City of Palm Bay, Florida. BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Regular Meeting No

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1 BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Held on Tuesday, the 21 st day of February 2017, at RiverView Senior Resort, 3490 Gran Avenue, NE, Palm Bay, Florida. This meeting was properly noticed pursuant to law; the minutes are on file in the Bayfront Community Redevelopment Agency Office, City Hall Annex, Palm Bay, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Borowski at approximately 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: CHAIRPERSON: Stephen Borowski Present VICE-CHAIRPERSON: Rick Bertel Absent COMMISSIONER: James Ritter Present COMMISSIONER: Gene Collins Absent COMMISSIONER: Mary Jane Browning Present COMMISSIONER: Michael McGarry Present COMMISSIONER: Gene Cate Present STAFF MEMBERS: James Marshal, BCRA Administrator; Danielle DiPaolo, Agency Secretary AGENDA REVISIONS: There were no agenda revisions. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: 1. Special Meeting No , December 8, 2016 Motion by Mr. McGarry, seconded by Mr. Ritter, to adopt the minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 2. Regular Meeting No , January 17, 2017 Motion by Mr. Ritter, seconded by Mr. McGarry, to approve the minutes with the following changes: Page 5, under Approve Resolution to appropriating remaining funds in the CRA Trust Fund, should read as follows: Motion by Mr. Bertel, seconded by Mr. Ritter, to approve the Resolution No appropriating remaining TIF funds in the CRA Trust Fund to Project No 16-CR01 Land & Property Acquisition.

2 Page 2 of 6 Page 8, Paragraph 8, under New Business No. 8, should read as follows: Motion by Mr. Cate, seconded by Mr. Collins, to provide initial approval to purchase the property located at 1582 Water Drive NE (Parcel ID: ) and begin the due diligence process. Motion carried unanimously. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS (NON-AGENDA ITEMS): Eric Dahlgren, Palm Bay resident, spoke about his experience in public safety and as an electrician, and wanted to offer any assistance in project management and negotiations for upcoming projects. Mr. Borowski suggested he attend the upcoming workshop with City Council so he could see where the Board was headed. PRESENTATIONS: 1. Palm Bay Entrance Channel Dredging Timeline: Tetra Tech, Inc. Craig Kruempel spoke about opportunities to advance the current proposal and move it forward as there were some issues that were time sensitive when it came to existing grant funding and additional grant funding applications for future endeavors. Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) grant funds would become available within the next week, pending executive approval. Mr. Borowski would like to see a bar or Gantt chart showing all available funding opportunities over the next one to two years. Once FIND grant funds were in place, they would be available to utilize through September 2017, on a use it or lose it basis. Mr. McGarry stated that although he was supportive of deepening the channel, he did not think the BCRA was able to fund the channel deepening at that time. However he did think the current proposal could help market the area to show its baseline surveys and feasibility. Mr. Cate thought the entrance channel project was premature due to the status of the waterfront project. The proposal submitted did not include any biological seagrass surveys. Mr. McGarry felt it was an important survey to have to future marketing purposes. There was further discussion on the proposed entrance channel project proposal. Mr. Kruempel indicated he could draft a new proposal that would include a seagrass study, and submit back to the Board. Mr. McGarry stated that would be valuable.

3 Page 3 of 6 Ms. Civil, resident, spoke about shoaling at the front of the bay and wanted to know if there was a rock at the base of that, as there was coquina and outcrops in that area. Mr. Kruempel stated his crews did find some coquina in the bay, but it was tough to determine its presence in the mouth of the bay. He said his proposed study may be able to identify coquina and such outcrops. Mr. Ritter suggested waiting on conducting a seagrass study until a developer was involved, as it was only good for one year. Instead of spending the money and hoping someone develops could result in wasted money. Ms. Civil asked why the City did not have more involvement in this project. Mr. Borowski stated the Board had never asked for funding assistance from the City. Mr. Marshal felt that if the project were to be successful and viable, the City would assist. Mr. Borowski tabled the item at this time. John Mongioi, resident, agreed with Mr. Ritter with regard to delaying seagrass study. 2. Initial review of BCRA presentation to City Council. Mr. Marshal showed a proposed presentation that would be used as an update to City Council on March 16 th. Mr. McGarry suggested adding specific blighted areas that had been directly or indirectly removed such as: Kirkland Hotel Cedar Chest Lounge Trailer Park Fitzsimons A derelict house on Main Street (now a park) He also suggested having a police report showing the crime statistics at some of the locations before and after removal. Mr. Ritter also suggested showing the addition of the sidewalk along U.S. Highway No. 1 and the splash pad that had been installed at Liberia Park. AGENCY REPORTS/UPDATES (STAFF): A copy of the staff report was provided to the Board. Bayfront Stormwater Improvement Project: FDEP Agreement No. S0801 project timeline: July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017.

4 Page 4 of 6 o Construction designs to be completed shortly. o Project was to be ready for bid prior at next meeting. Palm Bay Inlet Treatment Train in High-Tech Corridor Project: In design/permitting phase. o Pollutant reductions calculations had recently been completed. o First draft designs had been presented to Public Works for discussion. Palm Bay Entrance Channel Dredge Project: o Part of a phase one design/permit FIND grant to the City of Palm Bay. It was providing cost sharing assistance in the amount of $24,000 for the design and permitting of the proposed dredge project. o Tetra Tech proposal was awaiting a decision from the Board whether or not to continue forward. Real Estate: 1582 Water Drive Acquisition: o Appraisal, Environmental Survey (PH-1), and Land Survey were all underway. o On schedule for final presentation at the next BCRA meeting in March. Co-Star report was attached Bayfront Maintenance: Damage to Port Malabar Monolith Irrigation: o Quotes were being obtained for irrigation line repairs caused by the previous accident and/or tow truck. Damaged light pole near Robert Conlan Boulevard and U.S. Highway No. 1 was reported and Public Works received instructions to repair/replace. Police report was obtained and had been provided to risk management. Mr. McGarry asked if Public Works was able to salvage what was left of the pole as the pole structure looked satisfactory. Mr. Marshal indicated it would be used for parts purposes in the future. Hurricane damage to shoreline: o SJRWMD timeline to restore the shoreline: November 2, o FEMA reviewing/inspecting shoreline and would provide an update in the near future. Brevard County provided a conceptual berm design as a temporary protective measure to secure public infrastructure in the event of another storm this year. This berm was to be temporary in nature until a longer term shoreline structure was put into place. o This project would require design/engineering and possibly permitting. Once complete, the construction would have to be bid out.

5 Page 5 of 6 Events: Boxing: February 24 th Tony Rosa Community Center on Pt. Malabar Road. Wellness Fair: April 12 th 7:00am 1:00pm Tony Rosa Community Center. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Request for Proposal (RFP) # /JM Sale of Waterfront BCRA Property. Status update regarding negotiations with Palm City Investments, LLC. i. Staff waiting on developer to submit conceptual site plans. Procurement would be closing out the current RFP file and would open a new one if needed. Mr. Marshal stated there were collective efforts being done to market the City marina and the BCRA portion as one project. Ms. Civil asked if the owner of River Rocks was still interested. Mr. Borowski indicated they were still interested, but not in the entire waterfront assemblage. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Discussion of Shoreline Restoration and Emergency Berm. a. Discussing potential costs and design. The Board was provided sketches of a proposed emergency protective berm of beach quality sand to provide protection to the city infrastructure around the bay. Mr. McGarry spoke about specifics of the berm as he assisted with obtaining the sketches. The cost estimate of full bay coverage of the berm would be approximately $190,000.00, in hopes for some FEMA reimbursement. Mr. Marshal asked for a few more weeks to get together with the City and FEMA on the next steps. 2. Consideration of retaining a law firm to represent the Agency The Board reviewed and discussed the two (2) resumes that were provided from potential attorneys - Michael Sjuggerud, Esq. and Tino Gonzalez, Esq. Mr. Ritter suggested contacting surrounding CRA s to see who they utilized. 3. Consideration of hiring a full time administrative secretary for BCRA. a. Motion needed to approve funds and advertise for position.

6 Page 6 of 6 Mr. Borowski suggested hiring a part time person rather than full time, as the position should not require more than part time hours. The Board was in agreement to move forward with hiring a part time administrative secretary. 4. Discussion regarding upcoming County Commission Workshop on CRAs: a. Scheduled for April 13, 2017 at 1:00pm at the County Government Center. Mr. Borowski stated the Board was encouraged to attend this meeting. OTHER AGENCY BUSINESS: Save the date: A representative from the Palm Bay Police Department was scheduled to attend the next BCRA monthly meeting on March 21, 2017 at 7:00pm. Mr. Borowski asked Mr. McGarry and Mr. Marshal to follow up with Mr. Kruempel from Tetra Tech about switching out the proposed line item agency meetings with seagrass inspection in the prospective channel course. Mr. McGarry asked Mr. Marshal to put in another FIND application for design and permitting, for future dredging and development purposes. COMMISSIONER REPORTS: ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:09 p.m. Stephen Borowski, CHAIRPERSON Danielle DiPaolo, AGENCY SECRETARY

City of Palm Bay, Florida. BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Regular Meeting No

City of Palm Bay, Florida. BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Regular Meeting No BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Held on Tuesday, the 18 th day of July 2017, at RiverView Senior Resort, 3490 Gran Avenue, NE, Palm Bay, Florida. This meeting was properly noticed pursuant to law;