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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING
Ocoee Commission Chambers
150 North Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee, Florida
April 7,2015 MINUTES 6:00 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER-Roll Call and Determination of Quorum
CRA Chairman Corless called the Community Redevelopment Agency Board together at 6:00
p.m. in the Commission Chambers of City Hall. City Clerk Eikenberry called roll and declared
a quorum present.
Roll Call: Chair Corless, Vice Chair Grogan, Member Wilsen, Member C. Johnson, Member
Vandergrift, Member R. Johnson, Member Keller
Also Present: City Manager Frank, City Attorney Cookson, City Clerk Eikenberry, CRA
Administrator Russ Wagner and Assistant City Manager Shadrix.
II. Public Comments -None
III. Approval of Minutes of the October 21, 2014 CRA Budget Meeting
Member Wilsen, seconded by Member Keller, moved to approve the CRA minutes
from the October 21, 2014 meeting. Motion passed 7-0.
IV. CRA FY 2013-2014 Annual Report
CRA Administrator Wagner noted that the 2013-14 Annual Report that was in the packet. He
said this is the report of all of the things that occurred last fiscal year so there is nothing that they
have not seen before. It is to be turned over to Orange County as required by State to summarize
CRA activities. There is also a financial report that goes with the CAFR that is required. That
has been included in the budget packet as well.
V. Ocoee Wellness Park—Overview
CRA Administrator Wagner said the final report, prepared by AECOM, for the Wellness Park
off of Bluford Avenue by the police station had been completed.
Assistant City Manager Shadrix said we have been working closely with Winter Garden with
the 429 Study that is underway, and with the effort to try to introduce the concept of healthy
communities to the West Orange area in a few ways. One way is with greenways and trails. The
cities of Windermere, Oakland, Winter Garden and Ocoee have been working together to come
up with a draft trails map that will provide hundreds of miles of recreational trails to the citizens
of West Orange County. This is in conjunction with what West Orange Health Care had been
previously working on with the concept of"Blue Zones." We will hopefully be meeting with
them in agreement with the health and wellness concept, but would prefer to build projects as
opposed to spending a lot of money setting up a blue zone. We would like to pitch the projects
to them and hopefully get some funding and possibly get matching dollars from state grant
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programs. Chair Corless said her experience in designing parks would conclude the same cost
estimate for this type of park that includes a boardwalk and trails. She said durability of the
equipment and placement of the stations will be very important for long term maintenance. She
felt that this is a project that needs to be promoted to the community so they can see something
they would have fun using and that it should be a high priority for implementation. Member
Grogan discussed the parking and Mr. Wagner advised that he believes there is plenty of street
parking for daytime and in the evening they are hoping to get cooperation from the local
businesses to use parking.
Member C. Johnson said she is enthusiastic about this and asked if they have any money
identified for this project from a budget prospective. Mr. Wagner answered in the negative.
Chair Corless said she agrees we need to look at it from a budget standpoint of how we can get
the funds to move this forward.
VI. Proposed Budget Amendment—Street Signs
CRA Administrator Wagner stated it would be easiest to discuss all of the changes with
regard to the signage so that the Board could vote on the budget amendments as one item at the
end. Vote was taken at the end of the discussion on the individual items.
Mr. Wagner first discussed the updating of the street signs that would change all of the city
signs to the new logo and look. He stated that the cost was a little more than originally
anticipated, so money was moved from the WestFifty signage line item.
VII. Marketing Signs—Status
A. Banner Poles
CRA Administrator Wagner discussed the FiftyWest Banner Poles. He said the banners will
be temporary during the construction phase. These poles and brackets can be used again for
other signage when the construction is completed. They will be placed on side streets, however
visible from SR 50. Commissioner Wilsen advised she is not in favor of these signs because
she does not see the value in them. Members Wilsen and Grogan felt that they could not
justify spending the money while SR50 is under construction. Chair Corless noted that the
construction is one of the main reasons for banner signage to show that the businesses are still
open for business and that FiftyWest is a destination. She confirmed the height of the poles will
be approximately 12 feet. Member C. Jonson asked how many signs will be placed in the
FiftyWest area; and where are they going to be placed. CRA Administrator Wagner there will
be around 18 banners. He said that the banners on the signs represent about $2000 of the $19,650
project. The remainder of the cost would be reusable for other projects by just replacing the
banners. Discussion followed regarding wayfinding signs and welcome signs.
B. Directional Signs-
Mr. Wagner said they are signs that point to community facilities such as city hall, schools,
cemeteries, parks, etc. They are not a marketing sign and they actually cost more than the
marketing signs. The way-finding signs will be roughly 3ft X 4ft and there will be about 30 of
them at various intersections around the CRA.
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C. Maguire Bridge Sign—
Mr. Wagner has said we have finally received all of the sign company construction plans signed by the
company engineer, as well as a bridge engineer to state that there will not be structural issues with the
bridge. He showed illustrations of what the "lollipop signs" will look like during the day and at night.
The poles will stand approximately 20 feet in total.
D. FDOT Signs
Member Wilsen noted that she is disappointed in the welcome signs such as the one at Walmart;
they are not as "grand" as she thought they were going to be. Mr. Wagner said we finally have
the permits to place the welcome signs on Good Homes Road & SR50, and the two 10-foot signs
at Franklin & SR429, and one at SilverStar Rd & Good Homes Road. Commissioner Johnson
confirmed that the one at SR50 and Good Homes Road is a sign that will be lit.
VIII. Projects Update
A. Art Barrels
CRA Administer Wagner urged the Board Members to go to the MillsFifty area in Orlando to see all of
the banners and artwork in that area. The area has blossomed and is attracting a lot of young people and
businesses. It is mostly local art, murals and painting on traffic boxes. Our traffic boxes are all going to
be moved so they came up with the idea of using large water barrels and having citizens and students
painting them. When they are full of water they will not move, and then can be emptied and moved
easily, if needed, as they are only about 100 lbs when empty. The barrels are only approximately $300
each and we could hire local artists or get students involved in painting. It brings attention to the area.
They are still decisions to be made as far as design criteria for the public art that we want, but those
decisions can be made at another time.
B. I Shop Ocoee.App—No Discussion
C. Colony Plaza— Discussed after the budget amendment motion
D. Interchange Plan/Downtown Master Plan RFQ
E. Ocoee Website—Economic Development Tab
FURTHER DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON BUDGET AMENDMENT:
Chair Corless confirmed that the budget amendment that is being requested is just a reallocation
of funds on items that were already approved at budget time. Other elements such as defining the
public art and the placement of the banners can be discussed at a later time as far as specific
design and placement criteria. Commissioner Keller noted that there was a discrepancy in the
dollar amounts between what was sent to them electronically and the motion sheet that was given
to them tonight. Mr. Wagner explained he made a change as the actual bids were received, but
the total is the same. He advised the numbers on the sheet with the motion were the correct
numbers.
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Commissioner Grogan, seconded by Commissioner Keller, made a motion to
reallocate funds within the CRA Capital Improvements Account (6302) and
authorize single source vendors as specified with payments up to the following
amounts:
UPDATED STREET SIGNS: $13,350 Total—Traffic Engineering and Management
OCOEE IDENTIFICATION SIGN: $50,000 Total $44,800—Sign Producers
*FIFTY WEST BUSINESS SIGNS: $19,650 Total—One-Day-Masterpieces&TriangleReprographics
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS: $15,000 Total — Dura Cast Products(Barrels)
WAYFINDING SIGNS: $25,000 Total —One-Day-Masterpieces
No vote was taken at this time due to subsequent discussion and amendment.
Member Wilsen stated that she is still not in favor of the FiftyWest business signs and therefore
would not vote for this amendment.
Mr. Wagner suggested they do a sampling of 4-5 signs and see how they feel about doing the
rest of the 18-20 signs.
*Member Wilsen, seconded by Member Johnson, moved to amend the motion regarding
the cost for the FiftyWest signs by authorizing 4 mock-up signs to be made and placed
on one corner and inspected by the CRA Board prior to authorizing the full cost for the
remainder of the signs. Motion carried 6-0 with Member Vandergrift away from the dais.
Vote on the amendment to the motion:
Motion carried 6-0 with Member Vanderg rift away from the dais.
Vote on the motion as amended:
Motion carried 6-0 with Member Vandergrift away from the dais.
VII. Project Updates (continued)
C. Colony Plaza
CRA Administrator Wagner said there has been some positive movement with the owner
trying to get through legal issues and we have some developers that are possibly interested in the
site. City Attorney Cookson said even though there is not a building there, there were easement
rights and condo association still in existence. This prevented any kind of redevelopment. The
developer has a motion for final judgment on condemnation of the condo association and
easement rights. We are hoping that goes smoothly as there does not seem to be any opposition
at this time. If that is accepted it will pave the way for development of that site.
D. Interchange Plan/Downtown Master Plan RFQ
CRA Administrator Wagner said we are having a meeting on this next week with Winter
Garden and the consultants. They have been busy working on it; we will have more to report
after that meeting.
E. Ocoee Website—Economic Development Tab
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CRA Administrator Wagner said we finally have an Economic Development tab on the city
website and we have Adrianna Pierce and Brett Marvich of our staff working to populate that
site. Soon it will be full of accessible information. We have already placed all of the updated
demographic data on the site.
I. Board Member Comments—None
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:06 p.m.
APPROVED:
Attest:
Beth Eikenberry, Secretary Ginger Corless, CRA Chair
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