Clearwater Community Development Board Meeting - November 18, 2025
Clearwater Community Development Board Meeting - November 18, 2025
The Clearwater Community Development Board (CDB) met on November 18, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the Main Library Council Chambers. The board considered two amendments to the Community Development Code, including a consent item and a pulled item, and received a staff report. The meeting included an invocation, pledge of allegiance, approval of minutes, and adjournment.
Consent Calendar
- Item TA2025-09003: Amendments to the Community Development Code to update development review processes and timeframes pursuant to Senate Bill 1080 (2025). Approved unanimously via consent agenda motion.
Discussion Items
- TA2025‑09002: Amendments to the Community Development Code regarding platting process (SB 784) – Pulled from consent agenda by a board member for discussion. Staff (Lauren Matske) presented the ordinance, which codifies statutory changes requiring final plat approval to be an administrative process, streamlines preliminary plat review, and clarifies minor lot line adjustments. The ordinance was presented to City Council at a work session and received a 100% vote of support. Board member questions included:
- Clarification that the ordinance's recitals refer to the CDB hearing itself.
- Whether the platting changes affect the Gardner Street right-of-way vacation (staff confirmed no, as that is a separate process and no application is pending).
- Definition of "community development coordinator" (the Planning and Development Director).
- Projected timeline for plat processing (estimated 90 days, potentially shorter due to administrative approval).
- Concern that removing preliminary plat approval from CDB hearings may reduce public input on unrelated issues.
- Director's Report – Introduced Rebecca Mulder as the new Assistant Director for Planning and Development, highlighting her previous roles as Code Compliance Manager and experience in Colorado.
Key Outcomes
- Motion to recommend approval of TA2025‑09002 to City Council, based on the staff report and evidence presented. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
- Consent item TA2025‑09003 approved unanimously.
- Meeting adjourned with board members wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving and holiday season.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon. This meeting of the community development board is called to order at 1 p.m. on today's the uh 18th of November. Uh let's first order business today as an invocation. I'm gonna ask Mike Mr. Sario to provide to do the invocation today. Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity to speak to say your name. Laura, we thank you for the discernment that you give each and every one of us as we serve the citizens and the city. Help us to follow your ways, Laura. We ask the blessing upon this city, especially in this time of holidays coming up at Thanksgiving and Christmas, Lord. Let us be kind and generous to people that aren't as well off as we are. Laura, we thank you for all your blessings. In this thing, we ask in your son Jesus' name. Amen. All right, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. And to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. This board consists of seven members and one alternate who are appointed by the city council and serve voluntarily. I am Michael Bootzukis, and I'll ask the other members and the staff to introduce themselves beginning on my left. Andy Park. Overright hold record. Mike Master Sario. J. Dingio, attorney for the board. Rosemary Call, City Clerk. Matt Minage, Assistant City Attorney. Ted Cosai, Planning and Development. Laura Matsby, Planning and Development. Diane Accianelli. Kurt Heinrichs. Michelle Chenol. Andrew Huff. Please remember to turn off your cell phone so it does not become a distraction during the meeting. Please also refrain from having conversations in this room so that we met here. All the testimony given today. To ensure a complete record of this board's actions, we ask that each individual wishing to speak, including the applicant speaking for the microphone at the podium in front of us. Clearly state your name and spell your last name for the clerk. Now we'll ask all those in attendance lady who plan to speak to please rise and be sworn in by the clerk. Thank you. Agendas of today's meeting are on the podium to your left near the entry door. Also on this podium are a roster of community development board, the list of city staff experts in your resumes, the board's rules of procedure, and the annual schedule of this board. Our first order of business today is to review and approve the minutes from last month's meeting. May I have a motion for approval of the minutes? Second. Motion made and seconded. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries. Is there any person here today wishing to address the board concerning any matter that does not appear on today's agenda?
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