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CRA Meeting August 27,2018 Page Three 6. CRA Director's Report CRA Director Gail Hamilton stated the Code Enforcement Task Force will meet in the next few weeks to plan the Fall attack with neighborhood clean-ups. Planning,Public Works, and CRA departments will be meeting next week to look at grant opportunities for the coming year. CRA will be looking at opportunities and a priority list for sidewalks within the district. CRA continues to work on the design standards,the project is about 90%finished,a few more items need to be added before it is reviewed by the Planning department. Since July,the CRA has met with 7 potential businesses,and 10 potential residential investors. Utilities and the CRA continue to work together on plan to address issue of homes within the CRA using septic tanks instead of City sewer system. The CRA department has met with the owner of the Bargain Warehouse and talked to him about creating a plan to clean the building up,replacing the roof, building painted,and get it back open to the public. It is currently being used as a warehouse which is not allowed in the downtown. He has one month left to complete the work. Councilman Burgess spoke with Representative Danny Burgess and he has met someone who was involved with the renovation of the Tampa Theater and the gentleman is interested in looking at the downtown Home Theater. Ms.Hamilton stated that she had talked with Representative Danny Burgess and has passed the information on to the owner Mr.Balaska who is very interested. Mr.Balaska has painted his building and working on fixing the exterior to make it more appealing. City Manager Steve Spina stated the Florida Redevelopment Association is having a conference in October 2018. The City of Zephyrhills Planning staff will be putting on two sessions,Citizen Satisfaction Survey and Partnering Amongst Departments. Meeting Adjourned 5:58 p.m.