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A
B
Good
evening,
thank
you.
Let's
bow
and
let's
pray
together,
father
tonight.
We
as
we
begin
this
meeting.
We
give
you
thanks
for
who
you
are,
and
we
pray
particularly
for
the
clearwater
city
council
tonight,
for
the
mayor
and
for
the
council,
members,
god
as
they
work
toward
a
vision
for
the
future
of
our
city
and
a
plan
to
make
it
a
reality.
A
Thank
you,
pastor.
Reeves.
I
appreciate
you
coming
out
this
evening
and
those
inspiring
words
I
want
to
introduce
the
dyess
on
my
far
right
is
city
manager,
john
jennings
good
evening,
vice
mayor
hamilton,
good
evening,
councilmember
albritton
good
evening,
councilmember
beckmann
good
evening,
councilmember
bunker
good
evening
and
our
city
attorney
david
margolis
good
evening.
A
A
In
favor,
aye
aye
opposed
unanimous
at
this
time.
I'd
like
to
open
it
up
to
citizens
to
be
heard
if
there
are
any
citizens
in
the
audience
that
would
like
to
speak
to
any
item
not
on
the
agenda.
If
you
could
fill
out
a
comment
card,
please
come
forward
and
we
ask
you
to
state
your
name
and
respectfully
ask
you
to
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
D
Good
evening,
excuse
me
I'm
norm
bill,
I'm
a
long
time.
Veteran's
advocate
also
means
I'm
just
kind
of
old
and
I'm
here
to
thank
city
manager.
John
jennings,
I
wrote
him
a
letter
and
in
regards
to
that
I
got
letters
back
regarding
some
veterans
issues,
some
other
things
I
was
hard
to
hear.
He
was
sick,
I'm
glad
to
see
you're
well,
and
I
think
you
have
your
priorities.
We
all
do
you've
got
a
lot
on
your
plate,
you're
coming
home,
very
strong.
You
know
what
you're
doing
and
we'll
get
to
these.
E
Mr
mayor,
mr
city
manager,
council
people,
my
name
is
chris
van
slotten.
I've
been
a
core
water
property
owner
and
resident
for
about
37
years
in
1971
there
was
a
musical
group,
the
five-man
electrical
band
and
their
signature
song
was
signed.
Sign
every
word,
a
sign
blocking
out
the
scenery.
Breaking
my
mind.
Do
this?
Don't
do
that
can't
you
read
the
sign
and
I
think
there
are
simply
too
many
signs
in
the
city
of
core
water,
for
example,
on
the
corner
of
betty
wayne
and
drew
street.
Also
on
the
corner
of
betty
wayne
and
mlk.
E
E
Do
not
turn
left
or
left
turn
only
a
couple
feet
later:
the
same
sign
as
you're
leaving
island
way
onto
the
causeway.
Within
a
stretch
of
about
50
feet.
There
are
three
signs:
no
motor
vehicles
beyond
this
point,
clearwater
city
ordinance
22.43
on
the
bike
trail.
There
are
three
more,
I
think,
that's
overkill,
1800
block
of
drew
street
in
front
of
a
little
strip,
mall
no
parking
on
grass
or
right
away
a
few
feet
later.
There's
another
one
overkill.
E
Coachman
and
drew
northeast
coachman
there's
a
huge
billboard
for
a
law
firm.
If
you
keep
going
on
coachmen
down
by
the
railroad
tracks,
there's
another
huge
billboard
for
a
law
firm.
I
think
those
billboards
were
outlawed
and
taken
down,
except
for
those
two.
These
are
just
a
couple
examples:
two
more
on
island
way.
There
are
signs
encouraging
joining
the
civic
association,
not
necessary,
like
breaking
out
this
or
blocking
out
the
scenery.
E
I
can
switch
really
quickly
to
another
subject.
I
wish
you
would
get
after
the
forestry
department
to
get
the
morning
glory
plants
out
of
the
mangroves.
This
is
an
invasive
plant.
It
grows
very,
very
quickly.
They
get
cleaned
out
every
two
or
three
years.
I'd
like
to
see
it
happen
more
often,
thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
consideration.
A
Thank
you,
mr
vanslog.
Just
one
issue,
jack
russell
is
still
partially
standing
and
st
pete
college
and
clearwater
high
do
play
there.
So
that's
one
of
the
reasons
for
that
sign
the
rest.
I
can't
speak
to
yet
anyone
else
for
citizens
to
be
heard.
Please
come
forward.
Man.
F
Thank
you.
My
name
is
maria
haiti,
and
I
will
forever
lament
that
I
didn't
sign
up
for
toastmasters,
but
but
anyway,
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
that
I
welcome.
I
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today.
I
think
we're
all
drawn
here,
because
we
have
a
calling
to
serve
and
clearwater
has
been
my
home
for
since
2004
until
2014,
when
there
were
some
issues
that
happened,
that
in
fact
I
lost
my
home
while
I
was
on
vacation
and
I
wasn't
able
to
ever
ascertain
the
the
reasons
why?
F
Because
no
one
would
return
my
phone
calls,
my
family
wasn't
wasn't
forthcoming
and
I
was
told
to
call
the
police,
so
I
did,
and
the
police
told
me
to
call
attorneys
that
it
was
a
civil
matter
and
then
the
attorney
said
to
call
the
police.
So
I
was
on
an
endless
merry-go-round
for
years
and
ultimately,
I
left
clearwater
I
found
out
my
condo
was
actually
with
everything
in
it
was
sold.
F
Without
my
knowledge
and
apparently
signatures
must
have
been
forged,
but
I
left-
and
it
put
me
on
a
different
path,
and
I
would
like
to
say
that
that
I
went
willingly,
but
actually
I
was
dragged
from
the
back
of
a
truck
and
I
I
became
homeless,
and
here
I
had
had
so
much
and
my
parents
were
extremely
wealthy
and
I
lost
everything
and
instead
of
having
billionaires
for
dinner
at
my
house,
I
was
serving
breakfast
to
the
homeless
in
long
beach,
california,
instead
of
doing
brain
and
spinal
cord
research
in
the
medical
field,
I
was
actually
the
quintessential
patient
because
I
had
I
was
sprayed
with
a
pesticide.
F
So
instead
of
my
legal
studies,
I
ended
up
having
being
a
defendant
in
over
a
dozen
lawsuits.
So
you
see.
F
Sometimes
we
have
to
have
the
extreme
in
order
for
us
to
see
both
sides,
and
so
we
each
have
a
gift,
and
you
all
have
wonderful
gifts
here
and
that's
why
clearwater
is
the
home
that
I
that
I
have
missed
so
desperately
and
so
I've
I've
come
back
to
see
what
it
is
that
can
be
done
and
so
and
to
to
get
the
information
that
I
wasn't
given
before,
and
so
I
I
I
think
we
all
have
gifts
and
we
need
in
this
time,
especially
the
time
of
the
pandemic
when
people
are
are
hurting
so
much.
F
F
F
F
I
Thank
you
chuck
lane
economic
development
housing
department,
as
discussed
on
monday
at
monday's
work
session.
This
contract
states
that
the
city
will
sell
these
lots
to
habitat
for
humanity
of
pinellas
county
for
twenty
thousand
dollars,
each
for
a
total
sales
price
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Habitat
will
construct
five
homes
with
each
home
meeting
the
city's
definition
of
workforce
or
affordable
housing.
I
The
property
is
not
needed
for
city
purposes.
It's
comprised
of
five
contiguous
lots
and
it's
also
adjacent
to
a
new
home
built
by
habitat
in
2021.
So
the
entire
western
edge
of
this
block
facing
pinellas
trail
will
be
all
new
single
family
homes.
The
boss
block
also
lies
directly
across
the
trail
from
the
12
homes.
I
Habitat
completed
a
couple
years
back,
as
you
might
remember,
they've
done
a
lot
of
great
work
over
the
last
five
years
to
improve
this
neighborhood
mike
sutton,
the
ceo
of
habitat
for
humanity
at
pinellas
county
is
here
this
evening.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
him
and
I'll
take
questions
at
this
time,
any.
G
Yes,
it's
our
work
session.
On
monday,
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
to
whit
blanton
on
two
of
these
lots
that
were
zoned
industrial
that
would
have
had
an.
I
think
there
was
an
issue
with
them.
Taking
a
while
to
be
able
to
convert,
I
think
any
kind
of
affordable
housing
is
great
in
clearwater,
and
this
is
a
great
deal
for
habitat.
They
did
do
a
beautiful
job
in
our
community,
which
said
no.
G
I
K
And
I
equally
is
happily
second.
L
Good
evening,
gina
clayton
planning
and
development
in
2014
a
development
agreement
authorizing
the
use
of
100
units
from
the
hotel
density
reserve
for
166
unit
hotel
was
approved
for
this
site.
It
was
1.32
acres
in
area
the
owner.
At
this
time
would
like
to
amend
the
agreement
to
incorporate
the
three
parcels
you
see
in
pink
up
on
the
screen,
those
total
0.44
acres.
L
All
those
properties
had
all
their
development
rights
transferred
off,
and
this
new
and
large
site
would
be
1.7598
acres
and
it
will
enable
a
redesigned
project
with
a
larger
setback
and
less
building
mass
up
on
coronado
drive
in
a
more
efficient
parking
layout.
The
effective
density
of
the
site
will
actually
be
reduced.
With
this
from
126
units
per
acre
down
to
94.,
they
will
provide
the
required
199
parking
spaces
for
the
hotel,
as
well
as
another
50
that
would
be
open
to
the
public.
L
This
new
conceptual
site
plan
and
elevations
appeared
at
this
point
to
be
consistent
with
beach
by
design
and
the
community
development
code.
However,
this
will
have
to
be
reviewed
by
the
cdb
for
final
approval.
Staff
is
supportive
and
we're
recommending
approval
of
resolution.
Number
22
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
C
A
C
M
Amending
section
5-201
powers
and
duties
to
clarify
and
affirm
that
the
community
development
board
is
the
city's
design
review
board
amending
section,
8-102
definitions
by
deleting
home
occupation,
adding
home-based
business
amending
appendix
a
schedule
of
fees
rates
and
charges,
section,
5
buildings
and
building
regulations,
section
47.087
to
revise
fee
reductions
for
use
of
private
providers
and
establish
a
fee
reduction
for
affordable
housing
projects
amending
appendix
b
u.s
19
district
and
development
standards.
Section
b,
303
point
c
table
three
to
add:
affordable
housing
as
a
factor
for
reducing
required
parking
making.
J
I
wanted
to
make
just
a
couple
comments:
okay,
so
I'm
happy
about
that
ordinance,
even
though
it
was
really
long
and
strung
together,
but
I
I
made
a
couple
notes
that
I
just
wanted
to
put
on
the
record,
so
I
am
so
happy
and
proud
that
our
city
is
taking
solid
steps
to
incentivize
more
affordable,
attainable
housing
development.
Here
for
our
residents,
we
are
establishing
a
pro-rated
increase
to
the
density
bonus
that
corresponds
to
each
additional
percent
of
affordable
housing
units
provided
in
mixed-use
developments.
All
that
is
good.
J
It's
a
win
for
developers.
It's
a
win
for
residents,
we're
also
providing
additional
reductions
in
required
off
street
parking
for
designated,
affordable
housing
units,
and
this
is
good
because
parking
increases
the
cost
to
the
builder.
It
often
impacts
the
amenities
that
residents
are
offered
and
ideally
affordable.
Housing
developments
will
be
located
near
employment
hubs
and
on
public
transit
routes,
so
they
won't
have
a
need
for
as
many
parking
spots,
and
so
that's
what
we
want
to
encourage
here
in
clearwater.
J
I
think
it's
most
exciting
that
we
have
plan
review
and
permit
fees
for
one
and
two
family
residential,
affordable
housing
projects.
Once
they're
certified
by
our
economic
development
and
housing
department
will
be
reduced
by
75
percent,
that's
significant
and
the
multimodal
fee
impact
is
being
reduced.
So
that's
good.
I
also
read
that
they're
incentivizing
ev
charging
stations
and
incentivizing
solar
covered
parking
spots
both
are
within
the
u.s
19
district
and
that's
a
start
for
green
print,
and
it's
all
good
news-
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
our
well.
J
H
A
H
All
right,
a
comment
was
submitted
by
elise
alonza,
dear
honorable
city,
council,
city
manager,
city
attorney
and
city
clerk.
For
the
record
I
am
submitting
the
following
questions:
does
the
city
of
clearwater
have
a
written
procedure
for
the
recruitment
of
candidates
for
city
boards?
Does
the
city
of
clearwater
consider
the
announcements
advertisement
for
a
board
vacancy
the
same
as
recruiting
for
the
open
seat?
Does
the
city
of
clearwater
offer
training
on
the
clearwater
and
pinellas
county
comprehensive
plans
to
the
cdb
and
advisory
board
members?
H
Does
the
city
of
clearwater
offer
training
on
robert
roberts
rules
of
order
parliamentary
procedure
to
city
board
members?
Does
the
city
offer
state
of
florida,
ethics,
training
to
elected
officials,
staff
and
board
members?
Does
the
city
require
elected
officials,
staff
and
board
members
to
sign
and
submit
a
conflict
of
interest
form
as
the
city
appointed
hired
a
person
committee
to
review
the
florida
f1
financial
disclosure
reports
for
completeness
and
accuracy
be
confirmed,
the
person
has
taken
the
required
four
hours
of
state
of
florida,
ethics,
training
and
eight.
H
N
Mr
city
manager,
thank
you,
mr
mayor
members
of
the
city
council.
N
What
we
are,
what
I
am
proposing
before
you
tonight
is
a
simple
change
to
the
motion
process
for
agenda
items
with
ordinances
and
or
resolutions.
N
A
J
Is
it
me,
yes
make
a
motion
to
approve
agenda
item
9.1?
Second,.
H
Appoint
three
individuals
to
the
marine
advisory
board
to
fill
the
remainder
of
unexpired
terms
through
may
31st,
2023
and
2
through
may
31st,
2023
and
one
member
through
july,
31st,
2023,
council
members.
In
your
agenda
packs
you
had
applications
for
julia
battaglia,
dina
stanley
and
stephen
forest
for
your
consideration.
C
Mr
voris
has
marine
advisory
board
as
his
first
choice
and
ms
stanley
has
environmental
board
as
her
first
choice.
But
marine
is
her
second
choice,
so
I
would
say
I
would
recommend
that
we
put
ms
stanley
in
the
unexpired
term
and
the
other
two
on
as
full
term
and
when,
if
an
opportunity
for
ms
stanley
to
move
to
the
environmental,
mental
board
happens
or
her
term
expires,
and
that.
A
C
A
H
C
A
A
Well,
we
can
have
a
discussion,
but
it
seems
premature
if
we're
looking
for
other
members,
and
we
don't
know
who
those
members
are
going
to
be.
I
think
we
need
to
see
if
staff
and
council
for
that
matter
can
find
some
of
the
people
that
fill
those
qualifications
without
seeing
a
full
slate.
J
So
that's
that's
what
I
thought.
Maybe
we
could
talk
about
a
little
bit
tonight.
It's
only
6
30..
You
know.
A
O
Good
evening,
mayor
city,
council,
members
attorney
margolis
and
city
manager,
jennings
and
the
rest
of
the
staff,
I
am
christine
chris
michalek.
I
live
at
855,
bayway
boulevard
in
clearwater
point
and,
as
you
have
been
receiving
for
me
the
last
week,
I
have
major
major
concerns
about
the
appointments
for
the
cdb,
specifically,
as
I
shared
with
each
of
you
in
an
email.
I
think
it's
critically
important
that
we
make
sure
that
the
candidates
that
you
come
before
you
understand
what
the
role
of
the
cdb
is
number
two
understand.
O
The
code
have
some
understanding
of
the
code
and
number
three.
This
is
critically
important,
also
that
they
are
involved
in
their
community
that
they
understand
clearwater.
I
want
to
support
witness
call
mentioned
earlier,
the
directive
to
have
diversity,
and
I
want
you
to
also
consider
the
diversity
in
the
broad
sense
of
the
word.
O
With
that
in
mind,
I've
put
together,
as
you
can
see,
a
chart,
and
I
went
through
all
spent
a
tedious
amount
of
time
going
through
all
the
candidates,
and
I
indicated
at
the
top.
Of
course
we
have
the
current
serving
members
in
the
bottom.
We
have
the
eight
candidates
number
one,
their
name
number,
two,
their
profession,
profession
and
their
employer.
I
think
that's
critically
important
number
three
special
skills
and
expertise
that
they
have
number
four
birds
board
service
involvement.
O
O
Specifically,
we
do
not
want,
and
I'm
not
going
to
pick
on
countryside,
but
we
don't
want
three
candidates
from
countryside
on
the
board.
We
would
like
to
make
sure
that
everyone
has
the
opportunity
towards
that
end.
I
am
really
excited
to
know
that
we
are
going
to
be
looking
at
this
further
and
I
should
share
with
you
that-
and
mr
jennings
is
aware
of
this-
that
I
got
in
touch
with
joel
costelli
asking.
How
exactly
do
we
recruit
these
candidates?
O
Do
we
do
a
broad
search?
Do
we
advertise?
Do
we
put
it
as
an
example?
I
read
the
b
newspaper,
which
I
know
a
lot
of
people
do
and
very
often
there's
nothing
about.
What's
going
on
here.
As
an
example
mayor,
you
had
a
chat
several
months
ago.
I
heard
about
that
in
the
b.
When
I
looked
on
the
calendar,
I
couldn't
find
another
city
calendar
and
I
know
thank
you
manager,
jennings
he's
looking
at
how
to
make
the
calendar
more
customer
friendly.
O
So
I'm
hoping
that
the
search
going
forward
will
be
broad,
that
it
will
look
at
the
diversity
in
the
sense
of
of
inclusion,
inclusion,
looking
at
neighborhood
looking
at
profession
and
looking
at
the
qualifications
of
what
people
can
do
to
make
to
serve
our
city
and
to
make
our
city
a
place
of
good
was
with
a
good
reputation
all
right.
Thank
you.
So
much.
H
Have
any
comments,
lisa
lanza
submitted
a
comment.
H
Questions
about
the
cdb
special
qualifications
registered
voter
does
not
signify
where
the
person
must
be
registered.
Members
shall
be
diverse
economic,
social,
professional
representation,
qualified
and
experienced
in
fields
of
architecture,
planning,
landscape
architecture,
engineering,
construction
planning
and
land
use
law
or
real
estate
question.
Would
the
city
council
consider
amending
the
ordinance
which
governs
the
sports
require
that
at
least
one
american
institute
certified
planner
be
required
to
sit
on
this
board
to
represent
the
citizens
of
clearwater
question?
J
Okay,
so
what
I
wanted
to
say,
first
of
all,
I
would
like
an
answer
to.
I
guess:
miss
nicholas
question
is
what
does
the
search,
so
if
we
give
it
another
two
weeks,
what
does
the
search
look
like
to
open
it
up
for
more
candidates
or
to
recruit
candidates?
What
will
that
look
like,
and
so
I'd
like
to
understand
that
a
little
bit
more
and
then
a
discussion
about
the
description
of
board
members
who
will
you
know,
represent
a
diverse
social,
economic
and
professional.
J
Members
shall
be
diverse
economic,
social
and
professional
representation,
qualified
experience
in
the
fields
of,
and
then
we
go
on
so
part
of
my
my
thought
is
when
I
looked
at
these
applications-
and
you
know
there's
no
way
to
identify-
you
know
the
diversity
of
social,
economic
or
well
professional.
I
guess
we
can,
but
what
does
social
and
economic
diversity
look
like
and
how
might
it
be
indicated
on
this
application
for
this
advisory
board
and
this
application?
For
this
you
know
all
of
our
advisory
boards
are
important,
but
this
one
has
these
quasi-judicial.
J
Now
I
went
through
this
weekend
and
called
the
applicants,
and
I
spoke
to
all
but
two
one,
the
only
woman
on
the
on
the
as
the
candidates
miss
brenda,
dallas
griffith
didn't
have
a
working
number
and
mr
and
another
one
you
know
I'm
not
mr
caudell
didn't
return.
You
know,
I
left
a
message
and
there
we
didn't
connect,
but
you
know
I
asked
some
different
questions
and
I
asked
you
know
it
says
here
that
our
membership
is
supposed
to
represent
diversity
and
social,
economic
and
professional.
J
How
might
you
know,
how
might
you
feel
that
what
does
that
mean
to
you,
and
so
I
think,
as
we
look
at
look
at
candidates
and
make
recommendations
in
a
couple
weeks,
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
you
know
what
does
it
say
our
board
is
supposed
to
be
and
how
are
we
going
to
reach
that
goal
of
making
that
board
diverse
economic,
socially
and
professionally?
The
other
thing
that
I
learned
that
was
really
interesting
is
that
the
pinellas
county
school
district
is
entitled
to
appoint
a
member
to
this
board.
J
Did
you
you
know,
I
didn't
know
that,
and
so
that's
pretty
interesting,
and
what
might
that
look
like?
I
can't
imagine
that
the
pinellas
county
schools
would
appoint
one
of
their
school
board
members,
because
their
plates
are
way
full,
but
could
they
you
know,
could
they
appoint
someone
who
works
within
the
pinellas
county
schools
but
lives
in
clearwater
on
the
board?
Maybe
that
person
would
represent.
You
know
families
or
children
or
yeah,
and-
and
I
know
that
they
have
set
parameters
and
decisions,
but
they
would
come
at
it
with
that
kind
of
a
diverse.
J
You
know
social
or
economic
perspective,
they
might
check
off
that
box.
So
that
was
interesting,
something
that
I
learned.
The
other
thing
I
learned
is
that
we
can
make
up
whoever
we
want
to
be
on
this
board
and
if
we
choose
to
have
someone
up
there,
that
is
an
environmental
specialist
or
certified
in
you
know,
sustainability
or
whatever
we
might
want.
J
We
can
do
that
and
I
think
we're
acutely
aware
that
our
residents
question
and
are
concerned
about
increased
development
that
abuts
up
to
residents
in
our
community
and
because
we
are
so
built
out.
It's
inevitable
that
we're
going
to
have
these
kinds
of
situations
come
before
us
and
when
we
see
this
board
that
may
be
stacked
with
developers
and
or
realtor,
you
know
people
associated
with
real
estate.
I
think
that
only
you
know
adds
fuel
to
that.
J
That
sense
of
you
know
a
sense
of
power
or
seat
at
the
table
that
our
residents
might
have.
So
I
think
we
need
to
be.
You
know,
cognizant
of
that,
and
you
know,
let's
see
what
else.
J
Oh,
the
other
thing
I
learned
was
that,
for
example,
mr
margolis
and
I
had
a
great
conversation
today,
and
he
explained
that
in
orlando,
where
he
came
from
or
where
he
last
practiced,
I
don't
think
he
came
from
orlando,
but
but
anyway,
their
community
development
board
was
really
broken
into
two
functions:
one
that
would
analyze
statute
and
language
and
amendments
to
the
code
and
another,
then
that
their
task
would
be
to
look
at
these
flexibility
and
development.
J
You
know
issues
as
they
come
up,
and
so
it
wouldn't
be
this
long
list
of
tasks
for
one
board,
but
you
know
it
would
be
split
into
two
different
ones.
So
I
think
you
know
in
looking
at
this
real
dicey
board
this
hot
hot
seat
board.
You
know
there
might
be
ways
to
approach
it
to
soothe
residents,
concerns
a
little
bit
and-
and
I
think
it's
worth
a
discussion
at
some
point
before
we
even
talk
about
who
is
here.
J
But
you
know
if
we
don't
have
a
plan
right
now
about
how
to
reach
out
and
engage
more
candidates
or
diverse
candidates,
and
you
know,
maybe
it
has
something
to
do
with
the
time.
The
meetings
are
or
the
demands
of
meetings-
I
don't
know,
but
but
it'll,
be
interesting
to
hear
how
the
city
plans
to
go
out
and
recruit
more
applicants
for
this
position
or
these
three
positions.
A
Well,
language
matters
I
what
did.
A
J
A
Agree,
no,
no,
I'm
yeah.
It
is
a
quasi-judicial
board
which
a
lot
of
people
do
not
understand,
meaning
that
they
really
are
interpreting
our
code
and
if
we
don't
like
decisions
that
they're
making
or
we're
concerned
that
commercial
is
starting
to
come
closer
and
not
be
appropriate
against
residential.
A
A
They
meet
a
lot
of
criteria,
but
we
just
don't
like
it.
We
can
vote
against
it
and
then
occasionally
we
have
quasi-judicial
hearings
that
come
before
the
city
council,
because
we
are
level
three.
The
cdb
community
development
board
is
level
two
when
it
comes
to
us
as
a
judicial
hearing.
A
We
too
have
to
make
a
decision
of
interpreting
and
making
certain
that
we're
following
our
own
code.
If
we
don't
that,
will
get
challenged
in
court
and
potentially
overturned,
even
the
council
can
be
overturned
and
sometimes
the
cdb
makes
decisions
that
people
like
and
that
gets
challenged.
A
A
A
A
A
So
I
think
to
me:
there's
a
hierarchy
of
professionals,
first,
on
this
board,
and
then
you
know
filling
out
the
other,
the
checking
the
other
boxes.
A
I
think
it's
important
to
have
geographic
diversity,
but
if
we
can't
find
an
engineer
or
an
architect
in
a
certain
area
of
town,
then
I'm
going
to
take
them
from
another
area
of
town,
even
if
we're
overloaded
with
people
geographically
that
live
in
that
area.
And
if
people
aren't
following
our
code
and
following
the
quasi-judicial
process.
A
C
Well,
I
echo
a
lot
of
what
you
said
mayor.
You
know
it
is
quasi-judicial.
C
They
have
their
own
attorney
that
guides
them
and
makes
sure
that
they
are.
They
have
to
make
their
decisions
based
on
the
rule
of
law
in
a
quasi-judicial
they
they
have
to
apply
the
code
they
have
to.
You
know,
take
all
the
other
aspects
into
account
and
the
and
based
on
the
rule
of
laws
where
they
need
to
be
with
their
decision.
C
If
we
totally
change
this
board
and
didn't
have
professionals
on
it
and
we
had
people
who
don't
have
these
professional
expertise,
they're
liable
to
make
some
decisions
based
on
aesthetics,
that
don't
stand
up
and
it
gets
appealed
and
probably-
and
we
have
more
appeals
and
things
getting
overturned
on
appeal.
C
C
C
That's
how
the
process
works
so
yeah.
It
is
that
that
is
how
it
is
and
how
we
operate.
G
Well,
having
served
on
that
board,
I
can
tell
you
that
it's
what
I
never
liked
seeing
was
a
disagreement
where
board
members
wanted
to
change
the
code.
G
I
mean
it
is
up
to
us
to
understand
and
read
the
code
and
make
a
decision
based
on
the
what
the
code
says
not
on
what
we
hoped
it
would
be.
And
again
I
mean
you
kind
of
covered
that
mayor
when
you
said
that
you
know
we're
level
three
on
council.
If
something
needs
to
be
changed,
we're
the
ones
that
need
to
make
that
change,
not
the
cdb.
G
So
I'm
I'm
in
agreeance
with
you
know
what
has
already
been
said,
I'm
not
going
to
repeat
it,
but
just
to
me
that
was
very
important.
Let's
make
sure
we're
not
making
any
when
we're
deciding
something,
not
making
any
changes
as
to
what
our
current
code
was,
whether
we
like
it
or
not,
councilmember
bunker.
K
We
do
need
professionals
on
the
board,
that's
clear,
but
I
think
it
it
might
be
good
to
amend
this
to
put
in
somebody
who's,
an
environmentalist
and
somebody
who
who's
considering
the
neighborhood.
K
K
So
I
I'd
like
to
see
us
move
forward
with
that
type
of
agenda
to
see
if
we
want
to
add
other
people
to
to
work
with
the
professionals,
because
the
public
sees
politicians
who
are
developers
mayor,
sun,
former
mayor
son
is
the
lawyer
for
most
developers.
It
seems
and
that's
the
way
you
get-
that
good
old
boy
network
feeling
that
the
public
has
no
disrespect
to
anybody
here.
K
I
I
think
that
would
be
a
really
strong,
important
thing
to
do.
J
So
it's
interesting,
so
I
have
two
different
ways
of
looking
at
this
now.
So
if
we're
looking
at
professionals
and
having
some
diversity
on
there,
I'm
thinking
okay,
I
would
how
about
if
we
have
someone
from
forward
pinellas
sit
on
the
board
and
and
then
have
someone
who's
some
kind
of
an
environmental.
J
Why
is
this
any
different?
Why
do
we
need
professionals
from
all
of
these
different
ex?
You
know
you
know,
developers
and
builders
and
real
estate,
blah
blah
blah
if
they're
here,
to
read
and
interpret
language
and
they've
all
got
an
onboarding
process
right
and
you
know
an
orientation
pro
process.
They
can
all
read
english,
and
why
do
they
have
to
have
that
professional
background?
If
all
they're
doing
is
interpreting
code,
it
comes
in
when
there
is
judgment
with
questions
about
flexibility
and
or
interpretation
of
must
conform
to
the
aesthetics
of
the
surrounding
area.
J
A
Well,
if
you
look
at
our
code
book,
which
is
about
this
thick
for
those
who
haven't
seen
it,
there
is
a
lot
of
technical
data
in
there
and
people
who
are
actually
in
the
industries
have
a
better
understanding.
There
is
an
enormous
learning
curve
for
being
on
the
sport,
even
if
you
are.
A
We're
not
as
prescriptive
we're
much
more
flexible
because
we
knew
that
something
was
going
to
be
torn
down
and
replaced
with
something
else,
and
so
I
think
that
that
was
a
blessing
and
a
curse
at
the
same
time,
because
it
eliminates
certainty
to
an
extent,
whereas
with
greenfield
development,
it's
relatively
easy.
You
don't
have
neighbors
yet,
and
things
get
built
according
to
a
very
prescriptive
code,
but
we
knew
that
that
was
more
difficult
in
a
city
that
is,
you
know
over
100
years
old
and
we
have
aging
structures
that
have
to
get
replaced.
A
I
would
also
say
something
about
putting
labels
on
different
candidates.
I
don't
think
being
concerned
about
neighborhoods
and
being
an
architect
or
being
concerned
about
neighborhoods
and
being
an
engineer
or
being
you
know,
a
land
use
attorney
and
caring
about
the
environment
are
mutually
exclusive.
I
agree.
A
People
might
actually
be
multifaceted
and
be
able
to
be
concerned
about
all
those
things,
and
you
know
we
had
to
comment
before
that.
You
know
we
need
residents
on
this
board,
they're
all
residents.
You
can't
be
on
this
board
if
you're
not
a
resident,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
all
of
these
people
live
in
neighborhoods.
A
I
think
they
care
about
neighborhoods
and
they're
also
expending
an
awful
lot
of
time
to
get
prepared
for
this.
These
meetings,
you
spend
a
lot
of
time
oftentimes
going
out
to
the
sites
and
actually
seeing
what
is
adjacent
to
the
development,
the
roads
and
everything
else.
If
you're
doing
it
right.
J
A
So
anything
else
all
right.
Well,
we'll
talk
about
this
at
the
next
meeting.
I
will
now
open
it
up
for
closing
comments.
We'll
start
with
council
member
blocker.
K
I
also
wanted
to
say
that
last
week
I
couldn't
be
here,
but
I
was
watching
from
my
hospital
bed
nothing's,
nothing
major,
but
thanks
to
all
the
doctors
and
nurses
at
morton
plant,
I
am
back
here
in
tip-top
shape.
K
I
did
vote
along
with
everybody,
but
I
don't
think
my
votes
got
recorded
other
than
that.
A
big
shout
out
to
the
clearwater
high
school
football
team
who
had
a
winning
season
and
apparently
12
of
the
graduating
members,
signed
some
really
nice
scholarship
proposals
yesterday.
So
congratulations
to
all
of
them.
J
I
just
wanted
to
say
you
know:
I'm
super
happy
with
those
affordable
housing
initiatives.
Thank
you
to
our
communications
department
for
putting
the
go
vote
signs
up
after
we
sadly
took
the
go
bucks
signs
down.
J
G
So
I
started
the
week
out
with
a
trip
to
tallahassee.
It
was
a
successful
trip.
I
think
talking
with
our
representatives
regarding
clearwater's
legislative
priorities.
G
We
had
a
busy
day
speaking
with
respiratory
representative
designly
senator
hooper
representative,
linda
chaney,
stan
mclean
and
florida
cfo
jimmy
patronis.
We
spoke
on
a
comment.
Combination
of
legislative
priorities,
included
opposition
to
vacation
rental
preemption
bill
and
the
state's
erosion
of
home
rule
also
had
the
opportunity
to
address
support
for
clearwater's
intermodal
center
in
the
upcoming
federal
raise
grant
application,
which
is
due
this
year
on
april,
the
16th
it's
coming
quick.
G
We
already
have
the
application,
we're
filling
it
out,
so
we're
going
to
get
a
lot
of
other
support
letters
for
that
and
go
at
it
really
hard.
This
time.
This
go-round
psta
is
asking
for
15
million,
with
the
rest
of
the
25
million
total
cost
being
split
by
psta
and
the
florida
dot.
G
Yesterday
I
come,
I
accompanied
samuel
hutkins,
the
president
of
the
clearwater
beach
association.
While
he
took
center
stage
addressing
the
community
affairs
committee
in
opposition
to
the
preemption
rental
bill,
the
bill
barely
passed.
The
committee
vote
with
the
promise
to
change
some
of
the
wording
which
we'll
see
on
future
committees.
G
We
have
a
chance
next
week
to
pose
the
bill
when
the
league
of
cities
is
in
tallahassee,
and
I
think
a
few
of
us
are
going
next
week
as
well.
So
I
would
say
that
get
it
get
to
talk
to
as
many
of
our
representatives
and
tell
them.
What
we
need
in
clearwater
would
be
a
good
idea,
thank
you
or
to
leave
us
alone.
C
Yeah,
I
appreciate
your
being
in
tallahassee
and
I
know
I'm
gonna
be.
I
know.
C
And
I
are
gonna
be
up
on
monday
and
tuesday
next
week,
so
we'll
be
reinforcing
what
you
said
and
maybe
have
a
couple
other
twists
of
their
arm
for
some
stuff.
So
we'll
see
what
happens
but
we're
getting
close.
We
have
80
degree
weather
today,
we're
just
around
the
corner
from
our
spring
break.
C
A
I
want
to
thank
the
clearwater
rotary
club.
They
had
a
fundraiser
for
their
endowment
and
it
was
to
honor
mr
horn,
who
was
a
long-time
member
and
their
endowment
is
approaching
1.6
million
dollars
and
they
give
money
away
every
year
to
good
charities.
So
I
want
to
thank
alan
wade,
grill
and
their
management
there.
A
They
called
me
out
of
the
blue
last
weekend
and
said
that
they
had
a
big
party
that
did
not
consume
all
the
food
and
wanted
to
get
it
to
one
of
the
cold
shelters
that
was
going
to
be
open
saturday
night,
and
fortunately
we
got
that
food
to
those
folks,
and
that
was
really
a
nice
thing.
They
could
have
just
thrown
it
away,
but
it
was
a
really
good
thing
for
the
community.