ARA-2009/01/27ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING OF
JANUARY 27, 2009
The Anaheim Redevelopment Agency met in regular session in the Chambers of Anaheim
City Hall located at 200 South Anaheim Boulevard.
Present: Chairman Curt Pringle, Agency Members: Lorri Galloway, Bob Hernandez, Lucille
Kring, and Harry Sidhu.
Staff Present: City Manager, Dave Morgan, Acting City Attorney, Cristina Talley, and
Secretary, Linda Andal
A copy of the agenda was posted on January 23, 2009 on the kiosk outside City Hall.
At 5:13 P.M., Chairman Pringle called the meeting of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency to
order for a joint public comment session with the Anaheim City Council.
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
PUBLIC COMMENTS: No comments offered during oral communications related to the
Redevelopment Agency agenda.
CONSENT CALENDAR: At 5:30 P.M., the consent calendar was considered with Chairman
Pringle requesting a brief staff report on Item No. 1 prior to adoption of the consent calendar,
1. Approve revisions to the Second Mortgage Assistance Homebuyer Downpayment
ARA-161 Assistance Program to increase the program loan limits for low and moderate income
households (related to Council Item #07).
Elisa Stipkovich, Director of Community Development, explained that approval of Item 1
would give the Department flexibility in its downpayment assistance program. She noted
Council had previously authorized the maximum amount of downpayment assistance to be
$125,000 for low income and $100,000 for moderate incomes and would normally group
together several different loans to reach those maximums. She pointed out staff was not
asking to change maximums but due to the fact the State of California had frozen several of
their housing programs, staff was unable to reach that maximum by bundling loans together.
She added in order to honor the commitment made to several homebuyers currently in
escrow, staff required flexibility on local programs such as setaside loans and federal home
loans, further adding, should the State release monies in the future, the process would return
as previously handled.
Mayor Pringle supported the Department's actions to provide City backup funds to cover
anticipated State loans to allow four homeowners currently in escrow to move into their
homes in the Colony Parks project. He added that he would support the continuation of
loaning borrower's funds and have the State reimburse the City as opposed to changing the
formula and taking on an added downpayment assistant program. Ms. Stipkovich responded
staff would work with the City Attorney to determine whether it was possible to continue to
fund the BEGIN loans in anticipation of reimbursement by the State.
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2. Approve minutes of the Redevelopment Agency meeting of December 16, 2008.
After presentation of the staff report on Item No. 1, Agency Member Hernandez moved to
approve the consent calendar (Item No's. 1 - 2), seconded by Agency Member Kring. Roll
Call vote: Ayes - 5: Chairman Pringle and Agency Members: Galloway, Hernandez, Kring
and Sidhu. Noes - 0. Motion Carried
At 5:36 P.M., with no other business to conduct, Chairman Pringle adjourned the Anaheim
Redevelopment Agency.
Resp ctf Ily submitted,
Linda N. Andal, CMC
Secretary, Anaheim Redevelopment Agency