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ACTION AGENDA. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING
, July 14, 2003
ITEM #1 - Call to Order -1 :11 p.m.
ITEM #2 - Approval of Minutes - Special Meeting 03/24/03 and Reqular Meetinq
06/02/03' ,
ACTION:
Approved as submitted.
ITEM #3 - Approve Selection Committee ranking of respondents to the Request for Proposals
and Qualifications (RFP/Q) for the redevelopment of the Station Square Parkino Lot Site and
authorize the neootiation of a development aQreement with the top ranked proposal.
ACTION:
Approved ranking and authorized the negotaition.
ITEM #4 - Executive Director (Assistant City Manager) Verbal Reports
ACTION: Executive Director Ralph Stone reporte~ that the Joint Meeting with the
Downtown Development Board (DDB) and the Mainstreet Committee was successful. He
mentioned that the land swap for Clearwater Automative and the contract with Arnold
'Brown has come to fruition.
ITEM #5 - Other Business - None.
. ITEM #6 - Adiourn - 1 :37 p.m.
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING
CITY OF CLEARWATER
July 14, 2003
Present: Brian J. Aungst
Hoyt P. Hamilton
Whitney Gray
William C. Jonson
Frank Hibbard
Mary Rogero
Dwight Matheny
Chair/CRA Trustee
Vice Chair/CRA Trustee
eRA Trustee
CRA'Trustee
CRA Trustee
Ex-Officio
Ex-Officio
Also present: William B. Horne II
Garry Brumback
Ralph Stone
Pamela K. Akin '
Cynthia E. Goudeau
Brenda Moses
City Manager
Assistant City Manager
CRA Executive Director/Asst. City Manager'
City Attorney
City Clerk
Board Reporter
The Chair called the meeting to order at 1 :11 p.m, at City Hall.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not
'necessarily discussed in that order. '
ITEM #2 - Approval of Minutes - Special Meeting 03/24/03 and Regular Meetinq
06/02/03
CRA Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of March 24,
2003, as recorded by the City Clerk and submitted in written summation to each Trustee, The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously,
Regarding the June 2, 2003 minutes, Commissioner Jonson suggested changing
paragraph 6 on page 6 as he felt the language was unreflective of what was said.
Discussion ensued regarding the suggested change and consensus was not to change
the minutes.
CRA Trustee Hibbard moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of June 2,
2003~ as recorded by the City Clerk and submitted in written summation to each Trustee. The
, motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
ITEM #3 - Approve Selection Committee rankinq of respondents to the Request for Proposals
and Qualifications (RFP/Q) for the redevelopment of the Station Square Parkinq Lot Site and
authorize the negotiation of a development agreement with the top ranked proposal.
On May 12, 2003, the CRA authorized the issuance of an RFP/Q to select a
qualified developer/development team to ~edevelop the Station Square Parking Lot
site as a mixed-use infill development. The CRA is ~aking the site available for
redevelopment as a catalyst for new urban housing and professional office use in
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the Downtown core. The site is 35,968+/- square feet. currently used as a public
parking surface lot, and is owned by the CRA. .
. Two developers: 1) The Beck Group, and 2) Dayhoff. LLC, responded to the RFP/Q and
submitted proposals on 6/13/03.
. The Selection Committee met on 6/18/03 to review the proposals. In order to gather
more detailed background information on the firms' development experience and
financial history, the Selection Committee decided to interview both firms and
subsequently rank the proposals.
. The selection of the development candidate will be based on four criteria, each having
equal weight: 1) Development qualifications; 2) Financial capability of the development
team: 3) Economic benefit to the City of Clearwater; and 4) Merits of the conceptual
development plan.
The major components of the preferred proposal w.iIl contain the following:
, . Provision for public and private parking spaces;
. New retail storefronts and a restaurant fronting on Cleveland Street;
· Provision of urban housing;
. Potential for includi~g office space;
.' Willingness to work with the City regarding urban design issues;
. 'Incorporation of proposed Streetscape design;
. Realistic development and construction schedule; and Negotiation of development
incentives with the City/CRA
The selected proposal will be reviewed by the Community Development Board as a
Comprehensive Infill application for site and architectural design as well as review of the
additional dwe I/ing units allocated, through the Public Amenities ,Incentive Pool.
Economic Development and Housing Director Reg Owens referred to a map of the site.
He sai~ the original infill site contains approximately 36,000 square feet and is currently used by
the City as a parking lot. Beck is proposing to enlarge this site,by acquiring aD additional 6,500
square feet. The building will be app~oximately 130 feet high. The proposal does not include
any office but Beck and Dayhoff may look to move the Dayhoff offices into the redevelopment
program. The eRA site will be sold at fair market price and parking will be replaced.
In response to a question. Mr. Owens said the project includes 100 condominiums and
9,900 square feet of retail space with a restaurant at ground level. Dayhoff's proposal included
, office with 40 condos; Beck's did not, however. was a stronger response. Mr. Owens said the
City would provide streetscaping improvements as an incentive to developers.
It was remarked that this project addresses several of the City's top priorities and
includes residential, retail, and parking,
, eRA Trustee Hamilton moved to authorize staff to negotiate a development agreement
with the top ranked respondent to the RFP/Q for development of the Station Square parking lot
site. The motion was ~uly seconded and carried unanimously.
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ITEM #6 - Adjourn
The m~eting adjourned at 1 :37 p.m.
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. ITEM #4 - Executive Director (Assistant City Manager) Verbal Reports ,
, eRA Executive Director/Assistant City Manager Ralph Stone said the DDS (Downtown
. Development Board) and the Mainstreet Committee held a brainstorming session to discuss
successes in the downtown. He said ali but 25 items proposed succeeded.
eRA Ex-Officio Mary Rogero requested consideration be given to increasing the number
of two-bedroom condominium units for the project at Drew Street as she believed they would
sell better than one-bedroom units. Mr, Owens said the developer plans to perform their own
, m~r~et analysis to determine the appropriate market mix 'and square foot~ge of units, Trustee
Jonson said there was discussion at the joint meeting of capitalizing on the portion of the '
PineUas Trail that runs through Downtown,
ITEM #5 - Other Business - None,
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