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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1987-10-06 - LRA1 461 REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 6, 1987 The Lynwood Redevelopment Agency met in a regular session in City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road at 7:4S p.m. Chairman Richards in the chair. Members Byork, Henning, Morris, Wells, Richards answered the roll call. Also present were Executive Director Gomez. General Counsel H. Barbosa, Secretary, Hooper, and Treasurer Wright were absent. Assistant Secretary Warren announced the Agenda was posted in accordance with The Brown Act. It was unanimously agreed that the minutes of previous meetings be held over to the next meeting. LRA RESOLUTION NO. 87 -31 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOP- Res.87 -31 MENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING AND APPROV- demands f, ING THE DEMANDS AND ORDERING WARRANTS THEREFOR." was presented. ordering warrants It was moved by Mr. Henning, seconded by Mrs. Wells to adopt the resolution. ROLL CALL AYES MEMBER BYORK, HENNING, MORRIS, WELLS, RICI-IARDS NOES: NONE ABSENT NONE Executive Director Gomez sta ' proposed revised performance Company in Closed Session. Chairman Richards stated the Closed Session. ted the Agency may wish to discuss the Comez shcedule from Hopkins Development Hopkins Deve1. closed matter could be held with the City session? Special Agency Counsel Yeager stated Closed Session would be held Yeager 0 to meet with your negotiators relative to the Hopkins Development. closed session Community Development Director Mas stated the Agency was instructed to meet with Hopkins Development regarding a revised schedule. Mas Jeff Armour, Hopkins Development gave Council copies of revised re revised project development schedule. Stated grading would be completed schedule by the end of the week and they were looking at a completion date of July 1, 1988 and all of the dates listed on the project list Jeff. =_ could be met. Asked Council's approval of the July, 1988 date Armour on Boy's Market. re grad. Chairman Richards asked if the July, 1988 date was only for complet ion /88 of Boy's Market or did that mean everything would be complete. D4ayor Jeff Armour stated all of the shops would be completed by that time.complet questio Stated they have completed some shopping centers in as little as Ition da 120 days depending on the weather and labor situations. Special Agency Counsel Yeager stated if certain items were to be Jeff A. std all discussed pertaining to penalties, it should be discussed in Closedcomplete Session. Chairman Richards questioned the amount of revenues being lost whilep Yeager r nalti waiting for the shopping center. Stated the city has already investes several million dollars in the project and feels liquidated damages should be looked into in a sensible manner. Mayor - revenues 462 J.Armour Jeff Armour stated he would like to see changes in the penalty change in phase of the DDA. Stated there have been numerous things that penalty have happened that were not the fault of the developer, such phase as Boy's Markets acquiring Foods Company, causing a reduction in the size of the market. Time frame is just as important to them as it is to the city. Byork Mr. Byork questioned Hopkins Development how many projects they questioned were presently working on and where the City of Lynwood stood Hopkins on their list. J.Armour Jeff Armour stated the Developer was presently working on std S -6 five or six projects. projects It was moved by Mr. Henning, seconded by Mrs. Wells to accept Henning the 'schedule presented by Hopkins Development. accept Morris Mr. Morris stated the city is dependent on the developer doing confident certain things at a certain time. Feels they will complete the project as stated. Mayor Chairman Richards questioned the options available to the city questioned other than the daily penalty and the matter of future damages. options Questioned if the city accepted the matter as it now stands, would the city have the choice of coming back as far as damages in the future. Yeager Special Agency Counsel Yeager suggested there should be a change change in in the motion approving the schedule. motion Mayor It was moved by Chairman Richards, seconded by Mr. Byork, a substitute motion, to have Closed Session to discuss the matter substitute with Counsel, then come back and vote on the matter. motion Mr. Henning stated he does not feel this matter should be discuss - Henning ed in Closed Session. Feels the public should be made aware of no closed what is going on and it is the job of Counsel and staff to get session all of the facts. Mr. Byork withdrew his second on substitute motion. Special Agency Counsel Yeager stated the motion and second by Mr. Henning and Mrs. Wells should reflect assessed liquidated damages. accept devlopers schedule Maker of motion and seconded so agreed motion to accept the Developers schedule as shown and directs staff to bring Amended DDA showing liquidated damages to be assessed. ROLL CALL AYES: MEMBER BYORK, HENNING, MORRIS, WELLS, RICHARDS NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Robert Fry Robert Fry, 2S0 Alpine, stated he was told sometime ago that prefers the changes in markets would not cause a delay in the shopping center. Stated he does not like Closed Sessions, and likes the penalizingidea of penalizing for the delay in getting our shopping center delays completed and is going to watch the dates to see if they conform. J. Smith Joe Smith, 11237 Waldorf, spoke regarding driveway construction driveway at Imperial and Atlantic and questioned if the city has gone construc- into the construction business. tion Community Development Director Mas stated project is not being Mas- done by the city but is partially city- funded. city- funded Mike Reeves, Sorrento Group, stated parts of the project have M- * Reeve been completed and dedicated to the city. parts of project completed 1 r Mr. Henning stated he does not like the way the minutes were Henning brought back, does not know why minutes are on the Agenda all re Agenda the way back from June. Also stated he was under the impression minutes new microphones were to be installed. There was no further business and it was moved by Mr. Byork, seconded by Mr. Henning to adjourn at 8 p.m. ROLL CALL: E��MEMBER BYORK, HENNING, MORRIS, WELLS, RICHARDS NOES- NONE ABSENT' NONE Chairman APPROVED Secretary 1 J