The meeting was reces~ed at this time, 4:39 p.m. , , The meeting reconvene4 at 4:52 p.m. i ITEM NO.5 - REPORT: i GREENWALD/MCDONALD PROPOSAL AT BAY BOULEVARD AND "J" STREET Greenwal d/McDonal d and Company have proposed to develop five parcel s of property adjacent to: the Bay Boulevard and "J" Street intersection on the Bayfront. The purpo$e of the presentati on is to confi rm that the Agency concurs wi th the tYPe of 1 and uses and general development scheme proposed. An official motion to approve the project is not being requested at this time; rather, the project is required to undergo environmental review and design before it is presented to the Agency for official consideration. --.---- - -- .---_.-..-,- Adj ourned Regul a r i Redevelopment Agency ,eting - 4 - May 17, 1984 Community Development, Director Desrochers reported that the proponents had just returned from a ~esign Review Committee meeting on the subject project. That Committee looks avorably upon this conceptual plan. The firm has also just revealed that AM X Systems, Incorporated has signed a letter of intent with Ratner Developme t Company for development of this site. AMEX Systems' plan is schematically defined as a 100,000 sq. ft. building consisting of a 50,000 sq. ft. tw -story offi ce bui 1 di ng and 50,000 sq. ft. for manufacturing. Ratne Development Company requests that the Agency cooperate in offering an ind cement resolution for Industrial Development Bonds relative to this use. Mr. Bennet Greenwald President, Greenwald/McDonald, 2635 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 107, S n Diego, 92018, discussed the conceptual project as depicted on a preli inary landscape plan. He emphasized the attractive entrance to the park 0 "J" Street. In answer to Member lcolm's question, Mr. Greenwald stated if the need for more than two stori e ari ses, they wi 11 ask for it if they feel it is j ustifi ed. I MOT ION TO ACCEPT REPO+ MSUC (Moore/Scott) to þccept the report. I Discussion ensued reg~rding an update on the highway logo to Chula Vista in conjunction with CalT ans. Mr. Desrochers indicated that staff is attempting to set a date to have CalTrans and City staff view the freeway entrances in Chula Vista for this p rpose. MEMBERS' COMMENTS I Member Scott, allUdinf to a Council item, discussed the dangerous situation at Sea Vale. In resp nse, Member Malcolm indicated that this situation has been referred to the S fety Commi ssion. DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS i Executive Director Gos requested a Closed Session for litigation matters. MOTION TO ADJOURN TO C OSED SESSION MSUC (Cox/Moore) to djourn to Closed Session immediately following the meeti ng. ADJOURNMENT at 5:15 p.m. to Closed session and the regular meeting of Thursday, June 7, 1984, at 7:00 p.m. The Recording Secretary was excused and the Executive secreta reported that Closed Sessi ded at 5:35 p.m. WPC 1091 H ._...._..__.... '__~_~_'__"__h'__'____"'_'_'"'__ _'___.__.__..