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June 5, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final

Main Library - Council Chambers

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Agenda — 43 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 ▶ jump to 2:25
  3. 1. Call to Order ▶ jump to 4:01
  4. 2. Invocation ▶ jump to 4:19
  5. 3. Pledge of Allegiance ▶ jump to 5:36
  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 National Homeownership Month Proclamation ID#25-0510 given ▶ jump to 6:36
  8. 4.2 Federal Legislative Update - Harry Glenn, Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc. ID#25-0511 given ▶ jump to 10:10
  9. 5. Approval of Minutes
  10. 5.1 Approve the May 15, 2025 City Council meeting minutes as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. ID#25-0110 approved Pass ▶ jump to 23:20
  11. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 23:17
  12. 6.1 Approve the Substantial Amendment to City of Clearwater’s Fiscal Year 2021/2022 Annual Action Plan and the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan and authorize the City to modify existing agreements and request new applications for funding. (consent) ID#25-0471 approved Pass
  13. 6.2 Accept a Gas Utility Easement from REAL SUB LLC , for the construction, installation, and maintenance of gas utility facilities on real property located in Trinity, FL 34655. (consent) ID#25-0287 approved Pass
  14. 6.3 Authorize the addition of one new bid line item with Equix Holdings, Inc., dba Equix Energy Services, LLC, of Midway, FL, for the installation of a 16-inch pipeline and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0473 approved Pass
  15. 6.4 Authorize Guaranteed Maximum Price proposal to Bandes Construction Company, Inc. of Dunedin, FL in the amount of $313,575.00 for permanent repairs to the Pier 60 bait house and temporary repairs to railing west of the bait house pursuant to Construction Manager at Risk Services Continuing Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0393 approved Pass
  16. 6.5 Authorize purchase orders to Agni Enterprises, LLC (dba) Head to Heels Safety Supplies, Aqua Triangle 1 Corp, Commercial Energy Specialists, LLC, and Harcros Chemicals Inc. to supply and deliver swimming pool grade chemicals to various facilities throughout the City in the cumulative annual amount of $225,000.00 for initial term, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with two one-year renewal options at $225,000 annually pursuant to Invitation to Bid 11-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0394 approved Pass
  17. 6.6 Award purchase orders to Big Earth Landscape Supply, Consolidated Resource Recovery, Inc, Ewing Irrigation Products Inc, Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Company Inc, SiteOne Landscape Supply and The SOS Team to supply and deliver various athletic field materials for Parks Beautification Infrastructure (PBI) and Athletic Field Maintenance Divisions in the cumulative annual amount of $300,000.00 for initial term of June 6, 2025 through June 5, 2026, with two, one-year renewal options pursuant to Invitation to Bid 06-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0416 approved Pass
  18. 6.7 Approve an Agreement between Julie Marcus, Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections (SOE) and the City of Clearwater to use the Countryside Recreation Center (2640 Sabal Springs Drive) as an early voting site for the November 3, 2026 General Elections and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0436 approved Pass
  19. 6.8 Approve purchase order to Aquatic Control Group of Miami, FL, for Alligator Creek Tree Removal in the not-to-exceed amount of $250,000.00, on a unit-price basis, pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 22-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0451 approved Pass
  20. 6.9 Award a construction contract to Central Florida Contractors, Inc. of Seminole, Florida, for the 2025 Sidewalk project in the annual amount not-to-exceed $2,000,000 for an initial one-year term with option for three additional one-year renewal terms on a unit price basis, pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 25-0001-EN and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0454 approved Pass
  21. 6.10 Approve a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) proposal from Biltmore Construction Co., Inc. of Belleair, Florida, under the continuing services contract, for the demolition of the former Fire Station 45, in the amount of $272,437.00 pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 51-24, Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Continuing Services Contract, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0474 approved Pass
  22. 6.11 Approve the Fire Station 47 Funding Agreement between the City of Clearwater and Pinellas County to provide funding to reimburse the City for the construction of new Fire Station 47, in an amount up to $1,192,028.65, during the contract period concluding December 31, 2025, pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 163.01, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0326 approved Pass
  23. 6.12 Approve a renewal contract with Granicus, LLC of Washington, DC for software subscription maintenance and professional services in an amount not-to-exceed $1,380,048.57 for a term effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2030, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), non-competitive purchase (impractical), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0376 approved Pass
  24. 6.13 Approve a purchase order to Convergint Technologies, LLC. of Schaumburg, IL, for software and existing hardware maintenance for security systems at city facilities in a not-to-exceed amount of $1,088,879.59 for the term beginning June 1, 2025 through February 18, 2029; pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback and 2.563(1)(d) Non-Competitive purchases (impractical) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0445 approved Pass
  25. 6.14 Authorize an increase to the purchase order with GSA Security, Inc. of Tampa, FL, for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of security cameras in the amount of $200,000.00 for the term ending October 24, 2025, bringing the total not-to-exceed amount to $400,000.00 and an increase of $150,000.00 to the subsequent one-year renewal option for a new annual not-to-exceed amount of $350,000.00 in accordance with Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorizes the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0446 approved Pass
  26. 6.15 Accept Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Grant Agreement Amendment (No. 446805-1-94-01) in the amount of $472,235.00 for the Re-mill and Overlay on portions of the Apron Asphalt at Clearwater Airpark and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#25-0382 approved Pass
  27. 6.16 Authorize a Work Order under the continuing contract with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc. to provide engineering services for the design and bidding phases of tank cleaning at the City’s Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF) and the Skycrest Reclaim Booster Pump Station, project 24-0072-UT, in the amount of $109,727.00, pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services and authorize the appropriate officials to execute the same. (consent). ID#25-0472 approved Pass
  28. 27 Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
  29. 27 Approval of the Consent Agenda approved Pass ▶ jump to 24:01
  30. 7. Administrative Public Hearings
  31. 7.1 Amend the City’s fiscal year 2024/25 operating and capital improvement budgets at mid-year and pass Ordinances 9826-25 and 9827-25 on first reading. 9826-25 9827-25 approved Pass ▶ jump to 24:06
  32. 7.2 Approve to vacate the west five-foot city utility easement by request of landowner Aaron Petersen located at 2074 Douglas Ave, Clearwater, FL per Exhibits A & B and further defined as the west 5 feet of Lot 5, and the west 5 of the south 20 feet of Lot 4, all in Block X of Bay Terrace and Bay Terrace addition, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 22 of the public records of Pinellas County, FL, and pass Ordinance 9811-25 on first reading. 9811-25 approved Pass ▶ jump to 25:38
  33. 8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
  34. 8.1 Adopt Ordinance 9822-25 on second reading, annexing certain real property whose post office address 1609 Levern Street, Clearwater, FL 33755, into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said addition. ANX2025-03002A adopted on second reading Pass ▶ jump to 29:14
  35. 8.2 Adopt Ordinance 9823-25 on second reading, amending the future land use element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate the land use for certain real property whose post office address is 1609 Levern Street, Clearwater, FL 33755 upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Urban (RU). ANX2025-03002B adopted on second reading Pass ▶ jump to 30:03
  36. 8.3 Adopt Ordinance 9824-25 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 1609 Levern Street, Clearwater, FL 33755, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR). ANX2025-03002C adopted on second reading Pass ▶ jump to 30:49
  37. 9. City Manager Reports ▶ jump to 31:38
  38. 10. City Attorney Reports ▶ jump to 31:44
  39. 11. Other Council Action
  40. 11.1 Duke Energy Clean Energy Connection Program Review - Councilmember Cotton ID#25-0500 ▶ jump to 31:49
  41. 12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) ▶ jump to 40:33
  42. 13. Closing Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 43:30
  43. 14. Adjourn