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ACTION AGENDA - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING
Monday. ,October 13. 2003 - Commission Chambers
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Call to order -1 :12 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes:
ACTION: January 27,2003 and September 15, 2003 approved as submitted; September 2,
2003 approved as amended.
3. Recommend the City Commission approve a contract with Bellomo-Herbert and
Company. Inc. for design of the Cleveland Street and Station Square, Park streetscape,
in the amount of $371.828.61.
ACTION: Approved as submitted.
4. ,Approve extension of time for Development Aareement for 1180 Cleveland Street,
Clearwater, Florida through October 30,2004, and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same.
ACTION: Approved as submitted.
5. Executive Director (Assistant City Manaqer) Verbal" Reports - None.
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6. Other Business - None.
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Adjourn -1: 22p.m.
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING
CITY OF CLEARWATER
October 13, 2003
Present: Brian J. Aungst
Whitney Gray
Hoyt P. Hamilton
William C. Jonson
Frank Hibbard
Dwight Matheny
Chair/CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
CRA Trustee
EXMOfficio Member
Also present: William B. Horne II
Garry Brumback
Ralph Stone
Pamela K. Akin
Cyndie Goudeau
Brenda Moses
City Manager
Assistant City Manager
CRA Executive Director/Asst. City Manager
City Attorney
City Clerk
Bo~rd Reporter
The Chair called the meeting to order at 1: 12 p.m. at City Hall.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not
'necessarily discussed in that order. '
Dwight Matheny was congratulated as the new chair of the DDS (Downtown
Development Board).
2. Approval of Minutes: Special meetinq of January 27,2003, and reQular meetings of
, September 2. 2003 and September 15. 2003.
Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting of January
27, 2003, and the minutes of the regular meeting of September 15, 2003, as submitted
in written summation by the City Clerk to each Trustee. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
Trustee Jonson requested that in sentence one, paragraph five, page 3 of the
minutes of the regular meeting of September 2, 2003, that the language "planning
district" be added after the word "City's." .
, Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of
September 2, 2003 as amended. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
3. Recommend the City Commission approve a contract with Bellomo-Herbert and
Company. Inc. for the desian of the Cleveland Street and Station Sauare Park
Streetscape in the amount of $371.828.61.
In April 2002, the Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)
released a Request for Qualifications for Urban Design, Streetscape and Wayfinding
Services. '
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. In May 2003, a selection committee consisting of representatives from City
Management, Economic DevelopmenC Planning, and Public Works selected Bellomo'-
Herbert as the preferred consultant.
In August 2002, the City contracted with Bellomo-Herbert to' prepare the
conceptual wayfinding and downtown streetscape plans. The eRA approved the
conceptual streetscape plans in January 2003. This contract includes complete design,
permitting, and construction plans for all streetscape and road work on Cleveland Street
from Osceola Avenue to Myrtle Avenue, plus Station Square Park. Streetscape features
include: decorative sidewalks, intersection treatments, medians, landscape and
hardscape. The project also includes upgrade and replacement of stormwater collection
and water distribution systems;on Cleveland Street. It is anticipated that construction
would begin in a year. The streetscaping project would be funded with Penny for Pinellas
funds.
Trustee Gray moved to approve a contract with Bellomo-Herbert and Company,
Inc. for design of the Cleveland Street and Station Square Park Streetscape, in the
amount of $371,828.61 and that the appropriate officials be authorized to execute same.
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4. Approve extension of time for Development AQreement for 1180 Cleveland Street.
, Clearwater. Florida throuQh October 30. 2004. ,.
On October 27, 1998, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved a
Development Agreement between the CRA and Information Management Resources,
Inc (IMR), for the purchase of an approximate 1.23-acre parcel (Site) located on the
north side of Cleveland Street at 1180 Cleveland Street for'$131,770,OO.
The Development Agreement acknowledged that the City may in the future adopt
a new land development code and rezone the Site, provided, however, such changes in
the land development code and such rezoning shall not adversely affect the proposed
use or contemplated development of the Site for the project.
On March 10, 2000; IMRglobal, formerly known as IMR, sold the Site to Paul
Simone or assignees (Buyer) for the proposed development of approximately 55 hotel
units with three to four stories, with related landscaping, amenities and parking.
On April 12, 2000, the Buyer assigned all of his rights to S & P Properties, LC
(S & P). and S ,& P assumed all of IMRglobal's obligations as developec
. On June 19, 2000, the eRA amended the Development Agreement to permit the
assignment to S&P and change the project description to a hotel of approximately 55
rooms, and other terms and conditions were assumed by S & P Properties.
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Th,e Agreement provided that the developer commence construction ,of the
project by October 30, 2003. or the Agency will no longer be obligated to pay impact
, fees for the project and the developer will be required to pay $35,000 to the CRA. The
$35.000 represents the difference between the purchase price of the site payable
pursuant to this Agreement and the estimated fair market value for the site.
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Due to the events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent lack of available
, financing for new hotel construction, the proposed hotel project as' envisioned has been
abandoned. and S & P Properties. LC is currently actively marketing the project site for
an alternative land use. S& P is therefore requesting an extension of one year on their
amended Development Agreement through October 3D, 2004.
Any amendment to the existing approved use of the 'approximately 55 hotel
rooms and three or four floors will require an amendment to the Development
Agreement and approval by the CRA.
In response to a question, Economic Development & Housing Director Reg
Owens said the market h~s been extremely soft for the hotel industry. He said the re-
use of the CGI campus is moving forward and a hotel would be beneficial. '
Trustee Hibbard moved to approve an extension of time for the Development
Agreement for 1180 Cleveland Street, Clearwater. Florida, through October 3D, 2004,
and that the apprqpriate officials be authorized to execute same.
5. Executive Director (Assistant City Manager) Verbal Reports
Executive Director Ralph Stone gave an update on the Station Square'
negotiations. He said they had been meeting 'on a biweekly basis and are moving into
the business points of a development agreement. '
6.
Other Business - None.
7. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 1 :22 p.m.
Chair
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