City of St. Augustine Neighborhood Services staff presented the Community Redevelopment Agency annual report for fiscal year 2024, summarizing projects, expenditures and community outreach activities; commissioners received the presentation with comments of appreciation.

Jamie D. Perkins walked the board through the required annual report elements, including the CRA boundary maps, sunset dates, project photos and a breakdown of FY2024 expenditures and revenue. Perkins highlighted several projects and programs: Trinity Independent Institutional Rehab (in process), Elks Lodge Institutional Rehab (partly funded by a state African American Cultural and Historic grant), Eddie Vickers Park kayak launch (seeking remaining funds from the Florida Inland Navigation District), completion of Lincolnville Park, continued work on Dr. Martin Luther King Street streetscape, and the city’s Fix It Up residential rehabilitation grant program.

Perkins said the CRAs together showed about 98% of available funds encumbered or allocated across projects and provided a six‑year comparison of revenue and expenditures for the downtown parking facility. She described outreach tools used during the year — email blasts, websites, in‑person workshops, surveys and consultant‑led engagement — and noted new additions to the report including Cordova Street design work and continued efforts to acquire property for affordable housing in Lincolnville.

Why it matters: the annual report documents how CRA funds were used, tracks capital projects and provides transparency required by state statute. Commissioners thanked staff and underscored the CRA’s multi‑decade work in the community.

Ending: staff said the report had been distributed prior to the meeting and invited questions; the board offered commendation and no formal action was required.