HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Minutes 032399Approved as submitted
DATE: 04/13/99
MINUTES
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 23,1999
(immediately following City Council Regular Session)
Chairman Johnson called the meeting to order at 8:55 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Board Members Arrambide, Clay, Lerno, Luna and Chairman Johnson
Absent: None
Others Present: Board Secretary Marcia Torgerson and City Treasurer David Graham
Staff Present: Executive Director Wade McKinney, Police Chief Dennis Hegwood, Fire
Chief Mike McCain, Community Services Director Brady Cherry,
Community and Economic Development Director Paul Saldana, Special
Projects Coordinator Greg Greeson and City Attorney Roy Hanley.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Roll Call
MOTION: By Board Member Luna and seconded by Vice Chairman Arrambide
to approve the agenda.
Motion passed unanimously by a voice vote.
COMMUNITY FORUM:
John McGoff, 9192 Maple St., read an editorial from today's edition of the Telegram Tribune.
(see Attachment A)
Chairman Johnson closed the Community Forum period.
A. CONSENT CALENDAR: None
B. PROJECT STATUS REPORTS: None
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C. MANAGEMENT REPORTS: None
Chairman Johnson asked Mr. McKinney to clarify the status of the redevelopment of the Von's
Center. Mr. McKinney explained that there seems to be some confusion concerning that issue.
It has been referred to as the Redevelopment Agency's first project. However, the Von's Center
is a project that was brought to the City by the Von's Company. It is no the Redevelopment
Agency's first redevelopment project.
D. ADJOURNMENT:
Chairman Johnson adjourned the meeting at 9:02 p.m. to the next regularly scheduled meeting on
April 13, 1999.
MEETING RECORDED AND MINUTES PREPARED BY:
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Marcia McClure Torgerson, Boarg Secretary
Attachments: Attachment A - Prepared statement by John McGoff
RA 03/23/99
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Attachment: A
Atascadero Redevelopment
Agency
John McGoff Meeting Date: 03-23-99
9192 Maple St.
Atascadero
EDITORIAL
TELEGRAM TRIBUNE
MARCH 23, 1999
As you prepare to build or expand your business, a city
planning official says he can secure government approval
is you're will to fork over a hefty "fee" to the employee
handling your plans.
That's essentially what Federal officials said
happened in Ahaheim. They are charging a former planner
with the City of Anaheim with extorting $10,000 from a
local gas station owner who sought a permit to add a
mini -mart to his station....
But not every government racket is so crude or even
illegal. To build or start any business, Americans must
comply with myriad rules and regulations, many of which
are subjective in their interpretation.
Officials....regularly And legally extract concessions from
owners: "Adjust your plans to conform to our taste, or
we won't let you build it"...
The standard operating procedures for some City
governments in Orange County (is to) ... use their power to
derail projects they don't like, to acquire properties on
behalf of corporate entities, to bulldoze small
businesses that don't fit into their redevelopment plans.
We're outraged at the alleged Anaheim incident. But
we're also concerned about the more frequent and legal
ways that governments derive owners of their rights.
Development decisions should be based on adhereance to
the principle of property rights, not to the subjective
judgements made in the political and bureaucartic realms.
The Orange County Register Register