Community Development Board approves five flexible developments, adopts modest rules change

The Clearwater Community Development Board on Thursday approved five flexible-development applications and a six-lot preliminary plat on its consent agenda and adopted a modest change to its rules of procedure.

The approvals were taken as a single consent motion after staff confirmed the items were recommended for approval. An unnamed board member moved to approve “based on the evidence of record, including the application and the staff report,” and a second board member supported the motion. The board approved the consent package by voice vote; the transcript does not record individual vote tallies or the names of the members who seconded or voted.

Those consent items included the following cases, all listed on the meeting agenda as Level 2 reviews: FLD2025-06015 (flexible-development approval for a 2,115-square-foot commercial accessory dock), FLD2025-07016 (conversion to personal vehicle storage at 1446 South Missouri Avenue), FLD2025-07018 (attached dwelling at 1035 Bay Esplanade), FLD2025-07019 together with PLT2025-08002 (flexible development for five attached dwellings and a six-lot preliminary plat at 39 Turner Street), and FLD2025-08020 (conversion to a bar in the South Beach/Clearwater Pass character district at 696 South Gulfview Boulevard). The staff report recommended approval and the applicants did not request removal of any item from the consent agenda.

In a separate, recorded vote, the board approved a proposed revision to its rules of procedure. A board member moved to accept the changes; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote with one member recorded as voting nay. The transcript does not identify the mover, seconder or the member who voted against the motion by name.

Staff clarified to the board that the citizens’ guide referenced in materials is a city document outside the board’s authority to approve; the board’s action was limited to adopting its internal rules and meeting script. Directors and staff also told members that two Level 3 items, connected to statutory changes in the state of Florida, are scheduled for the board’s docket next month.

The board opened by swearing in members and approving last month’s meeting minutes by voice vote. There were no public comments on matters not on the agenda, and no individual items were removed from the consent agenda for separate discussion.

Meeting participants who identified themselves during the session included Michael Bootskis; board members Andy Park, Mike Mastrocerio, Diane Accinelli, Kurt Heimrichs, Michelle Chenault and Andrew Hupp; Jay Daigneau, attorney for the board; Matthew Midge, Assistant City Attorney; Ted Kozak of Planning and Development; and the City Clerk. Several motions and votes recorded in the transcript lack individual mover/second attributions and numeric vote tallies.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes from prior meeting — Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote; individual tallies not specified). - Consent agenda (FLD2025-06015; FLD2025-07016; FLD2025-07018; FLD2025-07019 with PLT2025-08002; FLD2025-08020) — Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote; individual tallies not specified). - Rules of procedure and meeting script revision — Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote; one nay recorded; individual names not specified).

The meeting adjourned after brief director items and the announcement about next month’s Level 3 agenda items.