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Bayshore Gateway CRA Minutes 11/03/2015 Bayshore Gateway Triangle CRA•Bayshore Beautification MSTU Haldeman Creek MSTU BAYSHORE/GATEWAY TRIANGLE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LOCAL ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 3, 2015 MEETING The meeting of the Bayshore/Gateway Triangle Community Redevelopment Advisory Board was called to order by Steve Main 6:15 p.m. at the CRA Office Meeting Room 3570 Bayshore Drive, Unit 102. I. Roll Call: Present: Advisory Board Members: Steve Main, Maurice Gutierrez, Karen Beatty, and Shane Shadis, Mike Sherman, and Larry Ingram. The following were absent: Chuck Gunther. The following were excused: Peter Dvorak. CRA Staff Present: Jean Jourdan, CRA Operations Manager, Ekna Hue, Operations Coordinator, and Elly McKuen, Project Manager II. Adoption of Agenda: Motion to approve the agenda made by: Karen Beatty 2nd by: Shane Shadis. Approved: 6-0. III. Adoption of Minutes: Mr. Main asked for a motion to approve the October 6, 2015 meeting minutes made by: Maurice Gutierrez 2"d: Shane Shadis. Approved: 6-0. IV. Presenter: David Corban, Architect gave a presentation regarding the Bayshore Redevelopment Plan. Bayshore's redevelopment plan should represent the diversity that there is here. This should be considered for the new plan. • Mix use buildings are expensive to build and Bayshore needs a more pedestrian friendly street design to make mix use work. • The medians down Bayshore Drive, although, beautiful are an impediment for people to cross the street. • There is lack of parking on Bayshore Drive. The following was an introduction for a new project proposed on Bayshore across from the 360 Market. The points covered in the presentation are as follow: • This will be for food trucks or for small buildings that offer a variety of foods. • There will be a tiki bar and restrooms which will be the only permanent structures. • There will be a place for a commercial boat to dock and sell food also. • There will be space for 8 food trucks or 8 small buildings. • The food trucks will have up to 1 month lease. • The location will be vacated on a daily basis. V. Project Updates A. CRA Project Updates 1. 17+ Acre Property: The Estimated Value is $3,000,000. Contract with Premiere Plus Realty Company expired on July 14, 2015. Staff contacted the Purchasing Department regarding soliciting the services of a Real Estate Agent to list the property. We are required to use the Real Estate Firm of CRE Consultants. CRE Consultants is a comprehensive real estate brokerage service for property owners and tenants across a full range of commercial property types, including office, industrial, retail, multi-family, land and more. Staff has been talking with the zoning department& has found that there Page 1 10.Haldeman Landings Boat Docks: The Planning Commission approved the dock extension at their July 2, 2015 meeting. The residents appealed and the item is scheduled for the October 27, 2015 BCC Meeting. 11.RaceTrac: Race Trac had pre-application meeting on October 215` with County staff. The application was revised to reduce the number of fueling positions from 24 to 16 and pushing the station closer to Frederick St. A hearing date has not been scheduled yet. 12.Naples Auto Donation (NADC): Staff has prepared the Lease Agreement and it has been reviewed and approved by the County Attorney's Office. F.S. 163.380 requires publication in the local newspaper at least days prior to execution of any Lease. Upon the expiration of the 30 days, the Agreement will be forwarded to the Board for acceptance and signature. We expect to have it on the December Agenda. B. Request for Payments: None at this time C. MSTU Beautification Project Updates: Shared at the 5pm meeting. VI. Request for Payments: None VII. New Business: A. Pineland Grant Funding: Community and Human Services (CHS) notified CRA staff in late June that the project had to be constructed and completed by August 31, 2015 in order to utilize the DRI funds. Based on the project status and timeline, it was determined that staff would not be able to meet the CHS deadline. Staff worked with CHS staff to move funding sources from Disaster Recovery Initiative funding to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. However, based on limited CDBG funds, CHS was only able to partially fund Pineland Avenue for $98,050. Karen Drive will not be funded. There is a $3,560 anticipated shortfall for Pineland Avenue improvements that will need to be absorbed by the CRA. Motion to fund the $3,560 shortfall to complete the stormwater project made by: Steve Main. 2nd by: Karen Beatty. Approved: 6-0. VIII. Advisory Board General Communications: More information on the roundabouts will be discussed in tomorrow's MSTU meeting. Karen Beatty requested we trim down the shrubs in front on the Real Macaw as they are blocking the sign. Karen Beatty requested staff contact Naples Bay Resort to advise them that RaceTrac is moving forward with the project. Larry Ingram requested staff find out if the land owner of the proposed RaceTrac location is aware of the project moving forward. VIII. Citizen Comments: Susan Payne, realtor is promoting an aerating concrete product to be used in buildings constructed in Bayshore as they are"green" products. IX.Adiournment: /-7() Approved by/Steve Main, CRA-AB Chairman. Page 3