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01/03/1983 ~ @ Upper Pine1las Nuolear Freeze Coalition. A question has been plaoed on the ballot to allow the Citizens t~. vote for Dr against a nuolear freeze in a referendum. The Upper Pinellas Nuolear Freeze Coalition has requested a waiver of the rental fees at the City Hall Annex Auditorium for a meoting to be held on January 15. 1983. The total fees, if waived, approximate $95.00. Contraot with Southern Building Code Congress International. Ino. A building department employee was reoently arrested and a criminal investigation is underway. The City Manager reported that he had oontaoted two not-for-profit organizations and reoommends a oontraot with the Southern Building Code Congress International to perform an administrative analysis of the prooedures of both offioe administration funotions as well as field prooedures to identify problem areas and to improve effioienoy. The maximum Oost will be $6,330.00. Commissioner Calderbank expressed conoerns that the individuals doing the projeot would not be Objective as they were members of the same trade. Commissioner Garvey expressed concerns that oooupational lioenses all come due at one time and questioned whether or not they could be diversified and paid quarterly. Commissioner Calderbank questioned when other groups, similar to the real estate salesmen. occupational license permits would be coming to the Commission. The City Manager responded the entire system was being reviewed. Adopt-A-Park. Park maintenance responsibilities and cost have escalated over the past several years and the frequency of maintenance has deoreased in many parks, due to limited man-power. A proposal has been made for a program entitled nAdopt-A-Parkn. Several cities are using this program with considerable suooess. If approved, the following steps would be followed: The City would identifY speoifio parks and establish maintenanoe specifications for eaoh and then would secu~e annual bids from professional lawn service companies to accomplish the work as speoified. The City then would solioit and arrange for private businesses to adopt the park and to donate the appropriate amount of money to the City and the City in turn would issue a purohase-order to the lawn service company. The business Dr olub would have the right to have a sign and logo permanently displayed at the site with suitable language. The City would provide irrigation and monitor maintenance to assure complianoe with specifications. Conoerns were expressed about the logo being too large and being too oommercial. The Mayor suggested incorporating the name of the olub with the park name. Discussion ensued on automation of the Meter Reader prooedures. Suggestion was also made that the oustomers of the City's Gas Division be billed annualy instead of $1.00 per month. Request from the Society of St. Vinoent De Paul - SouP Kitchen. The society established a soup kitchen in 1982 to provide free hot meals to the needy. They have not been serving since Thanksgiving Day and although they have finanoial support from many different institutions no one has beon able to provide them with a faoility for the operation. They also have an ample supply of volunteers who run the program. They have requested approximately 2,000 square feet of space in the Annex Auditorium or some other appropriate oity owned faoility for uae as a soup kitohen r.r a donation of $500/month for a period of one year so that the 2. 1/3183 .... "..,- > ........ .' .....~ ~,T' ........ .. ..-1. ~. 'I~' >. ~.,..... ." t,..... '--.... 1" ",. ~jI"""..J:''' !~.... Jf.. ~~'~d'~r .t::...........~..~..--":L....\.!Itt_." .,... ....I...~..... .. _-...-t- ..-.....__ ",'. 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The Pinellas County Planning Counoil has allooated funds eaoh year to 100al governments to prepare and implement oomprehensive plans. ^ grant from the PCPC of $8,350 must be matohed by City fund~ on a 75~ - 25~ basis. The City matoh will be in in-kind servioes. The City has oompleted preparation of its plan elements and is involved in implementing reoommendations in the adopted plan elements. Among the plan reoommendations is a detailed study of the funotion and design of oommeroial areas on Clearwater Beaoh. Crowding and congestion on the Beaoh oan degrade the areas amenities. Phase I of a proposed traffio and design projeot will considet' ciroulation and access by pedestrians, automobiles, etc. and will inolude input from the residents and merohants. Phase II of the proposed study will address building faoade and streetsoape improvements and result in an overall business oorridor design plan for the beaoh. The Planning Direotor reported the new zoning code will address a new beach commercial district. Revalidation of Site Plan and Subdivision Plat for Chateaux DeVille. The property is located on the south side of Nursery Road, west of U.S. 19. It is vacant and the developer plans 62 townhouse units on individually platted lots. A private oul-de-sac street will provide access to the property and the applioant is requesting sewer service. The plan and plat were originally approved in November 1981 and the developer has requested revalidation. Revalidation of Site Plan entitled Pioneer Centre. The property is looated at the southeast intersection of Northslde Drive and U.S. 19. It is vacant and the developer plans a retail and offioe center consisting of restaurants, a financial institution, drive-in bank, an office building and a shopping center. The original site plan was approved in January 1982 and the developer is requesting a second six-months extension. Preliminary Subdivision Plat - Emergency Walk-in Clinic SOO-82-13. The property is located on the west side of U.S.19, north of Countryside Boulevard. The site is vaoant and the developer plans an Emergenoy Walk-in Clinic and medioal offioe. Access to the site will be from a proposed entranoe road to Towngate International offioe park and from K-mart Plaza to the north. There will be no access from U.S. 19. Preliminary Site Plan for Master Key Center The property is located on the east side of U.S. 19, north of Main Street. The site is vacant and the developer plans a mini-warehouse storage faCility. PSP-82-11. The Board of Adjustment and Appeal on Zoning granted special exceptions which authorized the use of the property for storage and a manager's residence with seven oonditions. . I The applioant appealed the decision to a Hearing Offioer who subsequently upheld the decision of the Board in its entirety. 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