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Home My WebLink About06-17-1996MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA JUNE 17, 1996 At 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Clerk of the Council Janice C. Guy announced the City Council would meet in the Santa Aha Library for a Work Study Session and declared the City Council meeting adjourned to the Santa Aha Library 2nd Floor Conference Room, 26 Civic Center Plaza, to convene at 6~ 10 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter. CALLED TO ORDER 6:20 P.M. LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM 26 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA ATTENDANCE COUNCILMEMBERS Present: MIGUEL A. PULIDO, Mayor ROBERT L. RICHARDSON, Mayor Pro Tern (6:23 P.M) TONY ESPINOZA (6:50 P.M.) TOM LUTZ PATRICIA A. McGUIGAN LISA MILLS TED R MORENO (6:50 P.M.) Absent: NONE STAFF Present: DAVID N. REAM, City Manager RICHARD LAY, Acting City Atton~ey JANICE C. GUY, Cleric of the Council RECESSED TO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY- 6:21 P.M. RECONVENED - 6:22 P.M. - Councilmembers Espinoza, Moreno, and Richardson absent CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 206 JUNE 17, 1996 Motion: CONSENTCALENDAR Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. MOTION: McGuigan VOTE: ABSENT: SECOND: Mills AYES: Lutz, McGuigan, Mills, Pulido NOES: None Espinoza, Moreno, Richardson ORDINANCES/SECOND READING Votes in this category may differ from the vote on the Consent Calendar. The decision on these items was made at a previous Council meeting and the vote carded forward. However, ifa Councilmember was absent from the previous meeting, but is present for this meeting and does not declare otherwise, his/her vote is recorded as affirmative. Absences from the current meeting are recorded as such. ll.A. Motion: 800 MHZ COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Placed on first reading on June 3, 1996 by a 5/0 vote with Espinoza abstaining and Moreno absent) Published in the Orange County Reporter on June 11, 1996 Place ordinance on second reading and adopt. ORDINANCE NS-2293 - An ordinance of the City of Santa Ana approving the public leaseback of certain facilities with the Countywide Public Financing Authority - Finance and Management Services FILE CA GRANT APPLICATIONS 21.A. COOPERATIVE GRANT - CAMBODIAN FAMILY - M1NNIE STREET AREA Motion Adopt resohttion. RESOLUTION 96-062 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana approving a cooperative grant application with the Cambodian Family, Inc. For funds from the County of Orange Social Services Agency for family preservation and support services - Library FILE CA * * * END OF CONSENT CALENDAR CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 207 JUNE 17, 1996 Mayor Pro Tern Richardson joined the meeting at 6:23 p.m. WORK STUDY SESSION MAIN STREET CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT Planning and Building Agency Executive Director Robyn Uptegraff reviewed the agenda for the session, indicating the Mid-Town and Downtown Districts of the Main Street Corridor would be addressed this evening, and the South Main District of the Corridor at a subsequent Work Study Session. She reported staff.was preparing zone change and general plan update documents for the North Main/Museum area for Council's consideration on August 5, 1996. Mid-Town Senior Planner Jeff.ry Rice presented staff's report for the Mid-To~vn District, showing slides of current uses and potential development opportunities. He briefed the Council on the boundaries and long-term vision for Mid-Town, and explained permitted uses in each of the Mid-Town's sub- districts: Civic/Professional, Financial, Community and Specialty Retail, Broadway Corridor, and Bush Street Professional. Councilmembers raised several issues relating to permitted uses, including but not limited to: prohibiting laundromats; restricting all-night restaurant operations; discouraging Immigration and Naturalization Services foot traffic on Main Street (the City cannot regulate federal operations); disallowing new multiple-family residential projects, additional mortuaries, or drive-through operations; and converting older historic residences to new uses. Councilmembers Espinoza and Moreno joined the meeting at 6:50 p.m. Community Development Agency Project Manager Susan Helper discussed the parking deficit in the Mid-Town, indicating a 600-space deficit in the Civic Center/10th Street area and 300-space deficits each in the 10th Street/Washington and Washington/Seventeenth Street areas. She explained the major parking issues were "how many" spaces and "where" to place parking structures. Community Development Agency Executive Director Cindy Nelson noted the final Mid-Town Specific Plan would include recommendations regarding parking. She also reported staff was investigating use of "in lieu" parking districts (payments are made by building owners and funds aggregated to construct parking structures) as a means of providing additional parking in commercial zones. In response to Mayor Pulido's inquiry, City Manager David Ream provided a historic overview of how commercial buildings with insufficient parking become non-competitive. Downtown Development Manager Roger Kooi stressed the need for the Council to be flexible regarding parking requirements in the downtown. Councilmember Moreno suggested possible elimination of the Conditional Use Permit requirement for parking lots. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 208 JUNE 17, 1996 Executive Director Uptegraff anticipated the Mid-Town Specific Plan would be ready for Council consideration in September 1996. Downtown/Artists Village Senior Planner R/ce presented staff's report for the Downtown District including the Artists Village, showed slides of current uses, and pointed out potential development opportunities. He briefed the Council on the boundaries and long-term vision for the area, and provided a packet of information detailing Community Commercial, Central Business, General Commercial, and Central Business- Artists Village zoning and permitted land uses. Rice indicated the Main/lst Street intersection, a major gateway to the Downtown, and a landscaping "edge" along First Street as areas of special focus by staff. Councilmembers discussed expanding the Artists village, the infeasibility of locating auto parts stores in areas without adjacent parking, the need for planning flexibility relative to the Main/lst Street intersection, and extending the study of the Main Street corridor to MacArthur rather than ending at Warner Avenue as originally proposed. Mayor Pro Tem Richardson requested a copy of the McFadden/Main realignment plan. Executive Director Uptegraffindicated staff would conclude its Main Street Corridor presentation with information on South Main at the next study session, and address the industrial area on Main between Warner and McArthur in the future. PUBLIC COMMENTS Jim Hendricks presented his vision for Sycamore Street as a parklike, urban setting with amenities as opposed to the street's current use as a feeder to parking structures. In response to an inquiry from Debbie McKuen, Public Works Agency Engineering Services Manager George Alvarez anticipated making traffic counts in the French Park area some time in October 1996, following which traffic mitigation measures would be discussed with the Neighborhood. RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION - 7:50 P.M. The Brown Act permits the City Council to discuss certain matters without members of the public present, provided the items to be discussed are posted 72 hours prior to the City Council meeting. The following items were received for the June 17, 1996 Closed Session. 95.A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (GC. Section 54957) Title: City Attorney CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 209 JUNE 17,1996 95.B. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR (G.C. Section 54957.6 Agency Negotiator: Kathie Romero Employee Organization: Firemen's Benevolent Association Employee Organization: Police Officers Association 95.C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (G.C. 54956.9) Name of Claimant: Hertz Corporation, Claim No. 96-039 Name of Claimant: Macomber, Joan, Claim No. 95-130 CLOSED SESSION REPORT - 7:59 P.M. Motion: Authorize settlements as follows: Hertz Corporation, Claim No. 96-039, in the amount of $6,427.45 Macomber, Joan, Claim No. 95-130, in the amount of $18,000.00 MOTION: Lutz VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: None NON-VOTING: SECOND: McGuigan Lutz, McGuigan, Mills, Pulido, Richardson None Espinoza, Moreno ADJOURNMENT- 8:00 P.M. Clerk of the Council CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 210 JUNE 17, 1996