Note: The agenda listed the meeting date as November 3, 2025; however, the provided meeting date is November 20, 2025. This summary uses the November 20 date as instructed.
The Downtown Development Board (DDB) of Clearwater, Florida convened on November 20, 2025, at 1:00 PM (though the actual meeting time is unclear from the transcript) to approve prior meeting minutes, authorize funding for three new events and a financial statement, and receive a director’s report. All votes were unanimous.
Expect uh Councilmember Cotton would be joining us later, and I don't know about Council uh board member Fraser if she's gonna be here today or not. But yeah, okay. With that, we'll proceed to agenda item 2.1. Is there a motion? Second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed, unanimous. Agenda item 2.2, approve the minutes of the September 17, 2025 downtown development board meeting. Is there a motion? Move to approve gender item 2.2. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed, unanimous. Jet item 3.1. Good afternoon, Vicki Shire, Sierra Division Manager. This item was originally presented to the board on the April 2025 board meeting, um, part of the Cleveland Street activation plan. Due to the scheduling coordination challenges, staff along with our partners at St. St. Petersburg College agreed to postpone the market to early next year to allow more time for marketing, better recruitment, and overall planning. We are now seeking approval for the revised dates for the night Friday night market series, which will run for six consecutive weeks from January 9th through February 7th, every Friday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. on the 400 and 500 block of Cleveland Street. The final weekend will be February 6th and 7th, and will feature special Friday and Saturday market to close out with a big ta-da. Staff recommends approving the revised dates, and I have Miss Amaginda Monterra and Annabelle LeBish from St. Peter's College to answer any questions at this time. Okay. Either of you want to share anything further. What's been shared? Good afternoon. Um we're just excited for this project to eventually uh launch finally, and um this is something that we've been looking forward to having. Our students, our um entrepreneurs are excited as well. So thank you for your time and and consideration for this project. We're happy to be celebrating the 60th year of the Clearwater campus of St. Petersburg College, and such an important part of our community and has been for 60 years. So we appreciate this opportunity to partner with the college again. So with that um is there a motion? Move to approve agenda item 3.1. Second. Not all those in favor. Aye. Opposed, unanimous. Thank you. Thank you for being here today. Jet item 3.2. This next item before you is for the world's largest rubber duck exhibit. You've been provided with a revised budget with staff, which staff received on Friday, October 31st. After reviewing the updated information, staff is still recommending 21,500 in eligible expenses for DDB. At this time, I have Amber Bryce from Arts and Culture Affairs Manager and Jules Smith, recreation supervisor, whom are producing the events and here to provide any additional information regarding the budget and the event details.