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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02141984 - 2.4 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO: Redevelopment Agency FROM: M. G. Wingett, Executive Director DATE: February 14, 1984 SUBJECT: Designation of Director of Planning as Deputy Executive Director of the County Redevelopment Agency RECOMMENDATION ACKNOWLEDGE receipt of report from Executive Director indicating that he has designated the Director of the County Planning Department as the Deputy Director of the County Redevelopment Agency. BACKGROUND On January 17, 1984 your Board adopted bylaws designating various county officials to perform comparable duties on behalf of the new County Redevelop- ment Agency. The County Administrator was designated as the Interim Executive Director of the Agency. It was our intent that your Board eventually assign the Redevelopment Agency function to another County department and designate that department head as the Executive Director. Your Board has set March 20, 1984 as the date on which you will consider further steps related to the County Economic Development Program, which could include the determination of what organizational structure you wish for economic development and whether the Redevelopment Agency is a part of that structure. Currently, the County' s Redevelopment Agency is pursuing a very tight time schedule to adopt a final plan for the Pleasant Hill BART station project area. It is important to meet this time schedule in order to garner the maximum tax increment for projects which will begin soon. The activities currently underway are being coordinated by existing staff in the Public Works and Planning Departments. Last week at the Economic Development Workshop the Public Works Director indicated the need to clearly define which department or staff person has lead responsibility for the Pleasant Hill BART project. With the staff reductions that have occurred recently in our office, it is impossible for us to perform this lead role. Consequently, I have designated the Director of Planning as a Deputy Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency. This designation charges the Planning Director with the responsibility and authority to coordinate the steps necessary to see that the planned project meets all required deadlines. We have selected the Planning Department since redevelopment is basically a process for changing land use. Pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law, the Planning Commission is charged with the responsibility to select a redevelopment project area and formulate a preliminary redevelopment plan, including evidence that such plan conforms to the General Plan. The Redevelopment Agency's preparation of a final redevelopment plan must be done in consultation with the Planning Commission and, again, such final plan must be in conformance with the General Plan. The redevelopment plan must provide land use information including the amount of open space, street layout, limitations on type, size, height, number and proposed use of buildings, the number of dwelling units and the property to be devoted to public purposes . Before a redevelop- ment plan is submitted to the legislative body (Board of Supervisors) it must be submitted to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation. The role of the Public Works Department deals primarily with the infra- structure design and construction required to implement the plan and, in the Pleasant Hill BART station project, has also included activities related to creation of an assessment district. The investigation of other potential project areas should be initiated primarily through a planning-land use study process. 2 . At the conclusion of your Economic Development Workshop last week, your Board indicated that on February 14, 1984 you wish to consider an interim arrangement for administration of the Redevelopment Agency. Although your Board has the alternative of directly designating another county official as the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency, we recommend that you continue the initial interim designation of the County Administrator with the understanding that we would administer this responsibility in the manner outlined above . This would conform to the practice of most cities wherein the City Manager is designated as the Executive Director in recognition of the need to coordinate the participation of several city departments in the redevelopment process . Ile Executive Director _ X RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF AGENCY COMMITTEE _X_APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF'AGENCY ON a ruary APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOP- MENT AGENCY ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED Iii. JABS! J.R. OLSSON. -AGENCY SECRETARY M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY Originating Dept. : County Administrator cc. Director of Planning Public Works Director 1. 59