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CityCouncil | 2010-03-03 | 5 | private property rights is always a challenge; hopefully, revitalizing the Carnegie will not take 30 years, as did building the library; that she looks forward to hearing about implementation. The Interim Executive Director stated in her very first finance class related to land use, Donald Bren from the Irvine Company stated: "Vision without implementation is nothing more than a dream;" there is no point in spending effort creating a vision that is going to sit on a shelf; the effort was framed knowing there are some immediate opportunities at the Towata building, gas station, Cargenie building and CVS, parallel with Citywide asset management; the City owns land that perhaps the City should not own and that could be used for other things; the implementation plan, which will be discussed in a month, addresses immediate steps that will generate money and allow the Cargnie to be done first; things will start within the next 15 to 18 months; Economic Development is working on obtaining small grants for the Carnegie and obtaining grants for the Fire Station, which will bring more money to the table. Acting Chair Matarrese stated that he was on the Downtown Vision Task Force ten years ago and the only accomplishment missing from said plan is doing the Civic Center; the plan can be done; the theater and parking garage were done in spite of opposition; he believes the Carnegie was a gift to the City for cultural and educational use, which can be debated later; the plan calls to be put out to the public; thanked staff and consultants for the plan; encouraged members of the public to get the word out; expressed support for the ideas presented for the gas station; stated that he likes having an identified cultural district to recognize the historic museum and art galleries and the potential of having a hotel, even if it is smaller, in the Civic Center; requested the presentation be posted on the website. AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Acting Chair Matarrese adjourned the meeting at 8:46 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lara Weisiger Secretary The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act. Special Meeting Community Improvement Commission 4 March 3, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-03-03.pdf |