03/30/1976
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CLEARWATER DOWNTOWN DEVELOPNEN:LBOAHD
NINUTES
Board Heeting Narch 30, 1976
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PRESENT:
Rose D. Phifer, Chairman
Charles Galloway
Leon Hammock
Hayor Cazares
Hugh Parker
Dale \~arren
A.aron Bilgore
H.E. Palmer
Dom Ninotti
Bob Taylor
Darwin Frank
Tony Shoemaker
Sam Casella
f'lary Ann Lirot
Nrs. Weathers
Nr. & Hrs. Ogg
Al Sernilow
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The Chairman opened the meeting and asked Nr. Ninotti to give the
invocation.
Guests were welcomed with a roll call of Directors.
The Chairman asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of
February 24, ~976. It was so moved, seconded and passed.
Mr. Hammock ~as called on to give a financial report. He presented a first
quarter statement showing the current budget items and amounts spent thru
February 28, ~976. Copies of his quarterly report were distributed to
members of the Board.
Next, ~tr. Hammock reported on the current month cash position. This report
is a part of these minutes.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT - ~1ARCH 30, 1976
Cash on hand Narch 1, 1976 $39,232.31
Cash receipts in March 1,556.58
Total Cash 40,788.89
Less checks paid in i'larch 2,412.36
$38,376.53
A motion ~as made and seconded to approve the financial statemen~ after
some discussion the motion was passed.
Hr. Hammock raised the question of the salary
tary and suggested, after some discussion, to
ture and include it in the up coming budget.
ed. and passed.
item for
continue
A motion
our part time secre-
with this expendi-
,.,as made, was second-
The Chairman asked Hr. Palmer to report on the position of the proposed
amendments to our Act, in the absence of ~~. Wolfe. He responded by stat-
ing the reasons put forth by the City commission for'their proposed amend-
ments, and expressed willingness to sit down with the city people at any
time to attempt to overcome the objections to our Act as passed by the
Legislature.
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Mayor Cazares responded to the principle amendment prepared by the City,
i.e. in respect of his position as a full member of the Board. He stated
that if he would be forced to become an ex-officio-non voting member it
would weaken the Board. Further he stated that the city commission
should take an agressive positive position with regard to an 0
orderly redevelopment plan to accomplish this needed objective.
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The Chairman read a letter from Hr. C. Raymond Lee which stated that
~lr. Aaron Bilgore has been elected to serve out the term of Darwin Frank,
recently resigned. The Chairman welcomed Hr. Bilgore to the Board, which
was received by l'-Ir. 13ilgore with thanks.
o At this point the Chairman stated that by procedures prescribed in our Act,
, the Board must elect a Chairman and Vice-Chairman to serve out the year
1976. A motion was made, seconded and passed, to elect Nrs. Phifer as
Board Chairman, and to elect ~~. Hammock as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer.
with no other nominations from the floor, a motion was made, and seconded
to elect t'-trs. Phifer Chairman and Hr. Hammock Vice-Chairman and Treasurer
for the balance of 1976.
The Chairman opened discussion on the subject of the status of the RTKL
contract, an in-depth study of the downtown area of Clearwater, by prof-
essional consultants, to conform to the statement of work prescribed by
the Board. It was pointed out that after many months of acceptance of
RTKL by both the Board and the city commission, that a contract is still
unsigned by the parties concerned.
Nr. Shoemaker, representing the City Staff, outlined the still unresolved
areas which should be considered by the Board today, and then to be present-
ed to the city commdssion at its regular meeting on April 1, 1976.
He reviewed the suggested changes to the contract, distributed to the Board
Nembers on March 23, 1976, following a city commission work session on
Narch 29, 1976.
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Following a complete review of the items in the contract, with revisions
as suggested by Board Nembers, a concensus was reached which approved the
contract, revised, and to be presented to the Commission on April I, 1976.
The Chairman urged all members to be in attendance at the city commission I
~~eting on April 1st, and to state their views so as to arrive at an agree-
ment acceptable to both parties. The question of agreement by the consult-
ant RTKL still is to be left in the hands of the city staff for finaliza-
tion so that work may commence at the earliest date possible. \
The Chairman asked l'Irs. Lirot, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Nerchants
Association, to report on their progress to create a downtown Merchants
Association. ~1rs. Lirot responded by reviewing the recent meeting of con-
cerned downtown merchants and the plans to follow through to create an
effective association.
The Executive Director asked about funding their activities and suggested
that the old Downtown Nerchants Association has left in his care an account
of $123.11, now on deposit, and available for use of the newly formed assoc-
iation. }I.rs. Lirot accepted the offer with thanks, with the provision that
after complete organization is affected, they would accept the funds.
Mr. Frank, city commdssioner, suggested that during budget consideration inl
June, that an annual donation by the Board be considered to assist the
success of the new organization. There being no objections by the Board,
the item will be considered and included in the budget for 1976 - 1977.
Due to the late hour, the Chairman suggested that items, 13, 14,
15 & 16 on the Harch 30th agenda be deferred for consideration
at the April 27, 1976 meeting.
M. E. Palmer, Executive Director
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