01/13/2020
Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes January 13, 2020
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Minutes
Monday, January 13, 2020
9:00 AM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Community Redevelopment Agency
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City of Clearwater
Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes January 13, 2020
Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Bob Cundiff, Trustee Hoyt
Hamilton, Trustee David Allbritton, and Trustee Jay Polglaze
Also Present – William B. Horne II – City Manager, Micah Maxwell – Assistant City
Manager, Michael Delk - Assistant City Manager, Pamela K. Akin –
City Attorney, Rosemarie Call – City Clerk, Nicole Sprague – Officials
Records and Legislative Services Coordinator and Amanda Thompson
– 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 9:04 a.m. in Council Chambers at the
Main Library.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the November 18, 2019 CRA meeting minutes as submitted in written
summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Cundiff moved to approve the November 18, 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 18 Month Strategy Update - Amanda Thompson, CRA Director and Rosemary D'Amour,
CRA Public Relations Program Manager
CRA Executive Director Amanda Thompson provided an update of
anticipated items coming before the Trustees in February. Staff will present
three Food and Drink grant requests from The Nolen; The Nolen recently
requested a change to the payment schedule, which requires an
amendment to the grant program if the requested change is approved. Staff
will be presenting a couple of facade grants that exceed the $25,000 grant
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limit. She said the new members of the Downtown Development Board
(DDB) were administered the oath of office last week. The Board is
expected to consider amendments to their ordinance. The new DDB
members are committed to supporting Downtown businesses. Ms.
Thompson said staff will be presenting information related to the Downtown
tree lighting project for Trustees to consider.
Ms. Thompson provided a PowerPoint presentation on the 18 -month
strategy update.
In response to questions, Ms. Thompson said she and staff visited
Eckerd College last Friday to learn about their composting program and food
forest area. Staff will be issuing an RFP for architectural and farming
consulting services for the former Economy Inn site to see how housing
could be integrated with the expanded community garden. She said the
first step is to amend the city code to allow such agricultural use; CRA is
working with city staff Ms. Thompson said that the Dunedin Fine Arts
Center has been asked to submit a proposal for an artist gathering
space; she will follow up with the organization. She said the Clearwater
Downtown Partnership does not have paid staff or resources to help
produce a beer garden event. City staff typically organize these activities
and help organizations navigate the special events process; Clearwater
provides this service for signature events but lacks staffing that can truly
build this community structure. She said the owner of The Nolen
submitted three grant applications for three different concepts in different
spaces (i.e., food hall, self -serve beer and wine and coffee/dessert shop).
The program allows an owner of multiple properties to submit grant
applications for a concept/space.
5. Director's Report - None.
6. Adjourn
Attest
The meeting adjourned at 9:26 a.m.
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