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MINUTES OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
May 24, 1977
4,00 p.m.
The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Monica, California met in JOint
session with the Parking Authority in the City Council Chamber on Tuesday,
May 24, 1977 at 4:00 p.m.
PRESENT:
MEMBERS: Donna O'Brien Swink, Chairman
Seymour A. Cohen, Chairman Pro Tempore
John Bambrick
Christine E. Reed
Perry Scott
Nathaniel Trives
Pieter van den Steenhoven
ABSENT:
MEMBERS: None
ALSO PRESENT:
Eugene B. Jacobs, General Counsel
Murray Kane, General Counsel
James D. Will iams, Executive Director
John Jalili, Executive Secretary
Nancy McFarland, Secretary, Environmental Services
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The ~inutes of the March 29, 1977 meeting were approved unanimously by voice vote
following a motion by Mrs. Reed and a second by Mr. van den Steenhoven.
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The Meeting was called to order at 4'00 p.m. by Chairman Swink. A motion to
adjourn to executive session was made by Nathaniel Trives and seconded by Perry
Scott. The motion was approved by unanimous vOice vote and the meeting was
adjourned.
The meeting reconvened at 4'35 p.m. Mr. van den Steenhoven moved to direct the
Counsel for the Redevelopment Agency to enter into negotiations for the settlement
of the Downtown Project lawsuit, exact terms of which to be negotiated in the
process of discussions, and negotiations to be completed within 14 days. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Trives and approved by unanimous voice vote.
PROJECT ACTIONS AND REPORTS
DOWNTOWN PROJECT.
3Al Consideration and Authorization for Demolition Contract (Parking Authority)
Stan Scholl reported that the low bid of 520,750 for the demol itlon of the old
Evening Outlook building was submitted by Alexander Land Clearing, Inc. Mr
Trives moved to authorize the Parking Authority to enter into a contract with
Alexander land Clearing, Inc. for the abovementioned demol ition, and to approve
the related resolution. The motion was seconded by Pieter van den Steenhoven and
approved unanimously by roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Bambrick, Cohen, Reed, Scott, Trives, van den Steenhoven, Swink.
None
None
A motion to adjourn the Parking Authority meeting was made by Seymour Cohen,
seconded by Christine Reed and carried by unanimous voice vote.
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Redevelopment Agency Minutes
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3A2 Contract for Acquisition Counsel
John Jalili explained that the terms of the contract with Oliver, Stoever &
Laskin were exactly the same as approved in an earlier contract, with the
exception of a 55.00 an hour higher fee. Mrs. Reed made a motion authorizing
staff to execute a contract with the firm of Oliver, Stoever & Laskin for legal
services relating to condemnation and acquisition in the Downtown Project. There
was a second by John Bambrick and the voice vote that followed approved the
motion unanimously.
There was then a motion made by Mr. van den Steenhoven for the Redevelopment
Agency to approve the demolition contract with Alexander Land Clearing, Inc. as
earl ier approved by the Parking Authority. A second was given by Christine Reed
and all members voted in favor.
3A3 Determination of Agency Position - Perry Scott
Perry Scott moved that, as provided in Section 511(1) of the Agreement between
the Redevelopment Agency and the Developer, the Agency advise the Developer now
of the intention to terminate the contract in the event the cost of the Public
Parking Facilities for the Downtown Project exceeds $3,400 per parking space.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Cohen and discussion followed.
Mr Jalili distributed to Agency members a letter dated April 18, 1977 from
Bruce Alexander which guarantees the maximum cost of the Public Parking Facilities
at the original amount agreed upon in 1975. He said the Agency Counsel has been
requested to review the letter and determine if it is legally binding or whether
additional documentation would be necessary to implement the intent of the letter.
The motion and second were withdrawn by Messrs. Scott and Cohen, respectively.
Another motion was made by Mr. Scott authorizing Agency Counsel to prepare an
amendment to the contract with the developer which fixes the maximum cost to the
Agency of the Parking Facilities at $3,400 per parking space, and commits the
Developer to pick up any additional cost over and above this amount. A~~e~-~effie
dtsccrsston, a motion was made by Nathaniel Trives to table the preceding motion.
A second was given by Mrs. Reed. Mr. Trives' motion was approved by a 4 to 3
roll call vote as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Bambrick, Reed, Trives, van den Steenhoven.
Cohen, Scott, Swink.
None
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Perry Scott. There being no second,
the motion failed.
OCEAN PARK PROJECT:
3Bl Status Report
John Jalili reported on the possibilities of some new construction elderly housing
and/or rehabilitation housing on the two parcels of land owned by the Redevelopment
Agency and the Parking Authority. Mr, Reed moved to authorize staff to seek HUD
approval for additional Section 8 housing units on the strip of land south of
Barnard Way, to determine the feasibility of new construction and/or rehab for the
site of the existing 27 units at Ocean Park Boulevard, and to prepare developer
selection criteria. A second was given by Mr. Bambrick and the motion was
approved by roll call vote as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Bambrick, Cohen, Reed, Scott, Trives, van den Steenhoven, Swink.
None
None
There being no further business, Nathaniel Trives made a motion to adjourn which
was seconded by Christine Reed. The motion was approved unanimously and the meeting
was adjourned at 5'00 p.m. by Chairman Donna Swink.