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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacket 02-23-2010 WorkshopCity of Cape Canaveral CALL TO ORDER: 119����l liffail Opening Comments —Acting City Manager Z Env`i i rninIF p — John Porter, Chair of Visioning Commiftee 4. Open Discussion I w WNN.FW*dl I I WIWIII "I 105 Polk Avenue - Post Office Box 326 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-01326 Telephone: (321) 868-1220 Fax: (321) 868-1248 www.ciryofc,apecanaveral.org o email: ccapecanaveral@cfl.rrxorn hA102u[II-t7:1►�111 ►/I TO: Barry Brown, Planning & Development Director FROM: Susan Chapman, Administrative Assistant DATE: February 11, 2010 RE: Final Visioning Report - Comments from City Boards and Board Representatives for Feb. 23, 2010 City Council Meeting Barry, I have compiled the information you requested, as referenced above, as follows: Board -of Adjustment - Meeting held on December 7, 2009 — Draft Minutes Barry Brown, Planning & Development Director, advised that the Visioning Workshops had concluded and the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council completed a draft of the Final Visioning Report. He explained that the City Council wanted each of the advisory boards to have an opportunity to review the report, and then convey any thoughts they might have regarding the report back to the Council. Discussion followed. Dennis Jenkins commented that staff and everyone involved have done an excellent job, thus far. He advised that he did have a few minor criticisms, but they did not have anything to do with the final report. He commented that the City's east limit on the beach appeared to run along the dune line, except in three places where it seemed to go out past the low tide line. He questioned why, and noted all three of the properties were constructed by Benko Construction for Towne Realty. Barry Brown responded that they did not know the answer, but would check on that and get back to him. John Bond commented that he hoped the Ridgewood Avenue improvements would be a catalyst to jumpstart the action plan. Discussion was held regarding a desire for water front restaurants. Dennis Jenkins asked if there were any plans to recruit water front restaurants. Barry Brown explained that the City currently did not have zoning that allowed water front restaurants, and some rezoning may have to take place to accommodate those types of establishments. Final Visioning Report Comments from City Boards February 11, 2010 Page 2 Dennis Jenkins asked if the City could be proactive, before an investor wants to come in and build one. Barry Brown answered "yes", and explained the process on how the City will accomplish that through an action plan that will be created by City staff to implement the action items identified in the Final Visioning Report. The action plan would be presented to the City Council at a workshop after the 1St of next year, and then the process would begin. He pointed out that one of the first things to accomplish would be to establish mixed-use zoning, and gave examples of same. He noted that other uses might be established that the City does not currently allow, such as farmers markets. He advised that the City website would be updated informing of the continuous progress, as well as e-mails to everyone on the list, which included all the Board members, because the City wants citizens to stay engaged in the process. He asked that the members call or e-mail him with suggestions or thoughts. Discussion was held regarding creating a downtown. Selected Board Representatives: John Bond and Paula Collins Code Enforcement Board - Meeting held on December 17, 2009 Todd Morley, Building Official, stated that a copy of the draft visioning report, created by the East Cost Florida Regional Planning Council, was included in their packets. Mr. Morley explained that the report was compiled with community input to determine what we want our city to look like. Further, the City Council wants to have comments from all City boards before they adopt the document. Mr. Morley asked that the Board submit their comments to him by the end of the year. Mr. Hale stated that the report was very thorough and covered every aspect of all of the meetings and said that he was impressed with the report. Mr. Morley suggested that the Code Enforcement Board take into consideration their roll in the health and safety of the City, as well as the aesthetics of the City. He said that we need to decide whether to accept this report or suggest modification to it, as it will be our guiding document to whatever we do. There were no further comments. Selected Board Representatives: Mary Russell and James Hale Community Appearance Board - Meeting held on October 14, 2009 Barry Brown, Planning Director, advised that the City had a very successful visioning process, which included six workshops, with great citizen participation. Final Visioning Report Comments from City Boards February 11, 2010 Page 3 A few weeks ago, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC) presented the City with a draft of the Final Visioning Report. The Citizens Visioning Committee held a meeting with Phil Laurien, Director of the ECFRPC, who facilitated the workshops. At that meeting, the Visioning Committee adopted the Report, with revisions, and approved forwarding the Report to the City Council. On January 19, 2010, at a regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Visioning Committee, as a group, will present the Report. Additionally, Phil Laurien will attend that meeting to discuss the Report with the City Council. Subsequently, City Council will schedule a workshop that will solely be about the visioning. At that workshop, it will be decided which of the recommendations and outcomes the City wants to implement and in what order. Subsequent to the workshop, staff will provide City Council with an action plan to implement the recommendations that will include: processes, timelines, and estimated costs associated with implementation. He asked the Board members to contact him with any suggestions or comments. Chairperson Wasserman commented that it was a very good report and would be used as a stepping stone and guide for future redevelopment. The Board members agreed. Selected Board Representatives: Randy Wasserman and Kelli Sweet -Jensen Planning & Zoning Board -Meeting held on December 9, 2009 Barry Brown, Planning & Development Director, advised that this agenda item was the Board's review of the draft Final Visioning Report. He explained that the City Council requested that all advisory boards review the Report that can be downloaded from the City website or a CD of the Report could be picked up in the Community Development office. He advised that the City had a very successful visioning process, which included six workshops, with great citizen participation. A few weeks ago, the ECFRPC presented the City with a draft of the Final Visioning Report. The Citizens Visioning Committee held a meeting with Phil Laurien, Director of the ECFRPC, who facilitated the workshops. At that meeting, the Visioning Committee adopted the Report, with revisions, and approved forwarding the report to the City Council. On January 19, 2010, at a regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Visioning Committee, as a group, will present the report. Additionally, Phil Laurien will attend that meeting to discuss the Report with the City Council. Subsequently, City Council will schedule a workshop that will solely be about the visioning. At that workshop, it will be decided which of the recommendations and outcomes the City wants to implement and in what order to achieve them. Staff will provide City Council with an action plan to implement the recommendation that will include: processes, timelines, and estimated costs associated with implementing the various action items. Final Visioning Report Comments from City Boards February 11, 2010 Page 4 Planning & Zoning Board - Continued- Meeting held on January 27, 2010 Barry Brown, Planning & Development Director, advised that Board that the City Council accepted the Final Visioning Report. The City Council will be holding a Special Workshop on February 23, 2010 at 5:30 p.m., and has requested two members be appointed from each board to represent that respective board at that meeting. Discussion followed regarding selection of two Board members to represent the Board. Selected Board Representatives: Beatrice McNeely and Lamar Russell Beautification Board - Meeting held on February 9, 2010 Board Members Judy Hale and Patricia Miner volunteered to serve as representatives of the Beautification Board to the Visioning Meeting that will be conducted on February 23, 2010, 5:30 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room, 201 Polk Avenue. Mrs. Miner basically agreed with it and would like to read through it again prior to the meeting in February. Mrs. Hale presented her thoughts so the board would know what she would bring to the February meeting. She stated they did great work in presentation of the booklet to show all that was covered in the meeting. She feels that Workshop 3, Understanding your Community, Establishing Future Preferences may not be as accurate as it could have been. She didn't think the citizens entirely understood the intensity system that they used. She stated that the Visioning document was well prepared both professionally and in content. She also stated that although it was well presented, the city should do something right away to show some type of progress for the dollars spent in the preparation of this document. Mrs. Mars agreed and stated that there have been other city improvement plans for projects that were prepared in the past that were costly with nothing ever happening afterwards. She stated that this money should have been put to use in actually doing some improvements throughout the city where the residents could see results of progress. Although Ms. Carroll was not present at the meeting, she asked that the board secretary share her comments that were provided via email. She stated, "The Visioning Report is a great plan. However, where's the money? When the City funding comes into play and the residents and businessmen have the money to spend on their properties, it looks like a great future. However, I am looking at this Envisioning Plan now with foggy glasses due to the current economic state of the country. I am preparing for a cautious future with the ending of the Shuttle program, the cancellation of the Constellation program and the economic fallout soon to befall the City, Brevard County, Florida and the country." Selected Board Representatives: Judy Hale and Patricia Miner Final Visioning Report Comments from City Boards February 11, 2010 Page 5 Business & Cultural Development Board - Meeting held on January 13, 2010 Mr. Craig, Ms. Peppers, Ms. Muncey: No Comments. Mr. Pritchard: would like the following included in the board's comments to City Council: more focus and follow up on the importance of economic development, businesses & Class A Office Space. It was pointed out that the Visioning Committee had added the following broad statement: The City actively recruits and supports businesses that enhance economic viability to serve our residents and visitors. The Visioning Committee intentionally desired that the report be broad to suggest the priorities of what is important to the City; Council and boards will fine tune and decide on the direction they wish to go. Additionally, the committee's final recommendations included Comp plan, Zoning, and Code changes. Discussion followed. Board Member Marcum presented her "Funding the Future: The Case for a CRA in the City of Cape Canaveral, which ended with the recommendation that City Council should authorize staff to prepare a detailed implementation plan. Planning & Development Director Barry Brown summarized the process, timeline, costs and staff and/or consultancy responsibilities and implementation. In depth discussion followed. Action Items: Mr. Brown will provide the Board with negotiating information of other CRA's in the County; and identify the lead for the actions identified at the beginning of the flow chart by name, department or group. Motion by Ms. Marcum, seconded by Ms. Peppers to recommend that the City Council move forward with the creation of a CRA for the City and that City Council authorizes staff to prepare a detailed implementation plan, summary of resource requirements, a long-term financial analysis and recommendation on the next steps. Motion carried unanimously. Selected Board Representatives: Lori Peppers and Shawn Painter Recreation Board - Meeting held on January 26, 2010 The Board held discussion regarding the Final Visioning Report. Gene Petre was the only Board member that had a comment. He commented that there were no pictures of recreation on the CD. He also expressed his thoughts that dog parks are too expensive for the recreation budget. Selected Board Representatives: Stephanie Robinson & Gene Petre Library Board The Final Visioning Report was not forwarded to this Board for comment.