15-04RESOLUTION NO 15 -04
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE CONSIDER USING
THE HISTORIC SURPLUS PROPERTY PROGRAM TO
ENABLE THE SALE OF THE CLEVELAND STREET POST
OFFICE TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE.
WHEREAS, the Cleveland Street Post Office opened in 1933 and was placed on
the National Register of Historic Places in 1981; and
WHEREAS, the CRA desires to implement adaptive reuse of the Post Office and
begin a conversation on the relocation of the Post Office to a more suitable,
mission - oriented location that would better service its retail and delivery
operations; and
WHEREAS, adaptive reuse of the property would promote historical awareness,
preserve the historic building, and provide for public access to a much larger
audience than the current use; and
WHEREAS, the Cleveland Street Post Office lies in the entry to Downtown
Clearwater and would serve as a visual marker to the downtown, as
recommended in the Urban Land Institute report; and
WHEREAS; one of the recommendations published in a report to Congress by
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in 2014 specifically states that " the
USPS should consider the Historic Surplus Property Program for select historic
properties where protection of the property is paramount and a state or local
government is interested in acquiring the property "; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Community Redevelopment Agency is interested in acquiring the
Cleveland Street Post Office at 650 Cleveland Street for reuse to promote the
Downtown District in accordance with the recommendations of the Urban Land
Institute.
Section 2. The Community Redevelopment Agency requests that the United
States Postal Service consider using the Historical Surplus Property Program to
Resolution No. 15 -04
enable the sale of the Cleveland Street Post Office to the Community
Redevelopment Agency for such purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of December, 2015.
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George N. Cretekos
Chairman
Approved as to form: Attest:
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Pamela K. Akin
City Attorney
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