Community Development Advisory Board presents 2025 annual report, recommends redevelopment and housing actions

A representative of the Community Development Advisory Board presented the board's 2025 annual report, listing board membership and staff support and outlining major activities and recommendations. The presentation summarized CDAB duties—providing citizen input on housing and community development programs—and highlighted several priorities including the SHIP housing initiative, fiscal-year funding recommendations for CDBG public-service subrecipients, multimodal corridor studies (Clearwater-Largo Road, West Bay Drive) and proposed code updates for redevelopment districts.

The presenter noted prior board actions that led to ordinances modernizing density standards and incentives for attainable housing and pedestrian mobility in redevelopment districts, and described a 2026 work plan that included planning and economic-development priorities. Commissioners thanked the board for its work, asked questions about short-term rentals and the entertainment district, and encouraged continued outreach; the commission noted it reviews the board's recommendations when items return to the agenda.