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06/08/1993 :~ :'.c:.' . . >} .. ,~c,. ~ft'f~t":'~I": ..' <, 'NAC 191"~'A Mift tt !88 ... . Neighborhood Advisory Committee DATE ,~ 8'- ,f3 -f - II 5 ,) ~!..,.,..,.c._. .,..........,1\ AGENDA CLEARWATER NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE 111 th REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL COMMISSION CHAMBERS 112 SOUTH OSCEOLA AVENUE TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1993 7:30 P.M. '1. Call to Order 2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting (attached) 3. Presentation of Proposed Housing Manual 5. New Business I " ,-:) 6. Adjourn L:\DAT A\CDO\NACJUNE.AGD December 10, 1993 \ V , " t '~. ...: ~, u . .'. " , .,' , ' < . :: ~'< I; , '" ' , ....." , , ',',' .. >' ~:".{\;~'~"."':'; .<._,...,...... '~c'" ... " , " I, NAC :"..' 'I',' Minutes Neighborhood Advisory Committee' , I . DATE ~~ K- ,~ . -f - liS- .,. ~ " . , . I " " I', ....-, I .. ~"" .. ~':. . .' . . ,.4 'I \( ---. ',' . , CLEARWATER NEiGHBORHOOD ADVISORY'COMMITTEE . ,'~ ;. l11th Regular Meeting June 8, 1993 Clearwater City Hall Annex DRC Conference Room MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Cherry Harris Ralph Linn Rudy Miller, vice Chairman Richard Kinseher Willie Brewton Thomas Brooks ( p) (P) ( p) (A) (A) ( P) Milly Joplin Fred Infinger Robert Mitchell Darrell Collins, Mary Heard ( P) (E) (A) Chairman (P) (A) James Polatty, Steve Watry and Ginny Larcom, all of City Staff and Commissioner Art Deegan Before the meeting was called to order, Jim Polatty (City) was requested to clarify item #7 in the previous meeting minutes. The matter of interest should have stated that he feels docu~entation of the income standard might be a problem. Others present: "......-..... He further stated that the $8,000 request of CNHS for the HOME program should not be allowed, since CNHS already has a HOME agreement with the County under the consortium. V. ~ Item #6 ~e same minutes should be amended: .. . that the release of funding be contingent on HOD nepotism regulations. ',J There is also a correction to the table which was handed out. Item ~U26 (Latchkey) amount requested ~hOUld be $5,098 (instead of $5.908). ~ Further reference to item #26, Jim made available to received from Bill Baker, Director of Public Works, concerning the stormwater run- off. 1. Meeting was called to order by Chairman Darrell Collins at 7:50 P.M. Invocation was given by Rudy Miller. ? ~ . Discussion concerning ownership of the property listed as H26 (Latchkey). Consensus: whoever owns it, should fix it. will have City staff (parks and Public Works) look into matter. item Jim this 3. Ralph Linn motioned, second by Rudy Miller, that his motion in item 9 (Latchkey) of the previous minutes state further that "City personnel come up with a solution to this problem." His motion also stated that with this addition, the minutes of the previous month be accepted. Unanimously accepted. 4. At this point, Chairman recognized the newest member of the Conunittee: Tom Brooks. Tom very concisely gave a number of facts about his background. ''"-' ~~'I .... ' . . . ...- \ 5. \ I '-../ 6. 7. /~ \-..-J \ Commissioner Art Deegan was also recognized at this point. Chairman now addressed Item #3 on the agenda. Jim Polatty stated that an NAC recommendation to the City Commission to accept the proposed new Housing Manual is necessary. Further, the housing program is on hold; we are awaiting a letter from HOD re their monitoring in February. In the meantime. the policy manual has been re-written. Steve Watry gave. a brief presentation of the highlights of the new Manual. Discussion followed. Ralph Linn inquired whether it would be beneficial to have contractors post a bond. Steve replied that a bond would be against the best interest of small and/or minority owned businesses. The result would be reduction in the amount of improvement to the home. In response to inquiry by Milly Joplin concerning previous Motions I Jim Polatty advised that: a.) referring to Hurd, we are waiting on decision of State Attorney's office. b.) referring to Shuman (Citro). State Attorney has decided not to prosecute. Steve continued, and outlined the procedures for dismissing a contractor from the list. He spoke about the Self-Help program. explaining that the homeowner will be required to sign an agreement as to the date of expected completion; and that funds will be withheld in the event a contractor must finish instead. Milly inquired about shutters: that we should address hurricane problems now. Steve advised that at the present time, hurricane shutters would be considered GPI. Jim requested, and received. approval of the Committee to call a Special Meeting (before the end of the month) prior to the manual's going b~fore the city Commission. Discussion about scheduling a tour for the September meeting - date to be 9/17-18, locations to be announced. The Committee agreed that they should view the sites of the CDBG applicants. NEW BUSINESS: a.) Jim explained the SHIP program, and stated that it would go to City Commission this month. He further stated that Staff would recommend that three NAC members be appointed to that board. ~ ~- b.l Milly stated there should be a traffic light at~evu}~and Ft. Harrison, as there are a number of accidents there. She also is concerned that there is no sign for Pinellas Trail, that tells where it picks up (it just seems to end there). Also at the South end of Searstown (Auto Dept area) I a number of homeless are gathering. There are a number of used cars signed uFor Sale", and several large trucks park there overnight. " ~. . :' .,C ~ ~,; ~t'Jct~\\\;'(".... .~- ej.. \,. ,R".....' . .1'.~,'.. .....>...~' ~ ~, ' .>,.... . ..- .... . . ,~ '.:\'.;~J c.) Ralph informed the committee that there is a truck usually parked where pinellas Trail crosses Fairmont. The truck, which has no stickers, has now been moved beside the first house on right going SE on Fairmont. It has a broken windshield and one tire is off; it certainly appears to be disabled. d.) Cherry stated that a brighter light is needed at the Trail and Harbor Drive; and that the sidewalk should go all the way down to the Trail. e.' Motion to adjourn at 9:35 P.M. by Ralph, second by Milly; unanimously accepted. After the meeting concluded, Torn Brooks requested that an updated list of all NAC members be mailed to each member. (Ginny has taken care of this) cdo\nac0608.min ::) ......_) \