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RA2002/10/29ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 29, 2002 123 123 158 123 The Anaheim Redevelopment Agency met in adjourned regular session. Present: Chairman Tom Daly and Agency Members Frank Feldhaus, Lucille Kring, Tom Tait and Shirley McCracken. Staff Present: City Manager David Morgan, City Attorney Jack White, Secretary Sheryll Schroeder, Executive Director of Community Development, Elisa Stipkovich A copy of the agenda for the adjourned regular meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency was posted on October 25, 2002 at the City Hall inside and outside bulletin boards. Chairman Daly called the adjourned regular meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency to order at 5:15 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Anaheim City Hall, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Robert Moore said he believed that there was not enough information to make a public comment on the site plan that had been approved by the Neighborhood Colony District on a project that was vital to downtown. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 1 - 3: Chairman Daly moved approval of Agency Consent Calendar Items 1 through 3, seconded by Agency Member Kring. Motion carried unanimously. Approve and authorize the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Service Agreement with Stamper Whitin Works, to increase the maximum compensation to $100,000, for continued landscape architect services. Approve and authorize the Executive Director to execute the Negotiation Agreement with Clean City, Inc. for the relocation and rehabilitation of the Five Points building located at 1100 West Lincoln Avenue. Approve and authorize the Executive Director to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement with the City, in the amount of $46,000, for purchase of surplus property located at 1779 South Heather Lane (related to Council item A4). 5:00 P.M. Joint Public Hearings: Consider a Resolution approving a Disposition and Development Agreement with MCP Foods regarding certain real property located at the southwest corner of Broadway and Atchison Street. Chairman Daly moved, seconded by Agency Member Kring, to continue Item 4 to November 19, 2002 as requested by staff. Motion carried unanimously. 123 ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OCTOBER 29, 2002 PAGE 2 Consider a resolution approved a Disposition and Development Agreement with WL Homes, LLC. dba John Laing Homes regarding 5.3 acres located at 124 West Santa Ana Street and making certain environmental and other findings in connection therewith. Agency Member Tait declared a conflict of interest on Items 5 and 6 and left the Council dais. Executive Director of Community Development, Elisa Stipkovich, stated that Items 5 and 6 were development agreements that related to the downtown area of Project Alpha and the commercial/industrial project area south of downtown. She noted that the Agency had approved a exclusive right to negotiate with Laing Homes and Community Development had been working with them and the community. There had been a total of 31 meetings regarding the Laing Homes project and CIM project (Item 6), she said, both with various boards and commissions and community groups. She said that Item 5 was to agree to sell property located at 124 West Savannah Street so that the developer could build a 56-unit residential development, 36-units of the homes would be affordable. She noted that the site plan was available and all of the economic analysis was listed in the staff report. Chairman Daly opened the public hearing. Robert Moore said he did not see impact provisions for designing to the impact on the neighborhood. He said he believed that environmental impact, parking and other impacts should be stated somewhere in the agreement. Bill Taormina said he believed that the ownership housing project had been much needed in the City. He said that this was the key to the re-creation of the downtown core. He said he believed that the site plan was a result of approximately 20 iterations at a tremendous number of hours and cost to the developer. The level of quality and craftsmanship was unlike anything that had been built in the City before. Jerry Zomorodian expressed his support of the project. Chairman Daly closed the public hearing. Chairman Daly asked what the future action items for the project were and Director Stipkovich explained that there would be future actions to be taken by the Agency and the Council. The Agency would be reviewing the architecture, design, color and material and Council would review final entitlements for the site. Concerns raised by Mr. Moore would be handled at that time, she stated, regarding specific access and egress. Chairman Daly asked when the future actions would be brought forth and Director Stipkovich said she believed it would be about 60-days. Chairman Daly offered Resolution ARA2002-6 for adoption. RESOLUTION NO. ARA2002-6 RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY approving a Disposition and Development Agreement with WL Homes, LLC. dba John Laing Homes regarding 5.3 acres located at 124 West Santa Ana Street and making certain environmental and other findings in connection therewith. Roll call vote: Ayes - 4, Chairman Daly and Agency Members McCracken, Feldhaus, and Kring. Noes - 0. Abstain - 1, Agency Member Tait. Motion carried. 123 ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OCTOBER 29, 2002 PAGE 3 Consider a resolution approving a Disposition and Development Agreement by and between the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency and ClM California Urban Real Estate Fund, LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership, regarding certain real property in Redevelopment Project Alpha, and making certain findings in connection therewith. Executive Director of Community Development, Elisa Stipkovich, noted that the project included a library of 80,000 square feet, approximately 550 to 680 new structure parking spaces, between 60,000 to 76,000 square feet of retail space and 223 to 520 luxury apartments. The project would be located in the center of the downtown, between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard, north of Broadway. The public improvement project would incorporate the public library of 80,000 square feet and would be funded by the Agency and a portion of it funded by the City, she explained, and half of the parking was replacement parking and public parking to be used for the library. The private development would be apartments and retail space, which was estimated at $55million of private investment to go into the downtown area, she informed. ClM group was the developer and they had a good track record and the ability to do the project, she noted. Community Development and CIM had been working on the site plan and discussing with the community and a tremendous amount of public input had been placed in the project. Agency Member Kring asked if the historic character of the bridge or walkway from the new library to the Carnegie Museum would be maintained. Director Stipkovich said that Community Development had many discussions with members of the Museum Board and staff and final architecture and details of the design had not yet come forward. The final entitlements would come back for public review and Community Development would, once again, work closely with the Museum Board and Community. Agency Member Feldhaus noted that he had also been concerned about the integration of the Carnegie Library and loosing the historical perspective. Director Stipkovich responded that she understood that it was on the National Register and that was the reason that CIM was hired since they were familiar in dealing with issues with historical requirements. She explained that there would be 40-days for ClM to return with architectural designs and Community Development would be working with the public before presenting the designs to the Agency and there would need to be final entitlements for the residential mixed-use, which should take approximately 60-days. Chairman Daly asked if construction would begin in May 2003, if the project stayed on schedule and Director Stipkovich said it would be May or June, 2003. Chairman Daly asked what the sum total of the private investment in the proposed project was and Director Stipkovich said it was $54.5 million. Chairman Daly opened the public hearing. Allan Jeffrey stated that he was part of a community-based group dedicated to developing a downtown that honored the City's historic past while serving the future community needs. He said he supported the plans for the library and the mixed-use concept for high-end apartments along with street level retail uses. He asked what the style of architecture would be and if it would be similar to the surrounding historic neighborhoods. If that was not the style, he said, would it be a style that would co-exist with the existing historical structures. He said his neighborhood recommended that a design review process be set up for the project and he proceeded to address funding issues. One source of funding was for the library and the other ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OCTOBER 29, 2002 PAGE 4 for the apartments and retail and he said he believed that it should be mandatory that if one part of the funding process fell through, that the other part of the project be resubmitted for review on a stand-alone basis. Cynthia Ward said she had the same concerns as Mr. Jeffrey and asked for a design review process to make sure that the construction of the site was compatible with the library. Chairman Daly asked Ms. Ward if she was comfortable with the size of the building, if the architectural detail could be worked out. Ms. Ward responded that it was appropriate for the site. She said she had been against any sort of physical attachment to the Carnegie because of the National Register status and it was contrary to the Department of Interior Standards for historical restoration and she asked to see both developments contingent upon funding of both pieces and not be able to have one without the other. Dean McCluskey said he had purchased the building at 225 South Harbor Boulevard, which was undergoing $250,000 in tenant renovations and moving his advertising agency to the downtown area. He said he was supportive of an urban environment where he and his staff could walk to work and walk across the street to restaurants and a library was an excellent idea. He asked that the project be tied to the development and expansion of the library and that special consideration be taken to be certain that any bridge would be aesthetically pleasing and was part of the architecture of the building. Susan Faessel spoke on behalf of the public library and expressed support of the central library project. She noted that this was a chance for Council to show support of the library. June Lowry stated that the Anaheim Public Library Foundation supported the redevelopment project in the Project Alpha area. The library would be a focal point for revitalization of the downtown area, she added. Nick EIIovaivovich said he was president of the Anaheim Museum Board of Trustees and on behalf of the Board, said that they supported the downtown library project. The Board was thankful, he said, for agreeing not to physically link the historic landmark Anaheim Museum building with the new library. Dean Reynolds said he was active in the historic society and that the project would be advantageous to the entire community. Ann Nupsa said she was the historian for the Anaheim Cemetery and made continual use of the library. She said that the library offered many programs to every age group and she was in support of the project. Melanie Doss said she worked at Anaheim Cemetery doing research for people across the country and had made great use of the history room in the library. She stated that she was in support of the library project. Bill Taormina said that when the project was finished there would be approximately 500 people living in the central core of the City. He said that the City was fortunate to have ClM spend $55 million of their money to build the project and this would generate over $500,000 of property tax every year. Chairman Daly closed the public hearing. ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OCTOBER 29, 2002 PAGE 5 Chairman Daly asked how the new buildings would be designed in a way that complimented the existing, historic and Carnegie building. He noted that the downtown residents did not support a direct physical link of the new buildings to the Museum. There may be some ways to indirectly tie the properties together so that for appearances and usefulness, he said, there were some linkages. Chairman Daly asked what the direction to the architect would be if the Agency approved the agreement. Director Stipkovich said that there was a consistent comment from all of the different groups that had to do with the architecture being compatible with the buildings that were there, particularly the Carnegie, and that it reflected the history of the City. She said that Community Development had selected Hardy, Helzman and Pfifer who had done work for the Los Angeles library and they were capable of understanding all of the issues. She assured everyone that the architecture would be reviewed by all the community groups and said that Community Development would be happy to have a workshop to give people input as the design went forward. The architects and the developer would do the same and she said she wanted this to be a project that everyone would want to support. Chairman Daly asked if the architect would continue to generate ideas about how to make the most of the museum building and how to tie it to the surrounding structures. Director Stipkovich said that Community Development would like to have a solution to link the uses and create synergy between the Carnegie and its uses as well as the new library. There was a problem with handicap access that Community Development needed to deal with, she said, and the architect would be asked to be creative and sensitive and to show the ideas and concepts to the different groups to try and work out something that everyone would want. Agency Member McCracken noted that she had gone with the Community Development staff and architect to Los Angeles Public Library and the renovation was more than anyone could have dreamed that the architect would have come up with. The architect had disguised parking and an atrium had been added onto the building and the Los Angeles Public Library building was also a historical building, she informed. She said she believed that the architect and his company was a very talented group of professionals and Council and staff should be working with them to find opportunities for the new library building, residential and parking structures. Chairman Daly offered Resolution ARA2002-7 for adoption. RESOLUTION NO. ARA2002-7 RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY approving a Disposition and Development Agreement by and between the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency and ClM California Urban Real Estate Fund, LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership, regarding certain real property in Redevelopment Project Alpha, and making certain findings in connection therewith. Roll call vote: Ayes - 4, Chairman Daly and Agency Members McCracken, Feldhaus, and Kring. Noes - 0. Abstain - 1, Agency Member Tait. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Chairman Daly moved to adjourn the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency, seconded by Agency Member McCracken. Motion carried unanimously. The regular meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency adjourned at 6:08 P.M. ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OCTOBER 29, 2002 PAGE 6 Sheryll Schroeder, CMC/A~E Secretary, Anaheim Redevelopment Agency