05/18/2015 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes May 18, 2015
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, May 18, 2015
1 :00 PM
City Hall Chambers
Community Redevelopment Agency
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Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes May 18, 2015
Roll Call
Present 4 - Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Jay E. Polglaze, Trustee Bill
Jonson, and Trustee Hoyt Hamilton
Absent 1 - Trustee Doreen Hock-DiPolito
Also Present - William B. Horne II - City Manager, Rod Irwin - CRA Executive
Director/Assistant City Manager, Pamela K. Akin - City Attorney,
Rosemarie Call - City Clerk, Nicole Sprague - Official Records and
Legislative Services Coordinator
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not necessarily
discussed in that order.
1. Call To Order
The meeting was called to order at 1:14 p.m.at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the April 13, 2015 Special CRA Meeting and the May 4, 2015
CRA meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the April 13, 2015
Special CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City
Clerk. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
Trustee Jonson questioned the last sentence on page 5 may not reflect
the Mayor's suggestion, which he understood as reviewing the existing
plan so that everyone knew what was in there, what the goals and
strategies were, and that would be a baseline to proceed further.
The Mayor said he was comfortable with the language as written.
Trustee Hamilton moved to approve the minutes of the May 4, 2015
CRA meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk.
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda — None.
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4. New Business Items
4.1 Dedicate two portions of CRA-owned property as public right of way, authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same and adopt Resolution 15-01.
On January 10, 2002, City Council passed Ordinance 6834-01 vacating two
small portions of city right-of-way along the east boundary of Prospect Avenue.
The parcels contain approximately 209.51 square feet and 252.56 square feet.
The vacation was intended to accommodate a previous development proposal
for the Prospect Lake development site. The CRA took title to the vacated
areas and the development proposal subsequently failed. These two parcels
are still owned by the CRA and not needed for the current development
proposal. Dedicating the parcels as right-of-way will restore east boundary of
Prospect Avenue to its original condition.
Trustee Jonson moved dedicate two portions of CRA-owned
property as public right of way and authorize the appropriate officials
to execute same. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
Resolution 15-01 was presented and read by title only. Trustee
Polglaze moved to adopt Resolution 15-01. The motion was duly
seconded and upon roll call, the vote was:
Ayes: 4 - Chair Cretekos, Trustee Polglaze, Trustee Jonson and Trustee
Hamilton
5. Trustee Discussion Item
5.1 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Project - Trustee Jonson
Trustee Jonson wishes to discuss the following areas:
• Confirmation that the ULI discussion in June will include the following:
• Staff presentation of Conceptual Alternatives for developing the
Coachman Park/ Bluff Master Plan
• Review of the existing Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment
Plan (as I recall this was suggested by the Mayor at the last
worksession).
• ULI Project GANT Chart
• Quarterly ULI Project update: format/content - suggesting a format that
could be similar to the Weekly Project Report.
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6. Adjourn
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CRA Executive Director Rod Irwin said the update to the Downtown
Redevelopment Plan, as it relates to the bluff and the Coachman Park
waterfront, would be the subject of the master plan moving forward. In
response to questions, Mr. Irwin said he is in the process of creating a chart
that reflects the ongoing projects and_scheduled plan completions. The City
Manager said they were not yet comfortable with the format and will have it
completed soon.
In response to a question regarding the next scheduled ULI update, Mr. Horne
said a PowerPoint Presentation would be provided as it has been done in the
past. Staff would look at the format of existing reports to see if there is an
opportunity to add information regarding the status of UL1 projects. Mr. Irwin
said they will schedule the quarterly report in July.
In response to a question regarding The Nolan, Economic Development and
Housing Director Geri Campos -Lopez said the pile driver is on site; work will
begin once test probes are complete. The foundation for building B, closest to
Cleveland St., will be first. Plans for the rest of the buildings have been
submitted for permitting. Underground utility and storm water installations will
be going on next week.
The meeting adjourned at 1:33 p.m.
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