Community Redevelopment Agency

The Community Redevelopment Agency

Soon after the creation of the CRA, the Mayor and City Council of the City (the “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 Plan.

It is important to highlight the following notes 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.