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LETTER RE BOUNDARIES OF CRA I I January 25, 1993 Mr. Charlie Dye Property Appraiser's Office P. O. Box 1957 Clearwater, Florida 34617-1957 Dear Mr. Dye: Enclosed please find the map which shows the boundaries agreed to by the Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and the Downtown Development Board (DDB). As you will note the .boundaries are co-terminus. There is a proposal that will go before the Clearwater City Commission on February 4, 1993, to expand the CRA boundaries. If that expansion is approved, it will be June, 1993, before final adoption will take place. Once this is determined, the City will send you a specific legal description boundary so the ambiguity of the old description will no longer be a problem. The DDB would like to keep its boundaries co-terminus with the CRA. However, if the expansion of the CRA is approved, it will require a freeholder referendum in the area to be expanded for the DDB to affect the same change. Again, if this is done the description will be a specific legal description. Thank you and the others in the Property Appraiser's Office who assisted us withthis project. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 462-6684. Sincerely, Cynthia E. Goudeau, CMC City Clerk cc: Michael J. Wright, City Manager M. A. Galbraith, City Attorney J~ / ~() ~,R { 'J/?;i 1 1 FAa C I T Y 0 F C LEA R WA T E R Interdepartmental Correspondence From: M. A. Galbraith, Jr., City Attorney Cynthia E. Goudeau, City Clerk @ To: Copy: Jerry Sternstein, Economic Development Director Subject: Downtown Development Board Boundaries Referendum Date: January 7, 1993 The Downtown Development Board (DDB) believes the CRA and DDB districts should be the same. If the adoption of the revised Downtown plan includes an expansion of the, CRA district, as proposed, the associated expansion of the DDB will require a referendum of those owning property in the current DDB area as well as those in the expansion area. The DDB is concerned a defeat of such a referendum would result in the abolition of the DDB district as it currently stands. Please advise how the referendum question could be worded in order to assure the current DDB boundaries would remain intact if a referendum for expansion was defeated. I am scheduled to report to the Board at its meeting of January 25, 1993. If you need any additional information, please let me know. Also, please advise whether I should be aQministering an Oath of Office to DDB members. I have found a few in the files but nothing consistent. Thank you for your assistance. 1 f PROPERTY A~PRAISER JIM SMITH, CFA P.O. BOX 1957 CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 34617-1957 OFFICE PHONE: 813 462-3207 · HEARING IMPAIRED: 813 462-3370 · FAX: 813 462-3448 November 12, 1992 Michael J. Wright City Manager City of Clearwater POBox 4748 Clearwater, FL 34618-4748 RECEI,TED NOY 1 6 1992 City Man~ger Dear Mr. Wright, In our mutual effort to resolve the boundary of the Clearwater Downtown Development Board, please review the enclosed map. When this proposed boundary is compared to the map prepared by the Clearwater Engineering Department, you will see that an attempt was made to reflect the most "consistent" combination of boundaries of the three shown on that map. Althoughcurrent ownership was researched, we did not automatically include contiguous ownership outside the boundary with ownership within the boundary. The result would have been yet another boundary line, and the initial Board charter indicated the line could only be changed by public hearing. Please let us know how you wish to proceed with this project. As stated previously, this office will use your final boundary determination to code the Clearwater Downtown Development district on the 1993 property value roll. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at 462-4295. Sincerely, Vo--- ~ Pamela M. Dubov, CAE Chief Deputy PMD/mt Appraiser's Responsibility - By state law, it is the responsibility of the Appraiser to locate, identify. and appraise, (at current market value), all property subject to ad valorem taxes. maintain property value roll equitf and process allowable exemptions, The Appraiser has no jurisdiction or responsibility for district budgets, tax rates. special assessments or amount of taxes paid, These matters are handled by the various taxing authorities performing services, such as the County Government, City Governments, School Board and other taxing districts, 1 PROPERTY AP~RAISER JIM SMITH, CFA P.O. BOX 1957 CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 34617-1957 OFFICE PHONE: 813 462-3207 · HEARING IMPAIRED: 813 462-3370 · FAX: 813 462-3448 October 16, 1992 Michael J. Wright City Manager City of Clearwater, POBox 4748 Clearwater, FL 34618-4748 Dear Mr. Wright: -'E:UI5uant LO..llllLmeetin9-.of,Oct.Dher: lA,..l9..92,..to res olve .',. boundary_ discrepancies of the Clearwater Downtown Development Board (CWD), with Al Gilbreath, Cyndie Goudeau, Pam Dubov, Erma Thomas, and Charlie Dye in attendance, it is my understanding that the initial vague boundary description instituted in 1972 has resulted in various interpretations of the boundary since that time. After a lengthy discussion, it was determined to use the following conditions to establish and maintain the line where the questions occur. The boundary will include only those parcels (defined as a single entry on the property value roll) fronting on streets in question. If the same owner holds title to contiguous parcels lying in the rear of those particular parcels, the rear parcel will only be combined with the frontage parcel if: 1) buildings lie across the property lines, 2) the owner requests that the parcels be combined. In the second instance, the owner will be made aware that additional taxes will be levied against the expanded frontage parcel. For the 1993 Property Value Roll, the office of the Property Appraiser will study the existing parcel ownerships and create a map of the boundary based on the above criteria. The map will be forwarded to the Clearwater officials in attendance for acceptance. Upon notification of acceptance the Property Appraiser's Office will then make any changes to district coding as is necessary to reflect the boundary. We to working with you on this project. / J -, ~ (. ;.'. r, ,; r'- r t:- r,~' . ',' II \! J L ,< I l,~~::O !!; 0 C T 2 0 1992 ,-, u !:/I I .J Gi i\" CiJ . ~," L .,.. Appraiser's Responsibility - By state law, It is the responsibility of the Appraiser to locate, identify, and appraise, (at current market value), all property subject to ad valorem taxes. maintain property value roll equity and process allowable exemptions. The Appraiser has no jurisdiction or responsibility for district budgets, tax rates, special assessments or amount of taxes paid, These matters are handled by the various taxing authorities performing services, such as the County Government, City Governments, School Board and other taxing districts.