8014-09
ORDINANCE NO. 8014-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, MAKING
AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEARWATER DOWNTOWN
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 7153-
03 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3
LAND USE PLAN/REDEVELOPMENT PLAN BY ADDING A NEW
POLICY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATIONS IN
THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA; BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, DOWNTOWN STRATEGIES
SECTION, BY REVISING STRATEGY 20 TO INCLUDE PERFORMING
ARTS THEATERS; BY AMENDIING CHAPTER 4 PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION, DOWNTOWN STRATEGIES SECTION, BY
ADDING A NEW STRATEGY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY POLICING
INNOVATIONS; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION,
TABLE 7 SUMMARY OF PUBLIC STRATEGIES BY REVISING
STRATEGY 20 AND ADDING A NEW STRATEGY 21 SUPPORTING
COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATIONS; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 4
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, TAX INCREMENT REVENUE
PROJECTIONS SECTION, BY ADDING COMMUNITY POLICING
INNOVATIONS AS AN ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE TO BE FUNDED BY TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING AND ADDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA COMMUNITY POLICING
INNOVATIONS PROGRAM; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater has the authority pursuant to the Rules Governing the
Administration of the Countywide Future Land Use Plan, as amended, Section 2.3.3.9.5, to adopt
and enforce a specific plan for redevelopment in an urban center in accordance with the Central
Business District plan category, and said Section requires that a special area plan therefore be
approved by the local government; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the updated 2003 Clearwater Downtown
Redevelopment Plan on September 18, 2003 by adopting Ordinance No. 7153-03 and has
subsequently amended it; and
WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners approved the CRA Plan
adopted by Ordinance No. 7231-03 on December 16,2003 and has subsequently amended it; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the creation of a Redevelopment Trust Fund for the
expanded CRA by adopting Ordinance No. 7214-03; and
WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners approved the creation of
a Redevelopment Trust Fund for the expanded CRA adopted by Ordinance No. 7214-03 on
February 3, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Countywide Planning Authority approved the updated 2003 Clearwater
Downtown Redevelopment Plan as the Special Area Plan for Downtown Clearwater on February 3,
2004 and subsequently approved amendments thereto; and
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WHEREAS, the requirements of Florida Statutes Section 163.360 regarding the adoption of
community redevelopment plans have been met regarding that portion of the amendments
proposed hereby which affect the Downtown Community Redevelopment Area, and the
requirements of Florida Statutes Section 163.346 regarding notice to taxing authorities and other
required notice, as well as all other requirements of Florida Statutes Chapter 163, have been met;
and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to revise certain provisions of the Plan regarding the types of
theaters eligible for development assistance; and
WHEREAS, the City and the CRA has ascertained that the Downtown is in critical need of a
focused community policing presence in the CRA in order to reduce drug dealing, prostitution and
street crimes; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.361(1) of the Florida Statutes allows for the use of Tax Increment
Financing (TIF) funds for community policing innovations in Community Redevelopment Areas; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to revise certain provisions of the Plan adding policies and
strategies regarding community policing innovations; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to allow tax increment financing (TIF) funds to support
community policing innovations within the CRA; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments were reviewed by the Community Development
Board, which is the land planning agency for the City of Clearwater for purposes of the Local
Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, and the Community
Development Board found the proposed amendments to be consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan of the City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency has reviewed the proposed
amendments and recommends them to the City Council, and the amended Plan shall serve as the
Community Redevelopment Plan for the downtown Community Redevelopment Area of the City of
Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments conform to the general plan of the City of
Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the
sound needs of the City, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the Plan area by private
enterprise; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Amendments 1 - 5 to the Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit "A" are hereby adopted.
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Section 2. The City Manager or designee shall forward said amendments to any agency
required by law or rule to review or approve same.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption, subject to the
approval by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners and the Countywide Planning
Authority.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Approved as to form:
December 18, 2008
January 15, 2009
~y~
mnk V. Hibbard
Mayor-Commissioner
Attest:
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EXHIBIT A
Ordinance No. 8014-09
AMENDMENT 1 - CHAPTER 3 LAND USEfREDEVELOPMENT PLAN
GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES SECTION
Insert new Policy 30 on Page 54 of the Plan.
Policy 30: Community policing innovations in the CRA shall continue to focus on a
variety of policing strategies that increase police visibility and reduce
opportunities for criminal activities. Such innovations include, but are not
limited to, intensified motorized patroL bicycle patroL field interrogations, the
establishment of a business and/or neighborhood block watch and the
continued presence of a police substation in the CRA.
AMENDMENT 2 - CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENT A TION
DOWNTOWN STRATEGIES SECTION
Revise Strategy 20 on page 218 as follows:
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Strategy 20: Market the Downtovm as a location for a movie theater and assist the
developer, as needed, in the acquisition and assembly of land for either the
theater~ and/or parking facilities, and/or deye10pment of parking facilities to
support the use.
Support the location of a movie theater and/or performing arts theater in
Downtown and provide assistance, as needed, with land acquisition, land
assembly, building rehabilitation and parking facilities development to
support the use.
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Insert new Strategy 21 on page 218 as follows and renumber the remaining strategies:
(this strategy is to be located as a new item within the overall Downtown Strategies and
before the beginning of Downtown Core Character District Strategies)
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Strategy 21: Continue to support community policing innovations in the CRA.
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Exhibit A - Ordinance No. 8014-09
AMENDMENT 3 - CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENT A TION
DOWNTOWN STRATEGIES SECTION
Revise Strategy 20 and add new Strategy 21 after Strategy 20 in Table 7 Summary of
Public Strategies on pages 222-233 and renumber the remaining strategies as follows:
Table 7 Summary of Public Strategies
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# Strate
20 Movie TheaterlPerforming Arts Theater
Su ort Marketing
21 Community Policing Innovations
Lead De artment
Economic
Development
Police Department
Timin
Ongoing
Strateg
Ongoing
Strategy
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AMENDMENT 4 - CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENT A TION
TAX INCREMENT REVENUE PROJECTIONS SECTION
Amend the third paragraph of the Tax Increment Revenue Projections Section, as well
as the Summary Table on page 255 asfollows:
Tax Increment Revenue Projections
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The CRA envisions continuing to use both the City's and the County's share of Tax
Increment Financing dollars for capital projects in the original and expanded CRA. TIF
is identified as one of the funding sources for several capital and infrastructure
improvement projects outlined in the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) section of this
plan. These projects include the Cleveland Street, Fort Harrison, and Gulf to Bay
Streetscapes and the Gulf to Bay Boulevard and Highland A venue Gateway Intersection.
In addition, TIF will be used for paying impact fees, "buying in" of public parking in
private projects, assembling redevelopment sites, purchasing land and/or buildings,
affordable and transitional housing projects, aOO favade improvement grants and
providing additional community policing presence above and beyond current activity
levels. Below is a summary of the programs and initiatives that will use TIF as well as
the estimated costs associated with each. The County's share of TIF shall only be used
for the capital projects included in the table below. The City's share of TIF may be used
for any initiative listed in the table.
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Exhibit A - Ordinance No. 8014-09
Table of CRA Pro rams and Initiatives, Timin
CRA Area Brownfields Environmental Cleanup *
CRA Building Fayade Improvement Program*
Downtown Land Acquisition *
CRA Redevelopment Incentive Funding
Retail Lease/Location Incentives
CRA Affordable and Transitional Housing Projects*
CRA Revolving Loan Fund
CRA Community Policing Innovations
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
On oin
*Capital projects and initiatives - County TIF shall only be used for these programs
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$5,000,000
$1,000,000
$21,000,000
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$1,000,000
$1 ,000,000
AMENDMENT 5 - CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
T AX INCREMENT REVENUE PROJECTIONS SECTION
Amend Tax Increment Revenue Projections Section on page 258 to add a description
of the CRA Community Policing Initiatives after the CRA Revolving Load Fund
description and prior to the Tax Increment Revenue Projections for the Original CRA
District section as follows:
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CRA Community Policing Innovations
The City of Clearwater Police Department has employed a community policing
philosophy for over 20 years. Its first focused efforts in the Downtown area came in
1998 when a police substation was co-located in the Clearwater Homeless Intervention
Program (CHIP) shelter in the East Gateway Character District in response to resident
concerns about the crime potential associated with the shelter. Another community
policing team, the Downtown Bicycle Team, was established for the Downtown Core of
the CRA in 2005 in anticipation of additional demands on the Police Department as a
result of redevelopment. Additionally AmeriCorps Clearwater members have
supplemented the activities of the Downtown Bicycle Team by acting as ambassadors of
the City by assisting visitors and businesses.
The intent of the community policing innovations in Downtown is for police officers to
be a visible deterrent of crime as well as an approachable source of assistance and
information. The officers act as liaisons to downtown visitors, businesses, employees
and residents and work to build partnerships through daily visibility and community
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Exhibit A - Ordinance No. 8014-09
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involvement and organization. They also help solve neighborhood problems and work to
foster a sense of safety and security in public as well as private spaces.
Community policing innovations focus on a variety of issues including those that are
unique to the CRA such as homelessness, prostitution, drugs and street crimes, and a
large immigrant population. A key component of the City's redevelopment strategy is to
reduce crime in the CRA and improve the quality of life of residents, businesses and
visitors. In order to achieve this goal. additional community policing presence is needed.
Through the use of TIF funds an enhanced level of community policing can be achieved.
Total Cost: $1 million
Time Frame: Ongoing
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Exhibit A - Ordinance No. 8014-09