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3. GENERAL A. Franklin Street Plan Presentation (100) REPORT: Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Church, May 18, 1998 Director Church said the presentation tonight would include slides of a preliminary site plan. He said, "It is not the first site plan they have done, and it is certainly not the last one." Director Church said that after the Exclusive Right to Negotiate was approved earlier this year, staff and the developers have been meeting on a weekly basis to refine the site plan. He said they have had three meetings with the Architectural Advisory Committee and one similar presentation before the Planning Commission "to get their preliminary feedback and reaction. The developer is looking for your comments, your reactions to the way this works, not the way it looks, at this point. The actual configuration, the way the buildings will look, is still a long way from being finished." Director Church introduced Jeff Hansen, representing Shea Homes. Chairperson Howard apologized to everyone associated with the Franklin Street Plan presentation for moving the discussion of the Franklin Street Plan from the beginning of the evening to this hour to accommodate the many speakers who wished to address the Council. Jeff Hansen, 25, Metro Drive, San Jose, Vice President of Development of Shea Homes, said the presentation tonight is to keep the Director informed of the progress of the project. Mr. Hansen said they wanted Director's continuous input and wanted the opportunity to answer any questions. He said the input ascertained through their meetings with the Architectural Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission has been invaluable, "as we went through various iterations of the Franklin Street Master Plan... I think you are going to be pleased with the progress we have made." Mr. Hansen said the housing market in the Bay Area is still strong. He said, "your staff has been absolutely fantastic to work with, Mr. Church, Ms. Riordan, Mr. Csicsman, Mr. Cady, Mr. Schricker's office. We've done a lot of work and we have an awful lot yet to go." Mr. Hansen said that Mr. Bruce Dorfman from Irvine Apartments was in the audience, and he introduced Mr. Chuck Tang. Chuck Tang, Senior Architect with McClaren, Vasquez and Partners, 695 Town Drive, Costa Mesa, California, the project's land planner and architect on the Franklin Project, showed slides of the area site plan. Mr. Tang said the newly designed site plan responded to the Area Plan adopted by the City/Redevelopment Agency and reinforced the "urban fabric that is existing in the City." He said that they "wanted to create an urban village context for this community... an outward looking design, open to the City." Mr. Tang said the density of the complex was about 500 units, 300 "for sale" housing units and approximately 200 apartments for rent. He described the previous discussions that focused on affordability and the mix of the "for sales" and market rate units. Mr. Tang referred to SPECIAL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO.1 May 18, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 471 PAGE 2