CRA forwards capital projects and CIP recommendations to county commissioners
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Martin County's Community Redevelopment Agency voted March 23 to forward its capital projects and capital improvement plan (CIP) recommendations — including grant-driven designs for Golden Gate and a 90% design for Cornell Avenue — to the Board of County Commissioners for approval and further funding steps.
The Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency voted March 23 to forward its capital projects and capital improvement plan recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for final consideration.
Shelby Delapietra, the CRA’s budget CIP coordinator, told the board the countywide CIP workshop is scheduled for April 21 and described the CIP as a five- to ten-year planning and budgeting tool that identifies capital projects, equipment needs and long-term asset maintenance. “This will be the county wide CIP that we do bring to the board of county commissioners,” Delapietra said.
Staff highlighted several projects the CRA intends to advance if funding is secured. The Golden Gate multimodal corridor and drainage resilience project has a submitted grant application; staff said they expect a decision in the summer. Cornell Avenue improvements in Old Palm City are at about 90% design, and New Monrovia Park has CEI services secured with a preconstruction meeting set for early April.
The presentation also addressed funding and sequencing decisions. A staff member noted proceeds from a sold Palm City property freed up previously reserved repayments, increasing TIF capacity for projects. The CRA’s staff explained the CIP snapshot shows allocations and estimates; the board was told a $1.7 million TIF estimate is used for planning (the estimate is adjusted with a 3% increase) and that some large projects — including an already-encumbered septic-to-sewer project described in the meeting as $44,000,000 — will appear differently on allocation reports because they are encumbered.
Board members asked how costs will be assigned across departments for complex projects such as Cornell Avenue. Staff said utilities typically cover septic-to-sewer work, public works covers drainage and repaving, and the CRA funds sidewalks, lighting and landscaping — explaining the need to coordinate phasing so work is not ripped up and re-done.
After questions and discussion, the board made and approved a motion to proceed with the CRA’s project recommendations and forward them to the county commissioners for consideration.
The CRA’s recommendations will now be considered by the Board of County Commissioners; scheduling and final fund allocations depend on that body’s review and any external grant awards.
