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11/21/2017 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES CITY OF CLEARWATER November 21, 2017 Present: Chair John Funk, Board Member David Allbritton, Board Member Christopher Anuszkiewicz, Board Member Mary Lau, Board Member Mike Flanery, Board Member John Quattrocki, Acting Board Member Reed Haydon — arrived 1:15 p.m. Absent: Vice Chair Michael Boutzoukas, Also Present: Jay Daigneault - Attorney for the Board, Camilo Soto - Assistant City Attorney, Gina Clayton - Assistant Planning & Development Director, Patricia Sullivan - Board Reporter A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. at City Hall, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily discussed in that order. B. ROLL CALL: C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: October 16, 2017 Member Anuszkiewicz moved to approve the minutes of the October 16, 2017 Community Development Board meeting as submitted in written summation. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. D. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD RE ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: None E. CONSENT AGENDA: The following cases are not contested by the applicant, staff, neighboring property owners, etc. and will be approved by a single vote at the beginning of the meeting: (Items 1-3) 1. Case: FLD2017-09017 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Level Two Application Owner: City of Clearwater (PO Box 4748, Clearwater, FL 33758-4748) Agent: King Engineering Associates, Inc (4921 Memorial Highway Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33634; phone: 813-880-8881 x1123; email: cspidell(a)-kingengineering.com) Location: 9.661 acres located approximately 2,370 feet north of the intersection of Old Coachman and Drew Street. Atlas Page: 272B Existing Zoning: Institutional (1) District Community Development 11/21/2017 1 Request: The Community Development Board (CDB) is reviewing a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project in the Institutional (1) District for the Solid Waste Transfer Facility expansion project located at 1005 Old Coachman Road. The project is 63 feet in height, includes 17 parking spaces, and requests allowable flexibility from setbacks, height and landscaping requirements of Sections 2-1204 and 3-1202.G. Proposed Use: Solid Waste Transfer Facility Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition Presenter: Melissa Hauck-Baker, AICP, Senior Planner See below for motion to approve. 2. Case: LUP2017-09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Level Three Application Owner: City of Clearwater Agent: Cynthia D. Spidell, MBA, AICP, King Engineering Associates, Inc. (4921 Memorial Highway Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33634; phone: 813-880-8881 x1123; email. cspidell(a)kingengineering.com) Location: 7.548-acre portion of a 9.661-acre property located on the east side of Old Coachman Road approximately 2,370 feet north of Drew Street Request: The Community Development Board (CDB) is reviewing a request to request to amend the Future Land Use Map designation of a 7.548-acre portion of property from Recreation/Open Space (R/OS) to Transportation/Utility (T/U) and making a recommendation to City Council. Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition Presenter: Gina Clayton, Assistant Director, Planning and Development See below for motion to recommend approval. 3. Case: REZ2017-09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Level Three Application Owner: City of Clearwater Agent: Cynthia D. Spidell, MBA, AICP, King Engineering Associates, Inc. (4921 Memorial Highway Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33634; phone: 813-880-8881 X-1123; email: cspidell(a)kingengineering.com) Location: 7.548-acre portion of a 9.661-acre property located on the east side of Old Coachman Road approximately 2,370 feet north of Drew Street Request: The Community Development Board (CDB) is reviewing a request to amend the Zoning Atlas from Open Space/Recreation (OS/R) District to Institutional (1) District and making a recommendation to City Council. Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition Presenter: Gina Clayton, Assistant Director, Planning and Development Member Allbritton moved to approve Case FLD2017-09017 and to recommend approval for Cases LUP2017-09007 and REZ2017-09007 on today's Consent Agenda based on evidence in the record, including the application and the Staff Report, and hereby adopt Community Development 11/21/2017 2 the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law stated in the Staff Report, with conditions of approval as listed. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously F CONTINUED FROM MEETING OF October 16, 2017: (ITEM 1) 1. Case: FLD2017-06009 — 3009 Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard Level Two Application Owner: Giant Oil, Inc. Applicant: Ronald A. Fair; AEC Services Inc. (1616 Allison Woods Lane, Tampa, FL 33619; email: rfair(a)aecservicesinc.com) Location: 1.009 acres located on the south side of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard at the south east corner of the South Bayview Avenue and Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard intersection. Request: The Community Development Board (CDB) is reviewing an automobile service station in the US 19-Regional Center Subdistrict (US 19 — RC) for the property located at 3009 Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. The project is 22 feet in height (from grade to top of parapet wall), includes 14 off-street parking spaces, and requests allowable flexibility to development standards for Street Frontage for front building fagades and entries and the location of a Stormwater Facility (Sections B- 703.D and B-703.1). Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition Presenter: Kevin W. Nurnberger, Senior Planner Attorney Brian Aungst requested Party Status on behalf of Our Lady of Divine Providence House of Prayer. Member Allbritton moved to grant Attorney Brian Aungst Party Status on behalf of Our Lady of Divine Providence House of Prayer. Member Allbritton moved to accept Kevin Nurnberger as an expert witness in the fields of zoning, site plan analysis, planning in general, and the landscape ordinance. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Senior Planner Kevin Nurnberger reviewed the Staff Report. George Padilla, representing the applicant, reviewed the project, stating it was well designed and met Code. He said the applicant had worked with neighbors and agreed to some additional conditions: 1) fund a traffic signal warrant analysis to see if the Gulf- to-Bay Boulevard/S. Bayview Avenue intersection warranted a traffic signal which then would require FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) approval; 2) with FDOT approval, stripe a westbound turn lane on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard directed into the property to alleviate S. Bayview Avenue traffic; and 3) install a 20-foot by 20-foot triangle with poles on the site's northwest corner. Community Development 11/21/2017 3 Discussion ensued re hazards experienced by S. Bayview Avenue drivers when they turned onto Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, due to the State Road's high traffic volume. Support was expressed for a u-turn lane on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. Member Allbritton moved to accept Robert Pergolizzi as an expert witness in the fields of transportation and urban planning. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Party Status Holder Aungst said significant development off N. Bayview Avenue created additional delays and public safety impacts at the Bayview Avenue/Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard intersection. He encouraged the City to lobby FDOT to install a traffic signal. He requested that staff ensure that appropriate signage direct site egress to Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard and not Bayview, and that conditions of approval require installation of the triangle and that the applicant stripe a westbound left-turn lane on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. He requested the ability to review the development order to be certain it included CDB (Community Development Board) conditions. Robert Pergolizzi, representing the applicant, said substantial side street traffic would be necessary to warrant a traffic signal. He said striping a left-turn lane for the site would not impact a traffic signal. Six people spoke on the importance of a traffic signal as Bayview drivers were endangered when accessing Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, concerns were expressed that customer ingress and egress should be via Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard only as Bayview traffic already backed up at Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, the project would increase neighborhood traffic, noise and crime and imprison residents in their neighborhood, the facility should close between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., an 8-foot solid wall along the southern border should be required to mitigate noise and light, a 15-foot vegetation buffer should separate the wall from the project and block views of the building's rear, the ingress should be at least 10 feet from the wall, trash and its associated odors should be located away from residential property, and the applicant should pay for the traffic signal and compensate neighbors for property value depreciation resulting from the project. Assistant City Attorney Camilo Soto said the applicant had agreed to install the triangle, build an 8-foot wall along the southern property line, and pay for a traffic signal warrant analysis. If approved by FDOT, the City would be responsible for traffic signal construction costs. Based on Code, the project was not required to develop a traffic management plan. Party Status Holder Aungst expressed concern the project would negatively impact the historic neighborhood's tranquility, serenity, and peace. Community Development 11/21/2017 4 Mr. Padilla said the applicant had agreed to install the 8-foot wall on the site's south border. He said the Police Department was responsible for monitoring noise. He said the business would operate 24 hours a day to better serve the community. He said the building's rear would have much glazing and the access ladder would be removed. He said landscaping would meet Code. He said the size of the Bayview entrance was important to accommodate fuel tanker access to the tanks. He supported maintaining site ingress/egress on Bayview. Member Quattrocki moved to approve Case FLD2017-06009 based on the evidence and testimony presented in the application, the Staff Report and at today's hearing, and hereby adopt the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law stated in the Staff Report with conditions of approval as listed plus reinstating conditions of approval 7 and 8, but excluding requirement for Giant Oil to fund installation of the traffic signal equipment, amending condition of approval 9 (numbered without conditions 7 and 8) to increase the height of the wall along the south property line to 8 feet, and removing the access ladder from the building's rear. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. G. LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS: (ITEMS 1-2) 1. Case: LUP2017-09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Level Three Application Owner: Spare Investors Realty, LLC. Agent: Craig A Taraszki, Esq. Johnson Pope (333 3rd Avenue N. Suite 200 St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone: 727-800-5980; email- craigt(a�ipfirm.com) Location: 1.332 acres located on the north side of Lakeview Road approximately 500 feet east of South Highland Avenue. Request: The Community Development Board (CDB) is reviewing a request to request to amend the Future Land Use Map designation of a 1.332-acre property from Residential Low (RL) and Residential High (RH) to Residential/Office General (R/OG) and making a recommendation to City Council. Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition Presenter: Gina Clayton, Assistant Director, Planning and Development Assistant Planning & Development Director Gina Clayton reviewed the Staff Report. A building plan was not submitted. The owner wanted the property's zoning and Future Land Use Map designation to conform with its historic use to attract buyers. Attorney Craig Taraszki, representing the property owner, said the structure had the same use since it was built around 1985 when the City approved a special exception for its zoning and Future Land Use Map designation. He said recently the City encouraged the property owner to obtain a clean title. He said requested changes would reduce the property's development potential. He said the request would provide a reasonable transition between more intense neighborhood shopping and residential uses. He said a business occupied the building. Community Development 11/21/2017 5 Two residents spoke in opposition to the request, stating the changes would adversely impact the integrity of the residential neighborhood and not benefit its residents. They expressed concerns the building was in the middle of a residential neighborhood, close to Kalmia Condominium residents, was empty for many years, and currently had trash, debris, overgrowth, wire barrier fencing, and illegal parking. Support for the request was expressed as it would bring the use into conformity. It was stated that violations at the property needed to be reported to Code Enforcement. Member Lau moved to recommend approval of Case LUP2017-09008 based on the evidence and testimony presented in the application, the Staff Report and at today's hearing, and hereby adopt the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law stated in the Staff Report. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. 2. Case: REZ2017-09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Level Three Application Owner: Spare Investors Realty, LLC. Agent: Craig A Taraszki, Esq. Johnson Pope (333 3rd Avenue N. Suite 200 St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone: 727-800-5980; email- craigt(a�ipfirm.com) Location: 1.332 acres located on the north side of Lakeview Road approximately 500 feet east of South Highland Avenue Request: The Community Development Board (CDB) is reviewing a request to amend the Zoning Atlas from Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) and High Density Residential (HDR) Districts to Office (0) District and making a recommendation to City Council. Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition Presenter: Gina Clayton, Assistant Director, Planning and Development Ms. Clayton reviewed the Staff Report. The entire property would be rezoned. In response to a question, Ms. Clayton said the parking lot would require landscaping if the parcel was redeveloped. The City had no control re people smoking on site. Code Enforcement could work with the owner to bring the property, including landscaping, into compliance. Attorney Craig Taraszki, representing the property owner, requested that his previous testimony be incorporated in this case. One resident opposed the request, stating the City had a significant amount of empty office space elsewhere, the structure did not fit in the neighborhood, and units for residents older than 55 would be a better use for the property. Discussion ensued with comments that no one had come forward to develop senior living units on the property during the many years it was for sale and the current use had been in place for a long time. Community Development 11/21/2017 6 Member Anuszkiewicz moved to recommend approval of Case REZ2017 -09008 based on the evidence and testimony presented in the application, the Staff Report and at today's hearing, and hereby adopt the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law stated in the Staff Report. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. H. DIRECTOR'S ITEMS Chair Funk reviewed his letter to the CDB that stated member talents were not "used to their highest and best use" and its professional members were "eminently qualified to approve and make recommendations that aid in shaping the City of Clearwater's development and growth" by viewing areas in their entirety. He wrote the CDB had little or no input re several significant bulk changes, significant new ordinances, and plan changes. He said he had served on another municipality's planning board which met more often, provided more input in the city's planning, and was involved in overall approval of zoning and future land use maps. He recommended the board meet in work sessions where "each member would have the opportunity to discuss ... areas of city planning that with the input of all the board members could result in significant progress, especially in certain areas of the city" and to review with staff and consider actionable items re "areas of city planning that the CDB should be more involved in" than simply viewing applications. He recommended the board address downtown and adjacent areas. Discussion ensued with comments that a workshop may be a vehicle to present member concerns re issues such as bicycle corridor use and needs, make suggestions, provide member input while planning processes were underway, and provide community input through members. Ms. Clayton said staff could look at scheduling updates for board members re upcoming and long range projects with opportunities for member input. Staff will present the downtown plan update next month and update on a grant to develop a complete streets policy for Drew Street that will be a pilot for citywide policy. Downtown zoning changes were planned for 2018. I. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m. Chair Community Development Board Community Development 11/21/2017 7 CITY OF CLEARWATER CLEARWATER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, POST Oi-Fice B <)x 4748, ta.E:\ RW-\TER, Pr xun 33'58 -4748 MUNICH'vi SERVICES B_'iiv:nc,, 100 SOUTH MYRTLE AVENUE, C LF.:,R W v TER, FLORIDA 33756 TELEPHONE (727) X62 -456' Interdepartmental Correspondence Sheet TO: Community Development Board Members FROM: Michael Delk, Planning and Development Director COPIES: Camilo Soto, Assistant City Attorney; Susan Chase, Documents and Records Specialist, /Pat Sullivan, Board Reporter SUBJECT: Agenda Items for November 21, 2017 DATE: November 16, 2017 CDB packets being distributed contain the following: Unapproved minutes of previous meeting October 17, 2017 Continued from the October 17, 2017 (Items 1) 1. Case: FLD2017 -06009 — 3009 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Presenter: K,vin W. Nurnberger, Senior Planner Yes: ✓ No: LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -2) 1. Case: FLD2017 -09017 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Presenter: Melissa Hauck - Baker, AICP, Senior Planner Yes: L/ No: LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -4): 1. Case: LUP2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Presenter: Allen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: '/ No: 1. Case: LUP2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Presenter lien Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: I have conducted a p Signature: nal stigation on the personal site visit to the following properties. Date: 11/2 +,1 7 PRINT NAME S. (Planning Department\C D BlAgendas DRC & CDBiCDB120 17111 November 201711 Cover MEMO 2017 docx CITY OF CLEARWATER CLEARWATER ATI:R PLANNING & DI , ELOPAIENT, POST OFFICE BOX 4748, CLEARWATER, \TER, FL ;RIDA 33738 -4748 MUNICIPAi. SERVICES BUILDING, 100 &Arai MYRTLE AVENUE, CLEARW.1TER, FLORIDA 33756 TELEPHONE (727) 562 -4567 Interdepartmental Correspondence Sheet TO: Community Development Board Members FROM: Michael Delk, Planning and Development Director COPIES: Camilo Soto, Assistant City Attorney; Susan Chase, Documents and Records Specialist, /Pat Sullivan, Board Reporter SUBJECT: Agenda Items for November 21, 2017 DATE: November 16, 2017 CDB packets being distributed contain the following. Unapproved minutes of previous meeting October 17, 2017 Continued from the October 17, 2017 (Items 1) 1. Case: FLD2017 -06009 — 3009 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Presenter; evin W. Nurnberger, Senior Planner Yes: No: LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -2) 1. Case: FLD 17 -09017 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Present r Melissa Hauck - Baker, AICP, Senior Planner Yes: No: LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -4): 1. Case: LUP2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Present rf llen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: 1. Case: LUP2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Presen er jE llen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: I have c a d cted a dellle, D Signatu PR ME on on the p ersonal site visit to the ollowin ro s erties. Date: //— // S. Planning Department \C D BlAgendas DRC & CDBI('DB■2017111 November 2017■1 Cover MEMO 2017_docx CITY OF CLEARWATER t:ITARa ATCR PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, ELOPMENT, POST OFFICE Box 4748, CIE: >.RWATER, FLORIDA 33758-4748 MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING, 100 MYRTLE AVENUE, CLa RwA'ITiR, FLORIDA 33756 TELEPHONE ('727) 562.4567 Interdepartmental Correspondence Sheet TO: Community Development Board Members FROM: Michael Delk, Planning and Development Director COPIES: Camilo Soto, Assistant City Attorney; Susan Chase, Documents and Records Specialist, /Pat Sullivan, Board Reporter SUBJECT: Agenda Items for November 21, 2017 DATE: November 16, 2017 CDB packets being distributed contain the following: Unapproved minutes of previous meeting October 17, 2017 Continued from the October 17, 2017 (Items 1) 1. Case: FLD2017 -06009 — 3009 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Presenter: KeG'in W. Nurnberger, Senior Planner Yes: No: LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -2) 1. Case: FLD2017 -09017 —1005 Old Coachman Road Presenter: Melissa Hauck - Baker, AICP, Senior Planner Yes: V No: LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -4): 1. Case: LUP2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Presenterllen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: 1. Case: LUP2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Presenter: Ellen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: I have conducted a personal investigation on the personal site visit to the following properties. Signature: Date: J 1 �I i L� I 141/' PRINT NAME S:\Planning Department\C D BhAgendas DRC & CDBICDBI2017 11 November 201711 Cover ,ti1EMO 2017.docx CITY OF CLEARWATER CLEARWATER Wr1TER PI INNING & DEVELOPMENT, POST OFFICE Boa 4748, CLEARWATER, rATER, FLORA) . 33758-4748 MUNICIPAL SERVICE'S BUILDING;, 100 SOUTH MYRTLE AVENUE, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33756 TELEPHONES (727) 562 -4567 Interdepartmental Correspondence Sheet TO: Community Development Board Members FROM: Michael Delk, Planning and Development Director COPIES: Camilo Soto, Assistant City Attorney; Susan Chase, Documents and Records Specialist, /Pat Sullivan, Board Reporter SUBJECT: Agenda Items for November 21, 2017 DATE: November 16, 2017 CDB packets being distributed contain the following. Unapproved minutes of previous meeting October 17, 2017 Continued from the October 17, 2017 (Items 1) 1. Case: FLD2 -06009 — 3009 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Presenter evin W. Nurnberger, Senior Planner Yes: No: LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -2) 1. Case: FLD201 9017 —1005 Old Coachman Road Presenter: elissa Hauck - Baker, AICP, Senior Planner Yes: No: LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -4): 1. Case: LUP2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road 2. Case: REZ20 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Presenter: len Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: l No: 1. Case: LUP2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road 2. Case: REZ 17 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Presenter Ellen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: I have conducte pe Vona tigation on the personal site visit to the following properties. Signature: Date: PRINT NAME ALkJ //7 S:\Planning Department\C D BL1gendas DRC & CDBICDB12017\11 November 20174 (:'over MEMO 2017.docx CITY OF CLEARWATER CLEARWATER PLANNLNG & DEVELOPMENT, POST OFFICE Box 4748, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33758 -4748 MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING, 100 SOUTH MYRTLE AVENUE, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33756 TELEPHONE (727) 562 -4567 Interdepartmental Correspondence Sheet TO: Community Development Board Members FROM: Michael Delk, Planning and Development Director COPIES: Camilo Soto, Assistant City Attorney; Susan Chase, Documents and Records Specialist, /Pat Sullivan, Board Reporter SUBJECT: Agenda Items for November 21, 2017 DATE: November 16, 2017 CDB packets being distributed contain the following: Unapproved minutes of previous meeting October 17, 2017 Continued from the October 17, 2017 (Items 1) 1. Case: FLD2017 -06009 — 3009 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Presenter- Kevin W. Nurnberger, Senior Planner Yes: o: LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -2) 1. Case: FLD2017 -09017 —1005 Old Coachman Road Presenter- Melissa Hauck - Baker, AICP, Senior Planner Yes: No: LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1 -4): 1. Case: LUP2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09007 — 1005 Old Coachman Road Presented Ellen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: No: 1. Case: LUP2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road 2. Case: REZ2017 -09008 — 1528 Lakeview Road Presente Ellen Crandall, Senior Planner Yes: / L No: I have conducted a perso; al instigation on the personal site visit to the following properties. Signature: Date: ///2-o // 7 PRINT NAME 3 h d rt,t u k S: (Planning Department\C D BlAgendas DRC & CDBICDBI201741 November 201711 Cover MEMO 2017.docx