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12/29/1955 Minutos of l11.ao~ingJ Thul~sday Decombor' 29, 1955, in IJlanning Uonrd Orrico ~ Prescnt \olOl"e members Kruse, Homor" Lovison, Huscnrello." Hurries" Reude.. Norton.. ex-officio member Lickton, Nick nOm!lOn of tho City Engineer's Department and Harry Uackett of the st. Petersburg Times. }fr. Kruse opened the meeting at 3:15 P.H. Hr. Harries read a sUJumary, which he hud prepared, of Planniug Board acti vj.ties since the Doa11u \~US established in Hay, 1955. The HOlyard Jolmson project \\las discussod inf'ormal1y. No conclusions were reached other than the earlier ones. Hr. Kruse rend a draft lo1hich he had prepared of a report 'to the City Commission on the activities of the Board to dnte, projects nOl\l being worked on" future projects, etc. IIe requested conunents and suggestions of' the other members of' the Boar'd. Han~r suggestions lvere made and f"ino.lly ,--." :t-lr. Homer undertoolc to prepare a revised draft l\l11icl1 would incorporate I many of" the suggestions that \.rere made anu hence be more comprehensive in sm pe. Hr. Homer's draf't is to be presente(l for :further consideration at the next meeting. Hr. Homer moved that upon approval by the Doard of' the report that a copy of it and a letter of' transmittal should be ,sent to each Cormnissioner at his home and that hereafter copies of the Board meeting m~inutes should be sent to the Commission to be read at City Conunission meeti. 11gS, in order that the City Conunission may be kept awure of Planning Board activities. Ur. Huscarel1a seOl nded the motion \olhich \{us approved tmanimously. .Hr. Kruse suggested that the City Charter should be amended to establish the Planning Board as an agcnCr l1.istinct from the Zoning Board and that such matters as subdivision regulutions" and automotive parking ~'t:rj should be inCluded among the functii.ol1s of the Board. It \o1aS gonerally agreed that a rcconmlcndation to this effect should be included in the ~ '--) '-' >, " , \'1!tJ "'. .'iIo DocomllOI' 2U., 1055., l?n.go 2 roport to tho City Commission. Hr. Huscurolln volunteered to study tho St.' Petersbu.."g charter wncrulments ''ihich established its board ,-lith a view to preparing a similar amendment to the Clearwater City Chal~ter. Next }w. Kruse read n letter to the Merchant's Association regarding ofr~stroet parking. It is expected that the }lerchantts Association will tmdertake preparation of plans for off-street parking to relieve congestion in the >business district. Mr. Kruse next brought up the subject of the Florida Planning and Zoning Association meeting. It was suggested and generally agreed that a luncheon should be held., attended by ,dves of members., at wmcb plans for entertainment of visiting delegates and their wives could be formulated. No date was set for tIds luncheon. Mr. Levison opened a discussion of the need for reference material and a library dealing wj.th city planning subject. It ,vas agreed that a copy of' the booklet fll-ir. Planning Commissioner" be purcha.sed f'or each member of' the Board. The map showing trafric arteries as proposed by the Board came up " f'or discussion. The Chairman urged that it should be studied carefully by each member before presenting it to the City Commission. }.II'. Homer suggested presenting it on slides with a projector and it ,.,ras agroed that tlrls would be effective and should be done. The meeting then adjourned at 5:00 P.M. L' Respectfull;)' SUbllli tted na~ph W. ll. Reado) Secretary " " . . . .."." , .' " I . . :.. ~ ~" :.. . ." ~." "... I' .. . I. . . " " I ""... 4 I.. .... , j I ".., To: The Honorable Mayor and Board of City CommisDionel~,'J City of Clearwater Subject: Annual Report of Planning Board - 1956 Gentlemen: .~_. Here\'lith is submitted the report of the Plannin,s Board for the calendar year.1956, the second year of the Board's existence. I. Personnel At the beginning of the year, the membership of the Board was as follows,. together with the dates of expiration of terms or' the me~bers: Arthur Ml Kruse, Chairman Lewis Horner, Vice Ghairman Ralph V. B. Reade, Secretary William E. Harries Robert H. Levison Frank Muscarella Ross B. Norton Term expires Term expired Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expired Term expire:J 1'.lay 9, 1958 Jahuary 3, 1957 t.lay 9, 1957 May 9, 1959 1-1ay 9, 1960 May 9, 1956 l'.1ay 9, 195a . ... The City Manager and City Engineer are ex officio members~ The vacancy created by ~he expiration of I'fIr. 1'.~uscarel1a' s term v,as not filled by a new appointment until after December 31, 1956. ' " f . .or :!" " The professions and business activities represented by members and ex officio members on the Board were as follows: one city planning engineer, one landscape architect, one attorney, one industrial engineer, one realtor, one architect, one railroad a~ent) one civil engineer, and one city manager. " , '.;" . '.' The Board had the services of Miss Shirley Dobson as secretary and the part-time services or Mr. Nick Rompon as draftsman, both of ~lom are employees of the Engineering 0epartment. II. Policy a~ Responsibilities " The Board cont.inued as an advisory body to the City Commission. It undertakes studies and endeavors to find solutions for problems related to 'the City's growth, which are ~eferrecl to it by the City Commission. It initiates other studies and makes recommendations thereon to the City Commission. At the request of the Cit.y Manager and City EngineGr, it has occasionally examined subdivision plats, ....lhich presented unusual con- ditions, and made recommendations thereon to the City Commission. 'j III. Budget J ... The Board re quested an appropria tion of 'ip15, 250.00 to cover proposed expenditures, sho"m in detail in i.ts requ8st., for the fiscal yeElr beginning July 1, 1956 and en~inp":'June 30, 1957. 'rhc City Commis:>ion approved an appropriation of ,i~2, ~h 5 ~ 00 for the Board. u Ii oil . . . I - l-', '.' .' <I...., ...., .:.' . .' . . I . . .. .. '. '. '~, . .\ ,.., Report of Planning Board - 1956 ., p ,),gc 2 IV ~ Proj acts 'rhe activit.ies of the Board and the projects in which it participat.ed are summarized beloN. A. lvIeetings In 1956" forty-two (42) regular meet ings \</erc held in the office ,of the Bonrd~ Joint meetings were held ...!ith the City Commission, with State Hoad Board representatives, with the Zoning Board, , ,and with other governmental agencies as describod bolo\,[ and under individual projects. A meeting was held 'with the City Commission for the pU~pC~8 of, improving co-ordination and co-operation betwa~n the two bodies and to enable the Board to pursue policies which wou~d bc~ter serve the Commission. The Board believes that the objectives .'" of this me sting ha ve been largely achie 'red. February 9th, a meeting was held with the City f'.'ianager fo~' a discussion of water supply and distribution. Three members of the Board attended a meeting in St. Petersb1.trg on March 29th for a discussion of a planning program undertaken by the University of Florida. . " :. ,i , 'I The Board met with lvlr. Al Regero, member of the State noad Board. and three City Commissioners on July 26~ to discuss Stntc Road ' Board plans for Clearwater and the proposed Delleair Beach - Clearwater Beach Causeway. On August 23rd, the Board me t wi th the Cit y Conufliss,ion to prepare for the State Road Board meeting in Clear\~ater and the following day the members of the Board attended this meotill:~ at the Ft. Harrison Hotelo - On NovGmber 21st, a meeting was held in the Cj,cy flaIl Auditoriwn attended by the Ci~y Commission, Mr. Rogcro, the PlanI1:lng Board: the County Zoning Director, and the chairman of the Clcurwlter Zoning Board, to learn from Mr. Regare of Rond Board plans for this area. at this meeting, it was concluded to have a traffic survey of Pincllas County made by a firm of profession'lls. , B. I'J\aster iloadway Plan The master roadway plan, des igna tad IIIvl H 111 I ';/aG comple te:J cill11y in 1956 by the B0311d, and V/ClS approved by the Ci ty Cor:unfssion on l\larch 26th. At the request of the City Commission, the plan W,),;_~ later presented by members of tho doard to mCGtings of tho city commis s ions of Belleair, Dunedin, Largo, and Saf~1ty Harbor, to the planning board of Largo, and to the County ~nginecr. "'U' '" " ~i ....