06/02/2008
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF CLEARWATER
June 2, 2008
Present: Frank Hibbard Chair/CRA Trustee
Carlen Petersen CRA Trustee
John Doran CRA Trustee
George N. Cretekos CRA Trustee
Paul Gibson CRA Trustee
Also present: William B. Horne II City Manager
Jill S. Silverboard Assistant City Manager
Rod Irwin Assistant City Manager/CRA Executive Director
Pamela K. Akin City Attorney
Cynthia E. Goudeau City Clerk
Brenda Moses Board Reporter
The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:30 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 May 13, 2008 CRA meeting as submitted in written
summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Petersen moved to approve the minutes of the Community Redevelopment
Agency meeting of May 13, 2008, as recorded and submitted in written summation by the City
Clerk to each Trustee. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
3. CRA Items
3.1 Accept the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund dollars in the amount up to
$350,000 once the city adopts Resolution 08-12 to meet specific expenses incurred for the
environmental cleanup of real property identified as Pinellas County parcels
15/29/15/65196/000/0030,0034, 0060, 0061, 0062 and 0063 and known as the Clearwater
Automotive Salvage Yard.
In October 1999, the City Council authorized the City Manager to sign a Loan Fund
Agreement and Work Plan for the $500,000 award received from the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Clearwater Brownfields Cleanup Revolving
Loan Fund (BCRLF). On September 28, 2006, EPA awarded the City supplemental funds in the
amount of $700,000 increasing the original $500,000 award to $1,200,000. The action also
approved a time extension of the budget and project period date from September 30, 2006 to
September 30, 2008.
The BCRLF was structured to provide low-interest loans to parties interested in the
redevelopment of environmentally impaired properties. The BCRLF also allows government
entities to loan to other government agencies, but requires a City resolution. The rule also
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states that the city may discount up to 30% of the principal amount of the loan, provided that the
total amount of the principal forgiven shall not exceed $200,000.
The City determined that the best use of these funds from EPA would be for the cleanup
of the Clearwater Automotive Salvage Yard site. The City also determined that the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is in a better position to convey the Site to a developer or other
private entity if it provides for the environmental cleanup of the Site.
For these reasons, in May 2005 the City Council adopted Resolution 05-19 authorizing
the use of $350,000 earmarked for loan funds provided to the City by the EPA as part of the
BCRLF to the CRA for the environmental cleanup of the Clearwater Automotive Salvage Yard
project. The cleanup costs have exceeded the $350,000. Resolution 08-12 requests the City
Council to allot additional monies in the form of a loan in the amount up to $350,000 to complete
the remediation of the Clearwater Auto site and to address off-site environmental impacts
(Aamco site).
In order to obtain a Site Rehabilitation Completion Order (SRCO) from FDEP for the
Clearwater Auto site, the City is obligated to address off-site contamination related to the
Clearwater Auto site. The presence of foundry sands/slag material at depths of between two (2)
and six (6) feet below land surface was documented in soil borings at the Ron’s AAMCO site.
This material then historically ties Clearwater Auto activities to the adjacent Ron’s Aamco
property. As a result, this material must therefore be delineated and evaluated for potential
remediation as part of the Clearwater Auto site assessment. The delineation has been
complete and remediation is the next step.
An executed July 17, 2006 interlocal agreement outlines the City and CRA
responsibilities in preparing the site for redevelopment. It also notes that the cleanup of the
Clearwater Auto project may exceed the $350,000 adopted by Resolution 05-19. The
agreement allows the City, through its Brownfields program or other sources, or the CRA to
cover the additional costs of remediation and preparing the site for redevelopment. According
to the Interlocal Agreement, the CRA agrees that it will require the developer, person or entity to
whom the Site is conveyed following the environmental cleanup to pay the City the necessary
amount so appropriated from the BCRLF as part of the sale agreement. The loan amount to the
CRA will have a zero interest rate and shall be repaid from: a) amounts repaid to the CRA from
the private developer or another party to whom the CRA ultimately conveys the Site following
the environmental cleanup; b) TIF funds; c) the General Fund of the City through budget
appropriations in subsequent years so that such BCRLF may be made available by the City for
the environmental cleanup of the other sites if the property is unable to be sold after a
reasonable time (within five years of the completion of the environmental cleanup provided for
herein); d) other means legally sufficient and approved by EPA. Any payment from the City of
Clearwater General Fund is subject to the annual appropriations process. As stated earlier, a
portion of the loan may be discounted to reduce total funds due to the BCRLF.
Trustee Doran moved to approve the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund dollars
in the amount up to $350,000 once the City adopts Resolution 08-12 to meet specific expenses
incurred for the environmental cleanup of real property identified as Pinellas County parcels
15/29/15/65196/000/0030,0034, 0060, 0061, 0062 and 0063 and known as the Clearwater
Automotive Salvage Yard. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
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4. Other Business - None.
5. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 1 :35 p.m.
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