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Deegan, II Rita Garvey Richard Fitzgerald Sue Berfield Fred Thomas Elise Winters Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Trustee Trustee Trustee Ex-officio Truatee Also Presentl Betty Deptula Peter Gozza Al Galbraith Gil Gott Jacquie DeGroy Interim city Manager Executive Director city Attorney Chamber of Commerce secretary Absent I David stone EX-officio Trustee 2. Approval of Minutes Trustee Berfield moved to approve the minutes of the February 28, 1994 meeting. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. 3. February Pinancial Report Peter Gozza reviewed the financial report, addressing the miscellaneous items of $322.00 used for tree lighting maintenance and $428.00 used for advertising 'purposes. Trustee Berfield moved to accept the February financial report~ The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. 4. Unfinished Bu.iness Aids Coalition Piaslla. - Mr. Gozza reported that ACP has taken occupancy of -the. .1180 Cleveland street building and that the CRA is in -the process of having the building painted and some landscaping work done. Due to a break-in of the building, ACP has installed a security system at their expense. CDC U~date - Mr. Gozza reported that a Certificate of Incorporation was received from the state of Florida on March 28, 1994 for -the Clearwater Community Development corporation. State funding in 1994 for any new COO's is "highly '. unlikely" , 'but organization and planning for the CDC will continue. Letters have been written to thePinellas County legislative delegation requesting support for 'this funding. costs associated with the CDe would be advertising related. , Cleveland street ~ree Liqhtinq - To date, $3,080.08 has been spent on the .Cleveland street tree lighting project. An additional cost of $774.00 will be expended on 12 sample electrical units that should substantially extend the life of the light.s and will in turn cut down on maintenance and material costs. These unite will be sampled in the larger trees prior to using them overall. April 4, 1994 CRA --~~.l...-At.~~f.l~t..",-",~~ ~.. ,.;:;:c:.,;> <.,' ">"'h...;",T ~..., '~:...l.~:'..~" ...~"'.. :...~...-~~..:.'..:. '..~' .',':::':. I.....'..~~'...:r~ . ' ",,".J. ;;J.:J\Dk;;'.:;.':. !{~,~t!-tJf.4}.:.t;t;;;)r.;:;f 4,~&.~~';:;J,~.;[.~~~k;;~~t1:~~~i"'.;';' ;''(_ ~/~1:>i '+'; .,C .~. .. .. '.'.., .' ~ . ' ,. . '~'.'" ....~. f~ ~l"1t~::'~'~.~~ ,t. .J,~' 1... ,,:.~:>.:.,. ". ....~~,. :..' . T" . "!' ,... ., I.... " . .. +. .. . '. .... .... . ....::.... "..' ...., . . < '. . . . ~. '.'. ! t . " . ('- ~ I . 5. Hew Business 'n \.t._'" CRA budget revisions will be submitted at the April 18th meeting in time for mid-year adjustments. 6. Execut.ive Direct.or Verbal Reports , Peter Gozza will be attending and working the booth at t.he Value Retailing Convention held in Tampa on April 19th-21st in an effort to attract new business to downtown Clearwater. Goals & Objectives Update - The prospect tracking system, property inventory, Main Street program and East End property projects have all been completed as outlined in Peter Gozza's goals and objectives. The syetem to facilitate the permit process and development is currently being worked on - an advertising campaign has been launched and Scott Shuford is working on a video depicting the permit process. The publication, Downtown Promotions Reporter, has been ordered since Mr. Gozza will be working closely with Joyce Baskin (Chairperson of the Promotions Committ.ee) and Al Bitman (President of the Downtown Clearwater Association) to increase the number and quality of downtown promotions. Elise Winters commented that volunteers are needed for this committee. :'0 A new street vendor (hot dog cart), will soon be in Station Square Park. City staff is reviewing a sample street vendor contract from the City of st. petersburg. A final contract will be submitted for approval. The eRA requested that Mr. Cozza research and report on the "downtown business owner vending cart VB. vending cart in the park" issue. Trustee Thomas requested that dress code standards for street vendors be established and presented (by Peter Gozza) to the board for approval. 7. other Trustee Business .,' ."'. T ,. The Downtown Partnership Group will meet on Tuesday, April 26, 1994 at 5: 30 pm followed by the DDS/CRA Joint Meeting, followed by the regular DDB meeting. The DDs/eRA Joint Meeting agenda was reviewed and approved. Discussion regarding the downtown logo contest took place. The Downtown Partnership Group will partioipate in the judging of the logo winner. Trustee Thomas reconunended that the CRA Board give final approval of the deaign and usage of a downtown logo. S. Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 9:38 am. "'-'. . . I:: ,": , . , ( ~ ..... . a~~~~o~l~ . ., . . l<'; .:.." ~>~.:.\, , ,,,; I ~ '1.':', '.: 'r "," ~:.~:I~; .... . ., ~; . +::....:.,:..>, c::':1 . ", . ! ~ :~. c > , 11 L . ... .'T r ,~ '.' ~;. f.c f ~;,~,O":":<" April 4, 1994 CRA " . "., ~ . -t". . ,. , ...... '.. ',~ ~~~: '~:: ~ ". T . "cC~.. ~1tt~~~~7~::----'~~~'~"""";'"';""" 'i....";!';",i'~;,)0..;~\i"'i;~~,\~~i~~f{l,~i~~:i"~;d;! ('.:',}~,;J'~ i;~~;t...'u~~:~~"'~"I";J{:'. .,.,. ";...c.....'.. . ~ . _. .. .' , .' : ,,' .'... . : t' . >' . ~ .. . . ~. ':.:" .' " . ,~.', ., .'.