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- -- - --- --~--- - - ------ - -- - ---- Mr. Hildebrand advised that these issues are not before the Council tonight, and the attorney for Mr. Davies is looking at the possible abandonment of Franklin Street at a later stage of the Redevelopment process and at that time the City Council has the authority to abandon public streets and easements and the issue of whether it is appropriate to abandon Franklin Street can be decided then. At this time only the acquisition of the underlying fee is before the Board. 5. Mr. Davies contends he has a valuable lease with the Chevrolet dealership which will be damaged if this property is condemned. Mr. Hildebrand advised that tonight's Hearing is not the forum to determine this issue, but it may be raised later in court. 6. Mr. Davies protests the City's designation of the present use of the property as "vacant land." The property is used for parking vehicles and other related uses of the Chevrolet dealership. Mr. Hildebrand advised the Agency contends that the claimed use is not a legally approved use. The use exists across a public street from the dealership, but has never been given City approval, no application for use permit has been made. The Agency is discussing with the owner of the dealership the possible relocation of the parking of the vehicles now being made legally or illegally on that property. 7. Mr. Davies does not agree that Franklin Street should be condemned andlor that its use should be taken from the general public. Mr. Hildebrand advised that this issue had been dealt with, it is the same version of the issue of the abandonment of Franklin Street, and this is not a hearing for abandonment. 8. From the inception of the redevelopment concept, Mr. Davies has been advised that the Davies property would not be included in any redevelopment project. This present request seems contrary to that advice. Mr. Hildebrand advised that staff believes that originally and through December 1989, the dealership, the corner parcel on Jefferson and El Camino Real, was not even in the Redevelopment Project area and therefore the Redevelopment Agency had no power to deal with that corner parcel, and Mr. Davies may have been advised that that corner parcel was not going to be included in the Project. It still is not included in the current Project at this time, but the Project area was expanded in December 1989 and does embrace the dealership corner parcel as well, but that issue is not before the Board tonight. The only parcel considered is the one in hatchmarks, that portion of Franklin Street already described and the parcel abutting Franklin just east and north of the parcel shown. Redevelopment Agency Minutes June 8, 1992 Page 6 MINUTE BOOK NO.1 Page No. 66