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 Beach News:
This page highlights a bit of
information about:
The June CBA meeting
will not take place ... Have a great summer ... next meeting -
September 2, 2008
Clearwater's home of the
2008 spring quarter
Some April 2008 Stuff
Some February 2008 stuff
Some January 2008 stuff
Sandy Britton crowned Mrs. Clearwater Beach
Construction on Clearwater Beach
Clearwater's home of first quarter, 2007
Threshers Ball Game
CAN, Clearwater's Awards for Neighborhoods
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
Clearwater's Home of the Spring 2008 Quarter
Is again right here on
Clearwater Beach. The beautiful home of Susan Dean on Bay
Esplanade ... Where Susan does the landscaping and design.
Great to have talent like Susan.
 
Some April 2008 Stuff
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Threshers baseball
at the Philly's stadium ... April 24, 2008. Game to start
at 7:00 PM. Jerry and David have finalized the details.
Food, refreshments and a great view from one of the suites.
Contact Jerry Murphy or David Ramos to reserve your spot.
Threshers Web Site.
Some February 2008 stuff
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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.
Some January 2008 stuff...
Lois Davis got the ball
rolling last month and sent our troops in Iraq
 a few packages
to
let them know a
lot of folks over here think about them and
appreciate what they are doing. This group is U.S.Army,
TF3-69 C Co., Inf in Ramadi. Which one is Candy Z's son
in law?
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.
Clearwater's Home of
the 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?
Threshers ball game
outing:
June 12 ... check out the events page for details.
Great evening would have been even better had the Threshers
came through. Otherwise Dwight did a great job. Visit
the Threshers Web Site.
CAN ... Clearwater
Awards for Neighborhoods, sponsored by the city of
Clearwater.
On October 6, The Neighborhood
Services group sponsored the CAN picnic and presented the
awards for 2007. The CBA received 2 awards, BEST
COMMUNICATIONS and THE CITY MANAGER'S AWARD FOR CHARITY AND
VOLUNTEERISM.
A very special thank you
to all the CBA volunteers who made winning the awards
possible...job well done!
There were 179 CBA volunteering activities that resulted in
over 11,000 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.
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. Check
out the promotion on the
Sailing Center Web Site
... for more detail, go
to the events
page.
Iron
Man Event ...
The second
Clearwater event will took place on November 10, 2007... and plans are in
place for this World Class Event to take place in Clearwater
through 2010. This event
had 1360 world
athletes participating in 2006 and over 1600 athletes from
52 countries participated in 2007 ... 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. The case docket is at ...
http://199.242.69.70/pls/ds/ds_docket
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.
2008 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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2008 Meetings.
January 8
February 5
March 4
April 1
May 6
September 2
October 7
November 4
December 6 ..
annual meeting
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