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MINUTES
OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 22, 1983
At 7:10 P.M. the Redevelopment Agency was called to order by
Chairperson Yannatta Goldway.
Roll Call:
Members Present:
Chairperson Ruth Yannatta Goldway
Agency Member James P. Conn
Agency Member William H. Jenn1ngs
(entered 7:11 P.M.)
Agency Member Dolores M. Press
Agency Member Christine E. Reed
Agency Member Dennis Zane
Executive Director John Alschuler, Jr.
Agency Attorney Robert M. Myers
Agency Secretary Joann Jelly
Absent:
Chairperson Pro Tempore Ken Edwards
It was moved by Asency Member Conn and seconded by Agency
Member Zane to add Item RA-3 to the Agenda. The motion was
approved by the following voice vote:
Affirmative: Agency Members: Conn, Jennings, Press,
Zane and Mayor Yannatta Goldway
Negative:
Agency Members: Reed
Absent:
Agency Members: Edwards
RA-l: Annual Report to the Agency for F1scal Year 1981-82.
The staff report was presented by the City Manager.
Agency Member Conn moved and Agency Member Zane seconded to
accept the report and authorize the Executive Director to
transm1t the suggested changes in Health and Safety Code
33449 to the City's 1egislat1ve representatives in
Sacramento. Agency Member Zane moved to add an amendment to
add on page 2 "prepare development and management program,"
which was accepted by the maker of the motion. After
discussion, the motion was approved by the fo11ow1ng voice
vote:
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Affirmative: Agency Members: Conn, Jennings, Press,
Zane and Chairperson Yannatta Goldway
Negative:
Agency Members: Reed
Absent:
Agency Members: Edwards
Agency Member Reed asked that the record reflect that her
vote was no because she did not feel that she had enough
exact information about the legislative business to make a
Judgment at that time.
RA-2: Recommendation to author1ze the Asency Chairperson to
execute promissory notes regarding Agency debt to the City.
The City Manager gave the staff report.
~gency Member Conn moved and Agency Member Zane seconded to
approve renewing three promissory notes, one for the
Downtown Project and two for the Ocean Park Project for the
1983 calendar year covering funds loaned to the Agency by
the City. The motion was approved by the following roll
call vote:
. Affirmative: Agency Members: Conn, Press, Reed,
Zane and Chairperson Yannatta Goldway
Negative: Agency Members: None
Abstain: Agency Members: Jenn1ngs
Absent: Agency Members: Edwards
RA-3: Authorization for Executive Director to mail
City-wide rebuttal to argument regarding Ocean Park
Redevelopment Project.
The City Manager presented the staff report wh1ch suggested
that the ma11ing would clarify the extent of recreational
opportunities to be provided pursuant to the Settlement
Plan.
~airperson Yannatta Goldway moved and Agency Member Conn
seconded and it was unanimously approved to hear the pUblic
for 3 minutes each. The following members of the public
spoke in opposition to this mailing: Bernice Marshall,
Roberta Smith, Wayne Hall, Tom Larmore, Sherman Stacey, D.
G. Epstein and Philip Anaya.
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After lengthy discussion, Agency Member Zane moved and
Agency Member Conn seconded to authorize the Executive
Director to send out a City-wide mailing with a detailed
description of proposed Agency activities 1n the Ocean Park
area. ~is mailing is to make no reference to incumbent
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candidates or otherwise, include legal entanglements that
brought the City to seek negotiation with the developer, and
include the features of both the Original Plan and the
Settlement Plan laid out so that the public can compare
plans, indicating the expansion of park plans available to
all citlzens from the Settlement Plan. This mailing is to
be made from funds from the Agency budget. The motion was
approved by the following roll call vote:
Affirmative: Agency Members: Conn, Press, Zane and
Mayor Yannatta Goldway
Negative:
Agency Members: Jennings and Reed
Absent:
Agency Members: Edwards
Agency Member Reed asked that the record reflect that she is
against the mailing because she feels it is improper use of
publlC funds.
At 8:20 P.M., Asency Member Conn moved, Agency Member Press
seconded and it was unanimously approved to adJourn the
meeting of the Redevelopment Agency.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
Joann Jelly
Agency Secretary
Ruth Yannatta Goldway
Chairperson
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