MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 13, 1995 CRA MEETING
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPM1:.NJ KULl'".c
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Minutes
February 13, 1995
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The City Commission, meeting as the community Redevelopment Agency, ~et
in regular session at city Hall, Monday, February 13, 1995 at 1:15 pm,
with the following members present:
Arthur X. Deegan, II
Sue Berfield
Richard Fitzgerald
" Ri ta Garvey
Chairperson
vice-Chairperson
Trustee
Trustee
Also Present: Betty Deptula
Peter Gozza
Dan Leiter
Pamela Akin
Jacquie DeGroy
City Manager
Executive Director
Ex-officio Trustee
city Attorney
Recording Secretary
Absent: Fred Thomas
David stone
Bill Schulte
Trustee
Ex-officio Trustee
Chamber of Commerce
2. Approval of Minutes
A motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the
minutes of January 30, 1995.
~. Unfinished Business
CRA Lease for 423 Cleveland Street - To allow the city Attorney
additional time to review the lease, a motion was made, seconded
and unanimously approved to continue this item until the February
27, 1995 CRA meeting.
Trustee Garvey requested that. a compilation of the total costs of
the move be submitted.
4. New Business
Brasfield Letter - The letter written by Mr. ~ Mrs. Brasfield,
owners of the old Morrison restaurant, requested that the
boundaries of the community Redevelopment Agency be expanded to
include their property so they could take advantage of the CRA's
programs. Mr. Gozza will respond to the Brasfield's informing them
that district expansion is an item that will be addressed in the
planning of the new redevelopment plan and he will be able to
respond to their request in a more factual manner after the plan
has been presented. Any property that would be added to the eRA
distri~t must be contiguous. Trustee Garvey requested that a list
of the pros and cons in expanding the CRA district be submitted by
Mr. Gozza.
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li.arkinqAs~is,tancelgp~9k~r' sCorporation - Mr. Goz za presented the
history on this item. The Checker's corporation was looking to
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~~SsiblY relocat:l out of downtown Clearwat. - in Countryside or
/':: st. Petersburg." After a meeting with Chec'er's officials, Mayor
Garvey, Peter Gozza, and a representative from the Chamber of
Commerce, it was agreed that Checker's would stay dow~town if they
could negotiate a favorable lease with MAS ONE for their office
space and if they were able to reduce their parking costs. Working
with the City Manager, and traffic engineering - 40 parking spaces
@ $15.00/space could be obtained in the Kravas parking lot and 18
spaces @ $37. SO/space in the Garden Avenue Garag~. The CRA
proposal is to subsidize the parking by paying the difference
($22,.50) between the Garden Avenue rate and the Kravas rate which
amounts to $5,000.00 on an annual basis, $405.00 monthly. The
$5,000.00 would come from the Redevelopment Projects Account and
would be for a three (3) year period. Mr. Gozza spoke with
Checker's this morning and was informed that they have reached a
favorable lease with MAS ONE and if the parking subsidy is approved
they will remain in downtown Clearwater. A motion was made,
seconded and unanimously carried to approve the annual expenditure
of $5,000 to be paid in monthly installments to the City Parking
Fund. This will commence in May 1995.
s. Executive Director Verbal Reports
None
6. Other Trustee Business
Dan Leiter commented on the proposed leasing of the CRA office
space and indicated his opposition to the CRA using a "storefront"
for office space. Since Calvary Baptist Church is not renewing the
leases of the retail merchants in the 400 block, storefronts on
Cleveland Street are dwindling.
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Mr. Leiter suggested that .the DDB & CRA work together on
redirecting the DDB's efforts. A meeting between Mr. Leiter, Ms.
Judi Hackett and Mr. Gozza has been initiated to address these
efforts. Mr. Leiter will investigate the possibility of renting
office space adjacent to the proposed CRA office space by
contacting the property owner, Mr. Terry Tsafatinos.
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Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 1:31 pm.
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