TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Alexina Jeannite, Grant Manager
THROUGH: Renée A. Jadusingh, Esq., Executive Director
DATE: May 26, 2020
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PAINT-UP & SIGNAGE FUNDING AGREEMENT - ST. PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH (46 SW 10TH AVENUE)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Approve a Paint-Up & Signage funding assistance agreement for St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, for the proposed exterior painting improvements at 46 SW 10th Avenue, within CRA sub-area #3, for an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.
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Background:
The Paint-Up & Signage Program was originally established by the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) in 2007 to encourage existing building owners or tenants to improve the exterior of their buildings through a new coat of paint, and was later expanded to include signage. The program helps to enhance the aesthetics of the Northwest and Southwest neighborhoods by facilitating minor cosmetic improvements such as exterior painting and signage projects, with a maximum possible grant award of $5,000.
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church has been serving the community for over ninety years and the City of Delray Beach has been its home since 1942. Led by Reverend Joseph Dawkins, the church is considered a staple in the community and regularly engages in community outreach efforts, such as back to school backpack giveaways, health, wellness and financial literacy fairs, adopt-a-school, and more.
Funding assistance is requested for exterior painting of the one-story building. Currently, the building is a shade of white with burgundy trim and roof. The new paint color will be an antique white (#6119) and the trimming will remain the same. As the new color is very close to the original color, approval to paint the building without a color change application was granted by the City of Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Department.
The applicant is requesting CRA funding assistance through the Paint-Up & Signage Program, which offers to pay 50% of eligible exterior painting costs, up to $5,000.00. Based on the lower of two bids submitted by the applicant, the proposed painting improvements have an estimated cost of $10,900.00 and $12,000.00, respectively. As such, the applicant is eligible to receive total funding assistance for an amount not to exceed $5,000.00. If the funding request is approved, the CRA will remit payment directly to the painting contractor after the improvements have been completed, subject to receiving verification that the applicant, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, has paid for their portion of the project costs. If approved, the Applicant anticipates that the project will be fully completed by July 2020.
A Paint-Up & Signage Award would help further the CRA mission by assisting with the cost of exterior improvements, thereby eliminating blighted conditions in Sub-Area #3 of the CRA District.
Attachments: Exhibit A - Location Map; Exhibit B - Photos of Existing Conditions and Color Samples; Exhibit C - Grant Detail Sheet; Exhibit D - Paint-Up & Signage Funding Program Guidelines.
CRA Attorney Review:
N/A
Finance Review:
Reviewed by Lori Hayward, CRA Finance & Operation Director.
Funding Source/Financial Impact:
$5,000.00 allocated from General Ledger #7313 - CRA Grant Programs (Paint-Up & Signage)