07/11/1957
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Pursuant to a decision }"ollchl:.Hl at a mceting or repl'13nentativeo
of Upper Pinellas County tw1.unicipalities. Piuf)llas County and tho State
Road Department held in the Clna::'wa't.er City Hall i\uditorj.uln) June 27;
1957, a second meeting was held July IlJ 1957~ at the oi".fice of t.he
Clearwater P.1anning Board at which the .follo\.!i.ng \'/l3ro in attendance 1\
Lo 0" Hester Clearwater
T.. 10 Bat.es Bartow r'la..
Jack 'rallent Clearwatoer
Arthur . l~ ft Kruse Cll:1arwater
Ralph \; D B ~ Reade Olear\'1a tar
Bo J. Driver Clear''Yater
Co. Robert Stuler Clearwater
County i~ngineer
State Road Dept. P.O. Box 591
City Manager
Planning Board Chairman
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Blain r...ccouris
Clearwat.er
Planning Board
Planning Board
Pl.anning Board
Asst.. Zoning Diro of Pin" Co"
Planning Board
Flw.,.l11: Saqrd -r"'Aff" Co J)~f'1.
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Charles Galloway
Clear\iater
H.. ~.. Rucker
Bel1eair
City Commissioner
George Do Samuel
L!lUledin
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Zoning Boal'"d
J~ H~ Woodard Jru
J", 'X (> Htmt,er
DWledill
Jhmedj..n C:!-'tr 1 CASH: n "
Clearwater
Chamber of COl!lm~rce
H D D., Powell
Largo
Co 1!'\. Fv.sso.ll
Largo
Planning tlca I'd
Tmm fJIanage:c
Chi.lr:k Albury'
HOl'lard Hartley
Ralph Summer
Glear.,ater.
St~ Petersburg Times
ClearwatiZ.lr
Statj.on W'fAN
Clear'ffiter
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11he meeting opened at 2: 15 P.A ~ \;l'it~h Countjr j~n[!;:i.neer .L., 0 u Hester
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Mre Pov/all of IJ[lI'go, in opening t.ht:-: discussion ~ Dxpla5.nt;'1d plans that
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tha 'fO\'ffi of' Largo has for a park \"ihicli !1!.<lY af'i'B:~t plans :~or y'oa.dwaya
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through Largo.. He also oxplainad the need .for a pedest,rian overpass
above tho ra.il-road to reach the llew high sr:::hool...
Ml". Rucker of .8elleair told the meet:f.ng of H resolution ~/hich had
been pEl,ased by the City Commission of ilelleair las'!; year emphaoizing
that the Town of Belleair wanted to remain purely residcntal and wished
to avoid ha viJ1B rond't....ays built through the rrown tha.t would attract heavy
'trai'f'ic. Under que stioning by IJlr to Hester ~ i,1r.. Rm-.:ker f.\tated that the
present population of Belleair is approx~ 3.2000 An ult~nate population
of 5,500 is possible but.. :I.t is probable that the ultimate population
will be .4,000" The Tmm would much prefer to avoid having Indian ROlJka
Road developed as a n~in high\~yo
Y.1r" Samuel of Dunedin stated that Dunedin did not ha.ve any worth-
while data to present at. this time but that it ~nO uld collect information
that is needed by the State Road Department and will deliver it to Nr~
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Nre \toodward of' DtUledin inquired aD 1.0 \<lhether the Clearwat.er
.:Planning Doard had considerad the improvement or 3dge\'/ater Jr:tve... In
reply, he Wal~ told that the Clear~~ter Planning Board had recommended the
development of Myrtle Avenue as a main north and south artery from North
Ft ~ Harrison Avenue to the Clearwater-Largo Road and that improvement of
the bridge over Stevenson Creek had been considered but that no plans had
been included on t.he impl",o....ement of Zdgev.ft...1.tel' Drive north of :Jtevenson
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I~1l"" Hest.er inquired of Officer Lecouris of' the CltHU'.......ater Police
Depar'tment:1 what the policy or the Police Department would be r~garding
....) the sp~.ed Ij,mits" He p;ointed out that on HOT'CU leG AVenllE' I ".~hi eh has
recently been improved~ a speed limit, of 2~) [,{PH has been established. If
this limit is adhered to on lIltlin arteria s ~ t l:'nffic capae:Lt,y will bo greatly
restl"ic.ted., Officier Lecouris pointed out t.hi:\.t. speed limits on Gulf-t.o~Bay
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Blvd. are considerably higher and tha't the Police Department will estab-
lish speed limits .commensurate with traffic needs and safety requirements., '
O.fficfJY' L.~couris also point.ed to the needs of considering truck ~'out,es in
planning roadways through towns D
l~ was stated that the population of' Pinellas Count~ in the 1950
census was 150.000 and that a special census taken last year i.ndicated
that the present population is 250,OOO~ Of this increase it is estimated
that 50.000 have moved into the County within the past twelve months.
Mro Hester requested that the g)'~oup hold another moeting in about
a month and it was decided to meet at the Clearwater Planning Board office,
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August 8, 1957 at 2:00 PdMo Following that~ other meetings will be
scheduled as neededq In conclusion Mro Batesl of the State Road Department~
stated that the State Road Depa~tment is particularly anxious to obtain
data~ recommendations and opinions on local situations and on w~ere
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traffic is likely to be generated during the next two decades~
The meeting adjourned at 3:30 PuMa
Respectfully submitted
rlalph Ii. B <I ile..u.de, Secretary
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IJlin~t.Qs ..of" m,eeting Thur,ltdo.y July... 11, 19..s.1...JrLP1llE.n:h!!.g. Uoa_r1!~ Ofrice_~
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Immediat.ely following the lOOoting w1th the municipalities, the
Planning Board had a brief meeting~
Present wero members l(ruse, Hoade t
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Galloway ani Driver, . , Officer Locourio of t}lt-') Traffic DepartmGnt and
Paul Re'ttig of the .t!:ngineel"ing Department.,
The only subject discussed was the oxtension;of Pierce Street
'between Greenwood Avenue and Gulf-to-Bay Blvd~ Officer Lecouris pointed
out that it \'lOuld be necessary to have stop streets at 14yrtle, Greenwood
Missouri and possibly Lincoln AVneUElD Paul. Rettig pointad out that the
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.. . crossing of Stevenson Creek might present SOnle difficulties and \\Ould be
expensive. It was ge.nerally agreed that the'extenslon as rar. as Missouri
Avenue would not be difficult and would be useful in lightening t.he traffic
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load on Oleveland Street. O~ficer Lecouris offered to attend the next
'meeting of the Planning Board at which he ~1ill. present data and Police
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Ralph'W" B~ Reade, Secretary
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