01/21/1946
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January 21st, 1946
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The City Commission met in regular session tile evening of January 21st
at 7:30 p.m. with the iDllowlng members present:
Mayor-Commissioner, George R. Seavv
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Commissioners:
Jesse G. Smith.
Timothy Johnson
W.O. Wells
Herbert Gr 10 e
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None.
The meeting weB oelled to order by Mayor SeavY' and the mlnlltes of the
previous meeting were read and approved.
The commission bad before it e written request from th.e Oivio Center
Memorial Committee by Frank Brisco, Seoretar,y, req~esting the oommission to
looate the proposed Civic Center Building on park property faoing Laura Street.
The oommission was unanimous in opinion that no commitments of this natu.re could
be made until a master plan of the proposed wt1ter front park was prepared and
approved by the Board.
The matter or establishing a building line for the blook south of Niohol-
son Street adjoi~jOsoeo1a was referred to the Oity Manager, Building Inspeotor,
and the Ci ty :EIl81neer for reoommendation.
The City attorney recommended that the Florida Power franohise should
be extended for a short tine propsbly for two years rather than let the franohise
expire. Mayor Seavy suggested that probably a six months extension would be
suffioient. Further disou.ssion was passed aver llnt!l the next meeting.
The 01 tY' At torne y reported that ne oessary prelimenary..steps were being
taken by the Cleveland street Oorporation toward a final sale of Cleveland Street
property neer the BaY' to the City ror $100,000.
In ans~er to a question from Commissioner Johnson oonoe?nlng the
app?aisal and :ru.ttJ.re: disposition of the Fish Plant Building on Clearwater
Beaoh. It appea red that no appraisal had been 11Bde bJ-t the City Commission
had, in time psssed, oonsidered plans to sell and remove tile building end ereot
a smaller one mo?e suitable for use by the Sea Soouts. Mayor Seavy reported
that a business organization might be interested in buying the building and
moving it to the mainland.
It appearing that the b..1 ilding at the SW oorner of Laura Street and
Ft. Harrison Avenue extended into Laura Street a distance of some better than
two feet, the commission at the su.ggestion of the City ~anager authorized the
Cit y A.ttorney to draw up an agreement with. the owner of the property flIhereby
the Cit y would a gree not to interfer vd.. th the bU ilding as no'w looa tad. rt
was understood however that the City was not to give a general release of its
rights conoernine the lend enoroa chment.
There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting
was ad.Journed.
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Geo C.' Atkins
Frank Briscoe, Seoy.
Mrsft Oleiland W1111man
H. . Nevean
G. H. Estes - Brig. Gen.
Mrs. Susie M. Frost
George T. Clenney
Chester B. McMullen
Cuoline P. Bigelow
Or~anization Re~resented
Arts & Science Assn. (Pres)
Olearwater Art Assn. (Director)
Oivio Oenter Memorial Foundation
Tues. Music Club (Treas.)
Kiwanis & Nature Study Club
Reti red Oft'i cers Club
Pres. Audulon Sooiety of Clwt.
Lions Olub
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January 16. 1946
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To:
'Honorable George !t. Seavy, )layor, !I1d
01 ty Commission
Clearwater, Florida
We undersigned Representatives of various organizations in the Oity of
CleBrwa ter, hereby approve and reoommend the buildin g locat10n now pro-
posed bY' the Oi vie Oen ter MeDlQr1al Commi ttee and lU'ge the designati on
or this looati on in Coaohman J:lark tor the projec ted Oi vio Oenter: - .
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Harry D. Sargeant
John 0 Van Slyke
Paul McKenna
Lillian Bigge;
Mrs. Wintred ~i th
Miss Elizabeth H., B1cbards
O. L. Joynes
Eri 0 L. B. Prior
Z. F. En tzm1nger
Howard W.llartley
Or&l:ani za t1 on Re'D.re Ben t ed
Vet ot ~oreign ~ars
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Amerioan Le!iOn
Clearwater onoert Assn.
Clearwatar Art Musium
Woman's lub
Clearwater Sohool ot Musio
(Musio Eauoat1on)
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Ronorable George R, Seavy, Mayor, and
The City Commission
Clearwa ter, Florida
We undersigned Representatives of various organizations in the City ot
Clearwater, hereby approve and recommend the building looation now pro- .
posed by the Civio Center Memorial Committee and urge the designation
ot this location 1n Ooaobnan Park tor the projeoted Civio Center:.
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Olearwater, Florida
January 9th, 1946.
Honorable George ft.. Seavy and City Commiss! on:
l;terewlth tor your cCIlsideration is the propo.ed tentative design,
Resolution and Prospectus designed to meet the .need tor the housi~ and
the requirements of, (a), various Civic Center Jroundations, and, (b),
or tbe pUblio of Olearwater and environs in general.
It 'WOuld seem reasonable and advantageous to seoure ocnoentration
and oooperation ot various interests involved rather than divergent plana
aDd projects whioh may now be underway.
.;" The General Committee has to date consolidated its organization t
.' 'drafted 8 oharter, prepared a tentative bulld1nl design and secur3Jd the
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neoessary Federal Tax rulings.
In order tx> arrange tor a suitable lPlnanoe Cow ttee, provide tor
a buc.lget, oompleted design and prospeot1 ve tenants and a oompaign tor
raisiM tunds tor the projeot, it is neoessary to seoure assuranoe by:
your Honorable body ot a detinite looation ror the proposed Civio Center.'
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This Committee theretore asks the Oity Oommission to oonsider said
proposal and aot upon same in ~der to gibe early assuranoe ot a det1n1 te
aD1 tJ. nal looation in Coaohman ark. We Suggest that the building be
plaoed On the upper level tronting on Osoeola Avenue opposite Laura Street.
It is antioipated that provision for the desired looation will be
oontingent on the preparation and submission to the City Commission,
wi thin a reasonable time, ot a t.1 nal design am plan tor tinanoing the
proposed Civio Center.
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CIVIC CENTER MD.!ORIAL 'COMMITTEE
(Signed)
By - .!Prank Brillcoe .
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Olearwater, Florida
Deoember 19th, 1945.
TO 'mE HONORABLE CITY COMMISSION
Olearwa ter, Florida
Gentlemen:
At a meeting_ot ottio~rs and membe:rs ot Ule General Commi ttee or .
the Oi vio Center 14emorial lroundat1on ot Clearwater, acting tor the twenty-
tv<<) organizatioos and looalities represented on said Committee, held
tbe 19th ot Deoember, 1945, it was resol.vec1:
That the tentative design tor a Ci'vic Center in Clearwater be 'pre-
sented at an early date to the C1 ty Oommission !Bar its oonsideration, wit h
the earnest request that s suitable location tor said Civic Center in Coaoh-
man Park be designated at this time by the Oity Commission. It is essen*-
t1al at this staae in the development of plans that a definite deo1sion
ot the Commission be made as to the exaot looation of' the proposed building.
AU f'urther plans depend on this step in order to taoili ta te and turther
the work ot said Committee .in designing and finanoing this project. .
The Civio Center is to be a War Memorial Buildins. It,w1ll ho~se:
suitJable war memorials and.trophies, giving due reoogni~ion .to the men'
and women who served in the armed fOroes in both World I~ars. .
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It is designed to serve the Blole oommunity, both residents and
visitors, and will provide aoooJllllodation tor the local Servioe Clubs and
various' other orgln1zations inoludi.!'-.g provision tor oonoerts, leotures,
art exhibitions, oonventions, sooial assemblies, soientifio and other
oollections as provided tor in its proposed Oharter.
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Seoretary, Civio Center
Memorial oundation.
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CIVIC OENTER M:EMORIAL .FOtJNDA TION
01. earwater, Florida
Proj eot tor a
CIVIC CENl'ER FOR CLEARWATER
~ ',~Wl th the war ended, there is evidenoe ot a widespread sentiment
to oteate :a"memorial 'Which will express llublioly and :P8Imanently the '1:'eel-
ing ot the oommuni ty toward those who have risked, and in all too many
oases, given, overy thing tor home and country. In the past suoh memorials
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have 'usually taken the tom or statues or monum~nts having no practical
utility and otten deyoid even ot artistio merit. It is proposed that
this oOIllJ1W1ity shall provide, as its expression of reverenoe tor the
8aori~ioes ot war, not a statue or a shatt, but a beautiful. buil.dmg tbat
will oonstant17 remind us ot our sratitude by oontinuously serving return-
ed v~teran8 and the publio in general.
The propos'ed ,ohar~er tor th e C1 vio Center Memorial Founda-,
tion provides'tor a non-profit oorporation to b e organized and operated
exolusively tor oharitable, oivic, sooial, patriotio, artistio, scienti-
tio, literary, cultural, and eduoational. purposes, or anyone or more ot
suoh stated ~poses.
After much thought and disoussion bY' en exploratory oomm1 ttee
interested in 0 iv10 improvement and represen ting numerous local orglna-
zations. the general plan most tavored ror a memorial building t or its
first unit, would oomprise the'tbllowing: .
1. A conoert and leoture hall of a size to be determined, to
seat approximately 1200 person s. At present we do not have a single
available hall for ooncerts, leotures, forums and 0 tmr high-class en-
tertainment that is suitable as to seating, aooustios and visibility.
The laok of this will beoome IOOre and more apparent as our popul.ati on
grows and vdll. it continued, mark us as a baokWard oommuni ty.
2. A meeting room, properly equipped wi. th kitohen etc.
suitable for the men's service olubs and other organizaticns. *othing
ot the sort is now available.
3. A leoture an d assembly room for eduoa tional am social
meetings, oonventions and banquets.
4. Several smaller rooms. of sizes and typ es to be de-
termined, for various community organizations.
5. Spaoe tor reoards. libraries, oolleotions and exhibits,
inoluding a shall colleotion which would be very disirable and can in
taot be provided. We Might well. add collections illustrating the flora,
tauna, geology, history, etc. of our State.
6. Approprla te arrangemen t designed for the au itable dis-
play of tablets, lists or names and suoh other war memorials as may be
ohosen, whether general, individual, or to r speoial groups.
, It is antioipated that the Clity, in conjunotion with the
City Planning Board, will provide a 8i te for the Memorial Building,
preferable in the newly aoquired oi ty park next to the publio library.
The design and setting to be such that other units oan be added later
without diSharmony.
A bu1ldmg plan tOI' the proposed Civic Center MEmorial
Building is presented herewith. The' estimated coat of the building
and furnishings may approximate $1.00,000.00, exclusive ot endowments.
What the proposed Oivic Center Memorial Building will mean
to Clearwater and its environs:
The people who now live or visit in C1.earwater and its
sister OOJllmuni ties to the north, ea.s~ and south surel'1
desreve the advant ages th at a civio oenter au oh as planned
wUl orter and they owe it to the returned veterans and to
thamse1ves and tb. eir children to give them tmse advantages.
Furthermore, this distriot is boond to grow, espeoially
since post..war development of air travel and super-highways
will bring Florida almost wi thin oommut1nS distance or most
ot the popu1.a tion centers east ot Mississippi.
Revenue tor ma.intEl:1anoe of the Oi vie Center is expec ted to
be der1 ved from annual reatals f'or the use ot the taoi1.1ties ot the
Memorial Building by the lubs and organization9 whioh have membership
,in the CorporatiCll, from 8l1nual dues trom individuals not members ot
suoh C1.ubs and orsanlzati ona), from rentals from banquets, assemblies,
lectures and theatrical performances sponsored by non-member-organ1za-
tiona, trom admissiQ1 :tees from non-members to various exhibitions t
use ot stenosraphic and ottice servioe, and inoane ~m an endowment
tund end various oClloessions.
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the Oontrauotion ot the proposed Oivio Center by obtaining subsorip-
ti ens from residents end individual members or the various Olubs, ass-
oOiations, oivio and soolal organ1zatlon! ot Clearwater am adjaoent
otlmllUDities and f'.rom non-residents and visitors therein.
This ,Oommittee has been advised 'by the U. ~.' Treasury, ,
De:partm.en~ that the proposed non-profit hold1n g and operating corp- '
oration (reterred to as tme Civic Center Memorial Foundation) 'Will be'
ex emp; trom Federa11n.oome tax and that Oal tributlons to suoh oorp-
oration w11l be deduotible by the donara in arriving at the 1r 'taxable
net income in the manner end to the exten t prov1~,ed by law.
OIVIC OENTER MDlORIAL CO:MMJ:'rl'EE
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O. L. Jaynes, Vioe hairman
lrank Brisooe, Secretary
Taver Be.y~Y' ) T:ru s+-ee s
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CITY COP/PilfISS 0
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January 21st, 1946
The Cit,y Commiss�.on met in r:gular session th e eveni.ng af January 21st
at 7t30 p.m. with the fallowing member;� present;
Mayor-Commissioner, George R. Seav�
Commissioners: J'esse G. Smith
Timothy Jonn�n
UZ. C . 'Nells
Herbert Grice
Absent: None.
The meetir� was e�lled to �rder by May�r Seevy and the minutes of the
preYious meeting were read and appr�ved.
The commissian had befor9 it s writt;en request fr�m the Civic Genter
Menoria_1 Committoe by Frank Brisco, Sacretary, requesting the cammissi�n t�
locata the pragosed Civic Center Buildi:ng on park property facing Laura 5treet.
The couuuis�ion was unanimous in opinion that no commitments af t'r.is nature co�ld
be made until a master plan �P the proposed water Pront �ar� was prepared end
appraved lay the Board,
The mat�er of establishing a b uilding line Yor the bl�ck south o� Nichol-
son Street adj�i�7rN�0aceols was referrad to the �ity Mar.ager, Buildin� Inspeetor,
end the City �ngi:�eer f�r rec�mmendati�n.
The City att�rney recoamended that the F'lorida Power franchise sh�u�d
be extsnded for a short time probeblq i'or twa pears rather than let the frenchise
expire. Mayor Seavy suggested thst probably a six months egtensi�n w�uld be
suf'ficient> Further discussian was p�ssed aver until the next meeting.
The �ity Attorney reported that necessary prelimenary„steps were being
taken i3y the Cleveland Strset Corporation toward e final sale �P Cleveland Street
pr�perty n:eay the Bay t� the City for �1�0,000.
In ensv�er to a questi�n from Q�mmissioner Johnsan concerning the
appraisal and �a�tiire: disF�sition of' the Fish Plant Building on Clearwate�
Beach. It appeared that no appreisal. hed been �dz l�it the City C�mmissi�n
had, in time passed, c�nsiderad plans to sell and remo�re the buildin� and erect
a smaller one more suitable for use bp �he Sea Seauts. Mayor Seavy rapor�ed
that a business �rganization mi�ht be interested in buying the building and
moving it to the msinland,
It appearing that the buil.ding at the SW corner of Leura Street snd
Ft. Fierris�n Avenue extendad into Laura Street a distsnce of s�me better t�an
two Peet, the commissign a� the suggesti�n oP the City Nianager authorized the
Cit y kttorney t� draw up an agreement with the �wner of the protierty �hereby
the Ci� y w�uld agree not to interfer wi th the b�1 i].ding as n�tic located. It
was undarsto�d haw �ver that the City was not to give a gonerel releese of its
rights c�ncerning the land ener�echment.
Thera being n� �urt�er business t� c�me before the Board t�he meeting
yvas ad,journed.
May�r-Commissi�ner
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To:
,xonorablo Ge�rge x„ Seavy, �ayur, �d
City Commisaion.
Clearwater, Florida
. Ule unctersigneci Representatives oP various organ3.zetions in the C�.ty of
Cl,�arwater, hexebg approvE an.d reco�e�nd the bu3.lding location now pro-
posed by the G�,�ic Center M�morial Comm3.ttee �d �g� the designation
oP this locati on ia �oachman �ark for the pro jected C�via �enter: -�
�'�e �raanization Represented
Harry D. Sargeant Vet oY roreign�'�ars
John 0 Van Slyke � g W q
Paul �cKenna American �e ion
Lillian Bigge �learwater �oncert A$sn.
Mrs. �'inPred �ith Clearwat�r Art Mus3uas
�i�s E13zabeth E-. Richards Nloman.'s lub
C, L, Jopnes Cleaxwater SQhool of Music
EriQ L� B, �rior
(�usia Education)
Z. F. Entz�inger ,
Howard: W. artlsy Commander, Disabled American
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$onorable George R. Seavy, �ayor, and
The �it;� Commi.saion
Clearwater, Florida
We undersi$ned Repreaentatives of various organizations in the �ity of
Clearwater, herehy approge snd reeommenciz the bni�.ding lacation now t�ro-
pos�c� by the Civic Center �emorial Committee and ua�ge the designation
og this to�ation in Coaclm�an Park f'or tixe p.rojected �ivic C��er�-
`" `N�g �r�anization Represented
Geo'C. Atkins� Arts � Scienee �issn� (Pres)
• Clearwater Art Assn. (Director}
Frank Br3scoe, S��;y� , Civic Center �emorial Founda�ion (Ch)
Mrs QZeiland �illiman Tues. Music �lub (7.'reas.}
-�• �• �e'�� Kiwanis & Nature Study �lub
G. $. Estes - Brig. Gea. Retired �fficers eTub
�rs. Susie �. Frost �res. Andulon Sooiety of Clwt.
George T. C1,enney Lions �lub
Chester B. �cM�:31en
Carpline P. Bi�elow ,
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, �learwater, F7.orida
� January 9th, 1946.
Honorable George x. Seavy and City Commission:
Herewith for your consideration is the progosed tentative design,
Resolution and Prospeatus designed to meet the need for the housing and
the requirements �i, ( a) , various Civie Genter Founciation s, aad, {b ),
of the publia Af �learvuater and environs 3n general.
�t would seem reasonable and advantageous to s�cure conoentra�tion
and aooperation o� various interests involved rather than diver�ett pian�
and projacts which may now be widerway.
The G� eral Committee has to date consolidated its organization,
- arartea a al�artar, prepared a tentative buildin� dasign and secur::�d �he
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neoessary Faderai Tag rulf.ngs.
In ordes to ax�ange Por a sui�able Finance �ommittee, pxovide for
a budget, compietod design and prospective tonants and a aompalgn for
raising tlinds for the projeat, it is neaessary to aecure assurance by:
your H�norable body af a definite loostion for t;ne propo�ed Civic Center:
This Committee thereiora asks �he �ity Commission to aonsider said
proposal and act upon same in- o�der to gibe early assuranoe of; a d�1'inite
ancl Plnal loaation in �oaahman ark. We S�gest that the building be
plaoed on the uppar level ironting on �soeola Avenue opposite Zaura S�reet.
St is anticipated that provision �or the aesirea ionation will be
contingent on the preparation a�d submi,ssion to the �ity �ommissian,
within a reasonabl.e time, of a fY.n�il design and plar_ for �inanaing the
proposed �ivio �ent�r. ^
RespeotfulJ.y submi�ted,
� CIVI(i CENi'ER 11�IORIAL GOPdMLTTEE
(S�.gned} By - �Frank Bxi�acoe
Seoretsry. .
Clearwater, F].orida
December 19t�i, 194E5.
TO 'IIiE HONORABLE CITY COMMISSION
Clearvaater, Florida �
Gentlemen: �
At a meetin of oPficers and r�embers of t�e General. committee of
the �ivics Center�emorial Foundati on of Clearwater, aeting tor fihe twent�*-
tctiv or:ganizations and localities reprc�sente� on� said Com.mittee, �eld
the 1�3th o� Deoember, i 945, it was resolved: �
Th�t �he tentative design fbr a C3.vic Cen�ar in Clearrr�ater'be 'pre-
sented at an early date to the City �oi�ission t�or i�s consideration, with
the earnest request that s suitable location for said �ivic Center in Coach-
man Park be designated at this time by the Cit� Comm3.ssion. It is essen*-
tial .at this st�e in the d�velopm�nt oP plans that a defini�e aec�s�.on
of the Cor�i:ssion be made as to the exact location oP the prffpoaed buildin�.
All Purther plans depend on this steg in order to faci,litate and �rther
the work �f said �o�sittee.in designing and. Pinancing this projec�. .
The C�:v3a Ce�ter is to be a W�r �emorial Bu3.laing. �t-will house>
su3bable war memoriais �nd.trophies, gising due reaognit.ion.�o t�e m�n
and women who served 3.n the armed iorcee in t�oth World ti�ars.
It is designed to serve tha v�.ole community, bath res3.deni;s and
visitar�, and will pravide accoumioda�io� Yor the lcaal Service �'1.ubs and
various other org�nizatians including pr�vision far conaerts, I.��r�tures,
art e�hibitions, conventions, sociz�l. ass�blies, �cientit'ie and other
oollections as provided Por in 3ts propossd �haxter.
(Sign�d) Fran.k Briscoe
. �ecsretary Civic Genter
, ' �emorial ��und�tion.
. UIVIC CENTER MEdIORIAL .FOIJNI�ATI+JN
C? earwater, Floricla
� Pr�� j eet �or a
CTVIC CEI�ITER FQR CLF�R4VA�ER
. Wi�h the war ended, the re is evidenoe aY a wldespread sentimen�C
to cfeate a memoxial which will express publiol� and pa.r.manently the �eel-
ing oi 'the communits toward those who have riaked, and in e11 toa many
casss, given, every�htng Por home end �ountry. In the �ast sueh momorials
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hav� usually tak en. the to rm ot statu eg or monuuaent s havin� no practi a al
u�til•Lty an.d oPtori devoid even oE' artistio merit. It is proposed �hat
this counnunity ahall provi.de, as its expression pf revereave for the
�sacsrif;ioes of wax, not a statue or a sha�'t, but a beauti�ul building that
will canstantly remind us oY �ur gratitude by continuously serving'return-
erl veterans aa:d the gublic ir� general. .
The propo�3�ed �oharter Por �th e Civic Center I�eutorial Founda-
tian provides"Por a non-proPit corporation to b e organized and pperated
e�clusivel.g Por charitabla, civ3c, social, patriotic, artistics, scienti-
fio, Ziterary, cultural, and edueational purposes, or any one or more oP
su4h atat�d .purposes.
' After much thought and diacussion by ar eaploratory co�ittee
interested 3a civie imp.rovam�nt and represe�ting numerous local orgina-
�ations, the general plan most Ya�ored for a memori� : bui].di.ng, or its
�irat unit, would conprise ths °iollowing:
l. A concert and leeture hall o.f a size to be determ,in�;d, to
seat approximately 1200 persons. At present we do not have a sin��a
available ha11 for aoncerts, lectures, forum� and oti�er hig�-class ea�
terta3nment that ia su3.tabl.e as to seating , acoustics and visibilit3�.
The lacsk oP this will become more and moxe apparent as our popuZation
grows and will, 3.f contanued! mark us as a backward community.
�. A meeting rc+om, progerl� equ�pped v� th kitahen etc.
sv.itable for the men's service clubs and other organizatzax�, l�tothing
oP the sort is now available.
3. .A lecture and asaeTablg ro�a i'or edueational and soeial
meetings, conventions and banquets.
4. Seversl smaller roamq , oi sizes and typ es t� be de-
terminsd, �or various cominunity organizations.
5. Spaoe for `reao�ds, libraries, oollections and exhibitsy
including a sha]1 collection whieh waald be'very disirable and can in
faot be provided. We �ight well add colleations illustreting the Ylora,
fauna, geology, hist,ory, ete. nf our State.
6. .Appropriate arrangement designed. for the sui�able die-
pley of tablets, lists oP names and such ot�er vtar memorf.als as may be
�hosen, whether genfsral, indiv2dual, dr for special grougs.
It i a an�ioipated that the cit�, in con jnnetion with the
City Planni�g B�ard, will provide a site Por the Memorial Buildin�,
preferable in the newly acquired city park negt to the publio library.
The design and setting to be such that other units can be added later
withaut disharmony.
A building plan for the proposed Civic �enter �danorial
3uilding is present9d �ierewith. Thg estimated coa'G o� the building
and Purnishings may appxoaimate �100,00Q.00,, eaelusive oP endowmants.
VVhat the �roposed Civic �enter �emorial Bua.lding will mean
to Clearwater and its environs:
The pavpla who now live or visit in clearc�ater and ii�
sister oammuni ties to the north, �st and scrath surely
desre�'� the advanteges that a oivic center sueh as pianned
v;ill oPier �d �aey owe it to the returned veterans a�nd to
t,118ID98T�@9 and their ahildren to give them t}.�se advantages.
Furthernioro, this distriet is haund to grow, especially
sinoe past-'kvar development ot siT travel and super-highways
will bring Florida aZmost wi.thin aomimzt3ag distanae of most
of the population centers east of Mississippi.
Revenue for maintenanoe of the Civ�.c Center is sgpected to
he deri'ved from �.nnual re�.tals for �he uee of ttxe faciiit:Les o2' �he
a�emorial. �uilain� by the lubs and organizations whieh haee membership
in th.e �arporaticm, Prom annusl dues from individua7.s not members of
suoh Gluba and organi�atioas� �'rom rentals Pxom banquets, assemblies,
leotures and theatrioal periorman�as aponsared by non-mem.ber�o��an3�a-
tions, from admission Pees irom non members to garious eahibitions,
use of 3tenographic and oif3ce service, and inQccne Prom an endowment
�und and various aonoeasions. '
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It is planned for a�'inanoe �omwi:tte�s ta arrahge to f3nsnoe
the Contsauation of the propqsod C3via centex by obtaining subsorip-
tiaz� firom residents and individual m�►bers oP 'the various Clubs, ass�
ociations, aivic and social organ.izations o� CL�arwater a� adje:aent
aomIIntnities and Prom non-�residents and visitors therein.
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This ;Committee has been adv�sed'by the �. �. Txeasury.
Departme.�t that the propased non-groPit hoZdi�� and operating corp-
" o�ation (xeferred to as the Civio Center Memorisl. goundation) will be
e$ empt �rom Federal income tax and that castributiona to suoh coxp�
o�ation wlll be deduatible by.the donara in arriving at their taaable
net inaome in the manner and to the extent provided by law.
- . . , . C�VIC C�TER Mk�dORIAL COT+AMIT7.'EE
George �. �tkins, ,e�airman +
C. I,. J'Rynes, Vica haix�nan
�'r�nk �risQoa, $earetary
.` _ Taver Bay�y ' 'I'ittsteea
� A. Wa3.ler m3. th )
, H. M. Turn",burko, Aud3�tor
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