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2006 Annual Report Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY CRA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 2006 ANNUAL REPORT Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency 300 East University Avenue Station 48, PO Box 490 Gainesville, FL 32602-0490 352.334.2205 • Fax 352.334.2132 [email protected] www.RedevelopGainesville.com Hippodrome State Theatre, Downtown Gainesville TaBLE OF CONTENTS 1…About the Gainesville CRA 2…Chairman’s Message 2…Map of Redevelopment Areas 3…2006 Highlights and Programs in Multiple CRA Districts 6…Eastside Redevelopment Area 10…Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street Redevelopment Area 14…Downtown Redevelopment Area 18…College Park/University Heights Redevelopment Area Photography Credits: Matt Dubé, Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency Rush Law Office (and Façade Grant recipient) in Downtown Gainesville Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency 300 East University Avenue Station 48, PO Box 490 A Gainesville, FL 32602-0490 C 352.334.2205 • Fax 352.334.2132 R [email protected] www.RedevelopGainesville.com ABOUT THE GAINESVILLE CRA The mission of the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is to build vibrant urban neighborhoods by creating innovative partnerships, implementing dynamic strategies, and fostering high quality design. The Gainesville Community Redevelopment area is guided in part by a citizen advisory board. Agency Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report covers The CRA Board, which is made up of members all activities from October 1, 2005 to September 30, of the City Commission, reviews recommenda- GAINESVILLEOF CITY CREDIT: PHOTO Left to right: Commissioner Ed Braddy, Commissioner 2006. As required by Florida Statute 163.356c, tions of the citizen advisory boards, adopts Scherwin Henry, Commissioner Craig Lowe, Mayor the report includes a complete financial state- redevelopment plans and budgets, and provides Pegeen Hanrahan, Commissioner Rick Bryant, ment of the CRA’s assets, liabilities, income and direction to staff. The CRA Executive Director, Commissioner Jack Donovan (Chair), Commissioner Jeanna Mastrodicasa operating expenses, amount of tax increment Russ Blackburn, provides leadership for staff in funds collected, and a record of CRA activities carrying out the CRA’s direction. CRA projects all property, not from an increase in tax rates. Any for the fiscal year. All financial statements were share a central purpose: to alleviate urban blight increases in property values, as assessed because audited by the City of Gainesville. in all the Community Redevelopment Areas. of change in ownership or new construction, will increase tax revenue generated by the property. The City of Gainesville DRA, later replaced In 2006, the CRA approved a significant This increase in tax revenue is the tax increment by the Gainesville Community Redevelopment expansion to the Eastside district. Including that goes to the CRA. Agency (CRA), was established in 1981. The this expansion, Gainesville’s Community original purpose of the CRA was to create a rede- Redevelopment Areas comprise 4.3 square The CRA is housed in the City of Gainesville’s velopment framework in which the Central City miles, or approximately 7% of the total area of Community Development Department, headed District would evolve into a more dynamic office, the City of Gainesville. The CRA is the official by Thomas Saunders. The purpose of the service, financial, entertainment, residential, redevelopment body for the City of Gainesville, Community Development Department is to and governmental area. By 2001, the CRA was as described in Chapter 163 of the Florida provide a long-term strategy for the city’s growth operating in four Community Redevelopment Statutes. Funds for CRA projects are drawn from and development, enhance neighborhoods and Areas: Eastside, Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street, tax increment funds, which are collected from businesses through assistance programs, review Downtown, and College Park/University the four redevelopment areas. When a redevel- zoning and development proposals, create plans, Heights. Redevelopment projects in these areas opment area is established, the current assessed maps and graphics to support planning and are coordinated by the CRA and implemented values of the property within the project area are redevelopment, and enforce the City’s codes. by a team of partners that include City depart- designated as the base year value. Tax increment The CRA has a staff of six, plus interns, managed ments and private citizens. Each redevelopment comes from the increased assessed value of by Anthony Lyons. 1 As this work flourishes, the subsequent gains The following pages contain information and C hairMan’S in public prosperity and revenues are carefully updates highlighting a year filled with continuing Message reinvested to secure and extend that prosperity progress in each of our four redevelopment areas long into the future. CRA funding supports an and in the CRA as a whole. This document details Commissioner Jack Donovan array of diverse projects including beautification not only our current efforts, which have won and safety programs, high-density residential/ both local and statewide recognition – includ- Chair, Gainesville Community ing two awards from the Florida Redevelopment Redevelopment Agency mixed use/commercial developments, historic rehabilitations, streetscape improvements, infra- Association, but also how we plan to continue. The Gainesville Community Redevelopment structure upgrades, façade enhancements, Serving on the board of the Community Agency serves to renew and revitalize the City. gateway features, and public art. The work Redevelopment Agency is a special privilege. I Through careful planning and cooperation with involves the dreams and energy of a great cross- cherish the opportunity and am grateful to the local citizens and entrepreneurs, the CRA helps section of our city’s population: developers, dedicated CRA staff, the superb volunteer advi- generate thriving redevelopment in our central builders, craftspeople, financiers, planners, and sory board members, and to the many citizens residential neighborhoods and business districts. involved citizens. who participate in our CRA decisions. CRA Community Redevelopment Areas MAP City of Gainesville, Florida College Park/University Heights NW 16 Ave NE 16 Ave Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street t S Eastside 0.2 0.1 0 0.2 Miles � NE 15 St Downtown Prepared by the Dept of Community Development d November 2006 R Noth Main Waldo NW 8 Ave NE 8 Ave NW 13 St NW 15 St NW 1 St NW 5 Ave NE 25 St r NW 6 St NE 1 St NW 3 Ave NE 3 Ave NW 20 Te E University Ave W University Ave SW 6 St SE 21 St SR 20 SW 13 St SE 15 St SE 8 Ave e SE 11 St Depot Av SE 4 St SE 10 St SE 13 Ave Rd SE 15 Ave Archer SW 16 Ave 1 SE 15 St SE 22 Ave US 44 South Main St SE 24 Ave 2 d 2006 Highlights FAÇADE Bartlett Building, GRANT Façade Grant PROGRAM recipient This year the CRA achieved unprecedented levels of success with the Façade Grant Program, a program that provides matching grants for façade improvements to business owners on PROgraMS IN MULTIPLE key corridors in the College Park/University REDEVELOPMENT AREas Heights, Downtown, and Eastside redevel- opment areas. This program also provides free digital design assistance by CRA staff in CRA Maintenance Programs order to ensure that those eligible receive the The CRA offers both small-scale and large-scale graffiti removal programs to highest benefit possible. In 2006, $101,922 in CRA-funded façade work was approved and businesses within the Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street, Downtown, and College Park/ completed. These resources were leveraged University Heights, redevelopment areas. These programs have been very success- to achieve overall façade construction valued ful in improving the physical appearance of the neighborhoods. Originally, CRA’s at $676,000. graffiti abatement services were limited to small-scale graffiti removal – large-scale The following façade grants were awarded graffiti was too costly to remove within the original framework. However, the CRA and completed in 2006: expanded the original initiative to include the Extensive Graffiti Removal program. n Eastside Community Redevelopment This program is a matching grant partnership, in which the CRA contributes 75% Area: JBE Properties, Congregation B’nai and the property owner contributes 25% of the costs of the project, not to exceed Israel cemetery a total project cost of $1,000. The applicant must also have a graffiti-resistant n Downtown Community Redevelopment Area: Dutton Building, Turner building, sealant applied to prevent future graffiti damage (included in the project cost cap). Chestnut Building, Rush Law Office This new program offers an option for property owners faced with a significant n College Park/University Heights graffiti problem to not only remove the graffiti – but also prevent future incidents. Community Redevelopment Area: Bartlett Building, Wild Iris Books 3 Graffiti abatement is just one component of address alcohol concerns in the local community. FRA Awards the CRA’s initiative to provide and maintain The GRHP has crafted a voluntary agreement attractive public spaces. In order to keep the among businesses, the Responsible Hospitality The Florida Redevelopment Association’s Roy sidewalks in our redevelopment areas clean and Covenant, to promote responsible consumption F. Kenzie Awards recognize the best redevelop- inviting, the CRA continues to fund pressure and service practices. In addition to establish- ment projects and programs in the state. The washing several times
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