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Fu!lerton Room, Anaheim Convention Center - COUNCIL MINUTES - December 16, 1981, 9:30 a.m.
The City Council of the City of Anaheim met in adjourned
regular session.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
PRESENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Overholt, Kaywood, Bay, Roth and Seymour (entered
the Fullerton Room at 10:30 a.m.)
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY MANAGER: William O. Talley
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER: William T. Hopkins
CITY ATTORNEY: William P. Hopkins
CITY CLERK: Linda D. Roberts
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER: James Ruth
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Norm Priest
UTILITIES GENERAL MANAGER: Gordon Hoyt
POLICE CHIEF: George Tielsch
FIRE CHIEF: Bob Simpson
PLANNING DIRECTOR: Ron Thompson
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR: Garry McRae
CITY LIBRARIAN: William Griffith
FINANCE DIRECTOR: George Ferrone
DATA PROCESSING DIRECTOR: Phil Grammatica
STADIUM/CONVENTION CENTER/GOLF GENERAL MANAGER: Tom Liegler
ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR: Ron Rothschild
ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR PLANNING: Joel Fick
CITY TREASURER: Ruth Redepenning
BENEFITS AND TRAINING MANAGER: Tom Tyre
ASSOCIATE PLANNER: Pam Lucado
Mayor Pro Tem Roth called the adjourned regular meeting to order
for the purpose of an Executive Management Seminar with various
City departments.
Mr. Tom Tyre, Benefits and Training Manager, briefed the agenda to be followed
and introduced each of the speakers.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR JUNE 30, 1981, AND CURRENT FINANCIAL CONDITION:
Finance Director George Ferrone presented the Annual Financial Report, dated
June 30, 1981 (on file in the City Clerk's office), which had been submitted
to the Council on December 15, 1981. He also presented the Monthly Financial
Statements for the four months ended October 31, 1981, and gave an overview of
tha City's currant ~inancial condition.
PLANNING FOR FISCAL 1982-83 AND FUTL~E Y~IRS: Assistant Finance Director,
Ron Rothchild, briefed economic trends and state legislative actions suplemented
by a slide presentation outlining the Reagan Administration Plan, its points of
significance, their perception of the "trickle-down" theory, impacts from the
federal budget on the nation, the state and the city. (See documentation sub-
mitted which was a snyopsis of the presentation, first page entitled, Reagan
Administration Plan--on file in the City Clerk's office).
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AMTRAK STATION: Associate Planner, Pam Lucado, briefed the status report on the
Anaheim Multimodal Transportation Center, dated December 16, 1981, (on file in
the City Clerk's office) supplemented by a slide presentation which were exhibits
contained in the documentation. She also explained, relative to the advertising
agreements, the alternatives submitted to staff by Evans & McKenzie Associates,
calling for $2,000. She explained that when the copy was reduced in size to meet
state standards, revenues were also reduced, thus the reason for the second tower
being proposed, visible from Katella Avenue.
City Manager, William Talley, stated there were policy questions that needed
to be addressed. What they had now were two advertising vehicles instead of
one, with reduced revenues, and an obligation of $60 to $70 thousand a year
operating expenses that would not be met by advertising revenues. He asked:
(i) if the alternate proposed by Evans & McKenzie Associates was acceptable
to the Council, and, (2) did the .Council still want to go forward with the
project, knowing they did not have the ability to underwrite the operating
costs.
Mayor Seymour asked if they were (1) going into the advertising business,- (2) if
not, what the alternative were to raising revenues, (3) was the Council
prepared to do away with the project, or (4) fund it out of the General Fund
(the operating costs short-fall of $56,000 for operation and maintenance).
Those were the options.
Mr. Tom Liegler, Stadium, Convention Center, Golf General Manager, then elaborated
upon a concept he had in mind for some time, that being the installation of
several general public information boards throughout the City, with some
advertising which, if approved, would bring in sufficient revenues.
Mayor Seymour stated, as long as it was done tastefully, he would rather see that
option to ensure the viability of the subject project, and also, to ensure that
the taxpayers would not have to fund it.
Councilman Overholt stated he would be interested in hearing more about the
expanded Liegler "dream." He felt that the bus shelters were an indication
of what could be done.
Mr. Liegler then explained for Councilmen Roth and Overholt what might be done
to expand advertising in Anaheim Stadium on the various concourse walls and
concession stands. As well, the concept he proposed throughout the City would
be small Big "~"s, approximately thirty feet high, on key corners, with a
message board displaying forthcoming events at all facilities, weather conditions,
etc., and below, a small five-foot by fifteen-foot advertising message done in
good taste by three or four national advertisers. It would require a conceptual
agreement by the City Council, and time~
Mr. Talley stated they could solicit requests for proposals to advertising
companies encompassing all the facets and concepts they were considering.
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ANAHEIM HILLS GOLF COURSE: Stadium, Convention Center, Golf General Manager,
Tom Liegler, reported on the status of the "Family Foursome" supplemented by
a slide presentation, the documentation for which was submitted under "Family
Foursome" Annual Report through June 30, 1981 (on file in the City Clerk's office),
as well as material extracted from the City's Annual Financial Report. He
elaborated in some detail on the status of the Anaheim Hills Golf Course, ex-
plaining that the Golf Course Commission had been working diligently in pre-
paring a master plan for the next ten years relating to that course, which plan
was to be presented to the Council at the meeting of December 29, 1981. In
concluding, he emphasized that the golf courses (the Municipal and Anaheim Hills
Courses) should be an important part of the Council's consideration in Anaheim's
future.
Councilman Overholt asked that the written report on the Master Plan for the
Hills Course be submitted a week in advance of the December 29, 1981 meeting, if
feasible.
RECESS: By general consent, the Council recessed for ten minutes. (11:20 a.m.)
AFTER RECESS: The Mayor called the meeting to order, all Council Members being
present. (11:30 a.m.)
REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING: Executive Director of Community Development,
Norman Priest, reported on completed and proposed Redevelopment projects,
emphasizing that at this time, financing was a problem facing developers.
He then elaborated upon some of the financing schemes being considered with
regard to several of the projects listed on the sheet submitted (see Downtown
Area of Redevelopment Project Alpha). The Third Amendment to Project Alpha
was scheduled for a public hearing with the Community Redevelopment Commission
in attendance on January 5, 1982, at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Priest, working from posted charts, also gave an overview relative to
neighborhood preservation, the grade separation at Lincoln Avenue, a forthcoming
bond issue and improvement in the Northeast Industrial Area. He then briefed
the Housing Plan for the coming year. Other matters discussed--the Community
Development Block Grant Program, and the greater role it was going to play
relative to housing and also, a tie-in relative to an apartment improvement
program in the Robin/Wren/Blue Bird/Chevy Chase area, and signals and turn-in
lanes for the Vowne Center, with a technical report to be submitted in conjunction
with the Traffic Engineer.
BAUER RANCH: Planning Director, Ron Thompson, reported on the status of the
Bauar Ranch davelopment (working from po~ted chart~), the shopping center and
residential facets. One of the major and key concerns of the developer with
regard to the shopping center was how soon the Weir Canyon bridge overcrossing
would be constructed by the County.
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STADIUM GROUND LEASE: Assistant City Manager, William Hopkins, gave an update on
the status of the current ground lease situation with Anaheim Stadium, Inc. The
present acreage around the Stadium was now netted out at ninety acres, down from
ninety-five originally. Approximately eight months ago, ASI representatives,
including Cabot, Cabot and Forbes, and the Rmmm Organization Trust Fund, contacted
staff and indicated: (1) they were ready to proceed with the development of a
portion of the land surrounding the Stadium, and (2) they would like to make
some changes in the ground lease. They indicated that staff should be considering
an alternative plan relative to the stipulation in the original agreement that if
development was not underway on the total ninety acres within fifteen years, the
undeveloped acreage would revert to the City. They now wanted to allow for further
time for that development, at least on a portion of the property, due to high
interest rates and difficulties with construction, since the economics of the
analysis was done by SRI in 1978. Mr. Hopkins then explained what staff had
done in the interim and that the reason for not presenting any documentation
to the Council today was that upon completion of negotiations, an extensive
session with the Council would be necessary to review the development plans, as
well as amendments, to see if the Council wanted to proceed. If they were to
go ahead with the development project, a schedule outline relative to the
timing and scoping of the projec~ had been prepared and was submitted (see
Estimated Schedule of Review and Approval for the Anaheim Stadium Center).
SANTIAGO CANYON AIRPORT PLAN: Assistant Director for Planning, Joel Fick,
reviewed the subject documented in report dated December 1981, Santiago Canyon
Airport Site--Background Information--Based Upon Preliminary Data from the
Southern California Association of Governments (on file in the City Clerk's
office). SCAG would be making a presentation in January 1982 on the technical
report and environmental impact report, with a formal public hearing to be
held in February.
(Councilman Seymour left the Fullerton Room at 12:09 p.m.)
At the end of Mr. Fick's presentation, Mayor Pro Tem Roth wanted to be certain
when they talked about location and design of runway, that staff receive informa-
tion from the FAA or the proper authority relative to crosswind landings and
takeoffs.
REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSION: City Manager Talley stated that the Mayor had
requested a Closed Session to discuss potential litigation.
Councilman Seymour entered the Fullerton Room at 12:10 p.m.
Councilman Bay moved to recess into Closed Session. Councilman Seymour seconded
the motion. MOTION CARRIED. (12:15 p.m.)
AFTER CLOSED SESSION: The Mayor called the meeting to order, all Council Members
being present. (12:38 p.m.)
RECESS: By general consent, the Council recessed for a lunch break. (12:38 p.m.)
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AFTER RECESS: Mayor Pro Tem Roth reconvened the meeting, and by general consent,
the City Council adjourned~ with Councilman Seymour absent. (1:15 p.m.)
LINDA D. ROBERTS, CITY CLERK