Loading...
07/21/1999 (2) ,L,'" ::; ;:,:: :~ ' '.' ',' ,.,.. ~it.~" ~~, > . 'J" I: ",\';" .. ~;, '. . . J', i::' r.. ',j. ';.\' ~ ,<I: , . :'~: c +!.~ " . f ~ { - ~~;U>:: ,~. /.'. c .;~' c: I T ,'..:' ., ',. 'j . . ;,1, ..' I, . ,>"C' , ~; ,.-' ~~: l 'I. .,~ ~ . ~z: :. EAB ~ J., ."' ;1 .;.. >:' ,I', "I'IU ~~: ~;, ~r ~j;"". ~~': ,,: l1,.H>, , ~' ~r;?:::~~':;':"';'i::"" " ~ r', :! ~I :', i':\':'T<' 'J:~'~ ," -. . ~ ~(, . ;,'-.i' '.1.' , ',: ~ . Environm~ntal Advisory Bo~rd Minutes i. '1 '1 I I , 'i ~ 'J.' '.:. . :'~~ . ( '." : ~ ' ~\ c .~ ~ . ,!, ,:1., . " ~,'.~', . ~, ' , '1.,' I'; :Tu I~ ZI J ICffl'f ~:t../ ) . ~, '~. . ~' 'Date ..... " " ! . ,.' I , ; " ..i ". . " \. " 'I , .1 .' .,1/ .; > ~ t I </4~ ') " ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD CITY OF CLEARWATER July 21, 1999 Present: Whitney Gray Alan Smith David Rhame Allan Stowell Dennis Kellenberger Chair Vice-Chair Board Member Board Member Board Member Also Present: City Manager Asst. Director Engineering/PD&E Asst, City Attorney President, S.T.A.R.T. Church of Scientology Staff Assistant II Michael Roberto Tom Miller Leslie Dougall-Sides J. Jeremy T. Whatmough Mary Storey Nina Clark The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m in the Commission Chambers of City Hall. To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily discussed In that order. ,~+"-... ,'0 ITEM #A - Aporoval of Minutes ~ June 23. 1999 Chair Gray noted at on the first page, Item B first sentence J'impacting seaweed" should read "impacting seagrass beds". Page two, item D.a, should be Mr. Alvord. Page two, last paragraph, strike words "to recommend", Page three, Item #F, fourth paragraph, strike "however, it has already been approved to be rezonedJ/. o Member Stowell moved to approve the minutes of June 23, 1999 as amended. The motion was duly seconded by Member Rhame and carried unanimously. ITEM #B - Commission Liaison Reoort Member Rhame said that he met with Commissioner Clark and they discussed the Marine Board meeting which was held on July 14th and Commissioner Clark advised that he had not received any information from the Marine Advisory Board in discussions about Seagrass impacts. Ms, Dougall-Sides advised that her office has been working with the Harbormaster and Planning Department on this issue. The concern is that the new community development code removed the requirement for conditional use approval of these operations at Clearwater Beach. Once people were made aware of this, there were people coming in to apply for new occupational licenses at different locations as well as from existing locations for additional para-sail and jet ski operations. Ms. Dougall-Sides said that she is working with the Harbormaster on some proposed ordinances to deal with the problem, Ms. Dougall-Sides stated that she would attend the next Marine Board meeting and report back to the EAB what transpired at that meeting. mea0799 1 07/21/99 ~ ITEM HC - Citv Corresoondence 1) Regarding the E-mail sent to Michael Roberto, City Manager on June 24'h from Chair Gray regarding the distribution of the minutes from the EAB meetings to the Commissioners. Chair Gray thanked Mr. Roberto for resolving this issue so qUickly. 2) Mr. Miller advised that the direction from the City Clerk is not that different from the procedure that the Board had been following, however, the Clerk's office will now make sure that the minutes get into the packet either for the very next Commission meeting or if the very next Commission meeting has an item on the agenda that this Board is responding to. it will be included into the recommendation section of the agenda items so that the Commission will have a chance to read it in their packet when it is mailed out. (n addition, when a decision is made and an action is taken by the City Commission, that action would then be forwarded back to the staff liaison for presentation at the next EAB meeting. .3) Mr. Miller reminded the members that this fiscal year budget included $5.000 to the S.T.A.R.T. Program; Solutions to Avoid Red Tide, which began October 1, 1998 and will be complete September 3D, 1999. Funds have been put into the budget for next year to continue to fund this program and Mr. Whatmough will give a presentation today regarding that issue. ,.-\ ) ".-" Also, covering some other issues that the Board requested some feedback on was the rezoning request and at this time staff has requested a traffic study from the developer in response'to their application and the deadline is tomorrow, June 24'h. ITEM #0 - Monthlv Site Plan Assessmont Review Summary Mr. Miller said that as requested, any projects that achieved greater than 2 points on the Project Assessment sheet were to be given a memo of review showing the status. This month the Connolly property is on the list and Mr. Quillen, Asst. Director of Engineering/Production, who serves on the development review committee and addresses all the regulatory programs for the City through Engineering. has issued a memo of the status regarding the Connolly property. Ms. Dougall-Sides added that there is a main parcel for the proposed parcel that is in the City, but there are two satellite parcels that are proposed to be annexed. One would be okay, but the other, one would create an enclave and at the present time this is being worked. out with ORe. Chair Whitney suggested that she write a letter from the Board to the Community Development Board informing them of what the Board has done on this issue of the Connolly property being turned into a park, Member Rhame moved that Chair Gray be authorized to prepare a letter of transmittal of previous action that this Board has taken regarding the Connolly property. The motion was duly seconded by Member Stowell and carried unanimously. Concern was expressed by Member Rhame regarding the purpose of the three ponds on the Connolly property which are neglected. Mr. Miller explained that they are treatment and detention ponds, a permit requirement for the Bayside Bridge. ..J mea0799 2 07/21/99 ") ITEM HE - OLD BUSINE~~ Mr. Roberto advised the Board that he and Chair Gray had spoken regarding the Environmental Board as he is also reviewing all the committees in the City. He is considering local Board and Committee's mission to determine if it is in line with what the Mayor and Commission envisions the advisory board to be. He feels that it is very important for the Board to define for themselves what their Board does for Commission review, and if not, what needs to be done to get it to align. He went on to say that there should be a more structured system to communicate with the Commission; perhaps the liaison can take a more active role in bringing to the Commission what has transpired. Chair Gray asked the Board to'openly discuss where the members think the Board Is going. Mr. Rhame stated that he felt that the policy manual describes many issues that the Board deals with and he feels that if the Commissioners would read the manual, they would better understand what the Environmental Advisory Board actually does. Chair Gray asked the members how the Board should go about informing and educating the Commission about what the EAB is doing. Mr. Stowell said that Commissioner Clark indicated that a liaison to work with the board and at the Commission meetings is helpful to bring up the important topics that the board is working on. He also submitted a new~paper. article from the St. Petersburg Times dated May, 1992 regarding the importance of the Environmental Advisory Board. ..--} , ........,/ Mr. Roberto suggested that the Board make a power point presentation at a Commission meeting featuring all the wonderful accomplishments achieved by the Board. Chair Gray said she will have a package ready for the Board to look over at the next meeting, 2) Televised EAB Meetings Mr. Stowell stated that in December, 1998 the Board members protested the discontinuance of EAB meetings, concerned that the City was moving away from an environmental focus, and a letter was sent to the City Manager regarding this protest. In order to have more impact, the meetings need to be televised so that the citizens are made aware of what the Board is all about. ITEM #F - NEW BUSINESS J. Jeremy T. Whatmough, ~ S.T.A.R.T. Mr. Whatmough, President of Solutions To Avoid Red Tide presented a brief review of the program's goals and objectives along with the successes and deficiencies. S.T.A.R.T. received its incorporation in the State of Florida on July 5, 1996 and the goal is to bring together government, science, business and the public in an awareness of the disastrous effects of red tide on humans, sea life and the environment. Mr. Whatmough explained that red tide is a single cell of several species that multiplies rapidly and discolors the water red, brown and yellow and produces toxins that are the most potent known to man. S.T.A.R,T. is continually finding ways in which to suppress the growth of red tide and most recently found that spraying clay on the water caused the red tide to disappear. Mr. Whatmough thanked the Board for their financial support. ) . ....- mea0799 3 07/21/99 ~~lIM'1_"';lt- ." -"'U'''O.r1'.,,~ .,-.'..... ,.' . ~~ ~..I.~:: '. L' "', '. ~. '.: .': . ~ /) ITEM #G - Clearwater'Revival Leslie Dougall-Sides brought to the meeting a presentation titled Cfearwater Revival: The Challenge of Urban Renewal in West Central Florida which she had previously presented to the Florida Bar's Annual Meeting. Mr. Stowell moved to extend the meeting for an additional 15 minutes. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. ITEM #G - Citizens Aaenda Mary Storey - Church of Scientology Ms. Storey stated that she attended the meeting today to find out what the Environmental Advisory Board was all about. Ms. Storey works on environmental matters in the community and is presently working on tree planting on North Fort Harrison from Drew to Sunset Point. She is working with a group called Planet 2000 along with Arborist, Mr. Westenberger, Alan Mayberry and Tim Kurtz. So far the church has purchased 50 live .Oak trees that have been planted up and down Fort Harrison and intend to purchase another 50. Ms. Storey wanted the Board to know how delighted she was that they are drafting a letter in support of saving the trees and wanted the Board to know how vital they are. ,.-') ~ ~,....../';1: ITEM #H - Future Aaenda Member. Stowell stated that he recently attended a workshop and it was noted that the City's new requirement for the size of trees is not reasonable. The diameter that they are requiring is larger than what is readily found and in speaking with Mr. Westenberger, it was confirmed that a smaller oak tree will grow quicker than planting a bigger tree. Member Stowell suggested that the Board invite Mr. Westenberger and Mr. Mayberry to a meeting to talk about this and perhaps recommend a motion to the City Commission to change that ordinance to require smaller trees. Mr. Miller advised the Board that the Tampa Bay Estuary Program is looking to the City of Clea~water as a start for their environmental activities into the new millennium and in particular, Coopers Bayou 'where they want to have their festivities. He would like to see the Board playa roll in this and invite Terry Finch to come to the next maeting and talk about this. Mr. Miller informed the Board that the City of Clearwater has worked very hard in the past several years to try to refocus efforts on the Stevensons Creek basin on restoration, and a partnership has been developed with all the agencies in the area, environmental advocacy groups and residents that want to do something. After meeting with the Corp of Engineers, the City agreed to do all the work if they would agree to fund 65% of clean up of Stevensons Creek in the amount of three or four mlllion dollars, They are considering this offer and it is believed they may accept it. Chair Gray asked the Board if they could find some residents of Clearwater that would be interested in replacing her; next month will be her last meeting. Ask them to contact the City " Clerk's office to obtain an application if they are interested. ..-) mea0799 4 07/21/99 .~~ ., .. I' . ,. ~ ,~~ :., 1 > . \'!CI~ .j.. ~. ) ." ~ " ,; /</ '. ^" .'~'<1.': .. ~ -; ",,:'.;' 'e/I' "/'c , . '. , . ~ I < t . . <;-- .1' I. +, .~, I ~ .. ~ '. " l~: . +:;:', :'" , 00 ;",<:. ~.:'...: !; ;r" .:':\ ,,':,:: ~,,;; ~~'" i:~ "";"\',:,:~.~ :;,ij:";';"'.~>:,~:~i::":,::i;~', '::.;:....";',: ' :' ,>. <' '. . ;1' ~t\d~l'rr.f,",j~~,~~:};..rjo.{.t!l.'t~?""l'~'~~J"~"l;~"'.) >v." ~:'L~'" ~ t, ';: .'~ ~ . .~. 'l~,.:;t'y-,.1~"\"j'''~(.t~:"ltYJ~I.,,,,,,,,>'~':V,..-..;~,'t~~11/, '..,..t.,,~~" d,' ,',; '" 'f }\.:~~'; .~::;:""Jt\" :"'" '~;;. > '.:1' ::(1: ,', : ',', :.. . ~~r;t:.:,:.., ! ~!r,t ~ l .,' \ ,:~!~:~~,- :, ~ J" ,. \l'~<' . \ {~':":" ':., .. :,...., ,', '., ',:\. {::,.,~~. t '., c..',' .<.j.~' , -:., ........;' . "\. , " , :1 '.; , . .. ~ ,~ . . . ,'1' ./ . I \ <. 'The mee~ing"a.dj9urned a~ '6:25 p. m. :;~ ',' < "L ;!tj> ,I:', .. ' '. . .,l . >',' t:::'::',,~: . \.. " , , }>"r'.: , . ,., r, ~ . " , '" ;~. /:; ~ \., . J I " ~~;xc', ' ~!ti~' :;C' ~~,,~ :; ~ {l,'; ,. c.' l.: :......:,'~~ ;:. ~t\, :~>: :'~:';"::~ ..,;., .... f;.!,'.',,:' ;f/>~..' ""',,, .~ I " Attest:' , ' Staff Assistan~ II "-1-' ..' '. ,. . '\ .1,' ~ I . . . ,.<'. ..: }. . "". :~!~\,. " -. .r 1/' . ~ .~, , \:::;'I,~' ,~,OTV i-.'.. c" . .., ~' ;,' I, c ,}\' .' " . 'r .', '.l"'l 1~:.:~~: :~" : ." ." ..',~ . " ',~ ,..r. 'J <'I. . ~.. :~.' , :~ . .: ~ " '.', ~ : L t'~' ~ ,:" .' ",', ',.;\. :. '~' ~ . i ,~~." . \.' . I~.l,. . " 1 I !. ,::':.c'\: :. " ~ i I,',', ~~: < ' ,1.,$ " I " ~ ~ I. . J. ~ t ' ;i' . '!: '.1, ',I.;.. "'. H :~':;:'~. . ~ .,r,. , . , . . :< . ." ~ t~ I ' t~ . ~,:' >j mea0799 "0. c..l :f' ., j l '. . ~ . ,"U : ~ ..,:"', . " .' 5' " " " ,. .,., ,. ~". ,t '" ~ ., '. . ~ , " ", " ' " ") . , , " .1 l' .' ' . , ~', ',\ 07/21/99 ", .,' ',.'. .... .',~ ,-,,,+~"'. .:.~ ,.:,~ '~"".'I ..:~' ....\"..L'.~'.