City of Deltona
2345 Providence Blvd.
Deltona, FL 32725
Minutes
Southwest Deltona Community
Redevelopment Agency
Monday, July 7, 2025
1. CALL TO ORDER:
5:30 PM
Deltona Commission Chambers
REVISED 7-7-2025
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Member Avila.
2. ROLL CALL
Present:7 -
Member S. Avila
Member M. Avila-Vazquez
Member S. Colwell
Member D. Heriot
Member D. Howington
Member N. Lulli
Member E. Santiago
3. PUBLIC FORUM: Time permitted, public comments shall be limited to items on the
agenda and shall not exceed two minutes. Please be courteous and respectful of the
views of others. Personal attacks on Committee/Board members, City staff or
members of the public are not allowed and will be ruled out of order by the Chair.
4. ACTION ITEMS:
A.
Request for approval of Resolution No. 2025-61, Requesting board
consideration and approval of a Matching Grant proposal which could
potentially benefit businesses within the CRA boundary.
The Economic Development Director gave a brief presentation on the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) types of grants, grant match and the grant proposal.
The Commission, the City Attorney and staff discussed who benefits from the matching
grant, the CRA's portion of cost, City grants, potential candidates, annual amount earned by
the CRA, the program running in perpetuity, the CRA expires in 10 years, increased cost
shares, helping business partners in CRA, streetscaping program, improvements to City
infrastructure, previous CRA decisions, paying as you go, changing policy for funding
opportunities, having a workshop, debt and bonds, expansion of CRA, one grant per year
per property, out parcels, sewer expansion, no restriction on City funds, exterior only
improvements, businesses to receive multiple grants per year, commercial only grants, staff