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01/28/1975 ,.,;." :' . !', ,':, , , - ','0" ,.'0,; G CLEARWATER DOVIi~TCWN DEVELOPMENT BOARD 1975 ~ting, January 28, o PRESENT: Charles Galloway, Jr., Chairman Donald Williams Hugh Parker Rogal' :Berryman Leon Hammock Joe R. Wolfe Picot Floyd M. E. Palmer, Exec. Dir. The Chairman opened the meeting and asked Rev. Don Darton to give the invocation. Following, Mr. Barton gave the Board Q run- down on the present position of Oak Grove residential hotel. Bob Taylor John Ehri~ Paul Be:rgmann Rev. Don Barton Roy Henderson Mike Reuther The Chairman welcomed the two new members of the Board, Mr. Parker and Mr. Berryman. He then welcomed the guests present. The Chairman called for action on the minutes of the meetings of December 17, and the special meeting of January 17. A motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes as written and distributed. . The Chairman as1<ed the Executive Director to read a letter from ~fr. Raymond Lee, Chairman of the election committee, which was done and which nominated Mr.. Galloway to be Chairman and Mr. Darwin Frank to be Vice-Chairman. Mr. Galloway asked ~~. Parker to take over the election of officers. With no nominatic'Y1S .fl'cm the f'.oor, a motion was made to have the secretary cast a unanimous vote for election of the gentlemen cited. The motion was seconded and passed. The new Chairman, Mr. Galloway, stated that he has spoken to Mr. Hammock who has accepted the appointment of secretary-treasurer for the ~oard. Mr. Hammock confirmed his appointment. - At this time Mr. Hammock reported on the financial condition of the Board. His report in detail is attached to the minutes. Mr. Hammock stated that because of the receipt of the funds now coming in, that the bulk is kept in savings account. However, because this is in one bank, he moved that a second savings be opellt::J at the first National Bank of Clearwater, in addition to the one at the Bank of Clearwater. He added that both banks did come to our rescue when loans were needed some time back, he so moved. The motion was seconded and with no discussion, passed. A motion was made to accept the financial report, was seconded and passed. The Chairman stated that at this time, the Board must hire an executive director for the year 1975. He added that there is no consideration of money at this time, but an official hiring is in order. On motion to rehire M. E. Palmer as executive director, seconded and passed, our slate of officers is now completed. - 1 - ; ~ ~': ',.:1.: , ' ,',' , ,> ..~. " , ,\, . , \, ...- MINUTES Jan. 28 - page 2 -CDDB ~ ~ At the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Wolfe reported upon a piece of legislation which has been filed for the next session of the Legis- lature. The new legislation is intended to fill some loopholes in the statutes involving the creation of new towns, etc., where special taxing districts are desired outside of existing municipalities, to allo~'] developers to build roads, sewers, etc. by bond sales. He stated that he doesn't see any conflict with existing special tax distric~s, includ- ing ours. However, he will study the legislation further and advise us should there be problems for us. Mr. Wolfe was asked to report on the action of the Commission at the last meeting with regard to the proposed ~8 ordinance. He responded by reviewing the events and meetings held with Mr. Bergmann on the subject. He stated that since Mr. Bergmann had not the time to properly present a compromise proposition to the Planning and Zoning Board, that the Commission received a recommendation to re-define the residential density limits to a maximum 28 units, for the entire city with the exception of the core area of the downtown tax district, i.e. the area west of Myrtle Avenue, between Drew and Chestnut Streets. The compromise spoken of was to include the area between Myrtle and Greenwood within the so-called core of PRUC area, and thus be execmpted from the density roll-back. /!,,\ ~ . Mr. Wolfe referred to 'i.:he meeting of the City Commission on January 20, at which time agents of the Board did ask the City to defer action on the compromise area inclusion until s~ch time as the required redeveoop~ ment plan has been completed and adopted by the city. The Commission didn't respond to this request, except to say that this ordinance, when passed, is subject to revision, and that the Commission would always listen to alterations when favorable results could occur. . ~ Mr. Floyd, City Manager, commented that under existing laws, and spec- ially with the powers of the Pinellas Planning Council, to enforce their requirements, that it will be extremely difficult to change the densities upward at any future date. At this point the Chairman suggested that the matters expressed be considered by the Land Use Committee, with ~ ~ecommendation to the Loard after the,February 5 meeting of the Committee. The Chairman referred to a letter from the Suncoast Chamber of Commerce, which asked that we send a representative to attend. The Chairman questioned if the Board should involve itself';in the effort, and since one member of the Board, Mr. Parker, is on the st~ering com- mittee, he. could as well advise us as our representative. He agreed that there is no need for this Board to participate. Mr~ Henderson was called upon to make his presentation. He responded by bringing the Board up to date as to the progress with the new attrac- tion to be known as a Marine attraction, on the site previously occu- pied by the Soa-O-Rarna. I) ',4.. " ., ........ , ". . ~ ,. " ; ',,' .',Ii ;",'. " \ , , t'" ;.~.) . lIfI"'I~' .. . \ L': " e:.:::..' ",'", "I , ,,; '..',,~ "..:" .. '.', ',:,' '! j';,' ~' ; < ," t' , .' . , , , ' . ."- . , ".,., ,I" (.~, lJj,~-, " ',l,:-: .:", , : I: ' ,'... j"" , ,':' n ';"""~'::-<'\~~'!:':"\ q', , , " '1. ": " ' , ",' , . . ... I '~' , '. '. , '. ,. , , \,', ,'"',, ~",'"""-q . '. . ~.~....-- . (, ' . Minutes -Jan. 28 - pg. 3 - CnDB Mike Reuther was called upon to speak on a company which h~ has recently opened on the Beach to attract private firms to bring their conferences, seminars, meetings, to Clearwater. He stated that they are wel~ supplied with rooms for the. p,eople, but. <,the problem is we do not have a facility to accommodate crowds up to 2,000 people, He stated, perhaps the new Sheraton Hotel may have a large area for this purpose, but the location is not of the best. He referred to his recent experience with ~ group at Innesbrook, but it did not provide other places to go beyond playing golf. He added that we must all realize that a facility such as is needed to attract people here must be in the downtown area; further that the facility should be a multi-purpose facility, i.e. for civic purposes as well as private convention usage~ One use will assist the other to get the most out of the facility. The Chairman stated that he believes that the facility Mike made refer- ence to will be considered by the City Commission some time within the year 1975. The Chairman stated that the 'statement of work' prepared by the CAC is now complete and accepted by the City. The next step is to advertise and invite consultants to offer their qualifications to a selection committee, as prescribed in the statement, organize the group who will work with the consultant regularly, and proceed with the study with full participation of all interested citizens of the entire city. The Chairman reviewed the discussions held with the City Manager as to methods of payment, No decisions have been reached at this point, but in view of the need to proceed with the plan, these considerations will be put before the Board as soon as pos sib).?. The next meeting will be on February 25. ~ ~ I'J::\ ~ l\. E. Palmer Exeo. Director * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ * * FINANCIAL STATEMENT Jan. 28, 1975 ED Cash on hand January 1, 1975 Savings account $9,238.28 Checking account 5,852.27 Cash receipts in January Cash available Less: checks paid to date Balance Less accounts payable in January Est. Cash on hand Jan 31, 1975 Savings account $17,238.28 Checking account 1,379.60 Total cash receipts (est) for 1975 Actual cash receipts to date Balance cash receipts due $15,090.55 5,913.86 2~,00tl-.4i J.,109.40 19,895.01- J., 277.13 18,611.88 . $ 44,500.00 25,043.55 $ 19,456.45 .~ ' "':,': ," ; ,\ ~ ...'.... " .. . ,:;~ ...., I 'I to, ' ,',: /. ," t:' f". <, .'