heat Heat [Music] blue What's Good evening everybody I'd like to call this regular meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency April 8th 2025 at 5:30 to order City attorney do we have a
quorum Yes sir Thank you very much Uh can you all take a moment of silence for the invocation please Thank you Please stand for the pledgece to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic
for it stands nationy and justice for all Thank you very much city clerk Individuals wishing to speak on agenda items must complete a signup card prior to the item being introduced Signup cards are available on the table
Individuals wishing to speak on non-aggenda items may do so under petitions and request and no signup card is required Citizens will be given three minutes to speak on all agenda items All signup cards and exhibits being submitted to the CRA shall be placed in the box on the table
Thank you city clerk I have a motion to approve the minutes Move All right Move to approve the minutes of the regular CRA meetings on February 11th and March 11th 2025 Second Thank you very much I have a
motion from member Nelson and a second from member Cole Any discussion All right All those in favor say I I Any opposed Motion carries Thank you very much Executive director Good evening Mr Chairman vice chair Can
hear me now All right Uh good evening Mr Chairman and vice chairman and board members Um we have no old business special recognitions and presentations Old business So the first item is new business and it's the fiscal year 2024 city of Titusville community
redevelopment annual report And Sue Williams has a real short presentation for us Thank you very much Good evening This is I I wanted to do a presentation on this for you because this is really important particularly given what's happening legislatively
House Bill 991 and Senate Bill 1242 which will be on on the next next agenda item The the annual report is something that's required of us by the state um statute 163.371 And there are certain things we
must report The annual report along with the financial audit is truly the best report for you to have at your fingertips and for us to have at our fingertips when we're questioned about what does the CRA do What have been the
accomplishments So this is I'm doing a quick snapshot of that lengthy report that is in your in your packet of what was accomplished in fiscal year 2024 Oh it's not There it goes Okay So this shows the um tax increment funding from
inception uh 2005 2006 You'll notice there's two different graphs It's the same information just a different way You'll notice that we peaked in in 2017 2008 That's when the Indiana Harbor condos were built And then you'll notice we
that's when in 2008 2009 is when we went into the recession and was the end of the shuttle So we didn't come back to having that kind of tiff funds available until uh it took about 11 years until basically 2019 2020 So just wanted to
show you those figures The capital and non- capital projects this is very important too the CRA staff's work with works with public works and finance So these figures are exact figures of what was spent and that's why this is important when you're
looking for the funds and the ones that are completed projects and ongoing projects So those are all listed in the report Okay I don't know There we go So these this is the commercial interior renovation and beautiful grants beautifification It tells how many were
um awarded and then how many were paid out Obviously sometimes on those grants the uh projects will take longer than a year and that's the reason for the difference The reason I put this one up it launch now on mixeduse development
This really is a great example of a CRA project and return on investment Uh this received $140,000 from the CRA and $450,000 from the North Bard economic development zone They started this in I
think 2017 So they went through COVID this project went through the COVID time increase in in prices and these are his two historic buildings and and that they had to restore it very carefully Uh it
is mixed use and it also brought 20 uh apartments to the downtown area So it's mixed use and the total investment in the downtown community that this brought was over $6 million They currently they
received 75% of their grant reimbursement They have not received the final 25% until they have their business tax receipts which we have received their business tax receipt application and it is being processed This is what I wanted to show
you on the grant program return on investment This was actually utilized by the League of Cities uh in the current legislation that's up in the state level Uh there was a study in in 2019 that shows the return on investment was
$14.71 for every $1 of CRA grant money awarded Yeah And and that's why the Florida League of Cities wanted to utilize that So we gave them that backup material This is another very uh great project uh for the
CIA at success the space view park that connects the pedestrian pier There's a lot of use now between those two parks It's a positive activity generator as we call them Uh we just had a meeting there two weeks ago with the um parks
department of the county us and the American Space Center of how to clean it up a little more because it's getting more use So and this was from 2017 and it just came to fruition last year Sidewalks I know they're not pretty
but they are important So that's why you have pictures of sidewalks And yes we spent 66,541 Okay The utilities infrastructure lining there was CRA funds of $137,018 and gravity sewer main and manhole rehabilitation
This this is something that's vital to our infrastructure and obviously it affects our lagoon as well So we're pro protecting our lagoon The Indian River Forest Main and the CRA also paid a small portion of
this a lot We look for grant funds out there As you can see the total project was 8.9 million Um it that was 8,000 feet of existing sewer line and it was in it was replaced with newer and larger sewer lines for
capacity The LI low impact development demonstration project on Indian River This has actually begun Uh this is a pretty exciting what we think uh project for the downtown It's improving it uh it's putting in a bioail So then it's
going to turn those five parking spaces that are there into pvious so that the storm water can percolate and that way it won't flood That's an area that has a tendency to flood So um that way we're also again protecting the lagoon and the
safety of the roadway on Indian River Lagoon Um tree boxes if you've noticed there's a few tree boxes on Indian River Boulevard So the estimated cost for CRA was 130,000 Grant funds have been found to cover that So that's where we well
the CRA board voted to uh do a budget adjustment to pay for that bioail project These are some of the non- capital projects um just briefly and we'll go through the directory kiosk banners parking signs cameras and the LI
baffle box at Sandpoint Park If you haven't seen it you should go and take a look at it It's pretty impressive And then of course our outreach meetings to the CRA And we have to mention of course the beautiful landscaping in downtown This is part of our branding Uh
these are the kiosks and the banners So that was approved by the CRA board and that's really made a difference those um maps in downtown We get a lot of comments on them They're great for visitors and locals as well and businesses The two flock safety cameras
are in our parks Those parks were designated because when the uh police department code enforcement did a heat map of the highest activity that's where these were indicated that these were the highest activity So there is one in um
in space view and then also at uh standpoint community policing and I know we've had a lot of discussion on this This is a a great initiative This allows us to have police in the CRA and they're doing more service calls uh community
relations patrols anti-burglary and you can see by the numbers that the that the burglaries have gone down since 2019 Everything's been going down except for the traffic stops That's what they're doing As a matter of fact I was just speaking with
um with the police department and what we are actually proposing to add a little bit of funding on that for fiscal year 2026 so they can utilize two police officers for those traffic stops as as
pres as was presented to you at the last meeting by Titusville Police Department And that concludes the presentation There's a whole lot more in the report that's riveting and y'all can read that if you have any questions for me I'm happy to answer them Thank you
very much Uh Miss Sue I think we all had a chance to review at the last meeting and the only addition if I'm correct is the the audit Correct That is correct Thank you very much member Nelson And I just want to say the downtown I think my
opinion is look is great It really does And I look back eight years where we were and like wow Okay Think so Jim would you agree Well I would I would indeed Member ball I just
wanted to say I agree No I um I wanted to compliment staff um Miss Williams especially on the job that was done on the report It's a really thorough and good report I I did take the time to read through it and I
especially um appreciate uh the the the summary that highlights the investments that we've made in infrastructure because you don't always see uh above ground what it is that the CRA's put resources into and I know other other
funds grant funds and such u contributed the the lion share of those projects but it it underscores the uh the importance that the CRA puts on things like having uh a
renewed system u you know as best we can It's we've got a lot of old infrastructure in the downtown So these improvements are are making a a solid uh a solid improvement in the wastewater and storm water systems we have So I
appreciate that and I'm glad that we continue to support those things even if we can't fund the entire project Um and again I I think staff did did a did a great job on the report Thank you Thank you Member Ball Member Akre Well if I'm
reading this correct correctly someone was very successful at securing a lot of grants That is correct And that's a joint effort between all departments because that I I just want to say thank you that that was a lot of heavy lifting that occurred from a financial standpoint
that really lessened our burden and and thank you Um public works has a lot to do with that very much so Those are not small small dollars Thanks Thank you memberre Member Mscoso Yeah I just want to echo um downtown looks amazing I'm proud to drive through there
Um and also I appreciate you having the meeting with the county about um the park and just cleaning up that area I think that that walkway is something that is being utilized but if we can just get that cleaned up it'd be great And so thank you for getting that initiated And then I do have a question
about the trees Um so it's you said 130,000 came from the CRA Is this the same project that's with Sorrel Actually that's that's what I was referencing Okay Is it initially the CRA board had approved 130,000 for that
project and then grant funds became available So a budget adjustment was was done Any budget adjustments will come to this board and th that 130,000 was moved over to that bioail okay project So all of the tree boxes are paid for by swirl
Okay And then um I know I saw that it was 20 tree boxes but um you know I saw someone online do the math and 45,000 per tree box Is that just the going rate for these things I can let public works speak to that
Yeah So the these aren't just tree boxes The box itself carries the same media our baffle box does So they're actually a a water treatment unit So if you look up a normal tree box is just a small graded structure to hold a tree This actually has mulch and layers underneath it and band material which will filter
the water and clean it and it's piped to our storm drains for overflow purposes So that's what increases the cost of it It's a little more than just the tree box actually take some more of a stormwater treatment unit small unit but still they're individual storm water treatments for small basins Yeah I think
that's wonderful Maybe that's something and you might have gotten some of that information out that our PIO can work on getting that information out because when you see the price it is like a sticker shock but if you understand a little bit more about it I think that that would be helpful
Thank you very much executive director I think we have a card on it Yeah there's one card Stan Johnson So question since we are taking no action Well wait a minute If we do have to Sorry I take it back
All right Mr Johnson We are discussing the approval of CRA report Yes Yes And uh uh to this particular agenda item uh is that u um the the fiscal responsibility I see
I see um uh some deficiencies uh and the deficiencies has to do with uh what you could have spent your money on is is things like uh uh signs for uh when you have a sewage overflow is that when I I
put some signs out uh at the uh uh ponds and their pond This is an example the sign up put up Uh and so what happened is the city took the signs down They have the obligation I guess they have the right to do that They took the signs
down Fact is because of I put some signs up because the city made an ordinance that uh I can't put signs up I can't put post signs on doors I can't do just a lot of things Um maybe they don't like me but uh uh I want you to understand is
that is that signs taken down over at Space View Park City never put any signs up after taking my signs down Um I I see that as a problem And uh uh um uh and we we have I'll have another
bring another issue up at the uh petitions and requests for the public But um you know I think you should protect the people and that's one of the things you protect the people is you um I also requested that
you prevent people from going into the ponds when there's sewage in the ponds And I went I approached council and TEC TEC said "Yes let's see if we can review it and put some fences up." So I went by there and I saw children and adults
playing with an electric boat in the sewage pond There was no restrictions We had see some of these what I'm going to call silly signs from water resources that say "Well we might have some pollution in this pond." fully knowing that the
ponds were polluted with sewage So I watched I went drove by and I saw adults and children with a electric boat playing in sewage because you guys didn't fence it
off Didn't take my recommendations You didn't listen to what TEC had to say And there was as far as I know there was no report back from t from council with the tec requesting Thank you Thank you Mr Johnson
Have a motion Move to approve the fiscal year 2024 annual report for the city of Titusville CRA with a financial audit Second I have a motion I have a second Any further discussion Seeing none all
those in favor say I I Any opposed Motion carries unanimously Thank you very much I would say executive director onto the next item but it's petitions and requests Mr Johnson Today I sent you an email and you were supposed to also receive a call from uh
Christine Matthews of some kind of contact to return my call And I have had some return calls uh over the past few weeks from uh uh the blonde girl over here is m most I can't say her name uh Mr Con Connor's Jim Ball So thank you
for returning my call on that Uh and I was in I'm in era when I said that no one had called me before because same person that blonde girl she she has called me before return my call So thank you So when I I've submitted to uh uh
Emily uh the email that I've sent to you and uh yeah I know you don't want to hear this but but here's what I wrote Uh I wrote that uh that Megan Mo what
that Megan lady and KBFO Fosu PE are not members of your group that uh uh she's in agree they are in agreement with this that we shouldn't spray the public with sewage and uh uh I'm again
promoting this that the city should stop it although there's There's not sewage in the ponds right now but we have a unwritten policy regarding it So reading paragraph number three of this letter it's it says as follows In the last few
days Jim Ball and Mayor Connors returned my calls Jim Ball has long sacrificed his time and efforts to support our community in many ways Thank you Jim Uh Mayor Connors insists that council is not able to dump to trump FT and that as
per law um he is convinced that and certain that council cannot direct staff to do anything on this Anyhow as a PE I have signed and sealed and affirmed God's law that spraying people with piss poop and pathogens I had pathogens that
means organisms that are harmful to humans violates God's law and engineering laws And that Titusville is still the only city on this planet that deliberately
sprays people with sewage uh for over four years I still find no excuse for city's misconduct and or policy to continue this game of Russian roulette And so you see the poster again I'm reminding you again is to seek stopping
the the uh dousing of cars houses people with piss poop and pathogens I see no excuse for what you're doing No excuse Thank you Stan Anybody else for petitions or requests non-aggenda
items Seeing none executive director uh the last item is the executive director's report for March 2025 It's included in your agenda packet and uh they're allformational items only No action is requested Thank you very much executive director Anybody have any
questions Member ball Uh just one one comment one request that I the the U staff has a very long list of to-do items on that and I appreciate all the work that's going into it I um I note that there's ongoing discussions with
Florida Department of Transportation regarding the issue We've had a lot of discussion about the last few meetings and I it may be that everybody on the dis is aware that we had a had an accident today in which a car uh went
into the um uh area of the Washington U the new launch It used to be the Washington Apartments but uh I I understand there may have been some minor injuries and
and luckily uh no no serious uh property damage but it underscores again um the the vulnerability that we have and for the grace of God nobody was in the wrong place at the wrong time and didn't get
hit So we're um we're doing the right thing to keep it in front of us And um I would I would request a copy of the crash report I just like to stay up to date on what kind of mishaps are happening accidents are happening in the
downtown as we continue our dialogue with FDOT Thank you member ball Um even though we voted on it at the council I felt like it was important to inform the CRA Um few months ago council uh voted to send
a letter to Congressman Heropoulos asking for his help on the coast coast trail I just want to report that that project is starting to continue again So there's a member memorandum of understanding being assigned between FDOT and Fish and Wildlife Fun fact the west half of that you know federal
properties maintained by Fish and Wildlife The east half is maintained by National Park Service National Park Service said no So anyways we're we're moving forward slowly but surely but you know I think with everything change comes and I'm sure our congressman can
help motivate them So I'm excited about that and uh how that will impact our downtown area So with that being said uh anybody have anything else Seeing none have a motion to motion to adjurnn Thank you very much