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ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD
. CITY OF CLEARWATER
February 17, 1999
Present:
Whitney Gray
Alan Smith
David Rhame
Allan Stowell
Dennis Kellenberger
Chair
Vice-Chair
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Also Present:
Leslie Dougall-Sides
Tom Miller
Assistant City Attorney
Asst. Director Engineering/PD&E
The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:16 p.rn at City Hall.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily
discussed in that order.
ITEM #A - Approval of Minutes - Januarv 20. 1999
Members suggested striking that portion of Item #6, last sentence "and would be willing to talk
over the $900,000 before the property is possibly rezoned.
o ' On item #6, change the name from Member Stowell to Member Rhame.
On page 2, under the title "Properties not visited due to time constraints were", corrected to #1.
Bricks Management and #2 Brown Associates, Ltd.
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On page 2, last paragraph, 1 st sentence, delete the words "take up the cost oft and replace
with "revlsit the issue of purchasing the".
A motion was made to approve the minutes of January 20, 1999 as amended. The motion was
duly seconded and carried unanimously.
ITEM #B - Commission Liaison Report
Member Rhame reported that he related to Commissioner Clark that from discussions
among the Environmental Advisory Board members, parking should not be allowed along the
Causeway. Member Rhame also reported that three (3) new FTE's were being recommended
for Commission approval to support NPDES. Member Rhame stated that the City was also
considering revising reclaimed water utility costs to customers.
ITEM #C ~ City Correspondence
An environmental video and Land Development Code follow-up memorandum were
provided to board members. Discussion was deferred until new business. Member Stowell
commented that board members could request to be added to the City Clerk's permanent fax
list as a subscriber to receive information on City business as needed.
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ITEM #0 - Monthlv Site Plan
The board requested that the Site Plan Summary Sheet be titled to match the agenda
title.
ITEM #E - Confirm Aqenda
1) Consent Agenda - Most business received or revised.
2) Old Business - North Ward School Environmental Project.
. Chair Member Gray confirmed that this' item will be on next month's agenda and has
been postponed. Mr. Stowell recognized that the City Mentoring/Partnership Program for
, schools is a commendable program and the City should continue to support that effort,
a) Chair Report
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Chair Member Gray presented the results of a meeting held with the City
ManHger during the week of February 8'h. She reported that the City Manager read the Board's
Annual Report providing comments and noting that he was impressed with the board's efforts.
He further commented that most all boards are now off of T.V. except those required by
ordinance, expressing concerns about the projected image. Chair Member Gray related to Mr.
Roberto that the EAB is generally supportive of meetings by television, but would look forward
to the video televised presentations being planned by the City to discuss environmental issues.
Chair Member Gray further reported that the City Manager would like a signHlcant amount of
time for the next regularly scheduled EAB meeting to invite the EAB to develop a survey with
environmental questions to gauge public perception on environmental issues and promote
better customer services in that regard.
Furthermore, the City Manager is concerned about the EAB's mission and would
like to talk to the board about environmental expectations to specifically consider what the staff
thinks the EAB should do, what the EAB thinks they should do and what the City Commission
wants the EAB to do.
Board consensus was to accept the Chair's report and invite the City Manager to
attend the next regularly scheduled meeting in March.
3) New Business ~ Land Development Codes - Tree Protection Considerations.
a) Staff discussed the process to integrate future code drafts and comments
emphasizing consulting with local comprehensive plans. It was presented
that the Sea Turtle Ordinance additions recommended by the EAB was
included into the new Land Development Code, as the board had requested,
with some additional modifications beIng further added as a result of
discussions with Marine Science Center staff. However, changes
recommended by the board to address turtle protection consideration did not
find its way to the consultant's contract as requested by the board and,
therefore, had been omitted.
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Staff recognized that some items were postponed for correction at the six
. month review and land Development Code approval later this year.
SpecificallYt the rational against amending the tree fundt earlier requested by
the boardt was determined to be a major component upgrading the look of
the City by the City Manager as part of One City. One Future. Right-of-way
accommodation Is believed to fully utilize all of the dollars in the Tree Fund
without any funds being left for other environmental purposes beyond City
landscape requirements. However, this issue can be looked at agaIn at the 6
month review should the board desIre to reconsider It.
Staff recognized that the present deficiencies in the new land Development
Code related to hazardous tree removal needs to be revisited. The Board
a/so recommended that staff consider providing greater flexibility to the new
Land Development code by the addition of berms for landscaping.
b) Environmental Video - Staff and board members discussed the City
Managerts request to create an environmsntal video as outlined in a
memorandum from Mr. Miller to the board. Several items were discussed
and Chair Member Gray recommended that board members for the next
meeting, consider those environmental issues or concerns which they believe
would present a positive environmental outline of video focus and
recommend people that might be good candidates to interview.
City staff recommended a 15 minute video and one that only had major
environmental highlights. The focus could be from a historical prospective,
anecdotal review by citizens, issue based fdcus or another. It was
determined that the next step would be to create an outline for the video
and a time line for completion.
Chair Member Gray also shared with the board that she has been asked to
be a guest on C-View "In the Works" show next month as a guest of Public
Works Administrator to discuss the EAB to the CUlzens of Clearwater.
c) Traffic CalminQ - City Staff presented the subject project generating much
, discussion. "Why a Roundabout is a Better Gateway to Clearwater Beach"
handout was provided to board members.
Member Rhame moved that the EAB endorse the Beach Gateway Project
as a candidate for congestion mitigation air quality (CMAQ) funding
because of the large amount of impurities removed from the air and project
cost effectiveness.
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
d) Environmental Justice Proiect - New business postponed until March.
ITEM #F - Citizens AQenda - None.
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ITEM #G - Establish March 17. 1999 Age'nda
. a) . City Manager. Michael Roberto
b) Southward Elementary School
. c) Environmental Justice Project
. d)' All em Smith - Sensitive Land List Modification Letter
.g) . . Video Project Outline .
Adiournment -The meeting adjourned at 6:04 P.M.
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