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CITY OF AZUSA
MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 16, 1987 - 6:45 P.M.
The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa met in regular
session at the above date and time in the Civic Auditorium.
Chairman Moses called the meeting to order. Call to order
ROLL CALL Roll Call
PRESENT: DIRECTORS: AVILA, COOK, CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES
ABSENT : DIRECTORS: NONE
ALSO PRESENT Also Present
General Counsel Thorson, Executive Director Wood,
City Department Heads, Redevelopment Project Analysts Steel
and Katchen, Secretary Solis, Deputy Secretary Lara.
The Minutes of the regular meeting of March 2, 1987, were Min appvd as
approved as amended. The corrections are as follows: amended
The Minutes were for the February 17, 1987 meeting,
not March 2, 1987.
The date of the Closed Session resolution should have
read March 2, 1987, not February 17, 1987.
The continued item of owner participation proposals for the CBD -1 site
CBD -1 site at the northwest corner of Foothill Blvd. and OPA's v.
Azusa Ave. was brought before the Agency. The Agency Casden Propsl
previously selected Casden Development Company over the
other outside developers for the exclusive right to
negotiate.
The following addressed the Agency regarding proposed owner Owners
participation proposals versus the Casden proposal: addressed
Agency re:
Ken Hartwell of Valley Craft Center displayed a model OPA's
of what he and a few other owners had proposed for K. Hartwell
their businesses, if they were allowed to stay
Richard Medina of Pancho's Villa Restaurant advised R. Medina
that he was losing business because of the threat of
redevelopment in the area and that if the Agency so
desired, his business was for sale and could be
acquired by the Agency at any time.
As Mr.
Medina's
time to speak had been exhausted and he
Mr. Medina
wished
to speak
on a different item, it was moved by
not permitted
Director Avila, seconded by Chairman Moses to allow him to
to speak be-
speak.
Motion failed
by the following vote of the Agency:
yond his 5
minutes
AYES:
DIRECTORS:
AVILA, MOSES
NOES:
DIRECTORS:
COOK, CRUZ, LATTA
ABSENT:
DIRECTORS:
NONE
Bill Simpson of Crestmore Apartments then addressed B. Simpson
the Agency and advised that, if possible, he would
like Casden Development to incorporate his proposal
with their development plans.
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Mr. Sam Freilich of Casden Development addressed the Agency
and discussed the proposed multi -family development at the
CBD -1 site. He requested that the condition stipulated in
the proposed negotiation agreement of a $50,000.00 non-
refundable fee be re -negotiated. He further advised that
analyses of the proposed site did not recommend retail
development at the site.
Casden addsd
Agency re:
their propel
Redevelopment Project Analyst Steel addressed the Agency and Comments by
advised the Agency of the options available to them with R. Steel
regard to this site and also felt that the $50,000.00 non-
refundable fee should be re -negotiated.
Lengthy discussion was held regarding proposed commercial v.
residential development in the CBD -1 site and possibility of
low cost loans to businesses in that area to refurbish their
buildings.
Moved by Chairman Moses to deny the Exclusive Negotiating Deny exclu-
Agreement with Casden and to work with the all the property sive neg.agmt
owners in the downtown area for refurbishing their store w/Casden
fronts with the aid of Agency funds.
Director Avila presented an amendment to the Chairman's
motion to defer consideration of the Casden agreement for
a period of 90 days to allow Casden and the downtown
merchants to cooperate, and incorporate merchants'
interests in the Casden proposal or plan. This amendment
was seconded by Director Latta and carried by the following
vote of the Agency:
AYES:
DIRECTORS:
AVILA, LATTA, MOSES
NOES:
DIRECTORS:
COOK
ABSTAIN:
DIRECTORS:
CRUZ
ABSENT:
DIRECTORS:
NON
Amendment to
main motion
deferring
denial for
90 days to
allow Casden
to work w/
merchants
The Chairman's main motion (which is stated above) was then Vote on main
seconded by Director Avila. Motion failed by the following motion
vote of the Agency: FAILED
AYES:
DIRECTORS:
AVILA, MOSES
NOES:
DIRECTORS:
COOK, LATTA
ABSTAIN:
DIRECTORS:
CRUZ
ABSENT:
DIRECTORS:
NONE
General Counsel then apprised the Agency that due to the Gen.Cnsl ad -
fact that the main motion made by the Chairman and seconded vised that
by Director Avila failed, that consequently the amendment amend to main
also failed and no action was taken. motion failed
Chairman Moses then made the motion
that
the Agency work
Wrk w/owners
solely with the downtown
people
to
refurbish their
of downtown
businesses. Motion died for
the lack
of a
second.
(died)
After considering the fact that the amended motion made by
Director Avila and seconded by Director Latta failed,
because the main motion failed, the Agency reconsidered
their previous action and another roll call vote was called
for. The main motion passed by the following vote of the
Agency:
AYES:
DIRECTORS:
AVILA, LATTA, MOSES
NOES:
DIRECTORS:
COOK
ABSTAIN:
DIRECTORS:
CRUZ
ABSENT:
DIRECTORS:
NONE
Director Latta offered two separate resolutions authorizing
payment of warrants by the Agency which were entitled:
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Reconsider
vote on main
motion
PASSED
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS TO BE PAID OUT OF
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS.
Moved by Director Latta, seconded by Director Cruz to waive
further reading and adopt. Resolutions passed and adopted
by the following vote of the Agency:
AYES: DIRECTORS: AVILA, COOK, CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES
NOES: DIRECTORS: NONE
ABSENT: DIRECTORS: NONE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Mr. Hartwell addressed the Agency and asked whether or not
it was feasible for him to re -roof his business, since the
Casden propsal was not accepted. He was advised that Casden
had a 90 day period to work with the merchants and seek
their cooperation and incorporate their plans for future
approval by the Agency.
Res. #344 &
#345 -
Warrants
Pub Prtc.
K. Hartwell
Mr. Taylor Ingebretsen of Azusa Canyon City Florist T.Ingebretsen
addressed the Agency and advised that all the businesses in
the downtown area need to be stable and viable. He stated
that he welcomed Casden's expertise and that he felt that
all the businesses would cooperate and work with them.
Moved by Director Cook, seconded by Director Latta and Adj to 3/30/8
unanimously carried by roll call to adjourn the meeting to @ 6:30 PM
March 30, 1987, at 6:30 P.M.
TIME OF
8:20 P.M.
NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 346
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