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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13C - COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT Adjourned Meeting Minutes September 28, 2004 CALL TO ORDER The meeting convened at 5:34 p.m. in Room 831 of City Hall. ATTENDANCE The following Councilmembers were present: Lisa Bist and Alberta Christy Staff present were: Dave Ream, City Manager; Jim Ross, Executive Director/Public Works Agency; Kenneth Adams, Assistant Director/Planning and Building Agency; Ben Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; Bruce Dunams, Community Preservation Manager; Manuel Gomez, Transportation Manager; Teri Cable, Administrative Services Manager; and Mary Gonzales, Projects Manager. AGENDA ITEMS 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Approved by a vote of 2:0 A. April 27, 2004 Regular Meeting B. May 25, 2004 Special Meeting C. June 22, 2004 Meeting Cancelled D. August 24,2004 Meeting Cancelled 2. BANNERS ALONG HUTTON CENTRE Staff presentation by Mary Gonzales and Teri Cable intended to receive Committee support to permit the installation of banners on public light standards along the public right of way in the Hutton Centre area. Staff brought the issue to the Committee since current public policy was to only permit non-profit charitable organizations the right to place banners on public light standards. Ms. Jody Coats and Ms. Jami Small representing CB Richard Ellis and Hutton Centre Business association provided a package of material identifying the banners requested by the group. Mr. Kaufman asked the Committee to allow him to determine if it were legally appropriate to respond in this forum. He also asked if the association would consider installing stanchions on private property thereby making the issue a land use matter which would be referred to the Planning Commission. The item was continued to the next meeting. 3. CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFFING Bruce Dunams presented an overview of the adjustments to code enforcement staffing made since the fiscal year budget adjustments and retirements that recently occurred in the community preservation division. He explained in detailed how the workload has been redistributed over the existing staffing with emphasis on maintaining priority within the neighborhoods and the proactive code enforcement efforts. 13C-1 Public comments focused upon debris accumulation on the streets and sidewalks of the business areas particularly South Main and South Bristol Streets. Committee determination was that staff would prepare appropriate correspondence to the business merchants to stress a clean up program for the street and sidewalk areas adjacent to their properties. Committee determined that a work effort with the Chamber of Commerce to develop a clean up campaign for the business community. 4. LOCOMOTIVE HORNS AND QUIET ZONES Manuel Gomez provided the Committee with an update on the status of locomotive horns and noise reduction issues associated with reducing the sound pollution caused by the use of train horns adjacent to city's neighborhoods. He presented a series of alternative strategies all of which ultimately must address the issue of liability as relates to safety. If the city is willing to make certain improvements and accept a negotiated liability strategy, then a sound attenuation program could be put into place. Mr. Gomez determined that staff would need additional time to study both the liability and railroad crossing improvements that would have to be put into place before the Committee could make any serious policy input. The item was continued to the next meeting. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS Evangeline Gawronski inquired if winter hours would be observed during the enforcement of mobile vending ordinance. The issue will be referred to the City Council for determination. Dave Lopez commented that parking signs were disappearing on the Harbor Boulevard corridor along with required off street parking for many of the automotive retail lots. A response to the issue was requested. 6. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS - None 7. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING A. Banners Along Hutton Centre B. Locomotive Hours and Quiet Zones 8. NEXT MEETING DATE: Tuesday, October 26,2004 ADJOURNMENT -7:45 P.M. ~~ Kenneth Adams Assistant Director/ Planning & Building Agency S:Council CommINlCE CClNICE Minutes 09-28-04 Adjourned Mtg. Neighborhood Improvement/Code Enforcement Council Committee Minutes 2 September 28. 2004 13C-2 CITY OF SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON MAIN STREET DEVELOPMENT MINUTES January 19, 2005 CALL TO ORDER The meeting convened at 5:47 p.m. in City Hall, Room 831, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California. ATTENDANCE City Council Committee members present: Council member Lisa Bist, Councilmember Jose Solorio and Councilmember Claudia Alvarez. Staff members present: Community Development Agency Executive Director Patricia C. Whitaker, Chief Assistant City Attorney Benjamin Kaufman, Senior Planner Sergio Klotz, Community Preservation Inspector Alvaro Nunez, Downtown Development Manager Matthew Lamb. Community members present: Tim Rush. AGENDA ITEMS 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - September 15, 2004 Action: The minutes were approved 2:0 2. PROPOSED CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS La Casa de Ceramica at 2431 S. Main Street has a new manager. In the last few weeks, it has incurred $1,500 in fines from Code Enforcement. Downtown is now getting citations rather then warnings. Discussion ensued regarding the ARCO station and the auction. Lisa requested an update by Alvaro. Alvaro passed out pictures on the Spurgeon Building and the conditions that were seen during the inspection on Wednesday, January 12, 2005. Owner of the property gave consent in writing to Code Enforcement to inspect the property. The types of violations on the property were damage to some areas and deferred maintenance issues. There are approximately 60 units in the building with 50% 13C-3 occupancy. There were units that had evidence of people living in them. Jose Solorio asked how the City could control the parties/raves that are happening after hours. The Police Department has been informed of the after-hours activity and will be taking the appropriate actions. Tim Rush commented on how the owner of the property needs to sell the property to a developer that has the capabilities to rehabilitate this magnificent historical building into an official live/work site for Downtown. The current property owner does as little as possible to maintain the property. The property owner can do a cease and desist for the people living in the building, and have them out of there in 90 days. 3. DOWNTOWN BID UPDATE All relevant information was presented to Council at the January 18, 2005 meeting in a public setting. No additional update was presented. 4. PROJECT UPDATES a) SWC First and Main Streets - Oriqinal Mike's - The Certificate of Occupancy has been issued for the restaurant. The apartment units have some remaining items that need to be addressed prior to a final sign-off. b) City Place - Going to City Council on February 7 as a public hearing item with all the actions and environmental documents c) YMCA- Previous discussions in City Council Closed Session prompted questions on both proposals that were presented. Staff has met with both developers to discuss the concerns raised by City Council and both developers agreed to re-submit their proposals. The two revised proposals will be sent to Keyser Marston for their review and then brought back to a closed session for City Council. d) Court of Appeals- All relevant information was presented to Council at the January 18, 2005 meeting in a public setting. No additional updated was presented. City Council Committee on Main Street Development ~ Minutes 2 January 19, 2005 13C-4 e) 4th Street Pushcart Status - The bid for the production of the carts came in at $124,000. The bids came in higher because of the rise in steel costs. The City would like to modify the settlement agreement and the City Attorney's office has been in contact with operator's attorney who is in agreement with the proposed terms and conditions. The modification to the terms and conditions will be an agreement on the specifications, standards and the manufacturer of the vendor cart with the increase in the cost of the carts being covered by the City. The difference would be $28,000, which may increase slightly since the bid expired at the end of December. The next step is to get the modification to the agreement formalized and approved by City Council. Once approved by City Council, the carts will be produced at a rate of two carts every six weeks. f) Sav-On Lofts - Planning staff will be visiting the site on Friday, January 21, 2005 to do the final for planning. The Charles Company has engaged Tanya Weeks, Realtor, to lease the property. g) Sycamore Garaqe Landscapinq - The parking lot improvements have been completed and signed off by the Planning Division. The monthly parking fee is now being released. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS - Tim Rush commented that the Spurgeon Building needs to be sold to a developer who can do a reuse project. The owner is not the type of owner that benefits the Downtown, especially in such a landmark facility. 6. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS - Jose Solorio asked about the status of South Main Street steam cleaning and banners for the street. Staff informed the Committee that the issue was put on hold due to the lack of funds to cover the cleaning. Matt Lamb will bring the information back to the Committee next month. Jose Solorio asked about the status of occupancy for the Spurgeon Building. Staff will investigate and report to Committee in two months. City Council Committee on Main Street Development .. Minutes 3 January 19, 2005 13C-5 7. ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS a. Spurgeon Building b. South Main Street Sidewalk Cleaning and Banner costs 8. NEXT MEETING - February 16, 200S ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 6:49 p.m. to February 16, 2005. cf!L ~ {JKti Patricia C. Whitaker Recording Secretary Community Development Agency PCW /If City Council Committee on Main Street Development - Minutes 4 January 19, 2005 13C-6