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Home My WebLink About02/26/1985 . . . DOWNTOWN MINUTES REGULAR JOINT MEETING DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION/COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 26, 1985 AGENCY The Regular Joint Meeting of the Downtown Development Commission/Community Redevelopment Agency was called to order at 7:04 PM in the lower level conference room of the Standard Concrete Building at 117 West Fourth Street, Santa Ana, California. A visual roll call revealed the following: PRESENT ABSENT . John Acosta Daniel Griset, Chairman Wilson B. Hart P. Lee Johnson, Vice Chairman Robert Luxembourger Patricia MCGuigan Daniel H. Young Scott Morgan (ex-officio alternate) Others in Attendance: - Robert C. Bobb, City Manager Jan Perkins, Deputy City Manager/Operations Rex Swanson, Deputy City Manager/Development Edward Cooper, City Attorney Janice Guy, Clerk of the Council David N. Ream, Executive Director/Economic Developement Laurie Cottrell, Executive Director/Communications and Mktg. Roger A. Kooi, Downtown Development Commission Director Edward V. Henning, Asst. Dir. Downtown Development Commission Ken Tomlinson, Santa Ana Police Department Debra Kurita, Admin. Asst., Economic Development Agency Jose Ceballos, Greater Eastern Development Corporation Irving M. Chase, Greater Eastern Development Corporation Robert Escalante, Greater Eastern Development Corporation Jim Carley, President, Carley Capital Group Maureen McAvey, Carley Capital Group Allan Toman, Carley Capital Group Barry Elbasani, Carley Capital Group Architect Mrs. Weston Walker, Let's Improve Santa Ana Hal Butts, Warner, Huston, and Butts Don Cross, Exec. Mgr., Downtown Santa Ana Business Association Jack McCulloch, Chairman, Downtown Santa Ana Business Assoc. Joe Elias, Downtown Santa Ana Business Association Gary Craig, Admin. Asst., Downtown Development Commission Janet Grane, Downtown Development Comm. Stenographic Clerk I MINUTES ~taff reported the following errors within the minutes of the Regular Joint Meeting held on January 22, 1985: 1) Under the roll call, John Acosta was NOT present: 2) Under the roll call, Daniel H. Young was, in fact, present: 3) On page two of the minutes, in point three of Robert Hoffman' s prepared statement, "additional sales tax revenues for the City of approximately $9000,000 per year" should have read "additional sales tax revenues for the City of approximately $900,000 per year". A motion was made by Commissioner McGuigan, seconded by Commissioner Young, and carried unanimously (7:0) to approve the minutes of the Regular Joint Meeting held on January 22, 1985 contingent upon the corrections which were necessary and which have already been made. A-2 SITE DEVELOPMENT Robert C. Bobb, City Manager, provided an oral background report on the proposed Centerpointe development. Mr. Bobb stated that the site is bordered by Broadway Street on the east, civic Center Drive on the north, Ross Street on the west, and Fourth Street on the south. The proposed development would consist of a 225-room quality hotel, a tiel-story 230,000 square foot office tower, a 50,000 square foot tele-communications conference center and 60,000 square feet of speciali ty retail. The development is currently designed as two separate towers with a diagonal pedestrian pass-through from the southeast corner of Ross and Fifth Streets to mid-block on the north side of Fourth Street between Ross and the vacated portion of Birch Street. Mr. Bobb explained that he views Centerpointe as a flagship project. Mr. Bobb then introduced Maureen McAvey, of the Carley Capital Group. Ms. McAvey provided brief background on her company's involvement with this proposal, stating that the developer has already invested a year in the project. Ms. McAvey then introduced the Carley "team": Jim Carley and Allan Toman. Jim Carly, president of the Carley Capital Group, introduced Barry Elbasani, the Carley architect. Mr. Elbasani presented a slide show highlighting current design concepts for the proposed development. Following the presentation, Ms. McGuigan asked if the delivery and supply trucks would be separate from the food vending and retail areas. Mr. Elbasani stated that all such trucks will be routed into one central receiving area. Mr. Young inquired regarding the schedule for the development. Ms. tI~cAvey replied that a public hearing will be scheduled for April 16 , and that Carley is already currently involved in discussions with .otential hotel operators. She further stated that Carley hopes to break ground this year, with construction taking two years. Mr. Luxembourger asked if provisions for two separate fire flows were planned, to which Mr. Elbasani replied that no fire code has been written for the proposed building. Mr. Luxembourger queried regarding the number of proposed parking spaces. Rex Swanson, Deputy City Manager/Development, stated that approximately 1,000 spaces would be allocated and referred to a pending parking management plan. Mr. Hart asked for examples of the types of hotel operator envisioned for the development. Ms. McAvey stated that it would be a first class quality hotel such as a Hyatt or Marriott. Chairman Griset opened the ~uestions to the public, at which time several area property owners ~ade inquiries and received responses. Following the discussion, Mr. Young made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Hart, and carried unanimously (7:0) that the Redevelopment Agency: I 1. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the Carley Capital Group and the Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency for development of the A-2 site. 2. Authorize staff to prepare the final Disposition and Development Agreement and notice the Redevelopment Agency of April 16, for a joint public hearing of the Agency and the City Council for approval of this agreement. 3. Authorize staff to request proposals for consulting services to assist in designing, furnishing and programming a state of the art cable television center to be located in the proposed Centerpointe mixed-use development. CONTRACT FOR THE APPRAISAL OF 307-309 WEST FOURTH STREET; A-2 SITE ~ursuant to the extensive coverage given to the preceding item, little discussion occurred regarding this request for action. It was moved by Vice Chairman Johnson, seconded by Chairman Griset, and carried unanimously (7:0) that the Redevelopment Agency authorize the Chairman of the Redevelopment Agency to execute a real property appraisal contract with the firm of Gerald E. Schmitz and Associates for the appraisal of property within the A-2 Site, specifically, 307-309 West Fourth Street, for a fee not to exceed $4,500.00. EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE DEVELOPMENT OF THE A-12 SITE TO URBAN PACIFIC CORPORATION FOR Roger A. Kooi, Downtown Development Commission Director, provided brief staff background for the A-12 site. Kevin Wicke, representing Michael Reyes, and Urban Pacific Development Corporation architects made a brief presentation regarding the proposed development. Two hundred plus residential units are planned for the site. Pursuant to the perusal of a model of the development, it was moved by Mr. Acosta, seconded by Mr. Luxembourger, and carried unanimously (7:0) that the Redevelopment Agency grant a 90-day Exclusive Right to Negotiate to ~the Urban Pacific Development Corporation for development of the mended A-12 site, subject to the developer's payment of a $15,000 good faith deposit. PROPOSAL FOR A DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM Mr. Kooi introduced Edward V. Henning, Downtown Development Commission Assistant Director. Mr. Henning provided a brief background for this item. Following a short question and answer period, Mr. Kooi summarized the benefits of the proposed system as a tool for noise control and as a kiosk amentiy. A motion was made by Commissioner .young I seconded by Commissioner Acosta, and passed unanimously (7: 0) to approve the concept of a music and public address system for the Downtown area and authorize staff to solicit proposals for design and implementation of such a system. NOMINATION PROPERTY OF PROPERTY TO THE SANTA ANA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL A motion was made by Councilperson Young I seconded by Councilperson McGuigan, and passed unanimously (7:0) to adopt: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DESIGNATING CERTAIN BUILDINGS (LISTED BELOW) AS HISTORICAL PROPERTY FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PROPERTY. Building Kleidosty House Dr. Ball House Dr. Hervey House Ebell Club House Location 2526 North Santiago St. 1119 North Bush Street 1209 North Spurgeon St. 625 North French Street ADJOURNMENT .There being no further business to come before the Redevelopment Agency and the Downtown Development Commission these bodies were adjourned by the Chairman at 8:50 PM to the City Council Chambers on Tuesday, March 19, 1985 at 5:30 PM. The City Council remained in session for further oral communications. ~ D. .,.. {lß} ~ Executive Director/ Economic Development Daniel E. Griset Chairman -