SUBJECT:
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Request Approval for the Silver Springs Community Redevelopment Area Sign Grant Program (Budget Impact - Neutral)
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Christopher D. Rison, AICP, FRA-P |
Growth Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The Marion County Community Redevelopment Agency offers grant programs to support investment for new and existing development in the Silver Springs Community Redevelopment Area. Signage has previously been part of the Façade and Building Improvement Grant Program. To encourage and support signage improvements, a targeted Sign Grant Program is proposed to address on-site advertising signs, on-site wall/awning signs, and on-site wayfinding signs for all properties in the Silver Springs Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). Varied grant amounts are proposed based on the location of a site with higher grant amounts on more significant roadways. Further, the grant will require all funded signs to comply with the Silver Springs CRA Overlay area’s sign design standards, even for signs located outside the formal Overlay area, to create a “visual connection” throughout the overall Silver Springs CRA. Maximum grant award amounts will remain subject to available budgeted funds in the “Grants & Aid” line item at the time a grant application is filed.
The proposed roadway segments and grant amounts are summarized below:
1. East Silver Springs Boulevard - from west CRA boundary to Northeast 60th Place
75% or $15,000, whichever is less.
2. Northeast 58th Avenue - from East Silver Springs Boulevard to Northeast 7th Street 50% or $8,000, whichever is less.
3. Northeast 55th Avenue - from East Silver Springs Boulevard to Northeast 36th Place 50% or $8,000, whichever is less.
4. All other CRA roadways 50% or $3,000, whichever is less.
Staff recommends approval of the Sign Grant Program, the Application, and the supporting information.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral, funds budgeted.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve creating the Silver Springs CRA Sign Grant Program, the Application, and the supporting information.
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