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HomeMy WebLinkAbout591 - MINUTES - City Commission r MINUTES DANIA BEACH CITY COMMISSION COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXECUTIVE BOARD SPECIAL MEETING APRIL 13, 2004 1. Call to order Vice-Mayor Mikes called the meeting to order at 6:50 p.m. 2. Roll Call: Present: Vice-Mayor: Bob Mikes Commissioners: Bob Anton Robert Chunn Pat Flury City Attorney: Tom Ansbro City Manager: Ivan Pato ® City Clerk: Louise Stilson Absent: Mayor: C.K. McElyea (excused) A motion was made by Commissioner Anton, seconded by Commissioner Chunn, to excuse Mayor McElyea from the meeting due to illness. The motion passed on the following 4-0 roll call vote: Commissioner Anton —yes Commissioner Flury —yes Commissioner Chunn —yes Vice-Mayor Mikes —yes 3. Approval of Interlocal Agreement - 3.1 A RESOLUTION OF THE DANIA BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE PROPER AGENCY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY, THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH AND THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE FOR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AREA; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Attorney Ansbro read the title of the Resolution. MINUTES 1 APRIL 13, 2004 SPECIAL MEETING: CRA Laurence Leeds, Director of Community Development, explained that the new CRA Interlocal agreement created a 40-year term for the CRA with the City's option to discontinue it sooner, if desired. He explained that this agreement needed to be approved in two separate meetings, which had warranted this early meeting. He stated that this document created the CRA and gave the City powers associated with a CRA related to financing and immanent domain. He noted that it also gave the City the opportunity to apply directly to Broward County for funds and grants for specific projects intended to support and redevelop this area. Director Leeds described the boundaries of the area and reported that once adopted by the City Commission, the interlocal agreement would be placed on the agenda for the County Commission's approval. He introduced Nancy Stroud, Land-Use Attorney with Weiss, Serota, Pastoriza and Guedes. In response to Commissioner Flury's question, Director Leeds explained that the agreement gave the City five years to apply for, successfully negotiate, and implement site-specific projects that benefited the downtown area and that it additionally provided a 40-year CRA term. Commissioner Anton confirmed with Attorney Stroud and Director Leeds that if the City elected to reduce the terms of the CRA to a shorter period, all debts and contractual agreements would have had to be satisfied before that occurred. Commissioner Flury questioned whether or not the agreement limited the number of projects that the City submitted. Director Leeds indicated in the negative and stated that there were no limits. ® In response to Commissioner Flury's question on the anticipated amount of time it would take to get a project approved, Director Leeds answered that it could take six to eighteen months, depending on the project. As suggested by Commissioner Anton, Director Leeds explained that the original/traditional CRA created a pool of money, known as Tax Increment Financing (TIF), based on the increased property value within the CRA that would normally have gone to Broward County. He noted that the appreciation in property value would have remained in the CRA and reported that in the new CRA there was no County increment. He explained that the City submitted applications for each specific project in order to receive County financing and noted the advantage of this type of CRA was that the funding was front-end loaded. In response to Vice-Mayor Mikes' question about the City coming in with extra funds to qualify for a project, Director Leeds explained that in Item 1.6, the agreement spoke of the criteria the County used to evaluate a prospective project. He explained that he had addressed this with the County and they knew the City's financial limitations. He stated that they assured him they were willing to approve projects based on a variety of criteria and would not withhold approval because of the failure to meet this one requirement. Director Leeds clarified that the administration costs of managing the CRA had to be paid by City funds and noted that County project funds could not be used to administer the projects. MINUTES 2 APRIL 13, 2004 SPECIAL MEETING: CRA • Vice-Mayor Mikes felt that language should be added requiring a 4/5 vote on any item concerned with condemnation of property or property being purchased over its appraised value. Nancy Stroud, Land Use Attorney, felt the City could bind itself to that super majority vote, but noted it was subject to County approval. A motion was made by Commissioner Flury, seconded by Commissioner Anton, to amend Item 4.13 to include a sentence that condemnation of properties and acquisition & purchase of properties that exceed appraisal values would have to be adopted by at least a 4/5 vote of the City Commission. The motion passed on the following 4-0 roll call vote: Commissioner Anton —yes Commissioner Flury —yes Commissioner Chunn —yes Vice-Mayor Mikes —yes John Bertino, 211 SE 2"d Terrace (former Commissioner) was concerned about the possibility of a precarious situation that would be created should the real estate market bottom out during the time of the loan. He asked whether or not the County could add some mechanism that extended the loan payment period only if a catastrophe occurred. City Manager Pato explained that each project brought before the County would be negotiated individually and felt that would be the time such a stipulation should be added. • Vice-Mayor Mikes stated his agreement with City Manager Pato because of the relationship the City of Dania Beach currently had with Broward County. City Attorney Ansbro read from paragraph 1.5 of the Interlocal Agreement and pointed out that this stipulation had to be negotiated within each project. Commissioner Mikes also noted that there were third party involvements in some cases that determined the scheduling of the completion of these projects. A motion was entertained by Vice-Mayor Mikes to approve the amended Interlocal Agreement. (There was no motion or second officially made on the tapes nor in the notes) The motion passed on the following 4-0 roll call vote: Commissioner Anton —yes Commissioner Flury —yes Commissioner Chunn —yes Vice-Mayor Mikes —yes Commissioner Anton questioned whether or not a motion needed to be made to approve the agreement as amended. City Attorney Ansbro and Vice-Mayor Mikes reported that it was just done. 4. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 7:12 p.m. • MINUTES 3 APRIL 13, 2004 SPECIAL MEETING: CRA C.K. MCELYE MAYOR-COMMISSIONER ATTEST: LOUISE STILSON CITY CLERK Respectfully submitted by Jill Fiorentino APPROVED: May 25, 2004 • MINUTES 4 APRIL 13, 2004 SPECIAL MEETING: CRA