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07/12/2011 2011 Business Task Force Meeting Minutes CITY OF CLEARWATER July 12, 2011 Present: David Allbritton, President of David Allbritton, Building Contractor Inc. Brian Aungst, Jr. (Chair) & Attorney at MacFarlane, Ferguson & McMullen Alan Bornstein, Creative Contractors Inc. Joe Burdette, Construction program manager w/various projects in city. Alan Ebbert, Frenchy's Restaurants Operation Manager Steve Engelhardt, Hallmark Development Inc. Gene Gillespie, President of Sand Key Civic Assoc. & Gillespie & Assoc. Jeff Kronschnabl, Instructor with St. Petersburg College (retired from city) Robert Longnecker, Manager of Clearwater Jolley Trolley Robert Pergolizzi, Principal at Gulf Coast Consulting, civil engineers, etc. Alex Plisko, (Vice-Chair) Architect in Clearwater since 1978 Also Present: Frank Hibbard, Mayor Bill Horne, City Manager City of Clearwater Council Members Michael Delk, Planning Department Director Gina Clayton, Planning Department Assistant Director Various Citizens Absent: Katie Cole, Attorney at Johnson &Pope Steve Fowler, Architect, Fowler Associates Architects, Inc. Mark Klein, Klein & Hutchens Real Estate Shelley Kuroghlian, President of Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition P.J.Shah, Cumbey and Fair, Inc. Duane Schultz, Code Enforcement Board Chair Aungst called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. He stated that the meeting was called to go over their findings so far and to discuss their list with Michael Delk and to invite the public for their comment and recommendations. The listing is not final and is open to other recommended changes. To the people who signed up to speak he asked if they wanted to speak now or wait until the regular meeting was over. No one wished to speak at the beginning of the meeting so Chair Aungst asked Michael Delk to go ahead with his presentation to the committee. Business Task Force 2011-07-12 1 Mr. Delk began with saying he had gone over the minutes of previous meetings and caught up with the Task Force. He is accountable to the City Manager and is unwilling to give some of the Planners a final say on signing off on business or commercial plans with their interpretation of the Code. Referring to the four page handout "Non-Final Recommendations Adopted" a listing of 56 items the Task Force put together, discussion ensued. Mr. Delk and Ms. Gina Clayton also put together a booklet "Construction Services and Development Review Data for the Business Task Force" to help the Task Force understand the flow of work and output from the department. This was handed out to the members. From the handout, all items were discussed with Mr. Delk and Ms. Clayton and recommendations made to consolidate some items and language maybe changed to clarify the intent of the change. The last 20 minutes of the meeting was opened up to the attending public to make comments or recommendations on items discussed. Mr. Mike Schweiger made a comment regarding business people wanting to open a business in Clearwater and having to deal with all the do's and don'ts in the city. He would like to have the process divided up into two, one for residential and one for business. Mr. Hoyt Hamilton made a recommendation as to changing the components of what businesses can have on their signs. He made an example of a palm tree as an artistic element of the sign. Another business owner on the beach commented on signage allowed on the beach and compared Clearwater with St. Augustine. He would not like to see Las Vegas style neon on the beach. Also wanted a committee formed to discuss how the residents want the city to look. Ms. Doreen Dipolito agreed with the previous business owner as to signage. Another resident asked about recommendation 415 regarding the 6 months for vacant property. Another business owner on Gulf-to-Bay commented on a sign near his property. Code enforcement had helped him with the problem but had to tear down a sign in order to put up a new one. Chair Aungst thanked the Mayor, City Manager and the entire City Council, Michael Delk and Gina Clayton for being present at the meeting and that it was a sign of their dedication to this process. The Mayor also thanked everyone for their time in attending the meeting and hopefully this will help to make positive changes in how the city works with businesses and residents. Business Task Force 2011-07-12 2 A � The Task Force will review these comrnents at their next m�eting in preparation for a final wor�C pxoduct to be presented at a future city cauncil meeting. Chair Aungst excused everyone except the Task Force members_ He asked for a vote to approve the minutes fram the last meeting and asked for a date and time far the next meeting. The minutes were approved unanimously. Next meeting will be July 26, 2011 at 5:00 pm at the MSB building in room 130. Meeting Adjouxned at 7:07 prn. Attest: ��] / Board Reporter Business iask Force 2011-07-12 ��, ;' G.. _. Chair Business Task Force 3 � M CLEARWATER BUSINESS TA5K FORCE MEETING PUBLIC C�MMENT SIGN-IN SFiEET 1ULY 12, 2011 Note – if you wish to speak at taday's meeting, please pr�vide your name and address. 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