RA1996/08/06ANAHEIM CiViC CENTER, ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUGUST 6, 1996
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
PRESENT:
AGENCY MEMBERS: Tom Tait, Frank Feldhaus, Lou Lopez, Tom Daly
AGENCY MEMBERS: Bob Zemel
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER: Dave Morgan
CITY ATTORNEY: Jack White
SECRETARY: Leonora N. Sohl
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Lisa Stipkovich
A complete copy of the agenda for the meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency was posted at
11:20 p.m. on August 2, 1996 at the Civic Center Kiosk, containing all items as shown herein.
Chairman Pre Tern Lopez called the regular meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency to order at
6:01 p.m.
FINANCIAL DEMANDS AGAINST THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY in the amount of
$220,543.24 for the period ending July 29, 1996 and $173,038.82 for the period ending August 5, 1996,
in accordance with the 1996-97 Budget, were approved.
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: There were no additions to agenda items.
ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST: No items of public interest were addressed.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDA ITEMS: There were no public comments on Redevelopment Agency
agenda items.
STATUS UPDATE - DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS:
Agency Member/Mayor Pre Tem Lopez first asked Lisa Stipkovich to give a status report on downtown
improvements.
Lisa Stipkovich, Executive Director of Community Development. Staff has been working on a number of
activities which have been encouraged by the International Downtown Association visit recently, the
results of which were submitted to the Agency in report dated July 17, 1996. She reported on the request
by Agency Member Lopez relative to a pedestrian zone downtown at Anaheim Boulevard, specifically at
the pedestrian crossing on Anaheim Boulevard between City Hall (East) and City Hall West. She briefed
the number of things that are presently being done to improve the crossing and that can be done in the
future as they design the pedestrian zone. She also briefed the rest of the activities that are occurring as
well as the ground-breaking for the new U.S. Post Office which is expected to take place the second
week of September.
At the conclusion of the briefing, Agency Member Lopez broached the issue of getting people to the
downtown area and establishing an identification for that area. His suggestion was that it be Downtown
Circle and the Chairman/Mayor, Downtown Place. Merely Lincoln Avenue or West Harbor Place will not
provide that kind of identification. It is important to move fon~ard with identification that will give a
sense of place now and into the future.
Chairman Daly entered the Council Chamber (6:06 p.m.).
Chairman Daly. They have talked in the past about renaming West Harbor Place and he feels the time
is now.
Lisa Stipkovich. She will submit another memo specifically oriented to get suggestions on the
naming/identification or a phone call to her will do. Staff will come back with
recommendations/suggestions and the Agency can make a decision and subsequently staff will start the
formal procedure for changing street names.
John Lower, Traffic and Transportation Manager then bdefed the Agency on the procedure that is
followed when such changes take place which will ultimately include an action by the Agency adopting a
resolution that will make the change possible.
Chairman Daly. He asked that the matter be agendized as soon as possible. It is necessary that the
process be launched and also to get the opinion of the property owners. They can always stop and hear
other ideas before the decision is final. He asked that staff draft the necessary papenNork that will put
the process in motion. Mrs. Stipkovich mentioned a Downtown Business Association and this matter can
also be brought to the Association as an action item for their consideration.
Additional discussion followed wherein Mrs. Stipkovich informed the Agency the status of some of the
improvements in process.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS I - 2: On motion by Chairman Daly, seconded by Agency Member
Feldhaus, the following actions were authorized in accordance with the reports and recommendations
furnished each Agency Member and as listed on the Consent Calendar Agenda.
Approving a change order and deposit of $120,000 with the Southern California Regional Rail
Authority to allow Kruze & Kruze Construction & Engineering to construct the parking facility
required to support the Anaheim Canyon Train Station.
Approving minutes of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency meetings held July 9, 1996, and
July 16, 1996.
End of Consent Calendar. Agency Member Zemel was absent. MOTIONS CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Daly moved to adjourn, Agency Member Tait seconded the motion. Agency
Member Zemel was absent. MOTION CARRIED. (6:15 p.m.)
LEONORA N. SOHL
SECRETARY