03/18/2025 City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
1 :00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Community Development Board
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City of Clearwater
Roll Call
Present 6 - Board Member Andrew Hupp, Board Member Diane Achinelli, Board
Member Kurt Hinrichs, Board Member Michael Boutzoukas, Board
Member Michael Mastruserio, and Board Member Michelle Chenault
Absent 2 - Board Member Andrew Park, and Board Member Aubrey Haudricourt
Also Present— Randy Mora —Attorney for the Board, Matthew Mytych —Assistant City
Attorney, Lauren Matzke — Planning & Development Interim Director,
and Nicole Sprague — Deputy City Clerk
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily
discussed in that order.
1. Call To Order
1.1 Roll Call: (Chair) Vacant; Members: Achinelli, Boutzoukas, Chenault, Haudircourt,
(Alternate) Hinrichs, Hupp, Mastruserio, Park; Assistant City Attorney Matthew Mytych;
Attorney Jay Daigneault; and City Staff
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the January 21, 2025 CDB meeting.
Board Member Mastruserio moved to approve the minutes of the
January 21, 2025 CDB meeting. The motion was duly seconded and
carried unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda — None.
4. Consent Agenda: The following cases are not contested by the applicant or city
staff. If no objections are raised by a member of the public, and member(s) of the
Board do not request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda, items will be
approved by a single vote at the beginning of the meeting.
4.1 FLD2024-12026: Flexible Development approval to install a non-opaque sand fence
located in the Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District for the property located
at 710 Eldorado Avenue. The fence will not exceed four feet in height. Requested is
flexibility to install a structure (fence) at a maximum distance of 30 feet seaward of the
Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL). (Community Development Code Section
3-905) (Level Two Application)
Case: FLD2024-12026 - 710 Eldorado Ave
Owner(s): Martha Posey Burke Trust
Applicant: Martha Burke, 710 Eldorado Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33767; phone
816-807-1730; email: Martha.Posey.Burke@gmail.com
Location: West side of Eldorado Avenue approximately 660 feet south of the
intersection of Eldorado Avenue and Bohenia Circle (0.18 acres)
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City of Clearwater
Request: Flexible Development approval to install a non-opaque sand fence
located in the Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District for the property
located at 710 Eldorado Avenue. The fence will not exceed four feet in height.
Requested is flexibility to install a structure (fence) at a maximum distance of 30
feet seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL). (Community
Development Code Section 3-905)
Associations: Board of County Commissioners, Clearwater Beach
Association, Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition, Pinellas County School Board
Assigned Planner: Melissa Hauck -Baker, AICP, Planner III; email:
Melissa. Hauckbaker(c�MyClearwater.com; phone: 727-444-8769
Board Member Chenault moved to approve FLD2024-12026, 710
Eldorado Ave., on today's Consent Agenda based on the evidence in
record including the application and the Staff Report, and hereby adopt
the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law states in the Staff Report,
with conditions of approval as listed. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
5. Director's Report
5.1 Election of Officers
Board Member Mastruserio moved to elect Vice Chair Michael
Boutzoukas as Chair. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
Board Member Achinelli moved to elected Board Member Andrew Hupp
as Vice Chair. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
Vice Chair Boutzoukas and Interim Planning and Development Director
Lauren Matzke thanked former Chair John Quattrocki for his service on
the Board.
6. Board Members to be Heard — None.
7. Adjourn
Attest:
The meeting adjourned at 1:09 p.m.
Chair, Community/Development Board
City Clerk
City of Clearwater
March 18, 2025