2026-11-02 - Community Redevelopment Agency

00:54Welcome to the Community Redevelopment

00:56Agency meeting. Today's date is

00:58Wednesday, November 2nd, 2026. This

01:01meeting will now come to order. Please

01:03stand for the pledge of allegiance.

01:07>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

01:10United States of America and to the

01:12republic for which it stands, one nation

01:16under God, indivisible, with liberty and

01:19justice for all.

01:24>> Great.

01:25Uh Madam City Clerk, could you please

01:27call the roll?

01:28>> Donnelly?

01:29>> Here.

01:30>> Gunter?

01:31>> Here.

01:32>> Kaduk?

01:32>> Here.

01:33>> Kilrain?

01:34>> Here.

01:34>> Lehman?

01:35>> Here.

01:36>> Long?

01:37>> Here.

01:37>> Lastra?

01:38>> Here.

01:39>> Swainky?

01:39>> Here.

01:40>> All present, eight present.

01:42>> Thank you.

01:43Um all right, can I have uh let's see,

01:45do we have any changes to the agenda?

01:49Or can I have an

01:51uh adoption of the agenda, a motion to

01:52adopt?

01:52>> Motion to adopt the agenda as presented.

01:55>> Second.

01:56>> All right, any discussion?

02:00All right. Thank you. Um

02:02all in favor say I.

02:04>> I.

02:05>> Any nays?

02:06All right, motion carried.

02:09Um item 5A is approval of the minutes.

02:12>> Motion to approve the minutes as

02:13presented.

02:14>> Okay, can I get a second?

02:17>> Second.

02:18>> Thank you. Any Any discussion?

02:21All those in favor say I.

02:23>> I.

02:23>> Any nays?

02:25Okay, motion carried.

02:26Item six is citizens input time for

02:29input on matters concerning the city of

02:31Cape Coral Community Redevelopment

02:33Agency CRA.

02:35Are there any members of the public

02:37wishing to speak?

02:39>> Yes, ma'am. I have uh four cards here.

02:42>> Great.

02:43>> Wes Owen.

02:51>> After Jennifer.

02:52Uh Wes Owen.

02:53Um

03:06Um earlier this year I published a

03:08series on Cape Coral Data Book examining

03:10this

03:11That was a fast 3 minutes. Is my time

03:13>> [laughter]

03:14>> Wait, I'm sorry. Could you restate

03:16exactly what you said? I did not hear

03:18that.

03:18>> Okay, come on. It's all

03:19>> We reset it?

03:21>> Yes.

03:21>> It's not even running. I don't know what

03:22you guys are doing.

03:23>> Okay, go ahead.

03:24>> Earlier I promise I'll be in my 3

03:25minutes. Earlier this year I published a

03:27series on Cape Coral Data Book examining

03:29this

03:30the CRA's history, funding, governance,

03:33and finances.

03:35I came across some data that raises

03:36several questions.

03:38From 2021 through 2025, taxable value

03:41inside the CRA increased from 971

03:44million to 1.5 billion.

03:46That's a growth of about 55%

03:48During that same period, taxable value

03:50across Cape Coral

03:52increased from 16.6 billion to 29.6

03:56billion. That's a growth of 78%.

03:59So taxable value inside the CRA grew 23%

04:04slower than the city overall.

04:06My first question is simple, why?

04:08If the purpose of concentrated

04:10redevelopment dollars in South Cape is

04:12accelerate redevelopment, why did

04:13taxable value

04:15inside the CRA grow materially slower

04:17than Cape Coral overall?

04:20My second question concerns the CRA's

04:22reported taxable value.

04:24The last document in CRA expansion was

04:26in 2009.

04:28Yet the reported base taxable value

04:30changed from 442 million in 2019,

04:34524 million in 2020,

04:37and then will jump to 554 million in

04:402021.

04:42Wherein it remained since.

04:45If the CRA boundaries did not change,

04:47why did the reported base taxable values

04:49fluctuate more than a decade after the

04:51last expansion?

04:54And finally, our governance.

04:56Cape Coral returned to an appointed

04:58citizen CRA board in 2019.

05:01City Council took the CRA back in 2023,

05:04and these appointed members were unpaid

05:06volunteers selected by Council.

05:09They could bring selected experience in

05:11redevelopment, real estate, planning,

05:13finance, and business.

05:15Given the CRA's performance and

05:17specialized nature of development work,

05:19I would like the Council to answer,

05:21do you believe the appointed citizen

05:23board

05:24was more effective than having City

05:26Council serve as a CA CRA board?

05:29And if not,

05:31what measurable evidence shows that

05:32having City Council serve as a CA CRA

05:35board

05:36has produced in better results than the

05:38appointed citizen board?

05:40These are questions I think taxpayers

05:42deserve answers to because every

05:44taxpayer matters. Thank you.

05:47>> Thank you.

06:01>> My name is Marie Cavanaugh, vice chair,

06:03Take Out the Trash Committee of Cape

06:04Coral.

06:06Uh,

06:06I'm here today because of

06:10Bimini East and Four Freedoms Park in

06:14specifically.

06:16And I know it's not on like CRA agenda,

06:18but it is going to be on the next one.

06:21And for some reason, there's five of you

06:23up there that apparently absolutely

06:28nothing gets put on the agenda unless

06:30you've already got the votes lined up.

06:33And that is inherently unfair to the

06:35people.

06:37I can only remember a very few instances

06:40where something on any agenda was

06:43removed.

06:44And God forbid we come out and ask you

06:46to remove it, you just basically tell us

06:48to forget about it.

06:50Four Freedoms Park needs to be

06:54in the historical register. We would

06:57Gloria Tate was in process of getting

07:01the ballroom at the Yacht Club

07:04designated as a historical place. And

07:07what did the kind then council do? They

07:09ran in and they just knocked the thing

07:11down with the old, "Well, too late now.

07:15There's nothing you can do about it."

07:16And you're going to do the same thing

07:18with Four Freedoms Park.

07:20Now, when you take it out, it's going to

07:21be one of the first things to go cuz I

07:23got to put the marina in.

07:25Are you going to have another Four

07:27Freedoms Park ready to go

07:29for people to use? Of course not cuz

07:31it's going to be in the middle of the

07:32development somewhere.

07:34So, that's going to be knocked down.

07:36You've taken away all the parks down

07:38here.

07:39And down there in the South Cape. You

07:41add them up north, that which is fine

07:44because there were none up there. But a

07:46lot of them are being underutilized.

07:49You killed Jaycee Park.

07:51You're going to kill the Yacht Club and

07:53you're going to kill Four Freedoms Park.

07:56And it's a disservice to the people of

07:58this city. And you two should know you

08:02ran on Jaycee Park.

08:04And you're doing to the incoming council

08:07what the prior council did to you.

08:12>> Thank you.

08:28Hello, Michelle Daniel, Northwest Cape

08:29Coral.

08:31$347,646.

08:35Are you guys joking? Do we even own this

08:38property anymore?

08:40I feel like I'm living in bizarro world.

08:43A couple of weeks ago, y'all scrapped

08:45the Alt 5 because you were worried about

08:47funding the commitment that you all

08:50voted in.

08:51You were worried if Amendment 3 passed,

08:53that might leave the city with a

08:54shortage and question where the funds to

08:57pay for Alt 5 would come from.

09:00Y'all also didn't think it was fair to

09:01use the gas tax.

09:03So, Alt 5 was scrapped, over a year of

09:05planning wasted, over $3 million wasted.

09:10Yet, you sure do seem to come up with

09:11the money when the city benefits or a

09:13builder benefits.

09:15Again, $347,000

09:17to pay off connections

09:20on property that, honestly, I don't even

09:22know if the city owns it, if Bimini owns

09:25it. I'm just really confused.

09:27And where is the money coming from?

09:30These builders need to be paying for our

09:32water and our connection. We don't need

09:34to be funding theirs.

09:36Leasing for Four Freedoms Park for a

09:38dollar a year is very convenient for the

09:41builder.

09:42Why not lease it for $347,000?

09:47Let's just throw another 10 million in

09:48to build Costco.

09:50When is this insanity going to end?

09:54You can't be inconvenienced to fund Alt

09:575. You can't be inconvenienced to fairly

10:00and equitably allocate assessments in

10:03UEP 3

10:05considering all of the EPs, East and

10:07West, including your own property.

10:10And there's a pattern here. You guys are

10:12robbing Peter to pay Paul, and we're

10:13Peter.

10:15We're looking at nearly $50,000 when all

10:17is said and done for the UEP 3,

10:20and it looks like our assessments have

10:21jumped astronomically with no clear

10:23explanation as to why. And now you want

10:26us to pay $347,646

10:31for a builder's water.

10:33Hard-paying taxpayers are facing losing

10:36their homes. Seniors have to choose

10:38between water and medication. And now

10:41you're asking us again to pay somebody

10:44else's fees.

10:46Again, bizarro world. Make it make

10:48sense.

10:49I don't care if these payments are tax

10:51credits,

10:53cash payments, however you want to work

10:54it.

10:55The citizens need to be benefiting from

10:58these decisions, not multi-million

11:00dollar corporations off our backs. I'd

11:03like a tax credit. I'm sure every single

11:05person in this room wants a tax credit.

11:08This is a hard no, and shame on you guys

11:10for even considering it.

11:14>> Thank you.

11:16Tom Shadrach.

11:21>> [clears throat]

11:25>> Hi, Tom Shadrach. Um

11:28Just a couple comments on the agenda.

11:31The $347,000 that was just discussed. Uh

11:34yeah, I'm not sure I just don't remember

11:36if this was on the term sheet as another

11:38cost that we had to absorb along with

11:40the 45 million investment. And the other

11:42$11 million is just another 347 million.

11:46No big deal.

11:47Uh I don't know what uh what to think of

11:49that as to if it was included or not, or

11:52is this just another added expense.

11:54Okay, just a question on that. And then

11:57the deferred compensation that you have

11:59that you're talking out a 72-page

12:02thing for

12:04The CRA has four employees.

12:06Are they all on the deferred

12:07compensation? I don't know

12:10what the purpose is here. I'd like an

12:12understanding of is this

12:14going to be a cost to us? What is

12:17What is this for? Deferred compensation

12:20for four employees. Seems like a lot of

12:22big deal. It might be the same thing

12:24that's on our general employees. I don't

12:26know, but it's here.

12:28Just some questions. Thank you.

12:30And the other thing Bimini East uh

12:33You know, we got it You guys approved

12:34that. Um

12:36so, it to me it's a $32 million loss.

12:38We're taking 30 cents on the dollar for

12:40that property.

12:42I don't see any discussion on projects

12:44and where we stand. I think the CRA

12:46really has to look now that you've

12:48decided to

12:49make that a huge investment in Bimini

12:52East

12:53and to write down that 32 million that

12:55we'll never recover for 15 Not never,

12:57but 15 years from now before we see a

13:00nickel. And we're going to just fund it

13:03by commercial paper. That's a lot of

13:05interest every year that we have to pay

13:08versus paying it off and then

13:10looking at projects in the future. You

13:12made this huge decision

13:14to put all this money into Bimini East.

13:19And I think it's a sacrifice to any

13:20other project that we have going on in

13:22the CRA because we need to

13:25get that $32 million which is

13:27unrecoverable for 15 years off the books

13:31and pay that down.

13:33Thank you for that.

13:35>> Thank you.

13:41Do we have anyone else for citizen's

13:43input?

13:47Did you

13:48Did

13:51Did you want to speak for

13:54Okay.

13:55>> Is Is she writing anything?

13:58>> Um all right. Thank you. Uh citizen's

14:00input is now closed.

14:03Do we have any discussion?

14:08Oh.

14:09Commissioner Kaduk.

14:11>> Thank you, chair. We had a speaker in

14:13public input ask about the taxable value

14:16in the CRA versus the rest of Cape Coral

14:18in the base taxable value. Mr. Executive

14:21Director, will you address that, please?

14:22>> Yeah, absolutely.

14:23>> I think I know the answer, but I just

14:24don't want to misspeak.

14:27>> Absolutely. Um that's the whole purpose

14:29of a CRA. So, you have an area that is

14:33uh slum and blight and

14:35detracting from development throughout

14:37the city. And so, we identify an area

14:40that needs some help and needs some

14:41assistance. And so,

14:44where you otherwise would have what's

14:46known as a greenfield development, a

14:48developer who's looking to build

14:51could go to Pine Island Road, Del Prado,

14:54Chiquita, Skyline,

14:56Bernice Store Road,

14:58buy the dirt,

14:59and build their development.

15:02In the CRA, you have

15:04you're not just paying for the dirt,

15:06you're paying for the building value.

15:09So, the speaker who spoke

15:12gave the exact reason why Bimini East

15:15became possible.

15:17It's not until the CRA steps in

15:20and catalyzes redevelopment by absorbing

15:24the cost of redevelopment to then just

15:27have the bare land.

15:28And so,

15:30the cost, what we call the the cost of

15:32entry,

15:34is much higher in the CRA than it is in

15:37greenfield Cape Coral.

15:40And that's what a CRA is for is to

15:41incentivize that type of development.

15:43>> Thank you. And I was about to say pretty

15:46much the same thing, and that same

15:47speaker [clears throat] did ask if the

15:48council would address the appointed

15:51citizens board versus the council, and

15:53I'm going to say that we are sitting

15:54here as commissioners, not council, so I

15:56will address it as a commissioner.

15:59But I believe that, and I actually just

16:01talked about this in my one-on-one, I

16:03believe that it should remain council

16:05for the financial decisions, but we

16:07should definitely have a CRA advisory

16:09board with citizens and business owners

16:12in the CRA, and whoever the chair of the

16:14CRA is then goes to those workshops and

16:17then reports back, kind of like a

16:19liaison, and then we would still make

16:21the financial decisions, since it does

16:23go to council eventually. And that's

16:24where I stand. So, you asked for an

16:25answer, that's where what I believe. And

16:28then someone actually asked about the

16:30347-646,

16:31and I believe we'll be speaking about

16:33that when we come up to the consent

16:34agenda. And another speaker did ask

16:38about the deferred compensation. So, I

16:41don't and I don't know the answers to

16:43this, but who in the CRA is eligible for

16:45that?

16:47>> All of the employees with the exception

16:49of the executive director.

16:51>> Okay.

16:52And um

16:54>> So, the the the way this came about

16:57those employees by their contract are

17:00eligible to enter into the deferred

17:02compensation plan along with the city

17:04employees that are eligible to enter

17:06into the deferred compensation plan.

17:09There was a meeting of the employees and

17:12the executive leadership that looked at

17:14the existing or the previous provider

17:17for those benefits.

17:19It was determined that the company that

17:21we were with was charging higher

17:23investment fees, thus

17:26reducing the amount of money that our

17:28employees would have at the end of their

17:30career.

17:31It was opted to change from the old

17:33company to this one.

17:36That agreement was for those employees.

17:39The CRA employees

17:41also need to have that same opportunity

17:44to go to this firm.

17:46>> Thank you. Thank you, Chair.

17:48>> Thank you.

17:49Uh Commissioner Killring.

17:51>> Yeah, uh just just two more points. Uh

17:53one, the uh

17:55investment hurdle that's necessary for

17:57the CRA, and and the city manager pretty

17:59much covered our our commissioner uh

18:02executive director kind of covered that.

18:05Uh but basically, the other part of that

18:07is that 45% of those

18:10funds that are repatriated

18:12to the CRA for this investment come from

18:15the county. We would never have access

18:18to those if they didn't come back from

18:19the county. So, the gentleman who

18:21mentioned the 32 million, it's it's 55%

18:25of that 22 million being out of pocket

18:27for the Cape. And it's only based on an

18:31increment of tax base

18:33improvement. So, it's it's if it weren't

18:37but for that investment, you wouldn't

18:40have any increase and that money

18:41wouldn't be available. So, it's money

18:43paid back from what a trust fund

18:46that includes those taxes and it comes

18:49back out of that fund post their cash

18:52flow into the fund. So, it's a net

18:54effect. Uh

18:56And the other thing I that someone

18:58brought up about the comparison of

19:01incremental asset value appreciation in

19:04a CRA versus the entire city, you got to

19:07remember the CRA only from a residential

19:10standpoint is getting

19:13infill properties

19:15placed down there. Whereas in the other

19:18parts of the city, it's all

19:21uh major

19:23investment in new property. So, our CEOs

19:26were running about 5,000, 4,000 for

19:28several years. They're down in the

19:302,000, 2,500 level now. So, that

19:34incremental

19:35new development is but distort the

19:40accrued value of the assets CRA compared

19:43to the salt total city.

19:45So.

19:46Thank you, chair.

19:47>> Okay.

19:48>> Thank you.

19:49All right, seeing no other lights on,

19:51we're going to move on to item seven,

19:52business.

19:547A, consent agenda

19:56consent agenda. Does any commissioner

19:58have any items to pull from the consent

20:01agenda for discussion?

20:04>> Motion to approve consent agenda as

20:06presented.

20:07>> I'll second.

20:08>> Second.

20:08>> Okay.

20:10Thank you. Um

20:13let's see. Any discussion?

20:15All right, Madam City Clerk, can you

20:17please call the roll?

20:18>> Yes. Kilrain?

20:20>> Aye.

20:20>> I I my light on.

20:21>> Oh, you did? I'm sorry. I didn't I was I

20:23did When I looked up it wasn't on.

20:25Go ahead, Commissioner Kaduk, cuz you

20:27can't see. I'm just kidding.

20:30>> Um consent agenda item number one,

20:3312-26.

20:39>> Are you pulling that?

20:40>> Yes, please.

20:40>> Okay.

20:42All right.

20:44That sounds good. Uh we'll go ahead and

20:47pull that. Sorry.

20:48>> to Okay.

20:49>> Make a motion to approve the rest.

20:51>> Yeah. Uh but I have to modify my first

20:53emotion.

20:54>> I'll modify my second.

20:55>> Okay. Thank you.

20:59Okay.

21:00>> Okay.

21:00>> You don't need to call the roll again,

21:01right? We can just

21:02>> called roll yet.

21:03>> Okay, cool. Good.

21:05All right, Commissioner Kaduk, you

21:07pulled this. Let's go ahead and have

21:08discussion.

21:09>> Thank you. I know we don't have a

21:11whiteboard, but

21:12>> We're going to vote on the

21:13We've got to vote on a motion first.

21:15>> Sorry. Vote on the motion.

21:17>> Okay. We got the motion and we got a

21:19second. Kilrain?

21:20>> Aye.

21:22>> Leeman?

21:23>> Aye.

21:23>> Long?

21:24>> Aye.

21:25>> Plasterer?

21:26>> Aye.

21:26>> Sankey?

21:27>> Aye.

21:28>> Donahue?

21:28>> Aye.

21:29>> Hunter?

21:30>> Aye.

21:30>> Kaduk?

21:31>> Aye.

21:32>> Eight ayes, motion passes 8-0.

21:37>> All right.

21:38Now, we will go ahead and Council

21:41Commissioner Kaduk, you pulled this

21:42item. Go ahead and start discussion.

21:44>> Thank you. Mr. Executive Director, I

21:46know we don't have a whiteboard for you

21:47to explain this to everyone, but if you

21:50could try to explain it, it would be

21:52great. Thank you.

21:57>> What CIAC or the or the payment?

22:00CIAC fees are used in lieu of an

22:03assessment. And so, what

22:06in areas in the

22:07>> CIAC stand for?

22:09>> Contribution in aid of construction.

22:12So, it it sounds just like what it's

22:14intended to be. So, there was a utility

22:18in the southeast Cape that was given to

22:22the city of Cape Coral by GAC that the

22:25all those lot distribution lines

22:27and the way they structured

22:30payment for those utility lines

22:33is unlike an assessment. So, in an

22:35assessment area where extending lines to

22:37new areas, we have the owners of the

22:40property in that area pay for those

22:42whether there's a house or not.

22:45The original utility

22:47has been

22:49worked on, replaced, galvanized pipes

22:51been replaced. There are still some

22:53properties down there that have never

22:55developed. And the fee they pay

22:58in aid of the contribution

23:00costs to bring that utilities to the

23:02parcel is a CIAC fee.

23:05>> Okay. And this is on our consent agenda

23:07and people are concerned about

23:10why we're paying it.

23:13>> Yeah.

23:14So, the the properties that were uh

23:17bought by the original owner that the

23:20city bought the property from, there

23:22were a few of them that had never paid a

23:25CIAC fee. And so, in the negotiations of

23:28the DA, it was negotiated

23:32that we would clean those up so that

23:34they could develop the property.

23:36>> Okay. And that is why we're approving

23:38this money today.

23:39>> Yes, ma'am.

23:40>> Thank you.

23:42>> Motion to approve uh CRA resolution 12

23:45the Avenue, Commissioner

23:46>> I'll second.

23:47>> Second.

23:48>> Second. Okay.

23:50All right. Uh we have a motion and a

23:52second. Any discussion?

23:55All right. Madam City Clerk, can you

23:57please call the roll? Kilrain?

23:59>> Aye.

24:00>> Lehman?

24:00>> Aye.

24:01>> Long?

24:02>> No.

24:04>> Lastra?

24:05>> Aye.

24:06>> Psyche?

24:07>> Aye.

24:08>> Donahue?

24:08>> Aye.

24:09>> Gunter?

24:10>> Aye.

24:11>> Caduke?

24:11>> Aye.

24:12>> 7-1 motion passes.

24:15All right. Thank you. Um item 7B is

24:18unfinished business. We have none. 7C is

24:21new business. We have none. 7D follow um

24:24follow-up items for executive director,

24:26there are none. And then let's see,

24:28we'll go on to item eight, which is

24:30reports uh from staff. Item 8A is code

24:34compliance update

24:37for information only.

24:39I will now turn the floor over to staff.

24:42>> Chair.

24:44>> Yes.

24:44>> As in the past, we have all the reports

24:46in there.

24:47We can go over the presentation or we

24:49don't have to. It's

24:50>> Oh, I'm sorry. Do you all Do you all

24:52want to hear the presentations?

24:54>> No.

24:55>> No? I get two no's.

24:57>> I don't need them. I have them.

24:58>> No? No. No. Okay, never mind.

25:00Never mind. Thank you.

25:07>> Good afternoon, Jeff Colon.

25:08>> No.

25:09>> Oh, okay.

25:11>> Yeah.

25:11>> Good. Good.

25:12>> That was a majority. They didn't They

25:13don't want to hear it. I'm sorry. We had

25:15them in our backup, so we did look at

25:17them.

25:17>> you, burrito. Want to hear it.

25:18>> We appreciate you.

25:20Um okay, fantastic. Uh let's see.

25:26Um do we need a motion

25:29to approve staff reports?

25:31>> No. It's It's just reports to you all.

25:33The only thing that I think is important

25:36to point out from all of them is uh and

25:39I did this at the last CRA meeting, the

25:41community fridge code case.

25:44>> Oh, yeah.

25:45>> The community fridge code case, they

25:47were found guilty.

25:49They have time to comply,

25:52but they are guilty, and fines will

25:54begin ensuing if they do not comply by

25:57the time

25:58their their compliance hearing comes

26:00around. So, a

26:01guilty case verdict was issued with

26:04fines at a date certain.

26:07>> Okay, um Mr. Executive Director, could

26:09you explain for the public why they were

26:11found guilty? Um do you know the

26:14background as to why in terms of the

26:17code?

26:17>> that we brought forward was not

26:21It was It was factual. It It is against

26:23the city code,

26:25and they are not allowed to do what they

26:27are doing based on our codes. And so,

26:30um we work I'm not saying all this to

26:33say we're not

26:34>> want to clarify for the public cuz it's

26:36a hot topic, I know, so I want to

26:37clarify.

26:38>> So, we we staff is still working with

26:41them. They still need to submit the

26:43permits

26:44and get the permits so they can

26:46construct an a protective

26:49enclosure around it. Once they bring

26:52that inside,

26:54then they will no longer be guilty of

26:56outdoor storage.

26:58So, there is a path forward for them.

27:00They just have not complied with it as

27:01of the date of their hearing.

27:03>> Okay, it's my understanding from

27:06from um Matt Grambau cuz I did reach out

27:08to him today about it that

27:11um

27:11they're working on they had evidently

27:13gotten some uh equipment donated from

27:16Lowe's and they have to go through and

27:18get that approved, it's my

27:19understanding. And so, once that's done,

27:23um

27:23we should be uh good barring that they

27:26resubmit.

27:27Okay. All right, I just want to clarify

27:29that.

27:30Thank you.

27:31All right, let's see. Um we will move on

27:34then to

27:36comments from the board. Do we have any

27:37comments?

27:39All right, Commissioner Sankey.

27:42>> Thank Chair.

27:43Um

27:44be the last CRA meeting that I attend. I

27:46just want to thank uh all of our uh my

27:49fellow um

27:53members for uh for the time and effort

27:55put in. Uh

27:57the discussion a little earlier about uh

28:00a citizen-led uh board versus a uh

28:03council-led board. One of the reasons uh

28:05why the transition was made was because

28:07of the number of things that were coming

28:09up that were going to be um requiring

28:11coordination between city and CRA. And

28:14uh if you look over the history of the

28:16city,

28:17um there are times when it is

28:19citizen-led and there are times that it

28:22is council-led. Uh and so, the

28:24coordination between the two

28:27uh allowed an awful lot to happen

28:29in a relatively short amount of time

28:32uh that I take great pride in being able

28:34to uh be a part of uh with all that has

28:37been improved in the CRA,

28:40the joint effort to reacquire the golf

28:43course,

28:45activate the waterfront,

28:47and to make our city more walkable,

28:50livable, and workable

28:52where it was in an area that was

28:54deteriorating and I don't think anyone

28:56can argue with the fact that it was

28:57deteriorating and we provided funding

29:01sources for businesses to revitalize

29:05themselves, to enhance their appearance,

29:08and I feel like and of course it's just

29:11my opinion, but I feel like 4 years

29:14later our CRA is is a much more

29:17attractive place. It is a more attended

29:19place

29:21and I think it helped bring the city

29:22forward and I was happy that I got the

29:25opportunity to participate in that.

29:27Thank you, chair.

29:28>> Okay, thank you.

29:30All right, Commissioner Donnell.

29:32>> Yes, there were just a couple of

29:33grumbles.

29:35When they mentioned how about I think I

29:37heard how about us, rightfully so, about

29:39the

29:40code compliance, but everything in the

29:43spirit of transparency is right there on

29:45the city website so you can access it on

29:47any of your

29:48your modules here and the presentation

29:50that they were going to put for us

29:52you can see it right there. So just

29:54wanted to let you know you can access it

29:55just by going to the agenda and hitting

29:57that's all. Thank you.

29:59>> Thank you.

30:00All right, seeing no other lights on,

30:02item 10 is time and place of future

30:04meeting. Oh.

30:06Mr. City Attorney.

30:07>> Madam Chair, just so that you know while

30:09you have on there the date of January

30:1113th as next CRA meeting, that is a

30:14proposed date just so that you all are

30:16aware.

30:17That will ultimately have to be approved

30:19by the council when that happens. I

30:22believe it's happening on the 18th if

30:23I'm not mistaken. So I just want you to

30:26be aware that it's a proposed date. It's

30:27not been finalized until such action has

30:30been taken by the

30:31Mayor and City Council on November 18th.

30:33>> Thank Thank clarifying.

30:35All right, time and place of future

30:36meetings. Uh the next Cape Coral

30:39Community Redevelopment Agency meeting

30:41is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday,

30:44January 13th, 2027 at 9:00 a.m. in

30:47Council Chambers. May I have a motion to

30:50adjourn?

30:50>> So moved.

30:51>> Second.

30:52>> All right, thank you very much. Um

30:54Mayor, what do you think? We'll start at

30:564:00 for the next meeting. Okay, thank

30:59you.

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