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Planner says Live Oak study area meets state standards for CRA expansion; council to consider resolution after public comment
Summary
A consultant presented a Finding of Necessity recommending expansion of the City of Live Oak’s Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), citing dilapidated buildings, flood hazards and infrastructure deficits; the council will take up a resolution after the public-comment period.
Megan Barrow, project manager with the Orlando-based Inspired Placemaking Collective, told the City of Live Oak council that a Finding of Necessity study shows the proposed expansion area meets multiple state-law criteria for inclusion in the city’s Community Redevelopment Area (CRA).
Barrow summarized field observations and data collected from September through November, saying, “What we found is that the study area qualified under the categories of existence of conditions that endanger life or property,” and pointed to dilapidated residential and commercial buildings, boarded storefronts, vacant land and infrastructure…
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