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Home My WebLink About1988-02-220 1 MINUTES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Council Chamber, City Hall Huntington Beach, California Monday, February 22, 1988 Chairman Erskine called the adjourned regular meeting of the Redevelopment Agency to order at 6 pm. BOLL CAL Present: Winchell, Finley, Kelly., Erskine, Green Absent: Mays, Bannister CLOSED SESSION The Chairman called a Closed Session of the Redevelopment Agency pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 to give instructions to the Agency's negotiator regarding negotiations with The Robert Mayer Corporation concerning the sale and lease of property located north of Pacific Coast Highway between Beach Boulevard and Huntington Street, being commonly known as the Driftwood Mobilehome Park and Huntington Beach Inn, and being more specifically identified as Assessor's Parcels 24-250-49, 64, 73 and 74. All located within the Beach —City Sub —Area of Main —Pier Redevelopment Project Area (Waterfront Project); and to give instructions to the Agency's negotiator regarding negotiations with Robert J. Koury and other property owners (Shandrick, City of Huntington Beach, Pacific Southwest Realty, Niccole, Tahmisian and Hine), regarding real property including City/Agency, real property in the second block of Main Street bounded by Main Street, 3rd Street, Walnut Avenue and 01-ive Avenue, and being more specifically identified as Assessor's Parcels 24-148-1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 21, all located Within the Main —Pier subarea of the Main —Pier Redevelopment Project Area (Retail Parking Structure Project). The Chairman called a recess of the Redevelopment Agency at 6 pm. The meeting was reconvened at 7 pm. The Chairman adjourned the adjourned regular meeting of the'Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach. ATTEST: s , i • Deputy Alicia M. Wentworth Clerk BY Deputy Clerk a U,---/Chai MINUTES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Room B-8, Civic Center Huntington Beach, California Monday, February 22, 1988 Chairman Erskine. called the regular meeting of the Redevelopment Agency to order at 7:45 pm. Present: Winchell, Finley, Kelly, Erskine, Green, Absent: Mays, Bannister E Ngtg1 j a KgtsGh spoke regarding the need to have the surf museum considered in the city's design. Geri Ortega, Huntington Beach Tomorrow, expressed concern that the meeting was not televised. She requested the Agency to consider their organization's pro- posal for the parking structure concept design. She stated that it should not block views of the beach. She recommended that. the existing area of grading be. restrlped to increase. the number of parking spaces. She stated that the parking should only be for beach -recreational use and not for Pierside or other uses. Doug Lanaevin, city resident, reviewed the parking plans which were displayed. on the wall and- presented recommendations including the possibility of restriping and regrading of the parking area to increase spaces. He requested that the Chairman refrain from voting on this item due to the location of his residence in the area. Chairman Erskine stated that as his property in ques- tion was his residence, the City Attorney had ruled that there was no conflict. Paul Picard, city resident, stated he favored Plan 1-A and asked the Agency to consider the long term effect of any decision. He expressed a desire to see a bluff top park in its natural state and an area totally dedicated to the hand- icapped in order to have the pier, Pierside Village and the park accessible. He asked what had happened to the concept of the parking structure previously planned for the Lake Street 'site. He spoke regarding negotiations with the Huntington. Beach Company regarding developing a transportation center. Tom Pratte, .Surfrider Foundation, distributed a memo regarding the parking structure. He stated the plan will block the view of the beach. He requested that a decision be made regarding the surfing museum. Mr. Pratte stated his preference for Alternative Action 1-A and favored the alternative action set forth in the'RCA dated February 2, 1988. Page 2 - Redevelopment Agency Minutes - 2/22/88 (Redeyelowg,t p�gy)_ NORTH OF THE PIER PARKING STRUCTURE CONCEPT DESIGN - RQLSA CHICA STATE BEACH The Deputy Clerk presented a communication from the Deputy City Administra- tor/Community Development requesting Council direction in the preparation of a J design concept for the. public parking structure north of the pier. Mike Adams, Planning Director, presented a staff report stating that staff recommended a combination of surface parking and a passive park over a parking 'structure. He reported on the directions of the State Recreation and Parks Commission regarding the terracing of the parking structure in order to pro- vide the maximum view potential. He spoke regarding reconstruction of the lot as recommended by some of the speakers during public comments. He reviewed the fifteen approaches depicted on the wall and recommended that the Agency select #2 (surface parking and passive park over a parking structure). He stated that the beach parking which is now available will not be available next summer due to redevelopment projects under construction at those sites. Discussion was held between the Agency and Mr. Adams regarding the manner in which the parking problem could be solved. Mr. Adams requested direction regarding the surfing museum as had been mentioned by the citizens. Director Kelly requested that a meeting be held regarding financing for the surf museum. The City Administrator stated that at a future meeting he would .like to pre- sent a rendering of a surfing museum to the Council. Councilmembers Finley and Green requested that any parking be planned to cur- rent code. It was requested that Conceptual Alternative #1 have facilities stubbed into it for possible expansion to a parking structure should the need arise. Following discussion, a motion was made by Kelly, seconded Green, to direct staff to review and make presentation based on Northside Conceptual Alterna- tives 1-4-8 with inclusion of financing plan for a surf museum. AYES: Winchell, Finley, Kel1y,-Green NOES: None ABSENT: Mays, Finley ABSTAIN: Erskine (RedevelQpmgnt) OAKVIEW PROJECT AREA ANALYSIS OF PENDING'PROJECT The Deputy Clerk presented a communication from the Deputy City Administra- tor/Community Development regarding the recently completed analysis of the land use, public improvements and circulation for the Oakview Neighborhood based, on a report prepared by the city's planning consultants, POD, Inc Doug LaBelle, Deputy City Administrator/Community Development, gave a brief staff presentation. Stephen Kohler, Principal Redevelopment Specialist, gave a slide presentation on the project. .. A3 Page 3 - Redevelopment Agency Minutes - 2/22/88 On motion by Green, second Erskine, the Agency approved, in concept, the fol- lowing projects: (a) alley reconstruction in south Oakview, (b) Jacquelyn Lane Enhancement Project and (c) street lighting in north Oakview and directed staff to prepare plans and specifications for the project and further directed that an Implementation schedule and funding sources for the remaining staff recommended projects be included in the FY 88-89 budget. The motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Winchell, Finley, Kelly, Erskine, Green NOES: None . ABSENT: Mays, Bannister Chairman Erskine adjourned the regular meeting of the Redevelopment Agency to 5:30 p.m. March 7, 1988 in Room B-8 in the Civic Center. ATTEST: Alicia M. Wentworth Clerk BY �4' Deputy Clerk Alicia M. Wentworth Clerk BY Deputy Clerk. hairman