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Live Oak council advances CRA expansion measures, declares two items surplus
Summary
The Live Oak City Council approved a resolution declaring two city items surplus and moved forward three measures tied to expanding the city’s Community Redevelopment Area, including the first reading of Ordinance 15-62 to establish tax-increment financing rules for the expansion.
The City Council of Live Oak, Florida voted to declare two pieces of city property surplus and advanced measures to expand the Live Oak Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) during its meeting.
Staff introduced City Council Resolution 20‑26‑31, describing the surplus items as a 2013 Ford Explorer and a commercial refrigerator. A motion to approve the resolution was made, seconded and carried with no discussion recorded.
Council also considered a package of items tied to a proposed CRA expansion. Staff read Resolution 20‑26‑28, which approves recommendations from the Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency and the city planning board to update the Community Redevelopment Plan. City Manager Nicholas Vergillis said staff is available if councilors have questions and noted that the CRA board previously passed the measure. The council moved and approved Resolution 20‑26‑28.
Relatedly, the council read Resolution 20‑26‑29 to authorize the continued existence of the Live Oak CRA and presented Ordinance 15‑62 for a first review. Ordinance 15‑62 would establish a base year for assessed values in the expansion area for tax‑increment purposes, provide for annual appropriation of tax increment by taxing authorities within the CRA and set related administrative duties. A motion was made to approve Ordinance 15‑62 for its first reading; the motion was seconded and carried as a first review.
The actions taken were procedural approvals to advance the CRA expansion and to clear identified surplus assets for sale or disposal; no substantive changes to the redevelopment plan text or final tax‑increment authorizations were adopted during the meeting.
Next steps: the ordinance was advanced for further consideration as a first reading and any subsequent readings, public notices or ordinance adoption votes will be scheduled according to standard municipal procedure.
