Title
GCRA Consolidated Reinvestment Plan (B)
Explanation
Ordinance No. 181001, adopted by the City Commission on September 5, 2019, outlines the CRA’s transition from a Community Redevelopment Agency overseeing projects in four redevelopment areas to become a City Department and one consolidated Community Reinvestment Area. As required by the ordinance in Section 2-410, the City Commission must adopt a reinvestment plan to guide redevelopment activities within the new Community Reinvestment Area (GCRA).
The GCRA went through a six-month community engagement process to take the former redevelopment plans and consolidate into one reinvestment plan for the City of Gainesville. The plan document will provide a brief history of the CRA, encapsulates the present by an annual accounting of redevelopment activities completed in FY19 and looks to the next ten years by analysis of community feedback received, project opportunities, proposed redevelopment locations and surrounding context, and potential strategies.
Community outreach has driven the planning process. A second draft of the Plan was presented to the GCRA Advisory Board on February 18, 2020 and at a community workshop on February 19, 2020 for review, feedback and questions. On February 27, 2020 the plan draft was presented again at the GCRA Advisory Board At today’s meeting, the GCRA will present an overview of the Reinvestment Plan and the process that lead to the proposed projects/programs that will guide GCRA reinvestments from FY20-29.
Fiscal Note
None
Recommendation
Approve the Reinvestment Plan as presented and modified, if applicable, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality