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. Resolution 85-33 involves a 10,000 square foot parcel at 321 East First Street which is owned by Al Martinez. Inc. and which is improved with a 3,000 square foot garage building and trailer and which is used for automobile repair activities. Resolution 85-34 concerns a parcel of approximately 14,000 square feet at 506 and 510 East Second Street which is owned by Charles, Estelle, and Dean Berto and which is improved with a 1.650 square foot building. Mr. Hoffman conti nued by stati ng that: All of the properties are commercially zoned. . The Redevelopment Agency has entered into Di sposi ti on and Development Agreements' for both the A-9 Site. where the properties covered by Resolutions 29 and 30 are situated. with Urban Pacific Development Corporation. on July 23. 1985. and for the A-10 Site. with Urbatec. on June 25. 1984. The Agency is contractually obligated to assemble both sites for conveyance to these developers. The A-9 development will be comprised of 194 high quality residential apartment units, with condominium conversion possible. to compliment the existing and new commercial development in the Downtown. The project is a part of the City's and Agency's efforts to foster a range of mixed uses in the Downtown. and to provide vitality to business in the area on evenings and weekends. . The A-10 development will be a 100;000 square foot neighborhood shoppi ng center to provi de conveni ent. qual i ty shoppi ng for the population in and around the Downtown. We are particularly concerned with providing accessible shopping to the many elderly persons occupying the hundr.eds of units of senior housing which have been constructed by the Redevelopment Agency. The projects are planned and located to be most compatible with the greatest public good and least private injury. Seventy five percent of the A-9 Site and one quarter of the A-10 Site are in the process of being vacated by the Salvation Army in its move to Anaheim. Most of the remainder of the A-10 Site is comprised of substandard buildings. many with seismic deficiences. The majority of the structures are over 50 years old. with no significant historical merit. All displaced businesses and the several residential displacees are being relocated pursuant to Federal and State relocation guidelines with the assistance of Agency staff. All of the properties are necessary to ffiâintain the viability and efficiency of the development sites. Offers of just compensation have been extended to all owners of record.