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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06031996 RIVERW City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561) 589-5330 o FAX (561) 589-5570 RIVE"RONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY JUNE 39 1996 CHAIRMAN COLLINS CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: CHMN. COLLINS MR. SMITH MR. MOORE MR. CHAPIN MR. BENNETT eoo*� MS. CORUM MR. THOMPSON MR. WILD (ARRIVED LATE) MR. KRULIKOWSKI ALSO PRESENT: MR. THOMAS FRAME, CITY MANAGER MR. BOB MASSARELLI, CITY PLANNER DAWN CORAPI, SECRETARY ANNOUNCEMENTS: MR. COLLINS ANNOUNCED THAT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET BECAUSE THE STAFF HAS BEEN SWAMPED. HE REQUESTED THAT WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE THAT THEY BE DISTRIBUTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. MR. CHAPIN SAID THAT WALLY FINALLY GOT BACK TO HIM WITH THE PICTURES THAT HE TOOK, FROM THE WATER AND THE ROAD, ON INDIAN RIVER DR., AND HE STATED THAT WALLY SAID HE TAPED OVER THAT FOOTAGE AND DOESN'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE ANY MORE. OLD BUSINESS: GUEST SPEAKER MR. ROBERT JOHNSON, CRA, RE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE RIVERFRONT AREA. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE TWO REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3. 1996 MR. FRAME BROUGHT THE COMMITTEE UP TO SPEED RE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. HE EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A SUM OF MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS OBTAINED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND THAT GRANT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CONSULTING FIRM OF CRA. HE SAID THAT MR. JOHNSON IS A MEMBER OF THAT FIRM. HE MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ALSO A CITIZENS ADVISORY TASK FORCE THAT WAS CREATED AS A PART OF THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN THE GRANT FUNDS. THAT GROUP HAD ONE MEETING BUT IT WASN'T REALLY AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING SO HE SAID HE EXTENDED INVITATIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THAT TASK FORCE TO SIT IN AND LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS BEING MADE TONIGHT. ALSO HE SAID, IN FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH MR. JOHNSON, IT IS THEIR INTENT TO GO AHEAD AND GET AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THAT GROUP PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS THAT HAVE BROKEN LOOSE FROM OTHER THINGS WITHIN THAT C.D.B.G PROGRAM AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DECISIONS MADE AND HE THINKS IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZEN INPUT TO BE THERE. MR. FRAME TOUCHED ON ONE OTHER THING THAT HE EXPLAINED HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT HE AND BOB MASSARELLI, BEING THE NEWCOMERS, WERE UNAWARE OF THAT HAD ACTUALLY OCCURRED WHILE THE CITY WAS APPLYING FOR THE C.D.B.G.. THAT IS, IT HAD THE AREA WHICH THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED, IN THEIR STUDY, ALSO DESIGNATED AS A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA, BY ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THERE WAS THE CREATION OF A TRUST FUND WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF A POTENTIAL TAX INCREMENT WHICH WILL SET UP A FINANCING MECHANISM OR A MONETARY MECHANISM OVER THE COURSE OF TIME THAT THE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, WITHIN THE DESCRIBED AREA. THOSE DOLLARS WOULD THEN GO INTO THE TRUST FUND AND COME FROM EVERY TAXING AUTHORITY THAT HAS TAXING AUTHORITY WITHIN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN THAT INCLUDES THE CITY, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, ST. JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT, THE INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT AND THE INLET DISTRICT. SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT MAY POTENTIALLY PUMP MONEY IN. ANOTHER THING THAT WAS APART OF THAT APPROVAL PROCESS WAS THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. HE SAID THAT ONCE HE GOT THE INFORMATION TOGETHER HE WOULD GET COPIES TO THE MEMBERS. MR. FRAME THEN INTRODUCED MR. JOHNSON, REPRESENTATIVE OF CRA, TO BEGIN HIS PRESENTATION. MR. JOHNSON BEGAN BY TELLING THE COMMITTEE THAT HIS FIRM WAS HIRED EITHER IN DECEMBER OF 1994 OR JANUARY OF 1995 AND AT THAT TIME THE CITY MADE A VERY QUICK DECISION TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT. BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT REQUIRED THAT THE CITY HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH HE EXPLAINED THE CITY ADOPTED IN TWO MONTHS. HE SAID THAT WHAT SUFFERED DURING THAT PROCESS WAS CITIZEN INPUT, BUT IF THE CITY HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO DO A LONG TERM PLANNING PROCESS THEY WOULD HAVE LOST OUT ON THE GRANT MONEY. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO OUTLINE THEIR NEEDS FOR YOUR REDEVELOPMENT AREA. eoft� RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE THREE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 HE SAID, WITHIN THEIR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY MUST IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PURSUED WITH THEIR BLOCK GRANT. HE EXPLAINED THAT IF THEY LOOK AT THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THEY WILL SEE ALOT OF INFORMATION WAS PULLED FROM THE VARIOUS REPORTS THAT THE PREVIOUS RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE SUBMITTED. HE SAID THAT HIS FIRM SUBMITTED THE GRANT APPLICATION IN MARCH OF 1995 AND IT SO HAPPENS THAT SEBASTIAN WAS THE LAST FUNDED APPLICANT, BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH FUNDS TO FULLY FUND THE APPLICATION. AT THIS TIME MR. JOHNSON PASSED AROUND HANDOUTS TO THE MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. HE WENT OVER WHAT THEY SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN THE GRANT APPLICATION. HE SAID THAT THE CITY APPLIED FOR $600,000 TO COMPLETE 64 PARKING SPACES AT THE SITE BEHIND THE SHELL STATION TO SERVE BOTH RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL NEEDS WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA. THE GRANT WAS TRYING TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE M.P.O. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WERE DOING ALONG THE RIVERFRONT WITH THE BIKE PATH/WALKWAY, BY PROPOSING TO PUT IN 100 GROUND LEVEL LIGHTS FOR THE SIDE WALK. ALSO, HE SAID THE PIER THAT EXISTS CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT NEEDED SOME RENOVATIONS AND THE CITY HAD APPLIED FOR A FERDAT GRANT, A STATE GRANT THAT PROVIDES FUNDS TO IMPROVE OR EXPAND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. THE CITY DID RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS AND HE SAID THEY HAD INTENDED TO USE $45,000 OF THE GRANT TO ASSIST THE CITY IN COMPLETING THAT PROJECT. HE EXPLAINED THAT TWO THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT THEY DO. 1.THAT THE CITY WAS ONLY AWARDED $389,000 SINCE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE FULL $600,000 FROM THE STATE. THAT WILL REQUIRE THAT THEY LOOK AT WHAT ACTIVITIES THEY CAN DO WITH THE FUNDS AVAILABLE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO BOTH THE PARKING LOT AND THE LIGHTING. HE BELIEVED THAT THE LIGHTING COSTS LESS THEN THE PARKING, BUT IT WOULD LEAVE TOO MUCH MONEY AVAILABLE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE BACK THE REMAINING MONEY TO THE STATE. SO, HE SAID THEY ENDED UP TELLING THE STATE THAT THEY PROPOSE DOING THE PARKING LOT AS THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY. HE SAID, NOW THEY ALLOW YOU TO HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES IN CASE YOUR BUDGET COMES IN BELOW COST, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE THE LAST FUNDED APPLICANT THE STATE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO PURSUE ANY GRANT ACTIVITY THAT WOULD OF REDUCED THEIR SCORE BELOW WHERE IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE THE LAST FUNDED APPLICANT. HE SAID THAT THE CONCEPT THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY ARE DECIDING WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS WAS TO KEEP THE GRANT SCORE FROM GOING DOWN IN ANY WAY. 2. THE PIER WALKWAY FOR THE FREDAT GRANT WAS COMPLETED BY THE CITY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT PRIOR TO THE RELEASE /001� OF THE CDBG PROJECT FUNDS IN ORDER TO MEET THE TIME LINE OF THE FERDAT GRANT. SO THE CITY WENT AHEAD AND FRONTED THE $45,000. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE FOUR REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 THERE IS NO WAY, SINCE THE CITY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE GRANT FUNDS, TO GET REIMBURSED FROM THAT GRANT. THEREFORE, WE HAVE FREED UP THIS $45,000. WHILE THERE WERE MANY NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE GRANT APPLICATION THERE WERE ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT THE SCORE FROM GOING DOWN: - TWENTY (20) PARK BENCHES ALONG THE MPO BIKE PATH. - LANDSCAPING ALONG THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE MPO BIKE PATH. HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY MEET WITH THE SYSTEM ADVISORY TASK FORCE THEY WILL ASK THEM TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS TO WHICH ONE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PURSUED FOR THAT $45,000. THE $45,000 WILL BE AVAILABLE AS LONG AS THE PARKING LOT COST COMES WITHIN THE BUDGET. MR. JOHNSON BRIEFLY EXPLAINED THE CITY'S REASON FOR PURSUING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED. 1. TO GET EXTRA POINTS ON THE GRANT APPLICATION. 2. TO GENERATE SOME REVENUES THAT WOULD BE SPENT IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OVER A SERIES OF YEARS. HE SAID THAT THE CITY PROBABLY RECEIVED THE GRANT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CITY CREATING THE TIF DISTRICT. THE CITY SHOULD BEGIN TO GENERATE SOME FUNDS AS TAX VALUES INCREASE IN THAT AREA AND THOSE FUNDS WILL STAY IN THAT REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND BE SPENT BASED ON WHAT IS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. HE EXPLAINED THAT IT IS PROPOSED TO REVISE THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO DO THAT. HE SUGGESTED THAT WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE, FOR PROPOSING THOSE REVISIONS, SHOULD TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON, IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. HE SAID, IF THEY WANT TO SPEND THE TIF FUNDS ON THOSE ITEMS IT MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, OTHERWISE AN ORGANIZATION OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY CAN COME AND PROTEST THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS AS BEING INAPPROPRIATE. MR. JOHNSON SUMMARIZED THAT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT, SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN WITH THE ENGINEERING DESIGN. HE SAID THAT THE ENGINEERING DESIGN SHOULD ONLY TAKE A FEW MONTHS AND, AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO BIDDING AND HOPEFULLY BY LATE SUMMER IT WILL BE OUT TO BID AND THEY CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY EARLY FALL AT THE LATEST. eoftN RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE FIVE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 AT THIS TIME MR. JOHNSON ANSWERED QUESTIONS, ABOUT THE GRANT, FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MR. THOMPSON ASKED MR. JOHNSON WHAT HIS POSITION WAS WITH THE FIRM CRA. HE RESPONDED BY SAYING HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND HE HAS WORKED FOR THEM FOR 5 YEARS. MR. THOMPSON ALSO ASKED HIM IF HIS FIRM IS THE ONE WHO HIRED THE ENGINEER OF RECORD TO DO THE DESIGN. HE SAID NO THE CITY DID. MR. FRAME COMMENTED ON MR. THOMPSON'S QUESTIONS RE: THE HIRING OF THE DESIGN ENGINEER. MR. COLLINS ADDRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERNS HE SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD ABOUT. HE SAID THAT THROUGH THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE CITY MOVING IN UNISON WITH ONE BASIC THEME OR CONCEPT FOR THE WHOLE RIVERFRONT. HE SAID HE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT AWARE OF THIS MONEY BEING AVAILABLE BUT HE HAS NOT, AS A PROPERTY OWNER AS A PROPERTY OWNER DOWN THERE AND AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE, BEEN AWARE THAT THEY WERE ARE IN DESIGN STAGES. MR. COLLINS ASKED MR. JOHNSON HOW THEY REPORT TO THE CITY AND HOW IT WORKS INTERNALLY WITH THEM. MR. JOHNSON SAID THAT THEY ARE JUST REALLY GETTING STARTED WITH THIS PROCESS. THE DEPARTMENT IS JUST NOW RELEASING THE FUNDS. HE STRESSED THAT THE ENGINEERING HAS NOT STARTED, THEY ARE JUST AT THE ENGINEERING CONTRACTING PHASE. HE SAID THAT THEY WERE GETTING ALOT OF DIRECTION FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AS TO THE DESIGN OF THE PARKING LOT AND SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS WERE PRESENTED TO THEM. MR. JOHNSON CLARIFIED THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THE PARKING LOT. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 64 SPACES TO BE CREATED AND THAT WAS ONLY DESIGNED TO BE HALF OF THAT SITE, THE SITE CLOSEST TO THE SHELL STATION. THE SITE CLOSEST TO THE STREET WAS GOING TO BE LEFT PLAIN AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT A PARK LIKE SETTING. MR. COLLINS ASKED MR. JOHNSON WHAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE FOR THE INCREMENTAL TAX DISTRICT THAT HE SAID HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED. HE ASKED IF IT PARALLELS THE RIVERFRONT DISTRICT. MR. FRAME CLARIFIED THAT IT IS EVERYTHING EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. MR. THOMPSON ASKED WHO WAS GREENHORN AND O'MARA. MR. FRAME EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE THE DESIGN ENGINEERS THAT WERE RETAINED BY FDOT TO DO THE BIKE PATHS AND THE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE SIX REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 MR. WILD ASKED IF THE 64 SPACES, FOR THE PARKING LOT, ARE CONSIDERED FOR ACCOMMODATION OF TRAILERS BEHIND A PICK UP TRUCK. MR. JOHNSON SAID THEY COUNTED TWO SPACES FOR A TRUCK AND A TRAILER BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE CONVENTIONAL VEHICLES PULLING IN THERE YOU COULD GET TWO VEHICLES INTO THAT SPACE. HE EXPLAINED DEPENDING ON THE GEO—TECHNICAL FACTORS OF THE ACTUAL DESIGN AND THE FUNDS AVAILABLE, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MORE PARKING SPACES. MR. WILD ASKED IF THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT COSTS FOR THE PARKING LOT ITSELF AND FOR THE 225 LINEAR FEET OF IMPROVEMENT AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED? MR. JOHNSON SAID THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE AT THE YACHT CLUB ON THE PIER ITSELF AND THERE WAS SOME ELECTRICAL LIGHTING THAT WAS PUT IN. BEYOND THAT, HE EXPLAINED THEY WERE NOT REALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT ONLY, FROM THE STAND POINT, THAT THEY WERE COUNTING IT FOR GRANT POINTS. MR. JOHNSON SAID THAT THE ENGINEERS DID PROVIDE HIM WITH A PRELIMINARY BREAKDOWN OF THE COSTS AND PROCEEDED TO GO OVER THOSE WITH THE COMMITTEE. MR. CHAPIN REFERRED TO THE COMMENTS MR. JOHNSON MADE ABOUT THE ENGINEERING BEING DONE IN 30% / 60% / AND 90% STAGES. HE ASKED IF THAT 30% HAD BEEN STARTED YET. MR. JOHNSON SAID NO. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DESIGN HASN'T STARTED AT 30% YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE SITE ITSELF AND DETERMINING WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE SITE ARE. WHEN THEY GET TO 60% THEY ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE MATERIALS THEY ARE GOING TO USE AND A FAIRLY DECENT IDEA OF WHAT THE DESIGN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WHEN THEY GET TO 90% THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TWEAKING OF THE DESIGN BY COUNCIL OR CITY STAFF. MR. THOMPSON ASKED IF THERE WERE TWO ENGINEERS OF RECORD. MR. JOHNSON SAID NO THAT THERE IS ONE, CRA ENGINEERING. MR. MASSARELLI CLARIFIED THAT, THAT IS WHO THEY ARE NEGOTIATING WITH. MR. KRULIKOWSKI EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS OF IF THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT AND THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ARE BEING BASED ON THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, OR ARE THEY JUST SAYING HEY THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD LOT DOWN THERE FOR A PARKING LOT. BECAUSE HE SAID WE SPENT 3/4 OF A MILLION DOLLARS JUST TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY NOW THEY GOING TO DUMP ANOTHER $200,000 FOR 64 PARKING SPACES. e"01� RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE SEVEN REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 MR. COLLINS REITERATED THAT THE COMMITTEE AND THE AUDIENCE OUGHT TO BE COGNIZANCE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM MR. JOHNSON NOT TO MAKE ANY DESIGN DECISIONS. HE SAID, CLEARLY THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. HE SAID THEY HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON CERTAIN THINGS OR THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE IT AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING SPOTS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT IN AND IF THEY CHANGE THAT RADICALLY THEY WILL LOSE THE MONEY. MR. SMITH SAID SOME HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS AND BRING IT IN LINE IN THE WISHES OF THE CITIZENS OF SEBASTIAN. THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF THINGS THAT BEEN HAPPENING THAT REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN VISIBLE TO THE CITIZENS OF SEBASTIAN. MR. JOHNSON CONVEYED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THE STATE AGENCY LOOKS VERY FAVORABLY ON CENTRALIZED PARKING LOTS BECAUSE YOU ARE MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF DOWNTOWN VIABLE PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PUTTING IT ALL IN ONE PLACE. HE SAID, THE OTHER THING THAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITE IS YOUR ADJACENT TO A PARK WHICH, FROM A FESTIVITY STANDPOINT AND WEEKEND ATTRACTION FOR POTENTIAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, IS IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. /00*1 AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY GIVE YOU POINTS IN THE GRANT APPLICATION IF YOU HAVE ANNUAL FESTIVALS THAT ARE AT LEAST TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE PARKING FOR FESTIVALS AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT. MR. JOHNSON ALSO EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THEY GOT INVOLVED IN JAN. TROUGH MARCH THERE WAS A REAL INTEREST IN PARKING AT THAT SITE. HE SAID HE CAN'T SPEAK OF THERE BEING ANY CHANGE IN THAT DIRECTION NOW. THE PROBLEM WITH THE GRANT PROCESS IS ONCE YOU SUBMIT IT YOU HAVE GOT TO WORK FROM THAT GRANT APPLICATION. THEY DO GIVE YOU SOME LEAD WAY. HE SAID HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY SUGGESTIONS THE THEY HAVE AND HE ADVISED THEM THAT HIS JOB IS TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR WHATEVER THE CITY WANTS TO DO WITH THIS GRANT, BUT HE IS GOING TO BE VERY HONEST AS TO WHAT THEY THINK CAN BE DONE. MR. KRULIKOWSKI ASKED, BASED ON WHAT WAS SAID, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO GET SOMETHING MOVING, SO THEY DON'T LOSE THE MONEY MR. JOHNSON SAID, TO GIVE THEM A SNAP SHOT AS OF TODAY, THE CITY WOULD HAVE 60 DAYS TO GIVE THEM CONCISE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THAT SITE . MS. CORUM ASKED HOW MUCH OF THE $265,000 IS FOR THE PARKING LOT SURFACE ITSELF. 1400111) MR. JOHNSON SAID THAT HE WOULD LOOK IN THE GRANT APPLICATION TO SEE IF IT GOT INTO MORE SPECIFICS, BUT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT DID. HE SAID THEY TRY TO STAY AS GENERAL AS THEY CAN IN THE APPLICATION. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE EIGHT eo*) REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3. 1996 MS. CORUM SAID THAT WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AT, IS THERE ALOT OF LANDSCAPING TO GO IN WITH THIS? MR. JOHNSON SAID THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN INCLUDING LIGHTING AS WELL ON THAT SITE. MR. WILD ASKED IF THERE WAS AN ARTIST RENDERING OF THAT SITE. MR. JOHNSON SAID THERE WAS ONE THAT THEY BASED THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OFF OF AND THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THAT HAD NOT BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR ANYTHING, BUT HE THINKS IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS EARLY ON. MS. CORUM ASKED MR. JOHNSON IF HIS FIRM HAD EVER DESIGNED A PARKING LOT IN A PARK SETTING. HE SAID THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROJECTS THAT CRA ENGINEERING HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT THEY HAVE USED ALOT OF TREES IN A PARKING LOT. MS. CORUM ASKED MR. JOHNSON IF THE CITY HAD TO STAY WITH HIS FIRM, CRA, FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARKING LOT ITSELF. MR. FRAME EXPLAINED THE PROCESS THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THE CRA ENGINEERING FIRM. CHMN. COLLINS ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. RUTH SULLIVAN, PROPERTY OWNER ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, EXPRESSED HER CONCERNS ABOUT THE TAX INCREMENT DISTRICT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING OFF ANY BONDS ISSUED, WHICH MEANS TAXES WILL GO UP IN LINE WITH WHATEVER THAT BONDING CALLS FOR. SHE SAID THE IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING, OF THE CITIZENS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA AND OWN PROPERTY IN THAT AREA, THAT THE MONEY WOULD BE PUT ASIDE IN A TRUST FUND TO BE USED FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA. MR. JOHNSON EXPLAINED THAT THE TIF FUNDS ARE USED TO PAY THE ANNUAL COST OF THE BOND. HE CLARIFIED THAT THE TAXES WON'T INCREASE TO PAY THE BOND. CHMN. COLLINS INTERRUPTED MRS. SULLIVAN AND SAID THEY NEED TO BE ASKING MR. JOHNSON SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GRANT. SAL NAGLIA EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS ABOUT USING GOVERNMENT MONEY TO FIX UP THE PARKING LOT ON THE CAVCORE PROPERTY. HE SAID THAT THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN THAT THE PEOPLE PAY FOR WITH THEIR TAXES AND DOING THIS WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WHERE ANYONE FROM THE STATE CAN COME ON THERE AND USE IT. /oob,N RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE NINE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3. 1996 NEW BUSINESS: RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, RE: OVERALL THEME. BOB MASSARELLI WENT OVER THE CONTENT IN THE RESOLUTION, TO ADOPT THE "OLD FLORIDA FISHING VILLAGE" THEME. AFTER SOME INQUIRES FROM THE COMMITTEE, BOB EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF GETTING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED AND ASSURED THE COMMITTEE THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZEN INPUT. CHMN. COLLINS RECOMMENDED TO GO AROUND THE TABLE AND GET INPUT FROM ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MR. SMITH EXPLAINED THAT HE HAS BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF ALOT OF FEEDBACK, OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, FROM FELLOW CITIZENS. HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS HE HAS IS THAT HE FEELS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOTAL COMMUNITY AT HAND AND YET SOMEHOW THERE IS ALOT OF MISTRUST OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE SUGGESTED THAT ANY INITIAL PRODUCT THAT THEY GIVE TO CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONVEY THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST DEVELOPING FOR THE BUSINESS INTEREST BUT FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF SEBASTIAN. HE REFERRED TO THE "PRINCIPLES" THEY SPOKE OF AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING THE COMMITTEE AGREED WITH MR. SMITH AND DISCUSSED OPTIONS ON HOW TO GET THOSE FEELINGS ACROSS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. MR. SMITH DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY THE ISSUES THAT FELLOW CITIZENS EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER: THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE NATURE OF SEBASTIAN. HOW WILL PARKING BE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE RIVERFRONT? MAKING SURE THAT THE CAVCORE PROPERTY IS RETAINED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. SOMETHING WOULD BE SLIPPED BY THE PUBLIC WITHOUT A PUBLIC REFERENDUM. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $5.00 FOR A MARGUERITES JUST TO SEE THE RIVERFRONT. DON'T TURN THE RIVERFRONT INTO A CONEY ISLAND OR A KEY WEST. I0`1 — DON'T PAVE PARADISE AND TURN IT INTO A PARKING LOT. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE TEN egg*) REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3. 1996 BOB MASSARELLI SUGGESTED IF THE COMMITTEE COULD ARTICULATE THOSE "PRINCIPLES" IN ONE OR TWO SENTENCES THEN THEY CAN DECIDE HOW TO GET IT ACROSS. IT COULD BE A SIMPLE MEMO OR REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL, DON SMITH COULD GET UP IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ARTICULATE THEM OR THEY CAN MAKE THEM APART OF THE WHEREAS'S, IN THE RESOLUTION. AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION MR. COLLINS RECOMMENDED TO ASR FOR PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE, THEY MAKE ANY MOVES ON THE RESOLUTION. MR. DEBROWSKI, PROPERTY OWNER ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, EXPRESSED HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE FALLING SHORT OF WHAT HE THINKS IS THE BIGGEST ASSET TO THE CITY, THAT BEING THE ACCESS TO THE OCEAN. AFTER BEING ASKED BY MR. COLLINS IF HE FAVORED THE OLD FLORIDA FISHING VILLAGE" THEME. MR. DEBROWSKI SAID HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO JUST THAT IN FACT HE THOUGHT A SPANISH MOTIF WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HENCE THE NAME "SAN SEBASTIAN". AFTER, BEING ASKED BY MS. CORUM WHAT HE THOUGHT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE CAVCORE PROPERTY. HE STATED THAT HE FELT THAT WHAT IT IS BEING USED FOR RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE QUITE FUNCTIONAL. RUTH SULLIVAN, PROPERTY OWNER ON INDIAN RIVER DR., EXPRESSED HER SUPPORT OF THE COMMITTEE RELAYING TO THE COUNCIL THE IDEA OF A f''4� BROAD BASED USE OF THE RIVERFRONT. EDRA YOUNG EXPRESSED HER CONCERN OF BUILDING HEIGHTS ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT A GOOD IDEA WOULD BE THE USE OF HEDGES INSTEAD OF FENCES. MR. REED FROM THE AUDIENCE STOOD UP AND SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER IN STRUCTURING THE RESOLUTION TO LIST THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE OCCUR ON THE RIVERFRONT. THE BOARD AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE TOO DIFFICULT TO TELL PROPERTY OWNERS WHAT THEY CAN'T DO ON THE RIVERFRONT. BOB MASSARELLI SUGGESTED DROPPING, FROM THE RESOLUTION, THE PORTION, UNDER SECTION #1, THAT REFERS TO THE "ELEMENTS" TO BE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE THEME. MR. COLLINS ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO ELIMINATE THE WORDING, IN THE RESOLUTION, UNDER SECTION #11 AFTER THE WORDS ...COMMITTEE DATED 6/3/96. THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS... AND THE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7. MR. KRULIKOWSKI SECONDED THE MOTION. MR. THOMPSON SUGGESTED ELIMINATING THE WORDING AFTER ...THE RIVER FRONT AREA. MR. COLLINS ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO CORRECT THE PREVIOUS MOTION. eo%N RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE ELEVEN REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 MR. MOORE SO MOVED A MOTION TO KEEP THE SENTENCE — THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN ADOPTS THE THEME OF AN "OLD FLORIDA FISHING VILLAGE" FOR THE RIVERFRONT AREA OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN. — AND DELETE THE REMAINING PORTION OF SECTION # 11 IN THE RESOLUTION. MR. CHAPIN SECONDED THE MOTION. MR. SMITH ASKED IF THIS VOTE ON THE WHOLE RESOLUTION OR JUST MODIFYING THE RESOLUTION. BOB SAID THAT IT WAS STAFFS UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS VOTE TO AMEND THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, NOT FOR THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MR. COLLINS ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. MR. KRULIKOWSKI SO MOVED A MOTION TO FORWARD RESOLUTION R-96-43 TO CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS CORRECTED. eoft� MR. WILD SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED BY ALL MEMBERS EXCEPT MR. SMITH. MS. CORUM ASKED MR. SMITH WHY HE SAID NAY TO THE MOTION. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS AGAINST THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT THEY HAVE NOT PUT FORTH THE "PRINCIPLES" UPON WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO CONDUCT THEIR STUDY AND ARE SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION MR. COLLINS ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO HAVE BOB MASSARELLI AND MR. SMITH GET TOGETHER AS SOON AS THEY CAN TO PUT TOGETHER THE "PRINCIPLES" THE COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED AND HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE AS A SUMMARY STATEMENT TO PRESENT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING WHEN THIS RESOLUTION IS PRESENTED FOR THEIR ACTION. MR. THOMPSON SO MOVED MR. COLLINS MOTION. MR. SMITH SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. /'"'1 THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE TWELVE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 3, 1996 PUBLIC COMMENT: NONE CHAIRMAN MATTERS: MR. COLLINS ASKED WHAT THE STATUS WAS OF MEETING WITH FDOT. TOM FRAME SAID THAT THE TWO PARTIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT ARE ON VACATION, SO AS SOON AS THEY GET BACK THEY WILL SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH THEM. MR. COLLINS ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO REDUCE TO WRITING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE SO THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEIR PROBLEMS ADDRESSED WILL BE QUICKER. MR. COLLINS ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE WILL BE GONE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. MEMBER MATTERS: MS. CORUM EXPRESSED HER OPINION OF PASTEL COLORS NOT BEING PART OF THE "OLD FLORIDA FISHING VILLAGE THEME" AND HER DISMAY OVER IT EVEN BEING PUT IN WRITING WITHOUT DISCUSSING IT FIRST. SHE EXPRESSED HER CONCERN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SEE IT, IN THE RESOLUTION THAT loo*1 THEY RECEIVED, IN THEIR PACKETS AND THE COMMUNITY WILL HEAR ABOUT IT, LEADING TO THE MISTRUST THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. STAFF MATTERS: BOB MASSARELLI INTRODUCED DAWN AS THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE SECRETARY. HE ALSO ADVISED THE COMMITTEE THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS AVAILABLE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE JUNE 17, 1996 AND THE TREE ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM JULY 21 1996 TO DISCUSS LANDSCAPE ISSUES. BOB MASSARELLI SAID THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM LES SOLIN AND ASSOCIATES ON DESIGN REVIEW AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE STAFF WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THEM ON OPTIONS THEY HAVE ON COMING UP WITH DESIGN STANDARDS AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND THINGS FOR THE RIVERFRONT AREA. HE WENT OVER THE CORRESPONDENCE, HE HANDED OUT EARLIER IN THE MEETING, CONCERNING A MEETING HE ATTENDED IN ST. AUGUSTINE FRIDAY. ADJOURNMENT: CHAIRMAN COLLINS ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 9:40 P.M. I4011IN * VERBIAGE WAS ADDED TO SOME OF THE MOTIONS TO MARE THEM MORE CLEAR City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 o FAX (407) 589-5570 RWERFRONT COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD APPROVED AT MEETING HELD D SMITH, VICE CHAIRMAN Ta't� DAWN M. CORAPI, CRETARY RC1 AS . WP 4 -r City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 o FAX (407) 589-5570 AGENDA RWERFRONT COMMITTEE MONDAY, JUNE 39 1996 7:30 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. ROLL CALL. 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS. 4. OLD BUSINESS: MR. ROBERT JOHNSON, CRA, RE; THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE RIVERFRONT AREA. 5. NEW BUSINESS: RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, RE: OVERALL THEME. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT. 7. CHAIRMAN MATTERS. 8. MEMBERS MATTERS. 9. STAFF MATTERS. 10. ADJOURNMENT. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), ANYONE WHO NEEDS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT (407)-589-5330 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 o FAX (407) 589-5570 PUBLIC MEETING CITY OF SEBASTIAN 1225 MAIN STREET INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 1 Z11 0 THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, WILL HOLD THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1996 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. DAWN M. CORAPI, SECRETARY RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED. NOTE: IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), ANYONE WHO NEEDS A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT 589-5330 AT .LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. RCPUBMTI.WP