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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE TEMECULA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
JANUARY 25, 2005
A regular meeting of the City of Temecula Redevelopment Agency was called to order at 7:42
P.M., in the City Council Chambers, 43200 Business Park Drive, and Temecula.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: 5
AGENCY MEMBERS
Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar,
Washington, and Roberts
ABSENT: 0
AGENCY MEMBERS:
None
Also present were Executive Director Nelson, City Attorney Thorson, and City Clerk Jones.
At this time, Chairman Roberts presented the Redevelopment Agency gavel to last year's
Chairman, Jeff Comerchero.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
No input.
CONSENT CALENDAR
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RECOMMENDATION:
1.1 Approve the minutes of January 11, 2005.
MOTION: Agency Member Comerchero moved to approve Consent Calendar Item NO.1. The
motion was seconded by Agency Member Naggar and electronic vote reflected unanimous
approval.
AGENCY BUSINESS
2 Status Update on the Temecula Education Center
RECOMMENDATION:
1.1 Receive and file.
Providing a status update on the Temecula Education Center, Director of Housing and
Redevelopment Meyer referenced the project timeline established by the project architect;
advised that the project team and City staff have been meeting on a biweekly basis; noted that
staff had met with the architect to review the progress sketches of the various buildings; that
staff was satisfied with the detailing and direction of that design; that this week, the architect will
conclude revising those plans and will resubmit to the Planning Department; that the Planning
Commission will review a Master Conditional Use Permit for this Center in of May 2005; that the
AGK Group should be positioned to close on Phase I of the property in of September 2005; that
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as previously discovered, the quality of the soil at the project site is fairly poor; that the
developer is in the process of determining the best method of remediation and foundation
design; that the best alternative, for the developer, would appear to move a significant amount
of dirt onto the property and stockpile it in a manner to compress the moisture under the
buildings; that because this process is time consuming, the developer is requesting that the
Agency consider a License Agreement in order to start performing the work prior to actually
acquiring the property, saving approximately three to four months in the overall project
development schedule; and that the developer has also requested that the City consider a
Development Agreement to tie the City's developer and user fees to the March 2004 approval
date; and that a monthly project update will be provided for the Agency.
For Councilman Naggar, Mr. Meyer advised that as part of the terms of the Disposition and
Development Agreement, the developer has to demonstrate project financing, which would be
anticipated to occur late summer, early fall.
In response to Councilman Washington, Mr. Meyer noted that the possibility of exploring
temporary classrooms could be considered as long as these classrooms met all other City
requirements. With regard to the condition of the property, Mr. Meyer advised that Code
Enforcement has been working with a Tow Company to remove abandoned vehicles.
With regard to the classroom schedule, Executive Director Nelson stated that all efforts are
being undertaken to provide classes for Fall 2006 or at the very latest January 2007 and,
therefore, the reason for the proposed License Agreement to further ensure the Fall 2006 date.
MOTION: Agency Member Comerchero moved to approve receive and file the status update.
The motion was seconded by Agency Member Washington and electronic vote reflected
unanimous approval.
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT
No additional comments.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Mr. Nelson reiterated that a status update on the Temecula Education Center will be provided at
every second Agency meeting of the month.
AGENCY MEMBERS' REPORTS
No comments.
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ADJOURNMENT
At 7:52 P.M., the Temecula Redevelopment Agency meeting was formally adjourned to
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in the City Council Chambers, 43200 Business Park Drive,
Temecula, California.
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Ron Roberts, Chairman
ATTEST:
usan W. Jones, CMC
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City Cler tgency Secretary
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