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SPECIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: 100 North Osceola Avenue,
Clearwater, Florida, 33755
(City of Clearwater Main Library)
Present 6 - Chair John Quattrocki, Vice Chair Bruce Rector, Board
Member Diane Achinelli, Board Member Aubrey Haudricourt,
Board Member Andrew Hupp, and Board Member Andrew
Park
Absent 2 - Board Member Andrew Caudell and Alternate Board Member
Samuel Hutkin
Also Present - Jay Daigneault —Attorney for the Board, Matthew Mytych
— Assistant City Attorney, Gina Clayton — Planning &
Development Director, and Rosemarie Call — City Clerk
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
A. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL: Chair Quattrocki, Members: Achinelli, Caudell, Haudricourt, Hupp, Park, Rector,
Alternate Hutkin, Assistant City Attorney Matthew Mytych, Attorney Jay Daigneault and City
Staff
C. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD RE: ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
D. DIRECTOR'S ITEMS
1. Provide an update and seek input on the city's new Comprehensive Plan: Clearwater 2045
Quality Places and Mobility Chapters
Planning and Development Director Gina Clayton said staff will review the
Quality Places and Mobility chapters of the draft comprehensive plan; the
remaining chapters will be reviewed at the May 16 meeting. As the Local
Planning Agency, the Board will provide input on policy direction that is being
proposed for the updated comprehensive plan.
Planning Division Manager Jayme Lopko provided a PowerPoint presentation.
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In response to questions, Ms. Lopko said the existing land use map shows what
is on the property now. The future land use map is used to guide the growth
management. US 19 is identified as a mixed-used center; an auto-oriented place
with cross access between parcels and vehicle connectivity. She said staff
looked at the neighborhood centers in the corridor for walkable areas. The City
does not have inclusionary zoning and cannot require affordable housing but
state code includes provisions for affordable housing. Ms. Clayton said the City
provides an affordable housing bonus in Downtown. Economic Development
and Housing Director Denise Sanderson said there are five jurisdictions (Pinellas
County, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Park, Largo, and Clearwater) in the county that
can provide a direct subsidy to developers because they receive federal and
state funding allocations for affordable housing. The biggest challenge with rental
affordable and workforce housing is the monitoring requirements throughout the
affordability period. Unless the developer is already working in that space, it is
attractive for them to commit 15 to 30 years of monitoring requirements to ensure
the tenants availing themselves of the affordable units meet the income
qualifications. She said the industry is catching up; consultants who do the
monitoring are pursuing those developers. The challenges with workforce
housing (80% to 120% of area median income) are that there is one statewide
vending source that supports the development of workforce housing and state
funding restricts the amount of funds that can be utilized for workforce housing.
She said federal funding sources are limited to under the 80% of area median
income. Workforce housing properties are appraised similarly to residential
properties, based on the construction value. Affordable housing properties are
appraised according to the income stream (rental rates). Ms. Sanderson said the
property taxes for workforce housing were high and moderate for affordable
housing. Staff is seeing evidence that there is climbing vacancies because
production of affordable and workforce housing has skyrocketed throughout the
Tamp Bay region. She said the consumption of mobile home parks, also known
as naturally occurring affordable housing, for other forms of development is
another challenge. Ms. Lopko said an example of a diverse housing option being
integrated into an existing neighborhood is an accessory dwelling unit. She said
the language addressing tree protection and tree canopy were a result of the
feedback received during the public forums. Ms. Clayton said when the City
annexes property, the City takes right-of-way in the county. When state or county
roadways are improved, the owning agency collaborates with city staff. Ms.
Lopko said the Conservation and Coastal Management chapter addresses
electric vehicle usage. Most of the transportation items included in the
comprehensive plan are for consideration and evaluation, not necessarily for the
City to do. For example, when looking at complete streets, staff is not looking at
transit;pedestrian and non-motorized vehicles are also considered.
Discussion ensued regarding public transportation ridership with comments
made that ridership is strong but can always be improved.
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In response to a question, Planning and Development Assistant Director Lauren
Matzke said there is an expanded conversation regarding how trails are actually
functioning; if the trails close at sunset or are not well lit, they do not provide a
viable alternate mobility option.
E. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 2:14 p.m.
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