HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/17/2008 - STAFF REPORTS - RA.2. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2008
City Hall Council Chamber
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Pougnet called the meeting to order at 6:42 p.m.
ROIL CALL:
PRESENT: Agency Member Hutcheson, Agency Member Mills, Agency
Member Weigel, Vice Chair Foat, and Chair Pougnet.
ABSENT: None.
ALSO PRESENT: Executive Director Ready, Agency Attorney Holland, and Assistant
Secretary Thompson.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
JIM FRANKLIN, commented on Community Redevelopment Agency Item RA1.,
requested the City address any proposed redevelopment at the Village Green, and a
status on the State Redevelopment Budget.
1. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (Joint Public Hearing with the City Council)
I.C. AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT NO. A0470C WITH SANTIAGO SUNRISE VILLAGE
MOBILE HOME PARK CORPORATION FOR AGENCY ASSISTANCE
IN THE AMOUNT OF $153,700, FOR LAUNDRY AND OFFICE
FACILITIES AT SUNRISE. VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK LOCATED
AT 1500 EAST SAN RAFAEL ROAD:
ACTION: 1) Continue the Public Hearing to a future date with no public
testimony; and 2) Direct the City Clerk to re-notice. Motion Agency
Member Mills, seconded by Vice Chair Foat and unanimously carried
on a roll call vote.
RA. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS:
RA9. CALLING THE. NOTE AND APPROVING THE PAYMENT FROM THE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO THE CITY FOR
REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NOTE TITLED
PROMISSORY NOTE VILLAGE. GREEN DATED FEBRUARY 7, 2008:
Executive Director Ready provided background information as outlined in
the staff report dated December 3, 2008, and stated the use of the funds
Item No. R A 2 .
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for the renovation of Wyndham Hotel to the Renaissance and the
Reservation System.
ACTION: 1) [City Council] 1) Adopt Resolution No. 22393, "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND ACCEPTING THE
REPAYMENT OF $1,300,000 IN PRINCIPAL BY THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY UNDER THE NOTE TITLED
PROMISSORY NOTE VILLAGE GREEN, DATED FEBRUARY 7, 2008;"
2) Adopt Resolution No. 22394, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-09;" 3) [Community
Redevelopment Agency] Adopt Resolution No. 1370, "A RESOLUTION
OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2008-09;" and 4) Authorize the City Manager/Executive Director to
execute all necessary documents related to the payment from the
Community Redevelopment Agency to the City of Palm Springs. Motion
Vice Chair Foat, seconded by Agency Member Weigel and
unanimously carried on a roll call vote.
The City Council recessed at 7:06 p.m., and the Community Redevelopment
Agency continued.
RA2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
ACTION: 1) Approve the Community Redevelopment Agency Minutes of
November 19, 2008. Motion Agency Member Hutcheson, seconded by
Agency Member Weigel and carried 4-0 on a roll call vote.
AYES: Chair Pougnet, Agency Member Weigel, Vice Chair Foat,
and Agency Member Hutcheson.
NOES: None,
ABSTAIN: Agency Member Mills.
RA3. AGREEMENT WITH DESIGN WORKSHOP, INC. FOR LANDSCAPE
DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE JACKIE LEE HOUSTON PLAZA:
John Raymond, Director of Community and Economic Development,
provided background information as outlined in the staff report dated
December 3, 2008.
Agency Member Mills stated his concerns for the amount of the contract
with respect to the scope of services, stated he would like to redefine the
scope and the budget and renegotiate the contract with Design Workshop,
Inc.
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Chair Pougnet stated he had the same concerns and requested staff to
address how we can move forward.
Vice Chair Foat requested staff address why the City does not include the
budget when the City goes out to bid for professional design services.
ACTION: Direcl staff to renegotiate the Scope of Services and the cost
with Design Workshop, Inc. and return to the City Council/Agency. Motion
Agency Member Mills, seconded by Agency Member Weigel and
unanimously carried on a roll call vote.
The City Council requested the City Manager schedule a Study Session
Item on the Procurement Process.
ADJOURNMENT: The Community Redevelopment Agency adjourned at 7:21 p.m.
APPROVED BY A MOTION OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THIS 17T" DAY OF DECEMBER, 2008.
STEPHEN P. POUGNET, CHAIR
ATTEST:
JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK