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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-12-2018 Minutes FIFTY ocoee WEST CRA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING Ocoee Commission Chambers 150 North Lakeshore Drive Ocoee,Florida April 12,2018 MINUTES 6:15 p.m. I. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum- 6:15 PM CRA Chair Wilsen called the Community Redevelopment Agency Board to order at 6:15 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of City Hall. City Clerk Sibbitt called roll and declared a quorum present. Roll Call: Vice-Chair Grogan, Chair Wilsen, Member Johnson, Member Firstner, Member Oliver, Member Duncan, and Member June. Also Present: City Manager Frank, Assistant City Manager Shadrix, City Attorney Cookson, and City Clerk Sibbitt. II. Public Comments -None III. Approval of Minutes of the January 16,2018,Regular CRA Board Meeting-6:15 PM Vice-Chair Grogan, seconded by Member Firstner, moved to approve the CRA minutes of the Meeting held on January 16, 2018, as presented. Motion carried 7-0. IV. Staff Updates -6:15 PM Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix welcomed newly-appointed CRA Members Randy June and George Oliver, who is the newly-elected District 4 Commissioner. CRA Board Meeting Overview - Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix presented a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the following: Ocoee CRA Redevelopment Team, Past Legislative Session CRA Actions, Redevelopment Outlook, and Promoting the CRA & the City as a Whole. Before introducing the next team member, Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix touched on the subject of branding and marketing and shared they will be asking the board to allow the CRA to use the name Fifty West to refer to the City's Community Redevelopment District. CRA Meeting 04-12-2018 Page 1 Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless proceeded with the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the following: Fifty West—Branding & Marketing the Redevelopment District as a destination, Designation of the Community Redevelopment District as Fifty West, and FY 2016-2017 Annual Report. During the presentation by Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless, there was discussion on the use of Fifty West as the branding for the CRA District. Member Oliver inquired if the City owned any rights to the name Fifty West or any ideations (.org or .com) with the name as far as social media might be concerned. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless replied that there are pieces that have been copyrighted that they are looking into as it is important when they move forward that the CRA owns it. She felt Member Oliver made a great point, and they will be reviewing this as they move forward with the branding. Member Duncan inquired if all three target areas would be treated the same with regards to the branding. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless answered in the affirmative. Vice-Chair Grogan, seconded by Member Johnson, moved to direct staff to look into the availability of securing the name Fifty West for the CRA District and securing the rights needed to move forward with the branding. Member Oliver briefly shared his concerns with the branding of the name, in which Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless assured him that staff would be looking into his concerns before they proceed. Motion carried 6-1 with Member Oliver opposing. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless concluded this portion of her presentation by explaining the Annual Report, which she shared is required by State Statute. CRA Administrative Assistant Shannon Hopper proceeded with the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the following: Update of CRA Website and statutory requirements. Urban Designer Peter Kisicki and Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless proceeded with the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the following: Greening up Fifty West - Old Winter Garden Road Median Plantings, North Blackwood Avenue Streetscape, and SR 50 Landscape Grant. During the presentation by Urban Designer Peter Kisicki on Old Winter Garden Road Median Plantings, it was shared that Assistant City Manager Shadrix would be explaining some budget modifications later in the presentation that will allow City staff to move forward with the proposal with BrightView for the installation of material. If approved, BrightView will begin the landscape installation the beginning of May. Chair Wilsen inquired if there is irrigation currently in that area. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless answered in the affirmative; and further, stated that the contractor will be responsible for retrofitting the irrigation to meet the landscape requirements. During the presentation by Urban Designer Peter Kisicki on SR 50 Landscape Grant, it was shared that FDOT does not normally grant a 2-year cycle window and the grant is usually a CRA Meeting 04-12-2018 Page 2 $500,000 maximum; however, they were able to get the FDOT grant for $775,000 with the condition that it had to be completed over the 2-year fiscal period. This will be approved with one agreement which will make it easier for the City. Brief discussion ensued with regards to disbursement of the grant funds, and if it could be done in a cycle. Vice-Chair Grogan shared that residents are extremely happy to see the SR 50 construction being completed and now the landscaping for the medians are being proposed. He further inquired if there will be a timeline for the landscaping. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless indicated that they have to develop the maintenance of traffic plan (MOT), which will include a phasing timeline, the phasing plan is currently being developed. She further shared that landscape projects are completed fairly quickly as the work is minor in relation to the road construction that has occurred in that area. Vice-Chair Grogan stated that any information that can be provided on the website would be beneficial. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless expressed her agreeance. Member Firstner inquired where he could find a copy of the landscape package. Urban Designer Peter Kisicki shared that he would send him the requested information. Urban Designer Peter Kisicki concluded his presentation with the Blackwood Avenue Streetscape. A rendering of the Blackwood Avenue Project was displayed. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless indicated that this project will be taken to one of the City's continuing engineers for design implementation and cost, so they will be bringing this back to the CRA to update them on the design and estimated budget. Urban Designer Peter Kisicki further shared that all projects were designed in-house thus saving the City thousands of dollars. Brief discussion ensued with regards to the old brick road on Maine Street and how the removed bricks will be used for a pedestrian walkway near the proposed City Center. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless proceeded with the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the following: Fifty West Wellness Park. During the presentation by Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless, there was discussion on the Fifty West Wellness Park and parking configurations. It was also shared that if there were no objections, then staff was looking to move forward with applying for the Initiative Grant that is due July 2018 and will provide up to $250,000 for the Wellness Park. No objections were heard. Contract CRA Administrator Ginger Corless concluded her presentation by highlighting other projects and upcoming activities to include: Best Fest Participation, Lake Bennet Fountain Update, West Orange Times Wrap, Banner Program, Transformer Box Art Program, and Cultivating Existing Businesses Outreach Program. City Planner Mike Rumer and Contracted Economic Development Consultant Angel de la Portilla proceeded with the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the following: New Development Update and Economic Outlook. City Planner Mike Rumer announced the new development projects that are getting ready to break ground. They are the Ocoee Self Storage, Pet Hospital, and Orlando Health Central Skilled Nursing Facility, which are all located in the CRA District. Contracted Economic Development Consultant Angel de la Portilla updated the CRA Board on the construction that is to begin on the corner of Maguire and SR 50, which is a result of the Settlement Agreement that the CRA Board approved. Clearing of the site is to begin as early as next week. Construction of Phase 1 will include 14,000 SF of retail, which should be completed by the end of 2018. He further provided retail and office market statistics CRA Meeting 04-12-2018 Page 3 on rentable base area (RBA), as well as the average lease rate and percentage of vacancy for these markets. Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix proceeded with the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting Mid-Year Budget Modifications on several items that required action by the board: The Turnpike Sign Project was designed and permit requested for the bridge over the turnpike at Maguire Road; however, the request was denied by FDOT. Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix said he is requesting this evening that the CRA Board remove this project from the Capital Project List and recommends the $40,000 from the Turnpike Sign be reallocated to the Old Winter Garden Medians Project. Vice-Chair Grogan, seconded by Member Duncan, moved to approve removal of the Turnpike Sign from the Capital Protects List and reallocate the $40,000 to the Old Winter Garden Medians Proiect. Motion carried 7-0. Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix indicated that the CRA budgeted $20,000 for restriping of Story Road; however, Public Works is now in the process of advertising for a contractor to repave and restripe that road. He is further requesting that the CRA Board remove this project from the Capital Project List and recommends the $20,000 from the Story Road restriping be reallocated to the new capital project that refreshes the South Blackwood Avenue landscape. Member Firstner, seconded by Vice-Chair Grogan, moved to approve removal of the Story Road restriping from the Capital Prosect List and reallocate the $20,000 to the South Blackwood Avenue Landscape Upgrades. Brief discussion ensued with regards to clarifying and advising Member Duncan that he did not have a conflict with the above motion as he did not directly benefit or personally have financial impact from the beautification projects in the vicinity of the hospital. Motion carried 7-0. City Attorney Cookson concluded the PowerPoint Presentation highlighting the following: Colony Plaza Update City Attorney Cookson shared that at their last meeting the CRA Board approved the Settlement Agreement with the Colony Plaza which was a $1.1 million payment from the Developer to the City for reimbursement of the demolition of the Colony Plaza building. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement the Developer had a period of time to provide the payment to the City, otherwise the agreement terminated. He further advised that the day before the payment was due to the City the Developer had disclosed to the City that they had an issue with one of the documents that affected title to the property, and they wanted to resolve this before making the payment. The City Commission approved to grant a two-week extension as the Settlement Agreement was signed by both the CRA Board and the City Commission. At the time of the request a CRA Meeting could not be called to also get approval for the extension. The Developer has paid the $1.1 million. What is being requested this evening is that the CRA Board ratify the extension and acceptance of the payment from the Developer as part of the Settlement Agreement. CRA Meeting 04-12-2018 Page 4 Vice-Chair Grogan, seconded by Member Johnson, moved to ratify the extension •ranted b the Ci Commission and acce•t the •a ment received from the Developer as part of the Settlement Agreement. Motion carried 7-0. V. Board Comments - 7:11 PM Member Oliver shared research he conducted during the meeting with regards to the social media branding and use of Fifty West. He further shared that he now feels comfortable that the City can move forward with the branding and to help expedite the process he purchased the rights to the name. He will meet with staff to discuss how this can be smoothly transitioned to the City. Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix shared that staff will be scheduling their next meeting to fall within the time frame of the budget workshops and public hearings. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:13 p.m. Attest: APPROVED: "it) , Melanie Sibbitt, Secretary Rosemary Wil en, Chair CRA Meeting 04-12-2018 Page 5