City Commission Conference Meeting and CRA Board Meeting on 2026-02-03 1:35 PM - Feb 03, 2026

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How does the CRA Board open and approve the January 20, 2026 minutes?

Dean Trantalis 0:00

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. SO I THINK THE COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED THAT GOING FORWARD WE SHOULD DO THE CRA BOARD MEETING. IN PARTICULAR TODAY IS JUST A COUPLE OF SIMPLE ITEMS. Why don't we go ahead and do that, and that way those who are here for the CRA board meeting don't have to sit through the entire conference meeting. So I'm going to call the CRA boarding to order, and if you could please call the roll, Mr. Clerk. Vice Chair Herbst. Present. Commissioner Glassman. Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Here. Commissioner Sorensen. Here. Chair Trentals.

What budget amendment and CRA fund allocation questions are raised for the Adelaide office?

Dean Trantalis 0:45

Here. So we begin with M1, which is a motion approving the minutes for the January 20th, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting. Someone please move the item. So moved. Do I hear a second? Been moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Commissioner Sorensen?

Chris Cooper 1:07

Yes. Vice Chair Herbst? Yes. Chair Trenton?

Dean Trantalis 1:10

Yes. And M1 is now approved. Moving on to R1, this is a resolution approving the budget amendment. This is to appropriate unspent Central City Community Redevelopment Area fiscal year ending 2025 fund balance. Anyone have any questions with regard to this item? There being none, would someone like to introduce the item? Mayor? I'M SORRY? BEFORE IT'S INTRODUCED, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE PROVIDED AN UPDATED CAM.

Patrick Hart 1:36

YES.

Dean Trantalis 1:37

SOME OF THE FUNDING BOXES WERE UPDATED, SO I JUST WANTED TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSION TO THAT. SO WHY DON'T YOU ALL TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK TO SEE THE REVISIONS ON PAGE THREE OF THE REVISED MEMO. IT GOES ON TO PAGE FOUR, PAGE FIVE. SO, RAQUEL, THIS ADDRESSES THE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY? YES, VICE MAYOR. PERFECT. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THAT ISSUE? It has to do with an appropriate allocation. So you can't carry over funds for operating purposes. You're only allowed to carry over funds for project purposes. So the methodology is to transfer the funds back to the general fund and then from the general fund back to the CRA. Right. So it's a circular pattern, and we just wanted to make sure that all the appropriate accounts were reflected for the audit trail.

Dean Trantalis 2:25

Okay, great. Anyone else have any comments or questions? I do. Thank you, Mayor. So I and I have had this discussion yesterday with staff, but I just wanted to reiterate for the record. So it is totally acceptable for us to be giving money from the Central City CRA to the Northwest CRA for the offices at the Adelaide. That's okay. So the Adderley is located within the Northwest District. The Central City CRA staff members will work out of that office location once it's built out. At present time, the Central City staff members work within the offices of the CRA that are currently in the Northwest District. So it's not a new concept. It's just a different building location that they would be utilizing.

Kevin Polito 3:12

Okay.

Dean Trantalis 3:12

I just want to make sure legally it's okay because actually the physical structure is not in the Central City CRA, but we're giving funds from the Central City CRA to the Northwest CRA for the office space.

Kevin Polito 3:26

I understand that. I just want to make sure that with the location not being located within the Central City CRA, we're still okay.

Dean Trantalis 3:34

That is my understanding, and I also understand that CREs can own property in areas outside of the district. This is an opportunity for us to consolidate the staff members and not have them in separate offices, which we are currently doing. Raquel, let me help you with this. So I think where the commissioner needs some clarity on this is the apportionment between staff that's working on property THE CENTRAL CITY CRA AND STAFF THAT'S WORKING ON NORTHWEST PROGRESSO CRA SO THAT THERE IS NO CROSSOVER SUBSIDATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL WE NEED AT SOME POINT, MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT I THINK WE ALL NEED CLARITY THAT THE DISAGGREGATION OF THE COST IS BEING PROPERLY APPORTIONED AMONGST THE TWO CATEGORIES.

Dean Trantalis 4:20

Yes, that is correct. And there's 600,000 that is coming from the Northwest CRA district.