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Agenda — 41 items

1. 1 Welcome. We are glad to have you join us. If you wish to address the Council, please complete a Comment Card. Comment Cards are on the right-hand side of the dais by the City Clerk. When recognized, please hand your card to the Clerk, approach the podium and state your name. Persons speaking before the City Council shall be limited to 3 minutes unless otherwise noted under Public Hearings. A spokesperson for a group may speak for 3 minutes plus an additional minute for each person in the audience that waives their right to speak, up to a maximum of 10 minutes. Prior to the item being presented, please obtain the form to designate a spokesperson from the City Clerk. Up to 60 minutes of public comment will be allowed for an agenda item. No person shall speak more than once on the same subject unless granted permission by the City Council. The City of Clearwater strongly supports and fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please advise us at least 48 hours prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations at 727-562-4090. Assisted Listening Devices are available. Kindly refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices during the meeting. Citizens wishing to provide comments on an agenda item are encouraged to do so in advance through written comment. The City has established the following two options: 1) eComments via Granicus - eComments is integrated with the published meeting agenda. Individuals may review the agenda item details and indicate their position on the item. You will be prompted to set up a user profile to allow you to comment, which will become part of the official public record. The eComment period is open from the time the agenda is published. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will become part of the official record. 2) Email – Individuals may submit written comments or videos to ClearwaterCouncil@myclearwater.com. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will become part of the official record.
2. 1. Call to Order
3. 2. Invocation - Father Bob Swick of St. Francis of Assisi Old Catholic Church
4. 3. Pledge of Allegiance
5. 4. Special recognitions and Presentations (Proclamations, service awards, or other special recognitions. Presentations by governmental agencies or groups providing formal updates to Council will be limited to ten minutes.)
6. 4.1 Manufacturing Month 2026 Proclamation - Beth Galic, Bay Area Manufacturers Association President, and Megan Meyers, Monin. ID#26-1124
7. 4.2 Community Planning Month Proclamation - Lauren Matzke, Planning and Development Director ID#26-0969
8. 4.3 Public Natural Gas Week 2026 Proclamation - Brian Langille, Executive Director Gas System ID#26-1054
9. 4.4 Fire Prevention Week Proclamation, October 4-10, 2026 - Clearwater Fire Chief Chad Pittman ID#26-1186
10. 5. Approval of Minutes
11. 5.1 Approve the minutes of the September 17, 2026 City Council meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. ID#26-0160 approved Pass
12. 6. Consent Agenda approved Pass
13. 6.1 Approve the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Annual Report and Local Housing Incentive Certification for the 2023-2024 closeout year and 2024-2025 interim year and authorize appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1212
14. 6.2 Approve funding to Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County, Inc. in the amount of $204,100.00 for the construction of an affordable single-family housing unit; certify said organization as a City of Clearwater Community Housing Development Organization; and authorize city staff to execute documents necessary to effectuate closing. (consent) ID#26-1170
15. 6.3 Approve an agreement with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in the amount not to exceed $515,725.50 for forensic crime scene processing, latent prints, property and evidence storage, and Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center security services, during the one-year agreement period commencing on October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1190
16. 6.4 Approve an agreement with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in the amount of $242,260.00 for two co-responder crisis response specialists as part of the Mental Health Co-Responder Program to team with Clearwater Police officers to handle mental health related calls during the one-year agreement period commencing on October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1191
17. 6.5 Authorize a purchase order (PO) to Cale America, Inc. d/b/a Flowbird, of Clearwater, FL, for the purchase and installation of Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) tap-to-pay parking kiosk readers and associated services, in the amount not to exceed $234,812.00; authorize an increase to an existing purchase order for secure gateway services for back-office payment security and transaction processing, in the amount of $15,792.00, increasing the purchase order from $812,005.00 to $827,797.00, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c) Piggyback or Cooperative Purchasing, and Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchase (Impractical), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-0933
18. 6.6 Approve the Fourth Renewed and Restated Clearwater Beach Route Funding Agreement between Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) and the City of Clearwater for Jolley Trolley service in an amount not to exceed $689,572.57 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1047
19. 6.7 Approve a contract increase to CPH Consulting, LLC of Tampa, Florida, for professional services related to the Public Works Department Program consulting services project (24-0048-EN), in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $850,000.00, increasing the contract from $350,000.00 to $1,200,000.00, pursuant to Request for Qualifications 37-24, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent). ID#26-0800
20. 6.8 Approve a Work Order to McKim and Creed for professional engineering services for the Recovery and Retreatment of Flushed Drinking Water for Conservation Project, 24-0078-UT, in the amount of $294,506.00 pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services and authorize the appropriation officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1188
21. 6.9 Authorize the award of a construction contract to Odyssey Manufacturing Co. of Tampa, Florida, for the RO1 Chemical Storage and Feed System Improvements in the amount of $426,548.10, pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 23-0051-UT; authorize a scope change to the previously approved Work Order with Mead and Hunt, Inc. of Tampa, FL, for the RO1 Chemical Storage and Feed System Improvements project (23-0051-UT), adding construction phase engineering, construction administration, construction observation, and project closeout services in the amount of $153,281.10, with no increase to the previously approved Work Order not-to-exceed amount of $495,731.00, pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1214
22. 6.10 Approve a grant agreement between Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc. and the City of Clearwater for new native plantings at the Moccasin Lake Nature Park Pollinator Garden in the amount of $923.00 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1182
23. 6.11 Authorize Guaranteed Maximum price proposal to Bandes Construction Company, Inc. of Dunedin, FL for field improvements to Carpenter Complex’s Carlton Field in the amount of $1,694,465.40 pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 51-24, Construction Manager at Risk Services Continuing Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1184
24. 6.12 Approve additional expenditures of $330,000 with Clearwater Vehicle Towing Service, Inc., under Contract No. 902211, resulting from RFP 53-24, for vehicle towing services, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1121
25. 6.13 Approve a purchase order to Maire Company Inc. in the total amount of $196,496.00 for services provided under that certain connected service agreement dated October 1, 2022, for the final renewal term, beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and for additional services outside the scope of the agreement, pursuant to City of Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchases; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#26-1207
26. 26 Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
27. 7. Administrative Public Hearings
28. 7.1 Approve amendments to the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan to establish a new Planned Redevelopment District (PRD) Overlay future land use category with associated bonuses, incorporate policies for a new North Greenwood Community Overlay District, and add Comprehensive Plan policy support for existing nonconformity procedures in the Community Development Code; and pass Ordinance 9860-26 on second reading. (CPA2025-10001) CPA2025-10001 2nd Rdg approved Pass
29. 7.2 Approve Ordinance 9861-26 on second reading, approving a City-initiated Future Land Use Map amendment to apply the Planned Redevelopment District (PRD) Overlay within the North Greenwood Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), excluding areas designated Central Business District (CBD), Industrial Limited (IL), Transportation/Utility (T/U), Water, Preservation (P), and Recreation/Open Space (R/OS). (LUP2025-11005) LUP2025-11005 2nd Rdg approved Pass
30. 7.3 Approve a First Amendment to the City of Clearwater’s State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Local Housing Assistance Plan covering Fiscal Years 2024-2027 and adopt Resolution 26-17. ID#26-1211 approved Pass
31. 8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
32. 8.1 Adopt Ordinance 9889-26 on 2nd reading to Approve the Right-of-Way Vacation request from Clearwater Village, L.C. for portions of city rights-of-ways, as recorded in Plat Book 13, page 59 in the Public records of Pinellas County, Florida consisting of the Mall, Lantana Avenue, Idlewild Drive, Evergreen Avenue, Gardenia Court, Woodlawn Terrace, No Name Streets, and Shore Drive, abutting Tract B, Clearwater Village Phase 1, as recorded in Plat Book 126, Pages 6-8 of the Public records of Pinellas County, Florida. 9889-26 2nd Rdg adopted on second reading Pass
33. 8.2 Adopt Ordinance 9908-26 on second reading, approving a rights-of-way vacation request from Myrtle Development LLC for city rights-of-way and alleyway more particularly described as those portions of Laura Street, a 15 ft. platted alley, and North Street, also known as Grove Street, lying east of East Street, also known as East Avenue and abutting blocks 14, 15, and 16, in Gould and Ewing’s 2nd Addition according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 52 of the Public Records of Hillsborough County, Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part. 9908-26 2nd Rdg adopted on second reading Pass
34. 8.3 Adopt Ordinance 9939-26 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year 2025/26 operating budget at third quarter. 9939-26 adopted on second reading Pass
35. 8.4 Adopt Ordinance 9940-26 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year 2025/26 capital improvement budget at third quarter. 9940-26 adopted on second reading Pass
36. 9. Citizens to be Heard on topics pertaining to city business but not on the agenda.
37. 10. City Manager Reports
38. 11. City Attorney Reports
39. 12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
40. 13. Closing Comments by Mayor
41. 14. Adjourn

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