The City Commission will recess and convene into a special session of the community redevelopment agency.

So you don't have to leave.

It's just we're changing hats for a minute.

So first on the CRA agenda is to approve the minutes of the special Sarasota CRA meeting of April 6th.

So moved.

Second.

Moved by Commissioner Batti, seconded by Commissioner Ahern Kotch.

May we have your votes, please.

Passed unanimously.

Thank you very much.

So the next up is the CRA.

I'll call upon Financial Administration Director Strickland and Jeff Wolf, the partner of Forvis Mazar LLP to make a presentation regarding the CRA financial statements, auditors, reports, et cetera.

Good morning, Mayor and Commissioners.

My name is Kelly Strickland for the record.

I'm director of financial administration.

And with me today, I have Jeff Wolf from Forbes Mazars, and he is our external auditors for the CRA.

And I'll just kind of pass it to him to give you a review.

Sure.

And I'll be very brief considered of your time.

Really, I don't really have a formal presentation prepared, but the CRA audit is really all about compliance.

You know, when the the set the state laws change requiring the audits of the CRA, it was really focused on compliance, meaning is the revenue being the TIF revenue being calculated correctly, is it being funded timely?

And ultimately are the expenses of the CRA in accordance with the CRA plan.

And is the are the funds being spent down as required?

So I'm happy to report that um as relates to the financial statements.

We had an unmodified opinion.

Um that is the highest level of assurance you can receive that your financial statements are correct.

And also we had no findings or no compliance issues as it relates to compliance with the CRA.

So again, a very clean audit.

Um, you know, the CRA information is already part of your city act for as well, so it's included in the city audit.

But um just it's you know no issues noted, and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions on the audit, but um again, it's really about compliance.

We had no compliance issues.

Okay.

Uh Commissioners questions.

Uh Vice Mayor, oh, Commissioner Aaron Koch was first.

Thank you.

I just have uh I think one or two small questions.

Um page nine of thirteen, it talks about the um projects, and it's 17 uh uh 771,871 dollars for Main Street streetscape improvements, and that's out of the CRA budget.

Let me get to the same place as you are.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm I'm on page nine, and what we are showing is a list of the budget.

That area was the budget for the specific projects within the CRA.

How how how what's the connection between Main Street and CRA?

That is a downtown project that was carried over from when the downtown sunset and it has stayed with that project.

Um it's incomplete and it's just carried over until the dollars are used.

Okay, so those dollars are from the former downtown CRA.

Yes.

They're earmarked, they're sitting there waiting.

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

Um that's really important.

I did not did not know that.

Um thank you for that.

And then above it it says Main Street Streetscape 881.

Is that the same thing or is that a different thing?

I yes, ma'am, that is the same.

That is the same.

So why is it 881 and 771?

I see.

Mine says Newtown Sidewalk Lighting and Landscaping for 856, 891.

And then under it is 771,871 for Main Street streetscape improvements.

Right.

And right above it, um wait a minute, I'm got the wrong number here, but right above it on the other list above it, it says expenditures are the following.

Okay, those were the actual expenditures that were made.

Um that says if I go across, I think that's 1330.

What is that?

I am trying to find where you are.

Right above it on the bullets, Ms.

Strickland.

The bullets right above that.

Yeah, sorry, I'm not being clear.

Right under the governmental funds um bold.

Same page.

On page nine.

Yes.

I'm sorry.

She's looking.

She's looking right here.

This is what she's saying.

Oh, okay.

So $881 was spent on the project.

So this section that you're looking at at the top, those are the actual expenditures below it are the budget that's carried over.

And in the CRA, unless we're told differently the the projects do carry over the ones that were during the period of the downtown CRA carry over until those projects are determined that we're not doing them or they're completed.

Right, okay.

But what was the 881 for it was just I I can't I'll have to get back to you how much that where it was.

Those are my questions.

Thank you.

And Vice Mayor?

Yes thank you I do have two questions.

Good morning.

On page 17 it lists it says there are 37,372 dollars of liabilities.

Do you know what those liabilities are yes ma'am I said yes I will have to get back to you and tell you what they are okay it's probably at the end of the year.

So if we have any accounts payable that aren't paid by September 30th and we set them up as a as a liability.

Okay I'd appreciate that information.

And my second question on page 22 item K says there are no employees accounted for in the CRA.

So we know that advisory boards when they come to us and list their annual revenues and expenditures one of them is charges for services provided for by staff as staff liaison we also know that several city staff work with the CRA and so I'm just wondering in order to be fair wouldn't their services have to be accounted for an expenditure?

Those services are accounted for in the general fund the the people are listed as employees of the general fund.

The CRA does a transfer of approximately $30,000 to the general fund for those services but yes you are correct that within the planning department there are employees that work as the liaison for the committee.

And so we can track the money it's a it's considered not personnel services is considered as a transfer to the general fund for services provided by the general fund.

Thank you.

Okay.

Those are my questions thank you very much seeing no more questions I will ask for a motion move approval to accept the report.

So move second.

Okay moved by Commissioner Ahering Koch seconded by Commissioner Batti to accept and approve the report um we have a vote and it passed unanimously and at that I will close the uh the uh adjourn the CRA meeting and reconvene as the