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M-9/10/1975 (5) 1"' . . . . It RA-324 ~ 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 . . . . - RA-324 -2- September 10, 1975 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: A~E~: 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.