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Minutes of meeting 'rhursday July 51 1956 in Plannin~ Board Office
Present were members Kruse, Norton, Homer, Reade and Levison, Nick
Romron of the Engineer's Office and Chuck Albury of the St. Petersburg Times.
Chairman Kruse openod the meeting at 3:00 P.M.
The minutes or the previous meeting were approved.
Memorandums written by Chairman Kruse regarding the Stevenson 'Creek
Park (7-2-56) and the Coachman Park Parking Lot (6-29-56) were read.
A brief discussion of the October meeting of the Florida Planning
and Zoning Association took place.
The west terminus of State Highway 6~ at the bridge on Memorial
Causeway was then discussed. It was concluded by a motion made by Mr.
Reade that the drawing entitled "Proposed Memorial Park Terminal at the
'\Vest End of the. Causeway" dated November 5, 1955 be sent to the City Com-
mission with the recommendation that it be submitted to the State Highway
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suggestion for a new bridge and a div ided highway. Mr. Norton seco nded
the motion which was approved unanimously.
When Chairman Kruse called for comnlittee reports, ~~. Homer reported
that he has located a map prepared for Natural Gas distribution which is
a population and population gro\~h map and said that it is in the posses-
sion of the City. Mr. Homer described the Sanborn Map service and stated
that the Sanborn Map should be available for the Planning Board. Chairman
Kruse is to investigate their availability and use for the Planning Board.
The revision of Ordinance 632 was again discussed and it was generally
concluded that an effQrt should be made to prepare the ordinance so that
it would have a high degree of flexihility regarding the duties of City
Departments and City Officials with the City Commission having the power
to change the assignment of duties and powers as it finds advisable from
time to time. Mr. Reade reported that he has made some progr.ess in I'e-
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writing rovlnlon~ of portions of Ordinance 632 and will continue to work
on it no timu 1.0 uvnl111blo. Mornbora of tho Board agreed that it would
be in oruol' to oon1'o1' tJiroctly with City Attorney Krentzman on problems
connocted with tho roviBion au these problems arise.
Mr. Kruoa brou~ht up tho matt.er of zoning in connection with IfM R 1"..
He 8UI!;~aotad thnt thia subject should be discussed fully at the next
meoting. together with tho p03sibility of a referendum to be presented to
; the electorate at the doming general election. Mr. Levison moved that
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Chairman Kruso appoint a two member committee to confer with representatives
of the Zoning Eoard on the application of zoning and a possible referendum
in connection wit)1 H14 R In. Mr. Norton seconded the motion which was
passed unanimously.
There was a discussion of the short course on Urban Planning, Mr.
Rompon is to take at the University of Florida at Gainesville. Mr. Homer
sugsested that he should endeavor to find reference material which would
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be useful to this Board and should purchase such materials as are avail-
able with reimbursement being made from Planning Board funds.
The meeting adjourned at 5:00 P.M.
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Respectfully submitted
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