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BEAUTIFICATION COl\I~lITTEE I\IEETI~G
CITY OF CLEAR\VATER
July 2. 2003
Present:
Elizabeth France
Sandy Curry
Sally Foote
Rebecca A vrin
Brooks Hammac
Allan Dadetto
Chair
Vice Chair
Committee Member
Committee Membcr
Committee Member
Committee Member
Also Present: '
Leroy Chin
Steve Miller
Bobbie Do\\ns
Park, Planning & Proj ect Manager
Superintendent. Recreation Programming
Staff Assistant
Absent:
Dagmar Ortiz
Committec Membcr
#1 Call to Order - The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m. at Municipal Scrvices Building Parks &
Recreation Conference Room.
To provide continuit)' for research, items are in agenda order although not ncccssaril~' discusscd in tI~at
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#::! Approval of Minutes of May 5. 2003 - It was moved and duly seconded to approve thc minutes as submitted to
members. The motion curried unanimously.
#=3 Correspondence - None,
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u) Committee Futurc - Members concluded they are not perf<?nning the committee's duties as sct forth in city
ordinancc, ~'lembcrs decided they want to provide input to public city projects early in the planning proccss,
To that end. members proposcd amending Cit)' of Clean vater Code o"rOrdinanccs, Sec. 2.104 Powers and dutics
l"lf the Beautification Committee to delcte thc phrase "... is charged with die dc\relopment of an ovcrall
bCll~tificatioll program for the cit~.." It was also decided to delete the words "shall formulate." \Vith those
oelctions, ~-Is. Foote moved to propose changing wording to: "The beautification committee shall encourage and
rC\'icw development ofbeautiticationand acsthetic cnhancement projects and shall make recommendations to the,
cnty commission." lbe motion was seconded by Ms. Curry and passed unanimously.
It was discussed that bylaws or guidelines be \\1'itten so members of future committees would undcrstand their
purpose and roles. It would state the procedure used to select projects to review. Ms. Curry moved that "the
\:ommittce shall develop guidelines for the implementation of Section 2.104.11 The motion was seconded by Mr.
H3mmac nnd pass cd unanimously. '
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:'-otr. Chin said the best opportunity to pro\;de input is at public hearings. Also. a representative or project manager'
could be invitcd to make presentations ot committce meetings. ?\.1embers dccided to review quarterly city projects
hsts and decide which projeCts they wish to further ~xamine. S.ome departments of special interest include Economic
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Development, Public Works, Planning, :t\larinat and Parks and Recreation. For ncxt meeting~ mcmbers will scan the
projects list on the Intcrnct nnd list departments of intercst. '
b) Awards Criteria - Discussion ensued about setting guidclines for issuing beautification awards. It was
decided to give ,further study to guidelines proposed by Ms. Curry and continue discussion at the ncxt meeti,ng.
c) Status of Capital Improvemcnt Pro;ects - No changes.
#5 New Business
a) FRPA Confercnce: Steve Miller. Superintendent. Recreation Programming - Mr. Miller, who is president of
the Florida Recreation and Park Association (FRPA), invited members to attend Citizen Day events on August 26 at
the FRP A Annual Conference being held this year at Westin Innisbrook, Palm Harbor. A full day of acti"vities gcared
to citizen board members is planncd. Interested members should rcply to 'staff by July 17. Mr. Millcr also noted
FRPA's lobbying efforts to protcct FRDAP grant monics in the State budget.
Ms. Curry thanked Mr. Miller for his cooperation in providing North Greenwood Recreation & Aquatic Complex as
venue for the Clearwater Neighborhoods Conference in June. Comments from members generally were positive, she
said, with the exception of poor acoustics. Mr. Miller said it is difficult to solve that concern i,n an open gym.
#6 Ad10urnment - The meeting adjourned at 9:50 a.m.
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