10-16-2025 Downtown Community Task Force Meeting

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What is discussed during the opening roll call and introductions?

Adam Thompson 0:02

I now call to order the downtown community task force meeting of October sixteenth, twenty twenty five. Um staff, please call the roll.

Unknown 0:13

Thank you. Member Thompson?

Adam Thompson 0:16

Here.

Unknown 0:17

Member Andersek?

Adam Thompson 0:18

Here.

Unknown 0:19

Member Mayor? Member von Hyong? Member Vargas Smith? Member Reed? Member Coyne?

Rob Mayer 0:27

Here.

Unknown 0:27

Member Collins.

Rob Mayer 0:28

Here.

Unknown 0:29

And member version A. Is not present. Um I do need to say that we do have a member participating under AB two four four four nine. So when we take votes, um I'll be asking him a couple of questions. Um okay, so you can go ahead, Chair. We can excuse.

Adam Thompson 0:50

Um, is there a motion to excuse uh member Varsnay?

Rob Mayer 0:55

Adam Thompson 0:55

move.

Rob Mayer 0:57

Adam Thompson 0:58

And that passes. Well oh we'll have to

Unknown 1:02

do a vo we'll have to do a voice roll call vote. Sorry, because we have a member participating remotely. Um so I will start with Chair Thompson. Um I just need you to where's the list here?

Adam Thompson 1:16

So I I'm disclose

Unknown 1:18

yeah. Disclose that there are no individuals eighteen uh or younger present in the room with you.

Adam Thompson 1:24

There are no individuals eighteen or older oh older, right?

Unknown 1:28

Eighteen, uh yeah. Over the age of eighteen, sorry.

Adam Thompson 1:30

Over at eighteen, age of eighteen would be no.

Unknown 1:33

Correct. Okay. So we'll take a roll call vote, Member Thompson.

Adam Thompson 1:38

Uh I I

Unknown 1:41

Member undersec.

Adam Thompson 1:42

Hi.

Unknown 1:43

Member Mayor.

Adam Thompson 1:44

Hi.

Unknown 1:45

Member von Heon. Member Vargas Smith. Member Reid. Member Coyne. Hi. Member Collins. Hi. That passes unanimously. Member Vargin A is excused.

Adam Thompson 2:00

Yeah. Motion passed. And then age two. So then we go to staff, please read the DCTF meeting procedures into the record.

Unknown 2:12

Yes, thank you. Meetings are conducted by the chair in accordance with the following procedures. The chair of the DCTF directs all activity during the meeting. Any item on this agenda may be continued to a subsequent meeting. Special procedures time limits may be applied to any items as prescribed by the chair. Copies of the current agenda and any staff reports for items on the agenda are available online on the Downtown Precise Plan website as well as on the City Clerk's website.

Adam Thompson 2:39

We now move to the consent calendar.

Unknown 2:42

Thank you. We have no items this evening.

Adam Thompson 2:48

And to public presentations, is there anyone that would like to address the task force on items that are not on the agenda?

Unknown 2:57

We do have one person in the audience who would like to address the task force.

Raina Brillo 3:05

Hello, task force. I'm Raina Brillo. I'm in our city manager's office. I'm the director of economic development and sustainability. I know all of our task force members. Um I am here to give you a very quick update. Um, as you know, many people are interested in the redevelopment of our downtown. And we have begun an effort to uh Provide an RFP for the potential redevelopment of the city owned property in blocks A and B. So um a couple things to note about that. Um, just want folks to be aware that we have an office building that's on the corner of Lafayette and Homestead. It's 900 Lafayette, commonly referred to as Commerce Plaza. That building over the course of a year has actually been vacated. And so we now have the opportunity to do some programming, um, which we've been working on for our big events for next year.

Raina Brillo 4:11

Um, simultaneously, uh, city staff, myself specifically, as well as a couple community members, um, specifically Adam Thompson and Rob Mayer, um, have been meeting uh frequently in order to kind of understand uh the requirements. requirements that we have in our precise plan as well as in our form-based code for what redevelopment entails on that city-owned property, recognizing it's a catalyst property, and we have a lot of Uh, benefits that are to be included in that in that development. So the reason for doing this is we want to be able to issue an RFP that would help potential developers understand all the areas that they might want to explore with the property and all the benefits that would need to be included, as well as maybe some of the areas of

Raina Brillo 5:03

flexibility, not related to the precise plan or form-based code, but in terms of how the city might see development occur. And I think really we've done a lot of work looking at Uh prototypes, for instance, to fit development. within these two blocks.