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5. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Mr. Leo Heckathorn, 4202 Stanley Blvd., stated that the new building at the corner of Main Street and Neal Street appeared to have had its electrical connections plugged into the City's main line at the time of construction. In addition, he indicated that allowing vehicles to park in front of the same building could result in traffic problems since Main Street narrows as it approaches that area. Mr. Mercer requested Mr. Elliott to look into both matters. Mr. Stanley Rathbone, 325 Ray Street, inquired why the Downtown Revitalization Committee was discussing financing of downtown projects when the citizens had voted against the financing of the Downtown Redevelopment Plan in the election of June 1989. Mr. Mercer responded that the Downtown Redevelopment Plan was one matter and the establishment of the Downtown Specific Plan is another. The decision to use redevelopment to finance the improvements in the Specific Plan was placed on the ballot and was defeated. This did not eliminate the improvements in the Specific Plan, which still need implementation. A Downtown Revitalization Committee was then formed and given the task of looking at those capital improvement projects, prioritizing them, and looking for possible funding mechanisms for the projects. Ms. Birdie Bianchi, 4329 Railroad Avenue, stated that she has been trying to get some information from the Planning Department for the past five weeks on how many parking spaces there were in the downtown parking district; who bought these spaces and the price per space; how much money has been collected to date; and an itemized statement of how these monies have been spent and by whom. Mr. Mercer asked Mr. Swift if this information were available. Mr. Swift replied that the information is in storage. He stated that he explained to Ms. Bianchi that an Assessment District had been formed, that there were 90 parking spaces, purchased by all the property owners in that block with the exception of the lot at the corner of Peters Avenue and St. Marys, that all of them either paid money or dedicated land or a combination of both, and that all the money collected was used to build the parking lot in 1975. Mr. Bocian stated that Mr. Swift did a substantial amount of research and gave Ms. Bianchi a written memorandum answering her questions. He added that City staff would try to take out of storage the files for Ms. Bianchi to review. -4- 11-21-89