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12/30/1975 ,,' ','1",'" .,' :,' I" .'" '\'.' .... ...... ;\!';;(~;.,i'f~;:'S~i:!j~" '.' , .. , " \' ',: ., \ . ,1' ' ,', \ "~ ' " I , ',' ';i " ' "', . .' : ,'::, :', ' ',.' \',:' ^ , ..' , ,,".' , b L It 1 . ~1..._tr~Fv' e CLEARWATER DCWNTaNN DEVELOPNENT BOARD MEETING December 30: 1975 3:00 p.m. Chamber of Commerce Board Room PRESENT: Darwin Frank, Chairman Dale Warren Leon Hammock Mayor C~ares Charles Galloway Bob Bickerstaff, Al Semlow M. E. Palmer Joe R. Wolfe Paul Be4'gmann Sum Casella Dom Minotti Bill Castoro Jim Parker e. ~ The Chairman opened the meeting , and asked Mr. Minotti to lead us in prayer. Following the t'1elcome by the Chairman, Mr. Frank, to the mambers and ests, he asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of Novemb r 25th. A motion was so made, seconded and passed. He asked Mr. Hammock to give a f inane ial report as of this date. Mr. Hanvnock responded - a copy of this statement is attached to these minutes. The Chairman called upon Mr. Castoro, who represents the Pinel~as Cou Industrial Council, to comment upon his request to appear before this Mr. Castoro responded by saying the Pinellas County Industrial Counci preparing a Finellas County Exhibition, which will be held on Sand Ke , and asked for the support of this Board in the effort to assure the Counci's Exhibition of being a Success. The Chairman asked for a report on negotiations with RTYJJ Consulting F m. Mr.~ergmann responded and stated that the revised contract is now on h nd, and being considered by the Legal Department of tbe C1 ty. He went on 0 say that both the City Staff and the Downto\~ Development Board will need 0 approve the contract in its final form. He expects Mr. P illorge to be in Clearwater next week to re-negotiate a few remaining parts of the con act which at present are still not satisfactory. Mr.Bergmann continued by saying that the next step is for the City Co and the Downtown Development Board to consider and approve mem~s of task force. He asked Palmer to report on the make-up of the task fore it stands at the moment, but stated that it will be considered yetthi week by the City Staff Department, and any final changes would be accompli hed at this point. We will be asked then to make our recommendation for m mber- ship on the consultant task force. Regarding the Civic Center site location, the Chairman stated that the Land Use Committee of the Downtown Development Board had been very active i order to create << task force of thair own. He added that since it had been ublicly stated that the Commission will consider the final site for the Civic enter on January 8th, that a special meeting had also been called by the Co 18sion for 7:30 P.M. on January 6th, at which time they will listen to input rom the citizens of Clearwater. A rather long discussion was continued in reg rd to the merits of three sites and their relationship to the entire city of lear- water, as well as to the downtown area, with the result a IOOtion was 1M e as " e , 11 . """. , " ,.... .......q. I '.t> I ::~ , . . ~ ..' " . '::'r ';;<" .;-~ ' . ' , . .......' " , .'... ,"11"" ...... , ,.' ,:1 , ,; <"," _ "<:i -'-4.t> JAr I ....""qt"-:......- c Minutes December 30, 1975 - p. 2 follows: That the Clearwater Downtown Development Board after considering the three finalist sites as indicated to be the choice of the City Commission, that the Downtown Development Board endorse the Bayfront Site for the proposed Civic Center. The motion was seconded and passed. The Chairman added that we will b~ making a presentation to the City Commission ( on January 6th) and in order to accomplish this, there will be a preliminary meeting held by the Land Use Committee on Monday) January 5th) at 7:00 P.M. This meeting \'li1l b'3 iri tha Ch~111~)er of Commerce Board room. The Chairman stated thClt he is nO~1 prepared to appoint the Chairmen of the Standing Committees of th~ Board, and he made the follo~ing announcement. Publicity & Public Relations Com~ittee...Chai~man... H. Everett Hougen Budget & Finance Committee . . . Chairman ~\. . Leon Hammock Land Use & Development Committee . . . Chairman . . . Rose Beath Phifer Nomination & Election Committee . . . Chairman . . . C. Raymond Lee Beautification Committee . . . Chairman . . . Percy Powell Long Range Projects Committee .. .Chairman... Dale Warren ~ The Chairman added that he expects each of the Committee Chairman to select their own working members fOt' their particular cnmmittees. He indicated that these people need not be directly associated with, the activities of the Downtown Development Board, that is, they need not be members of the Board, and hopefully, that they would be ~epresentative of the interest of the entire city. The Chairman asked Palmer to report on the City Resolution No. 75-108. He responded by saying that this is in his opinion, something that is being re- ported for informational purposes so that the Board is fully aware of what is happening in regard to the relationship between the Downtown Development Board and the City Commission. He referred to Resolution No. 75-108 which was passed and adopted by the City Corrmission on the 18th of August, 1975, and read briefly the proposed amendments to the Downtown Development Board Act and included in the Resolution. Palmer went on to say that this Resolution was presented to the Legislative Delegation at their meeting in November and that he has been unable to determine whether or not the city intends to pursue the resolution in its terms of writing amendments to the Clearwater Downtown Development Board Act. The Mayor commented that the resolution was passed, that he is not in favor of the resolution, and that he hopes that the Downtown Development Board will resist its change as much a~j possible. The Chairman called for new business and after the comments by members without action being taken, the meeting was adjourned as of 4:30 p.m. this date. e M. E. Palmer, Executive Director " ': . ..~ , . . ~ . '. '''', " , \ "\ I ~.. " ,( ,;,'" '\ ' .', f .' . : .;' ,',', ,', . ',,' ~ . " .'. ' " ' ',' ,', . ..' ,'j' .~. J 1 I :" ,/ ,';;',...~",~ ,~j:; ,.' '1 .,~\ ,~::.'f';J;.' '_l!;; ~ ..~, ~,;.: :.,' ~. 0", '~~. ,', ,:'r."':';J~"~' !. .-......-. ,.\ . !~. '"