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 Beach News:
This page highlights a bit of
information about:
2010 council candidate forum
on Clearwater Beach
Family Fun Fest On Beach
Walk - October 24 & 25, 2009
CBA baseball outing ... Rays vs
Yankees ???
Friends of Clearwater Beach Recreation
Center/Library
Clearwater Beach homes of the quarter
Sandy Britton crowned Mrs. Clearwater Beach
CAN, Clearwater's Awards for Neighborhoods
Want to make a complaint to the city?
2nd annual golf tournament
Ironman event
Short Term Rental status
How to sign up for weather event warning
Bellaire on Short Term Rentals
Acacia Circle
CBA membership application
CBA monthly meetings
Council Candidate forum
The Clearwater Beach Association (CBA) presents a candidates
forum for the 2010 Clearwater Council elections. The forum
takes place on February 10, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the
Beach Recreation Center located at 69 Bay Esplanade.
On Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Clearwater registered voters will elect members to the
Clearwater City Council. Seat 4 candidates are Wayne
Carothers, Bill Jonson, Joe Paige, and Herb Quintero. Seat
5 candidates are Paul Gibson, current office holder, and Mike
Riordon.
This forum will help you make
an informed decision ... so put it on your calendar and plan to
attend.
Family Fun Fest fund raiser
Tampa Bay Harvest,
Clearwater Beach Association and the city of Clearwater
sponsored the first annual Family Fun Fest on Clearwater Beach,
Saturday October 24 and Sunday October 25.
The 2 day event featured: arts, crafts, entertainment, food,
and beverages with a focus on the entire family. For detailed
information on participating, volunteering, sponsorship, and
just coming out and having fun, visit the web site at
www.familyfunfest.net
Plans are underway for
October 2010 ... The second annual Family Fun Fest.
CBA baseball outing ...
Rays and Phillies during spring training... 2010
Thanks to David and Jerry for making happen on March 7, 2010 ...
Friends of Clearwater Beach Recreation Center/Library
A non
profit group of
volunteers that was formed in 2007 to save the Beach Recreation
Center and Library. The city responded by consolidating
the library into the Recreation Center building on Bay
Esplanade. The new Beach library opened in spring
2008.
The Recreation Center has since been renovated and includes a
new state of art exercise room.
The mission of the
group is to support programs that will increase the utilization
of the
Beach
Recreation Center
and Library. Recently the
"Friends ..." purchased a flat screen TV and Wii system for the
center.
The group meets on the second
Thursday of each month, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, at the Beach Recreation
Center. Folks are welcome to come and share ideas and or
volunteer
to help achieve the mission.
E-mails to the president (Pat
Power) will also work.
To check out and
participate in Current activities and programs ...
go to the
Beach Recreation Center and Library web page.
Clearwater Beach Homes of the Quarter
Spring 2008
... The beautiful home of Susan Dean on Bay
Esplanade ... Where Susan does the landscaping and design.
Great to have talent like Susan.
 
First
Quarter 2008
...Clearwater's
home of the first quarter 2008 is right here on the Beach!  The home of Ray and
Gerda Massieu at 817 Bruce
was number uno for the quarter. Congratulations to Ray and
Gerda for deciding to build here on the Beach in the late 1990s.
First quarter, 2007
... The home of Ross and Florence
on Bruce was built in the late 1940's. Ross and
 Florence redesigned the house, added all kind of things and
came in number one for the quarter. Congratulations to
Ross and Flo. Wonder who did all the work ... Ross or
Flo?
Sandy Britton was
crowned Mrs. Clearwater Beach on September 8, 2007 at the Hilton
Hotel.
 
Sandy
was selected by the Clinique for Aesthetic and Natural Denistry
of Jonathan J. Bromboz DDS PA for this prestigious honor.
The picture on the left is with her husband, Jack and dear
friend, Raye ... the
picture on the right are a few of her supporters. Sandy was chosen for her outstanding contribution to the
community of Clearwater Beach. Sandy and her family have
been residents of the beach since 1995 ... and have been
involved in many activities which have contributed to improving
the community since moving here. Congratulations Sandy!
Check out the Tampa Bay online paper.
CAN ... Clearwater
Awards for Neighborhoods, sponsored by the city of
Clearwater.
Two years in a row ...
 The CBA and its
members have done some good things
...On October 11, 2008 the Neighborhood
Services Group sponsored the CAN picnic and presented the
awards for 2008. The CBA received 2 awards,
Most Attendance at City
meetings/Training ... and second
place for the Mayor's
Award of Excellence.
A very special thank you
to all the CBA volunteers who made winning the awards
possible...job well done!
There were 255 CBA volunteering activities that resulted in
over 10,000 hours helping to improve the quality of life
some where in Clearwater over the last year. Check out the
CAN web site for more details.
Want to make a complaint to the city?
Complaints can be anonymous and can be made on the telephone
(562-4720) or on the
computer using C-TRACS.
CBA
and the Clearwater Community Sailing
 Center's 2nd annual Golf Tournament.
Was Played
at East Lake Woodlands Country Club on October 29,
2007 .... There were 88 players supported by 20 plus
volunteers. CBA's share of the
proceeds in 2006 and 2007 will go to support food gathering
activities with Tampa Bay Harvest. There was no golf tournament for 2008, hope to get
it cranked buck up in 2009.
Iron
Man Event ...
The fourth
Clearwater event will take place on November 14, 2009... plans are in
place for this World Class Event to take place in Clearwater
through 2010. To get more
information on the event or to volunteer go to the
Iron Man Website.
Short Term Rentals ...
A brief history in time!
Summary Judgment Hearing on January 18, 2006... Albrittion vs
City of Clearwater, was conducted by the Honorable Judge Khouzam. On February 1,
2006 Judge Khouzam denied the city's motion for dismissal.
In
late March 2006 the Judge ordered
both parties into mediation ... The first mediation session
took place on May 25, 2006 ... Mediator Ferguson thought
progress had taken place so he extended the mediation
process for another 45 days. 7/7/2006, the
mediation process failed ...
so, in early
September 2006 Judge Khouzam set
the trial date for February 2007.
November 29, 2006
the court held a hearing and ruled that
neighborhood complaints about short term rentals would not
be admitted. A status conference will take place on
January 18, 2007 with both parties and then trial dates will
be set!
The
parties got together on January 18th and the trial date set for April 3 beginning at 10:00
a.m. The courtroom will be one of those adjacent to
Judge Khouzam's chambers.
The trial started and ended on April 3, 2007. Judge Khouzam aims to have a ruling
around mid April, 2007.
On April 20, 2007 the Judge publisher her ruling. The court found
that neither the 1980 nor the 1999 city codes prohibited
short-term rentals in that they did not provide sufficient
notice to the public that this particular use was
prohibited. She also found that all of the plaintiffs'
properties were offered for use as short-term rentals prior
to the adoption of the 2003 ordinance. Therefore she
found that the short-term rental uses on the 31 listed
properties are established nonconforming lawful uses
entitled to grandfather status. She did find that the
"continued nonconforming use must comply with the terms set
forth in the applicable City Code", in other words,
they may not be expanded, etc.
On May 3, 2007 the City Council voted
5 to 0 to appeal the ruling ... so the appeal process is
underway.
The brief filing process started in
July 2007 and concluded in September. The trial date was set
for November 28, 2007 ... to take place at the Courthouse in
Lakeland beginning at 9:30 AM. Each side will be given
20 minutes to argue their case ... then a written opinion
from the court of appeals normally takes a couple of
months.
December 11, 2007 ... The Second
District Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of the Circuit
Court. The 31 listed properties continue short term
rentals.
Weather events, spills, terror threats or attacks
... Emergency
text messages are easy to get .. on a cell phone,
pager, Blackberry, ... anything that receives a text message
... just call 1.888.689.8905 and register the device that
you want to receive emergency text messages .. it's that
easy and it is free.
Belleair on short term rentals
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check it out
Acacia Circle
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Check out the landscaping next time you are driving through the
little round about ...thanks to Pat Murphy and Susanne Macnamee
for making it happen.
CBA
membership ... good
time to join the Clearwater Beach Association ...One year at
$25 per family .. what a deal .. check
the bottom of the page to make it happen.
2010 CBA Meetings:
All
CBA meetings are at the Clearwater Beach Recreation Center.
The first Tuesday of every month starting at 6:00PM.
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2010 Meetings.
January 4
February 2
March 2
April 6
May 4
June 1
July 6
August 3
September 7
October 5
November 2
December 4 ..
annual meeting
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