City of Cedar Key
Redevelopment Agency
August 17, 2004 Present: Chair Paul Oliver, Members Sue Colson, Ken Daniel, Heath Davis,
Vanessa Edmunds
Also City Clerk Frances Hodges and City Attorney David Coffey
1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Chair Paul Oliver opened the meeting
at 7:01 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer said by Member Heath
Davis.
2. Roll Call The Roll Call was conducted by City Clerk Frances Hodges. All
present.
3. Minutes of July 20, 2004 The Chair asked for a motion to adopt the
minutes of July 20, 2004. SO MOVED BY MEMBER KEN DANIEL. SECONDED BY
MEMBER HEATH DAVIS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. CRA/LPA Update Chair Greg Lang reported that since his last report to
the Commission the LPA has met twice with the limited moratorium as the main
discussion item. They had a well attended meeting August 10 with excellent
input from citizens. They reviewed the draft ordinance for the moratorium
and added some modifications. When the group convenes as the City Commission
after this meeting he will make a recommendation from the LPA.
The school siting amendment public hearing, scheduled to be heard August
12, was postponed due to the storm until August 19. He met with the new DCA
planner Catherine Hartley (she will review all Cedar Key¹s Comp Plan
changes). She looked at the proposed school siting amendment in a
preliminary review and found it satisfactory. He was in contact with Civic design today and their drafts of the Comp Plan
and CRA plan will be sent to the LPA this week.
5. Other
CRA Budget figure change Ms Frances explained that two items on the year
end budget need to be changes. They balance each other out but still need
their approval. Insurance will change from $13,000 to $10,331 and Equipment
and Supplies will increase from $2,000 to $4,669. SO MOVED BY MEMBER HEATH
DAVIS. SECONDED BY MEMBER SUE COLSON. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Proposed Pocket Park Member Heath Davis said that a street end for 6th
Street off CRA Mtg. 8/17/04 page 2 Highway 24 across from Annie`s could become a pocket park. He expected to
find grant money for the project and to present the costs at a budget
meeting for the coming year. He needed a survey which expected to cost under
$500 to plan that budget. MOTION MADE BY MEMBER HEATH DAVIS TO USE $500 FROM
UNALLOCATED CRA FUNDS FOR A SURVEY ON THE END OF 6TH STREET. SECONDED BY
MEMBER SUE COLSON. A resident asked if more pocket parks were possible.
Member Davis said most street ends were already designated and he did not
expect other street ends to be considered. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Adjournment MOTION MADE BY MEMBER KEN DANIEL TO ADJOURN AS THE CRA AND TO
RECONVENE AS THE CITY COMMISSION. SECONDED BY MEMBER HEATH DAVIS. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. The meeting was adjourned at 7:09 p.m. | 