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Planner demos CRA story map; commission picks paid-parking vendor and seeks advisory input
Summary
Planner Mia Sadler showed an interactive CRA story map intended to make redevelopment projects and parcel data accessible; staff reported the commission awarded a paid-parking contract to 1Parking Incorporated and asked for a volunteer from the Waterfront Advisory Board to serve on the vendor implementation advisory group.
The Waterfront Advisory Board on Aug. 25 previewed a draft Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) story map designed to show CRA parcels, zoning, project tours and historical versus current waterfront imagery. Mia Sadler, Planner I in the planning and conservation department, demonstrated the interactive map and asked board members for feedback ahead of a planned presentation to the City Commission when it meets as the CRA advisory board.
"This is for citizens mostly and for, even city staff who don't fully understand what the CRA is," Sadler said, describing embedded parcel data, flood-zone layers and a "looking forward" section that outlines strengths, opportunities, threats and suggested projects. She said staff will add updated drone footage and imagery and intends to have the story map available on the city website in advance of the October commission meeting.
Deputy City Manager Jeremiah Glisson told the board that staff is documenting CRA programming and a five-year capital improvement plan to guard against possible future state legislation that would allow CRAs to be sunsetted if they lack committed projects. He also reported that at the Aug. 19 City Commission meeting the commission voted 4–1 to move forward with contract negotiations with 1Parking Incorporated for a paid parking pilot in a downtown rectangle bounded approximately by Front Street, Ash, Alachua and Seventh streets.
Glisson said the commission directed staff to negotiate with the vendor and to convene a series of public workshops and an advisory committee involving the Waterfront Advisory Board, the Planning Advisory Board and the Historic District Council to shape implementation, fees and permit structures. The board nominated and approved Michael Sharp to represent this board on the vendor/staff advisory group.
Staff also updated the board that signage changes (boat-trailer restrictions and towing warnings) have been installed near Atlantic Seafood and that police have increased patrols; one parking violation was issued on Aug. 8. Next steps include finalizing the story map for public release and scheduling workshops and advisory-group meetings to develop paid-parking implementation details.
