HomeMy WebLinkAboutcocc_cra_board_mtg_minutes_20230117CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA)
BOARD MEETING
City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral FL 32920
January 17, 2023
4:00 p.m.
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 4:00 p.m. Board Member Willis led the
Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL:
Board Members Present: Chairperson Wes Morrison, Vice -Chair Angela Raymond, Kim Davis,
Mickie Kellum and Don Willis.
Others Present: CRA Registered Agent Todd Morley, CRA Director David Dickey, CRA Board
Attorney Anthony Garganese, CRA Clerk/Recording Secretary Mia Goforth, Administrative/Financial
Services Director John DeLeo, Parks, Recreation & Community Affairs (PRCA) Director Molly
Thomas, Parks, Recreation & Community Affairs Deputy Director John Mayberry, Executive
Assistant to the City Manager Lisa Day, Brevard County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Molyneaux.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
ITEMS FOR ACTION:
1. Approve Minutes for City of Cape Canaveral CRA Board Meeting of October 18, 2022: A
motion was made by Board Member Willis, seconded by Board Member Davis, to approve
the CRA Minutes. The motion carried 5-0.
2. Provide direction to Staff for Community Redevelopment Agency programs for future
activation: CRA Registered Agent Morley explained the Item. A motion was made by Board
Member Kellum, seconded by Vice -Chair Raymond, to go forward with the programs,
commercial and residential. The motion carried 5-0.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
3. Commissioner Zonka's Affordable Housing Letter. (Submitted by Vice -Chair Raymond):
Vice -Chair Raymond discussed the City being prime property for attracting homeless individuals,
vacation rental impacts on apartment rentals, churches, workers, the service industry, and how the
State of Florida puts no limitations on raising rents. Discussion ensued and included new housing
projects within the City of Cocoa funded privately, or federally through the Housing Authority.
CRA Board Attorney Garganese explained Cocoa's zoning requirements in furtherance of
affordable housing and covenants on the property, and where Cocoa staff is in position to make
sure developers are in compliance. Discussion continued regarding desire for a list of low-income
housing developers, the regulatory hurdles in City Code for those developers, how the City could
get a better score in meeting criteria for that type of initiative, tasking the Business and Economic
Development Board to help, combining efforts with the City of Cocoa Beach and other cities or
groups to work on the issue, and the challenges for homeless individuals working beachside while
trying to seek a warm shelter on cold nights. The Board gave no direction to Staff.
4. Pickleball Courts at Cape Canaveral City Park. (Submitted by Vice -Chair Raymond): Vice -
Chair Raymond explained the Item. Discussion ensued and included how pickleball and tennis
courts are incompatible, desires to build new courts for both sports, difficulties for players, desire
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to not share courts, building new courts at the Civic Hub, resurfacing old courts, courts for
pickleball at the Community Center, the popularity of and differences between sports, and
removing racquetball courts and shuffleboard to make room for new tennis courts. PRCA Director
Thomas discussed separate program tiers related to different sports, the low demand for
shuffleboard and racquetball which may not currently justify the amount of space they take up,
the revenue that each sport brings in, impacts to shuffleboard usage patterns due to the Covid-
19 Pandemic, and offered to bring back more back data regarding usages. Discussion continued
regarding court resurfacing being budgeted for fiscal year 2024/25 and using CRA funds versus
CIP City funds. The Board gave no direction to Staff.
Discussion turned back to the CRA Incentives Program and whether the CRA Board will be
distributing brochures and postcard mail -outs. The CRA Board reached consensus to not exceed
five percent of the Community Redevelopment Agency Budget, Fiscal Year 2022/23, for CRA
direct mailers to residents and businesses in the Community Redevelopment Area.
REPORTS: None.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Chairperson Morrison adjourned the meeting
at 5:46 p.m.
(Signature)
Wes Morrison, Chairperson
(Signature)
Mia Goforth, CRA Clerk/Recording Secretary