Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Clearwater Beach Parking Garage
According to TampaBay.com, the Clearwater Marina is off the list for a possible parking garage.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Response from Clearwater City Council on Beach Patrol
This will acknowledge and thank you for advising the Clearwater City Council of your support for the Clearwater Beach patrol police team.
That you would take time to express your thoughts on this most important issue is appreciated. As you know, the City of Clearwater is faced with having to cut at least $7-million from last fiscal year's budget. In anticipation of these cuts, the Clearwater City Council had an outside consultant conduct an efficiency study of the Clearwater Police Department. That report gave the department an excellent review, and only a few recommendations were made on how to reduce the police department's budget, the largest city expenditure. While one of those suggestions affect the Clearwater Beach patrol police team, neither the City Council nor the City manager have implemented that cut.
Still, it is important for the Clearwater City Council to have this information available to it as it seeks to balance the budget. Although I believe the beach patrol team plays a necessary role in combating and preventing crime on Clearwater Beach, I also want to know as much as possible about the impact it, and other units, have on the operations of the police department and the city's budget. As the Clearwater City Council is tasked with making these difficult budgetary decisions, I hope you concur that it is most prudent to do so.
Again, thank you for your thoughts, and with warm, personal regards, I am
Sincerely,
--george n. cretekos
george n. cretekos member, clearwater city council george.cretekos@myclearwater.com 727-562-4050
(please note that any response to this email address is considered public record and, under state statute, must be made available to all members of the city council and the press)
That you would take time to express your thoughts on this most important issue is appreciated. As you know, the City of Clearwater is faced with having to cut at least $7-million from last fiscal year's budget. In anticipation of these cuts, the Clearwater City Council had an outside consultant conduct an efficiency study of the Clearwater Police Department. That report gave the department an excellent review, and only a few recommendations were made on how to reduce the police department's budget, the largest city expenditure. While one of those suggestions affect the Clearwater Beach patrol police team, neither the City Council nor the City manager have implemented that cut.
Still, it is important for the Clearwater City Council to have this information available to it as it seeks to balance the budget. Although I believe the beach patrol team plays a necessary role in combating and preventing crime on Clearwater Beach, I also want to know as much as possible about the impact it, and other units, have on the operations of the police department and the city's budget. As the Clearwater City Council is tasked with making these difficult budgetary decisions, I hope you concur that it is most prudent to do so.
Again, thank you for your thoughts, and with warm, personal regards, I am
Sincerely,
--george n. cretekos
george n. cretekos member, clearwater city council george.cretekos@myclearwater.com 727-562-4050
(please note that any response to this email address is considered public record and, under state statute, must be made available to all members of the city council and the press)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Spoof Emails
Everyone knows what a fake email is. I get very annoyed when I receive them so to spread the word to anyone else who gets fake emails especially concerning Ebay or Paypal, click on the forward button of the email and send the email to spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com . It may not do much, but at least it's something. As always, never click on any link inside the email.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Taste of Clearwater Event
The 19th Annual Taste of Clearwater will be on Wednesday, September 17, from 5-8pm at the Harborview Center, 300 Cleveland Street in downtown Clearwater. Tickets may be purchased online at www.clearwaterflorida.org or at the following locations:
Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, Main Office, 1130 Cleveland St.
Clearwater Welcome Center, 3350 Gulf to Bay Blvd. (SR 60), Clearwater
Beach Visitor Information Center, 1 Causeway Blvd., Clearwater Beach
Ruth Eckard Hall's Ticket Center
City of Clearwater Parks & Rec Center, Osceola Street
Individual prepaid tickets $18
All tickets $20 at the door
Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, Main Office, 1130 Cleveland St.
Clearwater Welcome Center, 3350 Gulf to Bay Blvd. (SR 60), Clearwater
Beach Visitor Information Center, 1 Causeway Blvd., Clearwater Beach
Ruth Eckard Hall's Ticket Center
City of Clearwater Parks & Rec Center, Osceola Street
Individual prepaid tickets $18
All tickets $20 at the door
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay and Clearwater Beach
It is the morning of Aug 20th and Fay is on the East Coast now. We only had twenty minutes of rain yesterday. Right now the sun is out and it is windy. The storm is expected to come west again, but so far everything is fine.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Update on Legg Mason's Proposed Cabana Club Hotel
This message was posted on the bulletin board:
Click here for the online petition
Time is running out! Your emails to the city make a difference, and they must be received by Thursday, August 14th to assure that they are delivered to the decision makers on Legg Mason's application to build the 10 story high hotel at the Cabana Club Restaurant site. To provide you some ideas for your message, here are the key issues:
1. The size of the proposed building is too big for the lot because they only have 88 feet to build on and the code requires a 200 foot wide lot.
2. The height of the proposed building is too tall. The code limits them to 25 feet and building something 100 feet or 10 stories high will hurt surrounding property values.
3. There is not enough parking now. Adding a 38 room hotel but only 8 parking spaces makes the problem worse.
4. Taking 25 feet of public beach restored with taxpayers dollars should be stopped.
5. Operating a ferry boat for guests from over 450 hotel rooms on a canal where all of the properties are residential.
Send your email to the Mayor, the City Council and Sherry Watkins( who will forward them to the members of the CDB)
re: Case # FLD2008-02002 ( 1590 Gulf Blvd.) to
Frank.Hibbard@myclearwater.com
Paul.Gibson@myclearwater.com
John.Doran@myclearwater.com
George.Cretekos@myclearwater.com
Sherry.Watkins@myclearwater.com
Carlen.Petersen@myclearwater.com
Mail your letter to: Wayne Wells, Planning Dept., POBox 4748, Clearwater, FL 33767
This matter is scheduled for a public hearing and final decision before the Clearwater Community Development Board (CDB) on August 19th, 1:00pm, City Hall, 112 S. Osceola Street, Clearwater, Florida, Third Floor.
New website at http://www.mysandkey.com/
Click here for the online petition
Time is running out! Your emails to the city make a difference, and they must be received by Thursday, August 14th to assure that they are delivered to the decision makers on Legg Mason's application to build the 10 story high hotel at the Cabana Club Restaurant site. To provide you some ideas for your message, here are the key issues:
1. The size of the proposed building is too big for the lot because they only have 88 feet to build on and the code requires a 200 foot wide lot.
2. The height of the proposed building is too tall. The code limits them to 25 feet and building something 100 feet or 10 stories high will hurt surrounding property values.
3. There is not enough parking now. Adding a 38 room hotel but only 8 parking spaces makes the problem worse.
4. Taking 25 feet of public beach restored with taxpayers dollars should be stopped.
5. Operating a ferry boat for guests from over 450 hotel rooms on a canal where all of the properties are residential.
Send your email to the Mayor, the City Council and Sherry Watkins( who will forward them to the members of the CDB)
re: Case # FLD2008-02002 ( 1590 Gulf Blvd.) to
Frank.Hibbard@myclearwater.com
Paul.Gibson@myclearwater.com
John.Doran@myclearwater.com
George.Cretekos@myclearwater.com
Sherry.Watkins@myclearwater.com
Carlen.Petersen@myclearwater.com
Mail your letter to: Wayne Wells, Planning Dept., POBox 4748, Clearwater, FL 33767
This matter is scheduled for a public hearing and final decision before the Clearwater Community Development Board (CDB) on August 19th, 1:00pm, City Hall, 112 S. Osceola Street, Clearwater, Florida, Third Floor.
New website at http://www.mysandkey.com/
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