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MINUTES OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
September la, 1975
4'00 p m.
The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa MonIca, California, met in
special session in the City Council Chamber on September 10, 1975 at 4:00 p.m
PRESENT
MEMBERS' Nathaniel Trlves, Chairman
SeYMour A. Cohen
Fred M Judson
John W. McCloskey
ChrIstIne E. Reed
Donna 0 S~Ji nk
Pieter van den Steenhoven
ABSENT.
None
ALSO PRESENT.
Eugene B. Jacobs, General Counsel
Murray Kane, General Counsel
James D. Will iams, Executive Director
John Jallli, Director, Environmental Services
Lyn Kuhl, Secretary
The minutes of the August 12, 1975 meeting were aporoved as mailed by a unani-
mous voice vote following a Motion by Mr. Cohen, seconded by Mrs. Reed. Mr.
van den Steenhoven was absent for th i s vote.
Downtown Project:
Certification of Final Environmental Impact Report
Mr. Jalil i presented the proposed Resolution No. 326 (R.A,S.) Certifyin9 the
Final Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Downtown Redevelopment
Project and Determinln9 that the Project Will Not have a Substantial Adverse
Impact on the Environment. Mrs. Reed proposed an amendment and made a motion
to add a paragraph to the resolut ion ind icat ing "that, as to those adverse
environmental affects of the project which cannot be adequately mitigated,
the public health, safety and general welfare would best be served by the
project because of the overriding economic and SOCial values." Mrs. Swink
seconded the motion. At 4:20 p.m. Mr. van den Steenhoven entered the meeting
and was given a review of the motion to amend the proposed resolution and of
the diSCUSSion by Chairman Trives. The motion to amend was defeated by the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Reed, Swink, van den Steenhoven.
Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Trives.
None.
A motion to adopt above Resolution No. 326 (R.A,S.) was made by Mrs. Swink
and seconded by Mr. Cohen. The motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote
as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Reed, Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives.
None.
None.
Approval of Change to Proposed Project Area Boundaries
The Director of Environmental Services noted that the Planning Commission had
approved a proposed reduction of the Downtown Project boundaries to conform
with a revised Disposition and Development Agreement submitted by Santa Monica
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Place Associates and presented proposed Resolution No. 327 (R.A.S.) ApprovinH
Chan~e to Proposed ProJect Area Boundaries for Proposed Downtown Redevelopment
Project for Agency approval.
Following a motion by Mr. Cohen and seconded by Mrs. Swink, the Agency approved
the above resolution by roll call vote as noted below:
AYES:
NOES:
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Cohen, Judson, Reed, Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives.
McCloskey.
None.
Approval of the Disposition of Real Property
The Director of Environmental Services gave a brief presentation on the disposi-
tion and Development Agreement and its relationship to the completion of the
Downtown Project. Mr. Will iams noted that representatives of both the Rouse and
Hahn companies were present in the audience and would answer questions raised
by the Agency members on the project status. Following a discussion of the terms
of the Agreement by the Agency members, a motion was made by Mrs. Swink and
seconded by Mr. van den Steenhoven to approve and execute the Disposition and
Development Agreement. Mr. McCloskey moved to amend the motion to require the
developer to guarantee the City's bond costs. This amended motion was seconded
by Rev. Judson. A rol I call vote on the amendment to the main motion was defeated
as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
McCloskey.
Cohen, Judson, Reed, Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives.
None.
A roll call vote on the main motion to approve Resolution No. 328 (R.A.S.)
ApprovinH the Disposition of Real Property in the Proposed Downtown Redevelop-
ment Pr~ject to Santa Monica Place Associates and AuthorlzinH Execution of a
Disposition and Development Agreement carried as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Cohen, Judson, Reed, Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives.
McCloskey.
None.
Chairman Trives, hearing no further requests for discussion, adjourned the meeting
at 6:05 p.m.