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'-'. - . . . . KEISER DEVELOPMENT - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES A motion was made by Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. Ortiz, and carried 6:0 unanimously to authorize the Executive Director to acquire Assessor Parcels 008-121-01 (Rubio) and 008-121-11 (Fainbarg). Because of the urgent need to acquire these two properties, a re- solution pertaining to this acquisition was not available at this meeting. The appropriate resolution is being prepared by the City Attorney's Office and will be presented for approval at the next Agency meeting. AGENCY MEETING DAYS A motion was made by Mr. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Bricken, and carried 6:0 unanimously to retain the current meeting time for the Agency to meet as the third Monday of each month on the regular City Coun- cil agenda. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S JOINT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The Executive Director reported that he has met with representatives of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and has an additional meeting scheduled shortly. He stated that DOT is very much inter- ested in Santa Ana's past performance in the development field, and what is currently going on. He indicated that Santa Ana has a good chance to capture what has been requested on our application. BIRCH PARK IMPROVEMENT GRANT The Executive Director reported that the Grant request submitted jointly with the City's Recreation and Parks Department to the De- partment of Inte~ior relative to Birch Park, was approved. He also informed the Agency members that the City of Santa Ana has the distinction of the being the only city in the entire State to have its grant approved by the Department of Interior. Mr. Ward commented that the application was indeed very inclusive. FRIIS CONDEMNATION ACTION The Executive Director reported that a site on which to locate the Friis' interests has been found, and a settlement has been reached with them for an amount of $50,000, subject to Agency ap- proval. He reported that what had previously been a very human problem and physical condition, will be resolved with the approval of the settlement figure to acquire the Friis property, Assessor Parcel 008-115-15. The City Attorney indicated that the settlement figure was a rea- sonable one and advised acquiring the property for the figure of $50,000.00. A motion was made by Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. Garthe, and was carried 6:0 unanimously to authorize Staff to proceed to acquire the Friis property within the Heritage Development Site at the settlement figure as stated, $50,000.00. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Community Redevelopment Agency, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 P.M. upon the motion of Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. Garthe, and carried unanimously. ~~ Executive Director David L. Brandt, Chairman 3.