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City Council, Special Meeting
Council Chambers
777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, California
October 16,20065:15 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Murray with the following Council Members
present: Dickerson, Mathena, and Stegall. Council Member Pohlmeyer was absent.
Also present were City Manager Stannan, Assistant City Manager Bachman, City Attorney
Duvernay, Transportation & Engineering Director Tippin, Assistant City Clerk Shennan and I
Executive Assistant Stockwell.
RESOLUTION - Declaring Parking Lot No.4 (APN 101-660-027), 1795 Pine Street,
surplus property and approving the transfer to the Redding Redevelopment Agency to
facilitate Habitat for Humanity's Theatre Square Townhomes Project.
(C-070-200/P-030/L-0 10-005) .
City Manager Stannan recalled that at its meeting of April 4, ~006, the City Council
authorized an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with the Redding Redevelopment Agency
(RRA) and Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) to negotiate tenns of a Disposition and
Development Agreement (DDA) for development of Habitat's proposed Theatre Square
Townhomes project. He said the project will consist of 16 market-rate townhomes, four
affordable townhomes and two mixed-use units, and he stressed that the tenns of the DDA
require no subsidy from the City or Agency. Mr. Stannan added that the project is designed
to integrate with the future Riverfront Theatre proposed for development in the area. Under
the tenns of the DDA and upon its execution, Mr. Stannan said that Habitat will submit an
application for entitlements to develop the project, and once the entitlement is received,
Habitat will notify the Agency whether it intends to proceed. If it elects to proceed with
development, the Agency will sell the Property to Habitat for its appraised value of$558 ,000
in cash at the close of escrow, proceed with development and then market the project.
City Manager Stannan recommended that the City Council adopt the resolution declaring I
Parking Lot No.4 as surplus, and transferring the property to the RRA to facilitate an.
affordable housing development by Habitat for Humanity Shasta Cascade.
MOTION: Made by Council Member Dickerson, seconded by Council Member Stegall,
adopting Resolution No. 2006-186, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding,
declaring Parking Lot No.4, (APN 101-660-027) surplus and approving transfer of same to
the Redding Redevelopment Agency (RRA) for the purpose of facilitating the development
of affordable housing pursuant to an agreement between RRA and Habitat for Humanity
Shasta Cascade Holdings, Inc. The Vote:
AYES: Council Members - Dickerson, Mathena, Stegall, and Murray
NOES: Council Members - None
ABSTAIN: Council Members - None
ABSENT: Council Members - Pohlmeyer
Resolution No 2006-186 is on file in the Office ofthe City Clerk.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at the hour of 5:58 p.m., Mayor Murray declared the
meeting adjourned.
APPROVED
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ATTEST:
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10/16/2006