04-27-1999 CRA Minutes CITY OF CLERMONT
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING
April 27, 1999
A Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of the City of Clermont was held
Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at Jenkins Auditorium at 691 Montrose Street and was called to
order at 6:45 p.m. with the following Members in attendance: Mayor Turville, Council
Member Biddle, Council Member Brown, Council Member Lamb, Council Member
Wolfe, Gordon Hallgren and Elaine Hyatt Barton, Also present was City Manager
Saunders, Pnncipal Planner Brown and Deputy City Clerk Whitlock.
Committee Composition
A discussion was held regarding the possibility of more community members on the
Board. City Manager Saunders stated that the Downtown Partnership can be,an
advisory committee to the CRA which will provide more input. Principal Planner Brown
stated that there is a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 members allowed on the
Board. He stated that the Board can authorize the disbursement of trust fund dollars as
long as expenditures are made according to the Redevelopment Plan.
Elaine Hyatt Barton stated that a lot of home owners are located in the CRA area and
they should be represented on an advisory board. Debbie Armas, Vice President of the
Downtown Partnership stated there needs to be a mix to give a broader scope. Council
Member Biddle stated he would like less Council Members on the Board and more
members at large. Mayor Turville was concerned about the authority to spend money
and discussed the possibility of requiring a 2/3 majority rather than a simple majority.
A motion was made by Mayor Turville, seconded by Council Member Biddle,
and carried unanimously to keep the membership as it presently is with five
Council Members and two community members.
Parking Areas
Additional parking for the downtown area was discussed. City Manager Saunders
C.) pointed out several possible angled-parking lots in 100' right-of-way areas. He
explained that one parking area is included in the current budget.
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING
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A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council
Member Brown, and carried unanimously to have the engineering done on
Parking Areas 1 and 4, and take bids on Parking area #4 with Parking area
#1 as an alternate, to be constructed when the funding is available.
Center Lake Fountain
City Manager Saunders explained that locating a fountain at Center Lake has been times
in the past. Bob Tatum encouraged pursuing the fountain since it will be a help to the
lake environmentally and it will be viewed easily from S.R. 50. After discussion, he was
asked to investigate the cost and the size of fountains. Ken Norquist asked that various
types of filtration systems also be investigated.
Streetscape Bus Tour
Council Member Biddle reported that he participated in a bus tour of four cities who
have had a streetscape project (Ocala, DeLand, Sanford and New Smyrna). He said
that a slide show presentation of the tour will be held on May 6 and invited all to attend.
The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Next meeting will be 6:30 p.m. on May 11, 1999.'
Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor
Attest:
C
seph E. Va ile, City Clerk