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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
July 15, 1981
Regular Meeting
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Community Room, Municipal Services Building
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Gus Nicolopulos called the South San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Present: Chairman Gus Nicolopulos; Vice Chairman Roberta C.
Teglia; Members Ronald G. Acosta, Mark N. Addiego,
and Emanuele N. Damonte
Also present: Executive Director/Secretary C. Walter Birkelo;
Assistant Secretary Louis Dell'Angela, Acting Director
of Finance Alex Yuen; Director of Public Services
Robert Yee; John Aguilar, Project Director, Homart
Development Company; and Patricia L. Shanks, Counsel
for Homart Development Company
A--4DA REVIEW: Executive Director Birkelo stated that there were no additional
items to be added to the agenda, but would like to inform the
Board that Homart Development Company had paid a claim submitted
by the Agency which was greater than the amount originally agreed
upon in the amendment to the Reimbursement Agreement.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Member Acosta moved, seconded by Member Damonte, the Minutes
of the Regular Meeting of June 17, 1981, be approved. Motion,
as made and seconded, was unanimously carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 20 Executive Director Birkelo explained to Council the presence of
RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVEL- Counsel Herman Fitzgerald as being delayed by a court trial in
OPMENT AGENCY APPROVING Fresno. He stated that Mr. Fitzgerald had prepared the documenta-
ACQUISITION & SIMULTANEOUS tion and the resolution which will affect simultaneously the
TRANSFER OF LAND FOR RE- transfer of the Southern Pacific Drill Track property to the
DEVELOPMENT IN CONFORMITY Agency and then immediately to Homart Development Company. He
WITH GATEWAY REDEVELOP- remarked that Mr. Fitzgerald and Ms. Shanks, Counsel for Homart
MENT PLAN Development Company, had consulted, and she was present this
evening to explain the mechanics of the transfer.
Ms. Patricia L. Shanks, Attorney for Homart Development Company,
explained the resolution which contemplates the conveyance of
the referred drill track property from Southern Pacific Trans-
portation Company to the Agency and, simultaneously, from the
Agency to Homart Development Company. It was noted that the
agreed price for the acquisition was $630,635.
RESOLUTION NO. 20 At the request of the Board, Assistant Secretary Dell~Angela
APPROVING ACQUISITION explained the location of the area from the map. Ms. Shanks
;IMULTANEOUS TRANSFER then described the trackage to be abandoned and the portion of
, LAND (Continued) track that borders the Cabot, Cabot & Forbes development which
Homart Company is negotiating for continued use of the track.
Member Teglia moved, seconded by Member Damonte, that the
resolution entitled, "RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO APPROVING THE ACQUISITION
AND SIMULTANEOUS TRANSFER OF LAND FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN CON-
FORMITY WITH THE GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN," be introduced
and adopted.
The resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of the Agency Board.
SECURITY PLANNING Executive Director Birkelo stated that the next item concerned
MEASURES FOR GATEWAY security planning measures, and that he would not go into great
PROJECT detail in the area of public safety. He remarked that the Fire
Department was satisfied with most of the recommendations of
Homart Development Company, but that the Police Department had
a number of concerns and areas for discussion. Executive Director
Birkelo stated that, in all fairness to Homart and the City, it
was desirable to compare initial costs for security installations
with long-term costs to' the City. The Board would be requested,
even though the preliminary budget has not been adopted for the
new year, to authorize the Executive Director to spend up to
$5,000 to retain expert services to advise in this area,
particularly, Police security.
In response to the Board's inquiry, Executive Director Birkelo
described the area visited by the fact-finding committee and
the security measures taken before and after the leasing of
those buildings.
Discussion followed among the Board Members and the Executive
Director concerning three consulting firms, a P.O.S.T.-sponsored
trip of Police personnel to Los Angeles to view security
installations, and the need to work in tandem with each other -
to learn the technical background for benefit in the longer term.
Member Acosta moved, secOnded by Member Damonte, that the
Executive Director be authorized.tospend up to $5,000 for
- security planning services.
It was requested that the Police personnel, upon their return
from the fact-finding trip to Los Angeles, prepare a report
for the Board!s review.
Motion, as made and seconded, was unanimously approved.
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GOOD AND WELFARE: Chairman Nicolopulos invited anyone in the audience to speak.
As no one spoke, Member Acosta moved, seconded by Member
Addiego, that the meeting be adjourned. Motion, as made
and seconded, was unanimously carried.
Time of adjournment: 7:20 p.m.
APPROVED:
Gus Nicolopulos, Chairman
South San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
C. Walter Birkelo, L.xecutive Director/Secretary
South San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
The entries of this Redevelopment Agency meeting show the action taken by the Board to
dispose of the item. Oral presentations, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape.
The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the office of the City Manager
~pd are available for inspection, review, and copying.
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