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05/16/2011 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES CITY OF CLEARWATER May 16, 2011 Present: Chair/Trustee Frank Hibbard, Trustee George N. Cretekos, Trustee John Doran, 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 Nicole Sprague – Official Records and Legislative Services Coordinator. To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily discussed in that order. 1. Call to Order – Chair Frank Hibbard The meeting was called to order at 9:01 a.m. at City Hall. 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 Approve the minutes of the January 31, 2011 CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. Trustee Bill Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the January 31, 2011 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 amendment of an existing Interlocal Agreement between the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and the City of Clearwater authorizing two full-time equivalent positions to provide Community Police Officers for the East Gateway area of the CRA and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. In September 2010, the CRA and City Council approved an Interlocal Agreement between the CRA and the City of Clearwater to underwrite the cost of additional Community Policing Services by the Clearwater Police Department in the East Gateway CRA District. The Agreement set forth the scope of services and terms Community Redevelopment Agency 2011-05-16 1 for the third year of a five-year project designed to increase police presence and reduce crime in the East Gateway District. The first two years of the project were so successful that CPD officers far exceeded the stated goals of 25% increases in the numbers of criminal charges filed against drug dealers; numbers of FIRS/Reports taken on suspected gang members; arrests/citations for violation of criminal laws and ordinances; and trespass warnings. In fact, the first two years of the project resulted in a 150% increase in the number of drug arrests in the East Gateway District. Overall arrests and citations increased 99% over the two-year period. Because the police have excelled in eradicating many of the problems that previously plagued the East Gateway District, it is now necessary to modify the goals and outcome measures accordingly. Rather than aiming to increase activities by 25% each year, Clearwater is revising the goals to state that 100% of all of these crimes and violations will result in an arrest, citations or an FIR/Report being taken. Clearwater Police also wish to revise the Agreement's requirement that two police officers provide law enforcement services in the East Gateway area eight hours per day, five days per week, with coverage primarily in the evening hours. In order to allow more flexibility on the part of the Community Policing Team and Police Management in providing the necessary services to the East Gateway community, it is requested that the Agreement be revised to allow the officers to work 40 hours per week on an as-needed basis. Officers have observed that a 10-hour workday is often more effective than an 8-hour shift. It has also been noted that with the new Anti-Crime Team working during the evening hours, the need for a police presence by the Community Policing Team during the daytime is more practical. Section 4, Objective 3, has also been revised to eliminate the reference to the Rules of Conduct and the Clearwater Homeless Intervention Project (CHIP), which will cease operations as of May 15, 2011. There are no additional costs associated with these revisions and it is anticipated that the Community Police Team will function more efficiently with these changes in place. Trustee John Doran moved to approve amendment of an existing Interlocal Agreement between the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and the City of Clearwater authorizing two full-time equivalent positions to provide Community Police Officers for the East Gateway area of the CRA and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Community Redevelopment Agency 2011-05-16 2 4. Other Business - None. 5. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 9:03 a.m. Attest City Clerk a? 11111„ Chair Community Redevelopment Agency 40?QDapZE .? ??P FLC ..??`10 Community Redevelopment Agency 2011-05-16 3