02/14/1994
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Minutes
February 14, 1994
The City Commission, meeting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, met in regular session at City Hall, Monday, February 14, 1994 at 1:10 pm, with the following members present:
Arthur X. Deegan, II Chairperson
Rita Garvey Vice-Chairperson
Richard Fitzgerald Trustee
Sue Berfield Trustee
Fred Thomas Trustee
David Stone Ex-officio Trustee
Also Present:
Peter Gozza Executive Director
Al Galbraith City Attorney
Gil Gott Chamber of Commerce
Jacquie DeGroy Secretary
Absent:
Elise Winters Ex-officio Trustee
2. Approval of Minutes
Trustee Berfield moved to approve the minutes of the January 31, 1994 meeting. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
3. December Financial Report
Peter Gozza reviewed the financial report. Trustee Fitzgerald moved to accept the December financial report. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
4. Unfinished Business
CDC Articles & By-laws were reviewed by the Trustees. The following additions, deletions and changes were authorized:
Page 2, Article VI., Section Three - the following trustees will serve as temporary officers until their successors are elected. Chairperson, Arthur X. Deegan; Vice-Chairperson, Rita
Garvey; Treasurer, Richard Fitzgerald; Secretary, Sue Berfield. The CDC's chief executive of operations will be called, "President". The Board of Directors head will be called, "Chairperson".
Page 3, Article IX. Registered Office - The street address for the initial registered office will be 112 S. Osceola Avenue, Clearwater, Florida 34616.
Page 3, Article XI., Incorporators - The names and addresses of the Incorporators will be all five of the CRA Trustees, Arthur X. Deegan, Rita Garvey, Richard Fitzgerald, Sue Berfield
and Fred Thomas.
By-Laws
Page 1, Article III. - The legal description of the target area will be double-checked. Trustees requested a map of the area.
Page 3, Article V., 1st Paragraph - Omit "purposes and". Leave in items 1-4, reference Florida statutes in rewritten last paragraph.
Page 4, Article VII, Section 7.02 - the word "perpetual" will be substituted by the word "indefinite". Initial notice of CDC membership will be mailed to all residents in the target
area. Membership renewal and recruitment will be addressed by the elected board. "Members" must be residents of the area, 18 years of age, etc., "Directors" need not be residents of
the area.
Page 5, Section 7.05, Item (1) - Shall read: "Notice of the annual membership meeting shall be mailed to all area residents not more than 30 days and not less than 10 days prior to
the date of the meeting."
Page 5, Section 7.06 - Change "50 such persons" to "20 such persons".
Page 6, Section 8.03 - Change "resident of the City of Clearwater" to read "resident of Pinellas County"...
Page 13, Section 12.1 - Shall read: "The Board of Directors shall fix the salary, if any, of the president"...
A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved to accept the CDC Articles and By-laws as amended.
5. New Business
Stepps Building Purchase - A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved to deny the offer to purchase the STEPPS building at 1180 Cleveland Street by Citizen's Bank for $163,500
due to the uncertainty of the disposition of the east end property.
Stepps Building Lease - A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved to accept in concept an offer to lease the STEPPS building at 1180 Cleveland by AIDS Coalition Pinellas.
In exchange for the first year's lease, the AIDS Coalition Pinellas has agreed to bring the first floor of the building into ADA compliance and up to City Code (which has been estimated
at a cost of $18,764 - $21,764) within 60 days.
A brief discussion regarding the drop-in homeless shelter took place. The City Commission will await the Task Force recommendation. Kathleen Farrell, Phd, AIDS Coalition Pinellas
has informally agreed to cooperate with the City of Clearwater in regards to the building and the homeless.
6. Executive Director Verbal Reports
None
7. Other Trustee Business
Mayor Garvey talked about the funding request from the Tampa Bay
Partnership/Pinellas for an economic development marketing effort. It was requested that the information be sent to the City Commission for review. The CRA may be asked to participate.
A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved to provide the lights for the trees on Cleveland Street. It was requested by the City Commission at an earlier meeting that the
DDB provide the labor & maintenance of these lights.
8. Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 2:15 pm.
Chairperson
Attest:
Secretary