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Commissioners discuss CRA priorities and parking options for proposed 777 Main Street project
Summary
After the Main Street presentation and barrier vote, CRA members and residents debated how to prioritize work among multiple Main Street districts, asked staff for a prioritized project list, and discussed parking options for a proposed 777 Main Street/SavageCraft tenant including county lots, the Corbin Building’s 51 spaces and whether the city should purchase property.
Commissioners and members of the public used the meeting’s closing discussion to press staff on CRA priorities, city-owned property lists and parking options for a potential 777 Main Street project, a proposed SavageCraft tenant.
A public commenter noted multiple existing Main Street-designated areas in Daytona Beach and urged the city to focus on one district at a time. Commissioners and staff discussed options for providing parking to prospective tenants: possible county lots, the Corbin Building’s 51 spaces (which staff said currently are not available as dedicated parking), or other city-owned properties that could be repurposed. Staff said the county had indicated a willingness to work with the city but that staff had paused outreach while the commission confirmed direction on parking acquisition policy.
One commissioner asked staff to seek a schedule for maintenance and improvements in the boardwalk/boardwalk-adjacent lots and to provide a list of city-owned vacant or underused properties. Staff replied the analysts were compiling the property inventory and would provide it electronically before the next CRA meeting. Several commissioners said they want staff to return in about a month with the prioritized list of CRA projects that emerged from the earlier workshop.
In comments supporting the private proposal, at least one public speaker described SavageCraft as a credible operator and urged the commission to move toward a contract if the applicant could secure parking; other speakers urged caution about acquiring property or committing public funds without a binding lease.
