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A motion was made by Mr. Ward and seconded by Mr. Yamamoto to not authorize the acquisition of the Minter House, but to continue on with the expansion of Birch Park. Before the question was called for, discussion ensued. . The Executive Director reported that in the application for the State grant request ($400,000 grant that the City recently received from the State -- $200,000 from the State, and $200,000 to be matched from the City or Redevelopment Agency), the plot plan shows all of the improvements over to the east side of Birch. Therefore, if we were to do what the grant requests, it would block off access for properties located on the east side of Birch. Several years ago, when we did the senior citizen development, it was approved that Birch Street would eventually be blocked off. Therefore, the request to eliminate access to the properties on Birch Street is in conformance with the previous action. . The Executive Director further stated that the Parks and Recreation Department and the Redevelopment Agency brought before the Agency, as a concept drawing, the expansion of Birch Park beyond the east side of Birch Street itself, and stated that the expansion, as presently planned, cannot be accomplished unless all of the property along the east side of Birch Street is acquired. He emphasized that at the present time, Staff is only requesting authority to acquire the Minter House first. He further stated that if the motion as stated stands, then Staff will have to go back and revise the expansion plans for Birch Park to somehow "miss" the Minter House. The Executive Director reemphasized that Staff is requesting authority to acquire the Minter House, and the decision as to what would be done with the property would depend on the cost of the rehabilitation and what the Agency directs Staff to do with the property. Several Agency members indicated that they did not want to become involved in the rehabilitation of any more homes. The question was called for on the motion made by Mr. Ward and seconded by Mr. Yamamoto to not authorize the acquisition of the Minter House, but to continue on with the expansion of Birch Park. The motion carried unanimously. . A motion was made by Mr. Ward, seconded by Mr. Bricken and carried unanimously to instruct Staff to encourage development and stimulate the private sector interest for the preservation of the Minter House. MAINTENANCE OF FASHION SQUARE PARKING GARAGE A motion was made by Mr. Ward, seconded by Mr. Garthe and carried (Mr. Yamamoto voted NO) to adopt the budget and authorize the Executive Director to enter into maintenance and security agreements; and authorize the Community Redevelopment Commission future authority over the parking structure within the approved budget; and that the upper floors of the parking structure not be used until the expansion of the Center. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL STENOGRAPHER CLERK I POSITION A motion was made by Mr. Ward, seconded by Mr. Brandt and carried by the following roll call vote to authorize the addition of one (1) Stenographer Clerk I to the Redevelopment Agency staff and approve a hiring freeze exemption for this position. . AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Brandt, Bricken, Evans, Garthe, Ortiz, Ward Yamamoto None -3-