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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />could continue negotiations with the property owners with full <br />knowledge of what the costs would be, thus permitting staff to <br />negotiate more intelligently and fairly. <br /> <br />Chairman Griset indicated that the Agency members were very <br />concerned that the people on the west side of Lyons Street not be <br />condemned out for street widening, to which the Executive <br />Director/Economic Development stated that the Transportation <br />Department had been very positive that none of the property on <br />Lyons Street would be condemned for street widening purposes. <br /> <br />Mrs. McGuigan spoke of several letters of dissent that Agency <br />Members had received recently regarding the McDonnell Douglas and <br />Santa Fe developments. The Executive Director/Economic <br />Development assured her that everything was being done to arrive <br />at an equitable solution for these property owners but that the <br />question of a major entryway into this development site was very <br />important and that every effort should be made to honor McDonnell <br />Douglas and Santa Fe's request that the land for this entryway be <br />acquired. <br /> <br />Chairman Griset stated that he was uncomfortable with the thought <br />that the Agency might be sending the wrong signals to the <br />property owners in this area. <br /> <br />Vice Chairman Johnson stated that he also was most alarmed when <br />this question was first raised but that he had since been in <br />contact with some of the property owners and had found a change <br />in their points of view in that they now could see a possibility <br />of making improvements in their properties that they would <br />otherwise be unable to do. <br /> <br />After further discussion in which Agency Members asked staff to <br />continue to work for equitable solutions for the property owners, <br />it was moved by Mr. Luxembourger, seconded by Mr. Young and <br />carried unanimously (6:0) that the Agency authorize the Chairman <br />of the Redevelopment Agency to execute an appraisal contract with <br />Jeffery A. Donahue, for a fee not to exceed $36,000.00, for an <br />appraisal of fixtures and equipment within the McDonnell Douglas <br />and Santa Fe Development Sites. <br /> <br />STATUS REPORT - DEPUTY CITY MANAGER/DEVELOPMENT SERVICES <br /> <br />The Deputy City Manager stated that he would like to make a brief <br />status report to the Agency and discuss the possibility of <br />establishing a new set of goals for the City, now that most of <br />the goals of five years ago had been realized. He added that <br />he would make a short slide presentation showing 30 projects in <br />the City which had a value in excess of $1 billion. He stated <br />that looking at these slides would help the Agency to see what <br />had been accomplished and to set new economic goals in the last <br />part of 1985. During the slide presentstion the Deputy City <br />Manager/Development Services gave the following relevant <br /> <br />-2- <br />