03/18/2019 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes March 18, 2019
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, March 18, 2019
9:00 AM
Council Chambers - Main Library
Community Redevelopment Agency
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City of Clearwater
Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes March 18, 2019
Roll Call
Present 3 - Vice Chair Bob Cundiff, Trustee Hoyt Hamilton, and Trustee Jay
Polglaze
Absent 2 - Chair George N. Cretekos, and Trustee David Allbritton
Also Present—William B. Horne 11 — City Manager, Jill Silverboard — Deputy City
Manager, Micah Maxwell — Interim CRA Executive Director,
Pamela K. Akin — City Attorney, Rosemarie Call — City Clerk and
Nicole Sprague — Official Records and Legislative Services
Coo rd in ator
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call to Order— Vice Chair Cundiff
The meeting was called to order at 9:08 a.m. in Council Chambers at the
Main Library.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the February 19, 2019 CRA Meeting Minutes as submitted in written summation
by the City Clerk.
Trustee Hamilton moved to approve the February 19, 2019 CRA
Meeting Minutes 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 Update on CRA 18 Month Strategy
CRA Program Manager Rosemary D'Amour provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
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In response to questions, Interim CRA Executive Director Micah Maxwell
said the landlord -tenant grant program has expired; no
applications may be submitted at this time. The tenants and landlords
have signed leases; staff will provide the Trustees award
recommendations in April. He said the program began with $1.2 million.
Downtown Manager Anne Fogarty France said one landlord requested a
$250, 000 -grant and another requested $50, 000. Mr. Maxwell said there is
approximately $600, 000 remaining in the program. In April, staff will identify
what worked and did not work in the program. Mr. Maxwell said the
respondent for the MLK site has a desire to purchase the site and will be
speaking to them this week; he will provide the Trustees with an update in
April. Ms. Fogarty France said information regarding the incentive program is
available online; interested parties should complete the online form to start
the conversation.
Discussion ensued with support expressed to look at areas where the
remaining funds can be used. A concern was expressed with creating a new
incentive program that is more lenient than the last one.
5. Director's Report - None.
6. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 9:34 a.m.
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