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HomeMy WebLinkAboutrda min 1995/02/21 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA Tuesday, February 21, 1995 Council Chambers 6:38 p.m. Public Services Building CALL TO ORDER 1. ROLL CALL: PP,.ESENT: Members Fox, Padilia, Rindone, and Chair Hotton ABSENT: Moot (excused) ALSO PRESENT: Sid W. Morris, Assistant City Manager; Bruce M. Boogaard, Agency Attorney; and Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 14, 1995 MSC (Foxatorton) to approve the minutes of February 14, 1995 as presented. Approved 4-0-1 with Moot absent. CONSENT CALENDAR None submitted. PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES 3. PUBLIC REARING EXTENSION OF SUBLEASE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 818 BROADWAY TO SOUTH BAY CHEVROLET COMPANY, INC., ~ MR. EDUARDO MARTORELL, WITHOUT PUBLIC BIDDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 33431 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW - The Agency acquired the leasehold interest in the property as part of the acquisition of the dealership's properties for the Auto Park project. South Bay Chevrolet has decided to continue to sell used cars at the site and requests reconveyanee of the lease and leasehold interests. Staff recommends approval of the resolution. Continued from the meeting of February 7, 1995. (Community Development Director) RESOLUTION 1445 AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF SUBLEASE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 818 BROADWAY TO SOUTH BAY CHEVROLET COMPANY, INC., AND MR. EDUARDO MARTORELL, AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE SAME Chris Salomone, Director of Community Development, stated the site was across the sweet from the existing Southbay Chevrolet dealership. This being the time and place as advertised, the public hearing was declared open. There being no public testimony, the public hearing was closed. RESOLUTION 1445 OFFERED BY MEMBER PADILLA, reading of the text was waived, passed and approved 4-0-1 with Moot absent. ORAL COMMIlN1CATIONS None Minutes February 21, 1995 Page 2 ACTION ITEMS 4. REPORT RESULT OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SOUTH BAY CHEVROLET SITE - Two proposals were received in response to the Request for Proposals. Proponents will further describe their proposals. Staff recommends the Agency direct staff to continue to investigate alternatives for the tense of this site. (Community Development Director) Cads Salomone, Director of Community Development, stated the proponents would not be at the meeting as staff had discussed their recommendation with them. The recommendation was not to preclude further negotiations with the proponents should staff deem it worthwhile, but to close the RFP process and allow staff to look at all options including new marketing efforts. Member Fox referred to the projects listed on page 4-3 and questioned if they all had designated sites. Mr. Salomone replied that was correct. One of the goals of the General Plan was to develop affordable housing east of 1-805. Fortunately, EastLake and McMillin were east of 805 and parcels were located for those projects. They were not seeking mitigation in the western part of the City. Member Fox questioned if either of the proposals were being rejected. Mr. Salomone responded that staff wanted to look at all options. They wanted to have the option to revisit the proposals and negotiate with the proponents if they chose to do that. At the current time that was not an option. The Agency needed to either accept a proposal or discontinue the process. Member Fox questioned what would happen to the property if the Agency did not accept either of the proposals. Mr. Salomone replied that the subject property was in the same condition it was when Southbay Chevrolet vacated it. The Agency currently allowed tenants there on an interim basis, i.e. month-to-month. 5taft would invite proposals for commercial use of the property or, at the Agency's direction, try to meet with the proponents to make their proposals better. Member Fox stated he was concerned that areas of blight not be created as the autopark was being developed. He was confident that the Agency's decision would not contribute to that and he hoped the Agency would move diligently to find a suitable owner/occupant tenant for the property. Member Rindone stated he supported the staff recommendation. The Agency needed to be revenue conscious but the recommendation was appropriate. In th~ first proposal the Agency did not received revenue from the land and no sales tax revenues would be generated. He felt that was not acceptable. The second proposal included a price that was less than 1/3 of the acquisition price. MSC (Rindone/Horton) to accept the staff recommendation. Approved 4-0-1 with Moot absent. ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR Items pulled: none. The minutes will reflect the published agenda order. OTHER BUSINESS 5. DIRECTOR'S REPORTIS) - None 6. CHAIR REPORT(S) - None Minutes February 21, 1995 Page 3 7. MEMBERS COMMENTS Member Rindone a. Redevelopment Agency CIP Funds Report. Member Rindone stated he had become aware since the budget review on 2/14/95 that there were two significant areas that needed to be included when the report was brought back to the Agency. The City Manager had concurred with some of the concerns he had expressed and requested that the item be continued for one week so he would be present for the discussion. The object the Agency was trying to achieve was to recognize the problem and develop a fiscal plan to address it. He requested that when the report was brought back that it include last week's staff report as backup. Data from the meeting of 8/23/94 regarding expenditures of the CIP projects was not included in the report. On page 3-17 it was difficult to determine the amount of the CIP projects. There was a discrepancy between the 8/23/94 report and the 2/14/95 report regarding the shortfall. He wanted to know the amount of the CIP projects, how that would be amortized, and the annual shortfall. Chair Horton requested that Member Rindone meet with staff to share his concerns on the individual items. The report was a six month update and staff was not prepared to present the Agency with detailed information. That would be presented during the regular budget process which would begin in 3-,1 months. She felt all Members of the Agency shared his conceres. Member Rindone felt staff needed to address whether there were any monies in the revenue area that were restricted or if they were available to pay for operations and debt service. If they were restricted he wanted to know if they exceeded the expenses for which they were restricted for. Member Fox stated he was expecting to get copies of the two reports and a written response to Member Rindone's comments. Mr. Morris stated the Manager was absent from the City and requested a two week continuance to allow him to review the issue before it was returned to the Agency. Member Rindone agreed to a two week continuance. He felt it was impo~'lant to get closure on the issue. ADJOURNMENT AT 7~02 P.M. to a Special Redevelopment Agency Meeting on February 28, 1995 at 6:00 p.m., immediately following the City Council meeting, in the City Council Chambers. Respectfully submitted, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CMC, City Clerk Vicki C. Soderquist, Dei~J~ity Clerk