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immediate removal of any person from the chambers who possesses a threat to property or life safety. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict a person's right created by the constitution, law, ordinance, or regulation. Good evening everybody. Welcome to the

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city of Titusville Community Redevelopment Agency regular meeting June 9th, 2026 at 5:30. Call this meeting to order. City attorney, do we have a quorum? >> Yes. >> Thank you very much for the invocation. We'll hold a moment of silence, please.

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>> Thank you. Please stand for the pledge. I pledge algiance 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.

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>> Thank you very much. Can I have a motion to approve the minutes? >> So moved. >> I have a motion by member Nelson to approve the minutes on May 12th, 2026. >> Second. >> I have a second by member Stokal. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I.

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>> Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Executive director. >> Good evening, Mr. Chairman and members of the board. Uh we have one item on the agenda for tonight's CRA meeting, and that is 7 uh A, the Trailtown Amenity Strategic Plan. And we have a member of

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uh Kimley Horn will present that plan, recommendations, and answer any questions. And the action that is requested is to accept the plan. And um on July 14th when the CRA convenes again, we'll be asking you to consider

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adopting it. >> Okay. Hello. Good afternoon or good evening. Uh, my name is Sheima Lear and I am here to present um the city of Titusville downtown bicycle and pedestrian amenities plan. Perfect. Let's see.

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Okay. And throughout the presentation, if there are any questions, just please feel free to stop me. So, we were tasked to just to basically review the city of Titusville's um downtown bicycle and pedestrian amenities, come up with a strategy for how the existing amenities could be upgraded throughout all the

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five different districts of the CRA. And through this process, we went through a site analysis, we have uh district analysis, and then we have strategic plans, funding, and implementations throughout this entire presentation. What this plan will deliver is focusing on integrated regional trails capital

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project pri prioritization conceptual design framework. The strategic plan for the Titusville community redevelopment agency is designed to present a comprehensive framework that connects regional trail systems with all five CRA districts strengthening both mobility and economic development opportunities.

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One of the core deliverables of this plan is to establish a clear vision that integrates trailbased transportation with daily experiences of residents, visitors, and businesses across the downtown area by connecting major regional trails such as the Coast to Coast Trail and the East Coast Greenway.

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The plan positions Citville as a hub for recreational tourism and multimodal mobility. The conceptual designs illustrate how infrastructure amenities and placemaking elements can work together to enhance the overall urban environment. Another key component of the plan is prioritization of capital

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projects including trail segments, trail heads, plazas, public realm improvements. Each of these investments in and strategically identified areas ensure maximum impact on connectivity, accessibility, and community activation. While we were looking at trying to develop this plan, we wanted to make

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sure that we looked at all three frameworks before we started to implement any ideas. And as we continue to go through this presentation, we'll see what our goals of the strategic plan is. So overall, we had three main goals. We wanted to use the trail network to drive downtown NCR district

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revitalization. We wanted to create a unified connected public realm framework across all five CRA districts. We also wanted to align capital improvement with adopted city policy to support funding and implementation. Um the strategic plan is guided by a set

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of clearly defined goals that reflect both the CRA's mission and the long-term vision for Titusville's downtown development. The plan aims to leverage the regional trail network as a catalyst for downtown revitalization by increasing foot traffic and encouraging cycling. The plan supports local

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businesses, simulates redevelopment, and activates underutilized spaces. The plan also focuses on creating a unified and connected public realm across all five districts as mentioned in step two. This includes improving walkability and bikeability, establishing consistent design uh standards, and ensuring

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equitable distribution of amenities. The goal is to transform the area from a collection of disconnected corridors into a seamless user-friendly network. The plan emphasizes alignment with existing city policies and planning documents. By ensuring consistency with prior plans such as the city's

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multimmodal strategy, the CRA can ensure funding more effectively and coordinate projects with regional partners. So while we um first started this project, we looked at all the existing conditions of the five CRA different districts. And in this image, this is um I think we took a site visit early in

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January. It was a cold day. That's kind of why all the pictures are gray. But nonetheless, we were able to walk through all five districts, kind of understand what are some some of the current conditions of trails, bikes, sidewalks, the what we've coined our um

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our base modes, which are the standard implementations of bicycles, benches, uh lighting, wayfinding. And throughout all of these, we have a pretty clear understanding of what is actually existing within the CRA and what is not. Um we there is a strong foundation of

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sidewalks, bike uh bike paths, bike lanes specifically within the downtown and civic waterfront distribution and integration issues. Existing infrastructure elements uh elements are inconsistently distributed and not fully integrated to create a continuous engaging user experience from the

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downtown civic up civic waterfront, uptown, midtown and historic residential areas. There is this transit verse destination. The system currently serves as a transit route for regional trail users, but a lot of those users don't stop and linger within the downtown or the uptown and midtown areas. There are

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opportunities for enhancement. Um, as we noticed on the chart, it's kind of hard to read, but we basically taken a level of service study and identified where a lot of these amenities are. And as you can see, there are not a lot of check marks along most of these thorough affairs. So, where those check marks do not exist is where we would like to

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implement some of those areas. Um the existing strategy within the the Titusville CRA reveal a solid foundation of in infrastructure that supports pedestrian and bicycle movement. Key elements such as sidewalks, crosswalks, and bicycle lanes are very present. However, these foundational components are in place. Their distribution and

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integration remain inconsistent. Instead, it primarily serves as a transit roof for regional trails users passing passing through the area through encouraging them to stop, explore, and engage with local businesses. This limitation uh highlights the need for more intentional and coordinated approaches to infrastructure

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development. By enhancing these small assets in addressing gaps in amenity distribution, the CRA can devel can elevate the functionality and appeal of the network of all five districts. And then we looked at where these gaps currently exist. So as mentioned before,

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there's an an uneven amenity distribution. Most of the amenities are located in the civic waterfront and downtown. The uptown and midtown function more like a pass through. We also noticed that there were missing trail elements, trail heads, informationational signage, mapping, repair stations. There are a few, but

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there are not many. As well as um there's not a consistent branding going across all of the five districts. Lack of cohesion. There is not a similar user experience from downtown to uptown, Midtown, the historic residential area. And so with that, we looked at how can

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we actually improve and create a priority. We looked at basically coining this idea of base nodes, enhanced nodes and trail hubs. And we categorized what we saw when we walked throughout the the five districts. The base nodes is benches, bicycle racks, waste receptacles, enhanced base nodes,

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wayfinding, and pedestrian lighting. And then what we are coning as a trail hub is everything from the base and enhanced node with more of a cohesive design element um tied together. After looking at the gaps, we reviewed each of the um districts. So each of the

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districts, we created a scorecard where we kind of ranked what what each district provided through connectivity, comfort, trail identity, economic activation, and overall role. So the civic waterfront, we gave it a medium because it is a regional destination with the park that's the Sanpoint Park

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that's there. A lot of people come to that area to actually use that facility and use that space. Downtown we created as a as a high economic activation. Obviously, it's downtown. It's the primary trail for commerce and hub. Uptown was low. It's emerging connection zone. There is not a lot of activities

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going on in that area. We we consider that more of an industrial space. Midtown is low as well. It's where most people are passing through to go from from historic residential or to the uptown downtown and civic front area. [snorts] And by using and by understanding this we really wanted to

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create an improvement should be targeted not uniform each district has their own idea has their own identity and has their own brand but how can we collectively connect those two so that it's one seamless CRA district so looking at all the districts and

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giving them a score we went through every single district we looked at first the civic waterfront how can this um what was the analysis of this area we know that there are key gaps there are street trees that could easily be implemented. There's pedestrian scale lighting. There's um additional trails

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across the street, across the corridor. Um some of the investments that we could look at is expanding pedestrian scale lighting, updating wayfinding to reinforce regional trails and downtown linkages, expand bicycle support infrastructure, including bicycle racks and repair stations. And that's a similar trend that we'll find in all of

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the districts uptown as well. Um let's see. Uptown, we focused more so on limiting pedestrian comfort, minimal trails, uh, specific way finding and orientation. It was more industrial service corridor character. So, how do we blend that into the civic waterfront as well as the downtown district? One of

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the main priority investments we looked at is a simple measure of adding trash receptacles, basic support amenities, pedestrian lighting, making sure that this space is integrated with an with art or gateway features to kind of lead you as you come into the CRA area.

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Downtown is our main hub. Um there is limited formal trail head locations. There's one main uh area where the trail actually comes through. We know that there are opportunities for Broad Street to actually have potential trails on that as well. There's an opportunity to expand further. Some of the priority

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investments we wanted to look at is developing formal trail heads, expanding the multi the multi-use trail, placing bicycle stations along the continuous trail routes, and creating gathering spaces tied to economic activity zones. Midtown. When looking at Midtown, the priority

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investment areas are expanding bicycle infrastructure, deploying what we have coined the combo three. So that would be either the base node or the enhanced node. Um installing street trees, enhancing landscape, making this space really feel like it's a connector between downtown and the historic

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residential area. And then the historic residential area, we are very conscientious that this is a residential space. So, we're not wanting to implement a lot of the other elements that we would do in civic, uptown, civic, waterfront, uptown, downtown, or Midtown. We would want this to create the same character that it currently

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has, but emphasize the the share row and the current bicycle infrastructure that's there by simply adding bicycle stations, uh, benches, and waste receptacles that it still feels like it's a space where people actually live and enjoy. And so essentially the summary of all of

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this is that there's a lot of opportunities for growth and prosperity within the CRA district. Um we've looked at how can we implement all of these areas. How can we start to begin to create a framework behind the ideas that we found. So the

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district this district analysis confirms that the CRA has a strong mobility and strong mobility and multimotal foundation. Currently, the opportunity is not wholesale pedestrian reconstruction, but strategic amenity layering, stronger identity, and more unified trail experience across all five

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districts, not just in one. Not every district requires the same level of investment intensity. However, every district should be recognizable as part of the CRA bicycle and pedestrian system. We can provide a predictable level of user comfort and support clear connectivity between districts.

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And now we look at the strategic plan for how do we actually get all of these ideas going and working for everyone. So there are five main strategies. It's one identifying and wayfinding consistency, comfort and usability network, cher access and node development and then looking at economic and community

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activation, scalable amenity development. The strategic plan proposes a shift from isolated improvements to a fully coordinated and integrated system of bicycle and and pedestrian amenities. At its core, the strategy emphasizes the creation of a unified network that enhances usability, accessibility, and

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overall experience. This includes establishing consistent design standards, improving connectivity between districts, and introducing a hierarchy of amenities that supports different levels of user needs. The plan also prioritizes economic development by integrating trails with commercial areas

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and public spaces, encouraging users to engage with local businesses and community activities. Another key aspect of the strategy is the focus of identity and branding. [snorts] This all allows the CRA to align improvements with available funding and and evolving community needs. The strategy plan

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provides a clear and actionable way that we can get this uh done. So some of the propos proposed amenities that we've mentioned are the base nodes, enhanced nodes as well as a trail hub. And as mentioned before, these are all elements that can be implemented in small scales. Uh the base note is simple

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benches, bicycle racks, waist, receptacles, creating a design standard for what those elements are. We know that there's currently a foundation, but some of the districts do not have a lot of these base nodes tied together. There may just be one bench, one bicycle rack, one waste receptacle, but how do we coin them all together? And then looking at,

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okay, well, we have these base nodes. Why can't we add wayfinding and pedestrian lighting to these areas as well? And then trail heads is trail hubs are not necessarily everywhere but in certain aspects in certain spaces within the CRA those are necessary. And so when we looked at these we

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understood that there are certain corridors that we also wanted to take a look at. South Palm Avenue is one of them where we figured what while we walked this area this is a great opportunity that could connect to the greater trail network. So this is the existing corridor and then this is our proposed up recommendations for what

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this corridor could look like. This is implementing some of the base nodes, the enhanced nodes and a little bit of the trail hub. So in this section that you see here, we have integrated additional landscape. Um we have stuck with the Florida friendly pallet that is known in

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Titusville. Uh we're looking at wayfinding. So there is this um off to the my my right there's this orange uh wayfinding that could be a simple ballard or a light that's integrated that could be a simple element that's incorporated throughout all districts where people could easily identify that

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this is a trail network something that's simple and small not very cost effect it's very cost effective um landscape would be similar in all the districts we would kind of if we go back to this element there's on street parking that is adjacent but there isn't really an

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identity There we have overhead um overhead utilities in this design. We did not go as far as trying to put those on the ground, but that would be a conversation that could be later. But we wanted to integrate that there is a separation between the parking and um the pedestrian zones. So there is there

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is a way to decrease the drive lanes. I think right now they're at 24. By making it 20, you get more of a a pedestrian focus uh thoroughare. And then our our other area that we looked at was South Street. South Street is a is a very condensed area. There's

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not much that can be done there. So, we really focused on providing more space in the sidewalk and the landscape areas and then on both sides and trying to increase the wayfinding and signage that would be in this area. There isn't much more that we can do because of the parameters with the um with the railroad

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tracks, but within the space there is still small elements that can be created. And then the plan implementation. So, this is something that we focused on um with recommendations from staff was to look at the a five-year approach. So, by doing all of these designs, we

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understand that it can't all be done at once. It can't all be done when when let's say tomorrow or the next day. It has to be you have to get funding. You have to figure out a strategy and you have to really coordinate all of the efforts and figure out which ones are most important. So, our our very first idea is that year one, five-year

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approach, year one is really doing what we've already done. So it's looking at the existing conditions, really fine-tuning it, figuring out a systemwide framework, understanding exactly what needs to happen throughout all the five years. As we as we go forward, we understand that there are primary areas that we want to focus on.

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And one of those mainly being year one is really establishing the the foundation um looking at a systemwide framework and focusing on years two through five. Year one would create the implementation roadmap for future district specific improvements by defining the existing conditions baseline confirming amenity gaps and

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establishing a consistent approach for signage more hierarchy and bicycle pedestrian networks. Whereas year two would focus on a certain district. So every district basically would get their one year of a focus area. Year two would be the downtown district and the

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downtown district would focus on implementing a lot of the base nodes, trail hubs and enhanced nodes. We would focus on really the the bicycle and pedestrian improvements. And the key outcome that we would look for within year two is positioning the downtown as

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a primary trail to commerce and activity hub by improving connectivity, strengthening the multimmoal experience, and creating a more cohesive public realm that encourages trail users currently to date to not just move through but to stay and linger within the downtown corridor.

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Year three, we have divided or we've actually grouped together civic, waterfront, and uptown. We didn't think that these two needed their own year. We thought that grouping them together because they're adjacent to each other would make the most sense. This uh year three would focus on the civic and waterfront district strengthening their role within the broader bicycle and

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pedestrian regional trail network. There's currently infrastructure that's already there, but maybe within this district we can add additional trail hub that we've coined. So adding additional benches, bicycle racks, wayfinding, lighting, signage, all of those things within maybe the uptown because the

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civic waterfront currently has some of those things, but they can be upgraded. One of the outcomes that we would look to towards is strengthening the connection between the civic waterfront uptown and downtown by improving wayfinding comfort and access. We've also grouped together the Midtown

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and historic districts as well. And within those districts, we understand the uh identity of the historic district is really going to push this year forward. Um Midtown is connected to the historic residential area by one road.

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So understanding that in this area there probably won't be a lot of showheads. There'll probably be a lot more enhanced nodes of benches, bicycle racks, and limited wayfinding and definitely pedestrian lighting, but not so much overhead lighting. There could be ballards, there could be small little imple implementations throughout this

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entire district. One of the outcomes that we're looking forward to is this is this phase can strengthen the district's transition once people are coming in coming into the CRA having a strong foundation as they enter into the downtown corridor knowing exactly where they are and what this looks like as you

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come into um downtown Titusville. And then year five, these are uh basically comp comparison images of spaces that we have been that we have been told there are four parcels that the city owns um at the corner of what is it again? It's the

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>> Washington and St. John. >> Yeah, Washington and St. John. So year five would be basically looking at the these four parcels that the city owns. And I'll go to the next slide. So this is where these images, if you go back, this is where these images would take

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place. So in year five, it's really focusing on the downtown gateway and community trail hub. So in this space, we know that this is one of the main thorough affairs as you come through downtown um from other areas. So as you approach this area, why not create a space where instantly you know that this

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is a this is a CR8 area that is connected by trails, bicycle, it is focused on signage, wayfinding. It is a space where communities gather, linger, and it's going to lead you through the entire area as you go through downtown. Our main outcome for year five is the culmination of the strategic plan by

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adding by tying the broader bicycle and pedestrian network together through a highly visible gateway and community trail hub while full construction may extend past year five. This phase positions um site as a defining CRA investment that can support downtown identity multimotal access multimodal

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access public gathering and further development. This will focus on the district specific improvements throughout years one through four, but year five is all about these four parcels that can really tie everything together and create a cohesive CRA district that is focused on bicycle connectivity, um, pedestrian

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accessibility, and mobility all throughout the downtown area. And so, how do we get this to actually happen? Funding. So, we have looked at multiple um grants, multiple opportunities that can be utilized to

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create all of these year 1, year 2, year three, year four, year five strategies. We have a at Kimyhorn, we have a grants writing team that went through and looked at, I think, at over a hundred different grants. We highlighted a couple throughout the document. And essentially our goal is really to

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fine-tune exactly what the city and what the CRA is looking for, going after those grants and getting them um published and applied for so that all of these ideas that we have can actually be implemented. So this is a very seamless process. It goes from steps one through

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seven and it just it's a reoccurring cycle. And so essentially our key takeaways as we look at this bicycle trail activity is funding approaches, funding strategies, funding matrix, everything that we've learned through the plan

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synthesis, the district roles, the implementation. Everything culminates at we can do this. We we can we can find the funding, we can come up with the strategy, we can come up with an implementation, and we are here to help you do that. >> Any questions? Thank you very much,

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>> Member Stokel. >> Uh, yes. Um, I don't think I have too many questions. One of the key words I took from this was connectivity. Um, I can't stress that enough. This is probably one of the best plans that I have seen um, brought before us. I get

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nervous that if we could actually do it. Um, I really like the underground utilities. I think that will help. looking out South Street. I like the proposed vision for it, but there's like a building right there and I'm like, can this actually happen? Um, so

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I I re I really like the presentation. I just want to do you think that this is possible, I guess, is what I'm getting at. >> Yes. So, we are very confident that this is possible. Um, we've worked with multiple different jurisdictions around the same thing. And what truly is the

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the thing to get it done is the funding. We have gone after so many grants and we have won those grants and we have provided the cities with the opportunities to enhance their their their areas by simple measures. Um I know that the south street that one is very limited in what and what can be done. I think we implemented a wall. Uh

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and that was something where we're like well there's a building there. How can we kind of get rid of it? We can put up a wall make make the facade look better. But we do believe that that this can actually be done if we start now or even in in a couple months with really going after these grants and creating a a strategy and a framework behind year one

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us going out and actually fine-tuning this document that we've already done and then having a strategy for okay now that we know that we have got the information what district needs to focus at that point and then we tailor those those particular grants and fundings to that we think that we can get this done

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and the money is there we just got to go get it >> and I also appreciate the thoroughess of like the matrix and saying a bench here, a sign here because I think that's >> what you guys specialize in that we don't necessarily know what makes sense for the entire like area in all the different districts so we can have that

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connectivity to know that hey there's going to be a trash can, you know, 50 feet away or 10 feet away here. And so, um, I just appreciate the thoroughess and I would like to see this come to fruition. >> So would we. >> Thank you, city clerk.

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There's three cards. The first one's Tony Shifflo. >> You got to love Kimley Horn. Even though um their key finding is the lack of trees along most of the trails, they completely ignored the major bike trail

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that runs through Titusville. I'll explain. From Maine to Key West, the East Coast Greenway stretches for more than 600 miles along Florida east coast. Nationally, 65% of the National Greenway

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route is complete or in an advanced stage of development. In Florida, it's only 42% completed as a separate trail. It enters Florida at Ferdendino Beach and winds through 13 counties reaching Key West

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and much of it follows a side path along scenic highway 1, A1A. Um, and it ends in the Florida Keys over a 106mile island hopping route that is separate from the highway.

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But yet in um let me go ahead. Titusville is the convergence of three major regional systems. The Coast to Coast Trail, the St. John's to Seal Loop Trail, and the East Coast Greenway, the one that goes from Maine to Key West. The convergence presents a significant

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opportunity for the CRA to leverage trailbased mobility, recreation, and tourism from all those out ofstate people, bikers as drivers of economic development, public space activation, and downtown fight vitality. Wayfinding,

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lighting, and support amenities can be advanced through the CRA to these bike trails and um should include a plan for this border area. I'm going to tell you about the east coast.

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The CRA goes to the railroad tracks, but the trail comes down from way up above Me and curves around over that big bridge over Garden Street and at Bugs Gas Company, it just kind of

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stops and there's Canaveral Street and you go down to Main Street and wow, where do you go? If you're heading west on the bike trail, there's nowhere to go except into the oncoming eastbound traffic lane for two

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blocks over to Canaveral. Now, I know that's outside of the CRA, but what I wanted Kimley Horn to do was to recognize that this is a major bike trail from Maine to Key West and should have some amenities and some kind of

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recognition on that twob block area. A good sign would help. I ran into a couple of German tourists. They were standing there. I've told you this before, looking, where do I go? Where do I go? I had to turn my truck around and drive them to the park. >> Thank you, Miss

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>> City Cler. >> The next card is Lisa Moer. >> There you go. >> There you go. Lisa Boer. Um I wasn't going to speak but then I started thinking about this past Saturday um one of the other volunteers

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for Main Street. We were talking to the business owners on Baldwin Plaza on Broad Street and we ran into some bikers and stuff and so I'm glad to see part of the connectability is including in there

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but that is a major area. the businesses there. We're talking about like we know that Broad Street's going to be done, but the rest of that area up there, people don't know there are businesses up there and our plan is as we get going is to help other businesses open in that

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area. So, I truly hope that you guys really look at all of that because downtown we're pretty much okay with sidewalks and stuff, but that's a really desert area up there for sidewalks for the trails. Tony's right. You get to the

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railroad tracks and it's like crazy, you know, and I don't I know we're not the CRA, but maybe the city can get something for that to clean it up and and and beautify it a little bit. And one other thing, and I don't know if this is possible, if you can ask FDOT,

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but when you're on the trails on the on U Main Street, um when you come up to the lights, because FDOT is GPS now, you can sit there for a long time and that light won't change. But to get to the um

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beacon, you have to get off of your bike to go over, hit the beacon, you know, the the cross. I don't know. Is there stuff for the trails that if a bike rider drives up gets up, he can just hit a button? I mean, it would help and it

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would help clumsy people from crashing on their bikes when they're at Main Street and Hopkins and not somebody I know that did did that recently, but yes. So, you know, it's it's I just was thinking about that. I don't know if FDOT has those type of things. So, maybe

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it's good to look at to Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Measure. and definitely something we can ask FDOT city clerk. >> The last card's Stan Johnston. [snorts] >> Uh my name is Stan Johnson. I've been

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around here since 1970 and also even before that back in 1952 or so. But u uh I'm here because uh I think that the city of Tyville is spending too much money too much money on little things like this. And I say little things is

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like for example Kimley Horn did the did uh uh at great expense they were counting traffic spaces that weren't that weren't uh that were available that we're not using. It was horrible. I think that the expenses is horrible. The city of

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Tyville used to have an engineering department. It used to have an engineering department and did a lot of things and did uh design designing of streets and so forth. And uh um I just can't imagine

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why why we're doing what we are because we have people uh that we've hired that can do this as far as I'm concerned is because we have they have knowledge of living in the area that that uh that as far as I'm concerned is superior to what

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Kimley Horn has. And uh uh I think I'm I'm giving an example is that this parking thing was was a fiasco as far as I'm concerned. And I I do not I do not appreciate what Kimley Horn did to Parish Park. In other

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words, we have a a barrier and we have a little bit of sand beach and so forth. >> Please stay on topic, Mr. Johnson. >> This is what Kimley Horn did. >> Okay. I don't want Kimly Horn doing these the these projects and and I and what I'm saying is that is that we've

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wasted a lot of time and so forth. All this time as far as I'm concerned was unnecessary for for this that you could have even just read the report and then then come back and comment on it. So what I'm asking you to do is reconsider

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about how you're spending your money. And it looks like to me we're talking about millions of dollars that you're spending as far as I'm concerned that's unnecessary. that could be done by staff. That's what we used to do. That's [clears throat] what we used used

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to do. So, uh we didn't do it a whole we did it enough. In fact, is we we designed roads um we designed u several roads in the city of Titusville everything about obtaining rights of way and so forth.

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And uh so now what are we doing? We're doing almost nothing and it's costing us a lot of money. But we could save a lot of money if we would go ahead and use what we have instead of thinking that our our consultants know so much more than we do. They don't. Many times they just

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don't do not. Any questions? You sure you don't have any questions? Well, thank you for listening. I I want you to think about this seriously because it's too much money being thrown away. Thank you. Bye. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. City Clerk, are

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there any other cards? There's no other cards. >> Member Mscoso. >> Yes. Um, thank you. I do have a question about the grant funding and the funding options. Is that something that you will find the grants and then Sue, you will be applying for them or do you help us actually apply for these grants as well?

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>> So, we help you so we help you with the application for those grants. >> Okay. And is that part of like the what we've already paid for or is that an additional cost? So we've so within the document, not the presentation, but the actual document that we have, we have I think there's four to six pages of grants that we've identified and we've

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gone over with staff of which ones they they would like for us to apply for. We just have not gone that extra step because this particular task order was about identifying what the grants were. If we then want to apply for those, our entire grants writing team would then support the city with with actually going after those grants.

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>> Okay. Thank you. Anything else from the board? Thank you very much. >> Thank you, >> member Nelson. >> I'd move to accept the downtown bicycle and pedestrian amenities strategic plan.

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>> Second. >> I have a motion by member Nelson. I have a second by member Mscoso. City clerk, can you call the role, please? >> Member Mscoso. >> Yes. >> Member Nelson. >> Yes. >> Chairman Connors? >> Yes. >> Member Mutter? >> Yes. >> Member Stol? Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much.

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Appreciate Miss Sue for for being here. Uh, now I believe we're on to petitions and requests from the public. Mr. Johnson, my name is Stan Johnson. I'm a professional engineer and the city of Titusville has had a budget which they

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proclaimed uh on overheads that that about 50% of our budget is what? It's safety. 50%. Our budget is safety. So that's what I'm here to to talk to you about because my job as a

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professional engineer is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. I said safety. So, what the city of Tyville has been doing is they have been disobeying rules of safety big time. Not a little bit, big time. Serious time. And you've seen this poster before.

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It says uh uh sewage spray by the city of Titusville beginning December 2020. And this says also an an affidavit OB 8989 page 301. And it mentions people's names like Mrs. Nelson,

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um Stokel, and so forth. doesn't mention you because one of the things is you're not against this. In other words, stopping the stopping sewage spray and spraying people with sewage. Maybe you would be, but you don't. You've never said it except Megan Mscoso. So, all

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four of you, especially Mr. Connor, because he's on North Bard Parks and Recreation, and he continues to advertise, and when I say advertise, he's promoting it's okay. It's okay to leave the fountains on and spray the public with sewage.

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My my contention as a professional engineer is is people learn that sewage is not good for them even as as if they were in kindergarten or just young kids. Piss and poop is not healthy. You don't spray it in people's faces and you don't

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you don't play around with it. But the city of Titusville is the only city the only city the only city in this universe as far as I know that that deliberately sprays people with piss and poop. Only one. Only one. It's a shame. I'm I'm so

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ashamed with this and I'm even asking Mr. Connors tonight to to uh uh since he is so much promoting this that I'm asking him to resign his position as mayor. We have no business having a mayor or someone like that or any council members spraying people with sewage. And especially Mrs. Nelson who

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who was who promotes this by her her uh saying that that somebody in in D said it's okay to do it. But here's what I've got. I got $80 here. $80. And there's 40,000 There's over 40,000 professional

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engineers in the state of Florida. 40,000. So, I'll give anybody in this room $80, $80 cash. If they can get a professional engineer come up to this stage and say, "Stan Johnson is wrong. Council is right." 80 bucks. 80 bucks.

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Anybody? Okay. 100 bucks. 100 bucks. Give anybody a hundred bucks to get Okay. 500 bucks. I'll give you 500 bucks if you can get any professional engineer who's sane. >> All right. Any questions? >> 1,000. >> [laughter]

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>> City clerk. >> Um, I think Mr. Kirk Davis submitted a card for petitions and requests. Did you want to speak? >> Thank you, city clerk. Executive director. >> So, the last item on the agenda is the

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executive director's report. And as usual, that's justformational items of staff's tasking over the past month. >> Any questions for the executive director? >> Seeing none, can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjurnn.

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>> We're adjourn. CS 630.