11/14/1957
liinut...es qf' me ~1A,~ ThuI~S.~4Y. Npyemqer 14 t J~~7. ,ill Plann~.!l.g Board OJ.:t!9!f
.,-, Present were members Kruse) Harries, Levison, Norton, Driver and
Galloway, t'Ir". iiolle and Paul Rettig o.f the Jllgi.nserJ.ng Department..
'fhe meaning opened at 3 :30 P Qlilu and the m:lnutea of October 30, 31 and
November 7th wereapprovedo
Proceeding the meeting; there was an extensive di.scussion concerning
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1;he off"'street parking 1'orum.. A.ft:er the mea ~~ing was called t.o order, 14r (>
Holle concluded tho matter by stating that ,he \\ould \'1rite approximately
fifteen resort cities asking for their zoning ordinances and off..street
parking requiremerrcs. These would be used in comparison \nth Clearwater's
need i.f the Comm:i.asion brings the off'-street parking matter back to the
Pl~nning Board at a later date'"
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It was moved, seconded and passed that the 130ard compliIuent jAr" '1/0110
on his presentation of the off-street parking requirements at the public
forunh
Next on the agenda '~as Crest Lake Park ~
There was a di sC1l3sion of
a service road parallel to Cleveland eJ..'tending east-'iJest across the south
end of' the park) ,fJ,l101rlng a.ccess from e:i.ther Glent'rood A\'anue or Lake Drive
and allowi~~ parking of vehicles near a battery of eight to ten tennis
court,s" It was decided that total parking area for the tennis courts could
be' located" off Glenwood and added planting hould give screening to f;luch
parking...
1111"'.. Levison stated tha.t what \'lC.lS really neec18d vTaS an adult recraution
center ....h.ich would combine public aroa \'lith private al"Qa, commeI'cially
developed for recreat:i.on., Such a plan \'K>uld imroJ.V8 largc.~ acreage to be
acquired and subm~ ssion to the idp.a that a tennis cento:l." in :It,seJ.:E' should
not be locatod i.n Crest Lake Park.
HO\"le.:ler, t.he X'Qt}uo ~t nt .th 1.3 time ",as
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verbal through the City Engineer and indicat(:d u desir~ to provide parking
area for Crest Lake Pnrk~ I/ir" ',iolle stated that l:.h0 Hucreation D:1.rector was
in need of a locatiol1 for tonni,') courts (that could bG lighted)" Prior to
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this meeting the City 2nginHer exprHssed to IY1r" \/olle his approval of: this
location .for tennis courts. It. was moved, seconded and passed 1;hat Plan #2
.for Crest Lake Park he resubmitted wi:t.h modifications of' parJ{ing and planting..,
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A.fter discussion, the Board approved the change i.n street names pro-
posed for the south finger of Clearwater Beach: That is, Gulf \lay Boulevard
South to be Gulf View Boulevard, and Gulf ~'ay Boulevard North t.o be Bayway
Boulevard.
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J.1r.. \~()lle next reported on the availability of photo maps for a
nominal cost front the Department of Agrecultw;eo Such maps that may be
desired "1ill be a scale- of in to 400"0 Further inquiry \-JOuld co-ordinate
the City .1:ngineerf s needs with planning needso It ~..'aS moved, seconded and
passe'd that M.r.,~iolle make further investigation and report back to the
Board at his earliest convelli.enceo
lYlr. Wolle reported on housing surveys availa.ble and the Board authorized
him to order; from the Department of Conwerce, photocopies of machine sheets
5hc~~g housine characteristis statistics by enumeration districts for
, Ciean'iater and a map of Clearl'mter sho\'ring the enumeration district.
'bowldaries in the amount of J250
FOllmring a conference wit~ the St" Petersburg Planning DirectorJ Nr.
Volle reported on St. Petersburg's pror.edures concerning resort population,
economic base studies and their land use survey, By consent the Board asked
IJ1r Q \1011e to 'investigate Clearwater's need concel'ning the !3IJ matters and
, present his recommendation to the Board.
It .....las announced that the public hearing on re.fcl"'endum items ,.,ould
be held in the City Hall AuditoriuJn) Noy embr~r 15th at. 1: 30 P olvl~
~, ,::,; There \'las no furi,her business and the mSD t. ing .:1 djollX'nad at 5: 00 P 01<1"
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Respect~ully submitted
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