Feb 23, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board

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EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026. IT'S 9 A.M. AND WE WILL START OUR MONTHLY MEETING. MAY WE START

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MEMBERS. ALLIANCE HERE. VICE CHAIR. HERE. CHAIR. WALLACE. HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO

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THANK YOU. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER THE 22ND, 2025.

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THE MAKE SURE THAT IT REFLECTED CORRECTLY. I DID HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THE LET'S SEE WHAT WAS THIS ON THE RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, ON THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE MADE, IT SAYS INCLUDE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM. LET'S SEE, INCLUDE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AND RAISING OF THE UNIT. I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT REPLACING IT WHEN YOU RAISE IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT THE RECORD REFLECTED IT CORRECTLY ON WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD REMEMBERED IT CORRECTLY AS WELL.

BUT AND THEN WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT AFTER THE FACT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT INTO THE RECORD AS WELL. BUT THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS. I DON'T I PERSONALLY DON'T REMEMBER THE REPLACEMENT PART. I KNOW WE DID THE RAISING. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE REMEMBER THAT OR NOT. ANITA, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION? YES. THE THE MOTION. WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MINUTES WHEN WE PREPARE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CRA. AND THE RECOLLECTION IS THAT YOU INCLUDED TWO PROVIDE FOR NEW HVAC SYSTEMS. AND WHEN THOSE ARE PROVIDED TO RAISE THEM IF NEEDED, IF THERE'S NOT ALREADY A PLATFORM THERE. AND THEN WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? THE REIMBURSEMENT AFTER THE FACT, BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IF LIKE AN EMERGENCY AROSE AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AIR CONDITIONING, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED IT WHEN YOU NEED IT. AND SO WE HAD TALKED, OR AT LEAST IN MY RECOLLECTION, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SOME SORT OF A AFTER THE FACT REIMBURSEMENT SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE WORK COMPLETED AND NOT WAIT FOR IT TO GET THROUGH THE REIMBURSEMENT. AND, AND IN SYSTEM, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF REIMBURSEMENT. RIGHT. AND AND I THAT WAS ONE OF THE

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OKAY. ALL ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MINUTES APPROVED. OKAY. YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS, I NEW DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO

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[7.A) Discussion and Recommendation on CRA Performance Measures 2026.]

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AMONGST YOURSELVES AND THEN COME TO CONSENSUS, FOLLOWED BY A RECOMMENDATION AND A MOTION TO THE CRA. WITH ANY CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT FOR 2026. OKAY. SO I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT IS LET'S START FROM THE TOP AND WORK THROUGH THIS OUTLINE THAT WE HAVE FROM 2025 TO REPORT FROM 2025 TO SEE WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP, WHAT WE WANT TO CHANGE AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD. SO LET'S START. WOULD YOU MIND IF I ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION BEFORE WE DO THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. PROCEDURALLY, IS THIS THE LAST TIME WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS.

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THERE'S A THERE'S LITTLE GUIDANCE IN THE, IN THE STATUTES OF HOW THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE WRITTEN OR MEASURED. AND SO WE WOULD JUST ANSWER TRUTHFULLY IF WE MET THAT STANDARD OR NOT. AND IF WE DIDN'T PROVIDE THE JUSTIFICATION WHY WE DIDN'T MEET IT. BUT THERE ARE NO RAMIFICATIONS AS LONG AS WE POST THIS TO THE CRA'S WEBSITE BY DECEMBER, THAT'S THE AND ADOPT THEM. THOSE ARE THE TWO GUIDING FACTORS FROM THE STATUTE OF WHAT WE ARE TO DO TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE STATUTE AND REPORTING THE GOALS. OKAY.

OKAY. AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE FIRST ONE. OKAY. JOHN, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE? OKAY. OKAY. WHAT DID I CALL. OH I'M SORRY KEITH. AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE'S FOUR CRA MEETINGS A YEAR THAT IS REQUIRED BY THEIR BYLAWS THAT THEY MEET QUARTERLY. YES, THEY CAN CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS IF THEY SO CHOOSE. THE CHAIR CAN OR BY MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CRA, THEY CAN CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS, BUT THEIR BYLAWS REQUIRE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. YES. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT THINKS MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD 1 OR 2 BESIDES ME? SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CRA BOARD TO REVIEW THEIR BYLAWS AND MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY. YOU CAN ALWAYS MEET MORE, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. IF THE CRA DID DO THAT LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE ANALYSIS AND CONSIDERATION SURROUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURCHASES, THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE CRA BOARD DID CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR THAT PURPOSE AND THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANTHONY. NO COMMENTS. NO FURTHER COMMENTS FOR SECTION ONE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. YES. NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON COMMUNICATION. NOTHING FROM ME OKAY, OKAY. GOLD 1.2 IS THE CRAFT MEETING REQUIREMENTS? NO COMMENT ON THAT EITHER. I WAS THINKING WE WERE ASKING FOR THE ENTIRE SECTION ONE, SO MY COMMENTS RELATED OR MY LACK THEREOF. COMMENTS RELATED TO THE ENTIRE SECTION 1.1, 1.2 AND 1.3 OKAY. IS EVERYONE ELSE OKAY WITH THAT ONE, TWO AND THREE AS IS? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I'D LIKE TO SEE LESS CRAB MEETINGS MYSELF. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME COMING TO THEM ALL. I MEAN, THERE'S FOUR FOR CRA MEETINGS A YEAR AND WE'RE HAVING HOW MANY CRAB MEETINGS A YEAR? YOUR BYLAWS REQUIRE THE CRAB TO MEET THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.

YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET THAT SCHEDULE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND DISCUSS THOSE MEETINGS. AND YOU HAVE ADJUSTED THAT SCHEDULE AFTER CONSENSUS WAS REACHED TO TAKE OFF. NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE, JULY AND DECEMBER DUE TO HOLIDAY CONFLICTS. SO YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT SCHEDULE REPEATEDLY THROUGH THE YEAR. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT YOUR BYLAWS AND AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE IF YOU'D LIKE TO, BUT THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT UP AND BROUGHT BACK

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LET'S OKAY. SO REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND INITIATIVES I THINK THESE ARE GREAT GOALS OBJECTIVES POLICIES I LIKE HOW THEY'RE BRIEF AND DIRECT. I DO SEE 3.4. I'LL JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH THEM AS I SEE THEM. 3.4 THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION METHODS I THINK THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT THE ON DEMAND GOLF CARTS. NO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS PUT IN SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT, BUT WE WE WERE LOOKING AT

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AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE DO AS WELL. I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE OFFICERS, SOME OF THE CITY STAFF AND OTHERS, AND I REALLY, REALLY THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A GOAL IN THERE WITHIN OUR CRA TO HAVE A FIXED MEANS OF SAFETY AND FOR, FOR PROTECTION ON, ON EVENTS. WHAT THAT GOAL OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT STANDARD LOOKS LIKE? I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A GOAL IN THERE FOR SAFETY OF OUR PEDESTRIANS AND EVENTS FOR OUR CRA DISTRICT. CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? I COMPLETELY AGREE, I THINK THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ITEM AND IT HAS BECOME BURDENSOME. I KNOW FOR THE CITY OF NAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, FOR THEM TO HAVE TO MANPOWER THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS AND EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW THAT'S A BIG DISCUSSION THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN HELP WITH OR DO BETTER WITH THE CRA OR THE CRAFT FOR THAT, AND WE SHOULD LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE AS THE CRA, THE 10TH CORRIDOR AND EVERYTHING CHANGES AND POTENTIALLY WE'LL HAVE MORE EVENTS AND THINGS HAPPENING IN THE ALLEYWAYS AND SHUTTING DOWN STREETS AND EVERYTHING. WE WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER CITY PLAN THAT DOESN'T AFFECT ASSOCIATIONS OR PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT THESE SPECIAL EVENTS AND CAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S SUCH A HARD THING TO ACCOMMODATE, EVEN LIKE ON SATURDAY THIRD, THE FARMER'S MARKET, YOU SEE THE SPECIAL BARRICADES. THEY HAVE TO LINE UP THE POLICE ENFORCEMENT FOR THE PEDESTRIANS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE WAY. SEEMS LIKE A LOT. SO THE THE LATEST DISCUSSIONS ON SAFETY MEASURES SURROUNDING EVENTS, IF WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT EVENTS, IS A CONVERSATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF HAS TAKEN UP. SO IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN THE CRA YOU JUST MENTIONED. THIRD, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE CRA. SO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY, LED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, IS DISCUSSING WAYS TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN IN EVENTS. BUT IF IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CRA TO SUPPORT THAT SOME MANNER, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. YEAH, I AGREE, I THINK ADDING SAFETY EITHER THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGY, JUST A BROAD SAFETY CONCEPT AS A WHOLE WITHIN THE CRA IS A IS A GREAT ITEM AND OBJECTIVE TO HAVE ON THERE. YOU KNOW, THE SAFER A COMMUNITY IS, NOT JUST FROM A SPECIAL EVENT PERSPECTIVE, JUST SAFER. A COMMUNITY IS IN GENERAL, THE THE PROPERTY VALUES WILL INCREASE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE SIT UP HERE IS MAKING SURE WE'RE INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES AND DECREASING BLIGHT. AND I THINK SAFETY I THINK SAFETY PROBABLY COVERS THAT PRETTY, PRETTY WELL ALL AROUND. SO I'M 100% IN

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ON 3-2, IT SAID A MINIMUM OF NINE PROJECTS. THE CRA HAD A MINIMUM OF NINE PROJECTS ON ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. ARE WE KEEPING THAT AT NINE? SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT RATHER THAN REFERENCING A SPECIFIC NUMBER BECAUSE THEY CHANGE WITH EACH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT YOU LOOK AT ANNUALLY, MAYBE THAT THAT YOU CONSIDER RATHER THAN THE SPECIFIC NUMBER ENSURING THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE CRA BOARD. OKAY. CAN WE ALSO INCLUDE I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT THAT WILL SAY THAT WE ARE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. IF YOU'RE ASKING TO ADD THAT TO AS AN OBJECTIVE, THEN THEN YOU CAN DO THAT WITH CONSENSUS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PUT AS A PRIORITY THAT ARE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. AND WITH THE. RESEARCH THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES TO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, STARTING FROM 2026, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF OBJECTIVE TO TO FURTHER THOSE PLANS WITHIN THE CRA. I KNOW WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, SO I THINK WE SHOULD ADD SOMETHING IN THERE FOR THAT. WITH THE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IMPLEMENT. DID WE HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT REDOING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS ALREADY? THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE NEW. COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY STRATEGY REPORT THAT'S BEEN DONE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS FALL WITHIN THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THAT ALSO FALL WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PUT THAT CAPITAL OUT THERE TO HAVE THAT REPORT DONE. SO WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN OUR OBJECTIVE. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH OKAY. SO WE ADD THAT IN THERE. MAYBE MORE CONSENSUS. YEAH. YEAH I THINK I'M IN FAVOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF SOMETHING. I THOUGHT WE'D EVEN SET SOME BUDGET ASIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE WANTED TO REVISIT AND LOOK AT THAT. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO LIST IT AS A, YOU KNOW, AN OBJECTIVE. OKAY. SO, MADAM CHAIR, YES, WITH EACH OF THESE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED SO FAR IN DISCUSSION WITH SAFETY OF EVENTS AND SUPPORTING THE GREATER COLLIER COUNTY TRAIL SYSTEM AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, THESE ARE IDEAS OR TOPICS SO FAR. BUT PRIOR TO YOUR MOTION, YOU WILL NEED TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO DEFINE THE MEASUREMENT OF THAT, OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HOW YOU INTEND TO TO MEET THAT OBJECTIVE, JUST AS IT'S OUTLINED HERE. SO AS YOU SEE, YOU HAVE YOUR OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT AND STANDARD. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AFTER EACH TOPIC OR AT THE END, GO BACK AND AND FORMALIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I JUST WANTED TO TO POINT OUT THAT WE'LL, WE'LL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF MEASUREMENT TO EACH ONE OF THESE TOPIC AREAS.

OKAY. SO MOST OF THESE MEASURES HAVE THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS. SO IF, IF SAY FOR INSTANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WE HAVE IT IN OUR IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNTS. WE HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO HELP WITH THESE PROJECTS. SO AS FAR AS MEASURING IT, IT'D BE THE COMPLETION OF IT OR THE DISCUSSION OF IT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO GO. MOST OF THIS IS THE DISCUSSION WITHIN OUR MEETINGS LIKE WE DID THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. I KNOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN IN A TIMELINE. SOME OF THAT TIMELINE WON'T BE COMPLETED. SO THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS WERE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS A GENERAL LINE ITEM UNTIL A PROJECT CAME FORWARD THAT WAS MORE FULLY DEFINED. AND THIS THIS YEAR, IT

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MADAM CHAIR, I CAN I I'VE GOT A I KIND OF GOT SOMETHING WRITTEN DOWN WE CAN ADD IN THERE OKAY.

IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I'LL JUST TAKE IT FROM WE TALKED ABOUT ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION METHODS UNDER OBJECTIVES. I WOULD JUST CONTINUE THAT SENTENCE WHERE IT SAYS WITHIN THE CRA AREAS AND THEN FURTHER THAT SENTENCE TO AND CONNECTION TO CITY OF NAPLES AND COLLIER COUNTY. GREATER ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO ENSURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY MADE THE SPACE STATION OR SOMETHING, SOME SATELLITE. I REMEMBER THE AMERICANS WERE USING ONE SYSTEM AND THEY WERE USING THE METRIC, AND THEY PUT THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER AND THEY DIDN'T CONNECT. WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE WANT TO CONNECT. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY HOW I THINK WE JUST ENSURE WE DO THAT IN THERE. AND THEN FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, IT WOULD BE I GUESS 3.6 I WOULD JUST CALL IT SAFETY AND SECURITY. THE OBJECTIVE LOOSELY WOULD BE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS TO THE CRA AREA ON A DAILY BASIS AND FOR SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE CRA. AND SORRY. YES, INTERRUPT. I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO IT MORE AS WHAT IS OUR OBJECTIVE TO OBTAIN THE SAFETY? NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE THAT. IT'S LIKE EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. YEAH. OR RESEARCH FOR SAFETY MATTERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK YOU GOT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE BEGINNING OF THAT. OKAY. I'M MAY I INTERJECT? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE CRA. SO WE'RE ADDING A COMPLETELY SOMETHING NEW INTO THE CRA. BUT DOESN'T THE CITY HANDLE THE SPECIAL EVENTS, LIKE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS ITS OWN BUDGET AS WELL.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE FUNDS FROM THE CRA TO USE FOR. YES, SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS A BUDGET AND HAS ITS OWN. I MEAN, IS THAT A SEPARATE DIVISION OR HOW DOES THAT NORMALLY GET HANDLED? YES, THE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE HANDLED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THEY DO REVIEW ALL THE REQUESTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE SPECIAL EVENTS. APPLICANTS REQUEST THEM THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PD AND AND OTHERS WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BUDGET FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AS AVAILABLE. SO A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ADDRESSES SAFETY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE CRA IS THROUGH OUR POLICING EFFORTS. YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE CRA FUNDS THREE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CRA AREA. WE ALSO THIS BUDGET CYCLE FUNDED BLUE BOXES IN THE FOURTH AVENUE GARAGE, ALONG WITH SECURITY CAMERAS AROUND SUGDEN PLAZA AND AROUND ANTHONY PARK AREA. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE

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THERE YOU GO. THAT THAT WOULD BE WHAT I'D BE LOOKING FOR IS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE TIME KIND OF INVESTMENT INTO THE SECURITY. I DO THINK THE PERSONNEL SIDE IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE AS WELL, BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO SPECIAL EVENTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL FROM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY SAFETY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT PLAN, AND IT'S REALLY PREVALENT WHEN YOU'RE OUT HERE AT NIGHT, IS LIGHTING. WHEN YOU GET OFF OF FIFTH AVENUE, IT IS DARK AND THE AMBIANCE OF THE LANTERNS THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CUTE, BUT THEY PROVIDE NO SAFETY OR NO. YOU DO NOT FEEL SECURE WHEN YOU WALK THE STREETS FROM LEAVING NORTH CENTER TO GO TO THE CAR. IF IT WENT IN THE PARKING LOT, IT'S DARK. YOU GO ON THE SIDE STREETS, IT'S DARK, YOU MAKE A TURN. AT SIX. AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TURN ON SIX FROM EIGHTH, THE CARS ARE PARKED AT AN ANGLE. THE TAILS ARE OUT. WHEN YOU TURN, YOU CAN BARELY SEE THAT AREA AND THEY'RE SO DARK. IT'S LIGHTING DETERS CRIME AND LIGHTING MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SECURE. IT'S NOT JUST THE EVENTS AND EVERYTHING. I THINK IT'S THE OVERALL THING. SO WHEN WE SAY SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE SHOULD PUT IN THERE TO EXPLORE ANY AND ALL OPTIONS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE PUT IN THERE. WE DON'T WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO, BUT TO EXPLORE ANY AND ALL OPTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ELSE TO NOT NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING OUT AND TELL THEM TO WALK THE SIDE STREETS AT NIGHT. THAT'S THE THE SIDEWALKS UP TEN AND I, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT ANITA WITH THAT LIKE WITH THAT REDEVELOPMENT OF 10TH, LIKE

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SO SO WE SHOULD PUT AS A GOAL AND HOW TO MEASURE IT AND DISCUSS IT AT THE MEETINGS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS. NOT JUST TWO.

IF THERE'S ONLY FOUR. YEAH, THEY ONLY MEET FOUR CRA MEETS FOUR TIMES A YEAR. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IT'S SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. IT SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA AT EVERY MEETING. EVEN IF THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE STAND NOW ON THIS ITEM ON OUR SAFETY PROGRAM, IT SHOULD BE PUT PUT OUT. AND I THINK IT'LL MAKE A LOT OF THE CITIZENS OF CITY OF NAPLES FEEL A LOT BETTER TO KNOW THAT IT IS BEING DISCUSSED ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. SO MOVE IT FROM 2 TO 4 MEETINGS. YEAH, I MEAN I'M FINE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW THEY CAN ALWAYS KNOCK IT DOWN. YEAH. YOU KNOW BUT I THINK WE GIVE THEM THE OPTIONS OF DISCUSSION AT EVERY MEETING AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING JUST TO BE WISH WASHED OVER. I SUPPORT THAT OKAY. YEAH. I WOULD SUPPORT FOR MEETINGS TO I HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK I WOULD JUST THE THE OBJECTIVE TO SAY YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE CALLED GOAL 3.6 SAFETY AND SECURITY. THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO EXPLORE ANY AND ALL OPTIONS TO ENSURE THE LONG TERM SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS WITHIN THE CRA AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY CALL IT DAILY BASIS OR SPECIAL EVENTS. I THINK THAT JUST KIND OF COVERS EVERYTHING. WE LEAVE ALL THAT OUT AND THEN THE THE MEASUREMENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR AND ADDRESSED WITHIN ANY FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS. CORRECT. AND ON THE MEASUREMENT SIDE, THERE'S FROM A POLICE CALL PERSPECTIVE, THAT COULD BE I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE WEEDS WE WANT TO GET ON THE MEASUREMENT SIDE, BUT I MEAN, THEY KNOW HOW MANY CALLS THEY GET. THEY KNOW HOW MANY ISSUES ARISE IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO THAT COULD BE A METRIC TO SEE THAT THERE'S LESS INCIDENTS THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE CRA. BEFORE. OKAY. OKAY. NOW LET'S GO TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE NOTHING IN THE BUDGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THIS YEAR. SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT? DO WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? OR THEY SAID A MEASUREMENT IS THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS. THE CRA DISCUSSION OPPORTUNITIES TO MEASURE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT DOESN'T SAY HOW THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS. IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING. SO IF IT'S NOT, IF THERE'S NO FUNDS FOR IT JUST BEING ALLOCATED THIS YEAR, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING TO DISCUSS. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS? I, I THINK YOU ALL THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. BUT SO IT STILL SAYS THAT THEY THEY THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY THEY DISCUSS IT A MINIMUM OF TWO MEETINGS AND THEY ACCOMPLISH THAT THIS YEAR. SO I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE BUDGET FOR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, IT POTENTIALLY WILL. SO I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO TOUCH THAT OR CHANGE THAT. SEE, THE THING IS, IS THAT. WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION OF NEW CITY COUNCILS, AND I LISTENED TO WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID IS THE CRA IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS PERSPECTIVE MUST BE CHANGED OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THE CRA OTHER THAN US TO SIT HERE ON THE BOARD THAT KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE TIGHTER TO SHOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT IS MEASURABLE, TO SIT AT A MEETING TO DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NO FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR. IS IS LIKE WHITEWASHING THE FENCE. BUT BUT THERE COULD ALSO BE WAYS THAT THEY, THE CRA, COULD INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT SPENDING ANY DOLLARS. AND SO I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT CAME THROUGH THAT I THINK THEY WERE ASKING FOR AN

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I'M NOT SAYING TAKE IT OUT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE IT STRONGER? I SAT THERE AND I WATCHED THE CRA MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THEM VOTE ON IT SEVERAL TIMES. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I GET IT. IT'S IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT, IS IT? RIGHT FOR THE CITY OF NAPLES. DOES IT FIT? THEY VOTED ON IT SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S MORE SUITED FOR THE COUNTY THAN IT IS THE CITY. WE'RE WASTING HOUR AFTER HOUR AT. THESE MEETINGS ARE RUN UNTIL LONG AFTER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING PAID FOR AND AND WE'RE JUST NOT ACCOMPLISHING ANYTHING. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT TO KEEP SITTING THERE, BANGING YOUR HEAD ON THE WALL AGAINST AN ITEM THAT WE ALREADY KNOW DOESN'T FIT, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. DENSITY.

DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME ABOUT DENSITY. YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION. UNLESS IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT MORE DENSE? THAT'S GREAT. BUT YOU CAN'T GO INTO EVERYONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE DENSE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF OFF OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE'S TAKE IS ON THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, HOW MANY MEETINGS ARE YOU GOING TO SIT THERE AND WATCH IT TILL SEVEN AT NIGHT? AND THEY SAY IT JUST DOESN'T FIT. THE LAND'S TOO EXPENSIVE. YOU'RE THE DENSITY IS TOO SMALL, YOU CAN'T RAISE THE DENSITY AND CHANGE CODES AND, YOU KNOW, JAM EVERYTHING UP. I JUST DON'T KNOW. I STILL WANT TO DISCUSS IT, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE SHOULD BE WASTING A LOT OF TIME ON IT. WHENEVER THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN SOLVE IN THE CITY OF NAPLES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS OBJECTIVE INCLUDES NOT ONLY INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY, BUT PRESERVING THE EXISTING OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED IS THROUGH YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, WOULD THAT QUALIFY AS BEING IN THERE SO THAT THAT IS ONE WAY YOU'RE ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TO HELP HOMEOWNERS MAKE THEIR REPAIRS TO STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. RIGHT, OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS ON ADMINISTRATION ON STAFF, IS THESE NUMBERS IN HERE REQUIRED OR DO WE JUST DO WE NEED TO PUT THE NUMBERS BACK IN FOR 2026. YOU HAVE TEN, THEN YOU HAVE THREE AND THREE. SO DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT THREE OR DO WE IF WE FEEL MORE YOU NEED MORE POLICE OFFICER TO COME UP IN THE SAFETY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE THREE. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT. WE WANT TO LEAVE THAT AS IS. THAT IS WHAT THE BUDGET HAS APPROVED THIS YEAR. SO WE WOULD ALIGN THIS OKAY WITH THE BUDGET. WITH THE BUDGET OKAY. WITH THEIR TEN EMPLOYEES OR TEN STAFF, OR IS THERE NINE STAFF. SO I THINK THE STAFF MEMBER THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN HERE IS AND IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A CRA IN FRONT OF IT, I THINK IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WHO DOES ASSIST THE THE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CRA. I WOULD PROBABLY ADD IT IN THERE JUST SO THE MATH ALIGNS. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE MADE CHANGES TO THE ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. CORRECT? OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE YOU DISCUSSED BRIEFLY A TOPIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I HEARD A FORMALIZED STANDARD OR MEASUREMENT FOR THAT TOPIC AREA.

I THOUGHT YOU HAD SOMETHING THERE. YEAH. YOU WROTE SOMETHING? ANTHONY WROTE

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PROJECTS. WE DID DO A AN UPDATE FOR THE CRA BOARD ON WHERE WE STAND ON ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THERE'S SOME STILL TO DO, SOME WORK TO DO ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO CREATE A LINE ITEM SPECIFIC FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, BECAUSE WE TOUCH ON THEM IN SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS FOR THIS.

LIKE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE GUIDANCE BROUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING OUR GOALS. BUT I MEAN, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WILL HAVE MORE DETAIL OF WHAT WE SPEND, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN MIGHT TOUCH INTO MULTIPLE THINGS, INTO THE SAFETY, INTO TRANSPORTATION. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE. TO REINFORCE THE DIFFERENCE HERE. OH, SORRY.

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS ONE OF THE TOOLS BECAUSE IT DOES FALL INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. LIKE NATALIA WAS SAYING, I THINK THAT. I KNOW. SO THE GOAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. SO. WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE TO BE THEN? ITS OWN LINE ITEM? OR BECAUSE WOULD THAT BE A ONE TIME THING THAT WE'RE DOING.

YEAH. HOW DO YOU MEASURE. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS MORE OF A TOOL THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD GO ON A YEARLY GOAL. HOW OFTEN OR WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS UPDATED? 2018 I THINK THEY WERE FIRST CREATED IN 2020 2020. SO I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT AS AN OBJECTIVE, YOU COULD HAVE IT UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED EVERY YEAR NECESSARILY, BUT MAYBE IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS. YEAH. JUST REVIEW AND UPDATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY AS COMMUNITY REQUIRE. REVIEW, UPDATE AND IMPLEMENT. I'M TRYING TO THINK ON ON ON THIS BECAUSE WE WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLANS. THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS. YEAH. AND THE MORE I THINK OF IT THE SIGNAL ONE OUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S I LOOK AT THIS AS UNDER THREE OR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN INITIATIVES.

THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITHIN THOSE PLANS. RIGHT. WE WANT THOSE ADDRESSED IN THE PLANS SO THAT THAT THAT THAT IT'S ALREADY FUNDED. WE KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS IS FUNDED. CORRECT. AND YEAH, EACH EACH YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND AS PROJECTS, SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED, WE BRING THOSE FORWARD. AND YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO SO SO THAT BASICALLY IS OUR GOAL IS JUST TO. REVIEW THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS EVERY YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND ADDED TO THE BUDGET. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DO. SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IF WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR, BUT IT SHOULD BE A GOAL. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE DO REGULAR. I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK MAYBE WE NOT TO JUST MAYBE I AGREE WITH YOU THERE. I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU. MAYBE. BUT WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE PLANS. MAYBE WE JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR JUST OUR, OUR PLANS OR MAKE SOMETHING MORE, MORE GENERAL THAT, YOU KNOW, ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS. YEAH. IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE THAT'S EXISTING THAT WE COULD ADD THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR OTHER PLANS INTO? I WAS LOOKING THROUGH AND I DON'T SEE. NECESSARILY WHERE THAT WOULD GO, BUT UNDER UNDER THREE, THREE, TWO. YEAH. UNDER

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SO EACH ONE OF THOSE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE LOOK AT TO IMPLEMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CRA. AFTER A PLAN IS IS ACCEPTED, WE BRING IT BACK TO SEE WHAT ACTION ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FROM EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PLANS. SO SO WE CAN SAY TO KEEP WITH THAT IN MIND AND NOT TO LEAVE ANYONE OUT. INSTEAD OF SAYING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, REVIEW THESE PLANS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED HERE. WHATEVER THE PLANS ARE, THE FOUR PLANS WE HAVE HERE DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND PULL OUT THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TO BENCHMARK AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DONE. IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IT, KEEP IT, KEEP IT GOING LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, UNTIL WE PULLED IT OUT AND PUT IT IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. MOST OF US HAD JUST LET THAT FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. YOU GET NEW PEOPLE IN ON AND OFF, AND IF IT'S NOT BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION, WE DON'T KNOW IT EXISTS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ELIMINATED. I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE ON A REGULAR PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO COME UP ON THE AGENDA AS AGENDA ITEM, OKAY, THIS THIS MEETING, WE HAVE TO REVIEW THIS PLAN AND SEE WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE. THAT SHOULD BE AN ANNUAL GOAL. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT. I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THERE'S ALMOST LIKE A LARGER CONVERSATION BEING HAD ABOUT TIMING OUT OUR MEETINGS AND SCHEDULING TOPICS FOR THOSE MEETINGS. I KNOW WE'VE GOT MEETING DATES, BUT MAYBE TEAMING THEM UP WITH, HEY, THIS MARCH OR APRIL, WHATEVER MEETING WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS, THIS AND THIS. I MEAN, REALLY, THESE ARE JUST MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS GOING TO SAY, HEY, DID THEY DO THIS OR NOT? AND IT KIND OF FALLS ON US. DID WE DISCUSS IT AT OUR MEETING OR NOT? SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT EVERY MEETING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEN IT PUTS THE ONUS ON HER TO SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT AT EVERY MEETING, BUT I SHE JUST RIPPED OFF FIVE PLANS. RIGHT? I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT BROAD. IN A SENSE, THE, THE IT WOULD BE A GOAL TO AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, AND THEN THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO ENLIST THOSE FIVE.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, BUT WE MIGHT NOT. WE MIGHT TALK ABOUT IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING HARDSCAPING PLAN, THAT'S FINE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND THE DESIGN DISTRICT MASTER PLAN. RIGHT? I THAT'S HOW I WOULD I WOULD DO IT. I WOULDN'T NAME THE GOAL ONE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PLANS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO TAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, WE WE SORT OF ON HOLD AND THINGS ARE NOT PROGRESSING AS RAPIDLY AS WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED. THEY WILL WITH PROGRESS, THEY HAVE SLOWED DOWN TO ALMOST A WALK. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS? NO, THIS IS THE DESIGN DISTRICT. WE'RE STILL WAITING. YEAH. SO THE DESIGN DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF ANY INITIATIVE THAT IS APPROVED BY THE CRA.

HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE A HUGE INITIATIVE, THE LARGEST IN THE CRA WITHIN THE DESIGN DISTRICT, TO REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCT 10TH FIRST AVENUE SOUTH AND 12TH STREET SOUTH, RIGHT? SO WITH THESE LARGER DESIGN PROJECTS, WHILE YOU KNOW THEY'RE DOING THE ENGINEERING, YOU DON'T HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT THEM. THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME FOR 30%, 60%, 90% DESIGN. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE PLANNING EFFORTS, LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST INITIATED THE NAPLES DESIGN DISTRICT MASTER PLAN OR THE

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IT TAKES LONGER FOR THEM TO GET THOSE DESIGNS DONE AND READY TO COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE CRA AND THIS BOARD HAS CERTAINLY BEEN IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS FROM ALL OF ALL OF THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THEM AND JUST IN DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES, BUT TO DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF EACH ONE OF THESE AS AN OBJECTIVE IS, I THINK, A STANDARD OBJECTIVE TO PUT IN THERE. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION SINCE THIS IS REALLY THE CRA GUIDEBOOK, NOT THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD GUIDE BOOK, MAYBE WE COULD ADD THIS UNDER OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1.2 AND MAYBE THAT MOTIVATES US IF WE KEEP IT IN THERE. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CRA PER SE, BUT IT OBLIGATES US, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING, I THINK I'M THINKING OF. AND WHAT I'M MAYBE HEARING IS WE WANT TO KEEP OURSELVES ON TRACK AND MAKE SURE WE WE KEEP GOING OVER THESE THINGS. SO MAYBE THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO REALLY ADD THE WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH, ADD IT INTO THAT SECTION. RIGHT? YEAH I AGREE OKAY. OKAY.

I WOULD SAY THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT. IS THAT THIS IS THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PERFORMANCE REVIEW PLAN. THIS IS THEIR WE'RE DOING IT FOR THEM. THIS IS THEM. WE'RE SENDING THEM RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR US TO REVIEW IT, WE'LL STILL BE SENDING THEM RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO FOLLOW IT UP IF IF WE REVIEW IT, WE HAVE NO PULL. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT TO CRA NEEDS TO WHATEVER INFORMATION WE GIVE THEM WHENEVER WE HAVE THE MEETING IS IS WHAT WE GIVE THEM, AND IT'S UP TO THEM TO IMPLEMENT IT. IT'S THAT I SIT AND LISTEN TO CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY SAY THAT ALL THE CRA DOING IS PLANTING TREES AND FLOWERS. I, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT. AND AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING, A PIECE OF PAPER DOWN OR ANYTHING TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE MEASURING THIS. WE'RE TAKING ACTION. AND, AND WE'RE AND WE'RE DOING THINGS. AND IT GOES NOT JUST FOR THE CRAFT, IT GOES FOR THE CRA. WHATEVER WE DO, WE'RE SENDING IT TO THE CRA. SO JUST TO PUT IT THAT WE'RE DOING OUR MEASUREMENTS, OURS IS JUST BASICALLY MEETINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REVIEW. THAT'S THE REASON I PUT I DID THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT AFFECTS THE CITIZENS OF NAPLES, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SAY CRA, TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT WORKING FAST ENOUGH TO HELP ME. YOU'RE NOT WORKING FAST ENOUGH TO HELP ME. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HEARD THIS, BUT I HEARD THIS THROUGH ALL THE MEETINGS AND STUFF THAT I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING BADMOUTHED WHEN WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE IS BADMOUTHING US BASED ON NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT'S THAT'S TOUGH TO IT'S TOUGH TO FIX THAT.

YOU KNOW, I, I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A LOT AND I AND ANYONE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN THEY SHOULD BE OUT IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC AND, AND BE EDUCATING THEMSELVES. SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE PUBLIC IS, THE, THE PUBLIC THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEM AS MUCH. I JUST THINK WE SET OURSELVES SET OUR OWN STANDARDS AND AND WE, WE WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY. I'M NOT SURE IT MATTERS WHAT NUMBER WE PUT IT UNDER. IF WE MAKE A NEW NUMBER, IT'S REALLY IRRELEVANT. AS LONG AS IT'S ON THERE, IT SHOULD BE ON THERE. JUST WE PUT IT ON THERE. I, I WOULD PUT IT ON THERE. IT'S GOING TO GO TO CRA, I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT DOWN. AND WE ONLY MEASURING WHAT THE CRAP IS DOING. IF WE REVIEW THIS THE CRAP IS GOING TO REVIEW IT. WE'LL SEND OUT RECOMMENDATIONS IF NEEDED. TO THE CRA TO IMPLEMENT. WELL THAT'S WHY I KIND OF THOUGHT PUTTING IT UNDER THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD, BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS, IS TO LOOK THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT IF IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. AND THEN WE HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SIERRA. OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST DO A SEPARATE I WOULD JUST DO A SEPARATE LINE ITEM. IT'LL STILL BE THE SAME BECAUSE THE THE WHAT DID YOU SAY 2.1 WELL SO YEAH 1.2 REFERS TO MEETINGS AND COMPLIANT TO OUR HAVING OUR MEETINGS WITHIN OUR BYLAWS. I WOULDN'T MIX ANYTHING ELSE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT I WAS JUST TRYING TO TIE IT BACK TO ACTUALLY THE ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE

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IF WE WANTED TO GUIDE OURSELVES, WE SHOULD PUT IT UNDER OUR GUIDELINES, NOT UNDER THEIR GUIDELINES. SO WE DO OUR GUIDELINE. ONE OF THE GOALS OF CRA IS TO CRA ADVISORY BOARD IS TO REVIEW. I WOULD JUST WANT A SEPARATE LINE ITEM. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE MIXED WITH OUR MEDIA ATTENDANCE. I THINK IF WE DO NESTLE IT UNDER 1.2, IT HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF STAYING IN THERE. YEAH. IF WE LINE ITEM IT, THEY'RE GOING TO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE PEOPLE GET MEETING FATIGUE. THEY HAVE FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THOSE FOUR MEETINGS TO DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF FIVE PLANS. THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF THINKING IS PUT IT BACK ONTO US TO PUSH IT FORWARD. OKAY. IT'S POSSIBLE AS A LINE ITEM TO SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, SO WE'LL JUST GET RID OF THAT ONE AND WE'LL SEE IT AS IT COMES THROUGH. WHERE IS IT? AT LEAST IF IT'S UNDER US, WE HAVE THE ONUS AND THEY KNOW IT'S UNDER US, AND WE CAN BRING IT UP AS NEEDED. OR IF YOU WANTED IT AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM, HAVE IT AS A SEPARATE CRA ADVISORY BOARD LINE ITEM. NOT NOT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. JUST SEPARATE CRA ADVISORY BOARD LINE ITEM LIKE IT SAYS, BECAUSE WE'RE IN INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT WITHIN HER FRAMES THAT SHE HAVE HERE.

THIS FALLS UNDER UNDER OUR. REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. YOU CAN PUT IT WE'LL. YOU CAN PUT IT THAT THE CRAB WILL REVIEW THE PLANS AND THEN IF WE NEED THE ADVICE WHATEVER. I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT AS LONG AS THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANT TO SAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING TO KEEP IT IN THE CRA. NO. WHATEVER WE DO WILL GO BACK TO OUR MEETING. COMPLIANCE. I WOULD JUST NOT TOUCH IT. SO WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THIS? UNDER THE THE CR THE CRAB WILL REVIEW. THE PLANS AS NEEDED. BUT THAT'S WHATEVER WE'RE DOING AT 3.6, 3.7, 3.7. BUT SPECIFIC TO THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD. NOT CRA, NOT NOT TO THE CRA. GOT IT. AND THEN AND WE WILL DO IT AT.

SO WHAT WHAT I HEAR IS I'M GOING TO SEPARATE THIS ONE SEPARATELY. 3.7 WE COULD JUST CALL IT ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANNING DOCUMENTS. PARENTHESES. CRAB. YEAH. AND THEN THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE THE THE CRAB WILL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FIVE PLANS AND BRING TO THE CRA'S ATTENTION AND IF REQUIRED, AS NEEDED AS NEEDED. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S IT. MEASUREMENTS. YEAH. YEAH. ARE WE ARE WE ABLE TO PUT OUR OWN HOMEWORK WITHIN THE CRA.

THAT'S WHERE RIGHT. YOU CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE CRA BOARD WILL DECIDE.

BUT I THINK I THINK DEFINING WHAT THE CRAB WOULD LIKE TO DO WILL BE HELPFUL TO THE CRA DELIBERATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING. AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WE BUILD ON IN THE FUTURE TOO, IS A SEPARATE CRA ADVISORY BOARD, SELF REGULATION, YOU KNOW, ADD ADD TO IT DOWN THE ROAD. SO MAY WANT TO KEEP IT. I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS MAYBE KEEP THE TOPIC AS A LITTLE BROAD AND THEN MAYBE DIVE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE UNDER THE OBJECTIVES. SO IT CAN KIND OF BE A LITTLE MORE FLUID. WE HAVE THESE GREAT PLANS DONE. AND AND IF YOU JUST LET THEM SIT IN ON A SHELF AND NOT LOOK AT THEM, THEN YOU, YOU, YOU MAY OVERLOOK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO I THINK I THINK WE JUST LOOK AT THEM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

ADVICE. SO SHOULD WE NAME IT SPECIFICALLY A CRAB. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. LIKE KEEP THE HEADLINE BROAD TO CHRIS. YEAH OKAY. AND THEN UNDER THAT, IF WE MAY HAVE ONE MONTH WHERE WE HAVE A, A SHORT AGENDA. OKAY. SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS PLAN AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEED TO BE DONE OKAY. SO THEN IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION CHAIR CHAIRMAN. YES PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO ADD UNDER GOAL 3.4 IN THE AT THE END OF THE OBJECTIVE SENTENCE TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY OF NAPLES AND COLLIER

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NAME TBD IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. WELL I WOULD SAY CRAB ANNUAL REVIEWS OF PLANNING DOCUMENTS. OR DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT BROAD. WE CAN JUST SAY CRAB, CRAB, CRAB CRAB JUST CRAB. CAN WE JUST MAYBE GOAL AS THE WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY CRAB MEETING TOPICS, MAYBE CRAB EATING TOPICS IN THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE AN ANNUAL REVIEW NOT LIMITED TO ALL OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, AND WE COULD LIST THE FIVE PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND THE MEASUREMENT WOULD BE TWO MEETINGS. THE MEASUREMENT TWO MEETINGS, OR IS THE MEASUREMENT, THE REVIEW OF THE PLANNING INITIATIVES? REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK THE WHOLE THING YOU WOULD REVIEW THE PLANNING INITIATIVES FOR TWO MEETINGS. RIGHT. SO IS THE MEASUREMENT HOW MANY MEETINGS OR IS THE MEASUREMENT THAT YOU ACTUALLY REVIEW? I THINK WE ACTUALLY REVIEWED IT.

YEAH. WHAT WOULD BE I WOULDN'T PUT THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS BECAUSE IT'S NO. SO YEAH, I THINK JUST A OVERVIEW IF THAT'S IF WE COULD USE THAT AS A MEASURABLE AND SAY YES, THEY DID REVIEW THAT. RIGHT. WHAT SHOULD WE DO IT ALMOST EVERY MEETING SEEMS LIKE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERY MEETING. IF WE SEE IT COMING UP. WE KNOW WE HAVE REPORTS THAT'S GOING TO COME TO US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITHIN THE DESIGN DISTRICT. SO THERE'S NO REASON TO FOR US TO DIVE INTO THAT DEEPLY. THE WE KNOW WE HAVE BUDGET ITEMS SET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT WE MAY NEED TO BRING FORWARD AND BRING UP. IT'S LIKE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO REVIEW BEFORE BUDGET. SO WE'RE ON TOPIC AND WE'RE READY FOR WHEN WE START OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO DO IT LIKE THAT. NEED A SITTING SAID OKAY, SO WHAT DID WE DECIDE? DID WE CATCH ALL THAT WE NEED TO BE RIGHT BACK. IT'S WORDY. DO YOU NEED ME TO READ IT BACK? YEAH. WHY DON'T YOU READ IT BACK? I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOTIONS ARE RIGHT FOR TO CLARIFY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE JUST A SINGLE MOTION WITH THREE ADJUSTMENTS. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE A GOAL 3.4 AT THE END OF THE OBJECTIVE SENTENCE, WHERE IT SAYS WITHIN THE CRA AREA, WE WILL ALSO ADD AND CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY OF NAPLES AND COLLIER COUNTY. GREATER ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THAT'S ONE. THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE GOAL 3.6, TITLED SAFETY AND SECURITY, WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO EXPLORE ANY AND ALL OPTIONS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS WITHIN THE CRA. THE MEASUREMENT FOR THAT WOULD BE TO ADDRESS IT WITHIN OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND FOR MEETINGS ANNUALLY. THEN 3.7. WOULD BE CRAB. MEETINGS. AND THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE. REVIEW OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AND LIST OUT OUR FIVE PLANS THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE LANDSCAPE HARDSCAPING PLAN, DESIGN DISTRICT MASTER PLAN.

THERE WAS A FIFTH ONE THERE I DIDN'T BREAK DOWN, BUT LIST OUT THE PLANS THERE AND MAYBE PUT A

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BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIFTH AVE PLAN HERE. SO THAT'LL BE NUMBER SIX. YEAH. AND THE MEASUREMENT WOULD BE MEANING DISCUSSION DISCUSSED IN A MEETING. PLAN MOTION. MR. MOTION MAKER, WOULD YOU ALSO WOULD YOU ALSO ENTERTAIN A CHANGE TO GOAL 3.2 THAT WAS DISCUSSED TO ELIMINATE THE NUMBER, THE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF CIA, CIP PROJECTS THAT WE JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE, WE IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS. SO WE'RE NOT PROJECT SPECIFIC BECAUSE THEY DO CHANGE. YES, I WOULD, I WOULD THAT I WOULD ADD THAT TO THE MOTION. AND I'D ALSO ADD TO THE MOTION. MR. SCHUCHARD MENTION OF ADDING THE 10TH STAFF MEMBER INTO GOLD. YES.

STANDARD 3.3. OKAY. MAY I GET A SECOND ON THIS SECOND? THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE NEW REVISED 2026 MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS AND GOALS. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CRA AS PART OF YOUR MOTION. YES. RECOMMENDATION. THE CRA SECOND STANDARD. OKAY. AND YOU SECOND THAT. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. A LONG WAY TO GET TO THAT ONE. BUT YOU GOT THERE WE GOT THERE. YOU GUYS DID REALLY WELL ON THAT. THANK YOU TERRY. OKAY. NEXT ITEM. YOUR NEXT ITEM,

[7.B) Election of CRAAB Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.]

YEAH, AND I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THE SAME. I NOMINATE MARY FOR VICE CHAIR AND I ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION AS WELL FOR VICE CHAIR. OKAY. YOU'RE HERE. SO WE TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? WE NEED A MOTION. WE SHOULD DO IT SEPARATELY. YEAH. INDIVIDUAL. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WE DO NOMINATION FIRST AND THEN. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP MARY ON. AS CHAIR OF THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD. SECOND. THAT. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE ANTHONY REMAIN AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME. THANK

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[8) CRA ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF TYPOS ON THERE. I INDICATED ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2020 SIXTH, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025. SO THERE WERE SOME ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE LAST CRA BOARD MEETING THAT THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED AS DECEMBER 4TH, 2025.

I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS SEATED THIS PAST TUESDAY, NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND FOR OUR CHAIR FOR OUR CRA. AS A VERBAL UPDATE FOR YOU, MISS PENNIMAN WILL BE SERVING AS OUR CHAIR. SHE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR LAST YEAR, AND THEN NEW COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ WILL BE SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CRA. SO BEYOND WHAT IS WRITTEN THERE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT VERBAL UPDATE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE WRITTEN REPORT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? EXCUSE ME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ON THIS SIDE REPORT? I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS TYPICALLY MY FAVORITE THING TO READ IN THE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT GIVES US A REALLY I THINK IT GIVES A REALLY GOOD RUNDOWN OF EVERYTHING WE GOT GOING ON. WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDING GOALS, OBJECTIVES, POLICIES TO KEEP REVIEWING IT. BUT IT'S ALL IN THERE. AND THANK YOU, ANITA, FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING THAT. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH PROJECT. IT HAD PROJECT PHASING. WAS IT ALWAYS A PHASED PROJECT OR IS THERE ANY SORT OF DETAIL THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE OR HAD IN MIND FOR REASONING BEHIND THE PHASING COMMENTS? YEAH, GENERALLY THOSE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE PHASED IN IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING OF IT ALONG WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UTILITIES AND THE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, SO THAT PHASING CAN ALSO DEPEND ON FUNDING, AVAILABILITY AND BUDGETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE THIS YEAR SHOWS TWO PHASES. WE WILL HAVE A FINAL PHASING PROJECT AT YOUR 60% DESIGN, WHICH I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE TO YOU IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR FOR THE 60% DESIGN. SO WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH THAT DESIGN, THEY WILL DESCRIBE THE PHASING OF THAT PROJECT. AND IT'S DRIVEN TO SOME EXTENT WITH THESE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON STORMWATER AND WHERE YOU START WITH YOUR OUTFALLS AND BUILDING BACKWARDS. SO THEY WILL RECOMMEND BOTH PHASING AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ENGINEERS OPINION OF COST WITH THAT 60% DESIGN PLAN AS WELL. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING A MINIMUM OF TWO PHASES. IT MAY BE MORE. IT COULD BE 3 OR 4 PHASES DEPENDING ON FUNDING AND ENGINEERING TIME AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WAS THERE ANY SPECIFIC DATE BACK FOR THE FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH AND SUGDEN PLAZA PROJECT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO COMMENT ON? RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT IS TAKING THAT BACK. WE DID RECEIVE ONE BID ON THAT PROJECT. IT CAME IN SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WE HAD FOR THE DESIGN. SO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE CRA BOARD ON THAT BID THAT WE RECEIVED TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROGRESS FORWARD IN THAT. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD BUDGETED. SO HOW WE PHASE THAT THAT PROJECT AND HOW THE CRA MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES IN THE COMING YEARS. AT THE LAST CRA MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT LOOKING AT THEIR PRIORITIES AGAIN. SO WE'LL DO THAT IN MARCH. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? JUST A QUESTION TO ANITA. ARE THEY WE HAVE APPROVED THE WALMART MURALS ON THE BUILDINGS AND THE DESIGN DISTRICT BECAUSE IT SAYS WE APPROVED THE FUNDING, BUT HAVE WE SAID OKAY TO THE MURALS?

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THE THE FUNDING REQUEST WAS MADE FROM THE DESIGN DISTRICT ASSOCIATION. THEY MADE THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THE CRA THAT THEY MADE FOR THIS BOARD. AND THE CRA AT THE TIME OF THE REQUEST, DID NOT APPROVE THAT FUNDING REQUEST. SO WHILE MURALS ARE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE CODES AND THE ZONING CODES, THE CRA HAS NOT FUNDED THEM AT THIS TIME. OH THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, EVERYONE FAMILIAR WITH THE DESIGN DISTRICT PLAN AND WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND NOT APPROVED. AND THAT'S SEEN THE PRESENTATION FOR INITIAL PRESENTATION. DOES EVERYONE DOES ANYONE NOT SEEN IT? THE ARTIST. NO. THE WHOLE THE WHOLE PLAN LIKE THE MASTER PLAN. YEAH. I GOT THAT BOOK WHEN I STARTED. DID YOU LIKE THIS? OKAY. EVERYONE'S UP TO DATE ON ON ON ON EVERYTHING. IS THERE ANY OF THE PLANS? THIS IS AN ANTICIPATION FOR NEXT MONTH. IS THERE ANY OF THE PLANS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, THAT YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR CELL PHONE THAT YOU FEEL WE NEED TO REVIEW AND SEE WHERE WE STATUS OF. I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE DESIGN DISTRICT PLAN. OKAY. SO OKAY, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. BRING EVERYONE UP TO DATE WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE STAND, AND HOW I WOULD LIKE TO HOW IT TIES INTO OUR STORMWATER PROJECT. BECAUSE I KNOW PART OF THE STORMWATER PROJECT IS THROUGH THE DESIGN DISTRICT IN THAT AREA. SO WE WILL PUT THAT ON ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR OUR NEXT MEETING. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT WE WILL HAVE OUT OF THE WAY ON OUR GOALS. GREAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS DOWN THE LINE? I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. ON THE LAST ITEM ON THE REPORT OR SECOND TO LAST ITEM ON THE. THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO THERE WAS ONE DISSENTING VOTE.

WHAT WAS THERE A REASON FOR THE DISSENTING VOTE ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM? AND THEN ARE YOU ARE YOU ABLE TO RECOLLECT WHO THE DISSENTING VOTE WAS? I THINK IT WAS THE MAYOR, BUT I DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. YEAH. I JUST DIDN'T LOOK AT IT. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE REASON FOR THE. YEAH, I DON'T RECALL THE THE REASONING, THE DISCUSSION BEHIND THAT. I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK. BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. NOW THAT'S ONE ONE OF THE PLANS. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR ANYWAY. WE REVIEW THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. THAT'S ALREADY ON OUR PLAN TO REVIEW. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS COMING UP ON A FUTURE AGENDA. WE LOOK BACK AND AND SEE WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND WHERE IT IS, AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IT. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM FOR US. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH IT. WE GAVE A LOT OF GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN IT ENDED UP COMING TO FRUITION ON IT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO QUESTION WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I THINK THAT'S A SPECIFIC ITEM OF ACTION HAPPENING. AND, AND, AND GREAT ACTION AT THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO ALL OF OUR HARD WORK RIGHT HERE. IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE PUSHED FORWARD, AND ALSO WHAT STEPS THE CRA HAS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING. I JUST HAVE TO SIT AND LISTEN. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING. I JUST SIT THERE AND GOING, OH GOD, MAYBE WE NEED A LITTLE PRESS. YEAH. YEAH, MAYBE. I MEAN, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN REALLY SERIOUS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH STATEWIDE REASON.

THE CRA STATEWIDE, SOME OF THEM WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CRAS THAT ARE

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AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AND WE CAN'T LIFT EVERY SINGLE HOUSE, BUT WE'VE WE'VE CERTAINLY DONE WHAT WE COULD AND TEED IT UP FOR THE CRA. SO I'M I'M PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. I'M, I'M PROUD OF IT. AND AND I WANT TO SAY THOUGH LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE PROBABLY THE LONGEST I WANT TO SAY NOW AND THE BOARD AND WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM BEGINNING TO END AND SOME LIKE STILL IN STAGES, BUT NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES OR ANYTHING, IT STILL WORK BEING DONE. PEOPLE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF WE IF THE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN WOULDN'T HAPPEN, WE COULDN'T GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED. SO IT'S HARD TO SEE. FOR INSTANCE, THE DESIGN DISTRICT, THE ALLEYWAYS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TAKEN SO MUCH TIME AND WORK. BUT IT HAS TO, AND IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE. BUT ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN. EVERYONE'S HAPPY. YEAH, EXACTLY. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE PROCESS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. TO BE ABLE TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED, WE HAVE TO LIKE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND THE CITY STAFF THAT ALWAYS SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY WITH BIDS AND ALL THAT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. SO THE WORK IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE PROCESS OF IT IS TO. OKAY, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, GO RIGHT AHEAD. ANITA, ON THE DESIGN PILOT PROJECT AND FIRST, 10TH AND 12TH STREET MENTIONS A 60% DESIGN PRESENTATION TO COINCIDE. DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT DATE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE CRA? WE'RE HOPING THE WE HOPE THAT THE 60% DESIGN WILL BE BEFORE THIS BOARD IN APRIL. OUR BOARD. YOUR BOARD. OKAY. YEAH. IT GOES BACK BEFORE THE CRAB FOR COMMENTS OKAY. AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CRA. AND THEN GIVEN THAT THE CRA DOESN'T MEET UNTIL JUNE, WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THAT IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME IN MAY SO WE CAN KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING ALONG. GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG ONE. YEAH. AND SO THAT MAKES SENSE THAT THIS IS FROM NOW THROUGH APRIL. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. CORRECT. AND THEN WHEN I'M KIND OF MOVING SCHEDULE WISE INTO IS, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, WE'VE GOT IT BUDGETED FOR HALF THE COST. BUT FIFTH AVE SOUTH ALMOST. THAT PLAN DOCUMENT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON HOLD THIS YEAR. THAT THAT'S ME READING THAT BECAUSE NOW WE'D HAVE TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO MEET THE SINGLE APPLICANT, OR WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO FIND FURTHER APPLICANTS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THAT BUDGET. SO THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A 26 AGENDA ITEM AT ALL. IT'S KIND OF A QUESTION. SO WE'LL WE'LL BE ASKING THE CRA WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT PROJECT. YES. AND WE'LL BE GIVING THEM THE UPDATE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO TO LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY. OKAY. I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON 170 10TH STREET SOUTH. I NOTICED THAT THE DECEMBER 4TH CRA MEETING, THEY ARE LOOKING TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING, SO IT'S NO LONGER VIABLE FOR AS A RENTAL SPACE. THEY'VE GIVEN THAT UP AND THEY'VE DECIDED HAVE THEY DECIDED WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? SO THEIR THEIR MOTION AT THE DECEMBER 4TH MEETING WAS TO DIRECT STAFF TO GO GET COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOING THE BUILDING IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE AND THEN SEED IT WITH SOD OR OR HYDRO SEED. SO IT WOULD BE GREEN SPACE. OKAY. AND THEN THAT PROVIDES FOR AN EXISTING USE OR AN IMMEDIATE USE FOR GREEN SPACE OR STORMWATER DETENTION. AND THAT WOULD PRESERVE THEIR ABILITY TO THINK ABOUT LONG TERM USES AS WELL. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IS WE ARE COLLECTING THOSE COSTS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE COSTS BACK TO THE CRA TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO FUND IT. AND THEN IF THEY DO WANT TO FUND IT, THEN THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A SURPRISE. WHEN I READ THAT, I SAID, WHOA, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

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[9) PUBLIC COMMENT]

[10) COMMUNICATIONS FROM CRAAB CHAIR, MEMBERS AND STAFF]

VERY GOOD FRIENDS. SON'S BIKE GOT STOLEN FRIDAY EVENING. YEAH. FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT.

AND THEY RECOVER IT WITHIN A FEW HOURS. 230 IN THE MORNING. DROP THE BIKE BACK AT THE KID'S HOUSE. AND IT'S SOMETHING SO SIMPLE. BUT HE WORKED. SAVE MONEY TO BUY THIS BIKE FOR CHRISTMAS. AND IT MEANT SO MUCH. AND THAT THE STAFF THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CARE TO INVESTIGATE AND RECOVER THE BIKE WAS A HUGE DEAL. SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? JUST A BRIEF ONE ABOUT. ANTHONY PARK, AND SOMEHOW THERE'S A BOARD HANGING ON THE PIER. I MADE A REQUEST TO HAVE IT FIXED LIKE MONTHS AGO. I ACTUALLY TALKED TO. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME NOW. THE SECOND GUY IN THE PARKS. THE SECOND GUY DOWN. ANYHOW, WE TALKED AND HE SAID, OH, I FILLED OUT A REPORT FOR HIM, FOR IT AND EVERYTHING. I JUST WONDER SOMETIMES I THINK WE MAKE ACCOMPLISHING GOALS TOO HARD. THIS IS TWO SCREWS INTO A BOARD AND IT'S FIXED. LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S TAKEN SO MANY MONTHS. I THINK NOT EVEN JUST THIS PROBLEM, BUT I THINK A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. I THINK WE COULD MAYBE EXPEDITE GETTING STUFF DONE BY, I DON'T KNOW, CHANGING OUR METHODS OF ACTION.

THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE BASIC THING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT DONE MAYBE THAT DAY EVEN, YOU KNOW, HEY, SEND JOHN DOWN WITH THE SCREW GUN. PUT THAT ON THERE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. I THINK MAYBE WE COULD ALL WORK TO TOGETHER BETTER, ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS QUICKER AND A QUICKER MANNER. PERMITTING, PLANNING, EVERYONE HAND IN HAND, WORKING TOGETHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE,

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SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU ALL FOR

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.