Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2022-02-22 (vote 6): extend the cure period of 30 days to 34 days Result: PASSED 5-1 Moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal; seconded by Alex Goins. Voted yes: Alex Goins, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, ETZ, ROGERS Voted no: Lorraine Koss

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2020-10-13 (vote 7): choose the angled parking option of the Harrison Street Plans Result: PASSED 6-1 Moved by Lorraine Koss; seconded by Brenda Warner. Voted yes: Jake Williams Jr., ETZ, LANNI, Brenda Warner, Don Boisvert, Lorraine Koss Voted no: Alex Goins

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2025-07-07 (vote 4): approve the Redevelopment Agreement between the Cocoa CRA and 360 Development Group, LLC Result: PASSED 6-1 Moved by Mike Blake; seconded by Patricia Weeks. Voted yes: Mike Blake, ETZ, Alex Goins, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss, Patricia Weeks Voted no: ROGERS

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2020-12-08 (vote 5): approve option 2 of the parking layout for the Lee Wenner Park Parking Result: PASSED 6-1 Moved by Mike Blake; seconded by Etz. Voted yes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, ETZ, LANNI Voted no: Lorraine Koss

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2017-02-14 (vote 5): approve a request for a financial contribution of $2,427.00 to underground FPL powerlines across Delannoy Avenue Result: CARRIED 6-1 Moved by Brenda Warner; seconded by Lanni. Voted yes: Henry Parrish III, Brenda Warner, Clarence Whipple Jr., Stewart, Jeri Blanco, Lanni Voted no: Don Boisvert

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2025-10-28 (vote 3): approve with discussion th e two 5 -year leases, one of which is with the Cocoa Village Partners and the other is with the Post Office Result: PASSED 6-1 Moved by Alex Goins; seconded by Mike Blake. Voted yes: Mike Blake, ETZ, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss, ROGERS, Patricia Weeks Voted no: Lavander Hearn

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2021-03-09 (vote 4): approve a BAF transfer of $115,360 from the CCRA Contingency Account to the CCRA Infrastructure Account and a Resolution to install stamped asphalt on crosswalks in Cocoa Village Result: PASSED 6-1 Moved by Etz; seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal. Voted yes: Mike Blake, ETZ, Lavander Hearn, Alex Goins, LANNI, Herbert "Rip" Dyal Voted no: Lorraine Koss

Motion at the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting of 2022-01-03 (vote 4): approve an extension for the hotel site plan approval to March 2, 2022 for the Planning and Zoning Meeting and to bring to the CRA’s March 7, 2022 Meeting for approval Result: PASSED 5-1 Moved by Mike Blake; seconded by Alex Goins. Voted yes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss, ROGERS Voted no: Herbert "Rip" Dyal

[…] Speaker 2: “Mrs. Noteman, ma'am, if necessary to hear from the attorney or city manager as well.” Speaker 9 + overlapping voice: “I'm not sure what exactly you want on the agenda. Are you asking the agency to purchase? Is that what you're asking?” […] Speaker 8 + overlapping voice: “for right now, we need to set it up to where you are able to utilize and drive these vehicles in the downtown area. So that's...” […] Speaker 9 + overlapping voice: “That would be a city council. You can't...” […] Speaker 8 + overlapping voice: “But it's” Speaker 9 + overlapping voice: “a city council ordinance that would have to be...” […] Speaker 10 + overlapping voice: “And” […] “And” […] “and” […] Speaker 2: “Thank you. Thank you very much.” Attribution uncertain: “Thank” Speaker 2: “you. Do we have any other cards, Mr. Brown, for delegations?” Speaker 3 + overlapping voice: “No, Mr. Chairman.” Speaker 2: “Thank you, sir. This concludes this portion of delegations. We have no presentations. We” […] “Item number 5-1, request the agency” […] “camera and monitoring at the municipal parking lot on the North City Hall area.” […]

[…] Speaker 16: “Typically, the officers that we have working the detailed downtown Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays, they are officers that either come in on their time off, or we hold them over from the shift that's going off duty. And their primary focus is downtown.” Attribution uncertain: “I” Speaker 16 + overlapping voice: “mean, they don't...” […] “They're not responding to a domestic disturbance up on Indian River Drive somewhere.” […] “They are in downtown, and pretty much downtown only. Now, if something does happen, say, just on the outside of Florida Avenue, and the officers are closer, and it's a high priority call, then they probably will respond to that. But it's still part” Attribution uncertain: “of” Speaker 5 + overlapping voice: “the CRA, all the way over to the railroad” […] “Yeah, so” Speaker 16 + overlapping voice: “just, you know, just so... I'm referring to the... Kind of the downtown area is where they're usually at.” […]

[…] Speaker 6 + overlapping voice: “And maybe a move away from the auto oriented nature of the existing zoning categories and it's noted that, of course, the intersection itself is, of course, very auto oriented.” Attribution uncertain: “You” Speaker 6: “have a lot of traffic coming in and out of different cities in and around Coco. So it's a challenging situation and so what we do as is trying to understand where to go with this is that while the vision is mixed use corridor, there's on” […] “each other. There are strategies, though, from the real world where we can take in, bring in aesthetic standards to help improve the design and therefore the uses of the corridor.” […] “we've seen these types of things implemented in more traditional auto oriented areas of the state as well. And I'll mention this is on state road 50, which is extremely auto oriented.” […]

[…] Speaker 1 + overlapping voice: “Agency member. Did you attend? Did you?” […] “Yes, ma'am. Okay. And you want to. Agency member.” Speaker 8: “Yes. Um, I would like to give a report when I'm there at the next meeting. Is that okay?” No voice detected: “If” Speaker 1: “you like put together some,” Speaker 8: “just the big learning moments.” Speaker 1: “Okay. Thank you.” Speaker 8: “Okay. Thanks.” Speaker 1: “Yes, ma'am.” […] Speaker 4 + overlapping voice: “I took the tour of the downtown Jacksonville, which was interesting because it was so thoughtfully planned out in their planning that what they did was take the old downtown, which was at one time the new downtown when they after the fire. And now they're coordinating and taking underutilized abandoned buildings and creating like nine different neighborhoods, each with a distinctive theme. One was also celebrating two black composers that were famous for let freedom sing.” […]

[…] “So I hope we can get people to like residents and, and people from further out in the CRA than just the three streets in the middle of the downtown,” […] “so that we are covering as much as we can as an agency and, and using the agency money for, um, and I think once we do, hopefully once we do the workshop, we can fine tune a little better. Uh, the coverage because I, I, I'm concerned as are all of us in the downtown about some of the vandalism and, and homeless issues, but that's not all the noise is a thing that of course I don't live in the downtown. So I don't know. I'm not aware that it's as bad as it is as late as it is.” […]

[…] Speaker 6 + overlapping voice: “Yes. I'm happy to say that because I know what the alternative is.” Speaker 13 + overlapping voice: “So I want to embrace this.” Speaker 6 + overlapping voice: “That's a fact. So we're talking about economic enhancement in the downtown area. And everybody knows, let's be honest, brutally honest. The downtown area has” […] “We're trying now to go north by northwest. That's the second portion. We get the nostalgic look here. But if you want the contemporary look, you will go north by northwest. And guess what, ladies and gentlemen, and I'm a firm believer in this. And I believe in this with all of our heart. Because it's happening in front of our very own eyes. Once Brightline gets there, you can catch that automated train from Brightline come to the downtown area. So you get the contemporary look, but you get the nostalgic look here.” […]

[…] Speaker 5 + overlapping voice: “We don't like getting old, but we do. so that's the reason why if we're not building yeah ma'am yes I'm happy to say that because I know what the alternative is so” Speaker 13 + overlapping voice: “I want to embrace thanks” Speaker 5 + overlapping voice: “this that's a fact so we're talking about economic enhancement in the downtown area. And everybody knows, let's be honest, brutally honest, the downtown area has always been the backbone of Cocoa. we're trying now to go north by northwest. That's the second portion. We get the nostalgic look here. But if you want the contemporary look, you will go north by northwest. And guess what, ladies and gentlemen and I'm a firm believer in this and I believe in this with all of our heart” […] “gets there, you can catch that automated train from bright line come to the downtown area.” […]

The main north/south artery through the area is US 1. This artery carries mainly “through” traffic but also some in -town traffic as well. Other than US1, the only other through north/south roadway is Florida/Forrest Avenue. The Florida/Forrest Avenue diagonal serves as a by -pass of the US 1 and 520 intersection. The Florida Avenue Complete Streets Project addressed the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users and motorists of all ages by safely accommodating those qualities in one “complete street”. Planning for this diverse group required consideration of the following elements: sidewalk space for pedestrians; bike routes; appropriate -sized lanes for cars, trucks and emergency vehicles; on- street parking; adequate buffer for pedestrian safety; landscaping and hardscaping for pedestrian safety […]

[…] parking spaces within the existing street right of way in Downtown Cocoa Village. Other alternatives included partnering with private developers for provision of public parking spaces. The Cocoa CRA will apply for any grant funding available for signage and use TIF revenues as needed to fund the project.Cocoa CRA/City General Fund 7 Street Tree Program High 1-2 Years $250,000 Consider a Village-wide street tree program for installing new and replacing failing trees Streetscape Reconstruction High 1-2 Years $750,000 Initiate streetscape reconstruction projects for Brevard and Delannoy, refurbishing the corridors Total Streets $7,220,000.00 L Catalyst Mixed Use Redevelopment Sites 1 Former City Hall Site High 1-2 Years N/A Currently in post RFP Development Agreement Stage to construct for a mixed use […]

• Develop corridor entryway designs within the CRA. • Prepare a Capital Improvement Program master plan with phasing identified for implementation. • Continue to proactively enforce City Codes, through the Chapter 6 Property Maintenance Code and the Building/Fire Code. • Preparation of long -term parking strategies to accommodate existing and long -range development needs in downtown area. • GOVERNMENTAL / ADMINISTRATIVE / PRIVATE SECTOR STRATEGIES The implementation of the plan for the community redevelopment areas surrounding downtown Cocoa will require the coordinated efforts of the City, the CRA, and local business organizations. These efforts will be coupled with the employment of various organ izational, legal, funding, and promotional techniques to successfully implement the plan. While leadership is a highly-intangible quality, […]

[…] uses in a compatible and functionally related arrangement in the downtown area to bring new shoppers to the area. • Create a waterfront mixed -use center , which reinforces existing activity centers downtown and provides an attractive combination of building masses and open spaces. • Screen and buffer conflicting large commercial uses close to commercial and residential. • Utilize existing vacant land as an opportunity for redevelopment, assemble land for redevelopment purposes. • Residential development, both multi-family and medium to high density should be encouraged in the downtown and low density in the Heart of Cocoa Neighborhood, where appropriate. • Implement neighborhood planning, especially in the Heart of Cocoa Neighborhood. • Prepare a corridor plan and guidelines for State Road […]

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