07/18/1957
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Pretlent wero rnOmb01'5 1\.r\150, 11.oudo, 8tuler, a.nd lJrivor~ Puul Rettig
of the Engineering Departmont. and Blaine I,9couris of tho Truffic Branch
of the Police Departmentu
The minuti8s of the June 20 [:. 27 and July 11 meetings \tlare approved.,
The first item on tho agenda was tho Piorce 3treet extension. Acting
Sgt,e< Lecouris submitted a letter,contain1.ng the recommendations of the
Police Department ~ The Police Department recommended i~hat Pierce 3treet
be extended and approved from Greenv-fOod to l~issouri" The Department
acticipated traffic control difficulties in the extension of Pierce 3ta
east of wissouri and with the intersection at Gulf-to-Bayo After lengthy
discussion, with everyone present participating, it was lnovedt seconded
and passed that the Board recommend to the City Commission:
1. The acquisition of: the necessary remaining )~ight-or-way between
Greenwood and Missouri for immediate extension and improvement
of Pierce Sto within these limits as ShC'ffi on the Engineering
Department1s drawlng~
21) That the City also Wldertake :i.mmedia-te acquisition or the few
remaining lots that are needed to complet.e t.ha right-o.f-way
for extendiJ1.g Pierce 3treot from i.Iissouri to Guli'-to-Day at
some future date~
The chairman reported on discussions with GitY-l.ianager Tallent and
Mayor Homer regarding the Island jstates plan (Unit //1)' 'which was approved
by the City Commission wit.hout review by tho Planning l3oard" This was
an over-.site and the City l'lanager told the Chairman th3 t tn the future,
plats 1-lOuld be submit.ted to the Planning BORrd,. ThfJ Ch..:dr'man also
\,~ reported on the status of employing a~' Planninf; iJiroct.or... 'fhe 1.L.1.yor is
anxious to conclude this matter and il:~ is largely in 'l~hl3 h8.nds of' the
City ivlanager at this time Q The Chairman a1;-50 p:r'csentou the budget. which
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oontained appropriations of ,$3J.,000 for' planning oxpenditu.res.. This
has beon includod in tho Engineering Depn~t:'Tnont appropr'lationsl.l
The City Commi~3Uion heU) approved an BOt right-of''''W:J.7 .for Hercules
Avenue south of Druid Hoad on a plat submitt9d by Sever.. ulJi it 1", which
was formally approved by the Gi ty Commias ion ~ showed ]/)0. right-of-,"lay
for Hercules. The question \-IaB raised l'ihother the City Commission should
be requested to authorize'changing Hercules to eO' for its entire length..
It was finally concluded that such a recommendation should not be made to
the City Commission bu.t that the matter should be left as is" In af'fect
the City Commission has amended "M R lIT to provide 80' south of Druid
Road but the r:tght-o.f"l'iay approved for nOl"th of' Druid remains 100',
The request o~ Hilleboe and Updyke for annexation and a change in
zoning,to permit their prop~rty to be used i'or a trailer park was next
considerede It w~s the opinion of some members of the Board that the
ClearW'dter Zoning Board Has in error in having refased this request.. It.
was finally agreod that the Planning Board should ta~e no action on the
request until members Stuler and neade had mnde an on-the-site survey and
,reported to the Board at next weekVs~meeting..
As to the request of George t.. I3rovln1 Jr.. to permit a trailer park
on his PI' operty s t.he aI~t, ion of the Zoning do arc! -W<:1 S concurred in generally,.
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insofar as the jurisclictton of 'the City is concerned) and particularly
the inadeq'l;lacy of the approach from Guli'-\~o..Bay Blvd" In th:l.s cOlmoction~
it is \'lell to point out that the increastng t!'af.fic on Gulf-.to-Day Blvd.
may in the ne.ar fut.ure require, the inst,a.llation of' E,CC2SS service roads
for installations sirniJ.iar to 'the subje ct l"equl?st so as to effect.uate
so-called limited access i'rom t:lis heavily traveled thoroughfare.,
Ren9Iac1~i'ullJ'" 5ubmlt.ted
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