02/12/2018 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes February 12, 2018
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, February 12, 2018
1 :00 PM
Council Chambers
Community Redevelopment Agency
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Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes February 12, 2018
Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Doreen Caudell, Trustee Bob
Cundiff, Trustee Hoyt Hamilton, and Trustee Bill Jonson
Also Present—William B. Horne 11 — City Manager, Jill Silverboard — Deputy City
Manager, Micah Maxwell — Interim CRA Executive Director,
Pamela K. Akin — City Attorney, Rosemarie Call — City Clerk, Nicole
Sprague — Official Records and Legislative Services Coordinator,
and Amanda Thompson — CRA Executive Director.
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call to Order— Chair Cretekos
The meeting was called to order at 1:50 p.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the January 16, 2018 CRA meeting as submitted in written
summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the January 16,
2018 CRA meeting as submitted in written summation by the City
Clerk. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda — None.
4. New Business Items
4.1 Ratify and confirm First Amendment to the Public Gallery Management Agreement
between the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and Bazaar Art, LLC and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
On July 31, 2017, an agreement between the Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA) and Bazaar Art, LLC was approved by the Board of Trustees for
the programming and management of Second Century Studios, an artist studio,
gallery, public assembly space and art consignment shop, for a term of
six-months. The effective date of the agreement is August 10, 2017. The
effective termination date is February 10, 2018.
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The agreement is amended generally as follows: 1) Address location corrected;
2) removal of Saturday hours of operation; 3) CRA will pay all utilities; 4)
termination date change from February 10, 2018 to May 1, 2018; and 5) other
typographical and clarifying language changes.
The CRA will continue sharing the Second Century Studios space with Bazaar
Art for a collaborative, coordinated initiative to foster public art and engagement
in Downtown. The CRA utilizes the leased space to house a Second Century
Clearwater exhibit. The exhibit features the Imagine Clearwater - Bluff Master
Plan and showcases other Second Century Clearwater (formerly referred to as
ULI) priority projects.
The grand opening of Second Century Studios was held on September 27,
2017, and since that time, the Bazaar Art LLC has hosted five exhibitions
featuring local artists and has welcomed more than 1,200 visitors.
Agreement by Related Parties:
On May 30, 2017 a six-month lease agreement was approved by the Board of
Trustees between the Community Redevelopment Agency and Water's Edge
Commercial Group, LLC for the property located at 331 Cleveland St., Suite A
for the purposes of a studio, gallery, public assembly space and consignment
shop. On November 30, the two parties agreed to exercise the first of no more
than two six-month renewal periods terminating on May 31, 2018.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Estimated funding for additional utilities expenses at Second Century Studios in
the amount of$1000 to be provided by CRA funding code 388-94885 - ULI
Implementation.
In response to questions, CRA Executive Director Amanda Thompson
said Bazaar Art representative Jennie Pearl is welcome to open the gallery
space on Saturdays, the CRA agreement no longer requires the space to be
open Saturdays. The CRA has identified major events, such as the Sea
Blues Festival, during which the gallery will be open, the CRA will support
marketing efforts for those events. Ms. Thompson said since September
29, 2017 to the present, 3,100 individuals have visited the gallery space,-
900
pace,900 visitors during the Tell an Elf event. The CRA is paying for the
platform but not to staff the space, it made sense, according to visitor
numbers, to open the space before a show at The Capitol.
Trustee Caudell moved ratify and confirm First Amendment to the
Public Gallery Management Agreement between the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and Bazaar Art, LLC and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same. The motion was duly
seconded and carried unanimously.
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5. Old Business Item
5.1 Recommend approval of the amendments to the Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment
Plan repealing and replacing Chapters 1-3 which update goals, objectives and policies;
increase density and intensity and revise height; modify Character District boundaries;
expand the Old Bay Character District boundaries northward and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same.
The Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment Plan serves as a Special Area Plan
for the Downtown Planning Area and as a Community Redevelopment Plan for
the Community Redevelopment Area. Since the adoption of the Plan many
changes have occurred in the Downtown; however, there continues to be a lack
of commercial development, erosion of neighborhood character, and limited
new housing development. This update is primarily focused on the land use
components of the Plan, with additional updates to incorporate current data.
Chapter 4, Implementation Plan, is not being amended at this time; however, it
is incorporated into the updated document and reformatted to be consistent with
the Plan as a whole. Chapter 4 is anticipated to be updated concurrently with
the 15-year review of the Community Redevelopment Area Plan by Pinellas
County in 2018.
The Planning and Development Department is recommending amendments to
the Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment Plan to increase development
potential, support preservation of neighborhood character, eliminate the need for
lot consolidation in certain Districts, support a variety of housing types, and
encourage a multimodal Downtown.
Ordinance No. 9103-18 proposes to:
• Reaffirm and update the Vision, Guiding Principles, Goals, Objectives
and Policies;
• Expand the Old Bay Character District boundary and subsequently the
Downtown Planning Area boundary;
• Consolidate two Character District boundaries into one;
• Increase intensity and density throughout;
• Revise maximum permitted height to provide for transitions and
consistency between standards and policy;
• Revise Character District policies;
• Incorporate the visions of recently completed supporting documents
including Imagine Clearwater, North Marina Area Master Plan,
Clearwater Comprehensive Boating Plan, and East Gateway District
Vision Plan;
• Add density specific to overnight accommodations functioning as bed
and breakfasts in the Old Bay and Prospect Lake Character Districts;
and
• Remove the Design Guidelines.
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Senior Planner Ella Crandall provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Trustee Jonson departed chambers at 2:03 p.m. and returned at 2:10
p.m.
In response to questions, Planning and Development Director Michael
Delk said staff is aware of the density and height concerns raised by the
property owner in the Old Bay District, staff met with the individual and did
not concur that the district boundary should be expanded at this time. Mr.
Delk said the property owner wanted to expand the proposed boundary
line to include other parcels he owns. Staff believes he has flexibility
to do develop the sites but not to the extent he may wish. Planning Manager
Lauren Matzke said the property owner could potentially be able to build a
hotel under the current commercial district zoning, once the site is
incorporated into the Downtown, the property owner will no longer be able to
build a hotel. Mr. Delk said the property owner owns a parcel that was
separated by a right-of-way to the east that he could tie together with a site
plan via a unity of title and with density averaging, most of what the property
owner wishes to pursue can be done. Ms. Matzke said he owns two parcels
on the north side, under Cedar Street, that are proposed to be incorporated
into the Old Bay Character District. The individual also owns a parcel north of
the North Marina Master Plan boundary. Ms. Crandall said there is a specific
area in the Old Bay District where a hotel can be located, bed and
breakfasts can be located throughout. Mr. Delk said the character of the
Old Bay district continues to be primarily retail and residential low scale, staff
made the accommodation for the hotel on the waterfront in an attempt to
de-industrialize the Seminole Boat Ramp area. Hotels have not been
allowed there in the past and the proposed plan does not change that.
Ms. Crandall said a hotel is allowed in the existing commercial district.
The minimum standard use in the commercial district has a maximum
height of 25 ft. or 30 ft., additional height may be available through the
flexible standard development or flexible development processes. Mr.
Delk said the practice is to front like uses on the front street, the property
owner is looking at a 30-40 room hotel.
Staff was directed to meet with Trustee Caudell to review the
typographical errors needing correction.
Trustee Cundiff moved to recommend approval of the amendments
to the Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment Plan repealing and
replacing Chapters 1-3 which update goals, objectives and policies;
increase density and intensity and revise height; modify Character
District boundaries; expand the Old Bay Character District
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6. Adjourn
Meeting Minutes February 12, 2018
boundaries northward and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 2:33 p.m.
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