05/16/2011
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AGENDA
Location: Council Chambers - City Hall
Date: 5/16/2011- 9:00 AM
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1Approve the minutes of the January 31, 2011 CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the
City Clerk.
Attachments
3. CRA Items
3.1Approve 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.
Attachments
4. Adjourn
Meeting Date:
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Community Redevelopment
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SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the minutes of the January 31, 2011 CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk.
SUMMARY:
Review Approval:
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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.
Unapproved
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.
Chair
Attest
Community Redevelopment Agency
City Clerk
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Meeting Date:
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Community Redevelopment
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SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATION:
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.
SUMMARY:
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 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 Agreements 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
Type:Other
Current Year Budget?:No Budget Adjustment:None
Budget Adjustment Comments:
Current Year Cost:Annual Operating Cost:
Not to Exceed:Total Cost:
For Fiscal Year: to
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