Davis Islands Neighborhood Planning Task ForceAdministrative Meeting Minutes Present: Shelia Spicola, Dennis Cavanaugh, Charner Reese, Lee Medart, Jeffrey Siewert, Renae Tvedt, Terry Cullen, Rose Petrucha (HCC Planning Commission), Bill Sprick and Sharon Russell (Residential Participants) Absent: Lorraine Smith, Lisa DeVitto (Excused) 1. Meeting was called to order at 6:36 pm. Quorum was noted. The Chair reported that Henry Gill had resigned from the Task Force because of time conflicts. The Chair welcomed the two residential attendees and explained that we were going to categorize the various “elements” identified in the Study Circles with the issues attached to them and the possible solutions. It would be done for each of the Study Circle Topics, Esthetics, Transportation, Land Use/Zoning, and Parks & Recreation. The second item to be addressed is the planning for the Community-wide meeting scheduled for March 20th at the DI Baptist Church Recreation Center. The Chair turned the meeting over to Terry Cullen and Rose Petrucha to begin the analysis. Community-Wide MeetingTerry introduced the activity by saying that at the community-wide meeting we want to present choices to the community and based on their choices we will build the vision of what Davis Islands is going to be and ultimately we will build a plan. He suggested that we brainstorm about the views from the study circles to make sure we have as a holistic view as possible. When we go to the meeting on March 20th we want the people to do two things: validate the information we’ve gathered so far and we want them to give some agreement as to what they are most interested in seeing for the future. Once we get the vision established we will have to go back and do some detailed work as to what does that mean, as to what types of traffic calming should be used, etc. He showed us how as we question each element, issue, solution and implications, we will end up with a lot of paper, which shows just how much work we have really done. Study Circle AnalysisThe next hour and a half, the task force “brainstormed” on the analysis. We did not complete the full analysis but agreed that Rose & Terry would complete it with input from the task force members which should be sent to them by Friday 10th of January. Dennis agreed to write up Esthetics with the breakdown we did for Transportation. Sharon Russell, President of the Island Château Condominiums Association, asked where they should report their concerns over the Parks Department plans that they disagreed with. Charner Reese suggested that they approach the DICA. The Chair suggested that the Task Force might meet with the Condominium Association to gather their “view” of the future Davis Islands. She agreed. Community-Wide Meeting PlanningThe Chair introduced the next section of the meeting, which would concern itself with initial planning for the March 20th community-wide meeting. Charner questioned if we should call this meeting a “townhall” meeting as she saw it as a workshop. Terry gave an example of a meeting where they showed graphics and people picked up a card at each graphic and identified which graphic they liked better. For example, they showed a proposed streetscape plan; one that was very green and very shaded and another one that showed mainly palm trees and participants would pick up the cards and indicate which they liked best. This is if you have definitive choices that they can make. There are many ways to present it. It all depends on what kind of material we want to present. Davis Islands’ culture is not having someone standing up and presenting but rather participatory. The “implications” section of the analysis is included so that we can frame the choices with negatives and positives to give direction to participants, so that we can take a recommended vision back to the community. Terry stated that a specific format for the presentation is still developing. The Chair asked if we had decided to call it a workshop? After discussion it was decided that we would all think “creatively” for a name. [Editor insert: We need it before the meeting on the 21st as the Davis Islands News deadline is the day before.] The Chair stated that we create some subcommittees so that we can begin planning towards the meeting. Shelia will write up a plan for publicity, i.e., telephone calls, what publications, etc.); Renae and Jeffrey will work up some ideas for presentation; 25 Volunteers will be gotten by Lorraine and Lee; Dennis will organize the refreshments with Lorraine. Plans will be ready to be reported on by the 21st meeting. The Chair asked Terry to find out if we needed to have each task force member approved by the City Council or could we just ask people to work with us on the Task Force. Terry agreed to find out. It was suggested that we look to the people that came to the study circles for more members. The Chair asked that the members report back by the next meeting (Tuesday, January 21st) on people that they had contacted for membership. Unfinished BusinessTerry stated that he was working on getting a group of neighborhood planning members together. That he had put out notification to the City that he was doing this because he wanted to get some feedback from them before he got them together. He planned to contact: Ballast Point, City of Port Tampa, Davis Islands, Seminole Heights, & North Barnell (sp?). The Chair stated that she was planning to make an appointment with a City Council member to talk about the Task Force getting notification of changes that the City was planning to do on the Islands; to clarify how we are to get monies for traffic studies or other studies if we’re told that the City doesn’t have any monies for us and that we can’t hold our own monies or have fund raising events. Terry stated some objections to the idea and the Chair asked that they discuss it further. Charner asked if anyone knew of drawings that D.P. Davis had done on his vision of the Village? She suggested that it would be good to have for the presentation and for us to try to find them. The next meeting is January 21st, 6:30 pm at the Tennis Courts. The meeting was adjourned at 9:04 pm. Submitted by |
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