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Home My WebLink About11/17/08CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING AGENDA NOVEMBER 17, 2008 REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 22 Civic Center Plaza 6 P.M. Miguel A. Pulido Chairperson Claudia C. Alvarez Vice Chairperson -Ward 5 Carlos Bustamante Agency Boardmember -Ward 3 Vincent F. Sarmiento Agency Boardmember-Ward 1 Joseph W. Fletcher General Counsel Cynthia J. Nelson Executive Director P. David Benavides Agency Boardmember -Ward 4 Michele Martinez Agency Boardmember -Ward 2 Sal Tinajero Agency Boardmember -Ward 6 Patricia E. Healy Recording Secretary if you need special assistance to participate in this Community Redevelopment Agency meeting, please contact the City ADA Program Coordinator at (714) 647-5340. Please call prior to the meeting date to allow the City enough time to make reasonable arrangements for accessibility to this meeting. (Americans with Disabilities Act Title ll, 28 CFR 35.102) BASIC COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING INFORMATION CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT The people of the City of Santa Ana, at an election held on February 5, 2008, approved an amendment to the City Charter of the City of Santa Ana which established the Code of Ethics and Conduct for elected officials and members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees to assure public confidence. A copy of the City's Code can be found on the Clerk of the Council's webpage. The following are the core values expressed: Integrity ~ Honesty ~ Responsibility ~ Fairness ~ Accountability ~ Respect ~ Efficiency AGENDA DESCRIPTIONS The Agenda descriptions provide the public with a general summary of the items of business to be considered by the Community Redevelopment Agency (Agency). The Agency is not limited in any way by the Recommended Action and may take any action, which the Agency deems to be appropriate on an Agenda item. Except as otherwise provided by law no action shall be taken on anv item not appearing in the Agenda. All supporting documentation for this agenda is available for public review in the Community Development Agency during regular business hours, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Community Development Agency is located in City Hall, 6~h Floor, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, (714) 647-5360. Late materials received following the posting of the agenda will be available for viewing in the Agency meeting location during the session. PUBLIC INPUT AGENDA ITEMS AND ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST -The City Council will convene a joint session with the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to receive public comments regarding any agenda items or items of public interest within the jurisdiction of the CRA. All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing by submitting a speaker card to the Clerk of the Council. Requests to speak shall not be accepted after the public comment session begins without permission of the presiding officer. During this public comment period, members of the pubic shall be given a total of three (3) minutes to speak on any and all matters contained on the City Council agenda and any and all matters including items of public interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of all related Agencies meeting on the same date. PUBLIC HEARINGS -Members of the public shall be given three (3) minutes to address the Community Redevelopment Agency for each duly noticed hearing, unless the matter is continued prior to taking public testimony. CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the Community Redevelopment Agency and will be enacted by one motion without discussion unless a member of the Agency "pulls" an item(s) from the consent calendar for a separate vote. TELEVISED MEETING SCHEDULE All regular Agency meetings will be televised and available for viewing on the City's web page live or taped delayed. Meetings held in the Council Chamber or other designated locations which are televised live on CTV3 Time Warner Cable will be cablecast Mondays at 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays immediately following the Agency meeting at 9:00 a.m., Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., and Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Meetings held in locations that do not have a live cable feed will be video taped and shown on CTV3 and the City's website one day following the Agency meeting. DVD copies of the Agency meetings for loan will be available for public circulation at the Santa Ana Main Library the day after the Agency meeting. CRA AGENDA 2 NOVEMBER 17, 2008 CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING NOVEMBER 17, 2008 REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER CHAIRPERSON PULIDO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEMBERS ALVAREZ, BENAVIDES, BUSTAMANTE, MARTINEZ, TINAJERO, SARMIENTO CITY MANAGER, GENERAL COUNSEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RECORDING SECRETARY PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS AND ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST The City Council will convene a joint session with the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to receive public comments regarding any agenda items or items of public interest within the jurisdiction of the CRA. All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing by submitting a speaker card to the Clerk of the Council. Requests to speak shall not be accepted after the public comment session beains without ermission of the presidinq officer. CONSENT CALENDAR Recommended Action: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar items. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS MINUTES Recommended Action: Approve Minutes. (Item 1.) REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 6, 2008 MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATION 2. EXCUSED ABSENCES CRA AGENDA 3 NOVEMBER 17, 2008 AGREEMENTS 3. AGREEMENT WITH CSG ADVISORS, INC. FOR FINANCIAL CONSULTING SERVICES Recommended Action: Authorize the Executive Director or designee and Agency Secretary to execute the attached agreement with CSG Advisors, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $80,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the Executive Director and Agency General Counsel. 4. FIRST AMENDMENT TO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR BUILDING REPAIRS AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES AT GRAND CENTRAL ARTS CENTER Recommended Action: Authorize the Executive Director and Agency Secretary to execute the attached first amendment to the Cooperative Agreement with the City of Santa Ana in the amount of $299,700, for a total amount of $334,700, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the Executive Director and Agency General Counsel. 5. TAX ALLOCATION BOND FINANCING TEAM Recommended Action: Direct the Agency General Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director and Agency Secretary to execute agreements with the financing team composed of financial advisor CSG Advisors, Incorporated, underwriters Stone and Youngberg and De La Rosa & Co., bond counsel Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, and special disclosure counsel Quint & Thimmig, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the Executive Director and Agency General Counsel. *** END OF CONSENT CALENDAR *** BUSINESS CALENDAR 6. BALLOT CASTING FOR DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Recommended Action: CRA AGENDA 4 NOVEMBER 17, 2008 Authorize the Executive Agency related to a Management District. Director to cast any ballots on behalf of the proposed Downtown Santa Ana Community JOINT SESSION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND ~ THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS 7. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING -DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH OLSON URBAN HOUSING LLC Legal notice was published in the Orange County Reporter on November 3 and November 10, 2008. At its Regular Meeting of October 21, 2008, by a vote of 6:0, the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission approved the following recommendations: that the staff recommendation be amended to include military veterans, who either work or live in the City, be given priority during the lottery process; recommended that the City Council hold a public hearing and approve a resolution regarding the sale of 2034 N. Bush, 2038 N. Bush, corner of N. Spurgeon and E. 22nd, 1314 Eastwood, 719 N. Concord, 812 N. Concord, 542 E. Central, 1029 McLean, 4010 & 4018 W. McFadden, 4106 W. McFadden, 4110 W. McFadden, 4809 W. Edinger to Olson Urban Housing LLC for the development of twenty affordable single-family homes; and recommended that the Community Redevelopment Agency adopt a resolution approving a Disposition and Development Agreement between the Community Redevelopment Agency and Olson Urban Housing LLC for the development of twenty affordable single-family homes at 2034 N. Bush, 2038 N. Bush, corner of N. Spurgeon and E. 22nd, 1314 Eastwood, 719 N. Concord, 812 N. Concord, 542 E. Central, 1029 McLean, 4010 & 4018 W. McFadden, 4106 W. McFadden, 4110 W. McFadden, 4809 W. Edinger. Recommended Action: CITY COUNCIL ACTION 1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute a purchase agreement with the Redevelopment Agency for the sale of real property located at 719-812 N. Concord for its appraised value plus normal escrow and closing costs. 2. Adopt a resolution regarding the sale of 2034 N. Bush, 2038 N. Bush, corner of N. Spurgeon and E. 22nd, 1314 Eastwood, 719 N. Concord, 812 N. Concord, 542 E. Central, 1029 McLean, 4010 & 4018 W. CRA AGENDA 5 NOVEMBER 17, 2008 McFadden, 4106 W. McFadden, 4110 W. McFadden, 4809 W. Edinger to Olson Urban Housing LLC for the development of twenty affordable, single-family homes. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION 1. Authorize the Executive Director to execute a purchase agreement with the City of Santa Ana for the acquisition of real property located at 719-812 N. Concord for its appraised value plus normal escrow and closing costs. 2. Adopt a resolution approving a Disposition and Development Agreement between the Community Redevelopment Agency and Olson Urban Housing LLC for the development of twenty affordable, single-family homes at 2034 N. Bush, 2038 N. Bush, corner of N. Spurgeon and E. 22"d, 1314 Eastwood, 719 N. Concord, 812 N. Concord, 542 E. Central, 1029 McLean, 4010 & 4018 W. McFadden, 4106 W. McFadden, 4110 W. McFadden, 4809 W. Edinger. *** END OF PUBLIC HEARING *** 8. FEDERAL NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM At its Regular Meeting of November 4, 2008, by a vote of 5:0 (Reyna absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission approved the following: Recommended that the City Council: 1. Approve a substantial amendment to the 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan and authorize its submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Neighborhood Stabilization Program application for grant funds in the amount of $5,795,151. 3. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing $5,795,151 in Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant funds and appropriating the same. 4. Adopt Neighborhood Stabilization Program guidelines, including that military veterans and disabled persons, along with those who live and work in the City, be given priority; that open space be considered as a priority option under Program 5; and that the category of the number of households to be assisted by income be amended. 5. Authorize the issuance of a Request for Proposals for program intermediaries. CRA AGENDA 6 NOVEMBER 17, 2008 6. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and enter into any necessary contracts and/or agreements to implement the Downpayment Assistance Program. Recommended that the Community Redevelopment Agency: 1. Adopt Neighborhood Stabilization Program Mortgage Assistance Program. 2. Authorize the Executive Director to execute all documents relating thereto. Recommended Action: CITY COUNCIL ACTION 1. Approve a substantial amendment to the 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan and authorize its submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Neighborhood Stabilization Program application for grant funds in the amount of $5,795,155. 3. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing $5,795,155 in Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant funds and appropriating the same. 4. Adopt Neighborhood Stabilization Program guidelines. 5. Authorize the issuance of a Request for Proposals for program intermediaries. 6. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and enter into any necessary contracts and/or agreements to implement the Downpayment Assistance Program. 7. Adopt a resolution establishing the Bank Owned Property Maintenance Program. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION 1. Adopt Neighborhood Stabilization Program Mortgage Assistance Program. 2. Authorize the Executive Director to execute all documents relating thereto. CRA AGENDA 7 NOVEMBER 17, 2008 COMMENTS 9. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARDMEMBER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME Community Redevelopment Agency board members may comment on non-agenda matters and ask questions of or give directions to staff. NO action may be taken on non-agenda items unless authorized by law. ADJOURNMENT CRA AGENDA 8 NOVEMBER 17, 2008