Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 08-11-09 special minutes — reading text

253 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA CRA PROPOSED CIPs FOR FY 09/ 10 AUGUST 11, 2009 INTRODUCTION A special meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 5: 00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, with the following members present: Mayor Mike Anderson Councilmen: Mike Holmes, Virgil Miller (arrived 5: 25), Bill Garvie, Bobby Nabors, Bill Patterson, Dick Rynearson Absent: Dennis Reeves Also Present: Bob Meares, City Manager; Helen Spencer, City Clerk; Toni Craig, City Attorney; CRA members joyce Gossom, Chairman; Dean Covey; Chuck Kennedy; Daike Klement; Jason Legg; Doug Reed; Tom Tona; and Department Directors PURPOSE The purpose of the meeting is to review the Community Redevelopment Agency FY 2009 -10 Capital Improvement Projects Action Plan (Program of Projects). CALL TO ORDER The Mayor called the meeting to order. PLEDGE The Mayor led in the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Mr. Rynearson moved to approve the revised agenda as the business of the day. Mr. Patterson seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor (Miller and Reeves absent). PRESENTATION OF 2009 -2010 CRA CIPs Presentation by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the FY 2009 -10 Program of Projects. joyce gossom, CRA Chairman, first corrected a statement made at a previous meeting that the Municipal Planning Board reviewed the CRA site plans and stated that the Municipal Planning Board only reviews projects and plans outside the CRA area. She then apologized for the revised agenda. She explained due to her schedule she had been unable to provide comments to staff prior to the distribution of the agenda and upon preparing for her presentation she requested some revisions. The CRA Board members introduced themselves for the benefit of the new Council members. Mrs. gossom began presentation of the CRA Program of Projects for FY 2009 -10. The presentation included the pages of Chapter 11, Section 4 of the adopted CRA Plan Update that provides the overall philosophy of what the CRA is trying to accomplish and implement; a map of the CRA Community Design eight Subzones; the taxable value in the CRA area since 2004; a table that shows the CRA residential and commercial activity from 2000 to 2009; a table that shows the CRA activity by subzone from 2000 to 2009. 254 Special Council 8 -11 - 09 PRESENTATION OF 2009 -2010 CRA CIPs cont. The presentation continued with the CRA Action Plan ( Program of Projects) that have been prioritized for FY 2009 -10 and it was mentioned there are other projects that were not prioritized for FY 09/ 10, such as the Soundside boardwalk, but that does not mean nothing is happening; the FY 2009 -10 CRA proposed expenditures by subzone with the majority proposed in the subzone 3 Central City; and the page from the 5 -6 -09 minutes where the CRA adopted, ranked, and voted on the Action Plan. Discussion was held on the proposed project to design and engineer streetscape improvements on Eglin Parkway SE and NE, Subzone 5 — Midtown and Subzone 4 — Uptown, to construct Eglin Parkway underground utilities and decorative lighting; with staff to study the feasibility of constructing improvements in phases and determine where utilities can be placed underground or relocated. Discussion included expanding the feasibility study to include west of Beal Parkway in Subzone 6 — West Miracle Strip, or expanding the study to include all Subzones, so a comparison can be done and a determination made on the best area to begin with underground utilities. Mr. Miller arrived at 5: 25 p.m. It was expressed that the LED lights are nice but not necessary, and some of those funds should be used to clean up blighted areas and the vagrant problem. Mr. Nabors moved to accept the Community Redevelopment Agency FY 2009 -10 Program of Projects and to give the CRA the flexibility to expand the feasibility study on underground utilities. Mr. Holmes seconded motion and it carried by a vote of 6 to 1 with Holmes, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor and Miller opposed (Reeves absent). ADJOURNMENT Being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5: 55 p.m. i ddm