CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) board picked Stantec to update the CRA Master Plan, citing the lowest fee and a six-month timeline meeting the March 2023 deadline.
5 items on the agenda · 3 decisions recorded
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Approval of July 5, 2022 CRA Meeting Minutes
approvedThe CRA Board approved the minutes of the July 5, 2022 CRA meeting by unanimous voice vote.
- vote:Approve the July 5, 2022 CRA Meeting Minutes. (passed)
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[00:00:13] Hearing none, all those in favor please signify by saying aye. [00:00:16] Aye. Opposed, like sign. Motion passes.
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Recommendation of Firm for CRA Master Plan Update
approvedEconomic Development Director Barbara Carr presented three proposals received for updating the CRA Master Plan and recommended STANTEC, citing their lowest fee and favorable six-month completion timeframe that meets the March 2023 deadline. The CRA Board approved moving forward with STANTEC.
- motion:Approve recommendation to select STANTEC for the CRA Master Plan update. (passed)
George M. Perez Metropolitan Center at Florida International UniversitySM&ESTANTECBarbara CarrMurphyRiveraCRA Master Plan UpdateMarch 2023 deadlineNon-ad valorem assessment studiesRequest for Proposals▶ Jump to 0:20 in the videoShow transcriptHide transcript
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[00:00:20] Next, recommendation of the firm for the CRA master plan update. [00:00:24] I will allow [00:00:28] Mrs. Carr to present the agenda item to update the CRA master plan, which [00:00:34] I'll let her tell you about it. [00:00:37] For the record, I'm the Economic Development Director for the City of [00:00:41] New Port Richey. I'm Barbara Carr. [00:00:43] And we put out a request for proposals. We're very pleased [00:00:47] and confident that the three proposals that we received [00:00:50] could each do a very good job in [00:00:54] redeveloping our CRA plan. We reviewed each of them. [00:00:59] They each provided us information on economic analysis, public participation, [00:01:04] improvements, review with financing and implementation strategies, and a schedule [00:01:09] of time and costs. [00:01:10] We feel it appropriate for us to move forward with STANTEC [00:01:15] and continue the process [00:01:19] of public engagement and getting the information that we need in order to [00:01:23] move forward with our next redevelopment plan. [00:01:25] The other two firms that submitted were SM&E [00:01:28] and the second was the George M. Perez Metropolitan Center at Florida [00:01:33] International University. [00:01:35] STANTEC, in their proposal, [00:01:38] proposed the [00:01:41] lowest fee by... [00:01:44] They and STANTEC were very close to each other. [00:01:48] And they also provided [00:01:52] a six-month time frame in which to complete their work [00:01:56] on the study, which was favorable to the city as well. [00:02:00] And the committee that reviewed the proposals [00:02:05] and interviewed the consultants felt [00:02:08] that they were capable of completing their proposed work within that time frame, [00:02:13] which would bring us into compliance with our [00:02:18] requirement to have it done by March [00:02:22] 23rd, March of [00:02:25] 23. Thank you. Thank you. Open it up for public comment. [00:02:29] Seeing no one coming forward, bring it back to [00:02:33] CRA. Move approval. [00:02:38] I'll second. Maker? Yeah, I think when you're [00:02:43] talking about the deadline, this is a master plan update [00:02:48] and there's no requirement for that, right? The deadline you're talking about is our [00:02:51] annual report. [00:02:52] I think, [00:02:56] yeah, so it's our internal deadline because we want to get the job done. [00:03:00] Yeah, we don't want to disappoint you. [00:03:01] Thank you. Second. So [00:03:07] we used STANTEC on a couple other projects, right? [00:03:11] Can someone help [00:03:14] recall what they helped us with most recently? [00:03:18] Does anybody recall? Putting you all on the spot? [00:03:22] Well, we had a lot of different divisions. [00:03:26] They work most regularly with Mr. Rivera [00:03:30] and the Department of Public Works. [00:03:33] They have not conducted any planning-related [00:03:38] work for the city. If I may add, they've also done our [00:03:43] studies for the non-ad valorem assessments. [00:03:47] So they were involved in the studies coming up with the assessment rates for [00:03:50] those as well. [00:03:51] I had heard their name before. I just couldn't place [00:03:56] what, you know, I know they've done some contract with them. I was just going to recall what it was. [00:04:01] They did downtown Tampa, Franklin Street. Yeah, I saw that on the [00:04:04] DSK. But I think we... [00:04:08] Director? Anything? Mr. Murphy? [00:04:13] I'm good, thank you. In that case, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:04:18] Aye. Opposed, like sign. Do we have any additional communications?
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- 5Adjournment