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Inside Juanita's Foods |
Summary
The main emphases for this year will be to (1) enter into an Owner Participation Agreement (OPA) with Union Ice Company, which
will facilitate expansion of a longtime Wilmington business and cold storage facility and provide site assembly, relocation services to
affected businesses and environmental remediation to properties identified as Brownfields sites, awarded $1.26 million (in 2001)
HUD Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Grant and $9.4 million in Section 108 Loan Authority; (2) facilitate the
development by Habitat for Humanity, South Bay/Long Beach Chapter (Habitat) of 8 single-family homes (outside of the Project
Area) that will be affordable to very low-income, first time home buyers and assist the City in the disposition and development of their
L Street and Lecouvreur Avenue surplus property, containing two previously abandoned oil wells; (3) as recommended by the 2003
Economic Adjustment Strategy Report funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and HUD, improve the overall image of the
Project Area, by beautifying its entryways, complete design plans for landscape improvements at E and Alameda Streets and
Eubank Avenue and Alameda Streets and secure entitlements for projects by implementing the BACCES (Buy, Assemble, Clean
Clear and Entitle the Site) Approach; (4) market the Real Estate Bulletin Board feature of the Wilmington Industrial Park Website that
lists properties for sale, for lease or wanted for industrial development sites; promote this method of communication to attract
businesses to the Project Area and (5) facilitate the City processing of street and alley vacations that will yield new development,
creation of new jobs and new improvements. These activities will successfully complete this redevelopment project.
FY 2005-2006 Proposed Work Program
- Assist the City in the disposition and development of their L Street and Lecouvreur Avenue property to Habitat for Humanity for construction of 8 single-family homes, affordable to very low-income families (50% median) and first time buyers. Provide technical assistance to the City to remove any encumbrances to title and monitor the project’s design to take into consideration two previously abandoned oil wells on the City property in order to prevent any future methane gas build-up.
- Enter into an Owner Participation Agreement with Union Ice Company for expansion of their cold storage and warehouse facility at 901 E Street and provide site assembly, relocation, environmental remediation and site clearance assistance and secure the 2001 federal allocation of $1.26 million in HUD Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Grant and $9.4 million in Section 108 Loan Authority awarded to the Project Area.
- Complete design and construction of sidewalk widening improvements on the south side of G Street between Eubank Avenue and Banning Blvd, as a condition of vacating Lecouvreur Street between G and F Streets (adjacent to Juanita’s Foods) and monitor the completion of public artwork at Juanita’s Foods’ new administrative office building.
- With City interdepartmental assistance, provide sidewalk, curb and gutter improvements to street paving of various unimproved streets to retain or attract new businesses.
- Complete design plans and award a construction contract to beautify Wilmington Industrial Park entryways (as recommended in the 2003 Economic Adjustment Strategy Report by Economic and Planning Systems) at E and Alameda Streets and Eubank Avenue and Alameda Street with landscape improvements and business directory signage on the public right way, evaluate and prepare a cost estimate to correct the poor drainage problem along Alameda Street between Eubank and Banning Blvd that’s causing serious flooding and adopt Design Guidelines for the landscaped setback areas of new industrial development, as conceptually designed by Ahbe, consultant.
- Monitor progress and expansion of various businesses granted Minor Variations to the Redevelopment Plan or support for street and alley vacations, such as Potential Industries, Electronic Balancing, California Cotton Fumigating Company, etc.
- Continue to participate in the Wilmington Task Force of City Departments in order to comprehensively and effectively address issues requiring coordination and enforcement by multiple jurisdictions, namely illegal occupation of public alley ways; abandoned disabled vehicles, illegal parking of motor homes; illegal parking contributing to traffic congestion and public safety issues; lack of regular maintenance contributing to trash and debris along the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on Alameda Street and along the Pacific Harbor Line Railroad tracks on McFarland Avenue; and servicing four Q-Star cameras (installed in FY02) to deter illegal dumping.
For more information:
See program for FY05
See program for FY04
See program for FY03
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