2001/05/01
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 1, 2001
The City Council of the City of Anaheim met in regular session.
PRESENT: Mayor Tom Daly (entered Council Chamber after 3:10 P.M.), Council
Members Shirley McCracken, Frank Feldhaus, Tom Tait (entered Council Chamber
after 3:10 P.M.) and Lucille Kring.
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Jim Ruth, City Attorney Jack White, City Clerk
Sheryll Schroeder, Planning Director Joel Fick, Community Services Director Chris
Jarvi, City Librarian Carol Stone, Assistant City Attorney,Civil Selma Mann, Executive
Director of Community Development Elisa Stipkovich
A copy of the agenda for the meeting of the Anaheim City Council was posted on April
27, 2001, at the north entrance and east entrance to City Hall and on the window
outside of the Council Chambers.
Mayor Pro Tern McCracken called the regular meeting to order at 3:10 P.M. in the
Council Chambers of the Anaheim City Hall, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard.
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO CLOSED SESSION: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - CLOSED SESSION ITEMS: None
Mayor Pro Tem McCracken moved to recess to Closed Session, seconded by Council
Member Kring. Ayes - 3: Mayor Pro Tem McCracken and Council Members Kring and
Feldhaus; Noes - O. Mayor Daly and Council Member Tait were temporarily absent. Motion
carried.
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT
CODE
SECTION 54957.6:
Agency designated representative: David Hill
Employee organization: Non-represented Management Employees
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code)
Name of case: Kord Group v. The Fieldstone Company, et aI.,
Orange County Superior Court Case No. 76-32-58.
3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code)
Name of case: Parkin, et al. V. City of Anaheim et aI., United States
District Court Case No. SACV01-422DOC(ANx).
4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED
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LITIGATION - Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision ( c) of
Section 54956.9 of the Government Code: one potential case.
5. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property: 212 South Beach Boulevard, Anaheim, California
Agency negotiator: Elisa Stipkovich
Negotiating parties: Anaheim Redevelopment Agency and Bupesh
Parikh and Kumud B. Parikh, Trustees of the Parikh Living Trust
Under negotiation: Price and terms.
6. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property: 130 South Beach Boulevard, Anaheim, California
Agency negotiator: Elisa Stipkovich
Negotiating parties: Anaheim Redevelopment Agency and Dorothy
Lillian Brunson as Trustee under revocable Trust Agreement Dated
January 12, 1987.
Under negotiation: Price and terms.
7. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property: 3139-3161 West Lincoln Avenue, Anaheim, California
Agency negotiator: Elisa Stipkovich
Negotiating parties: Anaheim Redevelopment Agency and Elizabeth
Khademi, Paiam Khademi and the Trustees of the Abbdollah Khademi Trust.
Under negotiation: Price and terms.
8. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property: 516 East Santa Ana Street, Anaheim, California
Agency negotiator: Elisa Stipkovich
Negotiating parties: Anaheim Redevelopment Agency and Voit
Development Company.
Under negotiation: Price and terms.
9. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code)
Name of case: City of Anaheim et al. V. Glenn Ellington, First Judicial
Court, County of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, Case No. 0101-00-
2000-01707.
AFTER RECESS:
Mayor Daly called the regular meeting of May 1, 2001, to order at 5:23 P.M. and welcomed
those in attendance.
INVOCATION: Pastor Robb Ring, East Anaheim Christian Church
FLAG SALUTE: Council Member Feldhaus
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Recoqnitions:
Proclaiming May 2001 as Water Awareness Month.
Proclaiming May 2001 as Clean Air Month.
Proclaiming May 2001 as ALS Awareness Month.
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Proclaiming May 2001 as National Mental Health Month.
Recognizing the winners of the Roston Creative Writing Contest.
Recognizing Carl N. Karcher, Carl Karcher Enterprises.
Recognizing Mater Dei High School on their 50th anniversary.
Additions/Deletions to the Aqenda: There were no additions or deletions to the agenda.
Public Comments:
Sheila King, 401 West Orangewood Avenue, speaking on Item A17, Ordinance No. 5769,
noted that based on a letter received from Council, she was advised that the City did not
have to disclose to her what would be in the property behind her community. Once the
temporary parking lot went in, she believed that that would be the next step before something
else went in that location. She also said that since the ordinance was asking for an
amendment to have one year extensions for up to five years, it would have a heavy impact
on the 200 residents that lived in Parkwood Village, as well as health and safety issues. She
asked that the residents be notified and that there be a public review on the item. She said
that since it could be reviewed yearly, there would still be more to be done, such as
environmental impact studies and she asked who would be responsible to maintain the
parking area each year for the five years. She asked for a long-term plan. She said that it
was a very large piece of land which was less than 300 feet from the back door of her
community and it was going to have 1,000 parking spaces for the convention center. She
believed that it would affect rents and everything that they would be able to do with the
property.
Mayor Daly commented that Item A 17 was to approve the temporary parking lot and it did not
necessarily lead to any1hing beyond that. He said that there was nothing in the item that
precluded a full environmental analysis of a proposed theme park or anything else.
Planning Director, Joel Fick, said that any future theme park project would be subject to its
own environmental review and an environmental impact report prepared and circulated for
public review and comment. He said that there would also be public hearings required at
both the Planning Commission and Council levels in addition to the environmental impact
report for any type of a third gate theme park at that location. He reiterated that the
temporary lots, under the City's present ordinance, were allowed and what the ordinance
under Item A 17 would do would be to allow an annual extension of time, for a one-year
period, to be requested, up to a five-year maximum. Mr. Fick said that the review would be
undertaken by the Traffic and Transportation Manager and at the last Council meeting, the
Council added a review by the City Manager's Office and expanded that review. Any change
that would not be consistent with the existing specific plans that granted entitlements would
involve a full environmental impact report. Planning Director Fick said that there would be a
draft environmental impact report prepared at some point for the public to review and
comment on. On May 7, 2001, the Public Works Division would be holding a public hearing
for the grading plan and there would be some environmental discussion.
In response to Council Member Tait, Mr. Fick responded that the temporary lot was to
accommodate present needs and did not have any connection with the third gate at this time.
Mr. Fick said that they would approach this extension the same way as all the other
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extensions either in existing codes or by going before the Planning Commission and Council.
When staff looked at items such as this, they would typically examine if there had been
changes in the area, specific plan or general plan and whether there were known problems
or issues and those were things that were taken into account when considering whether to
grant an extension or not.
Mayor Daly suggested Ms. King follow up with the Planning Department and he noted that
there would be ample opportunity for public review and comments on anything that
happened on that property.
James Robert Reede, 100 West Midway Drive, Space 124 addressed concerns of
harassment at the Golden Skies Mobile Home Park.
Mayor Daly moved to waive reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions, seconded by
Council Member McCracken. Motion carried unanimously.
CITY MANAGER/DEPARTMENTAL CONSENT CALENDAR A1 - A19: On motion by
Mayor Daly, seconded by Council Member McCracken, the following items were approved in
accordance with the reports, certifications and recommendations furnished each Council
Member and as listed on the Consent Calendar. Items A 13, A 14 and A 15 were referred to
Closed Session and Item A6 was continued for two weeks. Motion carried unanimously,
Council Member Tait voted no on Items A17 and A18 and Council Member McCracken voted
no on Item A18.
A 1. Receive and file minutes of the Budget Advisory Commission meeting held March 21,
2001; the Monthly Financial Analysis presented by the Finance Director for seven
months ended January 31, 2001; and the Anaheim Police Department Crime and
Clearance Analysis Report for the month of March, 2001.
A2. Award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Rock Structures Construction
Company, in the amount of $699,929 for Walnut Canyon Reservoir Slope Protection,
Phase IV, and approve and authorize the Finance Director to execute the Escrow
Agreement pertaining to contract retention's.
A3. Approve a partial fee waiver to La Palma Little League for a benefit event to be held at
the Downtown Community Center on June 2, 2001.
A4. Approve the One-Year Action Plan for Fiscal Year 200112002 for federal CDBG,
HOME, and ESG funding totaling $6,723,000 and authorize the Executive Director of
the Community Development Department to prepare and execute all documents and
contracts.
A5. Authorize the submittal of an application for $100,000 under HUD's Housing
Counseling Program and authorize the Executive Director to execute the required
application and certification documents.
A6. Approve a budget adjustment to increase General Fund appropriations by $25,000 for
Fiscal Year 2000/01 to accommodate the City's obligation to compensate the Chamber
of Commerce and approve and authorize the Mayor to execute Amendment NO.1 to
the Service Agreement between the City and Anaheim Chamber of Commerce.
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Council Member Tait moved for a two-week continuance to obtain additional information on
Item A6 from the City Manager, seconded by Mayor Daly. Motion carried unanimously.
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A7. Approve the sale of Well 31 to the County of Orange for road widening purposes in
accordance with Anaheim Municipal Code Section 1222 and approve and authorize the
Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Acquisition Contract and Grant Deed of Well 31.
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A8. ORDINANCE NO. 5766 (ADOPTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM amending portions of Title 4 and Title 18 relating to requirements for
freeway-oriented signs. (Introduced at the meeting of April 17, 2001, Item B5).
Council Member Feldhaus asked if there was a provision in the ordinance that said if a
freeway oriented sign was subjected to a freeway widening or a change in elevation, then the
owner may, by means of a conditional use permit, go higher than a 30 foot, freestanding sign
from the finished grade.
Planning Director, Joel Fick, commented that the ordinance before Council was from
Council's direction of last year that staff take a look at existing freeway oriented signs and
ordinance requirements. There were comprehensive inventories that were prepared and
provided to Council and there had been extensive input with the Chamber of Commerce,
said Mr. Fick. He noted that it was the staff's viewpoint that those were the reasons that
variances were requested. He said that it was the mechanism to request and process a
variance application for size, shape, topography and changes in elevation which were legal
grounds to request a variance from the Planning Commission and Council. He stated that
locations like that would be very rare when they would come up but should it happen, that
would be the grounds to do that.
ORDINANCE NO. 5767 (ADOPTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM approving Specific Plan Adjustment NO.7 to the Northeast Area Specific
Plan No. 94-1, amending Ordinance No. 5517, as previously amended, and amending
various Sections of Chapter 18.110 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code relating
to freeway oriented signs. (Introduced at the meeting of April 17, 2001, Item B5).
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A9. RESOLUTION NO. 2001R-107 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM consenting to the establishment of a portion of Tustin Avenue,
south of Orangethorpe Avenue, as a County highway.
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A10. RESOLUTION NO. 2001 R-108 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM urging the California Legislature to enact Senate Bill 10
(Soto), the "Safe Routes to School" Reauthorization Bill.
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A11. RESOLUTION NO. 2001R-109 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 the
abandonment of that dedicated parking area at the southerly terminus of Paradise
Street southerly of Balsam Avenue. (Abandonment No. 99-20A). (Proposed public
hearing date of June 5, 2001).
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A 12. Accept the bid from Zoll Medical Corporation in the amount of $53,028 for four Cardiac
Monitor/Defibrillator Packages and four battery support systems for the Fire
Department in accordance with Bid No. 6154.
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A 13. Increase Risk Management Budget for Fiscal Year 2000/01 by $740,000 for workers
compensation and permanent light duty employee programs. (Continued from meeting
of April 24, 2001, Item A7).
Mayor Daly moved to refer Item A 13 to the Closed Session agenda of May 8, 2001,
seconded by Council Member McCracken. Motion carried unanimously.
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A14. Waive Council Policy 401 and approve a one-year Agreement with Bret Colson and
Associates for the continued production of public education materials in an amount not
to exceed $54,000 and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
(Continued from meeting of April 24, 2001, ItemA11 ).
Mayor Daly moved to refer Item A 14 to the Closed Session agenda of May 8, 2001,
seconded by Council Member McCracken, Motion carried unanimously.
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A 15. Increase the Fire Department's expenditure appropriations by $500,000 for Fiscal Year
2000/01. (Continued from meeting of April 24, 2001, Item A24).
Mayor Daly moved to refer Item A15 to the Closed Session agenda of May 8,2001,
seconded by Council Member McCracken. Motion carried unanimously.
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A16. ORDINANCE NO, 5768 (ADOPTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM amending Ordinance No. 5378, as previously
amended, relating to Specific Plan Adjustment NO.4 to the Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92-1 (Chapter 18.78 of the Anaheim Municipal Code). (Introduced at meeting
of April 24, 2001, Item A22).
A17. ORDINANCE NO. 5769 (ADOPTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM approving Specific Plan Adjustment NO.3 to
the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2, amending Ordinance No. 5453, as
previously amended, amending zoning and development standards set forth in Chapter
18.48 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. (Introduced at meeting of April 24,
2001, Item A23).
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Council Member Tait voted no, explaining that he would not mind approving a temporary lot
for one-year without a public hearing, but was concerned about approving a 1,000 car
parking lot for five-years. He believed that there would be significant environmental impacts
that may need to be mitigated or addressed and the public should have a chance to speak
on it.
Mayor Daly commented that at the last Council meeting, the City Manager was directed,
following review of the Traffic and Transportation Manager, to sign off on any renewals up to
a five-year period.
City Attorney, Jack White. stated that the ordinance was re-written to include review by the
City Manager in Subsection .060 of 18.48.110.
In response to Council Member Kring, City Manager Ruth responded that Disney would be
responsible for any costs incurred as a result of their development or the maintenance to the
development. He said that the review process would be to see if there were any issues out
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there to be mitigated and get the assurances that they would be before the permit would be
renewed for a second year.
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A18. ORDINANCE NO. 5770 (ADOPTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM relating to the compensation of members of the City Council. (Introduced at
meeting of April 24, 2001, Item A26).
Council Member McCracken was opposed to increase, she said, because it was double the
cost of living. Council Members Tait and McCracken voted no.
114 A 19. Approve the minutes of Council meeting April 17, 2001.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
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Items B1 throuQh B4 From PlanninQ Commission MeetinQ of April 9. 2001: (No action
necessary unless Council desires to set a particular item for public hearing.) APPEAL
PERIOD ENDS MAY 1, 2001:
B1. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 4125
AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION
OWNER: Robertson Properties Group, Attn: Mark Miller
120 North Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
AGENT: James Beam
3745 West Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92868
LOCATION: 2150 South State ColleQe Boulevard. Property is
Approximately 8048 acres on the east side of State College Boulevard
approximately 280 feet south of the centerline.
Request reinstatement of this permit which currently contains a time limitation
(approved on June 21, 1999 to expire June 21, 2001) to retain an
outdoor swapmeet facility.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
Reinstatement of CUP No. 4125, Approved for one year to expire on April 9, 2002
(PC2001-39) (6 yes votes, Commissioner Bostwick voted no).
Negative Declaration previously approved.
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B2. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2001-04340
AND CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT - CLASS 3:
OWNER: Albert and Susan Shankle
4214 East La Palma Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807
AGENT: Nextel Communications, Attn: Chris Glass
310 Commerce Drive, Irvine. CA 92602
LOCATION: 1150 North Richfield Road. Property is approximately
0.29 acres located 450 feet south of the centerline of La Palma Avenue.
To permit roof-mounted telecommunication antennas and
an accessory ground-mounted equipment structure.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
CUP No. 2201-04340 granted (PC2001-40) (7 yes votes).
B3. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3790
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AND CAT AGORICALL Y EXEMPT - CLASS 21:
Bobby and Tony Gilbert, 17300 17th Street, #J231, Tustin, CA 92680,
Requests review of revised plans and revised conditions of approval for
recommendations to the City Council on a City-initiated request for
modification or revocation of a previously approved conditional use
permit. Property is located at 1514 West Broadway- Band J's Tree
Service.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommend City Council to amend Conditions of Approval for CUP
3790 (7 yes votes).
B4. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2001-00393
THE DISNEYLAND RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 92-1
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 4078
CEQA EXEMPTION - SECTION 15061 (b) (3)
Robert H. Shelton, Anaheim Center for Entertainment, LLC, 30 Calle del
Sur, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688. Request to consider initiation
of (a) a General Plan Amendment, (b) and Amendment to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, ( c ) an amendment to Conditional Use
Permit No. 4078, and other related zoning actions, regarding
development of Pointe*Anaheim. The project site consists of
approximately 29.1 acres located between Harbor Boulevard and
Clementine Street, and Disney Way and Katella Avenue; and is further
Described as 400 West Disney Way, 1737 South Clementine Street,
1755 South Clementine Street, 1700 South Harbor Boulevard, 301-311
West Katella Avenue, and 401-409 West Katella Avenue.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLAN COMMISSION:
Initiate applications for General Plan Amendment and Amendment to
The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, and an amendment to
CUP No. 4078 and other zoning actions that may be appropriate in
Connection with proposed modifications to the Pointe*Anaheim Project.
B5. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2001-00388
RECLASSIFICATION NO. 2001-00043
VARIANCE NO. 2001-04437
EXEMPTION TO ENGINEERING STANDARD DETAIL NO. 122
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 16181
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW
AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION:
OWNER: Orange County Water District, Attn: Mr. Don Jackson
10500 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92728
AGENT: BV Engineering, Attn: Jim Pedergast
One Corporate Park, Suite 101, Irvine, CA 92606.
LOCATION: 2901 East South Street. This irregularly-shaped,
Approximately 1.1 04-acre property has a frontage of 68 feet on the north
side of South Street, and is located 130 feet east of the centerline of
Westgate Drive.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommend adoption of Exhibit A to City Council for GPA No. 2001-
00388 (PC2001-47). (6 yes votes, Commissioner Boydstun absent).
Reclassification No. 2001-00043 granted (PC2001-47).
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Variance No. 2001-04437 denied (PC2001-48).
Exemption to Engineering Standard Detail No. 122 approved.
Tentative Tract Map No. 16181 approved.
Recommended City Council review.
Negative Declaration approved.
Item B5 set for public hearing June 5, 2001, due to the general plan amendment.
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B6.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT NO. 2001-00212
CATAGORICALL Y EXEMPT SECTION 15061 (b\ (3\:
OWNER: DeRegt Development Inc., Attn: Tom DeRegt
9781 Blue Larkspur Lane, Monterey, CA 93940
AGENT: DSA Development, Attn: Jeff Denning
333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1410, Orange, CA 92868
LOCATION: 4633 E. La Palma Avenue. Property is 11.78 acres, located
At the northwest corner La Palma Avenue and Hancock Street.
Waiver of minimum number of parking spaces (471 spaces required; 468
Proposed) and maximum floor area ratio (0.5 [permitted; 0.55 proposed) to
Construct a new 282,296 square foot industrial building in the SP94-1
(Northeast Industrial Area) Development Area NO.2 (Expanded Industrial
Area) Zone.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:
Administrative Adjustment No. 2001-00212 approved (DECISION NO.
ZA2001-17).
6:00 P.M. Public HearinQs:
137 C1. PUBLIC HEARING: To consider altering the types of public facilities financed by the
City of Anaheim Community Facilities District No. 1989-1 (Sycamore Canyon) of the
City.
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C2. PUBLIC HEARING: To consider altering the types of public facilities financed by the
City of Anaheim Community Facilities District No. 1989-2 (the Highlands) of the City.
C3. PUBLIC HEARING: To consider altering the types of public facilities financed by the
City of Anaheim Community Facilities District No. 1989-3 (the Summit) of the City.
Mayor Daly announced that the purpose of the hearings was to determine whether the Council
should call an election to allow the voters in the three districts to decide whether to alter the
types of public facilities which were financed by the tax proceeds from the districts. The
proposed changes involved the addition of a public library use and public recreation use to the
list of authorized public uses for the three districts. The proposed changes would not involve
any increased or additional taxes for the three districts.
Council Member Tait announced he had a conflict of interest due to living in the Highlands
Mello Roos District and removed himself from the dais. He noted he would abstain from voting
on all three items pertaining to the proposed Mello Roos election,
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A staff report was presented by Community Services Director, Chris Jarvi. He said that the
first issue was whether or not The Highlands, Sycamore Canyon and The Summit Mello Roos
districts wanted to have the Anaheim Memorial site, which was currently used as a police
facility and a community meeting room site, used for library purposes. He said that the second
issue was whether or not the Sycamore Canyon Mello Roos District would want to use the
former police site on Dream Street for recreation purposes. Director Jarvi referred to the
Roosevelt Road site, which was located next to the Festival Shopping Center, in the Bauer
Ranch area. He said that Dream Street site was in Sycamore Canyon Mello Roos District.
The Canyon General Plan of 1977 proposed two libraries for the canyon area, said Mr. Jarvi.
The first to be developed was in the west Anaheim Hills area, he said, and the second was in
the east Santa Ana Canyon area. Canyon Hills Library was developed in 1981 and was
18,000 square feet, Mr. Jarvi noted, and it served 30,000 people. The second library was
included as part of the Bauer Ranch development in 1989, he said. It contained 2.3 gross
acres and 1.8 net acres and was contemplated to have a 10,000 square foot library built on it,
said Director Jarvi. A developer assessment fee was created which resulted in $1.65 million to
date and the Community Services Director projected a total of $3.3 million in order to develop
the facility. He said that by 1998, the population for canyon area had grown dramatically from
32,000 in 1980 to a projected 68,000 to 70,000 in 2010. Mr. Jarvi said that the Mountain Park
development would add a projected 21,000 residents which would bring the total residents in
that area to about 70,000. He said that staff believed that the Roosevelt site would be
inadequate to serve the projected population and the 10,000 square foot facility would not be
able to serve the population base in the canyon. Even if the City wanted to make that building
larger he explained, the 1.8 acre site would not allow expansion of the facility to meet the
projected need. Mr. Jarvi said that concurrently, the City purchased the Anaheim Memorial
site in 1998 as a police facility and a community center. That site, he said, was built with
knockouts so that the lobby area and elevators could be expanded to the west in the current
building and an additional wing could be placed onto the building. He said that in addition,
ample parking was provided for both the initial building and the expansion. The Community
Services Director said that this facility had the potential for a larger building, the ample parking
already existed for the library, and it was accessible and visible for the people in the canyon
area, and he believed that it fulfilled the concept of that building being used as civic center with
the police and community uses, and potential for a library at that site.
Community Services Director Jarvi noted that the staff strategy started with certain changes to
the General Plan, the planned community zone for east hills, Sycamore Canyon Specific Plan,
the rezoning of the east hills library site to RS-5,OOO and an amendment of the Library
Facilities Plan which was executed on January 9, 2001, by the Council conditioned on the fact
that the Mello Roos election would pass. He stated that staff was asking for a Mello Roos
election to allow the use of the former hospital site as a library. Mr. Jarvi said if that were to
pass, the City would dispose of the Roosevelt site, netting the City about $1 million in revenue
which could then be used for the new library. Community Services Director Jarvi said that the
projected funding of the site would include the sale of land, the Roosevelt site, the assessment
district funding of $3.3 million, when ultimately collected, and possible library bond act funding
to augment what was not available for the development of the site.
Community Services Director Jarvi said that the Dream Street site was created in 1989 as part
of the Sycamore Canyon development and it was provided to create a police station and could
only be used for police purposes and it was no longer needed for its intended purpose
because the Anaheim Memorial site was turned into the police facility. He said that the issue
before the Sycamore Canyon Mello Roos District electorate was whether or not the site could
be used for recreation purposes. The site could be adapted for a variety of uses, he said, and
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the potential uses would be determined by future public input. If not used for recreation
purposes, the site would be sold and the proceeds would go to pay down the Mello Roos
district bonded indebtedness, he said. The homeowner payment would not be lessened in
that case, but the date for the final payment would be shortened, he explained.
Mayor Daly said that the hearings for the three districts would be conducted separately and he
opened the public hearing for all three community facilities districts. Hearing no public
testimony, Mayor Daly closed the public hearings.
City Attorney Jack White reported that there were no written or oral objections. In response to
Mayor Daly, he said that the ballot would be mailed to the voters and they would have time to
review the language before voting. There would only be a ballot mailed to the voters and there
had been a pamphlet prepared for the Council meeting that could possibly be distributed.
Community Services Director Jarvi said that he had met with the Bauer Ranch Homeowners
Association Board of Directors to let them know what was happening. He stated that there
would be public meetings out in that area to the extent that they would be needed.
City Attorney White said that the voters would only be receiving the ballot because legally that
type of material could not be sent with the ballot itself. A separate mailing could be made, he
said, as long as it was only informational and not an attempt to sway the voters one way or
another on the proposition.
Mayor Daly said that between now and August 14, 2001, the pamphlets would be available to
the residents of the three districts.
In response to Council Member McCracken, Community Development Director Jarvi said that
the pamphlets could be provided and distributed to the homeowners association, but it would
be better if the City did a direct mailing.
Mayor Daly offered Resolutions 2001 R-110 through 2001 R-112, calling the election in each of
the three districts, for adoption.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001R-110 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM calling a special election of the qualified electors residing within
the territory of Community Facilities District No. 1989-1 (Sycamore Canyon) to consider
altering the public facilities financed by the District pursuant to Section 53338 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001 R-111 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM calling a special election of the qualified electors residing within
the territory of Community Facilities District No. 1989-2 (The Highlands) to consider
altering the public facilities financed by the District pursuant to Section 53338 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001 R-112 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM calling a special election of the qualified electors residing
within the territory of Community Facilities District No. 1989-3 (The Summit) to consider
altering the public facilities financed by the District pursuant to Section 53338 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
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Roll call vote: Ayes - 4; Mayor Daly, Council Members McCracken, Feldhaus, Kring. Noes-
O. Abstain - 1; Council Member Tait. Motion carried.
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C4. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2001-00386
AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION:
CITY-INITIATED: Anaheim Housing Authority, Attn: Bertha Chavoya, Housin!
Manager, 201 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, CA 92805.
City-Initiated amendment to the Housing Element of the General Plan to consic
update of Citywide housing needs, goals, policies, and programs.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommended approval and adoption of the amendment to the Housing Element to
the City Council (PC2001-33) (7 yes votes).
Item B 1 from April 17, 2001. (Continued from April 24, 2001, Item C8).
Director of Community Development, Elisa Stipkovich, reviewed the status of the draft Housing
Element. She stated that Community Development had over 45 community input meetings
since the process started in 1999. She said that the Community Development Department
had presented a proposed Housing Element workshop to Council on December 5, 2000.
Subsequent to that, she said that there had been additional meetings with community groups
and the draft document was presented to Planning Commission and then forwarded to the
State. Community Development responded to the State's comments of the draft Housing
Element which were forwarded to Council as Appendix E. There was a public hearing at the
Planning Commission on March 26, 2001, she said, and a revised draft Housing Element was
now before Council for approval. She wanted to add to the Housing Element a better
understanding of what the City was doing in regard to acquisition of sites. Community
Development had issued a $30 million set-aside housing bond to be used specifically to
acquire sites, she said, and more information would be forwarded to Council. Community
Development Director Stipkovich stated that the current staff work indicated that the City either
owned or were negotiating acquisitions for over 21 acres in the City and Community
Development proposed to add additional housing sites to that inventory. She said that the
Council, through the Anaheim Boulevard overlay zone and general plan amendment, rezoned
over 40 acres from various commercial and industrial land uses to residential. There was a
proposed plan for west Anaheim which was approved in concept by the Council, she said,
which would convert 281 acres from other land uses into residential land use sites.
Mayor Daly opened the public hearing and noted that the Community Development
Department had requested that final action be deferred to the next Council meeting on May 8,
2001.
Cecilia Bustamente-Pixa spoke on behalf of St. Joseph's Hospital of Orange, stating that
affordable housing had been identified by employees of St. Joseph's and community partners
as an area of crisis. She said that many of the St. Joseph's Hospital employees would be
significantly impacted by the final approved Housing Element and she said that those people
should have an opportunity for decent housing and adequate living conditions. She said that
19% of her employees earning ten dollars an hour lived in Anaheim and 12% of employees
earning eleven to seventeen dollars an hour lived in Anaheim. To be able to afford to live
anywhere in Orange County, without spending more than the recommended 30% of one's
monthly income, a person must earn a minimum of nineteen dollars an hour or $39,000 per
year, she said. That would leave out a lot of people who could not afford that and must
consider sharing their homes with other families, she noted, which would contribute to the
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overcrowded living conditions in Anaheim She commended the City for the rehabilitation of
apartment buildings in the last ten years but noted that new units, sufficient to meet the needs
of multi-unit family households, had not been built in the last ten years. She said that the
City's housing assessment identified that there was a need for low and very low income
housing and 84% of low/very low income housing was needed by families and only 16% was
needed for senior housing. She asked the Council to consider St. Joseph's recommendation
for development of new housing for multi-unit family households.
Joseph Singh, 7870 East Viewmount, pointed out that the report indicated that the City had job
growth by 17% of the County's jobs and 17,000 of those new jobs were in retail and services.
He said that Employment Development Division estimated that half of the 17,000 new jobs
were minimum wage paying jobs. He said that the City had a need to house these families
and said that the jobs that were created should match the needs of the employees that were
living. He believed that low income housing was not getting down low enough to the levels of
the people earning minimum wage up to ten dollars an hour and the biggest need was for very
low income large families. Mr. Singh believed that the need for senior housing had been met
and that the Council look at the housing as it related to the jobs created for the very low
income families in the City.
Allen Baldwin, Executive Director of the Orange County Community Housing Corporation, 17'h
Street, Santa Ana, said that the City would not be building additional units for extremely low
income large families. He said that the proposed Housing Element would not produce those
units. He believed that if Council wanted to house the almost 50% of new employees coming
to the County each year and he said that 20,000 employees earn less than ten dollars an hour.
Two to three families per apartment were housing them, he said, and that housing need had
not yet been served. He said that this Housing Element was the opportunity to house the
hotel. restaurant, janitor workers, the 20,000 new employees that come to the City each year.
Eldon Bayburn, Director of the Kennedy Commission, said that a recommendation was made
by staff to down zone large portions of the community to a level of development standard that
would not support affordable housing which would move the City's maximum density from 36
units to 18 units. He said that the minimum needed density to make an affordable project work
was around 25 units and that was a direct contradiction to the intent of the Housing Element.
He asked the Council to designate purchases of property and go after locations that could be
used for affordable, low and very low-income families.
Bob Cerince, 2285 West, commented that the aim of the Housing Element was to address all
economic segments. Mr. Cerince noted that the $30 million set-aside was a good plan and
that staff would be looking at parking ordinances and zoning designations. He said that 25
was the number that developers wanted to have as far as density. Mr. Cerince presented the
regional needs housing assessment numbers from SCAG and said that there were 350 units
that were affordable and all of those units were for senior development and the need for
seniors was only 16%. He asked Council to make a commitment to build and develop multi
unit family household projects and to make sure that the zoning was sufficient with densities
and appropriate parking ordinances.
Amin David, 419 South Gold Street, stated he believed that housing was a very critical and
important segment and the City should create places for people who were low income. He
noted that the regional housing assessment said that the City would need 4.349 affordable
housing units for people earning $20,000 to $50,000 per year.
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Mayor Daly noted that the public hearing would be continued for one week to May 8, 2001,
and would remain open. He asked if the plan prevented the densities required for that type of
housing or prevented a project from being built for the very low income.
Community Development Director, Elisa Stipkovich, said that it would not prevent a project
from being built for the very low income. She said that the City was in the middle of a whole
general plan amendment and looking at new zoning codes that may increase or decrease the
density and that had not been specifically recommended yet.
Mayor Daly said that projects like Jeffrey Lynne would not be more density in terms of the
number of apartment units but many of those units would now accommodate larger families as
a result of the rehabilitation.
Ms. Stipkovich said that there had been approximately 300 restricted rent units created for 55
years that were affordable to very low income families, 45% to 50% of the median income.
She noted that the Jeffrey Lynne project was considered to have taken substandard, blighted
housing and made it into standard, good quality affordable housing. She focused on obtaining
new sites for housing and said that she had spent $16 million of the $30 million set aside funds
and some properties were still in negotiations.
Planning Director, Joel Fick, explained the general plan and zoning update process and said
that it was about a 34-month process which just started about one to two months ago. Land
use would be the focus during the first 18 months, he said, and community focus groups would
be held with neighborhood groups starting sometime this summer. He said that the City was
very proactive in providing housing.
In response to Mayor Daly, Community Development Director Stipkovich said that the recent
Council action to allow some housing along South Anaheim Boulevard, near Ball Road, was
incorporated into the Housing Element. She said it was called boulevard housing and would
be at a higher density, which would make it affordable to low-income, 80% and below the
median income. Director Stipkovich said that she would bring Council more detail of the new
zoning entitlements to the South Anaheim Boulevard area.
Mayor Daly moved, seconded by Council Member McCracken, to continue the Housing
Element public hearing to May 8, 2001. Motion carried unanimously.
D. Report on Closed Session Actions:
City Attorney White reported that Council unanimously approved a Settlement Agreement with
the Secretary of Taxation of Revenue for the State of New Mexico relating to the City's 10.4
percent taxable interest in Unit 4 of the San Juan Generating Station located in Waterflow, New
Mexico.
E. Council Communications:
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Council Member McCracken said she would like answers to the concerns of residents regarding
material received from the City of Irvine relating to the Great Park or Central Orange County
Park and the transportation affects on Anaheim of the airport at EI Toro.
City Manager Ruth responded that the County of Orange was just about to launch a very
comprehensive marketing program throughout the County to explain these issues and state the
City's position in support of the airport.
Council Member Kring invited everyone to attend the Cinco de Mayo celebration at La Palma
Park this weekend.
Council Member Feldhaus said he would be attending Paint Your Heart Out on Saturday and he
announced that June 10, 2001, will be the annual Flag Day celebration in front of Disney Ice.
Adiournment:
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Daly adjourned the
meeting at 7:07 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
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Sheryll Schroeder, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
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