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August 21, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final-revised

Main Library - Council Chambers

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Agenda — 37 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 Rollcall
  3. 1. Call to Order ▶ jump to 7:29
  4. 2. Invocation ▶ jump to 7:31
  5. 3. Pledge of Allegiance ▶ jump to 8:18
  6. 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.)
  7. 4.1 Fire Oaths ID#25-0724 ▶ jump to 15:06
  8. 5. Approval of Minutes
  9. 5.1 Approve the minutes of the August 7, 2025 City Council meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. ID#25-0114 approved Pass ▶ jump to 15:22
  10. 6. Consent Agenda approved Pass ▶ jump to 15:34
  11. 6.1 Approve agreement for professional external audit services for five fiscal years ending September 30, 2025, through 2029, with the accounting/auditing firm of Cherry Bekaert, LLP, for a not-to-exceed amount of $825,000.00 pursuant to RFP 32-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0749 approved Pass ▶ jump to 16:16
  12. 6.2 Approve a purchase order to Rep Services, Inc., of Longwood, Florida for the purchase and installation of playground equipment at Marymont Park located at 1900 Gilbert Street in the total amount of $258,226.72, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Sections 2.563(1)(c), piggyback, and 2.563(1)(d), Impractical; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0673
  13. 6.3 Approve acceptance of University of North Florida Training and Services Institute, Inc., d/b/a Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM), High Visibility Education (HVE) and Support Program for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Grant Award in the amount of $22,969.15 for police overtime, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0683 approved Pass ▶ jump to 19:30
  14. 6.4 Approve an agreement with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in the amount not to exceed $520,996.00 for forensic crime scene processing, latent prints, property and evidence storage, and Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center security services, during the one-year period commencing on October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.(consent) ID#25-0725 approved Pass ▶ jump to 23:48
  15. 6.5 Approve an Event License Agreement between Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc, in its capacity as agent for the owner of the premises known as Countryside Mall, located at 27001 US Highway 19 North, Clearwater, Florida, and the City of Clearwater Police Department for the purpose of hosting a Shred-A-Thon and Operation Medicine Cabinet event on October 25, 2025, located at the Countryside Mall and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0738 approved Pass
  16. 6.6 Authorize a purchase order to Trane U.S. Inc. for the procurement of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment replacements, repair parts, and related services in a cumulative amount not to exceed $4,500,000.00 through August 31, 2027, pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c) Piggyback and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same (consent) ID#25-0719 approved Pass
  17. 6.7 Approve purchase orders to Nichols Contracting, Inc. and TK Elevator for the repair and/or replacement of damaged elevators caused by Hurricane Helene in the cumulative amount of $883,468.93 pursuant to Request for Proposal (RFP) 28-25 and authorize appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0723 approved Pass
  18. 6.8 Approve a purchase order with Maire Company (Maire) for services provided under the lease agreement, as well as certain additional work outside of the lease in the amount of $193,316.00 for the fourth term beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchases, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0727 approved Pass
  19. 6.9 Approve a purchase order to Oracle America, Inc. of Redwood Shores, CA for software maintenance in a not-to-exceed amount of $210,704.79 for a one-year term pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(a), Single Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. ID#25-0739 approved Pass
  20. 6.10 Approve Architect of Record (AOR) Consulting Services Agreements, as listed, to provide architectural and related services under a continuing contract for a four-year term pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 29-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0729 approved Pass
  21. 20 Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
  22. 7. Administrative Public Hearings
  23. 7.1 Appoint 10 members to the 2025 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to include the appointment of a locally elected official and adopt Resolution 25-12. ID#25-0747 approved Pass
  24. 7.2 Approve the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Annual Report and Local Housing Incentive Certification for the closeout year 2022-2023 and interim year 2023-2024 and allow appropriate officials to execute same. ID#25-0748 approved Pass ▶ jump to 29:15
  25. 7.3 Continue to September 18, 2025: Adopt ordinance 9840-25 on second reading, amending Clearwater Code of Ordinances Chapter 22, Article II, Sections 22.24(1) and 22.42(6) by authorizing the limited use of certain vehicles on public beaches by permit pursuant to amendments to F.S. 161.58. ID#25-0772 continued
  26. 7.4 Update council rules and adopt Resolution 25-12. ID#25-0764 approved Pass ▶ jump to 30:32
  27. 7.5 Approve the vacation of the westerly 5-foot utility easement as platted, requested by landowners Sandra and Joseph Capper located at 1086 Eldorado Ave, Clearwater, FL 33767 as further defined a portion of Lot 10, Block 70, along with a portion of the south ½ of Lot 11, Block 70, Mandalay, a subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 32, Pubic Records of Pinellas County, Florida, and pass Ordinance 9821-25 on first reading. 9821-25 approved Pass ▶ jump to 55:34
  28. 7.6 Approve the annexation of 2201 Main Street, Dunedin, Florida, and pass Ordinance 9834-25 on first reading. (ANX2025-05006). ANX2025-05006 approved ▶ jump to 56:57
  29. 7.7 Approve a Future Land Use Map amendment from undesignated (Pinellas County) to the Institutional (I) category for 2201 Main Street, Dunedin, Florida, and pass Ordinance 9835-25 on first reading. (LUP2025-05001) LUP2025-05001 approved Pass
  30. 8. Quasi-Judicial Public Hearings 1. Staff states its recommendation and briefly summarizes its reasons for the recommendation and submits record (minutes, staff report, and application) adduced before the Community Development Board (2 minutes). 2. Applicant presents case, including its testimony and exhibits (15 minutes). 3. Staff presents further evidence (10 minutes). 4. Public comment. 5. City Council discussion. 6. Applicant may call witnesses in rebuttal (5 minutes). 7. Conclusion by applicant (3 minutes). 8. Decision.
  31. 8.1 Approve a Zoning Atlas Amendment from undesignated (Pinellas County) to the Institutional (I) District for 2201 Main Street, Dunedin, Florida and pass Ordinance 9836-25 on first reading. (REZ2025-05001). REZ2025-05001 approved Pass ▶ jump to 64:14
  32. 9. City Manager Reports ▶ jump to 67:16
  33. 10. City Attorney Reports
  34. 11. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) ▶ jump to 68:24
  35. 12. Closing Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 68:23
  36. 13. Adjourn ▶ jump to 72:36
  37. 12. Closing Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 69:13