1996/05/07ICITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA COUNCIL MINUTES
MAY 7, 1996
The City Council of the City of Anaheim met in regular session.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
PRESENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tom Tait, Bob Zemel, Frank Feldhaus, Lou Lopez, Tom Daly
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY MANAGER: James Ruth
CITY ATTORNEY: Jack White
CITY CLERK: Leonora N. Sohl
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK: Ann Sauvageau
POLICE CHIEF: Randy Gaston
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR: Gary Johnson
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR: Jack Plake
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Lisa Stipkovich
DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION & COMMUNITY SVCS/GOLF: Chds Jarvi
CIVIL ENGINEER-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: Natalie Meeks
BUDGET & AUDIT MANAGER: Bill Sweeney
A complete copy of the agenda for the meeting of the Anaheim City Council was posted at 11:30 a.m. on
May 3, 1996 at the Civic Center Kiosk, containing all items as shown herein.
Mayor Dally called the Workshop portion of the May 7, 1996 meeting to order and welcomed those in
attendance, all Council Members being present (3:10 P.M.).
City Manager, James Ruth. Today's presentation on the Police Substation will be given by Police Chief,
Randall Gaston and the Amhitect, Holmes & Narver. He noted that the project will be going to bid within
the next couple of months. He introduced Police Chief Gaston.
156: CANYON POLICE SUBSTATION: Police Chief, Randall Gaston. He referred to the scale model
of the proposed substation which was displayed in front of the dais. A 3-D video will also be shown
consisting of a simulated walk through of the substation to show the Council how it will actually appear
upon entedng the facility and other areas of the facility, He then introduced Mr. Peter Oosdorf of the
amhitectural firm or Holmes & Narver to desodbe the building.
Mr. Peter Oosdorf, Holmes & Nan/er. What they have achieved is a building that fits into the context of
the neighborhood. Working from the model, he described the facility's characteristics and amenities, He
also showed the 3-D video which assisted in visualizing actual spatial relationships. He described the
first and second floor, community room, the detention facility (6 cells), parking spaces, etc. Dudng his
presentation, Mr. Oosdon' answered questions posed by Council Members for purposes of clarification
relative to the parking, community room, capacity, landscaping, roofing materials, architectural style,
circulation, ingress and egress, etc.
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Chief Gaston also answered questions reporting that eventual occupancy of the facility will be
approximately 160 - 100 sworn personnel and approximately 50 support personnel. All personnel will
not be at the facility at the same time. However, there is the capability of extending an additional pad for
parking should that be necessary. If events are held in the community reom, there will be direct access
to parking. The additional easement was acquired through the Canyon Homeowners Association for that
purpose.
Mr. Oosdorf stated there is the possibility of adding 56 to 60 additional parking spaces (in that area)
working from the model.
Jack Plake, Contract Administrator. The project is tentatively scheduled to go to bid on June 20, 1996
with award of bid approximately July 20, 1996. Construction is anticipated to be 16 to 18 months with
completion around November or December, 1997. Relative to funding, at present there is $6.6 million
plus. He anticipates they will need all of those funds to complete the project. They currently have a
commitment from the City Manager's Office for $1 million. The hope is that development activity in the
canyon area will accelerate and, if so, they will be receiving additional fees which will assist in funding.
Mayor Daly. He surmises there will be opportunities for more questions and discussion up until the date
the contract is awarded which is approximately 10 weeks away.
City Manager Ruth. Staff is pleased after a long struggle and a lengthy process including citizen
involvement that the site was selected and the project is finally coming to fruition. The Chief and his
staff have done an excellent job. The facility will be an asset to the City for many years to come.
Chief Gaston, answering the Mayor, stated that the facility is designed to accommodate needs to 2015.
It will eventually be serving a build-out population in the Hill and Canyon area of 80,000, up from the
present 60,000. The size of the facility and staff requirements are in accordance with those figures.
Mayor Daly. He thanked the Chief, his staff and Holmes & Narver for the informative and detailed
presentation.
REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSION:
City Attorney Jack White requested a Closed Session noting first that there were no additions to
Closed Session items.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - CLOSED SESSION ITEMS:
There were no public comments relative to Closed Session items.
The following items are to be considered at the Closed Session.
1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Proparty: Anaheim Stadium
Negotiating parties: City of Anaheim and Disney Baseball Enterprises, Inc.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9 (a) - EXISTING LITIGATION
Name of case: In re: County of Orange United States Bankruptcy Court Case No. SA-94-22272.
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9 (a) - EXISTING LITIGATION
Name of case: Mataxas v. City of Anaheim, United States Distdct Court Case No. CV94-1145-
RSWL
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9 (c) - PENDING LITIGATION
One case
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Agency negotiator: Dave Hill
Employee organization: Anehim Fire Association
RECESS:
Mayor Daly moved to recess into Closed Session. Council Member Lopez seconded the motion.
MOTION CARRIED. (3:34 p.m.)
AFTER RECESS:
The mayor called the meeting to order, all Council Members being present, and welcomed those
in attendance to the Council meeting. ( 5:00 p.m.)
INVOCATION:
Moment of Silence.
FLAG SALUTE:
Council Member Frank Feldhaus led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
119: PRESENTATION - AWARDS TO ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE
ANAHEIM ARTS COUNCIL: Shidey McCracken, President, Anaheim Arts Council. It is her privilege
today to present monetany grants to organizations and projects for the arts in Anaheim. This is the 24th
year that the Arts Council has presented such awards having given a half million dollars back to the
community during that time. She then briefed all of the activities and events put on by the Arts Council
including the Annual Soiree, the proceeds of which are being contributed this evening amounting to
$15,950 going to 13 organizations. Representatives of the following organizations were then presented
with grants/awards:
Anaheim City School District; Pearson Park Theater 'Just for Kids";
Anaheim Therapeutic Recreation Musical Theater, Anaheim Union School
District; Anaheim Red Cross House; Artmobile; Auxilia D'Arts; Boys and
Gids Club; Creative Company; Ebell Club of Anaheim; Harp Guild, Pacific
Symphony Orchestra; Roston Creative Writing Project; Living Traditions-
String Band Concerts
Mayor Daly thanked Mrs. McCracken and the Arts Council. The Arts Council has a long and great
tradition in the City. The City Council appreciates the fund raising done by the Arts Council and the
process of sharing the profits of that fund raising with other organizations devoted to projects which are
of beneffi to the whole community.
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119: PRESENTATION - 1996 ClNCO DE MAYO QUEEN: Mr. John Kelly, Cinco de Mayo Committee.
This year's Fiesta was one of the finest in the 20 years he has been associated with it. He thanked the
Council, City employees and staff who again gave their time and talent to make the Fiesta such a
success. The Fiesta is for the benefit of Anaheim and surrounding communities which this year included
the City of San Clemente, the home of the Cinco de Mayo Queen, Carmelita Salinas. He then
introduced and presented Ms. Salinas who was accompanied by representatives of the Committee as
well as representatives of the City of Cruz Azul in Mexico. Queen Esmirelda of Cruz Azul accompanied
Anaheim's Queen and was also introduced to the Council.
Mayor Daly presented Ms. Salinas with roses and, along with Council Members, congratulated her and
wished her well during her reign. He also thanked Mr. Kelly and the Committee for the excellent work
they had done on the Fiesta as well as City staff and the Police Department. He welcomed the visitors
from Cruz Azul which included their Director of Cultural Activities noting that it has been a tradition for a
number of years for Cruz Azul to take part in the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta.
119: PROCLAMATION: The following proclamation was issued by Mayor Daly and authorized by the
City Council:
Recognizing May 5 - 11, 1996, as Hire-A-Veteran Week in Anaheim.
Nancy Ise and Linda Lee, Local Veterans Employment Program Representative accepted the
procJamation.
RECOGNITIONS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL THIS DATE TO BE MAILED OR PRESENTED AT
ANOTHER TIME:
1. PROCLAMATION recognizing May 13 - 18, 1996, as Poppy Week in Anaheim.
PROCLAMATION recognizing May 13 - 18, 1996, as National Public Works Week in
Anaheim.
3. PROCLAMATION recognizing June 2 - 8, 1996, as Management Week in Anaheim.
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PROCLAMATION recognizing May 12 - 18, 1996, as National Nursing Home Week in
Anaheim.
5. DECLARATION recognizing Alden Esping upon his retirement from Loare High School.
FINANCIAL DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY in the amount of $3,063,217.43 for the period ending April
29, 1996 and $2,744,184.83 for the period ending May 6, 1996, in accordance with the 1995.96 Budget,
were approved.
Mayor Daly recessed the City Council meeting until after the Redevelopment Agency and Housing
Authority meetings. (5:35 p.m.)
Mayor Daly reconvened the City Council meeting. (5:37 p.m.)
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ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA:
There were no additions to agenda items.
ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST:
William Fitzgerald, 856 Turquoise Street, Anaheim 92805, Chairman 46th Congressional Distdct
Representative of United We Stand for Amedca. Their organization does not believe it is a good idea to
give tax dollars to a successful corporation to accomplish the Stadium deal.
Angela Keefe, President and Business Manager, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Local 681. Local 681
represents about 5,000 hotel, restaurant and tourism industry workers in Anaheim. She is present to
discuss the 140 workers they represent at the Anaheim Convention Center. They ara presently engaged
in contract negotiations with Aramark, the concessionaire at the Convention Center. After giving some
background history on the issue, she explained Aramark has come back to the bargaining table because
they had to give the City a grant to get the Convention Center contract and not lose it to Ogden, Now
they want the members to pay for the mistake they made and for the deal negotiated with the City and in
order to do so are asking for take aways, threatening family health care coverage, and are asking for
wage concessions. They fear a long and costly labor dispute at the Convention Center if Aramark's
attitude does not change and if they do not deal fairly with their long-term employees. If a dispute
develops at the Convention Center, it will have a negative impact. She urged the Council to do what
they can to make sure they are all working for the benef'it of the City.
Pat Ermeceda, 707 S. Alvy, Anaheim. He has worked at the Anaheim Convention Center for 21 years
and is a member of Local 681 elected by his co-workers to serve on the negotiating committee for the
current contract negotiations with Aramark. They started negotiating last year but agreed to a one-year
extension because the City was accepting bids from other contractors. Now Aramark has won the bid for
a 5-year contract and they are coming after the employees to make up the difference they gave to the
City. Aramark told them they wanted the Anaheim contract in order to maintain their presence in the
Southern California market. They made a bid that does not make them money and now they want long-
term employees to make up the difference. Most members are barely getting by at present. They hope
the Council will do what they can in order to avoid a major dispute at the Convention Center.
The balance of speakers under Items of Public Interest spoke relative to the City of Anaheim
Angels/Disney lease agreement relative to the Stadium. Their comments are summarized:
Sonja Grewal, Anaheim. Having found a creative financial solution to the Angel/Disney dilemma, she
feels this may be the way to get their new golf course club house built in the Canyon area, a new Canyon
Library and more Police. She hopes they can find creative solutions and also demonstrate that they have
not endangered the City's reserves. If so, perhaps the reserves are a way some of these needed public
facilities can be accomplished.
Patrick Quaney, resident of Fountain Valley and 14-year businessman in Anaheim. He is Local Issues
Committee Chairman for United We Stand America in Orange County and is on the Committees of
Correspondence. He urged that they submit the deal with Disney and the Angels to a vote of Anaheim
citizens.
Chris Van Gorder, President and CEO of Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, 1111 W. La Palma
Avenue, Anaheim - President of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and one of the Co-Chairs of
Anaheim Angels NOW. He is present to support the final approval of the Stadium agreements between
the City and Disney and to insure Anaheim and Orange County residents and business people who
support Disney and the Anaheim community are active and heard on this important community issue.
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He then referred to the City's Budget Advisory Commission vote on April 17, 1996 recommending that
the City Council support the agreement. He has come before the Council representing no political
interest or party and has no political ambitions but is present to demonstrate community pride and to help
lead a group determined to keep the Angels in Anaheim under local ownership. He then elaborated on
the positives that will and have accrued to the community because of the Angels and Disney and what it
means and has meant to Anaheim. He believes the City has negotiated a great deal for Anaheim. He
urged the Council to hold the course.
Mr. Van Gorder then ciadfled questions posed by Council Member Zemel. He is representing the
Chamber and himself, representatives from the Chamber who sit on the Budget Commission did have an
opportunity to read the document, nobody from the Council or staff came and talked to the Chamber but
the information was obtained through public information (newspapers), the $85 million figure came from
the President of Chapman College who is an Economist, etc.
Jim Townsend, 808 N. Pine Anaheim. In the 1960's, he led the fight against the Council's decision to
build a Stadium without giving the people a chance to vote on it. He had no doubt if it was put to the
voters that it would have passed. His point today is, 80% of the people in Anaheim will never set foot in
the Stadium. They want to give the right to 20% of the people who are baseball and football fans. He is
also a fan. He does not want five people deciding what is best and urged that they put the matter to a
vote of the people.
Gene Brewer, 1222 Lawlem, Santa Aha. He has been involved in the business and civic life of the
Anaheim community for 34 years. He currently serves as Chair of the Budget Advisory Commission. He
has previously written to the Council explaining the unanimous approval by the Commission of the terms
and conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under discussion. Two days following the
meeting, one of the Commission members wrote him explaining his reservations concerning his
previously recorded affirmative vote on his stated belief that the Commission should not have been
asked to render an opinion on the matter. He (Brewer) can think of no more qualified or interested group
of citizens to do so. The Commission spent endless hours looking at the City's financial reserve status,
sources of income and the way the City spends its revenue. The City has a substantial investment in a
municipally owned sports complex. The investment is imperiled without long-term tenants in the
complex. The complex needs to bo updated and modernized. They need to focus on actions that can
enhance opportunities now and in the future and not put the City's previous investments at risk. They
feel the currently negotiated agreement is, given the current cimumstances, equitable for the citizens of
Anaheim.
Council Member Zemel. He is confused as to the appropriateness and timing of the presentation to the
Budget Commission. The Council already voted on the MOU bofore staff brought it to the Commission.
He was not even aware it was submitted to the Commission orwhy it was submitted to the Commission
after the Council took action.
Mr. Brewer then answered questions posed by Council Member Zemel wherein he reported that all seven
Commissioners were in the room when the presentation was made by staff to the Commission and were
given the MOU. They went through the MOU for over two hours. The Commission has members who
are experienced business people accustomed to looking at contracts. Outside of the people in the Press,
no one else was present besides staff.
Mayor Daly. He interjected and stated the Council is aware of the community meeting scheduled at the
Convention Center at 7:30 P.M. on this subject and asked that the audience keep that in mind since
there are a number of items that have to be acted upon at this portion of the meeting.
Council Member Zemel. Two weeks ago, he said he would like to agendize discussion by the Council on
whether or not they should have a Public Hearing on this matter or not. The airing of the Council
Meeting took place six times or so on Multivision Cable. It was mentioned there would bo a public airing
of the issue tonight. A lot of people are confused. Many people have showed up to discuss the matter
and he does not know if they can bo at the 7:30 meeting. He would give the public as much of a chance
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to speak and hold the other items in case they cannot make it to the 'Public Hearing" scheduled for later.
If the Council has to go beck into session later, then that is what they will have to do.
Brece Whitaker. He resides in Fullerton but is present on behalf of their taxpayer's organization, the
Committees of Con'espondence. They will not be attending the later meeting because they believe this
is a matter best discussed in ordinary legitimate City Council meetings. The Committee strongly
opposes the Anaheim Stadium deal.
Mayor Daly interjected and stated that the community meeting scheduled at 7:30 is a legitimate City
Council meeting. No decisions will be reached at that meeting but it is a legitimate meeting designed to
present facts and encourage public input and questions.
Mr. Whitaker continued that they believe the Council owes it to the taxpayer's in the City to reopen the
discussion of the deal and invite the public to participate fully, not in informal town hall meetings. He and
the Committee urge the Council to reconsider the proposal and then negotiate from a position of strength
that defends taxpayer's rights.
Steve White, 856 N. Clementine, Anaheim speaking as a member of Anaheim H.O.M.E. He is present
to support Reverend Sheldon's call for a full Public Hearing on what he considers the Anaheim Stadium
'giveaway". At the hearing on Westcot (the Disney expansion), the public listened for hours on end while
employees, stockholders, shareholders and former employees filibustered until the Press and 90% of the
crowd left the meeting before being given an opportunity to speak. Public business is best conducted in
Public Hearings in City Hall. The pretection is, advanced public agendas, prior release of beckgreund
materials, and also for public comments which were denied in the Westcot hearings and he suspects
again tonight. They will not be participating the 'P-R' show tonight.
Mayor Daly. He presided over the hearings on Westcot and remembers that Mr. White spoke at that
time and was not denied the right to do so; Mr. White. They are looking for the protections of a Public
Headng. He went to the City Clerk's Office and as with every Public Hearing, there is background
material available prior to the meetings and not one sentence of beckground material is available in the
ClenYs Office on this item.
Mayor Daly. Tonight's meeting is not a Public Hearing, but a public meeting.
Carol Waiters, 534 N. Schaeffer, Orange, Steering Committee, Committees of Correspondence. If the
deal is so good, she urged the Council to let the people vote on it.
Candy Nutto, 2245 Keys Ln., Anaheim. She referred to various newspaper articles on the proposal
which quote different figures. She is concemed that none of the financial facts have been given to the
public and asked how they are going to replenish the funds to the City. She speaks for quite a number of
people that the matter go to a vote.
Jeff Kirsch, 2661 W. Palais, Anaheim. He continues to review the MOU and has further questions. A
previous question which he hopes will be answered tonight is regarding the captivity of electric purchases
for the Stadium now provided by the City which would have a significant economic impact. He also
referred to page 13 where it states that the tenant will pay the City $2 for each paid admission ticket to a
home game in excess of $2.6 million attendees each year. If they are remodeling the Stadium down to
45,000 seats, that means there would have to be a minimum of 51 filled-to-capacity games before the
City sees the $1. He questions if that will ever occur. He does support the proposal if it makes
economic sense. He hopes to get his answers tonight or before a final vote. He posed additional
questions before concluding.
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Tom Steel, 524 E. Center Street, Anaheim. He believes if the deal is not rescinded, in addition to the
lost tax dollars to the citizens, it will further postpone any further opportunity of ever seeing a pro football
team in the City.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDA ITEMS:
Public input was received on Item AS (see discussion under that item).
MOTION:
Mayor Daly moved to waive reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions to be acted upon for
the Council meeting of May 7, 1996. Council Member Feldhaus seconded the motion. MOTION
CARRIED.
CITY MANAGER/DEPARTMENTAL CONSENT CALENDAR: On motion by Mayor Daly, seconded by
Council Member Feldhaus, the following items were approved in accordance with the reports,
certifications and recommendations furnished each Council Member and as listed on the Consent
Calendar;, Mayor Daly offered Resolution Nos. 96R-60 through 96R-63, beth inclusive, for adoption.
Refer to Resolution Book.
Al.
118: The following claims were filed against the City and action taken as recommended:
Claims rejected and referred to Risk Management
a. Claim submitted by Paul Ramirez Rea for property damage sustained purportedly due to
actions of the City on or about November 22, 1995.
b. Claim submitted by Karen Milligan for property damage sustained purportedly due to
actions of the City on or about March 3, 1996.
c. Claim submitted by Sara Linda Alicia Tamillo for property damage sustained purportedly
due to actions of the City on or abeut March 16, 1996.
d. Claim submitted by Dewanna Gipson, for minor son Prentis Gipson for bodily injury
sustained puq~ortedly due to actions of the City on or about January 31, 1996.
e. Claim submitted by Gary R. Stratton for bodily injury sustained purportedly due to
actions of the City on or about March 19, 1996.
f. Claim submitted by Taunya LaBorde for property damage sustained purportedly due to
actions of the City on or about April 2, 1996.
g. Claim submitted by Michelle L. Anderson for property damage sustained purportedly due
to actions of the City on or about Mamh 21, 1996.
h. Claim submitted by Georgia L. Crosby for property damage sustained purportedly due to
actions of the City on or about August 25, 1995.
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A3.
A4.
AS.
105: Receiving and filing minutes of the Community Redevelopment Commission meetings held
January 3, 1996, Janurary 17, 1996, February 14, 1996, and Mamh 20, 1996.
105: Receiving and filing minutes of the Budget Advisory Commission meeting held March 20,
1996.
140: Receiving and filing minutes of the Anaheim Public Library Monthly Statistical Report for
the month of March, 1996.
105: Receiving and filing minutes of the Anaheim Public Library Board meeting held March 27,
1996.
105: Receiving and filing minutes of the Anaheim Pdvate Industry Council meeting held March
28, 1996.
128: Receiving and filing the Monthly Financial Analysis presented by the Director of Finance
for nine months ended March 31, 1996.
169: Awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Mobassaly Engineering, Inc., in the
amount of $832,449.30 for Lincoln Avenue Street Improvements, Beach Boulevard to Western
Avenue; and in the event said Iow bidder fails to comply with the terms of the award, awarding
the contract to the second Iow bidder, as well as waiving any irregularities in the bids of both the
Iow end second Iow bidders.
176: RESOLUTION NO. 96R-60: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO VACATE CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS,
HIGHWAYS AND SERVICE EASEMENTS, AND SETTING A DATE AND TIME TO CONSIDER
ABANDONING THAT CERTAIN ALLEY LOCATED BETVVEEN EUCLID STREET AND
FAIRHAVEN STREET EXTENDING NORTHERLY FROM A POINT APPROXIMATELY 90
FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF WESTMONT DRIVE (ABANDONMENT NO. 95-7A).
(Suggested public headng date: June 4, 1996, at 6:00 p.m~)
168: RESOLUTION NO....L A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM RENAMING MANCHESTER AVENUE AND CLEMENTINE STREET TO FREEDMAN
WAY DUE TO THE FUTURE WIDENING OF THE SANTA ANA FREEWAY AND
ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF SAID NAME CHANGE. (Effective February, 1998.)
Joyce Young, 1630 S. Clementine, Anaheim. She is concerned that relative to the name change, there
are 20 businesses on the two blocks that will be affected. Such a change will create substantial costs to
the businesses involved. She referred to her letter dated May 7, 1996 which listed all of the businesses
that will be affected and requesting that they not change and rename Clementine Street because of the
negative impact (letter made a part of the record).
Council Member Lopez asked if it was the responsibility of the City to absorb the costs involved with the
name change including reprinting of business cards, lette eads, etc.
City Attomey, Jack White. The situation has come up in the past and he has previously issued the
opinion that the City is legally not obligated to reimburse the property owners. There is no authority in
the law to offer such a reimbursement. It could be at the discretion of City govemment if it so chose
based upon the finding of public pu~oose but in the past, it has not been done.
Mayor Daly. He believes there will be further discussion on the matter in the future. He asked for
clarification if there will be future agenda items on this subject.
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Gary Johnson, Public Works Director and City Engineer. He clarified that this was the final action. They
just heard from the public this afiemoon and have not had an opportunity to thoroughly discuss the
impact on the businesses in this vicinity. Staff has requested a two-week continuance to talk to the
business owners to ascertain what the costs may be and come back with some recommendations to the
Council at a later date.
Sharon Lesk, Leo Freedman Foundation. The proposed resolution is not exactly correct. In her
discussions with the City Engineer, the request was to change Clementine to the cul de sac just north of
current Freedman Way. There was a letter from Odetics, an international company, regarding the
hundreds of thousands of dollars it would cost if they had to change their address. She talked to Mr.
Johnson and agreed to renaming just to the cul de sac north of cun'ent Freedman Way. As to the other
business owners on the street, the name change would take effect in 1998. She does not know how
frequently people reorder letterhead or other business documents. She would ask the City to work with
the businesses with the idea of a target date of February, 1998 when the current Freedman Way is going
to be named Disney Way. She is more than willing to work with the small business owners. Odetics had
a peculiar situation.
Mayor Daly. They will ask staff to make sure all terms are worked out and look forward to working with
Mrs. Lesk until the situation is resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
Item A5 was continued for two weeks.
169: RESOLUTION NO. 96R-61: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM REQUESTING THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO
ALLOCATE COMBINED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS ($67,000) FOR
ORANGEWOOD AVENUE AT THE I-5 FREEWAY (ORANGEWOOD AVENUE
UNDERCROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE I-5 FREEWAY.).
A7.
000: Approvieg the reduction of the Anaheim Stadium Business Center Interim and Shortfall
Development Area fees by 83% for property located at the southeast comer of Douglass Road
and Katella Avenue.
A8.
123: To consider an Agreement with Orange County Transportation Agency, and the Negative
Declaration pursuant to CEQA findings prepared by the California Department of Transportation
for the functional relocation and replacement of Fire Station No. 3 from 580 South Clementine
Street to the southeast comer of the Grand Hotel parking lot.
Staff requested continuance of this item to May 14, 1996
Ag.
160: Accepting the Iow bids of Xerox Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $21,076.78 and
Kirk Paper Company, in an amount not to exceed $5,892.48 for an aggregate total not to exceed
amount of $26,969.26 for computer paper as required for the period July 1, 1996 through June
30, 1997, in accordance with Bid #5516.
Al0. 160: Accepting the Iow bid of BICC Utility Cable Company, in an amount not to exceed $57,183
for 70,000 feet of #2 URD pdrnary wire, in accordance with Bid #5506.
All.
160: Accepting the bid of All Seasons Tire & Auto Centem, Inc., in an amount not to exceed
$72,527 for Goodyear police vehicle tires as required for the period of July 1, 1996 through June
30, 1997, in accordance with Bid ~5526.
A12. 160: Accepting the Iow bid of Adamson Industries, in an amount not to exceed $74,250 for flares
as required for the period July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997, in accordance with Bid #5514.
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A13.
160: Accepting the bid of Manhole Adjusting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $140,000 for
manhole and water valve adjusting for a pedod of one year commencing July 1, 1996, with the
options to renew for an additional three years, in accordance with Bid #5493.
A14.
160: Waiving Council Policy 306, and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to issue a Purchase
Order to Homac Company c/o Matzinger-Keegan, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $130,000 for
electrical connectors and parts, as required for a two year period beginning May 15, 1996
through April 14, 1998.
A15.
123: Authorizing the execution of a First Amendment to Agreement with Artistic Maintenance,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $41,993 for the period of June 1, 1996 through May 31, 1997
for landscaping services of the tree wells at various locations throughout the City of Anaheim, in
accordance with Bid #5253.
A16.
113: RESOLUTION NO. 96R-62: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN CITY RECORDS MORE THAN
TWO YEARS OLD. (HOUSING AND FISCAL DIVISIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.)
A17.
174: To consider the FY 1996/97 One-Year Action Plan for CDBG HOME and ESG, and
authorizing the Executive Director of the Community Development Department to execute the
required certification and submission documents.
Council Member Zemel. He asked for a two-week continuance on this item in order to review it more
thoroughly.
Lisa Stipkovich, Executive Director of Community Development. A two week continuance would not
cause a problem for staff as long as there is a vote on the matter at that time in order to meet the
deadline.
MOTION. Council Member Zemel moved for a two-week continuance on Item A17. Mayor Daly
secondod the motion. MOTION CARRIED.
A18.
A19.
184: Reviewing the need for continuing the Ninth Proclamation of the Existence of a Local
Emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services on January 2, 1996, concerning the
Santiago Landslide and Pegasus Landslide in the City of Anaheim; and taking no action to
terminate the local emergency at this time.
113: RESOLUTION NO. 96R-63: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM APPROVING THE RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE
FINANCE DEPT.
106: Approving the schedule for review and adoption of the proposed 1996/97 budget, and
setting public headng regarding said matter for June 4, and June 11, 1996, at 2:00 p.m.
123: Approving an Agreement with Pacific Bell to permit patrons of the Pearson Park Theater to
use the enclosed parking lot located at Lincoln Avenue and Anaheim Boulevard for Pearson
Park Theater events, at no cost to the City.
181: Approving a request from the Anaheim Arts Council for co-sponsorship in the amount of
$5,000 for the 4th annual Anaheim Children's Festival at the Koll Anaheim Center on Saturday,
May 25, 1996.
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123: To consider approving an Agreement with Nancy Mooslin, Sandra Rowe and Steven
Stucky, in the amount of $100,000 for artistic services to complete artwork at the Anaheim Arena
in accordance with the Anaheim Arena Art Plan.
Council Member Zemel. As with Item A17., he is requesting a two-week continuance on this item to give
an opportunity to review it more thoroughly.
Chds Jarvi, Director of Parks and Recreation. This item had been timed to be ready to preview at the
opening of the Mighty Ducks Season. If it is held over, it might very well be they will not make that date
but that is the only consideration. He confirmed that the money will not go away.
City Manager Ruth. It is not City funding but comes from the Arena fund. It was part of the bend for the
Arena itself. They are required to set aside a certain amount of money for artistic improvements and this
is part of that program.
Council Member Feldhaus. The Council had the opportunity to review the other two pieces of art. He
never sew the art plan and it is also not apparent that the Arts Council was involved. He would like an
opportunity to see the plan especially since he is Council Liaison to the Arena.
Chds Jarvi. The Arts Council was represented. There is a public committee that was used -- the same
committee used through the development of the other two art pieces and the Arts Council is represented
on that committee. They did not share the concept but will do so between now and when it comes up
again in two weeks.
MOTION. Council Member Zemel moved to continue Item A23. for two weeks. Mayor Daly seconded
the motion. MOTION CARRIED.
123: Approving a First Amendment to Agreement with the Magnolia Elementary School District
for the Use of Distdct property at Schweitzer Park.
123: Approving an Agreement with Orange County for Urban Park Funds, in the amount of
$250,000 for the Downtown Community Center project; and authorizing the Mayor to sign said
Agreement.
106: Approving the increase in appropriations expenditure account 728-411-5263-7825 and
revenue account 728-411-5262-5797 by $250,000.
123: Approving an Agreement with Orange County for Urban Park funds, in the amount of
$45,000 for perk equipment at Boysen, Brookhurst, and Sage Parks; and authorizing the City
Manager to sign said Agreement with the County.
123: Conditionally approving an Agreement with the Anaheim YMCA to provide funding in the
amount of $45,000 for operational programming and instructing the City Manager to sign said
Agreement once the Orange County Agreement has been approved by the Boa 0f Supervisors.
106: Approving the increase in appropriations expenditure account 101-213-4283-9705 and
revenue account 101-213-4283-1823 by $45,000.
150: Accepting a donation of $2,911.38 from the Madeline Evans Memodal Fund Committee to
develop accessibility improvements at Maxwell Park Play Area; and appropriating $2,911.38 into
the Parksites and Playgrounds Fund (216 Fund), expenditure account 216-21 3-4743-2029, and
revenue account 213-21 6-4743-9605, for the improvement costs.
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152: Authodziog the Human Resources Director to approve requests for full-time City of
Anaheim Employees to participate in a one-time accrued vacation buy-out, with the concurrence
of the City Manager and appropriate Department Head.
A29, 156: Receiving and filing the Community Policing Report presented by the Chief of Police for
the year ending 1995.
Police Chief, Randall Gaston. He referred to the Community Policing Report - Year End, 1995 submitted
under his memorandum of May 7, 1996. Their ability to move into a Community Policing Program was
only made possible when the Police Department received 31 additional officers. It would be wrong to
say the Police Department alone produced the positive results. The department acts as a catalyst in the
odginal eight neighborhoods they went into and have now added three more. The success of the
program thus far is attributable to the partnerships that the officers on a daily basis have been able to
create and the cooperation and involvement of many other City departments. He then introduced the
officers and other Police Department staff who work in and are responsible for the program. He noted in
concluding that Anaheim is the envy of many cities relative to the Community Policing Program.
A30.
A31.
101: Authorizing the Stadium General Manager to issue Notice of Termination letters to Orange
County Arena Football, LLC and Newport Entertainment Incorporated, in accordance with the
current Tenant Sublease Agreements providing office rental within the Gate 6 office building at
Anaheim Stadium.
114: Approving minutes of the Anaheim City Council meetings held April 16, 1996, and April 23,
1996.
Roll Call Vote on Resolution Nos. 96R-60 throu;ih 96R-63, both inclusive, for ador)tion:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait, Zemel, Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
The Mayor declared Resolution Nos. 96R-60 through 96R-63, both inclusive, duly passed and adopted.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTIONS CARRIED
(Item A5. was continued for 2 weeks; Item A8. was continued one week; Item A17. and A2.3. was
continued for two weeks).
A32. 121:$:00 P.M. HEARING. AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAl
PROPERTY:
To consider the adoption of the following resolutions finding and determining the public interest
and necessity for acquiring, and authorizing the condemnation of certain real properties located
in the Anaheim Resort Area; and authorizing the law firm of Rutan and Tucker, special counsel
to the City, to proceed with said condemnation action.
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Submitted was report dated Apdl 29, 1996 from the Public Works Department recommending adoption of
the proposed resolutions for the nine properties as follows: Zaby's Motor Lodge, 1820 S. Harbor Blvd.;
ETC Anaheim, 1831 S. Harbor Blvd.; Holiday Inn of America, 1850 and 1870 S. Harbor Blvd.; Fujishige,
Trustee, 1854 S. Harbor Blvd.; Anaheim Hotel Association, 1855 S. Harbor Blvd.; Raffle's Inn Investor
Grup, 2040 $. Harbor Blvd.; Scotty's Food Center, 2060 S. Harbor Blvd.; Southern Califomia IBEW-
NECA Pension, 2083 S. Harbor Blvd. and Transworld Management, Ltd., 616 W. Convention Way.
Mayor Daly opened the hearing(s) on the nine separate proposed acquisitions of property by eminent
domain in connection with the Anaheim Resort Area Improvement and Beautification Program. The
properties are identified as items 'a' through '1' under Agenda Item A32 and are legaly described in the
nine resolutions attached to the subject staff report. The Mayor then asked first to hear from staff.
Natalie Meeks, Civil Engineer. She briefed the staff report dated April 29, 1996 which explained the
need for acquiring the subject properties. She noted that staff plans to continue negotiating with all
property owners to try to reach an agreement with them. Several property owners have indicated a
verbal willingness to accept the offers, but executed documents have not yet been received. Staff
recommends proceeding with the resolutions tonight on the nine properties.
Mayor Daly. In conducting the hearing, testimony will be taken separately on each of the nine proposed
acquisitions and Council will hear from the owner of record or a designated representative for each
property. Testimony should be limited to the following issues only:
1. Whether the public interest and necessity require the project.
2. Whether the project is planned and located in a manner that will be
most compatible with the greatest public good and least private injury.
3. Whether the property sought to be acquired is necessary for the project.
4. Whether the offer required by Government Code Section 7267.2 has
been made to the owner or owners of record.
Mayor Daly opened the headng and invited the owner or representative for the property described as
Zaby's Motor Lodge, 1820 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no one came forward to speak,
he closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the next hearing and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as ETC Anaheim, 1831 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no one came forward to speak, he
closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the next hearing and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as Holiday Inn of Americo, 1850 and 1870 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no one came
forward to speak, he closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the next hearing and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as the Fujishige, Trustee property, 1854 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council.
City Clen~ Sohl announced that correspondence was received from the Attorney for the Fujishige family,
Raymond T. Fujii dated May 7, 1996 by FAX at 4:00 P.M. which was copied and given to the Council;
Mayor Daly acknowledged that the Council had received the letter.
City Attorney White. The letter will be entered into the record of the headng. It is primarily directed to
the issue of just compensation and the offer that was made by the City. The final offer as required by the
Government Code Sections referenced in the letter has been made and the City's opinion is that
represents fair and just compensation to the owner. However, as previously indicated by Public Works
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representatives, the City will continue to discuss the issue of compensation with the property owner on
this or any of the other properties being acquired between now and the time that the matter would end up
going to court.
Since no one came forward to speak on the Fujishige property at 1854 S. Harbor Blvd., the hearing on
this property was closed.
Mayor Daly opened the next hearing and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as the Anaheim Hotel Association, 1855 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no one came
forward to speak, he closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the next hearing and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as the Raffle's Inn Investor Group, 2040 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no one came
forward to speak, he closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the next headng and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as Scotty's Food Center, 2060 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no one came forward to
speak, he closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the next headng and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as Southern California IBEW-NECA Pension, 2083 S. Harbor Blvd. to address the Council; since no
one came forward to speak, he closed the hearing on this property.
Mayor Daly opened the final hearing and invited the owner or representative for the property described
as Transwo~ld Management, Ltd., 616 W. Convention Way to address the Council; since no one came
forward to speak, he closed the hearing on this property.
City Attorney White. At this time, it would be appropriate for the Council to consider the nine resolutions
prepared for the properties in question now in front of the Council for action. Staff recommends adoption
of all nine resolutions which can be done by offedng them all at one time or separately.
Mayor Daly offered Resolution Nos. 96R-64 through 96R-72, both inclusive, for adoption. Refer to
Resolution Book.
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-64: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(ZABY'S MOTOR LODGE, INC., PROPERTY AT 1820 S. HARBOR BLVD.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-65: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(ETC ANAHEIM.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-66: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(HOLIDAY INN OF AMERICA.)
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RESOLUTION NO. 96R-67: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(FUJISHIGE, TRUSTEE.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-68: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(ANAHEIM HOTEL ASSOCIATION.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-69: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(RAFFLE'S INN INVESTOR GROUP.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-70: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(SCOTTY'S FOOD CENTER.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-71: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
(SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IBEW - NECA PENSION.)
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-72: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES.
('FRANSWORLD MANAGEMENT, LTD.)
Roll Call Vote on Resolution Nos. 96R-64 throuqh 96R-72, both inclusive, for adoption:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait, Zemel, Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
The Mayor declared Resolution Nos. 96R-64 through 96R-72, both inclusive, duly passed and adopted.
ITEMS Bt - B4 FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL t$, 1996:
INFORMATION ONLY -APPEAL PERIOD ENDS MAY 7~ 1996:
BI.
179: WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3831 ANn
NEGATIVE DECLARATION:
OWNERS: BOB LONG AND SHARON LONG, 20312 Via Oporto, Yorba Linda, CA 92686
DALE DUFAULT, 12002 Loraleen, Garden Grove, CA 92641
AGENT: JOHN SWINT, 707 W. North Street, Anaheim, Ca 92805
LOCATION: 273 and 275 North Manchester Avenue and 214 North Loam Street.. Property is
approximately 0.72 acres located at the southeast comer of Manchester Boulevard and Loaro
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Street and further described as 273 and 275 North Manchester Avenue and 214 North Loara
Street.
To permit a 3-sto~j, 28,254 square foot animal kennel with waivers of minimum structural
setback and minimum landscaped setback.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION;
CUP NO, 3831 GRANTED (PC96-35) (7 yes votes).
Waiver of code requirement APPROVED.
Approved Negative Declaration,
B2. 179: WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3833 AND
NEGATIVE DECLARATION:
OWNER: CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM, 7667 Folsom Blvd,
Sacramento, CA 95826
AGENT: DONAHUE SCHRIBER, Attn.: Emie Weber, 3501 Jamboree Road, Suite 300,
Newport Beach, CA 92660
LOCATION: 600 North Euclid Street ( Anaheim Plaza Regional Shopping Center - North Site).
Property is approximately 9.02 acres located at the north east comer of Crescent Avenue and
Euclid Street and further described as 600 North Euclid Street.
To permit an outdoor garden center and storage area in conjunction with a major retail home
improvement canter with waiver of limitations on permitted uses and structures (deleted).
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
CUP NO. 3833 GRANTED, IN PART, (PC96-36) (7 yes votes).
Waiver of code requirement was deleted so there was no action taken.
Approved Negative Declaration.
B3.
179: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3832 CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT CLASS 14:
OWNER: KENNETH HOLT, 1557 West Mable Street, Anaheim, CA 92802
AGENT: DAVID JACKSON, 1557 West Mable Street, Anaheim, CA 92802
LOCATION: 1557 West Mable Street (Fairmont Private School).
Property is approximately 2.15 acres located on the north side of Mable Street approximately
420 feet east of the cantedine of Loara Street and further described as 1557 West Mable Street.
To permit a temporary modular classroom trailer in conjunction with the relocation of an existing
teacher's lounge.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3832 GRANTED, for five years, to expire on April 15, 2001
(PC96-37) (7 yes votes).
B4.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3791 AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION:
OWNER: CALIFORNIA DRIVE-IN THEATRES, INC., Attn.: A. Terrance Dickens, 120 North
Robortson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
LOCATION: 1520 North Lemon Street (Anaheim Ddve-ln Outdoor Swap Meet). Property is
approximately 23.13 acres located at the southeast comer of Durst Street and Lemon Street and
further described as 1520 North Lemon Street.
Petitioner requests deletion or modification of a condition of approval pertaining to days of
operation for a previously-approved outdoor roller hockey facility to operate on a daily basis.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
CUP NO. 3791 APPROVED request to permit the facility to operate on a daily basis rather than
on weekends only (PC96-38) (7 yes votes.)
Negative Declaration previously approved.
END OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS.
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BS.
ORDINANCE NO. 5562 Amending vadous Sections of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Cede
relating to Zoning (Large Family Day Care Homes). (Introduced at the meeting of April 23, 1996,
Item, B3).
Mayor Daly offered Ordinance No. 5562 for adoption. Refer to Ordinance Book.
ORDINANCE NO. 5562: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM_AMENDING VARIOUS
SECTIONS OF TITLE 18 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ZONING
(LARGE FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES).
Roll Call Vote on Ordinance No. S$$2 for adootion:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait, Zemel, Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
The Mayor declared Ordinance No. 5562 duly passed and adopted.
ITEM B6 FROM THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MEETING OF APRIL t8. 1996:
DECISION DATI~ MAY 3. 1996:
INFORMATION ONLY APPEAL PERIOD ENDS MAY 13~ 1996:
B6.
179: SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WAIVER 96-02:
LOCATION: 700 West Convention Way (Anaheim Marriott)
Special Circumstances Waiver to allow additional special events.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:
APPROVED by the Zoning Administrator
DI.
176: PUBLIC HEARING - ABANDONMENT NO. 95-1A: In accordance with application filed
by Fixture Design and Manufacturing Co., 2301 E. Winston Road, Anaheim, Ca. 92806, a public
Healing was held on the proposed abandonment of Talt Avenue and North of Winston Road
pursuant to Resolution No. 96R-96R-47 duly published and notices thereof posted in accordance
with law.
Report of the City Engineer dated March 21, 1996, was submitted recommending approval of said
abandonment.
At their meeting of April 9, 1996, the Anaheim City Council adopted Resolution No. 96R-47 declaring its
intention to vacate certain public streets, highways and sen/ice easements and setting a date and time to
consider the subject abandonment.
Natalie Meeks, Civil Engineer summarized the reason for the requested.abandonment.
Mayor Daly opened the Public Headng and asked if anyone wished to speak.
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Mr. Bob Merriam, Fixture Design, 2301 E. Winston Road, Anaheim, Applicant for the abandonment.
There are no comments but he is present to answer any questions. He confirmed that Fixture Design is
in support of the proposed abandonment.
There being no further persons who wished to speak, Mayor Daly dosed the Public Headng.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT - CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION: On motion by Council Member
Daly, seconded by Council Member Feldhaus, the City Council finds that the proposed activity fall within
the definition of sections 3.01 Class 5 of the City of Anaheim guidelines to the requirements for an
Environmental Impact Report and is, therefore, categorically exempt from the requirements to file an
EIR. MOTION CARRIED.
Mayor Daly offered Resolution 96R-73 for adoption, Approving Abandonment 96-1A. Refer to
Resolution Book.
RESOLUTION NO. 96R-73: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM VACATING TALT AVENUE NORTH OF WINSTON ROAD (ABANDONMENT NO.
96-1A ).
Roll Cell Vote on Resolution No. 96R-73, for adoption:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait, Zemel, Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
The Mayor declared Resolution No. 96R-73 duly passed and adopted.
Cl.
101 Discussion - requested by Council Member 7..emel and concurred in by Mayor Daly at
the meeting of April 23, 1996 concerning public information opportunities regarding the
proposed Stadium lease extension with the California Angels.
City Clerk Sohl. She explained that relative to this item, Council Member Zemel clearly in the minutes
requested that the Council discuss a Public Hearing. In her attempt to make the agenda more generic,
she was searching for language between his (Zemel's) and the Mayor's at the last meeting. The minutes
do reflect that Council Member Zemel was requesting a Public Hearing.
Council Member Zemel. Two weeks ago, he asked for a discussion, whether the Council would have a
Public Hearing or not, and towards the end of last week, he discovered they were having one. However,
he is still confused. He understood eadier this was a Public Headng they were going to be adjourning to
and then heard the Mayor say it is not a Public Hearing. Some staff tell him it is, and others that it is not.
He asked to know what is going on.
Mayor Daly. The situation has come up over the years. In government, there are distinctions on what is
described as a meeting and what is a hearing. He asked to hear from the City Attorney.
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City Attorney White then explained the difference between a Public Headng and a public meeting
prefacing his remad~s that sometimes lawyers use the phrase, distinction without a difference. Dudng
the course of his explanation, questions were posed by Council Members for purposes of clarification, In
summation, Mr. White explained when City Attorneys use the term, Public Headng, they are talking
about a statutory requirement, i.e., holding a headng and giving notice in a certain way. A public
meeting is where public testimony is also taken as required under the Brown Act but without the specific
type of notice required with a Public Headng. Typically, land use items require a Public Headng where
the property owner has a right by law to be notified before action is taken as well as surrounding property
owners within a certain number of feet.
Mayor Daly explained for Council Member Zemel how the item, the reconvened meeting at the
Convention Center, was placed on the agenda. He placed it on the agenda through verbal instructions to
the City Cled~ as the City Charter requires.
City Cled( Sohl. The Charter gives the Mayor or three members of the Council the ability to call a
special meeting. Notice for a special meeting is 24 hours in advance. In this case, she believes she left
telephone messages on Thursday and, in any event, the Friday agenda process would be more than 24
hours in advance.
Mayor Dsty. Two weeks ago, there was a desire expressed for additional opportunities for public
participation and input regarding the proposed Anaheim Stadium/Angels-Disney agreement. He agreed
with this request, and consistent with that, decided to schedule a public meeting this evening to
accommodate a full presentation by City staff as well as to get public comments and questions with no
decisions to be made this evening. He has served on the Council for eight years and this is the first time
a scheduled meeting of this sort has been held solely for the purpose of laying out facts and figures and
then inviting citizens to ask questions. Any decisions that will be requested of the Council by the City
Manager will be at a future Council meeting according to regular City procedures.
Council Member Zemel. Under his discussion item, his concem is the difference between the two and he
feels there is a big difference in the fact that they are going to do a nice presentation, but he questioned
to who. He noted that the Register and Times carried a "tidbit' on the public meeting for tonight on
pages B6 and B8 of their newspapers respectively. He didnl even see it. The way someone would find
out about the meeting is on the agenda, but if the public watched the meeting on Multivision Cable, they
would have heard that tonight the Council was going to discuss whether or not to have a Public Hearing.
There would have been no reason to come and pick up an agenda. If they are not going to give people
10 day's notice as required in land use issues so that people can make arrangements in order to be able
to attend the meeting, they should not say they ara going through the effort of giving a public
presentation. He then asked if when the renovation of the stadium for dual usage took place in 1980 was
there a Planning Commission meeting on the subject.
Since the answer was not readily available, Council Member Zemel asked if it could be researched and
to let him know; City Clerk Sohl stated she would do so.
Council Member Zemel. The Council had an opportunity to fulfill a commitment they made, i.e., bring
the public the information and let them be part of the issue, To put it together in the fashion it was, he
feels, flys in the face of that public awareness and notice. He is going to make a motion that the meeting
tonight be the first in a series of public awareness meetings, the last being a Public Headng on the
process and let the people have significant input. Subsequently, in order to simplify matters, he (Zemel)
offered the following motion.
MOTION. Council Member Zemel moved that there be one more meeting witl~ sufficient notice to the
public to give an opportunity for the public to schedule their home lives in order to be present.
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Council Member Tait. He is going to withhold a second to see how the meeting goes tonight and to
determine if it is a fair process.
The motion died for lack of a second.
C2. COUNCIL COMMENTS:
There were no Council Comments
C3. REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS:
City Attomey Jack White stated that there are no actions to report.
Adjourn to the Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella, Room B - reconvene at 7:30 P.M.
concerning the proposed amended and restated lease agreement between the City of Anaheim and
California Angels, L.P., relating to the use and restoration of Anaheim Stadium.
Mayor Daly moved to adjourn. Council Member Feldhaus seconded the motion. Motion Carded. (7:19
P.M.)
101:
COMMUNITY UPDATE:
Concerning the proposed amended and restated lease agreement between the City of Anaheim
and California Angels, L.P., relating to the use and restoration of Anaheim Stadium.
Mayor Daly welcomed those in attendance to the reconvened Council Meeting at 8:00 p.m.. There will
be a sedes of presentations by City staff members who have worked on the Stadium matter as well as
consultants and guests from Disney Sports Enterprises and Major League Baseball. The presentations
will take approximately 45 minutes following which there will be an opportunity for the public to ask
questions and make comments. No decisions will be made this evening. He then introduced City
Manager, James Ruth.
City Manager, James Ruth. He prefaced his remarks by stating this is another major milestone in the
history of the City and for the people who have worked on the project for the past several months. The
proposed lease agreement between the City and Disney Sports Enterprises has important implications.
It involves the future of major league baseball in Anaheim, the future of professional football in Anaheim,
the future of Anaheim Stadium itself, development in the parking lot, the future of Sportstown, the future
of tourism and entertainment in the City, and the future of the City's financial health. That is why it is
important for everyone to undemtand how they ardved at where they are today. In order to appreciate
the agreement being considered, it is vital flint to understand the State of the City at this time.
Mr. Ruth's presentation then covered the State of the City, first noting that he is proud to say staff will be
submitting a balanced budget for 1996-97 with no use of one-time money or reserve funds. The State of
the City at this stage reflects they are in a strong fiscal position, meeting their objectives in the
community and responding and being responsive to neighborhood needs, community needs and quality
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of life issues at the same time attempting to merchandise one of the great assets in the City, Anaheim
Stadium.
He also explained that about the same time the Angels were put up for sale, in January of this year as a
result of studies that were commissioned, the City unveiled Sportstown, continuing Anaheim's tradition of
creating unique and innovative development opportunities and possibilities for the private sector. As will
be shown in Dan Young's presentation (The Spectrum Group, the major firm that did the design and
planning for the stadium area) the City has preserved its vision for development of the stadium property
including football while also meeting Disney's vision. VVhile baseball is #1, football has not been
forgotten. The City is presently working on a proposal to be submitted to the NFL sometime early
September that will be competitive in their efforts to bring football back to Anaheim. In the proposed
agreement the City has met all the initial objectives of attracting professional sports and maximizing
development wihout placing any additional burdens on the City's taxpayers.
Before continuing, Mayor Daly introduced those present on the dais: Tony Tavares, President, Disney
Sports Enterprises; Dr. James Doff, President, Chapman University; Stewart Rog, Deloitte and Touche;
Dan Young, The Spectrum Group; Bill Sweeney, Anaheim Finance Director; Bill Schweitzer, Major
League Baseball's American League Counsel.
The following then spoke and gave presentations in the area of expertise as indicated:
Tony Tavares, President, Disney Sports Enterpdsas - The Future of Anaheim Stadium. He prefaced his
remarks by stating he is not present to talk about politics but about business and the business deal being
proposed to the City. It is a deal he believes is unparalleled in sports and is outstanding for the City and
its residents. Looking at the deal being proposed to Anaheim and comparing it to anything else at the
national level, the City Council and staff have done an outstanding job in representing the citizens. Mr~
Tavares' presentation covered the history of how they got started with the whole proposal and what has
transpired since. He also presented slides showing existing conditions at the Stadium and subsequently
renderings and concepts of what the facility will look like after renovation along with all the amenities
planned.
In concluding his extensive presentation, Mr. Tavares stated the agreement takes a 35-year old facility
and updates it to one of the best in the country and Anaheim's name will be part of that.
Dr. James Doti, President, Chapman University, Economist - The Economic Impact of the Angels on the
Community. The agreement between the Angels, the Disney Company and the City of Anaheim is not a
win-lose situation, but a win-win-win-win for the Angels, the Disney Company, for the City of Anaheim,
and Orange County. There will be a combined impact of 85.4 million. Just for the City of Anaheim, a
conservative estimate is 10.6 million a year not including the impact of the construction and renovation
of the stadium. He then elaborated on the specific factors justifying his economic analysis. He concluded
that the area needs a pro-basaball team and Disney 'magic" will make it an exciting and winning team.
Stuart Rog, Principal, Deloitte & Touche - The Business of Baseball. He also serves as the National
Director of their Sports and Entertainment Facilities consulting practice. They have been involved in
development of 100 stadium and arena facilities across the country particularly as it relates to baseball
and specifically, Oriole Park, Jacobs Field and Comiskey Park, The predominant client base for their
has always been tl e public sector, specifically those three baseball stadiums. He has been asked
to give a national perspective on the development of baseball stadiums. Mr. Rog's presentation was
supplemented by slides. He spoke on the current major league baseball environment upon which the
proposed deal has been struck. One of the major points of Mr. Rog's extensive and detailed
presentation was the fact that of all five of the recently opened stadiums, which he feels are the only
ones that can be talked about today, (Coors Field (Rockies), Jacobs Field (Cleveland), The Ball Park in
Arlington (Rangers), Comiskey Park (Chicago), Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles), the
financing plan has consisted mostly of public money, from 75% up to 98.6%. In Anaheim, the proposal is
20% public financing and 80% private financing.
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In concluding his presentation, Mr. Rog pointed out from a slide (Stadium Development and Operating
Risks) that most of the risks are on the team's shoulders and the overall industry risk is with the team.
Hopefully, the Disney organization will also recapture all of the attendance the Angels have lost and
bring it beck to the high 2.5 to 3 million range. If not, the risk will be with the franchise and the Disney
organization.
Bill Schweitzer, Chief Counsel, American League - How the Anaheim Stadium Lease Agreement
Compares to Other Agreements. He has been the League's Counsel for six yearn and has worked on
almost every one of the new stadiums. He considem this to be the best deal in baseball today. It is an
excellent opportunity for the City of Anaheim. The importance of a new facility cannot be
underestimated. It is vital to the City, to the club and incredibly important to the game of baseball. The
atmosphere at the present time is that the old facilities do not support beseball in the way it needs to be
done and to operate on a successful basis. The opportunity for the City would be in conjunction with the
Disney Company resulting in new facilities as fine as any at the present time. The American League
has looked as closely at this deal as any they ever have and are enthusiastically supporting it. It is going
to be one of the great successes and will make the City come alive from the standpoint of the City's
name being known throughout the country and the world.
Dan Young, The Spectrum Group - Sportstown. A year and a half ago, they were invited to submit a
proposal and were honored to be selected as the lead consultant along with some world class designers
to put together a project on 158 acres the City owns comprising the Stadium and its current parking lot.
The idea was to see whether or not they could create for the City a vision for those 158 acres and to
create an opportunity for beth the public and private sector to create a partnership that would bring
restaurants, hotels and other kinds of entertainment to the sporting venue that existed within the parking
lot. The marketplace for Sportstown is one of the best in the world with some of the best demographics
and spending power anywhere in America. It is a world-class destination opportunity for something to be
created.
Mr. Young then explained what impact the MOU adopted by the City Council (on Apdl 3, 1996) has on
the vision created for the project beth numerically as well as conceptually. After doing so, he showed
how retrofitting the project into the context of the MOU meets every test of the MOU with the ability to
build 750,000 sg.ft, of retail, a 150,000 square foot exhibition center and 500 hotel reoms. A significant
change is that the one million square feet of office space under the current plan would only be abeut
250,000 sq.ft., but privately-owned lands around the property will pick up that space. The benefits to
Spodstown itself is that the City now has the dght to build in the (Stadium) parking lot a magnificent
stadium design that will create an icon to market for retailers and hoteliers, a long-term lease with the
Angels and the tremendous power in the marketplace of being able to say to retailers their next door
tenant is Disney. As part of the deal, the City still owns Sportstown, still owns the development rights
and the value of the land in order to realize a return on the investment in the Stadium itself and when
trying to deal with football, there is now a private sector piece to put on the table that will be invaluable in
their discussions.
Bill Sweeney, Finance Director, City of Anaheim - Highlights of the Anaheim Stadium Lease
Agreement/The City's Investment in Anaheim Stadium. In his extensive presentation, he briefed the
deal points of the proposal and the numbers involved in ten'ns of the Stadium and its performance over
the years. In the eady years with just the Angels as tenants, it suffered a series of losses. In looking at
the proffi and loss statements for the past 29 years and just simply adding them up and not adjusting for
inflation, the bettom line number would be abeut 2.9 million in profits. At the present time, the risk for
the operation of the Stadium resides with the City. The General Fund has not received any direct
revenue or profit from the Stadium. The exterior revenue at Anaheim Stadium currently goes beck to
the Stadium fund and not the City's General Fund. He then also briefed the City's other sources of
revenues.
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Mr. Sweeney then gave a recap of the goals of the MOU as follows: (1) assure retention of the Angels in
Anaheim under a long-term agreement, (2) accomplish a major overhaul of the Stadium at minimum
cost to the City, (3) provide for privatization of the Stadium operations and the shift of the operating dsk,
(4) maintain flexibility in the Spo~tstown site development and (5) for the City to recover its investment to
the Stadium.
Pdncipal Lease Terms: The Stadium will receive a minimum $100 million face lift. Disney is responsible
for any costs above that. The renovation is funded $80 million by the team and $20 million by the City.
Before, the figures were a $701530 million split. The advertising revenue is like any other source of
revenue on the facility site. Therefore, it is truly an 80~20 deal.
There are two sources of income which will minimize the risk and not impose any new taxes on the
residents of Anaheim. Ten million of the City's $20 million investment will be paid through a bond
issuance from excess transient taxes that were originally earmarked for the Arena and are no longer
needed.
Relative to the other $10 million, they are initially going to draw $10 million from the City's reserves. The
City has about $110 million in long-term reserves, not to say it is sitting in a bank with no use, but the
obligations are long term in nature. Basically, the City is borrowing $10 million from itself. The financing
is being handled this way so the City does not have to go out and borrow money in order to minimize
costs. Since this is in a Redevelopment Project Area, the Agency is going to repay the $10 million
investment over time with interest as soon as the incremental property taxes that are assessed start to
be paid. In terms of the improvements to the facility, the team is responsible for all construction work
and for the completion of all renovations by the 1999 baseball season and boars the risk of any overruns.
The term of the lease is 33 years with a one-time right for the team to cancel after the 20th season. If
they do, they are mquirad to pay any remaining debt service on its $80 million investment and also the
unamortized portion of the City's $20 million investment. The team also has the option to extend
beyond 33 years by nine more years.
He also recapped the lease points, the details of Sportstown, operations, revenue sharing, etc. In
concluding, he discussed direct and indirect revenues. It is important to keep in mind the indirect
revenues such as sales taxes (1% of gross taxable sales), transient occupancy taxes (15% of hotel rental
costs). Taking all the direct and indirect revenues and assuming that Sportstown can bo built out in 2004
(a 40-acre development), staff has estimated the City could realize an estimated gross positive on this
deal after repayment of all expenses of $72 million with a net present value of $23 million gross (1996
dollars). Scenario No. 2 which staff has also prepared, if there is a 40-acre hotel, office, football stadium
boildout by 2004, the City would realize an estimated gross positive of $26 million, an estimated net
present value of $1 million gross (1996 dollars). There are many 'what if' scenarios. He personally feels
the thresholds in their preformas are conservative. The issue is going to be how conservative and how
much money is generated in the future.
Mayor Daly then invited the public to speak giving any comments or questions they may have.
The following people then spoke either in favor or in opposition giving their comments or posing
questions relative to the project on the information presented tonight or in previous meetings. (See
minutes of March 12, 1996 and April 3rd, 1996.) Their comments/questions/other input are summarized:
Reverend Lou Sheldon, 2737 W. Savoy Place, Anaheim. He is opposed to a vote on the issue a week
from tonight. They are for privatization, free enterprise and Disney, but the Council needs to give this
proposal a second look in order to get a better deal for the City.
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Reed Royalty, Executive Vice President of the Orange County Taxpayer's Association. The association
has not taken a position on the issue but he was asked to take a look at the proposal. He finds there is a
lot of misinformation going around such as some of what Reverend Sheldon stated in his presentation.
He then answered some of the allegations made by Reverend Sheldon relative to the figures presented.
Allen Hughes. Until his retirement two years ago, he was employed as Executive Director of the
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce for 11 years and involved in the Anaheim business community for
more than 35 years. He is speaking in favor of the proposal and gave his reasons why.
Jeff Kirsch, 2661 W. Palais, Anaheim. He still has many questions and cencems and a week is not
enough time. His major concern is the lack of a corresponding revenue stream. The City has to do
financial due diligence to make sure the City is covered.
Jeny Jackson. Disney seems to have a problem with football. The deal is good for Disney but bad for
Anaheim. He wanted to know who will pay the taxes and what is going to happen to the employees.
At this point, Mayor Daly asked Mr. Sweeney to answer questions posed by both Mr. Kirsch and Jackson.
Council Member Zemel also posed questions for puq~oses of clarification at this time.
Carol Stanley, 235 S. Beach Blvd., Anaheim. Her main concern is the West Anaheim area. The
residents are working hard and diligently to clean up and make West Anaheim presentable for
businesses to locate there. She is asking that West Anaheim share in the wealth.
Greg Winterbottom, Villa Park (Re: Americans with Disability Act - ADA) ADA was not in existence when
the stadium was built. He wants to be sure that any renovations to be made to the Stadium will comply
with ADA requirements; Mr. Tavares assured Mr. Winterbottom that with any major renovation, it is
necessary to bring the facility up to the current ADA code and that will be done.
Start Pawiowski, 1423 W. Jeanine, Anaheim. He believes this is a marvelous opportunity for the City
and one the City cannot afford to pass up. It will give Anaheim a state-of-the-art stadium that nobody
else will have without added risks, problems or taxes. He submitted names of 50 Anaheim business
leaders in support of the proposal.
Paul Bostwick, 1411 Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim. He has read every paragraph in the MOU. No new taxes
are involved. Any new tax would have to be voted on by the people of Anaheim. He elaborated on what
he feels are the penef~ to the City in approving the proposal.
Charles Ahlers, President, Anaheim/Orange County Visitor and Convention Bureau. The members of his
Executive Committee support the deal. They looked at it for a long time. Their industry, which employs
148,000 people in the County, has been on its knees for five years. The name change to Anaheim
Angels is a positive. Major league sports are something they can all be proud of. He feels it is a win-
win-win deal for their industry. He urged that they move fonvard and make it happen.
Leonard Lahtinen, 2731 W. Savoy, Anaheim. Relative to the question raised about the benefits for West
Anaheim, he believes there will be a ripple effect for the whole City. It is a deal that will benefit the entire
City. A small survey he took personally of people in Anaheim whom he knows and associates with,
showe(l that 16 approved, 4 disapproved and 3 had no opinion. Although not a scientific poll, he
believes it is valid. Further, since the Chambor supports the proposal, that leads him to believe business
is in favor. He encouraged the Council to continue to support the proposal.
Ned Snavely, 28411 Fieldbrook, Mission Viejo. He is President of the Orange County Sports Association
and General Manager of the Marriott in Anaheim. He is supportive of the proposal. He then challenged
a previous speaker who stated that all TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax) goes to Disney. TOT is used to
pay debt on the Convention Center, supports marketing efforts of the V&CB, goes to the General Fund,
helps fund Police, etc. As a business partner of the tourism segment, they agreed that 1% of the TOT
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should go to buy the land to get the Arena built. Now the recommendation is to direct the excess to the
Disney/Anaheim proposal to keep the Angels in Anaheim. As far as he knows, that is the only TOT that
goes to anything associated with Disney and he would challenge that as well; Finance Director, Bill
Sweeney clarified that he was correct.
Chds Van Gorder, President of Anaheim Memorial Medical Center and President of the Anaheim
Chamber of Commerce. The Executive Committee of the Chamber voted unanimously to vote in
support of the proposal but that TOT not be deferred from the Convention Center expansion. It wants
Disney and the City to continue negotiation until they reach an agreement because they do not want to
see the Angels leave Anaheim.
Clyde Wright, 528 Jeanine, Anaheim - former California Angel player. His main question is what it is
going to cost if the Angels leave Anaheim. What will happen to the 26,000 people on average who
attend Angels games but more importantly what will they do with the 10,000 kids who am involved with
the game. It is important to the youth of Anaheim to keep the Angels in Anaheim.
Candy Nutto, Keys Lane, Anaheim. If the question of the El Tore Marine Base and its reuse as an airport
was on the ballot, why not this issue.
ltv Pickler, 2377 Mall, Anaheim. As a former Council Member, he is speaking in favor. Anaheim has
been a great City for the many yearn he has lived here and before. It has become great because of the
vision of its pest leaders such as Chadie Pearson, Jack Dutton, A. J. Schutte, Cai Pebley and Rex Coons
and many others who were a part of making the Stadium and Convention Center a reality. No other City
of Anaheim's size has a major sports team. Disneyland will secure the future of Anaheim Stadium and
an expanded Disoeyland itself will b~ng in additional sales tax revenues and more jobs to the City which
will help the entire City.
George Adams, 3200 E. Frontera (business), residence, Orange Park Acres. He posed questions which
were answered by Mr. Rog and Tavares relative to the naming dghts, concessions, etc. At the
conclusion of questioning, Mr. Adams stated he felt that if anyone was going to build (improve) a
stadium, Disney could do it better than anybody.
Tern/Clausen, 602 Westgate, Anaheim. He is present representing Little League Baseball, Distdct 46.
He would hate to think of a situation where Orange County is left without a baseball team. The Angels
are very supportive of Little League Baseball and have been since 1961. The baseball team has
benefited many thousands of children over the past 35 years and he would not like to see them leave.
Bennie Hemandez, 2100 S. Lewis, Anaheim. He is present to speak in favor of the stadium agreement
as a private citizen and not in his position as a member of the Anaheim City School Board of
Administration. He then briefed some of the many things both the Angels and Disney do for the Anaheim
community. He feels once this becomes a joint venture (Angels/Disney) there will be double the
contribution to the community.
Person from the audience (name unknown), member of the Angels Booster Club, 2055 Jeannette,
Anaheim. Speaking as a resident, she cannot imagine a 'sweeter marriage" than the Angels and Disney,
Otherwise, it would bo a great loss to the City.
Ron Kring, 1619 W. Lorraine Way, Anaheim. They want the Angels to stay in Anaheim and the
p~roposed improvements to be made to the Stadium. He has not seen a profom3a presenting the best-
case, worst-case and expected scenarios; Mr. Sweeney stated that information is available and can be
provided to him.
Mr. Kring continued, it is not the $20 or $30 million the City is expected to put up today. The City has a
multi-million dollar asset in the Stadium. As owners of that asset, the residents of Anaheim deserve a
maximized return on that investment and it is the Council's responsibility to make sure that occurs. He
feels the current proposal is selling short the financial return. Even if Anaheim does put up $20 or $30
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million and retains some future revenue streams, the deal still looks good for Disney. He urged
reconsideration of the proposal and to put it together in a fashion that makes sense for the residents of
Anaheim.
Andrea Manes, 1475 W. Wedgewood, Anaheim. She is pleased that Disney is interested in investing in
the Angels and Anaheim. She is in support.
Jack Lindquist, 95 Linda Isle, Newport Beach (former President of Disneyland). He commended the
Council on the presentation tonight. Many questions have been answered for him. The question is, if
the Disney deal does not happen, can they guarantee the many citizens of Anaheim and Orange County
that they will have major league baseball in 1997. His concern at this time is that major league baseball
stays in Orange County. If they lose it, they are not going to get it back.
Bill Krebbe, 996 Sire Place, Anaheim. He posed a series of questions relative to the Arena (Pond) and if
it was making money, if the new stadiums were turning a profit without taxes supporting them, questions
relative to pay-per-view, etc. which were answered by Messrs. Sweeney, Rog, Tavares and Ruth.
Additional questions were then posed by Jeff Kirsch and Leonard Lahtinen relative to the specifics of the
agreement.
Bart)are Holden, 704 S. Fender St., Anaheim. Since baseball is seasonal, she asked if the stadium
would be available for any other events and also would the deal guarantee a winning team.
Mr. Tavares stated the Stadium will be operated much the way it is now on an open booking basis as in
the past where there will be soccer events, special events, religious rallies, etc. They also intend to field
a competitive team and will put together a five-year business plan in that regard.
Mayor Daly. Public input is concluded at this time.
Council Member Tom Tait. He assumes the Council will have the opportunity to give their comments
when the matter is voted on. He has a scheduled tdp out of the country next week and is asking the
professional courtesy of the Council to not schedule a vote on this matter until May 21, 1996. If it must
be on May 14, he will ceocel his tdp although it is one that has been long planned.
MOTION. Council Member Tait moved that the Council not schedule a final vote on the stadium lease
agreement until May 21, 1996 instead of May 14, 1996. Council Member Zemel seconded the motion for
purposes of discussion.
Council Member Zemel. He feels it is a good idea. It will allow the public to hear Council Member
cencems and questions as well. He has a number of questions for Mr. Sweeney after hearing his
presentation tonight. He thinks the public also desert/es to hear what Council Member Tait's questions
might be. He will support a continuance to the 21st of May. Speaking to Mr. Tavares, at the Press
Conference on April 3, 1996, he heard the 17th of May was a deadline. The 21st is only 96 hours longer.
He is hoping Mr. Tavares can give some input and lend support so that Council Member' Tait does not
have to tatum to the country.
Mr. Tavares. It is not something he can unilaterally agree to. They are a buyer in this case and not a
seller and the seller has imposed a closing deadline. The question is better asked of Jackie Autry. They
have a legal obligation to either cioso on that date or pass.
Council Member Tait. He did not mean for the issue to be debated. If need be, he will be back on the
14th of May or he may just not go on the trip.
Mayor Daly. Items are placed on the agenda by the City Manager when they are ready for a vote by the
Council. That is his position. The City Charter lays out the process. The issue has been on the agenda
one time previously and there has been one public vote as well. There will be a series of votes that must
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be taken to implement the MOU already voted on. It is up to the City Manager to bring those matters
forward when they are ready to be voted on. If for some reason when those matters are brought forward
and placed on the agenda there is a desire to continue the matter, the decision can be made at that time.
To anticipate in advance things that may change is not wise. He is speaking against the motion.
Council Member Lopez. Although he sympathizes with Council Member Tait, he has been in the same
position in other offices he has held and had to cancel plans. He agrees with the Mayor, the City
Manager brings items to the Council every week in a timely fashion for the Council's decision. He would
not support continuing the matter any further. If the City Manager brings this to the Council on May 14th,
that is when action should be taken.
Council Member Tait again apologized for having to bring the matter forward which it was necessary to
do under the provisions of the Brown Act.
A vote was then taken on the motion by Council Member Tait to delay any actions to be taken on this
matter to May 21, 1996. AYES: Zemel, Tait
NO: Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly.
MOTION FAILED TO CARRY.
ADJOURNMENT: By general Council consent, the City Council Meeting of May 7, 1996 was adjourned.
(11:25 P.M.)
LEONORA N. $OHL
CITY CLERK
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