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CLEARWATER DOWNTOWN"DEVElOPMENT BOARD
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MARCH 31,1981
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
Aaron Bilgore, Chairman
Robert H. Stiff, Jr., Vice Chairman
Rose Phifer
leon Hammock
Davi d Za bel
A. Bronson Thayer
Sam Casella, Executive Director
NON-MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
Charles F"inton
Howard G. Groth
Joe Greenwald
Hal MacMinn
Cary Stiff
Chuck Albury
Bruce Williams
Mr & Mrs. Arlos Ogg
Raymond L. Parri
Bill Henry
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The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Mr. Bilgore. The meeting
began with an invocation by Mr. Ogg and the introduction of guests.
The first item on the agenda was the Executive Director's reports:
a) Tax Increment Financing in conjunction with City Commission action; report
on Preliminary Projections of Tax Increment; Preparation of official community
development plan based upon existing plan.
b) Report on Detroit trip.
c) Landscape project of 400 block. A motion was put on the floor by Mr.
Stiff and seconded by Mrs. Phifer to have Executive Director draft a letter to
the City outlining some guidelines for implementation of this project. A vote
was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
ct) Report on plans for elderly housing. Mr. Groth of the Clearwater Housing
Authority presented plans for erection of 50 units 9f housing for the elderly.
Mr. Bilgore recommended that a letter be drafted ~ the Executive Director of
the Clearwater Housing Authority endorsing thts plan and recommending that
consideration be given to using a pD~ of the property as a food store for
the convenience of the elderlY residents.
e) Request of Chamber Beautification Council for participation in a one day
program honoring Clearwater per letter from Cynthia Nash.
f) Request of Downtown Clearwater Association to assign a portion of Board's
newsletter to them. Mr. Stiff suggested to use part of the space on the back
of the newsletter for that purpose, to be experimented on a short-term basis.
Mr. Casella recommended against assignment of a space, but suggested that he
could print some items of interest to the Downtown Clearwater Association as long
as editorial control remained with the Downtown Development Board.
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g) Review proposal
Report from Mr.
of University of
Fowler to be read and
Florida, College of Landscape Architecture.
reviewed by Board.
h) Development Recruitment Efforts.
developers this month.
Mr. Casella met with 24 different
Mrs. Phifer moved
by Mr. Thayer. A
to approve minutes
vote was taken and
of February 24, 1981 which
motion passed unanimously.
was
seconded
Mrs. Phifer made a motion for approval
1981 which was seconded by Mr. Thayer.
unanimously.
of
A vote was
Financial Statement of February 24,
taken and motion passed
Mr. Casella presented the correspondence.
Meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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