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Pl~09ont wora memboro Gallo\-r.lY, Konnedy awl G/ltt!B, ML~.. ii'olla t Paul
Ret'tig and Ja(~k Stodghill of H~A..
Onlr tm'eo members woro present t \'lhich did not. constj.tut,e a. quorum,
therefore the moeting \'Ias informal and no o.1-,ficiC11 action could bo taken..
The meeting opened at 3: 15 P .~~1I with tJ!r. Gallo\','aY pras;.ding..
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nproposed Organization of tho Economic Dackgl"ound and Population
lleportlt.
~~. Wolle stated that 1~~ Stodghill had been \~rking in the of~ice
tor two days and had consented to go ovel" the Sconomic and Population
Report w1.th the Board.
if~. Stodghill first read 1~. Robinson's letter outlinipg the pro-
cedtlT:/c' of handling their reports.
Next h.e commented briefly on each item of' the report and an3\'tered
any questions Board members had.
Ther"a ,.,as extensive discussion on the brl5in of in.f'ormation f'or
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backgro1.lnd Dtudias and proja cted growths..
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site since last weak's m9~tingy
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raatter but it had been brought to' their .?. tt.S!ntlol1 hi" dh~ SnghleBring
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obje ctiona.~ The Boa.rd hud no ob ja ctiol1s to .th is d...1l{cl':1pment...
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which waD colored 8S a suggestion from which n covar fClr the planning
:roports could be, made.
It. uaa pointed out that printing covero in a small quantity "lith
aa many colors l.\S a land usa mp needs \'lould be rathor expensi~e. Mr..
Wolle consented to obtain estimates on the cost of printing the cover in
color and in black and white and report to 1~he Board at :tta next meeting.
fLit, Report~ on Survey of ?arks - Board 9.onfirm~tlqtL..Q..~1 pt'o~tec~s..
This mattor was de.ferred to the next meeting for lack of quorum"
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~ PROPOSEO ORGANIZNl'ION OF 'rHS lliCON01~IC DACKGtl0UND AND POPULJ\l'ION ngpORT
By
HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW M~D ASSOCIATZS
Atlanta. _Qe~riga
The Economic Background and Popula-tion Report "all be first in a
series comprising information and studies for the Comprehensive
Plan of Cleartmter, Florida. The rol1o\~ng outline is a tenta-
tive organiz,ation of the proposed subject matter of this report
which is aubmit.ted to the City Planning Board :for their informa...
tion and convnent. ll'he material given in the report will be di-
vided into three major classifications. These are (1) Objec~
tives of a Comprehensive Plan, (2) Economic Factors Influencing
-Planning and (3) Population. A briei' discussion of the studies
included in each di~ision follows:
I-d O..bj~,cti:'?~ of ~..- COD!prah,p!3 i..ve ,P+.!1r!
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This narrative por~ion of the' plan ~~ll ~egin
with ~ brief discus sian of the history :?.nd
gro\%h o~ the City of Olea~w~tor and of the
organizat.ion and legislative elements '::-lffecting
zoning and planning of This stud;)' will truce the
gro~h of planning in Olaar\iater from the very'
firs~ efforts to the programs which are in
effect today, and will include a study of ~le
law, both state and. local,. which bears diractly
on 2.o1ting and pltlnning in Cle.~rl'rator.
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This division, of 'the r'eport 'nill also i.ncluda a
gl~nera.l d.iSCU3Sioh of -the ms,jor probhHns f'acing
cities t and of general mathods and opportunities
whereby such problems may be corrected: through
proper plaltning. 'The :.t"inal portion of this
.first section ',-rill include {\ 'deta ilcd d813cript~on
of the scope of t.he proposed C19ar''la~:..or' plan ex-
plaining in det.ail the type .of 3tuc1ies wilien v.ill
be made, a!td 'the proper place or oach indiviaua,l
study 'Aith respect to the . overall Comprehensive
Plan. Finallll"~ a discuSsion wil? be made of
~ethods by \Illicit the city may get the most o.ut
of a: Comprehensi va' Plan and the varioua st11clie s
Wlich it comprises..
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This second d1.vision of the 1"'0 port \'Iil1 begin with
a discussion of reasons why the economico of the
city must be considerod in comprehensi.ve plCll1ning~
This lull be .followed by a study of location and
transportation factors related to Clearwater, in~
eluding both highl'lays and railroads, all of which
\-nll be illustrated on a locat:i.on map covering the
general area of Pinellas and Hillsboro Counties.
One of the principle factors influencing growth of
a community relates directly to employment, and the
. labor force. Information concerning labor force .
'and employment is to be included in. this di vj.sion
of the report ~mich includes:
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A comparison of the labor force in C1e~r- .
\'lB.ter ,'lith .that of two other !l'lorida
cities and the Tampa~St. Petersburg metro-
politan orea. The t~ro cities selected for
this comparison are Sarasota, w',llich has an
economy very similar to Clearwater and Fort
Pierce, Mlich in contrast~is principally
an agr~cultural center. ~Grtinent facts
related to the comparative cities and the
met.ropolitan area'~ll be shown by a
sequence of tables.
The next item covered will be e~playment
i1"1 Pinellas County'. This ~rtudy \'11.11 il1-
<:lude an analysis of, trends in omploymnnt
by indust17 groups, the results of imicll
....rill. be sho\'1O. in, tables and Oll charc3&.
The l?bor rorca WaS divided into several
major catagori.~s) including ag;ricul'i.~ul~e,
'manu:f.a ct,uring, construction 1 tral1sporta.tion,
communica'cion alld ut,iliti~ s, uhole sale 3i:ld
:t."etail "trada, . finance, insul"'.?nce 'and real
estate, personal and professional R~rvices
'and goverl11Uent and miscellaneous ~
The next subject \'lil1, deal tylt~h trends i11
1"3tn:i.l and wholesale -G3..u'dfJ and. ar~.fecti"1/e
buying .incd~9 in Claar~mter. This study
\'ri.l1 inclu.da stRti'ati.cal. 1.nfo!':lu..tioll ra...
gar~ling' i;h~ gl\01J1th of: ret.,,1il. and \'/hol"C sale'
trade il1 the Cluari'rat.e:r ure:t f.rom 1.939
throl.\gh the' present. '.time.. It '-Jill :uso
includo an ,analysis of rota:ll trade and
ei'fect,ive huying j.nc.orne in 19~; \> '
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and age characteristics ,,,are deter...
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b. The City Planning Department also con....
ducted a citywide land use survey. in
, \..nich the location and use. of evory
parcel or land in the cit~' wa5 daten"-
mined. This includos the location of
dwelling units, llnd in tho) case of
, apart-D~nts, tbe number of units v1it~hin
each building. By applying the avarage
number of persons per dwelling unit as
determined 'through the population J.ntor-
view to the number of dwelling units,
de'tenuined by actual count, a population
estimate tor 195a will be deternuned.
.In addition to determining ~he WUoUllt,
a map designed to Sho\'l the distribut.ioh
or this population throughout. the city
~ll be included in this report. '
Special studies \~re conduc~ed to detor-
niine the amount and lor;at:ton of physcial
growth o~ tho city:over the past decade.
This includes a study of annexation to the
city) 'the loca~ion of new subdivisions
since 191..5, tho area servod bY' \-rater and
sewers and a diagrammatic study of exist-
ing land usa in 1958. These studies will
be illustrated on maps.
The real key to comprehenfJi ve planning
lias in determining the r'-i3sonable amount
of' future grOirth the ci by may expect. I,'or
this reason. th'is report ".rill include a
pr.ojection of population by accepted r~thod3
for the Clearvmter ara3 to 19$0. This ex-
pected gro\.,rth \lrill be illustrated hy t,able s,'
ch:-lrts and a 1980 population distr-i. bution
map.
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\dll result in a book of' approximately 50 pages.
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