08/01/2016 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes August 1, 2016
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 1, 2016
1 :00 PM
City Hall Chambers
Community Redevelopment Agency
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Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes August 1, 2016
Roll Call
Present 5 - Trustee/Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Doreen Caudell, Trustee Bob
Cundiff, Trustee Hoyt Hamilton, and Trustee Bill Jonson
Also Present—William B. Horne — City Manager, Jill Silverboard —Assistant City
Manager, Pamela K. Akin — City Attorney, Rosemarie Call — City
Clerk, Nicole Sprague — Official Records and Legislative Services
Coordinator, and Seth Taylor- CRA Executive Director
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call To Order— Chair Cretekos
The meeting was called to order at 1:13 p.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the June 13, 2016 CRA Meeting as submitted in written
summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Cundiff moved to approve the minutes of the June 13, 2016 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.
4. New Business Items
4.1 Authorize expenditure of an additional $60,000 from CRA Project Fund 388-94885,
ULI Implementation, to amend the existing professional services agreement with HR
and A Advisors, Inc. for the Imagine Clearwater: Downtown Waterfront Master Plan
Project as described in the additional scope of services.
The master plan for the waterfront/bluff area was identified as a priority for the
City of Clearwater by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Advisory Services Panel
during their study of Downtown Clearwater in June 2014. City Council awarded
a contract to HR&A Advisors, Inc. to prepare the Imagine Clearwater
Downtown Waterfront Master Plan in April 2016. The primary objectives of this
plan is to better connect the bluff and the waterfront with the remainder of
Downtown, create a strategy for economic development, activate the
waterfront, define a parking strategy and create opportunities for waterfront
events to benefit downtown businesses.
Since the contract was awarded several options for an aerial transit system
have been presented that would link Downtown Clearwater to Clearwater
Beach. In order to understand the technical and economic development
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implications of such systems, the Planning and Development Department
believes that an evaluation of possible downtown terminus locations should be
conducted. As the current Imagine Clearwater contract has both a
transportation and economic development component, it can be expanded to
include this work.
The proposed additional scope of services includes data collection, analysis
and preparation of a memorandum that identifies specific downtown sites for
an aerial transit terminal. The memorandum will detail the positive and
negative implications of each site in terms of connectivity, economic
development potential and ease of implementation. The additional scope of
services can be accommodated in the Imagine Clearwater project schedule.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Staff recommends funding this additional $60,000 from 388-94885, ULI
Implementation, which will increase the Imagine Clearwater project total to
$438,000. This project code was authorized by the CRA Board on August 31,
2015 for purposes of implementation of ULI Report initiatives.
In response to questions, Planning and Development Director Michael Delk
said HR&A have not met with Forward Pinellas staff yet. If the item before the
Trustees is approved, HR&A will contact Forward Pinellas, as well as other
organizations. Some of the regional organizations have provided necessary
background information. Mr. Delk said although Forward Pinellas is not listed
in the scope, HR&A will involve them in the project. This will not extend the
completion date for the basic study, which is currently wrapping-up the
eighth-week task. The community meetings are being held this week. Staff
anticipates culmination of the work by week 17 or 18. Regarding aerial types of
transit, Mr. Delk said the scope of the project never included specifying a
terminus location on the beach or anywhere else, other than downtown. The
consultant will identify site specific patterns for a downtown location and
determine what the destination origin will generate in volume. Mr. Delk said
the item before Council would fund analysis that identifies a downtown
terminus site based on the available assets and what can be successfully
integrated.
Trustee Caudell moved to Authorize expenditure of an additional
$60,000 from CRA Project Fund 388-94885, ULI Implementation, to
amend the existing professional services agreement with HR and A
Advisors, Inc. for the Imagine Clearwater: Downtown Waterfront Master
Plan Project as described in the additional scope of services. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
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5. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 1:22 p.m.
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