06/19/2002ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD
CITY OF CLEARWATER
June 19, 2002
Present: Rev. Sandra Jamieson Chairperson
Alan Smith Vice Chair
Allan Stowell Board Member
Clorinda Gilreath Board Member
David Rhame Board Member
Also Present Al Carrier Interim Asst. Dir of Engineering/ESM
Leslie Dougall-Sides Assistant City Attorney
Richard Kephart Sr. Planner
Richard Albee Land Resource Specialist
Andy Neff Public Utilities Director
Norma Skinner Board Reporter
APPROVED
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily discussed in that order.
Unless otherwise noted, no action was taken regarding items.
Administration
The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Member Stowell arrived at 4:20 p.m.
ITEM #1 Approval of Minutes – April 17, 2002 and May 15, 2002
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes of April 17 and May 15, 2002
ACTION: Member Gilreath moved to approve the minutes of April 17 and May 15, 2002.
The motion was duly seconded by member Rhame and carried unanimously.
ITEM #2 Citizens to be Heard_______________
None.
Action Items
ITEM #3________________________________
None
Reports
ITEM #4__Commission Liaison Report________
Chairperson Jamieson discussed redevelopment of the property near Lake Chautauqua with Commissioner Gray. The main issue was whether the City would annex the property in order to put
in sewers. Commissioner Gray stated that Dimmitt came back with a proposal stating they would keep development at five units per acre versus seven.
Commissioner Gray asked that we keep informed on the status of the stormwater project, and also advised that each recommendation to the City Commission should be put on a separate memo
form.
ITEM #5__Stevenson Creek Report _________
None
ITEM #6 Community Development Comprehensive Plan
None
ITEM #7 _Potable/Reclaimed Water
None
ITEM #8 _Arsenic____________________________
None
Discussion Items
ITEM #9 New Tree Ordinance
Mr. Carrier introduced Richard Albee, Tree Inspector and Richard Kephart, Sr. Planner to give an update on the new tree ordinance.
Mr. Kephart passed out handouts outlining the eight amendments to the tree ordinance, which went into effect May 6th, and explained the changes or additions to each one.
The EAB members received a copy of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
Item #10_Proposed St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport Expansion
Mr. Stowell provided copies from the May 15th Public Workshop on the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Extension of Runway 17L/35R so everyone can look over the information.
Mr. Frank Aiello, Airport Engineer was contacted by Mrs. Skinner to see if he could provide a copy of the Environmental Assessment report. Mr. Aiello stated that the requested report
is about 600 pages. The document is too big to be e-mailed. However, he did send copies of the report to the City of Clearwater Mayor’s office and Library. We will try to copy portions
of the report for distribution at the next meeting.
Mr. Stowell said he is on the board of the Coalition for Homeowners. They had a presentation by the engineers from URS and he is hoping that they can also provide a presentation for
the EAB members to address the noise abatement program.
Chairperson Jamieson asked all the members if they wanted to have a July EAB meeting to discuss these issues.
Mr. Stowell feels that as an advisory committee we should find out how the City will be impacted by the expansion and report to the City Commission.
Member Gilreath asked to add Coopers Point to the agenda for July’s meeting.
Chairman Jamieson asked Mr. Neff if he had anything to report. Mr. Neff gave a brief status report on the water plant. The final construction of the water plan is going to the City
Commission Thursday night, June 20th. The project is tracking on schedule they hope to be producing water out of the plant by next summer. The project is slightly under budget and
they do not see any particular problems at this point.
Another project of interest is the aquifer storage and recovery. They are planning to bring before the Commission on August 8th for approval of the consultant so the feasibility
study can be initiated. Mr. Neff will check with SWFWMD to see if they have a representative available who could give a brief presentation at the July meeting.
ESTABLISH AGENDA:
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.