01/31/2011
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF CLEARWATER
January 31, 2011
Present: Vice Chair/Trustee John Doran, Trustee George N. Cretekos, Trustee
Paul Gibson, and Trustee Bill Jonson.
Also Present: William B. Horne II - City Manager, Jill S. Silverboard - Assistant City
Manager, Rod Irwin - Assistant City Manager, Pamela K. Akin - City
Attorney, Rosemarie Call - City Clerk, and Karen Vaughan -
Administrative Analyst.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call to Order - Vice Chair John Doran
The meeting was called to order at 9:03 a.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the November 29, 2010 CRA Meeting as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Bill Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the November 29, 2010 CRA
Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. The motion was duly
seconded and carried unanimously.
3. CRA Items
3.1 Approve Brownfields Site Rehabilitation Agreement (BSRA) BF529701005 for
the property located on the southwest corner of Cleveland Street and South
Evergreen, parcel 15-29-15-64890-003-0010, in the East Gateway District of the
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) boundaries, referred to as the CarPro
site.
On June 1, 2010, the CRA approved the purchase of the subject property for a
total not to exceed $296,000. Due to the value added incurred in obtaining this
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parcel, the CRA accepted this parcel as is and without any warranties. The CRA
is responsible for the demolition of all structures and for any future environmental
due diligence and mitigation.
The site was purchased for environmental remediation, the removal of a non-
conforming land use and the potential future redevelopment of the site. To date,
different phases of environmental site assessments have been conducted with
funding from the Brownfields program. Prior to any further activities, a draft BSRA
was prepared by the City's environmental consultant, CardnoTBE. As required by
Chapter 376.80 Florida Statutes, the draft BSRA and a summary of environmental
findings and recommendations, was presented by Economic Development staff to
the Brownfields Advisory Board at its October 13, 2010 meeting. The draft BSRA
was submitted to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for
review and was accepted.
The BSRA enables the prompt review of all remaining environmental documents,
the ability to apply for and receive marketable state remediation tax credits, the
use of federally awarded Brownfields cleanup revolving loan funds, and to ensure
that additional liability protections contained in the Brownfields Redevelopment
Act can be offered to the CRA and/or its successors or assigns.
A pre-demolition asbestos survey, an asbestos abatement and demolition of
structures have been completed and fencing installed at the site. Upon execution
of this agreement by all parties, a Brownfields Site Assessment Report will be
completed and submitted to FDEP for review and comment in accordance with
Chapter 62-785 of the Brownfields Cleanup Criteria Rule. Subsequent to the
approval of the Brownfields Site Assessment Report, a Remedial Action Plan will
be completed and submitted to FDEP for review and approval. Once assessment
reports/plans are approved and estimated figures for remediation are determined,
staff will bring forward to the CRA an agenda item for the approval to accept loan
funds from the city's brownfields cleanup revolving loan fund (BCRLF) to conduct
the remediation of the CarPro site.
Trustee George N. Cretekos moved to approve Brownfields Site Rehabilitation
Agreement (BSRA) BF529701005 for the property located on the southwest corner of
Cleveland Street and South Evergreen, parcel 15-29-15-64890-003-0010, in the East
Gateway District of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) boundaries, referred
to as the CarPro site. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
4. Other Business – None.
5. Adjourn
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The meeting was adjourned at 9:06 a.m.
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