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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of March 15, 1994 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Hani W. Gabriel, Economic Development Directorw)o SUBJECT: UPDATE ON THE ELECTION OF RANCHO/MILL REDEVELOPMENT Date: March 15, 1994 PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE, AND RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE RANCHO/MILL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN Background On January 18, 1994, the City Council adopted a resolution calling for the formation of Project Area Committee ("PAC") for the Rancho/Mill Redevelopment Project Area ("Project Area"), and approved guidelines for forming the committee and electing members thereto. Discussion Following the call for forming the PAC, a number of steps were taken to inform all businesses and residents in the Project Area, including: * A letter saying when and where public meetings to form the PAC would be held was sent by first class mail to each known address in the Project Area. This letter also contained a map of the Project Area, a brief description of what the Redevelopment Plan is intended to do, and the reasons why the formation of a PAC was called for by the City Council. A display ad was also published in the paper which included basically the same information as the mailing. Staff contacted a number of businesses, residents, and community service organizations to solicit their participation in the PAC process. Two public meetings were held pursuant to the guidelines adopted by the City Council on January 18. The first meeting, which was held on February 17, 1994, was to brief interested Project Area residents, tenants, business people, and community organizations on the proposed Redevelopment Plan and the role of the PAC. Information made available to attendees included copies of a Draft Redevelopment Plan, State law relative to the PAC, a summary description of the redevelopment process and copies of the PAC formation procedures adopted by the City Council. Four people from the Project Area were at the first meeting. The second meeting, at which the actual election of PAC members was to be held, took place on February 24. Again, four members of the public attended the meeting. During the election meeting the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Colton ("Agency") explained its obligations and the obligations of the City Council with respect to the formation of a PAC and also advised those in attendance of the ability for the participants to form an informal committee to be designated as a Citizens' Advisory Committee. As a result of discussions with representatives of the Project Area, Page 1 of 2 Item No. A7