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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - February 26, 1969 - CCAZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1969 7:30 p.m. The City Council of the City of Azusa met in adjourned session at the above time and place. Mayor Solem called the meeting to order. Present at Roll Call: Councilmen: Decker, Cooney, Calvert, ' Solem. Absent: Councilmen: Rubio Also Present: City Administrator Foxgorthy, Planning Director Smith, Planning Commission Members Kerekes,-Conforti, Molina, Fry, Kloepfer; and City Clerk K7arr. As the Auditorium was being used at the time for another function, the Mayor entertained a motion to adjourn to another location. Moved by Councilman Cooney, seconded by Counci;man Calvert and unanimously carried that the meeting be adjourned to the Azusa Public Library Auditorium on this date. The meeting was so adjourned at 7:33 p.m. The Mayor called the meeting to order in the Library Aud= itorium at 7:38 p.m. ' The Mayoi'presented a Resolution confirming the appoint- ment of Mr. Stephen J. Kerekes to the Planning.Commission. ' Councilman Decker offered the Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA APPOINTING STEPHEN J. KEREKES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Cooney that the Resolution be adopted. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: AYES: Councilmen: Decker, Cooney, Calvert, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Rubio and numbered Resolution 5542. The Mayor explained the purpose of the adjourned meeting was to familiarize the Council with the workings of Urban Redevelopment as it pertains to the downtown area of Azusa. Planning Director Smith gave a synopsis of the;activities over the past two years which led to this point. Councilman Rubio entered the meeting at 7:51 p.m. Mr. Walter Slattery, Program Coordinator for the Housing and Urban Development Program, spoke concerning the re- development programs for downtown Azusa. He explained the change in types of programs since 1968, as follows: Old System or "Conventional": A. Funds for planning could be advanced and becon.3 a'grant if the. program were not entered into. B. Funds for total program were allocated and earmarked for that application regardless of time needed to complete program. 0 Call to Order Roll Call Motion to Adj. to Library Adjourned Call to Order Res.#5542 Appt.Stephen J.Kerekes to Planning Commission Purpose of Mtg. re:HUD Counc.Rubio entered mtg. Presentation by W.Slattery of HUD. Types of Programs AZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1969 Page 2 New System or "Neighborhood Development Program": A. City is obligated for 1/4 of project costs. B. First year funds are allocated and second year funds are earmarked. C. Progress must be visible in one 'year, before second year funds are made available. Then third year funds are earmarked, &nd so on. D. Books are closed at end of each year.. Decision to continue or drop out can be made at end of each year by Council. i Applications are being taken for the N.D.P. program only. Authority for redevelopment comes from State of California Redevelopment law and rests with City Council. Federal Government gives no authority. The Council itself, or an appointed five or seven man board, operates as the Community Redevelopment Agency. It is this agency that H.U.D. deals with. The community must have a Workable Plan as follows: A. Uniform Building Codes. B. Master (or General) Plan for the City. C. Evideoce that the Community has established a relocation agency to aid displaced persons to find relocation housing (not to aid financially). D. Evidence,of Citizen Participation (in the decisions affecting the project �'rea). H.U.D. pays 100% of all relocation costs. Owners of struc- tures to be rehabilitated may receive an H.U.D',. 20 -year loan, at 3%, up to $50,000 for rehabilitation costs. In response to questions, Mr. Slattery explained as follows: The City is obligated for 1/4 the net cost of the project, which is the difference between the cost of planning, administration, land acquisition, development,'etc., and that which is realized by the Redevelopment Agency from the resale of the land acquired. The obligation may be met by credits as well as cash. These credits may be realized in a manner as follows: Structures erected by the City which are of City-wide benefit; 1/4 of such cost may be applied against the obli- gation if these structures are within the project area or within 1/4 mile of the project area. Credit may be given if the first act which started construction on these structures (the day the first demolition or earth movement started) is within three years prior to the date the appli- cation for aid is accepted. Paving of streets, planting of trees, new street lights, parking lots, or undergrounding of utilities, done by the City in the project area, or in a proximity toybenefit the project area, full cost to City may be used toioffset the obligation. Parking lots cannot be created with H.U.D. funds. The City may purchase the property acquired by the; Redevelop- ment Agency and build the parking lots itself as an offset to the obligation, but no H.U.D. funds can be used in the project for parking lots.' N.D.P.only available Auth.from State and Council Workable Plan Relocation Cost City obligated for 1/4 cost Credits may be applied Parking lots not funded by HUD 1 1 1 AZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1969 Page 3 A new policy of 1968 on applications means that all appli- National Goals cations must now meet oneof three "National Goals" to be requirement acceptable. These are: j waived for first applica- 1. Increase supply of low or moderate cost housing.tion 2. Increase job opportunities for unemployed or under -employed. 3. Solve critical social needs. Downtown projects do not meet any of these goals. Therefore, the first project for a community need not meet National Goals. Thus, the first project for a community must be a Downtown project, for it cannot be granted if any other project has come before it, It is the re -use of the area which determines the national goals. So an area may go from commercial to residential and meet national goals if this is agreeable with the Communities General Plan; or, it may change its nature in other ways, if it meets the General Plan. The investments of the City toward meeting the 1/4 obliga- Obligation tion may be pooled forward. Thus, if the City has invested funds pooled more than the first year's 1/4th obligation, the remainder forward may be pooled forward to offset the obligation of the next year. No refunds may be made for prior years, however, as the books are closed at the end of the year. No funds are presently available. However, th� chance of Funding funding after July 1, 1969, are good, perhaps by November after or December. f 7/1/69 There may be many "projects" within the total survey or 'program" Many "projects study area (the area). These projects need not in 'Program" be adjacent to each other and may be begun at different area times. The total study area must be large enough to reason- ably cover the substandard area. H.U.D. will not accept an area if the boundaries are too small. The adjacent area beyond the program area must be able to reasonably develop itself if the program area is brought up to standard. The project will probably be a mixture between rehabili- tation and clearance -reconstruction. A skilled director should be hired to phase the project so the upheaval to the persons in the area is at a minimum. Relocation can be done over a weekend. The Redevelopment Agency can hire either the City's Build- City Codes ing Inspector or an outside structural consultant to de- determine termine the condition of the buildings. Determination of Standards standard is made from the City's Codes. The affected people in'the area under consideration should visit Indio, Colton, San Bernardino, or Corona, though they used the "Conventional" system, to see how it worked and get both sides of the story. If they say hat H.U.D. has been unbearable, "then leave us alone." 1 Citizens participate in the decision process through block meetings, interviews with the business men (ow ers and tenants), along with direction from professional planners. An acceptable compromise is offered and publichearings are held. Then, as amended, the Council may decide to stop or go. It has the final authority for the decision. If it decides to stop, it pays the 1/4 net cost to that point, and that is all there is to it. The Mayor thanked Mr. Slattery for his presentation. Urge visit of other project locations Citizen Participation 1 AZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 263 1969 Page 4 The City Administrator requested authority to purchase approxi- C.Adm.req. mately $500 worth of Citizen's Band radio equipment for Civil $500 for Defense use. The recent disaster situation had pointed out the Citizen Band need for such equipment. radio equip. for Civil Moved by Councilman Cooney, seconded by Councilman Calvert, Defense and unanimously carried by roll call that the City Adminis- trator be so authorized. There being no further business, it was Moved by Councilman Calvert, seconded by Councilman Cooney and unanimously carried to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8:48 p.m. Next Resolution Number 5543 Next Ordinance Number 966 c���' ;>A §� A Motion to Adjourn Adjournment