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May 16, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final

Main Library - Council Chambers

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Agenda — 48 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. For other than "Citizens to be heard regarding items not on the Agenda," 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 1:07
  3. 1. Call to Order ▶ jump to 2:59
  4. 2. Invocation ▶ jump to 3:32
  5. 3. Pledge of Allegiance ▶ jump to 5:01
  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 May Service Awards ID#24-0469 given ▶ jump to 5:26
  8. 4.2 Older Americans Month Proclamation - Kerry Marsalek, Chief Operating Officer at Area Agency on Aging of Pasco and Pinellas. ID#24-0465 given ▶ jump to 18:49
  9. 4.3 EMS Week 2024 Proclamation - Anthony Tedesco, EMS Division Chief ID#24-0542 given ▶ jump to 21:21
  10. 4.4 Neighborhoods Day Awards - Samantha Moullet, Neighborhoods Services Manager ID#24-0434 ▶ jump to 27:22
  11. 5. Approval of Minutes
  12. 5.1 Approve the minutes of the April 29, 2024 City Council Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. ID#24-0231 approved Pass ▶ jump to 38:59
  13. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 39:15
  14. 6.1 Approve a Piggyback Dispensing Agreement with Opal Fuels Station Services LLC, for the sale of Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits associated with the City of Clearwater Compressed natural gas filling station for the term June 1, 2024 through October 19, 2025, with the option of two, one-year renewals pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0547 approved Pass
  15. 6.2 Authorize a purchase order to Viktor Construction Corp, for various interior and exterior painting, in the not to exceed amount of $650,000.00 for the term May 1, 2024 through July 18, 2026 with one, two-year renewal option in the amount of $600,000.00, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0477 approved Pass
  16. 6.3 Authorize an increase to existing purchase order with TranSystems Corporation of Clearwater, Florida, for professional engineering services for the development of State Street Park, located at 1312 State Street from $12,500.00 to $135,580.00 pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 34-23, Engineering of Record (EOR) continuing service agreement and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0433 approved Pass
  17. 6.4 Authorize a Guaranteed Maximum Price proposal to Keystone Excavators, Inc. of Oldsmar, Florida for the refurbishment of Coachman Ridge Park Pedestrian Bridge in the amount of $345,232.00, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 40-20, Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Services Continuing Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0482 approved Pass
  18. 6.5 Approve a Facility Use Agreement Template between the City of Clearwater and the Clearwater Horseshoe Club, Clearwater Lawn Bowls Club and Clearwater Shuffleboard Club, for the use and supervision of certain city-owned buildings and facilities from June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025, with five one-year renewal options, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0498 approved Pass
  19. 6.6 Approve a Purchase Order with Station Square Condominium Association, Inc., of Clearwater FL, for increased building insurance premiums and the 2024 Condo Association owners’ fees in a cumulative not-to-exceed amount of $139,863.42 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive purchases, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) approved Pass
  20. 6.7 Approve a purchase order to Millenium Products, Inc. of Saint Petersburg, FL for two Wanco Small-Size Solar Surveillance Camera Trailers in the amount of $108,344.56, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0538 approved Pass
  21. 6.8 Approve a purchase order increase to H and H Liquid Sludge Disposal, Inc of Branford, FL and Merrell Bros, Inc of Kokomo, IN for the hauling and disposal of biosolids in the cumulative amount of $525,000.00 bringing the total amount to $3,580,800.00 pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 45-21, Biosolids Management Services and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0475 approved Pass
  22. 6.9 Approve a Work Order to Tetra Tech, Inc., for rehabilitating the effluent sand filters at the City’s Northeast Water Reclamation Facility (23-0045-UT) in the amount of $315,951.00 pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services and authorize the appropriation officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0476 approved Pass
  23. 6.10 Approve an increase on purchase order to RDK Assets, Inc of Tampa, FL for solid waste and recycling truck rentals in the amount of $204,000.00 for a total not to exceed amount of $300,500.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) ID#24-0541 approved Pass
  24. 6.11 Appoint Martin D. Kelly to the Sister Cities Advisory Board, as the Business Community Representative, with a term to expire March 31, 2028. (consent) ID#24-0523 approved Pass
  25. 6.12 Appoint Janel Griffeth Donatto to the Pinellas Opportunity Council, Inc. (Regional Board) to fill the remained of an unexpired term through February 2, 2028. (consent) ID#24-0524 approved Pass
  26. 6.13 Appoint Linda Byars to the Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory Board, as the citizen representative, to fill the remainder of an unexpired term through November 30, 2025. (consent) ID#24-0526 approved Pass
  27. 6.14 Reappoint John Renton to the Airpark Advisory Board to a term expiring May 1, 2028. (consent) ID#24-0563 approved Pass
  28. 6.15 Appoint Juliet Marvenko to the Pension Advisory Committee to a term ending April 1, 2026. (consent) ID#24-0525 approved Pass
  29. 28 Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
  30. 28 Approval of the Consent Agenda approved Pass ▶ jump to 39:37
  31. 7. Administrative Public Hearings
  32. 7.1 Approve amendments to the Community Development Code, to provide for accessory dwelling units in certain residential zoning districts, to provide additional standards for car washes, to establish standards for solar energy systems and density bonuses for the use of graywater systems, to update mechanical screening requirements, to remove outdated requirements related to concurrency, to update standards for traffic impact studies, to require a notice of application for Level Two cases prior to the Development Review Committee meeting, and various other formatting and editorial clarifications; and pass Ordinance 9758-24 on first reading. TA2024-03001 approved Pass ▶ jump to 39:44
  33. 7.2 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designations of Residential Low (RL) and Preservation (P) and initial Zoning Atlas designations of Low Density Residential (LDR) and Preservation (P) Districts for 1239 Brookside Drive together with the abutting right-of-way of Beverly Circle North and pass Ordinances 9759-24, 9760-24, and 9761-24 on first reading. (ATA2024-03002) ATA2024-03002 approved Pass ▶ jump to 61:40
  34. 7.3 Approve the First Amendment to Development Agreement between the City of Clearwater and Gotham Property Acquisitions, LLC and The DeNunzio Group pursuant to Community Development Code Section 4-606; adopt Resolution 24-09, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (DVA2022-06001A) DVA2022-06001A approved Pass ▶ jump to 65:29
  35. 7.4 Continue to June 6, 2024: Approve the request to vacate a utility easement defined as the westerly 5 feet of a rear drainage utility easement in lot 10, Block 4, Woodvalley Unit No. 5, a subdivision according to a recorded Plat Book 68, Page 32, in the public records of Pinellas County, Florida and pass Ordinance 9767-24 on first reading. ID#24-0569
  36. 7.5 Continue to June 6, 2024: Approve the request to vacate an easement defined as the south 5 foot utility easement of Lot 31, Block c, less the west 10 feet, and the north 5 foot utility easement, of lot 32, block c, less the west 10 feet, as recorded in Plat Book 66, Page 16, Sall’s Lake Park, of the public records of Pinellas county, Florida and pass Ordinance 9768-24 on first reading. ID#24-0570
  37. 7.6 Continue to June 6, 2024: Approve the request to vacate an easement defined as the northern 10 feet of lots 12 and 13, Block 19, Milton Park replat as recorded in plat book 10, page 28 and under OR Book 3750, Page 354, of the public records of Pinellas County, Florida and pass Ordinance 9769-24 on first reading. ID#24-0571 continued Pass
  38. 7.7 FDOT Drew Street Project Update. ID#24-0551 continued Pass ▶ jump to 91:26
  39. 7.8 Designate the Clearwater Arts Alliance as the official Arts Alliance for the city of Clearwater and adopt Resolution 24-06. ID#24-0190 approved Pass ▶ jump to 203:02
  40. 7.9 Approve a purchase order to United Rentals (North America) Inc. for the rental of eight portable pumps for term June 1, 2024 through August 27, 2024, with an optional three-month extension, valid November 30, 2024, if the underlying contract is renewed in the total not-to-exceed amount of $139,176, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. ID#24-0558 approved Pass ▶ jump to 206:48
  41. 8. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda - For purposes of this role, “items pertaining to city business” includes any matter within the Council’s or the City Manager’s power to act, any matter that the Council previously voted on or discussed at the dais, or any matter discussed by or scheduled to be considered by another governmental entity that affects the operation of the City. Each person who wishes to address the Council shall complete a comment card and submit the card to the City Clerk (right-hand side of dais) before the speaker will be permitted to speak. However, if the speaker has just arrived or decided to speak, the Chair may allow the card to be filled out after speaking. Individuals will limit their comments to a maximum of three minutes. The Mayor shall advise the speaker that their time has expired. If the person remains at the podium, thereby interfering with other persons who may wish to be heard, the speaker’s microphone may be turned off, or the Mayor may rule the person out of order in accordance with Rule 15. ▶ jump to 208:13
  42. 9. City Manager Reports
  43. 10. City Manager Verbal Reports
  44. 10.1 North Beach Update ID#24-0212 ▶ jump to 216:29
  45. 11. City Attorney Reports ▶ jump to 220:44
  46. 12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) ▶ jump to 220:45
  47. 13. Closing Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 221:31
  48. 14. Adjourn ▶ jump to 223:58