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03/21/2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES CITY OF CLEARWATER March 21, 2024 Roll Call Present 8 - Chair John Quattrocki, Vice Chair Bruce Rector, Board Member Diane Achinelli, Board Member Michael Boutzoukas, Board Member Aubrey Haudricourt, Board Member Andrew Park, Board Member Andrew Hupp, and Alternate Board Member Kurt Hinrichs 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 C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PRIOR MEETING FEBRUARY 20, 2024 Board Member Haudricourt moved to approve the minutes from the February 20, 2024 meeting. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. D. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD RE: ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Darrell Lakey opposed the proposed multi-slip dock (FLD2023-11023) that was approved last month and expressed concerns that the Board's approval was conducted prior to receiving reports from other agencies reviewing the request. Bill Jonson expressed concerns with the General Acceptability Standards that were cited during last month's request and said they were not accurate. E. LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (ITEMS 1-2): 1. Case: FLD2022-02008A— 1510 Barry Road Level Two Application Owner(s): Glozal Village LLC, Rebus Salus LLC Applicant: Krikor Kassarjian, TranSystems; Gulf Coast Consulting, Inc.; 13825 ICOT Blvd., Ste. 605, Clearwater, FL, 33760; phone: (727) 475-0001; email: CDB 2024-03-21 krikor@gulfcoastconsultinginc.comLocation- 2.137 acres (Office District: 1.899 acres; Low Medium Density Residential District: 0.238 acres), consisting of one parcel on the north side of Barry Road approximately 330 feet east of Highland Avenue. Request: Amend a previously approved Flexible Development application to construct a 43-unit attached dwelling project including 11 affordable units in the Office (0) District portion of the property located at 1510 Barry Road as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, pursuant to Community Development Code Section 4-406.B. The amended project proposes to construct a new building adjacent to Barry Road 30 feet in height and increases off-street parking to a minimum of 79 parking spaces. An outdoor recreational area is proposed on the portion of the property located in the Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District. Flexibility is requested for setbacks and landscaping. (Community Development Code Sections 2-1004.A, 3-920 and 3-1202.G.) Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition, Board of County Commissioners, Pinellas County School Board, Edgewater Drive Homeowners Association Assigned Planner: Melissa Hauck-Baker, AICP, Planner III; email- Melissa.Hauckbaker@MyClearwater.com- mail:Melissa.Hauckbaker@MyClearwater.com; phone: 727-444-8769 Planning and Development Director Gina Clayton said Case FLD2022-02008A should be on today's Consent Agenda as no objections were received prior to the meeting. Someone from the audience requested the item be removed from the Consent Agenda. Assistant City Attorney Matthew Mytych requested the Board accept Melissa Hauck- Baker as an expert witness in the fields of general planning, zoning, redevelopment planning, land development code and land development code amendments, special area plans and overlay districts, site plan review, landscape architecture, historic preservation, and comprehensive sign program. Vice Chair Rector moved to accept Ms. Hauck-Baker as an expert witness in the fields of general planning, zoning, redevelopment planning, land development code and land development code amendments, special area plans and overlay districts, site plan review, landscape architecture, historic preservation, and comprehensive sign program. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Attorney Mytych requested the Board accept Kyle Vaughan as an expert witness in the fields of civil engineering, land development, construction and building permits, boundary location, FI License Survey and Map. Board Member Haudricourt moved to accept Mr. Vaughan and as an expert witness in the fields of civil engineering, land development, construction and building permits, boundary location, FI License Survey and Map. The motion was CDB 2024-03-21 duly seconded and carried unanimously. Ms. Hauck-Baker provided a PowerPoint presentation. In response to questions, Ms. Hauck-Baker said the portion of the site located in the residential zoning district will have a dry pond and a vault for the stormwater. Most of the existing parking lot will remain as is, the Applicant will make the necessary landscaping, repaving, and restriping improvements. No more than 20 parking spaces in a row are permitted without having an island separating them. Ms. Clayton said the code was amended approximately seven years ago to require an island for every 20 parking spaces in order to have an island in which trees and landscaping could flourish. Ms. Hauck-Baker said the dimension of the island requirement is 17 ft. from back of curb to back of curb. There are no parking islands on the east side because subsurface to that is the Stevenson Creek culvert. Ms. Clayton said the Applicant has applied for a comprehensive landscape program, which affords flexibility in situations like this. Applicant Representative Brian Aungst submitted copies of Krikor Greg Kassarjian's resume and requested the Board accept him as an expert witness in the fields of civil engineering, site planning, and stormwater. Vice Chair Rector moved to accept Mr. Kassarjian as an expert witness. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Mr. Aungst reviewed the request and said the Applicant is seeking an amendment to a previously approved FLD application. The only change being sought today is for a portion of the site that is in the flood zone. While the application was going through permitting, it was determined that reusing the existing single-story building was not feasible because it would result in a substantial improvement under FEMA, which would require the occupiable levels to be raised above the developable flood elevation for that portion of the site. He said the applicant is referring to this portion of the project as Phase 2, which includes 31 of the 43 units. Phase 1 includes 12 units and is in the process of getting its building and demolition permits. Mr. Aungst said construction on Phase 1 is expected to begin at any time. Mr. Kassarjian said the pond does not discharge directly to the Gulf, it is connected to Stevenson Creek. In response to questions, Mr. Kassarjian said when the application was previously approved, the Applicant was not required to provide any stormwater plans because the buildings were existing and there were no changes to the impervious areas. Mr. Aungst said residential uses are permitted in the Office district, a land use amendment is not required since multi family is an allowed use. Ms. Clayton said the Applicant is eliminating a paved parking lot on the residentially zoned property. Attorney Mytych said Condition of Approval#15 addresses stormwater. Mr. Aungst said for the FLD process, the Applicant is required to provide only the site plan with the stormwater system shown CDB 2024-03-21 with calculations, which is not a fully engineered stormwater system. One individual spoke in support. Vice Chair Rector moved to approve Case FLD2022-02008A, 1510 Barry Road, based on evidence in the record, including the application(s) and the Staff Report(s), and hereby adopt the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law stated in the Staff Report(s). The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. F. DIRECTOR'S ITEMS (ITEMS 1-2) 1. Revision of Rules of Procedure Ms. Clayton reviewed the proposed changes. As it relates to the Consent Agenda, language referencing that no objections were received from the public was removed because over the years, objections were received and the item was removed from the Consent Agenda but no one who submitted an objection attended the meeting. She said individuals may still remove items from the Consent Agenda at the meeting. The proposed changes include a provision to extend time for the public. In response to a question, the City Clerk said City Council allows group speakers to aggregate an additional minute to their three minutes for every individual who gives up their three minutes to speak, up to a total of ten minutes. Discussion ensued with board consensus that an individual speaking for a group should be better defined. Staff was directed to bring back proposed changes. One individual opposed eliminating language referencing the no objections from the public and expressed concern with the time limitation associated with visual electronic presentations being previewed. In response to comments, Ms. Clayton said any objections received prior to the meeting are shared with the Board. She will approach Public Communications to see if the presentation previews can be scheduled earlier. Planning and Development Assistant Director Lauren Matzke said staff coordinates the presentation previews with Public Communications to ensure the presentation are viewable on the monitors. Board Member Boutzoukas moved to approve Item F1 as presented. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. 2. Election of Officers Vice Chair Rector moved to elect Board Member John Quattrocki as Chair. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. CDB 2024-03-21 Chair Quattrocki moved to elect Board Member Michael Boutzoukas as Vice Chair. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Chair Quattrocki congratulated Mayor -elect Bruce Rector and thanked him for the time he served on the Board. Mayor -elect Rector said it has been a joy serving on this Board and thanked the Board Members and staff for their dedication. Ms. Clayton said there will be an online public meeting on April 2nd at 6:00 p.m. regarding Accessory Dwelling Units and a drop-in meeting at Momingside Recreation Center on April 11. She said staff will be presenting the proposed code amendments at the April CDB meeting. G. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 2:04 p.m. Chair, Community rievelopment Board Attest: CDB 2024-03-21