Council Work Session
Main Library - Council Chambers
Agenda — 34 items
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Presentations
- 2.1 2025 Mayors Challenge Presentation - Mayor Freaney, City of Dunedin
- 3. Parks and Recreation
- 3.1 Approve co-sponsorship and waiver of requested city fees for eight High Impact co-sponsored special events at an estimated cost for in-kind services of $514,390, ($482,380 general fund, and $32,010 enterprise fund), and general fund funding for the Community Event Co-Sponsorship Program cash contributions of $150,000, for the purpose of Fiscal Year 2025/26 departmental budget submissions and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 3.2 Approve a First Amendment to an Agreement between Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, Inc. (Agency), and the City of Clearwater to change the name from Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, Inc. to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Tampa Bay and change the address from 2300 Tall Pines Drive, Suite 150, Largo, FL 33771 to 1307 N. MacDill Avenue Tampa, FL 33607, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 4. Public Works
- 4.1 Declare as surplus and approve the Sale of City of Clearwater improved S Garden Avenue Right of Way to the sole adjacent landowner Church of Scientology Flag Services as further defined “All of the right-of-way (ROW) of Garden Avenue abutting lots 6-11 together with that portion abutting the vacated 15-foot alley lying between lots 10 and 11 of Court Square Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 53 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida,” containing 0.65 Acres ±, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (APH)
- 4.2 Approve a Work Order to Moffatt and Nichol, of Tampa Bay, FL, under the continuing services contract, for the design and permitting of the Clearwater Harbor Marina North Basin Repair Project (23-0030-MA) in the amount of $145,904.00, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 34-23, Engineer of Record Consulting Services (EOR) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 5. Planning
- 5.1 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designation of Residential Low (RL) and initial Zoning Atlas designation of Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District for 1609 Levern Street and pass Ordinances 9822-25, 9823-25 and 9824-25 on first reading. (ANX2025-03002)
- 6. Information Technology
- 6.1 Authorize the first amendment to the agreement with Whitlock Consulting Group of Beaufort, SC, for project management and professional services in support of utility billing system upgrades for the term July 1, 2025 through December 21, 2025, in the not to exceed amount of $173,812.00, for a total not to exceed amount of $506,548.00, pursuant to RFP 20-24 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 7. Marine & Aviation
- 7.1 Authorize a purchase order and an agreement between Divecom Services, LLC, located at 1310 10th St E Unit G, Palmetto, FL., 34221, and the City of Clearwater to provide vessel removal, towing, storage, and/or disposal services to accommodate all needs of the Clearwater Police Department and the Marine and Aviation Department in the annual amount of $100,000.00 for the initial term with two, one-year renewal options pursuant to Request for Proposal 12-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 8. Public Utilities
- 8.1 Award a construction contract to Razorback, LLC of Tarpon Springs, FL, for Reverse Osmosis Plant 2 (RO2) Injection Well 1 (IW-1) Retrofit in the amount of $213,888.40 pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 20-0020 UT; approve Supplemental Work Order 2 to WSP USA, Inc. for construction oversight and SCADA programming for the RO2 IW-1 Retrofit, Project 20-0020-UT, in the amount of $57,043.80, increasing the project amount from $127,313.80 to $184,357.60 pursuant to the continuing contract awarded in Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 26-19, Engineer of Record Consulting Services (EOR) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 8.2 Authorize a purchase order to Razorback LLC for Clarifier Maintenance and Services in the annual not-to-exceed amount of $515,000.00 with the option for two one-year renewals pursuant to ITB 15-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
- 9. Gas System
- 9.1 Provide direction on Clearwater Gas System rebranding to CGS Energy. (WSO)
- 10. City Attorney
- 10.1 Adopt Ordinance 9812-25 on second reading, vacating city right-of-way as requested by the applicant Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization to the Southern platted right-of-way portion of S Garden Avenue as Statute owned in fee-simple by the City of Clearwater as further defined “Less and except the Southern Right-of-Way portion of Garden Avenue abutting Lots 6-11 together with that Portion abutting the vacated 15 foot alley lying between Lots 10 and 11 of Court Square Subdivision” as recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 53 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, as containing 0.65 acres ±.”
- 11. City Manager Verbal Reports
- 12. City Attorney Verbal Reports
- 13. Council Discussion Item
- 13.1 Individual councilmember budgets for ticketed events - Councilmember Cotton
- 14. New Business (items not on the agenda may be brought up asking they be scheduled for subsequent meetings or work sessions in accordance with Rule 1, Paragraph 2).
- 15. Closing Comments by Mayor
- 16. Adjourn
- 17. Presentation(s) for Council Meeting
- 17.1 May Service Awards
- 17.2 EMS Week 2025
- 17.3 National Safe Boating Week Proclamation - Captain Karen Miller, US Coast Guard
- 17.4 Florida Water Reuse Week Proclamation - Rich Gardner, Public Utilities Director
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