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OH YEAH. ROLL CALL PLEASE. CHAIR COMPANY HERE. VICE CHAIR. BRECHBILL. BOARD MEMBER.
HAWKINS. HERE. BOARD MEMBER MCCRYSTAL. BOARD MEMBER. MOSER. HERE AND BOARD MEMBER. NOBLE HERE. OKAY, LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND WITHOUT BRECHBILL HERE WE SET IT THE RIGHT WAY. OKAY. CAN I GET
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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, PLEASE? MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AYE. CAN I GET APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. AND I GOT A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? CHAIR, I HAVE NONE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE. NUMBER TWO, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT[2. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES (RC): RESOLUTION No. 12-2024 CRA; A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRPERSON TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM (BIRP) CRITERIA, EVALUATION MATRIX, AND CLARIFICATION TO PROGRAM GUIDELINES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 12 DASH 2024 OF THE CRA. DO YOU NEED TO READ THAT? YEAH. WHY NOT? WE GOT NOTHING GOING ON HERE. I, I DO FOR THE NORMAL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY AT YOUR LEISURE ON THIS ONE, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE TITLE IS A LITTLE BIT OFF FROM WHAT THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION IS. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES AND IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY TITLE. BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION, IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S IN THE TITLE. SO I'LL READ THE ONE THAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. SO IT'S A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO AMEND THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS BURP CRITERIA EVALUATION MATRIX AND CLARIFICATION TO PROGRAM GUIDELINES PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MISS JORDAN. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. CRB BOARD MEMBERS JORDAN PINKSTON, CRA PROGRAM MANAGER. FOR THE RECORD. ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS PRESENTED AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. THE BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT THE REVISED PROGRAM GUIDELINES. OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING WERE TO CREATE A LOAN PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES TO PURCHASE OR IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY, AND TO PHASE OUT THE LANGUAGE THAT PROMOTES ASPHALT PARKING LOTS TO ENCOURAGE PERVIOUS SURFACES. STAFF DID SPEAK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A CRA FUNDED BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM. MANY FACTORS WERE DISCUSSED SUCH AS LOAN QUALIFICATIONS, BANK PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC RECORDS OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION, INTEREST RATES, PROPERTY LIENS, FUNDING ALLOCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN CURRENTLY WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MANAGE A PROGRAM OF THIS STATURE.HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN FURTHER ASSIST BUSINESSES WHO WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE THEIR FACADES. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED TO POSSIBLY INCREASE THE MATCH AMOUNT AND OVERALL BUDGET TO THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM. OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES IN FLORIDA THAT OFFER SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO BURP, WHICH SUPPORT FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THEIR AS PART OF THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES TO REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND ATTRACT BUSINESSES. SOME OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES OFFER A LARGE FINANCIAL MAXIMUM MATCH AMOUNT, WHILE OTHERS PROVIDE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE MATCH. A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT THE BOARD MAY WANT TO CONSIDER WOULD BE MARTIN COUNTY'S PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH USES AN 80 OVER 20 FORMULA. THE CRA WOULD PROVIDE 80% OF THE PROJECT COST AS A REIMBURSEMENT, UP TO THE MAX OF 20,000 PER PROPERTY TO SUPPLEMENT PRIVATE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PROJECT COSTS 25,000, THE CRA PROGRAM WOULD PAY A MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT OF 20,000, MAKING THE HOMEOWNERS OR SORRY BUSINESS OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY ONLY 5000. BUT AT THIS TIME, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND REQUEST A MOTION BE MADE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 12. DASH 2020 FOR CRA TO AMEND THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR US TO APPROVE THAT CORRECT OR YOU ARE ASKING US TO APPROVE THAT. SO WE I KNOW THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED POSSIBLY ANOTHER PROGRAM. SO I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE YOU APPROVED THIS IN THE
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GUIDELINES, IF YOU WANTED TO AMEND IT IN ANY WAY, MAYBE UPPING THE AMOUNT OR, OR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IF NOT, YOUR RECOMMENDATION GOES TO THE CRA BOARD, AND THE CRA BOARD WOULD ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE RESOLUTION. AND SO DO WE WANT TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS OR IS THAT IS THAT THE I'M TRYING TO FIND? YES. LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. OR DO WE WANT TO UP THE AMOUNT? IS THAT THE IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING? OKAY. SO DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR OUTSIDE THE 8020, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT RIGHT NOW THAT THAT CAN BE 10,000 INTO 5050 OKAY. DOES ANYONE LIKE THIS RECOMMENDATION? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS. AND HE'S NOT HERE, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT THIS WAS MARK BRECKSVILLE'S RECOMMENDATION. I THINK I KNOW THAT I'M NOT FOR IT, AND I DON'T THINK I WAS AT THE TIME, AND I DON'T I PROBABLY WOULD GUESS FRANK WOULD NOT BE FOR IT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THE REST OF YOU FELT. SO HOW DO THE REST OF YOU FEEL? AARON? WELL, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. I'M NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD INCREASE THE FUNDS PER BUSINESS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT NOW, YOU SAID THAT YOU COULD DO A PERCENTAGE INCREASE, THOUGH. SO IF A PROJECT WAS, SAY, $10,000, THEY WOULD GET 8000 INSTEAD OF THE 50% OF 5000, RIGHT? YEAH, WE COULD DO IT. WE COULD CHANGE IT TO AN 8020 SPLIT VERSUS THE 5050. AND KEEP THE 10,000 CAP. IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT. RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 50,000 TOTAL. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS WE WOULD RECEIVE TO BEFORE WE MAXED OUT. ARE YOU HAVING ANY TROUBLE PLACING THE 50,000? NO. YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO EXHAUST ALL THOSE FUNDS OKAY. LAST LAST FISCAL YEAR WE DIDN'T. BUT THE PAST FISCAL YEARS WE HAVE. OKAY. BONNIE, WE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. OKAY. WELL, DOES ANYONE DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ABOUT SOMETHING OR OTHER? I THINK WE PUT FORTH A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND THE CURRENT SETUP OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE, WOULD BE A WAY TO PUT FORTH A MOTION. RIGHT. SO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU APPROVE IT. APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF NO, NO, NO. APPROVE IT WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 8020 UP TO UP TO $20,000. JUST LEAVE IT EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS AT PRESENT, AND THAT IS YOUR MOTIO, IS IT NOT, ANDY. YES, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. OKAY. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. AND DOES ANYBODY STAFF WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. SO WITH THIS RESOLUTION YOU ARE ADOPTING NEW GUIDELINES THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST CRB MEETING. THE ANSWER APPARENTLY IS NO. WE DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE NEW GUIDELINES. THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING GOOD APPLICATIONS. SO WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION. AND WE CREATED A SEPARATE PROGRAM FOR THAT. SO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE GUIDELINES. THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. WE WERE JUST NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO ABOUT FUNDING. OKAY. SO CAN WE ADOPT THIS. COULD YOU CHANGE YOUR MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION MINUS THE NEW THE NEW FUNDING FORMULA? ANDY, AS STATED, YOUR SECOND, SECOND OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SORT OF REPEAT IT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SAME GUIDELINES FOR FUNDING WHICH IS $10,000 WITH A 50% MATCH. OKAY, OKAY. YOU WANT TO CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE NONE HERE. SEEING NONE. DO YOU WANT TO CALL THE ROLL? YES. BOARD MEMBER MOSER. YES, CHAIR.PENNY. YES. BOARD MEMBER. HAWKINS. YES. AND BOARD MEMBER. NOBLE. YES. OKAY. COMMERCIAL
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MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT ONE. I CHECKED EARLIER, AND THIS IS THE CORRECT ONE. SO RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE THREE DASH 2024 CRA A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STEWART, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. JORDAN. GOOD AFTERNOON. CRB BOARD MEMBERS ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, THE CRB WAS PRESENTED THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES. THE BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO INITIATE THE NEW PROGRAM WITH THE PROVIDED GUIDELINES AND BUDGET. AT THIS TIME, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION BE MADE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 13. DASH 2024 CRA TO ESTABLISH THE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN DETAIL, BUT GO THROUGH WHAT WHAT THIS ALL MEANS, WHAT THE PROGRAM IS. YEAH. WHAT THE PROGRAM IS. SURE. SO I CAN GET OUT THE. SO THE BOARD HAD DISCUSSED WANTING TO IMPLEMENT A LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO BRANCH OUT FROM THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM. IN THE PAST, APPLICANTS HAD BEEN REQUESTED LAST MINUTE TO PROVIDE SOME IRRIGATION OR UPGRADE THEIR LANDSCAPING, WHICH WAS CAUSING SOME HARDSHIP IN MEETING THE COST DEMANDS IN THE IN THE BRACKET THAT WE HAD APPROVED THEM INITIALLY FOR. SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD CREATE A WHOLE NEW SEPARATE PROGRAM IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EITHER APPLY FOR SEPARATE PROGRAMS OR THEY CAN USE THEM TOGETHER AND TRY TO GET A BIGGER SCOPE OF WORK DONE.SO THE GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES A REIMBURSEMENT OF UP TO $5,000 OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A 50 OVER 50 MATCH SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT? CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? I DO NOT HAVE. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? SEEING NONE, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. CHAIR. KENT. PENNY. YES.
BOARD MEMBER. HAWKINS. YES. BOARD MEMBER. NOBLE. YES. AND BOARD MEMBER. MOSER. YES. OKAY.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS TODAY? THAT IS ALL. THAT'S IT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I WAS COUNTING ON YOU TO SAY SOMETHING. YEAH, YOU. YOU CAME IN. ALL RIGHT? SEEING. SEEING NOTHING ELSE. THE MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THIS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
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