05/13/2008
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF CLEARWATER
May 13, 2008
Present: Frank Hibbard
Carlen Petersen
John Doran
George N. Cretekos
Paul Gibson
Also present: William B. Horne II
Jill S. Silverboard
Rod Irwin
Pamela K. Akin
Cynthia E. Goudeau
Brenda Moses
Chair/CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
City Manager
Assistant City Manager
Assistant City Manager/CRA Executive Director
City Attorney
City Clerk
Board Reporter
The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. at City Hall.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
2 - Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the April 14, 2008 CRA (Community Redevelopment AQency)
meetinQ as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Petersen moved to approve the minutes of the Community Redevelopment
Agency meeting of April 14, 2008, as recorded and submitted in written summation by the City
Clerk to each Trustee. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
3 - Community Redevelopment Agency Items:
3.1 Approve the East Gateway District Five-Year Action ProQram and FY 07-09
Implementation Work Plan.
The East Gateway District was established as part of the Community Redevelopment
Area in 2002. In 2004, the East Gateway Character District was created through amendments
to the Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment Plan. In late 2005, the East Gateway Task Force
was formed to identify strategies to effect positive change in the neighborhood. The Task Force
is comprised of City staff from an array of departments. In 2006, the CRA initiated a
neighborhood planning effort for the East Gateway District to create a comprehensive,
community-based action program.
With the help of a consultant, the Task Force convened focus groups and held
neighborhood meetings in 2006 to solicit input from residents, business owners, community
leaders and social services organizations on neighborhood needs, values and preferences.
Through the process, goal statements and action items were formulated and serve as the basis
for the East Gateway District Five-Year Action Program.
Community Redevelopment Agency 2008-05-13
1
The overarching goals of the program are to engage the community in its
implementation; achieve neighborhood stability; establish a unique and positive identity; and
attract reinvestment in private property. The action items focus on five central themes that
emerged during public process-Safety and Security; Business Environment; Neighborhood
Appearance; Economic Growth and Housing; and Hispanic Community Integration.
In 2007, a neighborhood meeting was held to obtain feedback on the draft East Gateway
District Five-Year Action Program. The program's action items were refined based on further
public and Task Force input.
The final step in the development of the program involved Task Force assessment of the
action items relative to implementation (e.g., fiscal/operational impacts and timeframe for
completion). The action items were then organized under one of two timeframes over the five-
year program period - Years 1 and 2 or Years 3,4 and 5 - based primarily on neighborhood
priorities, staff resources and funding resources.
Relative to funding commitments for the East Gateway District Five-Year Action
Program, this CRA action addresses resource allocations for FY 07/08 and FY 08/09 action
items only. Resource allocations for latter year action items (FY 09/10 and FY 11/12) will be
addressed by the CRA on an annual basis in conjunction with the CRA budgeting process
(beginning next fiscal year).
In most cases, the action items will be accomplished with existing operational resources
and department budgets (see details in the Impact Assessment & Tracking report). However,
the following action items represent key cost items:
Action Item S.1: Supplemental Police patrols (funding not identified)
Action Item S.4: Streetlights (funding identified)
Action Item N.2: Fayade and Building Lot Improvement Program (funding identified)
Action Item N.6: "Five Points" Gateway Feature (funding identified)
Action Item H.7: Multi-cultural Celebrations (funding identified)
Assistant City Manager Rod Irwin said staff needs additional time to address the
gateway feature. He said the City and the CRA will enter an interlocal agreement regarding the
CRA funding for the additional police officers and defining how they will operate. The City
Attorney emphasized care will need to be taken to assure the officers' services are provided to
the CRA only.
Two persons spoke in support of the plan.
Trustee Doran moved to approve the East Gateway District Five-Year Action Program
and FY 07-09 Implementation Work Plan. The motion was duly seconded.
Economic Development & Housing Director Geri Campos Lopez thanked City staff for
putting the plan together and thanked the business owners and residents who attended the
focus groups.
Community Development Coordinator Tammy Vrana reported a community meeting
regarding the east gateway is scheduled at the Main Library at 6:00 p.m. on June 24,2008.
Community Redevelopment Agency 2008-05-13
2
Upon the vote being taken, the motion carried unanimously.
4 - Other Business - None.
5 - Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 2:24 p.m.
~/###
'-chair
Community Redevelopment Agency
Attest:
Community Redevelopment Agency 2008-05-13
3