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BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING
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,,{ The monthly meeting of the, Beautification Committee was called
to order at 9:40 A.M. in the meeting room at the City Hall Annex,
10 South Missouri Avenue, Clearwater, Florida.
Those in 'attendance were: Albert Rogers, Chairman; Miss Grace
Smith. Mrs. R. H. Stieneker, Mrs. Juanita Anderson, Messrs: Arthur
Kruse, RUBsell Fourman, Tom Shepard, Frank Marchisclli, Lester Dicus,
Don Alexander and Frank Krame. Also in attendance were Messrs:
Eddie Moore, the City's new A~sistant City Forester Mr. Lynn Ahlgrim,
Alan Smith, and Bill Voght. Those not in attendance were: Messrs:
Gil Whitton, Ream Wilson, Howard Groth, Forrest Watson, George Donatello,
Bob McMichael, Patrick Tracy and Perc Powell.
Motion was made by Mr. Dicus. seconded by Mr. Krnme, that the
minutes of the June 4, 1975 meeting be approved as received. Motion
carried unanimously.
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Chairman Rogers advised the Committee Mr. Howard Groth had been
appointed by letter of the Acting ~ity Manager, Anthony L. Shoemaker,
June 12, 1975, replacing Larry Lord in representation of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce on the Beautification Committee. Unfortunately,
due to other commitments, Mr. Groth was unable to attenl; this meeting.
Mr. Rogers enumerated letters that had been mailed ~.hich the
Committee had recommended be sent at the last meeting, :..e.:
Letter to City Manager Picot B. Floyd commending metlbers
of the Parks & Recreation Department Nursery Di,.ision
for the beautification project recently completlld at
Court and Ft. Harrison ~treets.
Leiter of congratulations and commendation to Clearwater Garden
Club upon their Silver Anniversary celebration.
Letter of appreciation to Mr. William Dasher, Department of
Transportation~ with copy to Keith Crawford, Clearwater Traffic
Engineer, on corrective work completed at the Drew and Greenwood
Streets intersection.
Chairman Rogers report~d the Tree-For-Frce Proeram of June 7th
had proven quite successful for the third year presentation. He
had color photos to show to the Committee of the event. It was
reported all areas of the program ran quite smoothly and the 2,800
trees proved adequate for this y~ar's give-away. Mr. Anderson of
the St~ Petersburg Times had, written a letter to Mr. Rogers commend-
ing all participants in the program.
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Chairman Rogers also reported to the Committee. on the following:
1) Joe Chiapctta, a former Clearwater Golf Pro, had offered
donations of cacti and cocos plumaa palms to the City.
Forestry Dep~r~mcnt and Nursery have been contacted.
Unfortuna~ely, size of the cncti and SpoctOR plus the
large, t~cea involved and limited equipment, made the
items unacceptable; howover, the Parks and Recreation
Department recently wrote a letter of appreciation [or his
donation offer to Mr. Chiapetto.
2) Gil Whitton, who was unable to attend the meeting, had
informed Mr. Rogers he had more information on additional
commemorative trees to be selected in this orca and would
be reporting on this at the next meeting.
3) Planters along Cleveland are looking nice nnd well cn~ed
for by the City's watering truck. Relocation of planters
have been made and that area looking agrecablr attractive.
4) Bench' Program is in present good stead, with only one or
two small spots to be worked on.
5) Brief comment was made on the by-pass by the old Haven
Rouse. Mr. Voght informed 'the Committee the land involved
surrounding the by-pass will be under domain of the County.
6) ,Mr. Krame presented a letter from Mike Paroby, Assistant
City Manager, in answer to Mr. Pere Powell's letter con-
cerning comments and suggestions on littering. Mr. Paroby
explained the staff involved in the City's pick up and
trash program of this type, and explained other litter
problems relating to those in residentsil areas' private
yards were in the domain of the property owners involved.
The Committee accepted the letter "as rend.
JmGEWATER DRIVE PROJECT - 'rhe City Manager's office checked
'~ith offices in Tallahassee to see whether approved report would be
on the Cabinet Metting Agenda in Tallahassee this month. One small
snag, c;ame up in that the State was waiting for assurance that all
property rieided for the bulkhead line had been deeded correctly.
Mrs~',Anderson and Mr. Dicus had received letter (certified ma~l) just
,prior to this meeting giving assurance of no question now of ownership;
however, in accordance with procedure, u 30-day period of public
advertiGing would have to be accomplished before culmination of full
'approval. It was the' concensus of opinion of those mainly involved
in tbe City Hall meetings that this program was well on its way to
hoped for approval and continuation of the project. Mr. Tom Shepard,
landscape architect reported he had submitted the proposal made for
this projec~ over a month ago, but to that time had not heard from
'Mr. Paroby.
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Mr. Don Ale~nndar, having bc~n on n month's trip to C~li(orni~,
was unable to give {1 further report on statua of hiring of ~ City
J~ and Be ape Arc hit c ct. U C W B 9 to f 0 fro m t h i B m c. c tin B toe i t y liD, 11
to check upon any up-dated input,and will report to membc~9 ~t the
next meeting. )
NORTHEAST GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT - Mr. Moore reported ha had
talked with, Golf Course. Architect Ron' Gn-.:l ngnin concerning further
possibilities in regard to this development. They are presently
investigating and obtaining information concerning Federal grants
which involves matching funds from municipal, state and county areos,
all of which must, in turn, be channeled through State offices. It
is hoped further information will come along on this during the
ensuing month.
CITY NURSERY - Mr. Frank Krame reported to the Committee he had
availed himself of an invitation from Mr. Voght and Mr. Russ Britton
of the City Nursery to visit and had come away much impressed with
the entire operation. He commented he had visited numerous municipal
nurseries in the country and could say this was the neatest, best
organized one he had seen. He suggested others of the Committee
should go out to see it. Mr. Voght again extended a cordial invitation
to each and everyone, stating Mr. Russ Britton liked nothing better
than to guide interested parties through this area.
A brief discussion ensued concerning Nursery personnells interest-
ing and talented work on cemclt lettering formed with, sparkling
green stone elements (obtainec ftom nearby Tarpon Springs sources)
worked into the cement. Thes( cement-sparkled element letters will
form "Welcome to Clearwater II \,'hi~h will be par t of t 11.e beau tif iea t ion
project to be implemented at \'he'eastern approach to Clearwater off
Courtney Campbell Causeway.
Chairman Rogers commented on the beautification in progress where
City Hall Annex Parking Lot has been extended for parking of City
vehicles. The Nursery Division has utili?ed donated materials for
shrubbery and tree screening in this area.
, Mr. Voght reported transfer of the Skycrest Nursery inventoried
plant materials had been completed. A letter from the City Parks
and Recreation Department has been sent to Mr. Metz' development
'corporation as promised>> giving them figures for tax deduction purposes
of estimated value of the material>> which came to about $22~000. The
Committee members and Messrs. Moore and Voght agreed this was a con-
siderable donation and one the City would well utilize.
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"Mr. Moore spoke bric~ly about the Harbor Oaks Association. Bay
Drive area. stating citizens had come forth recently making donation
of $1.400 in the refurbishing processes of medians recently under
construct~on in that area. While the contractors had replaced some
'materials>> it had become apparent to the property owners in the area
more plant materials would be needed. The City is to install deep
well systems to assist in irrigating' this area. The point to be drawn
from this report is that citizens of areas such as Harbor Oaks seem
willing to contribute to continued beautification of their areas and
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those contributions of concerned City property owners should be
highly comm~nded. Mr. Rogers suggested a letter be scnt to the
Harbor Oaks Association commending them on their continued interest
and contribution to beautification of the medians.
Hr. Fourman reported he had been in touch with Mr. Sullivan of
the Sanitation Department concerning trash containers and pick up of
City garbage aud trash situntion which has been n recent topic of
discussion and meetings through efforts of the Beautification
Committee members. There will be n leaflet encloBure with this
month's bills concerning the City's Sanitation Department procedures
and encouraging uBage of plastic bags as much as possible, without
making definite demands or rulings on this practise.
Areas of the City Parks and Recreation Department concerned with
beautification and projects being worked on or completed were
reviewed briefly by Mr. Moorc. as follows:
Kings Highway Center - Now opened, serving public with numerous
classes and programs, and response'has been quite tremendous thus far.
Beautification of the area and preservation of the nice stand of
trees--utilizing this area for future picnic grounds--and maintain-
ing the excellent tree specimens in that area have been dealt with
most specifically. PaVing of the parking lot area now in process;
~when completed, further sodding and beautification can be implemented.
, Valencia Park (North Hercules Area) - Tennis courts going in
nov, sodding and landscaping will be worked on upon completion of
the courts with basic groundwork development.
Del Oro Park - (McMullen Road North of Hwy. 60) - ~~is area
has great potential for a recreational facility and bea'ltification
area in that part of the City. Work is being done on t~nnis courts.
basketball courts, handball courts; and area playground equipment
has been installed. This area has great potential for containment
of the natural beauty and setting.
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Mr. Marchiselli reported the work done on Clearwater Beach was
quite satisfactory. The new containers are most accept~ble with
" "Don't Be A Litter Bug," painted on them. Mr. Moore stated extra
crews will be working every day on the beach during the Fourth of
July weekend when tremendous influx of visitors and beach crowds
are expected.
Mr. Arthur Kruse opened a discussion on the medians on Gulf-To-
Bay and the sad state of ~alm trees once planted and still left in
some of the median areas. . Due to concrete, pave~ent conditions.
filling in and trying to establish p~ant material had proven a
disaster. Mr~ Moore informed the Committee these medians are under
the control of the Department of Transportation, and under DOT regu-
lations trees cannot be replaced. (Many were lost in the frceze of
1962.) The City Parks and Recreation Department) however, have
recently used chemical sprays to kill weeds and curbers have been
us~d to cut and improve thc straggly looks in some areas. This is
about as for as City auspices can go'; but City would maintain them
as aforementioned as much as possible.
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Messrs. Rogers nnd Voght diocluBsed the. plans
:datermine appropriate type of 8r~und cover to
'8~~11 aren. City-owned, at the foot of Pierce
plating this small project in thJ near future.
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