CC Minutes 06/23/2008 Joint Meeting with CRA

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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Minutes of June 23, 2008 ~ Special Joint Mediag Page 2 of4 2. ROLL CALL The City Clerk called the roll of Elected Officials. Mayor Bob Goff, Vice Mayor Colleen Hufford and Commissioner Sandra Solomon were present. It was noted that Commissioner Susan Doerner and Commissioner Jon Miller would be arriving late to the meeting. The City Clerk called the roll of Board Members for the Community Redevelopment Agency. Chairman Paul Daigle and Board Member Charlene Duprat were present. It was noted that Vice Chairman John Jones, Board Member Alan Trueba, and Board Member Eric Etze would be arriving late to the meeting. It was further noted that Board Member David McGregor and Board Member Cynthia Campbell were unable to attend the meeting. 3. ADOPTED AND PROPOSED CRA PLAN Ms. Barbara Lipscomb, City Manager, and Mr. Gerald Paradise, Community Development Director, gave an overview ofthe Central City District CRA Community Redevelopment Plan prepared by Herbert Halback, Inc., and of the Central City District CRA Community Redevelopment Plan Update - 2007 prepared by Real Estate Research Consultants. Commissioner Susan Doerner, CRA Board Vice Chairman John Jones, Administrative Services Director Matthew Fortini and Intern Tyler Gilispie arrived at the meeting at 4:41 p.m. CRA Board Member Alan Trueba arrived at the meeting at 4:42 p.m., giving the Community Redevelopment Agency a quorum present at the meeting. Commissioner Jon Miller arrived at the meeting at 4:46p.m. CRA Board Member Eric Etze arrived at the meeting at 4: 55 p.m. Citv Center Proiect Status Reoort: The City Manager stated the negotiation team continues to hold in-person and telephone conference meetings with Century Retail regarding a development agreement for the City Center project. The next meeting ofthe negotiating team is scheduled for June 24, 2008. Mr. Paradise stated a new appraisal of the property had been done. Mr. Paradise indicated that if a development agreement was not successfully negotiated with the selected developer within the designated time frame, negotiations would immediately begin with the alternate developer previously selected by the City Commission. Communitv Center Status Reoort: The City Manager stated some discussion had occurred regarding inclusion ofa community center on the City Center site, but so far there was very little interest by developers for that to be included on the site. Concord Center Site Status Reoort: The City Manager stated there has been a lot of interest in development of the Concord Center site, but with the downturn in the economy, expansion plans for many developers have been put on hold. It was further noted that increasing the height and density on that parcel will greatly improve the marketability of the Concord Center site. The Community Development Director clarified the floor area ratios and stated the proposed increases would be considered by the City Commission on first reading at the Regular meeting later in the evening. New Wal-Mart Site Status Reoort: The Public Works Director stated Lochrane Engineering has indicated they will be submitting final plans for the new Wal-Mart site in August 2008 and starting construction in April 2009.