>> GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 6:30,
[CALL TO ORDER]
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AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> COMMISSIONER DELANEY? COMMISSIONER FORE?
>> COMMISSIONER MAY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KITZEROW?
>> COMMISSIONER ATTORNEY BAIRD?
>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON
[1. CRA Operating and Community Investment Program Budgets]
THE CRA OPERATING AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM BUDGETS, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.AS JUST INDICATED BY THE CHAIR, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING OVER A LONG SUMMER.
WE'VE HAD BUDGETARY WORKSHOPS.
I'VE HAD TWO ON THE CRA SPECIFICALLY.
WE KNOW GOING FORWARD, THIS IS THE PLAN FOR GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE UPDATING OF THE CRA PLAN, WHICH WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE COMMISSION SHORTLY.
BUT AS THE PLAN PROCEEDS FORWARD, WE NEED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO THIS EVENING.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE, A SUMMARY OF THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT ARE GOING TO THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE CRA INCREMENT HAS INCREASED 473 MILLION TO 515 MILLION, A TOTAL OF $42 MILLION INCREASE.
APPROXIMATELY 879,000 IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING OFF THE LOAN TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CIP THAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP WHERE THE COMMISSION INDICATED THEY WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THAT OFF IN FY25.
ALSO, WE HAVE SOME CIPS, WHICH IS THE RIVERWALK COMMUNITY EVENTS OF $40,000 IN THE OPERATING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.
ALSO, THERE'S AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITHIN THE CRA.
THAT PERSON WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN.
ALSO CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE HOLIDAY BOAT PARADE FIREWORKS.
ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING IN PLANNING AND ZONING FOR STUDIES THAT SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRA PLAN, AND ALSO CONTINUING THE CONTRACT WITH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IN FY25.
FOR THE CIP, JUST IN SUMMARY, THE RIVERWALK GRAVITY WALL REPAIRS ARE NEARING COMPLETION.
IN FACT, I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME PREVENTATIVE MEASURES GOING FORWARD SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME ACCIDENT HAPPEN AGAIN.
ALSO, LIVING SHORELINE STABILIZATION PROJECT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT STARTING LAST YEAR, CONTINUING ON WITH THAT.
THAT'S PART OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
NOW WE'VE DEVELOPED A CIP SHEET FOR THAT GOING FORWARD TO HAVE THE PARK THERE.
JUST OVERALL SUMMARY SHOWING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS IT COMPARES TO THE PROPOSED FY25 BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE TAXABLE VALUE INCREASE OVER THE BASE YEAR, A TOTAL OF $515 MILLION.
THERE'S A COUNTY WIDE MILLAGE AND ALSO THE TOWN MILLAGE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE CRA.
THE COUNTY HAS PROPOSED A 4.5 MILLS, THE TOWN MILLAGE AT 2.3894.
THE COUNTY AD VALOREM PIECE IS JUST $2.2 MILLION, AND THE TOWN AD VALOREM IS 1.1, TOTAL OF 3.3 MILLION IN AD VALOREM TAXES PROPOSED TO BE COLLECTED NEXT YEAR.
OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN.
AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE WORKSHOPS.
THIS WILL MOST LIKELY CHANGE ONCE THE PLAN COMES BEFORE YOU AND THE COMMISSION UPDATES ITS PLAN.
BUT RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE HAVE THE EVENTS PLAZA, THE GRAVITY WALL REPAIR, WHICH ALSO CONSISTS OF GOING FORWARD DOLLARS FOR MEDIATION SO THAT THOSE TYPE OF ACCIDENTS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO THE SHORELINE STABILIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM FOR THE LIVING SHORELINE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, ALSO THE PIATT PLACE PARK,
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WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE SHORTLY.ALL OF THIS FUNDED THROUGH THE CRA GENERAL REVENUES IS HOW IT'S SHOWN HERE WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDS GOING FORWARD.
AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE GRAVITY WALL, THE FUTURE FUNDING OF THE PROJECT IS TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE WALL AND THE RIVERWALK THROUGH A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO ADDRESS MINOR MITIGATION OF THE BLOCKS AND THE WALL AND TO PROVIDE A NATURAL BARRIER.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME SUCCESS GROWING SOME OF THESE NATURAL BARRIERS ALREADY ALONG SOME OF THE SHORELINE PARKS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT BY THE GRAVITY WALL.
ALSO THE SHORELINE STABILIZATION.
WE STARTED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IT'S FOR THE LIVING SHORELINE OVER A LONG-TERM PERIOD.
THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE PIATT PLACE PARK.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN REGARDS TO A PORTION OF THAT BEING USED FOR A FIRE STATION.
THE REST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR A PARK.
WE'VE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION ON THAT.
WE'RE NOW PLACING DOLLARS INTO THE CIP FUND TO FUND GOING FORWARD THE PARK ELEMENTS.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE FLESHING THAT OUT THROUGH THE CRA PLAN.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN COME THROUGH AS THE COUNCIL AND ALSO COMING UP FROM STAFF.
BUT AGAIN, THIS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED AS YOU GET INTO THE CRA PLAN.
WITH THAT SAID, LOOKING AT THE CASH FLOW BASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE WORKSHOPS, WHICH WAS TO PAY OFF THE LOANS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CIP OF APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION NEXT YEAR, ALSO, YOU HAVE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, AN AMENDMENT OF $1.2 MILLION, WHICH WILL HELP FUND THE REMOVAL OF THE UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE ON PIATT, WHICH WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE PARK THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THERE ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS FUNDING THE MAJORITY OF THAT.
ALSO [NOISE] FOR THE FY25 GENERAL OPERATING IN THE CIP.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT REDUCTION FROM THE WORKSHOP OF THE ENDING BALANCE.
IT WAS JUST OVER $27 MILLION, WHICH WAS REMAINING LAST TIME, BUT NOW WE'VE HAD THAT AMENDMENT OF $1.2 MILLION.
IT'S NOW JUST OVER $26 MILLION REMAINING.
AGAIN, THAT WILL FLUCTUATE GOING FORWARD BASED ON THE AD VALOREM DOLLARS THAT ARE COLLECTED AND THE ASSESSED VALUES AS THEY GROW, THOSE DOLLARS CAN FLUCTUATE.
WITH THAT SAID, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS?
>> I HAD NO QUESTION ON THE STABILIZATION OF THAT BANK.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU CAN GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES?
>> I KNOW THE LIVING SHORELINE IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF WHERE THE WALL WAS.
>> THE UPPER RIGHT. IS THAT GOING TO BE A RIPRAP OR WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO IN THERE?
IT'LL LOOK LIKE A BREAKWATER THAT'S OVER THERE FURTHER SOUTH LIKE THE DP PUT IN.
PUT THEM IN ACTUALLY. THEY'LL LOOK LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF JUST RIPRAP OF INTEGRATING ARTIFICIAL REEF MODULES IN THERE, MANGROVE PODS, THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT THE RIPRAP DOESN'T ALWAYS ALLOW.
FOR SOME REASON, SOME OF THE OYSTERS LIKE THEM, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET MORE OYSTER RECRUITMENT.
>> MOST OF IT WILL BE IN THE WATER, BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT BANK? WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
>> SO WE'LL DO SOMETHING CLOSE TO THE BANK AS WELL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER OUT.
>> THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO ALONG THERE.
>> I LOVE THE INCORPORATION OF THE LIVING SHORELINE WHEREVER WE CAN.
JUST KEEP THAT GOING. THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP FOR EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING.
YOU CAN JUST CLARIFY, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
IN SOME CASES, THEY'LL BE REPLACING THE VOLCAD AND THEN DOING THE LIVING SHORELINE.
I REALLY DEPENDS WHAT THE PATHOMETRIC CONDITIONS ARE AT THE LOCATION.
>> ONE PARTICULAR SLIDE, THE BANK IS ERODING AS WELL.
>> THE OTHER THING TOO IS THE FURTHER SOUTH WE GO DEPENDS ON
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HOW MUCH OYSTER RECRUITMENT VERSUS SEA GRASSES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WE GO FURTHER SOUTH.
>> THE WATER IS ALWAYS DARK UP THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TURBIDITY, SO IT DEPENDS WHAT CAN SUSTAIN LIFE, I GUESS, CORRECT?
>> MAYOR, CAN I ASK SOMETHING REAL QUICK? I GOT ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP.
THIS IS ALONG THE RIVERWALK AREA.
HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE TOWN WHERE WE MIGHT BE VULNERABLE?
>> WE'RE DOING THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT WITH HAZEN AND SAWYER.
ONCE THAT COMES OUT, I'M SURE AMANDA AND HER TEAM WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR PRESENTATION.
>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT STUDY IS SET FOR NEXT SPRING SUMMER-ISH TIME FRAME?
>>DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON CRA RESOLUTION 324 AND THEN SEPARATELY 424?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 324.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND ON CRA RESOLUTION 324.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON CRA RESOLUTION 424.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 424.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS?
>> SEEING NONE, WE HAVE BEFORE US THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 14 CRA MEETING.
[2. August 14, 2024 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes]
I DON'T SEE ANY CORRECTIONS ON THE DIAS.IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO CONSENT. CRA RESOLUTION 524.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. BUT NEVER MIND, THAT'S A CONSENT.DOES ANYBODY NEED ANY PRESENTATION OR I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON THE REPORTS, COMMISSION ATTORNEY.
>> NONE? THE TIME IS NOW 6:43, AND WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.