2026-09-28 - Community Redevelopment Agency
Summary
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- The agenda and the April 27, 2026 minutes were approved by voice vote with no opposition.
- The Agency approved its FY 2026-27 budget resolution by voice vote with no opposition. CRA staff said the budget is contained within the City's budget, with most of it in one fund.
- Staff reported that 2025 property valuations rose in all four CRA districts, by about 8.7% to just under 25%.
- Walton & 1: staff said agenda items are coming in the next few weeks, including the PUD amendment for what is still called City Center PUD, design standards for the project team, and an evaluation of parking garages. See City Center PUD amendment.
- Village Green Drive: the City applied for a federal BUILD grant and was not funded; staff plan to pledge about $12.5 million of tax increment funds so the infrastructure can be built, with the streetscape design added later when more grant money is available. A council member said the project will be shovel-ready by the end of the year and asked that it go on the City's state and federal legislative priorities. Staff described the grant decision as based on the funder's criteria, with several hundred applicants and only a fraction funded.
- Port District: staff reported about 732,000 park visitors in the two years since it opened, said the preserve trail opened earlier this year, a branding project is under way with six anchors installed, and the Grove restaurant is expected to begin construction in late 2027. A parking consultant evaluated five possible garage locations on the east side, with two garages under discussion adding roughly 1,000 spaces. See Port District riverfront restaurant lease.
- Southern Grove: staff said the road network is complete, Destination Way (developer-funded) has started construction, and draft agreements are being worked on for retail and commercial development.
- A council member asked that the CRA plan for the Port District area be updated once the restaurants raise valuations, and asked to keep looking at the Veterans Park area as temporary parking.
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00:24GOOD EVENING.
00:24THIS IS THE CITY OF PORT ST.
00:27LUCIE COMMUNITY DEVELOP MEETING.
00:29THIS IS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28th,
00:322026.
00:32PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
00:37[ROLL CALLED]
00:45WE JUST DID THE PLEDGE OF
00:48ALLEGIANCE AT THE LAST MEETING.
00:49I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
00:52ANY DISCUSSION.
00:52ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
00:53ANY OPPOSED.
00:55MOTION CARRIES.
00:56APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
00:58WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL
01:0127th, 2026.
01:03MOTION TO APPROVE
01:04>> ANY DISCUSSION.
01:05ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
01:08ANY OPPOSED.
01:09MOTION CARRIES.
01:22MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS.
01:297.A, RESOLUTION 26-CRA-02.
01:31A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT
01:32ST. LUCIE COMMUNITY
01:33REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (THE
01:33"AGENCY") RELATING TO THE ANNUAL
01:34BUDGET, APPROVING THE ANNUAL
01:35BUDGET OF THE AGENCY FOR THE
01:36FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
01:382026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
01:392027; AUTHORIZING THE
01:41EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ESTABLISHED
01:43BY THE BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR
01:48CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
01:49SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR
01:49AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
01:51>> GOOD EVENING.
01:52JENNIFER DAVIS FOR THE CRA.
01:55THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO
01:56BRING YOU TO THE CRA BUDGET AS
01:59PART OF THE CITY'S SECOND
02:01READING AT THE HEARING AFTER
02:02THIS.
02:03OUR TEAM IS COMPRISED OF MYSELF,
02:07FRANK NAH TER, AND RUSS
02:09BLACKBURN WHO'S WORKED ON A LOT
02:14OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
02:16SEE UPDATES ON THIS EVENING.
02:27IS IN PAST TPO WE RECEIVED THE
02:292025 VALUATIONS WERE INCREASED
02:31IN ALL FOUR DISTRICTS.
02:33AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN
02:35ANYWHERE FROM 8.7 TO JUST UNDER
02:3925% IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
02:42DISTRICTS.
02:42I DID PROVIDE A CHART HERE THAT
02:45DOES SHOW FROM 2021 TO 2025 THE
02:48VALUATIONS, AND I DID BREAK THAT
02:50DOWN BY THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS
02:53SO YOU CAN SEE WE DO CONTINUE
02:56THOSE UPWARD TRENDS PRETTY
02:58SUBSTANTIAL ESPECIALLY IN THE
03:00SOUTHERN GROVE DISTRICT.
03:07WHICH DOES REPRESENT 8.55% OF
03:11THE CITY'S OVERALL VALUATION.
03:15AND THE FIRST AND ORIGINAL CRA
03:18DISTRICT WE HAVE TWO MAIN
03:20PROJECTS WE WOULD LIKE TO
03:21PROVIDE BRIEF UPDATES ON.
03:23THE FIRST OBVIOUSLY WE HAD LAST
03:26YEAR OF PROJECT DUBÉ ATWAL TON
03:29AND 1.
03:31WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING
03:32WITH THAT TEAM AND THERE WILL BE
03:35AGENDA ITEMS COMING FORWARD IN
03:37THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THAT.
03:43AND WE DO LIKE TO PURSUE THOSE.
03:47IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL BE
03:49PRESENTING THE PUD AMENDMENT FOR
03:52WHAT IS STILL KNOWN AS CITY
03:55CENTER PUD.
03:56BUT THE PUD AMENDMENT GOING TO
03:59TUESDAY THE SIXTH.
04:02OUR TEAM IS ALSO WORKING ON DA
04:05DESIGN STANDARDS FOR WALTON AND
04:081.
04:09THERE WILL BE SOME ESTABLISHED
04:12STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE
04:13TEAM TO FOLLOW DURING THEIR
04:17PROCESS.
04:17WE HAVE INITIATED PARKING GARAGE
04:22AND EVALUATION AS WELL.
04:24WITH VILLAGE GREEN DRIVE OUR
04:27TEAM PURSUED A BUILD GRANT FOR
04:29THIS CORRIDOR.
04:31WE ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THAT
04:33GRANT.
04:34BUT WE DID INTEND TO PLEDGE
04:37ABOUT 12.5 $12.5 MILLION TIFD.
04:48SO AT LEAST GET THE
04:49INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AND THEN
04:50THE ADDITIONAL SCPRAUGE DESIGN
04:53COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT A LATER
04:56TIME WHEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
04:59GRANT FUNDING.
05:00WE ARE IN PERMITTING FOR THE HOG
05:08TRAIL.
05:09IN EAST LAKERIDGE ALMOST ALL OF
05:12THE AREA IS BUILT OUT.
05:15I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL FIVE
05:21SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
05:22WE ALSO STILL HAVE THE
05:23COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE THERE
05:27AT HILLMORE AND LAKE FIELD.
05:32AND THE PORT DISTRICT AND THE
05:35EXPANSION AREA OBVIOUSLY WE'VE
05:37SEEN A GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE
05:39PARK ITSELF.
05:40OUR LATEST FROM WERE 732,000
05:46VISITORS JUST SINCE THE PARK
05:48OPENED TWO YEARS AGO.
05:51AS IS THE PRESERVE TRACK TRAIL
05:55WHICH OPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
05:57WE HAVE INITIATED CONCEPTUAL ON
06:00PARKING SOLUTIONS FOR THE PORT
06:02DISTRICT.
06:08THE BRANDING PROJECT IS UNDER
06:12WAY, WE HAVE NOTICED WE HAVE SIX
06:15ANCHORS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED
06:20ART ON THE CORRIDORS.OVIDING TH-
06:24FOR THE GROVE RESTAURANT THAT
06:26STARTED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND
06:28THEY STILL ARE ON TRACK FOR
06:31ANTICIPATING THEIR CONSTRUCTION
06:33IN LATE 2027: AND THEN THEY'LL
06:36HAVE A RAMP UP PERIOD FOR THEIR
06:41OPERATIONS BEFORE THEY OPEN UP.
06:44>> AT LAST
06:45>> IN SOUTHERN GROVE WE CONTINUE
06:48TO FOCUS ON THE RETAIL AND
06:50COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
06:51WE HAVE THE DRAFT AGREEMENTS
06:53WITH SANDSON.
06:57SO WE'LL BE STILL WORKING ON
06:59THOSE WITH THE DEVELOPER AND
07:02WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE TO THE
07:06GFC FOR THAT PERMIT.
07:09WITHIN THE JOBS CORRIDOR AND THE
07:11EXPANSION OF THE EMPLOYERS
07:12THERE.
07:13AND THEN WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT
07:16INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK IS
07:19COMPLETE WITH THE MACKEY
07:22MARSHALL CONSTRUCTION AND
07:24DESTINATION WAY HAS ALSO STARTED
07:27CONSTRUCTION.
07:27THAT IS DEVELOPER FUNDED PROJECT
07:29AND I DID PROVIDE SOME IMAGES.
07:38THIS IS LOOKING EAST TOWARDS
07:40WHAT'S A NEW INTERCHANGE AT
07:45MARSHALL.
07:48AND LOOKING BACK TO THE WEST
07:51FROM MACKEY MARSHALL BACK TO
07:55VILLAGE PARKWAY.
07:56REALLY GREAT PROJECT.
07:59REALLY I'LL GIVE FRANK NOT
08:03FORGET IT ON IT WAS REALLY A
08:06GREAT PROJECT.
08:09AS I MENTIONED OUR BUDGET IS
08:12CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY'S
08:14BUDGET.
08:15WE HAVE FUND 175 WHICH IS THE
08:17MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET.
08:21BOTH OF THOSE ARE CONTAINED
08:24WITHIN IN THE CITY'S BUDGET.
08:26WITH THAT WE WOULD REQUEST
08:29APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 26-CRA-22
08:33FOR OUR 26-27 BUDGET
08:37>> THANK YOU.
08:37ANY QUESTIONS?
08:38>> COMMENTS.
08:39>> THANK YOU FOR THE
08:41PRESENTATION JEN.
08:42I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
08:44TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF YEARS.
08:50I AM INTERESTED IN SEEING THE
08:52FUTURE PHASING OF THE VILLAGE
08:54GREEN DRIVE.
08:57WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SMALLER
09:00ASKS AND MORE PHASED APPROACH
09:01WITH THE FUNDING WE'LL BE ABLE
09:07TO FULLY CAPTURE.
09:09I WANT TO SEE THE VILLAGE GREEN
09:12OVERLAY AS WELL.
09:16WITH ANY FUTURE REDEVELOP.
09:18AND THEN WITH I DID HAVE A
09:22QUESTION WITH THE DISTRICT.
09:24BUT ONCE THE RESTAURANTS ARE
09:26THERE WILL BE AN EXPECTED
09:29INCREASE IN VALUATION.
09:40IS THERE A PLAN THAT.
09:42WHAT OUR INTENTION IS TO UPDATE
09:45EVALUATE AND UPDATE THE CRA PLAN
09:48FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT HAS
09:51NOT BEEN DONE YET.
09:54WE WOULD INCORPORATE INTO THE
09:57ORIGINAL CRA PLAN.
09:58THAT WILL GIVE US THAT OUTLINE
10:01OF PROJECTS THAT REMAIN
10:03OUTSTANDING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
10:05SOME VALUATIONS WE HAVE THEM
10:10ALREADY EARMARKED WHEN WE USE
10:13THE TIFD DOLLARS.
10:16>> BECAUSE I REALLY THINK OF ANY
10:20CRA DOLLARS THAT WE COMPLETE THE
10:24PROJECT
10:25>> JUST TO ADD TO THE
10:28CONVERSATION.
10:29JENNIFER I KNOW THAT THE PORT
10:30DISTRICT.
10:30ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE
10:33RIGHT NOW AND WILL HAVETION THE
10:35PARKING.
10:36WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE
10:38LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
10:40WE ENGAGED A PARKING GARAGE
10:43CONSULTANT THAT EVALUATED I
10:44BELIEVE IT WAS FIVE DIFFERENT
10:47LOCATIONS WITHIN THE EASTERN
10:48SIDE OF PORT ST. LUCIE.
10:50SO SEVERAL WITHIN THE PORT
10:53DISTRICT AND OVER WALTON AND 1.
10:56AND WE ARE HAVE GOING BACK AND
10:59FORTH PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE
11:01CONSULTANT AND WE'LL BE SHARING
11:03THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU SO
11:05THAT WE CAN HAVE A ROBUST
11:08DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOCATIONS
11:09AND HOW THOSE CAN BE FUNDED
11:12GOING FORWARD.
11:13WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED WHAT WE'VE
11:16SEEN SO FAR BETWEEN THE TWO
11:18GARAGES.
11:18I THINK IT'S ABOUT UPWARDS 1,000
11:21ADDITIONAL SPACES, AND BEING
11:23ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE UTILIZATION
11:26OF THE GARAGES MAYBE NOT JUST A
11:29GARAGE BUT HAVING SPACE IN THERE
11:31FOR OTHER THINGS.
11:33I DO WANT TO ADDRESS
11:36ABOUT-FACING VILLAGE GREEN
11:38DRIVE.
11:39THIS PROJECT WILL BE SHOVEL
11:41READY BY THE END THIS YEAR.
11:47POTENTIALLY GETTING BUILT TO ITS
11:50FOUR-LANE CAPACITY.
11:52BUT WE WOULD BE SHOVEL READY.
11:55>> I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A
11:57TRANSITION BETWEEN MS. PARMELEE
12:00AND THE FUTURE PERSON TAKING
12:02OVER HER ROLE.
12:04I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
12:06VILLAGE GREEN IS WITHIN OUR
12:09LEGISLATIVE ACTION PLAN FOR THE
12:11STATE AND CITY SIDE.
12:14TO KIND WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT
12:17FUNDING CAN COME FROM.
12:18BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE BUILD
12:20GRANT WAS GOOD TO GO AFTER
12:23BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO AFTER IT.
12:26I THINK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT
12:28THINGS AT PLAY.
12:29I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER
12:33POTS TO BE ABLE TO PULL FROM.
12:37I STILL WANT TO LOOK AT
12:41VETERANS.
12:42AS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY
12:45PARKING SPACE AREA.
12:47SIMILAR TO VETERANS PARK WHEN WE
12:50HAVE VETERAN'S DAY.
12:52SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
12:55THAT AS WELL
12:56>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:57WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.
12:59>> THANK YOU.
13:00>> WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK WHY
13:03THE FUNDING WASN'T GIVEN TO US.
13:08>> I THINK THEY HAD CERTAIN
13:10CRITERIA THEY WERE LOOKING AT
13:12THIS YEAR, AND MY UNDERSTANDING
13:16IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED
13:17APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AND
13:19THEY FUND A FRACTION OF THOSE.
13:23WE DIDN'T SCORE ENOUGH TO GET
13:24FUNDED THIS YEAR.
13:25>> ARE YOU TALKING FOR THE
13:28BUILD.
13:28>> THE BUILD GRANT
13:31>> I KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE IF
13:33HE WANTS.
13:34SO ADMINISTRATION CHANGES.
13:37SO ESSENTIALLY THERE IS WHAT I
13:39WAS TOLD WE HAVE IT AS A
13:42MULTI-LANE MULTI-MODAL PATH
13:45WHERE WE ALLOW BIKE LANES AND
13:47DIFFERENT TYPES OF OTHER
13:49AMENITIES WITHIN THE PLAN.
13:50SO ONE ADMINISTRATION WAS PRO
13:52WITH THAT AND OTHER
13:54ADMINISTRATION ISN'T.
13:56SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL GREAT
14:01PRANS UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME IT
14:04SOUNDS LIKE MORE OF A POLITICAL
14:07ISSUE MORE THAN A DESIGN ISSUE.
14:10>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO.
14:13TO GET IT NEXT TIME.
14:15IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED
14:17TO DO.
14:17>> I THINK IT WAS THE LATTER OF
14:19THE TWO IN THAT INSTANCE.
14:21>> I THINK THE NAME OF THE GRANT
14:24IS DIFFERENT FROM ONE TO THE
14:25OTHER.
14:25THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE NEW
14:29SAUNSS.
14:29I STILL THINK IT'S A VIABLE
14:33PROJECT.
14:37>> ANYTHING ELSE.
14:38>> IS THERE A MOTION.
14:40>> MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION
14:4526-CRA-2.
14:46>> ANY FINAL DISCUSSION.
14:48ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
14:49ANY OPPOSED.
14:50MOTION CARRIES.
14:53IF THERE'S NO OTHER ISSUES BY
14:55BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.