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CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING
183 NORTH MAIN STREET
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
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CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Bhutta called the Joint Special City Council Meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Chairwoman Melendez called the Joint Special Redevelopment Agency Meeting to
order at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Bhutta
Mayor Pro Tern Magee
Council Member Hickman
Council Member Melendez
Council Member Tisdale
PRESENT: Chairwoman Melendez
Vice -Chair Tisdale
Agency Member Bhutta
Agency Member Hickman
Agency Member Magee
ABSENT: None
Also present: City Manager Brady, City Attorney Leibold, Public Works Director /City
Engineer Seumalo, and City Clerk Bloom.
CLOSED SESSION
(1) Conference with Legal Counsel -- Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Gov't Code
§ 54956.9: 1 potential case
City Attorney Leibold announced that the City Council and Redevelopment Agency
would dispense with the Closed Session Item 1.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Jeff Tallman, Inland Empire resident, spoke before the Council and Agency Members
regarding the Orange County Rescue Mission, which has purchased a house serving
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the Murrieta/Temecula Rescue Mission. This Rescue Mission serves the people of
Lake Elsinore. He is looking at an old hotel in Lake Elsinore for potential development
as affordable housing. He felt that there were effective ways that he and the City could
work together.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Transfer Of Stadium Parking Lot To City And Recordation Of Covenants To Operate
Stadium Parcel And Parking Lot Parcel For Permitted Uses
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Redevelopment Agency:
1) Authorize the Chairwoman to execute a Grant Deed in such form as approved
by Agency Counsel and any and all documents necessary for the conveyance of
the Parking Lot Parcel from the Redevelopment Agency to the City of Lake
Elsinore.
2) Authorize the Chairwoman to execute a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions in such form as approved by Agency Counsel any and all
documents necessary to record perpetual covenants burdening the Stadium
Parcel so as to restrict the use of the Stadium Parcel for stadium and event
purposes and restricting the use of the Parking Lot Parcel as Stadium and event
parking.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1) Authorize the City Manager to execute a Certificate of Acceptance and any
and all documents necessary to accept the conveyance of the Parking Lot Parcel
from the Redevelopment Agency to the City of Lake Elsinore.
2) Authorize the Mayor to execute a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and
Restrictions in such form as approved by the City Attorney any and all
documents necessary to record perpetual covenants burdening the Stadium
Parcel so as to restrict the use of the Stadium Parcel for stadium and event
purposes and restricting the use of the Parking Lot Parcel as Stadium and event
Parking.
City Attorney Leibold presented the staff report to the Council and Redevelopment
Agency. She stated that staff was proposing that the Agency convey to the City Parcel
042 which is referred to as the parking lot parcel. The benefited property burdening an
on -going perpetual convenient to be recorded on the 040 Stadium Parcel that will
ensure the ongoing use of the Stadium property for Stadium purposes. This action is to
maintain the emphasis and significance of the Stadium for entertainment and sporting
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events, and as an economic stimulus to the overall Redevelopment Agency and City
goals.
Agency Member Magee acknowledged the City Attorney for identifying the various uses
of the project. He suggested including rodeos, support facilities for drag boat races,
water and jet -ski events, the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix and other special public events
as may develop in the coming years to be reviewed and approved by the City Council.
It was moved by Agency Member Bhutta and seconded by Agency Member Magee to
authorize the Chairwoman to execute a Grant Deed in such form as approved by
Agency Counsel and any and all documents necessary for the conveyance of the
Parking Lot Parcel from the Redevelopment Agency to the City of Lake Elsinore; and to
authorize the Chairwoman to execute a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and
Restrictions in such form as approved by Agency Counsel any and all documents
necessary to record perpetual covenants burdening the Stadium Parcel so as to restrict
the use of the Stadium Parcel for stadium and event purposes and restricting the use of
the Parking Lot Parcel as Stadium and event parking. The motion unanimously carried
by the following vote: AYES: Agency Members Bhutta, Hickman, Magee, Vice -Chair
Tisdale and Chairwoman Melendez. NOES: None.
It was moved by Mayor Pro Tern Magee and seconded by Councilmember Melendez to
authorize the City Manager to execute a Certificate of Acceptance and any and all
documents necessary to accept the conveyance of the Parking Lot Parcel from the
Redevelopment Agency to the City of Lake Elsinore; and, to authorize the Mayor to
execute a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions in such form as
approved by the City Attorney any and all documents necessary to record perpetual
covenants burdening the Stadium Parcel so as to restrict the use of the Stadium Parcel
for stadium and event purposes and restricting the use of the Parking Lot Parcel as
Stadium and event Parking. The motion unanimously carried by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Melendez, Hickman, Tisdale, Mayor Pro Tern Magee and
Mayor Bhutta. NOES: None.
ADJOURNMENT
The Lake Elsinore City Council adjourned the Joint Special City Council and
Redevelopment Agency meeting at 5:13 p.m. to a regular meeting to be held on
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the Cultural Center located at 183 N. Main
Street, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530.
Melissa Melendez, Chairwoman
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