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MINUTES <br />PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP <br />Pleasanton, California <br />Conference Room #1 <br />4665 Bernal Avenue <br />Wednesday, September 21, 1988 <br />7:o0pm <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The Planning Commission Work Session was called to order at 7:lOpm <br />by Chairperson Sharrell Michelotti. <br />ROLL CALL <br />Commissioners Present: Joyce Berger, Jack Hovingh, <br />Marcelline Mahern, Ben Tarver, and <br />Brian Hoyt, Vice Chairman <br />Commissioner Abstain: Sharrell Michelotti, Chairman <br />(was not in attendance because of possible <br />conflict of interest) <br />Staff Members Present: Chandler Lee, Principal Planner <br />Vice Chairman Hoyt called the meeting to order. <br />The Planning Commission discussed priorities for public <br />improvements within the redevelopment project area. Discussion <br />involved costs of improvements over time and the effect of using <br />tax increment funding on affected taxing agencies. Mr. Lee noted <br />that the base year for the project would be 1988-89 and that tax <br />increments would accrue beginning in Fiscal Year '89-90. <br />The Planning Commissioners discussed the relationship between tax <br />increment cash flow and construction schedules for improvements. <br />The Commissioners inquired as to the feasibility of constructing <br />larger, more expensive projects at the beginning of the project <br />period instead of at the end. The Planning Commissioners <br />expressed interest in prioritizing improvements in the Downtown <br />Specific Plan. <br />The Planning Commissioners discussed the City's negotiations with <br />Alameda County and other taxing agencies. The Planning <br />Commissioners discussed the use of eminent domain and low income <br />housing set aside. <br />Finally, discussion centered around locations and designs of <br />proposed parking lots and what methods would be available to the <br />City for acquiring those properties. <br />