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03/05/2013 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING MINUTES CITY OF CLEARWATER March 5, 2013 Present: Chair/Trustee George N. Cretekos, Trustee Paul Gibson, Trustee Doreen Hock-DiPolito, Trustee Bill Jonson, and Trustee Jay E. Polglaze. Also Present: William B. Horne II - City Manager, Jill S. Silverboard - Assistant City Manager, Rod Irwin - Assistant City Manager/CRA Executive Director, 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 George N. Cretekos The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall. 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 Approve the minutes of the February 4, 2013 CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. Trustee Bill Jonson approve the minutes of the February 4, 2013 CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. 3. Citizens to be Heard re Items Not on the Agenda – None. 4.1 Approve the amended Non-Exclusive Revocable License Agreement for Parking between the Community Redevelopment Agency and the InterCultural Advocacy Institute, Inc. and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. CRA Executive Director said vendors were allowed limited parking for vendors on the Economy Inn lot during the East Gateway Farmers Market (Market). Attendance for the Market has been going well and the Intercultural Advocacy Institute has requested additional parking spaces for attendees on the same site to ease some of the pressure on surrounding businesses during the Farmers Market. CRA 2013-03-05 1 Trustee Doreen Hock-DiPolito moved to approve the amended Non-Exclusive Revocable License Agreement for Parking between the Community Redevelopment Agency and the InterCultural Advocacy Institute, Inc. and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. 5.1 Blast Friday CRA Executive Director Rod Irwin said the last few Blast Friday events have been well attended. Ruth Eckerd Hall has planned the events in the 400 block on Cleveland Street for the Blast Friday Group with CRA funding. The success of the events have raised the question regarding moving the event to the intersections of Ft. Harrison Avenue/Cleveland Street or to Garden Avenue /Cleveland Street. Staff is seeking council direction whether to move the event or maintain the current organizational format for the remainder of the season. Councilmember Jay Polglaze said the Blast Friday events were organized to benefit the entire Downtown. The event initially started at Garden Avenue and moved to the 400- block when Ruth Eckerd Hall took over management of the events. The events are now well attended and crowded. Councilmember Polglaze expressed concern with lack of movement by attendees to the remainder of the event area. He suggested expanding the event and closing Ft. Harrison Avenue or Garden Avenue. Mr. Irwin said Council has expressed a willingness to move the event to Ft. Harrison for the remainder of the season. Ruth Eckerd Hall (REH) has expressed a concern with the additional cost for police security and electrical upgrades. REH is unable to proceed with the change unless the City provides the additional costs, which is approximately $5,000. The City Manager said there is inadequate electrical power at the Garden site. REH Director of Operations Jeff Hartzog said the crowds will always group around the stage; the movement to the vendors and merchants will always be secondary. When the event was held at Garden, a generator was needed. REH has considered integrating a second stage on Ft. Harrison, which will require additional sound, stage, lighting and talent costs. Discussion ensued with concerns expressed with moving the event from the current location when the event management is not ready implement the change. It was suggested that the event be moved to Ft. Harrison once before the end of this season and project the event on a screen at Pier 60. CRA 2013-03-05 2 In response to a suggestion, Mr. Hartzog did not recommend moving the event for March. This would be the time to test new locations; REH will consider the possibility of moving the event to Garden before the end of the season. REH will have adequate time to plan the last event of the season at Ft. Harrison. Trustee Bill Jonson moved to authorize expenditures for the electrical upgrade at the corner of Ft. Harrison Avenue/Cleveland Street and reimburse the additional traffic maintenance costs for event associated with the closure of Ft. Harrison, between now and the end of the year, and flexibility of event location be left to REH. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. 6. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 9:41 a.m. eat, c trek1l Chair Attest o?NTTmmunity Redevelopment Agency sgtE , City Clerk =} `o�Q�' .v= 2 � � , ri ti .O`r• O ******--"• COQ,`���• CRA 2013-03-05 3