Community Redevelopment Agency - Regular Meeting

Let's call to order this CRA meeting for

January 13.

I think that the date I have on this worksheet is October 13 for some reason. So I apologize about that. Let's start this recreation I'm sorry. Let's start this community CRA meeting off.

Roll call. Chairman DePueh? Present.

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Directors Board of of of improvement grant reimbursement. Request for Timothy Conley at 601 North Ridgewood Avenue, Stafford Ford.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The applicant applied for a medium scale facade improvement grant request for the property at 601 North Riverside Ridgewood Avenue, my apologies. The CRA board approved the medium scale improvement grant application on 04/01/2024. The grant is a fifty-fifty matching grant up to $25,000 $100,000 was budgeted for the CRA facade grants in the twenty four-twenty five fiscal year budget.

All the work has been completed and all the closeout documents have been provided. A clean hand sweep has been done by city staff showing that the applicant has no outstanding permits. The project is an enhanced landscaping, redoing the concrete on-site. It was a site plan for a public restroom with an ice machine and food truck venue with two food truck court sort project was $75,656.5 City staff is recommending the CRA board approve the medium scale facade grant reimbursement in their requested amount of $25,000

Thank you. Applicant comments? Citizens comments Board comments Is there a motion to approve?

I make a motion to approve the $25,000 funded from the CRA to reimburse this project.

I second the motion.

Roll call.

Chairman DePue. Yes. Ms. Gillis.

Yes. Ms. Dalbo. Yes. Mr. Thomas.

Yes. Item 4B AR twenty twenty five-seven request for medium scale facade improvement grant reimbursement request by Travis at 108 South Ridgewood Avenue. Staff report.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The request before you is for facade improvement grant application for Travis Springstro at 108 South Ridgewood Avenue. On 04/01/2024, the CRA Board approved his application, not to exceed, the amount $25,000 for the property at 108 South Ridgewood Avenue. All work has been completed and a clean hands search has been conducted to determine that the recipient does not owe the city or county any money and has no outstanding permits that are open at this time.

The total cost of the project was $10,665 Staff is recommending the CRA Board reimburse the applicant $5,332.5 to Travis Springstroker for the property at 108 South Bridgewood Avenue.

Thank you, sir. Applicant comments? Citizens comments? Board comments? Is there a motion to approve?

I make a motion to approve applicant reimbursement from CRA for $5,332.5

Second.

Roll call. Chairman DePue?

Yes. Ms. Gillis?

Yes.

Ms. Dalbo? Yes.

Mr. Thomas?

Yes.

Item 4C AR 2020Five-eight request for medium scale facade improvement grant reimbursement request for for Travis at 124 South Ridgewood Avenue. Staff report.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The CRA board approved on 04/01/2024, the medium scale improvement grant application not to exceed $25,000 for the property at 124 South Ridgewood Avenue. The applicant has repainted and repaired the stucco on the building. All work that has been completed and all closeout documentation has been provided by the applicant.

A clean hand search has been conducted showing that the recipient does not owe the city or county any outstanding fees or fines and there are no open permits at this time. The total cost of the project is $16,862.5 City staff are recommending the CRA Board approve the facade grant reimbursement request in the amount of $8,431.25 to Travis Springstrove for the property at 124 South Ridgewood Avenue.

Thank you, sir. Applicant comments, citizens comments, board comments. Is there a motion to approve?

Make a motion to approve the applicant reimbursement from the CRA fund in the amount of $8,431.25. Second.

Roll call.

Chairman DePue. Yes.

Ms. Gillis.

Yes.

Mr. Thomas.

Yes.

Ms. Dalbo.

Yes. Item five, discussion items. Item 5A, Department Director's Report.

The only thing that I would like to discuss with the Board and possibly would be a great thing for a workshop is to discuss the property here on Park Avenue, which was done in the visioning plan for this area. One of the objectives was to we allocated money this year in the CRA budget to acquire properties in the immediate vicinity of Park Avenue to facilitate that vision. I wanted to get I have a recommendation from the Economic Development Board, but I wanted to have a discussion with the council or the CRA Board regarding whether we want to pursue those and have gotten in prices.

Would the properties be purchased through the CRA funds?

Correct.

Have another question.

I'm more than happy to have that conversation. I'm glad we're having that conversation. But truly, as a Board, I don't think we've ever had the conversation if we think the Park Avenue vision is how we want to go as a whole. I think that we've talked about vision before, but it's truly not gone anywhere. So I would love to have that conversation. I'd love to have a workshop with the council to discuss exactly what our vision Mike. Question. Get Mike. Mike. And happy that we're talking about that.

But I'd I'll like for it us to discuss more as a Board what we're going to do. And if that is the goal that we want to move towards, what we're doing exactly to meet that goal for the Park Avenue corridor that was envisioned almost twenty years ago.

Mr. Mayor, I have a question.

Sure.

How much funds do we have available in the CRA, funds for the general public health, for the businesses.

For the facade grants? Yes. So we allocated $100,000 this year.

We have how much do we have available now?

25, so we had 75, 69, roughly 61,000.

Okay, now during the moratorium, can you elaborate what they're allowed to do? I realize they can paint fix the structure, but they can't add anything that would be impervious. Is that correct?

No. So the Florida Shores building

quarter.

Bit we're able site plan. Now they could pull building permits on U. S. One. Of We excluded that commercial corridor. So people could still apply and apply for facade grants.

For existing structures? Correct. Okay. Thank you, sir. Want the public to know what they're allowed to do and what they're not allowed to do. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

You're welcome, my friend. Seeing no more comments,

do we want to schedule schedule a a workshop? Workshop?

Think that's a good idea. I'd like to do that. Yes.

Mr. Mayor, we do have a workshop on the twenty seventh. Is that correct?

4PM? Yes. That's before a council meeting. Does the storm water or the public work

need the entire I don't believe so. Okay. There's that opportunity not to create another meeting.

So maybe do an hour for the storm water and then an hour for the CRA?

Sounds perfect to me.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, seeing no further comments and we have scheduled that workshop for the twenty seventh.