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Planning Commission DOFT/UNAPPROVED F uary 24, 2000 Minute No. 2000-04 (Excerpt) Page 13 of 16 Associate City Planner Weisbrod replied that there was a requirement that the dealership provide onsite parking for all employees and that these be reserved and clearly marked. Lou Filipovich, 15376 Laverne Drive, called the project mindboggling. He said traffic had been a problem that had been discussed for decades with very little done to improve it. He cautioned that railroad spurs should only be modified or removed after consultation with rail companies. He said that the interests of the various parties -- Ford Motor Company, Chovanes Ford and Mossi -- was confusing as represented in the documents in the meeting packet. He asked staff to differentiate a joint redevelopment agency from a redevelopment agency. Secretary Hom responded that in San Leandro the joint redevelopment project pertained to a large area that includes East 14th Street that was the joint responsibility of the Alameda County and San Leandro Redevelopment Agencies. Mr. Filipovich pointed out that the staff memorandum listed the redevelopment agency containing the subject car dealership project as a "joint redevelopment agency." He said the major problem with the project was to determine who was going to pay for the street improvements. He said taxpayers had already committed $3 million dollars toward street improvements. He said it was clear that the project was a sales tax machine, which was fine, but the project was also generating redevelopment debt for the City, currently at $29 million dollars. He said he didn't feel the residents of San Leandro were getting their money's worth from the project. He said it was clear the project was going to be approved by the City Council, and it was also clear nothing would be done about the constantly-increasing traffic. He said that the problems associated with redevelopment were just beginning and that the worst was yet to come. Motion to Close the Public Hearing (Collier/Mahoney; 7 Ayes, 0 Noes) Commissioner Collier asked Ms. Swan whether the current Ed Chovanes Ford employees would be relocated to the new site. Ms. Swan said that the current employees were proposed to remain as employees under the new ownership and the relocation. She said the buy-sell agreement would close in thirty to forty days. Redevelopment Director Debbie Potter noted that as part of the buy-sell agreement Mossi Ford had agreed to honor the collective bargaining agreement. G:\ IINUTES.PC/2000/2-24-2000 2/29/2000 409