Mar 17, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting

[1) Call to Order - Roll Call]

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SHALL I DO RECALL MAYOR. YEP. CHAIRMAN DAVIS, DIRECTOR MURPHY. DIRECTOR. ALTMAN. DIRECTOR.

BUTLER. DIRECTOR. JONAS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MANZ. CITY. ATTORNEY. DRISCOLL HERE. OKAY.

[2) Approval of Minutes]

[3) Consent Agenda]

[4.a) Reconsideration of Motion for Commercial Interior Build-Out Grant Agreement RE: 5743 Main St (Chasco Inn) ]

[4.b) Reconsideration of Motion for Commercial Interior Build-Out Grant Agreement RE: 5745 Main St (Chasco Inn) ]

[4.c) Reconsideration of Motion for Commercial Facade Improvement Grant Agreement RE: 5743 Main St (Chasco Inn) ]

VOTE. JUST UNDER DISCUSSION. I HAD ASKED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY A RESIDENT. AS TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HE SAW THAT SEEMED TO BE DEFECTIVE IN THE APPLICATION, INCLUDING WHETHER THERE WERE MULTIPLE BIDS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT, AND I CAN RESPOND TO THAT. THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION. AT THIS POINT. WE'RE NOT SUBMITTING THIS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR CUTTING A CHECK. AND AT THE TIME THAT THAT OCCURS, THEN ALL OF THAT PAPERWORK AND BACKUP WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE APPLICATION. AND THE THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE WORK CONDUCTED OR ARE REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT AT THIS POINT. SO IT'S REALLY AN ESTIMATE THEN OF THE OF THE COST AT THIS POINT. YES. THE OTHER POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE RESIDENT WAS THE QUESTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL USE. AND I. AND IT'S BEEN STATED THAT THIS IS COMMERCIAL USE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THE COMMERCIAL USE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. ANY IDEAS OR SHARING OF WHAT KIND OF EFFORT THAT IS GOING TO BE OR. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TENANTS ARE ZONED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE RECRUITING FOR USE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AND THEY CAN TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY ARE. THE THE POINT, THOUGH, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A CRA, YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM RULE THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE A BUILD OUT GRANT FOR MORE THAN ONE ADDRESS AT THE SAME PROPERTY. SO. THE STRUCTURE THAT HAS MULTIPLE TENANTS IN IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE APPLICANTS TO HAVE THEM BE THE TEST CASE. I WOULD, I WOULD NOT I WOULD NOT CHOOSE TO CALL FOR A REVOTE AS A AS A SECONDER FOR THE MOTION. I THINK I WAS. SO IT WOULD BE

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SO I WON'T BE MAKING THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO. I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO A TOPIC BROUGHT UP BY ALTMAN, WHICH IS THE LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. THE COMMENT WAS MADE BY THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT WHETHER THIS COUNCIL WANTED TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF TWO ADDRESSES AT ONE PROPERTY QUALIFYING. AND MY QUESTION IS, WAS THAT CRITERIA NECESSARY? WAS THAT A CRITERIA THIS COUNCIL ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED, OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE WITH THE CITY MANAGER? BECAUSE I THINK THAT BRINGS THE. AND THAT'S MORE RHETORICAL IN NATURE AND THE FACT THAT I THINK IT BRINGS A LARGER CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS THE CRITERIA, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GAVE THE LEEWAY TO DEVELOP THE GRANTS, BUT SOME GRANTS POP UP, SOME GRANTS ARE TAKEN OFF THE WEBSITE, THEN THEY POP BACK UP. THERE WAS A WHILE WHERE GRANTS WERE PAUSED, NONE OF WHICH TOOK PLACE THROUGH A VOTE OF COUNCIL. SO I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY ON THE CITY MANAGEMENT'S PART WHEN IT COMES TO THESE GRANT PROGRAMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HAS ITS BENEFITS OF MAKING SURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING, WHERE A COMPETITIVE CITY, THE CITY MANAGER, CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF A INTERESTED OR PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPER. I GET THAT, BUT THEN THE TAIL END OF IT IS MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHERE, I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON WE EVEN KNOW ABOUT THESE IS BECAUSE WE EVENTUALLY GOT THEM BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WITHOUT WITHOUT KNOWING THE SO THE FIVE, SEVEN, FOUR, THREE ADDRESS IN THE 5745 ADDRESS, THEY ARE ASKING FOR THIS GRANT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, FOR THE SAME SCOPE OF WORK. IT'S THE SAME GRANT OPPORTUNITY. AND THIS IS AN APPROVED CRA PROGRAM AND IT IS APPROVED CONDITION UNDER THE CRA PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN. APPLY FOR THAT PROGRAM FOR BOTH ADDRESSES AT THE SAME BUILDING THAT IS IN THE GRANT. AND YOU CAN READ THAT IN YOUR PACKET. AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CRA BOARD. WHAT I'M TELLING YOU THAT IS, IS, AND I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY FROM THE CURRENT APPLICANT. BUT I'M SAYING AT THE END OF THE MEETING TODAY, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD. IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO OR NOT? DOES IT MAKE SENSE ANY MORE NOW? IT DID WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY GENERATED. BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY GENERATED FOR MAIN STREET LANDINGS. THAT'S WHY THIS PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN. IT WAS WRITTEN WHEN THE MCGOVERNS WERE DEVELOPING MAIN STREET LANDINGS. THEY HAD 15 RETAIL UNITS THAT THEY DID NOT BUILD OUT. THEY FOCUSED ON THEIR RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THEY FINISHED THEIR RESIDENTIAL UNITS, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHO THEIR RETAIL TENANTS WERE GOING TO BE. SO THEY DID NOT FINISH THE WORK. THEY LEFT THAT FOR THE TENANTS TO DO TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC NEEDS. AND SO WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO HELP SO THAT THEY COULD SPEC OUT WHAT THEIR INTERIOR FINISHES WERE GOING TO BE. SO THIS PROGRAM WAS INTENDED FOR THEM. SO THE RULE WAS WRITTEN IN. YOU CAN APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE GRANT AT THAT BUILDING FOR EACH UNIT.

NOW THIS GRANT PROGRAM LIVED ON. BEYOND THAT, MAYBE IT SHOULD KNOW. EXCUSE ME, BUT IT DID.

AND SO A PROJECT LIKE THIS COMES UP WHERE MAYBE ITS APPLICATION DOESN'T MAKE AS

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WE SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THIS. BUT IT WAS OUT THERE. THEY DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. THEY APPLIED FOR IT. THEY PROVIDED THE INFORMATION. I DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THEM FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM. IT'S KIND OF BACK ON US THAT WE NEED TO REVISE THIS BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT UP. WHY ARE WE DOING MULTIPLE GRANTS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S MULTIPLE ADDRESSES AT ONE BUILDING? SO BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE WAY A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY ARE SET UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ISSUE GOING FORWARD LATER. AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF MAYBE COME UP WITH A GENERAL RULE, AND THEN MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF CASE BY CASE BASIS, SOME OF THESE INSTANCES JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEND ON DOING THESE BUILD OUTS. SO THERE'S NO MOTION TO BE MADE.

YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T MAKE A MOTION. THE MOTION IS ALREADY IT HAVE TO. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE ALREADY IN PAST. CORRECT. SO THERE'S ALREADY AN APPROVAL. SO WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, IS TO RECONSIDER THAT. NOW YOU CAN EITHER ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO THAT OR THE OTHER. THE PRIOR ORDER WILL STAND. SO IF THERE'S NO MOTION TO RECONSIDER THERE, YOU'RE MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR PRIOR DECISION IS ESSENTIALLY ACCOMPLISHED. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME OTHER MOTION THAT SOMETHING BE DONE GOING FORWARD, OR YOU JUST WANT TO BRING THIS BACK FOR DISCUSSION SOMETIME, YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO. IF THERE'S NO MOTION TO RECONSIDER, THE MATTER IS CLOSED AND THE PRIOR APPROVAL STANDS. BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. YES, 100% IN AGREEMENT. WE SHOULD GET IT ON AN AGENDA SO WE CAN. YES, I AGREE. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE'S NO MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON THE NOT FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THE MOTION.

I CAN'T RECALL WE HAVEN'T WE JUST BEEN DISCUSSING A MOTION. NO, I MEAN THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

NO THERE'S BEEN NO MOTION YET. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON ONE THAT MADE THE. OH, THE ORIGINAL I GOT YOU. I'M SORRY. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT COULD MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ARE THE ONES WHO MADE WHO VOTED FOR THE MOTION. I GUESS THAT MEANS ANY OF US CAN DO IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I STAND CORRECTED. SO CAN WE USE BRIAN'S NOW? YOU DON'T NEED TO. THERE'S NO MOTION. YEAH, PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING. CAN WE JUST MOVE TO TABLE THE RECONSIDERATION? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO TABLE. OH. SO. OKAY. IT WAS PUT ON TO DISCUSS RECONSIDERATION.

THERE'S NO MOTION TO RECONSIDER. IT STANDS. I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND YOU GO THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE TWO MORE TIMES BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO MORE AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT WE SAID EACH TIME. A MOTION FOR A 5745. AND REALLY, THIS IS FOR PURPOSES OF OPENING IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC, MR. MAYOR. SO I. COMMENT. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR CLOSURE, ANY MOTION, I CHANGED MY MIND. YOU'VE CHANGED. RECONSIDER MOTION FOR IMPROVEMENT. GRANT FOR 40 5743. OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD. BRING IT BACK FOR. IS THERE ANY MOTION? THERE BEING NONE, THE MATTER STANDS AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.

[4.d) CRA Annual Report]

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MISS NANCE. MR. CHAIRMAN, FELLOW DIRECTORS DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS FISCAL YEAR END 2425 CRA ANNUAL REPORT. I THINK ACTUALLY CRYSTAL MIGHT BE MORE DELIGHTED THAT I'M PRESENTING IT. AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. TAKING ONE THING OFF OF HER DESK. PER FLORIDA STATUTE. 163 .371 WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS STAPLED ON MY DESK AND MAKES ME READ EVERY DAY. BY THE WAY, WE AS A CRA ARE REQUIRED TO DO THREE THINGS. WE'RE REQUIRED TO

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NUMBER TWO, BY, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED BY THE 31ST OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE CITY AND AGAIN, PUBLISH THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND AGAIN APPROVE. IF THIS APPROVES TONIGHT, WE WILL PUBLISH THAT TOMORROW. AND THE REPORT NEEDS TO CONTAIN THE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR, WHICH I HOPE IT DOES. YOU MIGHT NOTICE IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. I THINK THAT'S FROM DIRECTOR ALTMANN INSISTING THAT I WENT TO THE FRA MEETINGS MANY TIMES. THEY HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT LOOKS RIGHT AND WHAT LOOKS BEST.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BEST OF THE BEST. AND I LOOKED AT THEIR BEST OF THE BEST BOOK AND SAID, BOY, DELRAY BEACH REALLY HAS A REALLY NICE ANNUAL REPORT. SO I KIND OF MIMICKED IT OFF OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE REPORTS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. SO THIS IS IT. YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT. I CAN GO AS FAST OR AS SLOW AS YOU WANT. I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE GREEN OVER THERE WOULD LIKE ME TO GO FAST ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, SO I'LL GO AS FAST AS I CAN. GREEN UP HERE TOO. THOSE THREE RIGHT THERE. SO HERE'S THE REPORT. STOP ME IF YOU WANT. ANYWAY, WE'VE GOT SEE OUR MAP, A MAP IN THERE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE UNAUDITED INCOME STATEMENT. WE GOT THIS FROM THE TRIAL BALANCE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IMPORTANT POINT. IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE THERE AS WE BRING IN ABOUT $9 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE BALANCE SHEET. THIS IS BASICALLY THE CRA OWNED PROPERTIES. AND THEN WE HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE DUE ACTUALLY TO THE CITY AND FROM THE CITY. THAT'S REALLY THE BALANCE SHEET.

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION. THIS I THINK, IS PRETTY INTERESTING. WHEN WE ADDED THE ENTIRE CITY INTO THE CRA BOUNDARIES, OUR ASSESSED VALUES, PROPERTY VALUES WERE ABOUT $366 MILLION. WE'RE NOW OVER $1 BILLION INCENTIVES PAID DURING THAT 2425 TIME PERIOD WERE 170,000 APPROXIMATELY. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY NICE CHART TO PUT IN THERE. THIS IS THE GROWTH OF THE CRA. AGAIN, SHOWING THE 366 UP TO OVER $1 BILLION. HOPE IT CONTINUES TO GROW THAT WAY. INCENTIVE PACKAGES. THERE ARE A FEW OUT THERE. MOST OF THESE ARE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVE PACKAGES THAT HELPED PROJECTS THAT. AND AGAIN, THE WORD IS. BUT FOR.

BUT FOR THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE CRA, SOME OF THESE MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED OR ALL OF THEM MIGHT NOT HAVE. SO WE'VE GOT AQUA HARBOR, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ANCHOR AT GULF HARBORS SEAFIRE GRILL, THE CENTRAL AT ORANGE LAKE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, RICHEY SUNCOAST THEATER, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE APPROVED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. COMMUNITY PROJECTS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY LIKE RAILROAD SQUARE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC OPENING, JUST GOOD TIMING TODAY, GRAND BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENT, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, SIMS PARK, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE HAVE A WAYFINDING SIGN SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS. DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE DID A COUPLE RIVERSIDE IN AND WE ALSO GOT THE MEYER PARCEL THAT COMPLETED THE RIVER ROAD ASSEMBLAGE. WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF VERY EXCITING PROJECTS. OBVIOUSLY, THE FORMER GULF HIGH SCHOOL UP AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST, VILLA DEL SOL. WE'RE WORKING ON THE US 19 PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE DOING.

JESSE TAMMY, OUR MARKETING DIRECTOR, CONTINUES TO GROW THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE FOR THE CRA, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE NUMBERS ARE UP CONSIDERABLY FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. AND WE JUST RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL OF THE REPORT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. VOTE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MAKER. THANK YOU. CAN YOU PULL BACK UP THE PRESENTATION? CAN YOU GO TO THAT SLIDE WITH THE VERY NICE GRAPH ON IT? SURE.

MISS MANN'S, DO YOU RECALL WHAT YEAR YOU STARTED WITH THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY? 14. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THE SAME YEAR THAT OUR CITY MANAGER SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO BRING SOME FAITH, VISION AND TENACITY TO OUR CITY. THERE IS A UPWARD CURVE THE ENTIRE WAY ON THIS GRAPH, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE TESTAMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION IN THAT YEAR TO BRING HER ON, TO PREVENT THAT SLOPE FROM CONTINUING TO GO DOWN. IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. HOLD ON. I HAD TO DO THE THE POSITIVE PART TO THEN HIT. THE THERE'S A LINE IN THE CRA RESIDENTIAL OR EXCUSE ME, IN THE CRA BUDGET THAT CALLS FOR A RESIDENTIAL GRANT PROGRAM. I WANT TO SAY AT ONE POINT IT WAS AT 550. I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE AT SOME POINT IT WAS BUDGETED FOR 300,000 BY

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TONIGHT ALONE. WE APPROVED OR WE WE RECONSIDERED THE IDEA OF NOT APPROVING SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR BUSINESS. AND YOU'LL SEE VARIOUS EXAMPLES IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT SPEAK TO SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN THE NODES THAT DEAL WITH BUSINESS. AND I GET THAT THE, THE, THE, THE OVERARCHING, I SAID VISION, AND I GET THAT THE OVERARCHING VISION HERE HAS BEEN AT THAT CENTRAL POINT THAT COMPLEMENT OUR BUSINESSES, THAT BRING PEOPLE TO OUR CITY TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN. IT'S EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO OFFER, BUT WE DO BUDGET THIS EVERY YEAR. THIS, THESE, THESE RESIDENTIAL GRANT FUNDING. AND WHILE WE DO HAVE A NOW THROUGH CDBG, SOME SORT OF SUBSTANTIAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR MAJOR REPAIRS FOR HOMES THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED IT, THAT ARE COMPLETELY DILAPIDATED, DILAPIDATED. WE DO NOT, OTHER THAN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY MANAGER'S WORK THROUGH THE NICE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT. I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE C AND E STAND FOR, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT FUNDING THROUGH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE NOT INTRODUCED SOME SORT OF VISION OR DIRECTION AROUND A MICRO GRANT PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL. SO I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR I WOULD AND I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THE CITY MANAGEMENT ON THE SPOT. THEY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF I ASK THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH HAVE WE SPENT IN THAT RESIDENTIAL GRANT FUNDING, I WOULD BE TOLD THAT IT IS $0 OR I COULD BE WRONG. OKAY. CORRECT ME. I'M HAPPY TO BE CORRECTED ON THAT THOUSAND 50,000. SO 50,000 OF THE THREE OF THE 250. SO THANK YOU. WE'RE GETTING WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS THEN. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT SOME SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE GRANT PROGRAM. I KNOW I THINK THE SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. SHE HAD BROUGHT IT UP AT A DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THERE BEING SOME SORT OF PROGRAM THAT RESIDENTS COULD APPLY FOR THAT PROVIDES THEM SOME, LIKE SMALL LEVEL OF ABILITY TO FIX UP A SMALL THING ON THE PROPERTY. AND IF YOU OWN A HOME, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 100 PROJECTS YOU COULD BE DOING AND I KNOW WOULD PROVIDE A LOT OF RELIEF IF YOU COULD KNOCK OUT EVEN JUST ONE SMALL PROJECT TO BUILD SOME MOMENTUM FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? YEAH, RIGHT. GOOD. I'M GOOD.

[5) Communications]

WHAT HAPPENED? DID I SPEAK? YES. I DON'T THINK I SPOKE YESTERDAY. YEAH. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR CRA IS THAT. WHATEVER WE DO MUST BE IN THE PLAN. IT MUST BE IN THE BUDGET. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING MODIFICATIONS, I JUST WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CRA BOARD THAT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED YET. THE THE UPDATED CRA PLAN. AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED HERE SHOULD BE SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED THERE. IF OUR INTEREST, FOR EXAMPLE, IS TO REMOVE BLIGHT WHICH IS CREATED AND THE STATUTES ALLOW FOR IT TO BE FUTURE BLIGHT, NOT JUST EXISTING BLIGHT, BUT IF SOMEONE WHO LEFT IN DISGUST AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING HERE, IF THERE WERE FOLKS THAT WERE AFFECTED RESIDENTIALLY BY THEIR PROPERTIES AND CAN MAKE A MICRO GRANT OR A REQUEST THAT IT MAY ACTUALLY PLAY INTO WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED, BUT IF IT'S NOT IN THE PLAN, WE CAN'T DO IT. SO IF IT'S IF IT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PLAN BEFORE I'M TOLD IT'S ALMOST READY FOR US TO APPROVE. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE SAW THE UPDATED PLAN, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IN OUR NEXT CRA MEETING, JUST A DISCUSSION OF WHERE IT IS AND DETERMINE IF ANY OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NEEDS TO BE IN THE PLAN, AND THEN WE CAN PUT IT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. OTHERWISE WE CAN'T DO IT. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE. THE IT IS MY HOPE BEFORE SEEING, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A PLAN TO COME TO US, THAT NOW MR. GAMMON NEEDS TO STAPLE TO HIS DESK NEXT TO THE OTHER STUFF. IF. PERHAPS I KNOW I'M PUTTING EVERYONE ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW, BUT PERHAPS IF IF CITY COUNCIL CAN GIVE SOME SORT OF VERBAL DIRECTION THAT MICROGRANTS IS SOMETHING WE ARE INTERESTED IN, SO PERHAPS THEY CAN JUST WRITE SOMETHING UP INSTEAD OF

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I THOUGHT WE DID. NOPE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT SIGNIFY BY I.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.