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CLEARWATER D()lNTOON DEVELOPMENT BOARD
MEETING
JUNE 27, 1972
PRESENT:
Lewis HOMER, Chairman
C. Raymond Lee
Cbarles Galloway
H. Everett Hougen, Mayor
M. E. Palmer, Exec. Director
Merrett R. Stierheim, City Manager
Joe R. \~olfe
Bob Levison
Bob Taylor
The Cbairman opened the meeting with a request for a motion on the minutes of
the meeting of May 30, 1972. A motion was made, seconded and passed, to adopt
the minutes as written.
The Cllairman asked the Executive Director to report on the financial situation
in the absence of Mr. Cornelius. A statement of current as well as projected
finances was read and approved by the Board. A copy of both statements are
attached.
In response to a question by the Chai~n, the Executive Director reported that
the County Tax Assessors office stated that the 1972 tax assessments for the
downtown area is $25,656,620.00 to yield a return of $25,656.62 to the Board,
. with the first payments to be made by the County to us in December '72.
The Chairman at this time reviewed tbe various projects in the downtown area
which are now beyond the talking stage, and which are expected to be underway
shortly. The items he referred to are as follows:
1) The new Bank of Clearwater building on the site of the old
building is underway with demolition of the old structure.
new drive-in facilities for the bank will be underway at a
date, but now assured.
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2) A new mu1ti-leve,l offiee building on South Fort Harrison Avenue
at Haven Street is planned and will be underway soon.
S) The County has announced demolition of old structures in the Bay
Haven area for additional parking spaces, which was a part of
the loop project by the City.
4) Progress is evident with tbe new Harbor Oaks Apartment high-rise
at the foot of Turner Street to be a luxury residential structure.
5) An 80-90 unit residential hotel at the foot of Rogers Street is
approved for building permit.
6) A residential retirement hotel will be constructed on the Taylor
property on Osceola Avenue, which is approved for building permit.
7) A new office building fronting on South Fort Harrison Avenue with
access to ,~Park Street as well,. is approved for the building per-
mit. This is the project planned to be erected by the Baskin
interests.
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The long desired "loop road" to allow by-passing of thru traffic
off Cleveland Street is now approved in agreement between the
City and tIle County officials. It was pointed out that completion
of this project will permit the downtown merchants and business
people to \'lork toward creating a downtown semi-rnall on Cleveland
Street, oriented to the shopper.
The Chairman went on to state that there are new problems, too, that we all
must become aware of, since their solution will become most important. He
referred to:
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1) The Ellis buildings on Cleveland Street, now partly unoccupied
\'lith others to be shortly.
2) The economical re-use of the old Bank of Clearwater building
when it becomes vacent.
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The Chairman called upon Mr. Levison to present to the Boar~ the need for high-
rise parking buildings in the area in order to overcome the need for property
owners to devote so much of their land for parking purposes in order to develop.
He cited the recent request by Mr. Baskin for relief for parldng to acconunodate
his projec1:ed development plans.
Mr. Levison spoke of the part which the CAC will play in this kind of development
and offered to proceed with the cost estimates for consideration by the Board.
He showed as an example, a drawing of a proposed three-level parking ramp pre-
pared by one of the members of the CAC.
Because of the many unanswered questions, many of \o1hich were asked by the members
today, the Chairman asked for authority to allow the Executive Director to
travel to Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and '~est Palm Beach for the purpose of inter-
viewing the various authority directors in these cities, to learn of their
approach and ways to accomplish the things we are talking about. A motion was
made, seconded and passed to authorize this trip, with a written report to be
directed to each member following the visits.
Mayor Hougen, Chairman of our Publicity and Public Relations Committee, suggested
that his committee is ready and willing to counsel on public relations problems
88 they arise. He then asked Bob Taylor to report on the Publicity items now
being worked on. PaJmer stated that funds not spent on such items in the first
half of the year will be carried into the last six months budget.
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Following considerable discussion as to the pros and cons in respect of the feas-
ibility of the parking project referred to by Hr. Levison, the Chairman asked
for a motion to authorize Attorney Wolfe to proceed with discussions with the
City and to come up with a possible course to fOllow, ta'king care of all the legal
aspects of the problem. The motion was made, seconded and passed.
The Chairman asked for a motion to allow the CAC to proceed with the costs study
and feasibility to determine if such a building on this or any other needed loca-
tion in the downtown area, may be accomplished and to come back to this Board with
a proposal at an ear1y date. Mr. Stierhefm suggested, that with such a study then
the Board executive director can contact all of the businesses and property owners
in the area, knowing IOOnthly rates, etc. Should such a preliminary study look good,
then we will be in position to go beyond with financial and construction plans.
Comments from nembers indicated that since no motion was available f~om the floor
at this timel that the subject be continued at the next meeting, now' scheduled for
July 25, 197;l.
H. E. Palmer, Executive Director
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CASH REP<JtT
Cash on hand Hay 31, 1972
Receipts in June
Less checks paid in June
Cash on hand June 30, 1972
Add unpaid subscriptions
DEFERRED ACCOUNl'S PAYABLE
City of Clearwater
Bill Reed & Associates, Inc.
Wolfe, Bonner 8c Hogan
LOAN ACCOUNr PAYABLE
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Bank of ClEarwater
Interest (est.)
BUDGET POSITION REPORT
Amount budgetEd (s ix months)
Actual expenditures It tI
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$ 3,979.11
Total
$ 3,979.71
1,468.57
2,511.14
125 . 00
Total
$ 2,636.14
$ 2,403.94
586 . 6 4
1,500.00
$ 4,490.58
$5~000.00
28.12
$ 5~028.12
$ 9,518.70
$ 12,489.28
8,603.25
3,886.03
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