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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON <br />DEVELOPMENT <br />Meeting Minutes <br />May 17, 2007 <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 12: 1 0 p.m. in Room 831 of City Hall. <br /> <br />ATTENDANCE <br /> <br />The following Committee members were present: Miguel Pulido, Carlos Bustamante and <br />Vince Sarmiento. <br /> <br />Staff present were: Cathy Standiford, Assistant City Manager; Steve Harding, Deputy City <br />Manager for Development Services; Jay Trevino, Executive Director Planning and Building <br />Agency; Joe Fletcher, City Attorney; Karen Haluza, Planning Manager; and Ben Kaufman, <br />Chief Assistant City Attorney. <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES - APRIL 5, 2007 SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />A motion was made by Councilmember Bustamante and seconded by <br />Councilmember Sarmiento to approve the minutes and approved unanimously by a <br />vote of 3:0. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />YMCA - POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Steve Harding reported that as a follow-up to the withdrawal of the Claremont Club <br />proposal for the YMCA he had contacted nine law schools to assess their interest in <br />the facility. Those schools that expressed interest were concerned about the cost to <br />establish a satellite law school and for potential service overlap with the new law <br />school currently being developed at UC Irvine. <br /> <br />Councilmember Sarmiento discussed interest in other higher education facilities, <br />such as Pepperdine University, to establish satellite facilities not specific to law <br />education. <br /> <br />Mayor Pulido recognized individuals from the audience to speak. <br /> <br />Rosie Avila, Santa Ana School Board Member and founder of the Orange County <br />Youth Commission, was recognized to speak. Ms. Avila requested that the YMCA <br />building be used as a facility for the Youth Commission's headquarters. Ms. Avila <br />explained that she believed that such a use would be in keeping with the building's <br />original purpose as a place for youth mentoring and physical fitness. She stated that <br />the area has a great need for such services and that they would expect funding for <br />rehabilitation of the building to come from a fund raising campaign conducted by the <br />Youth Commission. <br />