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CITY OF CLEARWATER
MARINE ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES OF THE MARCH 12, 1996 MEETING
Members present were: Vice Chairman Dave Hemerick acting as
Chairman, Ed Dohrman, Don McFarland, Dave Martens, Bill Wilhelm,
Harbormaster Bill Held, Assistant Harbormaster Mike Hancock,
and ex-officio member Dave Perkins.
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The minutes of the January and February mettings were read and
approved.
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The first item of business was the letter from MAB Chairman
Bill Stephan regarding the new COASTAL ZONE ELEMENT. The MAB
sitting as the Coastal Management Task Force would like the
COASTAL ZONE ELEMENT be amended to reflect the philosophy that
renourishment of eroded beaches is solely the responsibility
of the upland owner of the land. See attached letter #1
The second item of business was regarding the "follow-up" of
advisory board recommendations to the City Commission. See
attached letter #2.
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The next item was the Penny for Pinellas Infrastructure Tax
Years 2000-2010. At the request of the City Budget Director,
Mr. Bill Held submitted a list of projects that he feels should
be considered for action using the Penny for Pinellas tax money.
See attached letter #3.
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The next item was the Wake Zone Signs on Clearwater Pass Bridge.
The Sheriff's Department had some trouble enforcing the "minimum
wake" rules in the Bay. It seems that the only "minimum wake"
signs were installed on the fenders of the main span(the official
channel). However, boaters have been using the secondary spans
to the north of the main span where there aren't any "minimum
wake" signs. Consequently, boaters proceeded at excessive speeds;
and when stopped by the Sheriff pleaded ignorance of the wake
rules. To remedy the problem, the City will install four(4)
new "minimum wake" signs. All will be on the bridge columns
north of the main span. Two will face east and two will face
west. The Florida Marine Patrol has granted permission. The
signs will be installed next week.
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There will also be a minimun wake sign installed on the piling
by the Beach Recreation Center launch ramp.
Next month the MAB will discuss the State's criteria for
designating no wake zones.
The next item discussed was the establishment of a "minimum
wake" zone between daybeacons #9 and #11 along the Memorial
Causeway Channel. This was discussed at the last meeting. The
Florida Marine Patrol won't object. Approval must still be
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granted by the u.s. Army Corp of Engineers, the Coast Guard
and the City Commission.
The next item was a motion to changed the MAB meetings from
the second Tuesday of each month to the second Wednesday of
each month. The motion carried.
An update was requested on the status of the Sailing Center
Dock. Apparently the dock is very useful to the Sailing Center
activities. The MAB again expressed concern that a permanent
permit. for the dock has not yet been granted by the state. Some
members even expressed concern that the City has not yet applied
for the permanent permit. Since the dock at least appears useful
to some nautical minded taxpayers, the MAB thinks that it is
obsene to remove it and further spend(or is it "invest"
nowadays?) taxpayer's money.
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An up-date was requested on the ferry service that was discussed
at a City Commission meeting several weeks ago. Taxpayer
subsidization of the ferry service was also broached at that
meeting. Apparently, the matter of a ferry service is not under
direct consideration at this time, although some members of
the MAB believe that the matter still lurks in the shadows
awaiting an opportunity to reappear in the future. In any case,
the MAB considers that any subsidization of maritime
transportatIon of dubious utility and/or the subsidization of
any special interests within the city is an affront to the hard
working taxpayers of Clearwater.
Next, Mr. Dave Perkins mentioned that there may be $100,000
still left in the toll fund. He has heard talk that it may be
used to add decorative lighting on the Sand Key Bridge. The
MAB considers this a waste of taxpayer's money. If the $100,000
must be spent, let it finance an essential public work. This
item will be discussed next month.
The meeting adjoined at 0850.
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