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09-25-2001 CRA Meeting (77 CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES COMMUNITY-REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING September 25, 2001 Page 1 A Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at Jenkins Auditorium at 691 Montrose Street and was called to order at 6.00 p.m. with the following Members in attendance. Mayor Turville, Council Member Biddle, Council Member Mullins, Council Member Renick, Council Member MacLauchhn, and Board Member Gordon Halgren. Also present were City Manager Saunders and Deputy City Clerk Studdard Minutes A motion was made by Council Member Mullins, seconded by Council Member Biddle, and carried unanimously to approve the Minutes of the CRA Meeting held July 10, 2001 Downtown Clermont Partnership-Report Andrea Crossley inquired about a list of issues Ms Carlucci had submitted to City Manager Saunders regarding the Eighth Street area. City Manager Saunders stated he had answered Ms. Carlucci's correspondence addressing each issue. Ms. Crossley stated that the east side of Eighth Street needs cleanup. City Manager Saunders stated that item had not been on the list but that the City would take care of it Ms. Crossley then requested the status of the Center Lake muck removal project Mayor Turville explained that, in conjunction with the St Johns River Water Management District, the City cannot transfer water within 24 hours of a rain event He further stated that the project will begin again soon Ms Crossley then stated that the Downtown Clermont Partnership recommends Sherry Hallgren and Karen Dunatis be appointed to the CRA Advisory Committee C CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING . September 25, 2001 Page 2 Ms Crossley then spoke regarding the possibility of the Townsend House being relocated to the"Hobo's"property on Eighth Street and asked when the House would be refurbished if that occurs She stated she did not wish to have more blighted buildings surrounding her and that the Hobo's building and the Icehouse building and properties are unkempt and in need of attention Main Street-Report Rose Biddle asked if the weeds at Center Lake would also be removed. C Mayor Turville stated that any weeds growing in the muck matenal would be scraped out with the muck Ms. Biddle then stated that the Design Committee is in the process of finalizing drawing and landscape recommendations for the Streetscape project with Hartman &Associates. Ms Biddle stated that the new sign is up for downtown and that a banner program is in the works using the same graphics as on the sign. Ms Biddle then stated that the Subcommittee is reviewing the City's Land Development Regulations as they relate to downtown Ms Biddle then stated that the Waterfront Visioning Report had been received and spoke regarding vanous sections of it She further stated that she would like to have a CRA Board Member attend an upcoming meeting with Bob Field of Field&Associates. Ms-Biddle recommended Nick Jones and Patricia Maddox be appointed to the CRA Advisory Committee to represent the Clermont Main Street program Council Member Biddle stated he would attend the meeting with Field&Associates. r") CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING September 25, 2001 Page 3 e CDBG-Update , City Manager Saunders gave an update of the Downtown Streetscape project and stated that the City is moving ahead with Hartman &Associates on the design He stated that the project needs to go out to bid by the end of October and that there will be a Special meeting of the City Council on October 1, 2001 at 6 00 p m at the Highlander Hut for the Streetscape presentation by Hartman&Associates and,hopefully, to obtain approval to move forward with the bid process for the project City Manager Saunders stated he had been contacted by a landscape architect major at the University of Flonda. He stated that a group the young man is a part of is required to do a senior project fl beginning this semester through the spnng semester and has offered to use the Visioning information to further develop a plan for the waterfront He stated that the City will benefit from this, as the cost would normally be several thousand dollars CRA Property Loan City Manager Saunders stated that the CRA purchased the parking lot at the corner of Desoto and Seventh Streets one year ago at a cost of$90,000 00, with 10% interest. Mr Saunders stated that he and Finance Director Van Zile recommend that the City loan the payoff amount to the CRA from the General Fund to avoid the payment of the 10% interest on the loan He stated that the payoff amount is approximately$72,000.00 at this time He further stated that the City Council could charge the CRA the typical 4 to 5 %interest rate on the loan or charge no interest at all, for approximately 5 years. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to request that the City Council loan the CRA approximately$72,000 00 to pay off the property loan from General Fund with five equal payments, without interest 'Advisory Board Submittals Downtown Clermont Partnership. Sherry Hallgren and Karen Dunatis ^ Clermont Main Street, Inc. Nick Jones and Patricia Maddox C ) South Lake Historical Society Micki Blackburn Wolfe Resident Submittals Anita Walker and Theresa Cherry ■ CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING September 25, 2001 Page 4 A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to appoint the seven recommended individuals to the CRA Advisory Committee. Rose Biddle spoke to the CRA Board regarding the theme of the October 5, 2001 First Friday being patriotic in light of the recent tragedies in the nation She requested that the City close the streets at 5.00 p m for this event and stated she would be seeking permission from the City Council for a, fireworks display at the waterfront City Manager Saunders stated that he and Ms. Biddle would meet with the Police Department prior to the event to coordinate Andrea Crossley asked if or when the City would be cleaning up the Hobo's and Icehouse properties spoken of earlier. City Manager Saunders stated that the City had purchased the Hobo's property and is in the process of transfemng ownership, but that the clean up would occur within a week or so. He then stated that he would direct Code Enforcement to notify the owner of the Icehouse property to clean it up. He further stated that the South Lake Historical Society will relocate the Townsend House to the property within 24 months and will have months to refurbish it. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:47 p.m. arold S. Turville, Jr Attest. ■ oseph E. Van/e, City Clerk ',