Community Redevelopment Agency
Soon after the creation of the CRA, the Mayor and City Council designated themselves as the Agency Board, creating a five-person board in charge of carrying out redevelopment activities, pursuant to Florida Statutes, the Agency’s adopted by-laws and local controls.
In the effectuation of redevelopment activities in the State of Florida, perhaps no local controls are more important than the CRA Master Plan, which sets forth the vision, goals, objectives, policies and critical projects of the CRA and is the culmination of an extensive community-driven planning process that included public design charrettes and workshops.
It is important to highlight the following regarding the Agency:
- The Agency is classified by the State of Florida as a dependent special district. One of the primary reasons it is dependent upon the city, as opposed to independent, is that the City Council has the ability to appoint the Board members of the Agency and to abolish the Agency.
- The Mayor and City Council appointed themselves as the Agency Board. As a result, the Board is the City Council sitting in another capacity.
- The Agency staff consists of an Executive Director, who is the City Manager serving in another capacity, and a Director who reports to the City Manager
- As a result of the above, there is extensive overlapping between the Agency and the city