06/17/2025 Community Development Board Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
1 :00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Community Development Board
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City of Clearwater
Community Development Board Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025
Roll Call
Present 6 — Chair Michael Boutzoukas, Board Member Andrew Hupp, Board
Member Andrew Park, Board Member Kurt Hinrichs (Alt Member),
Board Member Michael Mastruserio, and Board Member Michelle
Chenault
Absent 2 - Board Member Diane Achinelli, and Board Member Aubrey
Haudricourt
Also Present— Jay Daigneault —Attorney for the Board, Matthew Mytych —
Assistant City Attorney, Lauren Matzke — Planning & Development
Interim Director, and Rosemarie Call — City Clerk
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
Unapproved
1. Call to Order— Chair Boutzoukas
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.2 Approve the minutes of the May 20, 2025 CDB meeting.
Board Member Mastruserio moved to approve the minutes of the
May 20, 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 FLD2025-03006: Flexible Development approval for 135 overnight accommodation
units, 20,000 square feet of retail space, 6,825 square feet of restaurant area and an
approximately 160,795 square foot parking garage within the Tourist (T) District and the
Small Motel Character District of Beach by Design for the property located at 405
Coronado Drive. The building will not exceed 100 feet in height and includes 400
off-street parking spaces. Requested is flexibility from height and a two-year
Development Order. (Community Development Code Sections 2-803.K, 4-407 and
Beach by Design). (Level Two Application)
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Case: FLD2025-03006 - 405 Coronado Drive
Owner(s): AP Beach Properties, LLC
Applicant: Brian J. Aungst, Jr., Macfarlane, Ferguson & McMullen, P.A.; 625
Court Street, Suite 200, Clearwater, FL 33756; phone (727) 441-8966; email:
bja@macfar.com
Location: East side of Coronado Drive, south side of 5th Street and west side
of Hamden Drive. (1.75 acres)
Request: Flexible Development approval for 135 overnight accommodation
units, 20,000 square feet of retail space, 6,825 square feet of restaurant area
and an approximately 160,795 square foot parking garage within the Tourist (T)
District and the Small Motel Character District of Beach by Design for the
property located at 405 Coronado Drive. The building will not exceed 100 feet in
height and includes 400 off-street parking spaces. Requested is flexibility from
height and a two-year Development Order. (Community Development Code
Sections 2-803.K, 4-407 and Beach by Design).
Associations: Board of County Commissioners, Clearwater Beach
Association, Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition, Pinellas County School Board
Assigned Planner: Ted Kozak, AICP, Development Review Manager; email:
Ted.Kozak@MyClearwater.com; phone: 727-444-8941
Board Member Hinrichs moved to approve FLD2025-03006, 405
Coronado Drive, on today's Consent Agenda 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), with conditions of approval as listed. The motion
was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
4.2 TDR2025-03001: Transfer of Development Rights of three (3) attached dwelling units (5
overnight accommodations units) from 887 S. Gulfview Boulevard to an overnight
accommodation development located in the Tourist (T) District at 521 S. Gulfview
Boulevard. (Level Two Application)
Case: TDR2025-03001 - 521 S. Gulfview Boulevard (receiving site); 887 S.
Gulfview Boulevard (sending site)
Owner(s)/Applicant(s): Owners (receiving site): Decade Gulfcoast Hotel
Partners Limited Partnership & JK Gulfview, LLC; Owners (sending site):
Mannion Brothers, LLC
Representative: Brian J. Aungst, Jr., Macfarlane, Ferguson & McMullen, P.A.;
625 Court Street, Suite 200, Clearwater, FL 33756; phone (727) 441-8966;
email: bja@macfar.com
Location: South side of S. Gulfview Boulevard approximately 955 feet east of
Gulf Boulevard. (521 S. Gulfview Boulevard, 3.9 acres - receiving site)
Request: Transfer of Development Rights of three (3) attached dwelling units
(5 overnight accommodations units) from 887 S. Gulfview Boulevard to an
overnight accommodation development located in the Tourist (T) District at 521
S. Gulfview Boulevard.
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Associations: Board of County Commissioners, Clearwater Beach
Association, Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition, Pinellas County School Board,
Clearwater Point Condo, Continental Towers
Assigned Planner: Austen Dole, Planner II; email:
Austen.Dole@MyClearwater.com; phone: 727-444-7351
It was stated that staff provided a memorandum to continue the case
to August 19, 2025.
Board Member Hupp moved to continue Item 4.2, TDR2025-03001, to
August 19, 2025. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
5. Director's Report
5.1 Revision of Rules of Procedure
Ms. Matzke said staff recently learned that the Board is not required to
include time for public comment on items not on the agenda. If the Board
wishes to remove this from the agenda, an amendment to the Board
Rules is required.
In response to a question, Ms. Matzke said, to the best of her knowledge,
last month was the first time comments unrelated to board business were
provided by an individual.
Discussion ensued with consensus to maintain the public comment on
the agenda. It was stated the Board can monitor the public comments
and consider amending the rules in the future if needed.
No action taken.
6. Board Members to be Heard
Board Member Mastruserio requested consideration to open the
meetings with a prayer. He said the council meetings start with a prayer
and he would like CDB to reinstitute the practice.
In response to questions, Attorney Daigneault said, as the Board's
attorney, he recommends against the proposal. When he first began
representing the Board, approximately 13 years ago, the Board began
meetings with a short non-denominational invocation for good behavior
and civility that was read amongst the members. He said it is a decision
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for the Board to make. There is no legal prohibition to prayers at
meetings, but legal contours to consider. The City Clerk said staff
maintains a list of individuals of different faiths who are willing to offer the
invocation at council meetings. She said please consider the staff impact
as it is difficult to confirm individuals to volunteer their time, which leads to
individuals of the same faith being repetitively scheduled. Staff is concerned
that individuals who repetitively offer the invocation gives the impression
other faiths are being excluded. Attorney Daigneault said his firm represents
multiple communities in Pinellas County and most of the municipalities have
extinguished the prayer and some have restricted the practice to their board
members or observe a moment of silence. He said this Board eliminated the
opening prayer practice due to legal considerations due to multiple appellate
decisions throughout the country at the time.
Discussion ensued with consensus for the Board Members to provide
their thoughts on the process they envision at the next meeting. Attorney
Daigneault said he will talk to the City Attorney regarding his thoughts on
opening meetings with a prayer.
Board Member Mastruserio expressed concerns regarding the Attorney
General's recent letter to the Mayor regarding the vacation of Garden
Avenue. He said the City should ground its decision based on the
standards outlined in the development code, not political pressure.
The meeting adjourned at 1:28 p m.
Chair, Community Dev apment Board
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