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04-01-2002 Agenda .CRA 04/01/02 , " ACTION AGENDA - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING Monday, April 1, 2002 - Commission Chambers Item #1 - Call to Order - 9:03 a.m. Item #2 - Approval of Minutes - 3-18-02 regular meeting ACTION: Approved. ITEM #3 - Approve $30,000 to fund CRA portion of a design and transportation planning services contract to update the Downtown Redevelopment Plan and to add the Gateway area to the Downtown Plan. ACTION: Approved. ITEM #4 - Executive Director (Assistant City Manager) Verbal Reports - None. ITEM #7 - Other Business - None. ITEM #8 - Adjournment - 9:15 a.m. acr0402 1 04/01/02 - .-.. ,\1, . , !l: ....~ ~ i! ~ COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Agenda Cover Memorandum Final .-\genda Item # Meeting Date: April 1, 2002 SUB)ECl/RECOMMEN DA liON: Approve $30,000 to fund CRA portion of a design and transportation planning services contract to update the Downtown Redevelopment Plan and to add the Gateway area to the Downtown Plan, [8J and that the appropriate officials be authorized to execute same. SUMMARY: · In 1995, the Community Redevelopment Agency prepared a Downtown Redevelopment Plan for an area that extended from Clearwater Bay eastward to Frederica Avenue. · Staff will be merging the "Our Downtown" Plan, the Downtown Periphery Plan, and the Downtown Redevelopment plan and adding the "Gateway" area east to Highland between Drew Street and Chestnut. The updated Downtown Redevelopment Plan will also address the changes in the Commission's policies since the Plan's adoption in 1995 by revising the policies, land use potential and major redevelopment projects. · Design and transportation planning services are required for both the Downtown and Gateway areas. · The $30,000 cost is the CRA portion of a $60,000 contract for design services within the CRA. The City will fund the additional $30,000. Funding the CRA portion of $30,000 is available in the capital improvement project 315-94714, Downtown Redevelopment. · These design and transportation services are related to: 1 . Streetscape 2. Wayfinding Signage 3. Waterfront Park on Bluff 4. General Urban Design Elements for the Downtown and Gateway 5. Evaluate and confirm land use potential and transportation network Reviewed by: 0 loll legal -iJ!:t:- Budget ~ Purchasing ~;( - Risk Mgmt NA Info Tech NA Public Works (irN~ DCMlACM Planning Originating Dept: Economic Development User Dept. I L / Economic Develo~' (J AttilChments Costs $30.000 Total Funding Source: C.lpilo11mpro\1.'l1l1!1l1 Current Fiscal yc,lr Opcr"lln~ Olh.... Submitted by: Citv Manaier Q Printed on recycled p.lper l!I None Funding Code: 315-9-'714-530100,552-000 Rev. 2/96