Smart Growth Land Use Committee Meeting - December 7, 2017
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Smart Growth Land Use Committee Meeting - December 7, 2017
Note: The transcript references "November 8, 2017" as the meeting date, but the provided metadata indicates the meeting occurred on December 7, 2017. This summary uses the date from the metadata, but the discrepancy is noted.
The Smart Growth Land Use Committee, with Councilmember Kate absent, met to approve a consent agenda and discuss an amendment to a parking garage management contract. The meeting was chaired by a committee member (not named in the transcript).
Consent Calendar
- Items 1–4 were approved unanimously by a motion from Councilmember Alvarez and a second from Councilmember Gomez. No items were pulled for separate discussion.
- Item 2 (B Street property sale): Councilmember Alvarez expressed that selling land to the highest bidder without ensuring it is used for housing during a declared housing and shelter crisis is not ideal, but he supported the item. Councilmember Rowlers agreed and requested information on rent revenue changes from the previous year for item 4. Real Estate Assets staff clarified the property is a 0.115-acre parcel currently leased to Jiffy Lube, with a lease that will be assigned to the new buyer.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public speakers were present.
Discussion Items
- Item 5: Amendment to management services and construction of fully automated parking garage agreement for the Evan Jones parkade with ACE Parking.
- Miguel Duran (ballpark administrator) and Risa Sanchez (supervising property agent) presented the amendment, which reallocates responsibilities for credit/debit card processing and PCI compliance to ACE. No additional funds are requested; the amendment allows cross-year spending of the existing $1,393,000 authorization.
- Committee members expressed frustration with the slow pace of implementation (contract approved in February 2016, but system not yet fully operational). Councilmember Alvarez and Councilmember Gomez raised concerns about PCI compliance, the city's limited credit card acceptance, and delays in the project. Staff noted that the change in merchant account and data network caused the delay, and that the system should be operational within two weeks of council approval.
- Councilmember Gomez also questioned the net profit from theater events at the parkade, which staff offered to provide. The committee discussed ongoing issues with graffiti and elevator maintenance, which staff said are being addressed.
Key Outcomes
- Consent agenda (Items 1–4) passed unanimously.
- Item 5 (parkade agreement amendment) passed unanimously on a motion by Councilmember Alvarez and a second by Councilmember Gomez.
- Item 6 was returned to staff due to new information and will be brought back at a later meeting.
- The meeting adjourned with a note that the next committee meeting date would be announced later.
Meeting Transcript
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