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CARSON CITY
COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
MARCH 14, 2001
6:00 P.M,
AGENDA POSTED: MARCH 9, 2001
CALL TO ORDER; The meeting was called to order at 6:15 P.
of the meeting, in the Council Chambers, Carson City Hall, located at 701 E. Cars
Street, Carlo gas chair
Carson, California 90745, on
FLAG SALUTE: th Council Member Sweeney led the Pledge of Allegiance to
ROLL CALL: a Flag.
City Clerk Kawagoe called the roll:
Present: Council Members:
Absent: Council Members: alas, Sweeney, Frank, and Ontal
ers: Fajardo
Also Present: City Manager Groomes, Assistant City Attorney
Bo
KawagOe, and staff Penn, Acosta. Y ga, City Clerk
Anderson, and Higaki a, Gallant, Repp-Loadsman,
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
The Agenda was Approved as Submitted tted without objection with Fajardo absent.
NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION(Item 1)
ITEM NO. (1) CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
TRAINING CENTER DISCUSSION(DEVELO G� �� NATIONAL
City Manager Groomes stated >�i>E1VT SERVICES)
the proposed project, that the Puzpose of tonighYs meetin
P 1ect, summarize efforts to obtain communi g was to Provide info
comments from the City input, and motion on
response to the Draft FAR Council, which will assist city staff . g� additional public
CSUDH Written comments will be due b 4Preparation of the formal city
the lead agency. Y 00 P.M. on March 19, 2001
Development Services General Manager Gallant summari zed She reported that the Draft Environmental
Impact zed the staff re
distributed b pact Re port and recommendation.
y CSUDH fora 45 al public comment (EIR) for the proposed Project was
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The final Period as required b
a hearing tentatively scheduled for May 15, 2001. will be considered b Y the California
Y the Board of Trustees at
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Planning Manager R
review this ro ePP-Loadsman stated that staff has had an Opportunity
P Ject on behalf of the City that included input frm b to Put together departments, and extensive outreach to the commissions a team
identified a number community boards and Commissions, ci
ber of meetings that have h' at large. She explained that s
occurred within the past 45 staff ha
City Consultant Frank Weems, Parsons, Inc, days m this evening's report,
for the National Training Center at California State narrated a owerPoint
following environmental issues, identified im presentatt°n on the Draft Eli
pact and University Dominguez Hills- He addressed the
recommended mitigation measures:
� Recreation
• Circulation, Parking, and Traffic
Land Use
Aesthetics
• Light and Glaze
•
• Employment, Housing, and population
Air Quality - Construction
• Air Quality - Operations
• Noise -
Construction
•
• �h, Water and Geologic Resources
Fire, Police, and Security
• Hazards
• Utilities
• Cultural and Historic Resources
Agricultural and Biological Resources
George Pardon, Vice President Administration
Hills, narrated a PowerPoint
presentation regand Finance, California State University Dominguez discussed the following items: arding the Proposed National
Training Center and
Community Benefits
• Provides a significant state_of-the-art facility
• Allows for growth of successful youth ro
• Provides an Opportunity for Carson's Programs, such as Safe P
in the world Youth to train train with the best amateur and professional athletes
Economic Benefits
Uses no public funds
• Creates new •obs
J and economic activity during and after construction
Generates new taxes
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• Meetings with community organizations
• Independent outreach by City of Carson
• Business outreach
• Draft Environmental Impact Report
MM) workshops
Mr. Pardon announced that a P M to 7:30 P.M., Public workshop would be held on
u Student Union, California State Thursday, March 15, 2001
enforcement will be suspended from 4: � 5:00
Monda 30 P.M, University Dominguez Hills.
Y, March 19, 2001, at 4:Op p.4:30 to 8'�P.M. Wntten comments must be submittedby
Public Cowmen
The following pens offered Conn
California State University o ments m support of the Proposed y �ngttez HiILs• P Posed National Training Center at
William H. •
Brown, 17701 Avalon Boulevard
City Council to bring a ma'or , Sp. 410, Carson
J economic oPPortuni to this California 90746, requested that the
h' community that it has so long
Thomas P. Clayton, 19303 Sdeserved
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at a standstill for the Cliyeden Avenue, Carson, California 90746, felt that the City
we have this ro' past dozen years, unable to bring shops' b
P Ject that is on national because we had nothing has been
worldwide level, g to offer. Now,
Ledgis Williams, 1354 worldwide
Street
in Carson would be like ' Carson, California 90746, felt that having
going to heaven because there is nothing here. the r°
P posed project
The following Persons offered co
at California State University comments in opposition to the proposed Y Dominguez Hills; P Posed National Training Center
Rita Boggs, 21328 Island, Carson
narrated an overhead presentation and aisfor is the 45, representing
r senting Concerned
Residents of Carson,
• Extension of EIR Review Period
for Review and Comment ' '
..and California Code, Section 15203 of Title 14, Ad
requested an additional 45 days and 25 copies of the Adequate Time
• No Study of Cause and Effect raft EIR.
• No study of Economic Impact, i.e.
costs to the City of Carson
• No Study of Alternative
Carson Which Uses Commercial Property vs University Property Within
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• No evaluation of How to Encourage University
$15 Actually Encourages Street Parking Rather Than Street Parking Since Free Verst
• No Inclusion of Cumulative Effect of MetroMall Property Development
No Consideration of Insuran ce or
• Before, Burin Self-Insurance
g, or After Events on Ci Regarding Possible Loss of Life or ty or Private Property Property
• Value of the Asset (85 acres x 43560 sq ft/acre x
$13/sq ft = $48,133,800
Discounted value (20%): $38,507,Og0
Annual Return (10%):
To $ 3,850,704
tal Return:
Valued Total Return: $9.4 million*
$38.5 million*
* 10'Year projected return
**10-year expected return
' Taxpayer Subsidy: $2.9 millioN
Year (in addition
"Shorts, Jobs & Taxes," to existing $50 million per year
Institute)
' The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and
Stadiums (The Brooldngs
' Traffic Issues
Irene Wfiliams, 19328 Reinhart
the area near to the Coliseu Avenue, Carson, California 90746, referred
and the same and stated that there is crime, litter, to her sister who lives in
Ong will happen in Carson. , and drugs sold in front of her yard,
Ray Park, 2858 E. Dominguez Strut
Property Owners Association, ex res , Carson, California, 90810 representing
Sheriff's h sed concern that that is no room�for Dominguez Area
Department, and the ambiguity in the Draft EIR traffic mitigation impact on
Harry Barron, 286 E. 215", Carson
expressed concern with air , California 90745 reRoye Love, presenting epresenting Concerned Residents of Carson,
quality issues. S. Cliveden Avenue, Carson, California 90746, expressed concern with air
Rick Price, 742 Loyola Avenue,
Homeowners, ex Carson, California 90746 representing
homes or any pressed con on behalf of the 106 homeowners that no one would want to Y other home after the proposed University Heights
P Posed stadium is built. buy their
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Robert Lesley, 19919 Alonda Drive
discussed the D , Carson, California 90746 r
Draft EIR with respect to emergency ' ePresenting the Alonda Block Clul
emergency response delays in the event of a major alb On and expressed P essed his concern.over possibl
and issues regarding legality and cost.
The following Persons Offered general Center at California State University Dominguez
regarding the proposed National Training
minguez Hills:
Gil Lambert, 17701 S. Avalon
questions relative to Boulevard, No. 395
residents from prom' values Cazson, California 90746, stated that he had
behavior of crowds v ' sales of liquor, and safety issues, e
vandalism, nuisance, and crime. g•� protection of local
RECESS' The meeting was Recessed at 8:06 P.M,
the meeting. by Mayor Pro Tem Ca1as, acting gas chair of
The meeting was Reconvened at 8:20 P,
the meeting' with all members previouslM o except Fajayor Pro Tem Calas
Y noted present ex � acting as chair of
ardo absent.
Public Comment (Continued)(ContlnpAl
The following persons offered co
Cahfor� State University Dominguez in support of the Proposed .
Y �guez Ham; P Nation Training Center at
Rova Williams, 1354 Tu
rmont was positive understands Carson, California 90746
and she understands that the people who live close b stated
mks that the citizens of Carson that she felt that the project
need for them to Son to keep an Open Y are frightened now, but she simply
be little more concerned about their d and look at this seriously because their children
Ray Winbush, 19019 S. Tillman Avenue, Carson
was an opportunity for the , California 90746
youth to be helped and restart a new life and fed at he felt that this
responsibilities. project
of��ere a11, 16315 Tarrant, Carson, C
project for the growth California 90746, stated that she felt that the long-
indicated g of the University and for the
that if the Anschutz CO youth of Carson were at stake, benefits
neighbors, then they could find an City of Carson, She further
stadium to s alternate site , and the State want to be
stand alone and not impact , Possibly, the MetroMall would be an ideal cO rate
pact the City. site for the
The following Persons offered
at California State University comments m Opposition to
y Dominguez Hills: t1e Proposed National Training
H• R. Norwood g Center
ood 19307 Harlan Avenue Carson,Of Carson, referred to a map depicting son' California 90746,
representing outlet for the people who li ve around Victoria park k and the adjacent area and concerned Residents
He further indicated that there that h those o no
who do
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not live in Carson that work here and m ctly coot
where it is peaceful, It is make decisions about the Cit
expressed his Peaceful in Carson. Carson is not for When they fullsh, they go concern regarding tra ffc �ntrol and con fie• We have homes here.Projected attendees, congestion, g
and the inadequacy of Parking for th,
Carlie McDonald, 17701 S. Avalon
concern regarding event attendance' air quality, PBoulevardparking kin 44, referred to the Draft
g on the west side of Avalon Bou an d expressed
Michael Rasberry, 19209 Boulevard.
Residents of Carson, Galway Avenue, Carson
sets, loss of p�Ce discussed some of the Callfornfa 90746, representing Problems associated with this g Concern
referred to a control tranquility, noise pollution Project schedules. safe
embrace this Project. and suggested , increased insurance, event schedules.
P ject. ggested that until the City can do this, the City e
ty should not
Darryl Little, 19922, Alonda Drive
expressed concern over , Carson, California 90746, representing
that police officers Possible delays in emergency response time. Alonda Block
are more busy dealing e stated °Ck Club,
g with problems after that history has proven
Steven Bivens, 19215 Galway, ccer games,
insurance y Carson, California 90746, ex r
costs and liability issues. He referred to th e children � ncern over increased the University to support his children. stated that he shoul ot depend n
and sta
Thomas Williams, spend on
lliams 19328 Reinhart, Carson
Carson, informed the City California 90746 r
stand up for them. suggested�' Council that they had stood up for the ePresenting Concern
He that the City d Residents of
ty Council let the ' and he expects the City Council to
The folio People vote on this issue.
relinquished� Persons requested to s
their time when Peak, but were unavailable, declined
called upon: the opportunity, or
Joe Merton, 21314 Selwyn Avenue,
American Associations, Carson, California 90745,
representing Confederation of Filipino
William H. Smith, 19631 Eddington Drive, Carson,
Block Club. California 90746, representing Eddington Drive
Pence Patridge, 19911 Gal
Block Club. way Avenue, Carson, California 90746, representing Galway Guardian
Of Carson,
Kevin L. Jones, 19210 Galway Avenue, Carson, California 90746, representing Concerned Residents
Margurite A. Carter, 18805 Grambling Place, Carson, California 90746.
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RECOMMENDATION for City Council:
1. CONSIDER staff report.
2. HEAR public testimony.
3. PROVIDE direction to staff.
ACTION: By consensus, staff was allowed to continue on
technical formal response to the Draft Environmental their present
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to California State University Dominguez Hills, lead agency. course and produce a specific,
Pact Report by 4:00 p.M, on March 19, 2001
ADJOURNMENT.
The meeting was Adjourned at 10:12 P. by Mayor P
Fajardo absent. ro Tem Galas
acting as chair of the meeting, with
MAY PRCTEM
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ATTEST:
CITI'CLERK
APPROVED AND ADOPTED
. BY t�lY Ct�iHC�,
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