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City of Clearwater, Florida
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES
November 23, 1983
Membars Present
Joseph Molnar, Fire Harshal
William E. Tripp, Acting Building Director
Dave Healey, Planning Director
John Rooks, Representing Public Works Department
Claude Howell, Representing Utilities Department
Don Meeriane, Representing Traffic Engineering Department
Ream Wilson, Parks and Recreation Director
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Members not Present
Elizabeth S. Haeseker, Chairman
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Other Present
William Kline (Pastor, Trinity Baptist ChUl..ch--Gymnatorium Building)
Charles Johnson, Architect, Trinity Baptist Church Gymnatorium
Harold R. Johnson, Engineer, Trinity Baptist Church Gymoatorium
Kami Targal, P.E., Corbett Street Professional Office
Richard Parker, Biltmore Construction, Corbett Street Professional Office
Patricia Phillips, Recording Secretary
The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. in the Operations
Center Conference Room by Joesph Molnar, Acting' Chairman.
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Hr. Tripp moved to approve the Minutes of September 22, 1983, as
written. Mr. Howell seconded the motion, which passed.
,ITEM 11 - Trinity Baptist Church Gymnatorium BuildinB, located Northeast
Coachman and Belcher Roads.
FINAL SITE PLAN
Fire Department - No comments.
Building Department - Mr. Tripp said that sidewalks should be shown on the
public right-of-way. (See "Discussion" on motion for the Final Site Plan)
Planning Department - Mr. Healey's comments were (a) in order to calculate
the number of parking spaces required, two calculations would be needed
--the seating capacity and the auditorium floor area. Only the seating
capacity was given. '!he way the parking is calculated for chu'I'ch use
depends on whichever is greater, (b) regarding parking, there is a note 00
the plan to the effect that both buildings would not be in use
simultaneously with respect to the seating.capacity. The Building
Department would need to determine if this was acceptable., (c) setback
dimension on Sharkey Road frontage, 35', needed to be referenced to the
property line, (d) adequate loading spaces should be indicated, (e) where
off street parking was shown as other than' asphalt surface, that surface
treatment requires approval by the City Engineer.
Traffic Engineering - Mr. Meerians said dimensions should be labeled as far
as what the parking stalls would be--1Jl1nimum is 9' x 19'. Also, question
about bus stalls and allowing enough room for buses to back out.
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Utilities Dep8rtmen~Mr. Howell said the gymnatoriuv-~u11ding requires a
separate water metei ld this should be no problem as ae water main went
to Sharkey Road and meter could be set off that line. Also, natural g80
was available for the building and would save money on hot water for
showers, etc.
Public Works Department - Mr. Rooks distributed written comments
-Attachment 11. Comments about details of retention area to be submitted at
time of finaY-construction, approved erosion and siltation control methods
required and must be shown on construction plan. Mr. Rooks also asked if
the ROW for Sharkey Road was dedicated and the architect said it had been.
Parks and Recreation - Mr. Wilson distributed an Open Space Fee Impact form
to developers. Looking at the site plan, Mr. Wilson said the new
gymnatorium added 21,168 sq. ft., or more than 50% of the existing floor
area on the property and would be subject to the Open Space feo--2% of the
net land area of the site. Based on that, the assessment would be 14,666
sq. ft. at at value of $.48 sq. ft. based on the appraised value. He
stated that on the application for site plan, the just value of ~350,OOO
was shown. If this was the value established by the County Tax Appraiser,
then a copy of the Tax Appraiserts document would be required. If this
'valuation is correct, the value of 2% of the net land area would be
$7,039.68.
Comments from the City Forester were that Tree Permits would be required
for any trees to be removed prior to Building Permit issue.
MOTION: Trinity Baptist Church Gymmatorium - Final Site Plan -
Dave Healey moved that the Final Site Plan for the Trinity Baptist Church
addition of the Gymnatorium Building be approved, having determined that
the Fio.al Site Plan is in conformity with the Site Plan Review Ordinance,
subject to the following conditions.
A. Changes to be made to that final site plan prior to its
certification.
1. Additional information relative to the area of the auditorium for
the purpose of determining parking requirements be added.
2. That the setback dimension from Sharkey Road be adjusted to
reflect its relationship to the property line.
3. That the required off street loading spaces be shown.
4. That the required sidewalk areas be designated.
, , 5. That the note regarding existing retention simply be expanded to
say existing and proposed retention area.
B. Those items to be conditions of the approved Final Site Plan.
1. That the Open Space Assessment payment be made.
2. Approval, of the Public Works Director of the provisions for the
non-asphalt surfaced parking area.
3., That the initial Building Permit be obtained within six months
from the date of approval and the Certificate of Occupancy be obtained
wit~tn two years from the date of issuance of the iniital Building Permit.
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Motion seconded by Ml tripp.
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Discussion - For clarification about the sidewalk requirement, Mr. Hcaley
said that the sidewalks should be designated on the plan or a note to the
effect that sidewalks would be provided. If the developers wished to seek
a waiver, there was a process they could follow at the time of Building
Permit, but for plan approval, they needed to show that sidewalks will be
provided.
Motion voted on and paased unanimously..
ITEM 12 - Corbett Street Professional Office, located South side of Corbett
Street approximately 215 ft. West of S. Ft. Harrison Ave. (Ruiz) --
COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT
Fire Department - No comment.
Building Department - No comment.
Planning Department - Mr. Healey said that existing zoning is PSI It
should be noted that the building height of 53' would not meet the PS
standards but the zoning had been 'amended and had been approved by the
Commission with the submission of the preliminary site p]~n. On page 10,
the statement concerning park site, to note the date of the preliminary
site plan submission relative to the new Open Space requirements. On page
17, an update of the construction schedule should be indicated.
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Traffic Engineering - Mr. Meeriano indicated that on page 7, Traffic
Control, second sentence indicated no increase in traffic in areas adjacent'
to development. For office buildings, the trip generation rate is 12.3 per
1,000 square feet, gross area. Mr. Meerians said that the statement should
be revised using the figure of 12.3 from the National Standards.
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Utilities Department - Mr. Howell presented written comments - Attachment
#2 - regarding page 9. The size of the water main should be shown as 8
inches and not 6 inches. Also, there is only one 8 inch main within the
Ft. Harrison Ave. right-of-way.
Public Works - No comment on C.1.S.
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Parks & Recreation - Mr. Wilson distributed written comments from the City
Forester - Attach1nent 13. Also, on page 10, the application for Site Plan
on the project was submitted on May 3, 1983, which was prior to new impact
ordinances passed by the City Commission on July 7, 1983. The statement
that the project would be exempt from the Open Space ordinance should be
included in the C.I.S~ or on an addendum since the Site Plan application
was filed prior to'the date of the ordinance.
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MOTION: - Corbett Street Professional Offices - C.I.S
Dave Healey moved for approval of the Community Impact Statement
with an addendum to address the following issues.
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1. Correct the zoning on page 5.
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2. To reviBe { 'statement concerning the lack'. ,'park dedication
requirements or exemption therefrom on page 10.
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3. To expand and complete the statement wit}l respect to economic
impact and tax effect on pages 16 and 17.
4. To update the conBtructlon schedule on page 17.
5. To completely re-write to the satisfaction of the Traffic
Engineer the statement on traffic impact.
6. Correlate the statement of the water system with the information
on the site plan--to correct it per the Utilities Department.
7. To re-write and include the comments in an affirmative statement
of compliance with the recommendations of the City Forester.
, Motion seconded by Mr. Wilson. Motion voted on and passed
unanimously.
FINAL SITE PLAN - (Corbett Street Professional Office)
Fire Department - No comments.
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Building Department - No comments.
Planning Department - Mr. Healey said the zoning should be PS and
not CG. The Planning Department came up with a figure of something in
excess of 39,000 square feet for the building area. According to the
developer's architect the building area was 41,256 square feet. With the
building area, paving, and turf block, it appeared they would have more
than 70% impenueable coverage rather than 56%. There was a discrepancy
there. The actual building height should be shown on the plan and not that
an 80 ft. height was allowed. The parking calculation needed to be
recomputed based on the adjusted building area. Also, Mr. Healey had a
question about the suitablity of using turf block in the frequent parking
area. Mr. Healey also said that the parking area adjacent to Corbett
Street should be shown as being landscaped according to code.
Traffic Engineering - Mr. Meerians asked about the 25 ft. easment to
the City of Belleair. Mr. Targal said it was a general easement for
utility purposes. There was a question of the vacation of this easement
being finalized by Belleair. Mr. Meerians also asked about the existing
access points onto Corbett Street--would they be closed, curb replaced,
sodded. Discussion with developers on this and also the new access should
be 15' true radius. City code requires that you be a minimum of 5 feet
from your property line to your access. The one parking space at the end
of the third line was too small. Question about parking underneath the
building. Also, they needed to show internal traffic signs on the plan.
Mr. Healey said that project identification signs needed to be shown on the
final site plan.
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Utilities Department - Mr. Howell distributed written comments
Attachment 14 Comments about water su~ply line, dumpster location,
easement over the 8" main up to the hydrant, and a gate valve requirement
on the fire line West of the fire hydrant.
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Publl~ ~~rk~~~rtment- Hr. Rooks distribute~itteD comments -
Attachment 15 - Disl Jion about detention areas. Hi .~oks also aoked the
developer to provide a detail on the plan showing how the turf block was to
be installed.
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Parks and Recreation - Mr. Wilson read the City Forester's comments
on the Site Plan (Attachment '3).
MOTION - Corbett Street Professional Office - Final Site Plan -
Dave Healey moved to continue consideration of the site plan for the
reason that there have been a number of issues identified that need to be
changed that would have significant cummulative effect on the layo~t.
Motion seconded by Don Meerians.
Hr. Healey clarified the motion by identifying various issues of the
Planning Department such as parking and permeable surface coverage. Don
Meerians' concerns for having more detail showing that parking would work
underneath the building, moving the road to make it work adjoining the
property on Corbett Street, some utilities need to be done differently, the
City Forester had Bome problems with retention as it relates to tree
removal, the easement arrangement needed to be confirmed with the City of
Belleair, etc. Mr. Healey felt that the developers were trying to to do
much on too little space and needed to cut back on the building or acquire
more land since it would not be acceptable to him to squeeze things 80 that
they lose 30" or 40" Oak trees to accommodate a very compressed retention
system.
Motion to continue voted on and passed unanimously.
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ITEM 13 - DISCUSSION ONLY - Downtown Property Standards Ordinance -
Moved to last item and Item IJ4 was next item.
ITEM 14 - DISCUSSION ONLY - Request for easement, City of Clearwater
Property, Landmark Drive.
There was general discussion on this item and the following motion
was made.
MOTION: Ream Wilson moved that the Committee recommend to Chairman
Haeseker that she contact Mr. Bruce Tyndall to set up a meeting to discuss
and possibly negotiate access alternatives to his property. They were
looking at restrictions at the present time regarding the Eagle's nest,
park property to the South, etc. Discussion might also include whether or
not the property might be available to expand the public/park open space
that the City owns in that area.
After further discussion, motion was voted on and passed.
At 11:30 a.m. the secretary was excused and Item tJ3 (Downtown
Property Standards Ordinance was discussed by the Committee.
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