City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · December 6, 2018
Agenda
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, December 6, 2018
6:00 PM
Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda December 6, 2018
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
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Hearings. For other than "Citizens to be heard regarding items not on the Agenda," a spokesperson for
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1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
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.)
4.1 ID#18-5465 National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Proclamation - U.S. Institute
Against Human Trafficking - Micah Washinski, US Institute Against Human
Trafficking, Trafficking Free Zone - Pinellas County
4.2 ID#18-5461 The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation’s Festival of Trees - Madison Hauenstein,
Executive Director, and Dan Shouvlin, Board President of The Arc Tampa Bay
Foundation
4.3 ID#18-5388 PSTA TRAC Awards - Bob Lasher, PSTA
4.4 ID#18-5466 Presentation of 2019 Conservation Partner of the Year Award to the City of
Clearwater - Barbara Walker, President of Clearwater Audubon Society
4.5 ID#18-5460 Environmental Advisory Board Annual Presentation - Jared Leone, EAB Chair
5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#18-5398 Approve the November 15, 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk
6. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda
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7. Consent Agenda
The Consent Agenda contains normal, routine business items that are
very likely to be approved by the City Council by a single motion. These
items are not discussed, and may all be approved as recommended on
the staff reports. Council questions on these items were answered prior to
the meeting. The Mayor will provide an opportunity for a Councilmember
or a member of the public to ask that an item be pulled from the Consent
Agenda for discussion. Items pulled will receive separate action. All
items not removed from the Consent Agenda will be approved by a
single motion of the council.
7.1 ID#18-5340 Declare as surplus obsolete gas appliances to the needs of the City, authorize
disposition through sale to the highest bidder through open market and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.2 ID#18-5442 Award Purchase Orders, in the total annual amount of $1,500,000 for the
purchase of diaphragm gas meters, regulators, rotary gas meters, and gas
regulators, for the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, authorize
two, one-year extension periods, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
7.3 ID#18-5403 Approve the collective bargaining agreement as negotiated between the City of
Clearwater and IAFF Local 1158 for Fiscal Years 2018/19, 2019/2020, and
2020/2021 and authorize the appropriate official to execute same. (consent)
7.4 ID#18-5434 Approve co-sponsorship and waiver of requested city fees and service charges
for Fiscal Year 2018/19 for a new event sponsored by the Downtown
Development Board, Cars and Coffee, in the amount of $5,000 for in-kind
services and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.5 ID#18-5446
Award a Contract to Astro Turf Corporation (AstroTurf), of Dalton, Georgia for
$499,000, to provide and install a synthetic turf practice field at Jack Russell
Stadium, pursuant to City Code Section 2.564(1)(b) Other Government Entity
Bids and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.6 ID#18-5450 Approve the proposed sculpture collection for Sculpture360: Season IX- Art in
the Cleveland Street District and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
7.7 ID#18-5453 Approve the Religious Community Services, Inc. (RCS) 2019 Agreement
renewal for provision of contractual victim advocacy services in an amount not
to exceed $15,000 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
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7.8 ID#18-5401 Approve Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) proposal from Biltmore
Construction Company Inc., of Belleair, Florida, in the amount of $1,878,897 for
the demolition of the Harborview Center (09-0049-EN) and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.9 ID#18-5411 Approve Engineer of Record (EOR) Supplemental 1 Work Order for Jones
Edmunds and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $32,500 for Northeast Water
Reclamation Facility (NE WRF) Blend Tank Improvements (14-0036-UT) and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.10 ID#18-5412 Accept a Sidewalk Easement over a portion of Lot 1, Block G, of Avondale
Subdivision, conveyed to the City by the Property Owner. (consent)
7.11 ID#18-5438 Approve construction contract with Lovin Construction, Inc., in the amount of
$464,169.20, for the construction of a culvert on Cooper’s Point Channel at
Damascus Road and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
7.12 ID#18-5312 Approve Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) proposal from Biltmore
Construction Company Inc., of Belleair, Florida, in the amount of $1,903,854 for
the construction of the Emergency Operations (EOC) Data Center at Fire
Station 48 (17-0013-FI) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
7.13 ID#18-5452 Approve a reimbursement grant of $50,000 to the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
BE SAFE Inc. for parking lot improvements and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.14 ID#18-5481 Elect Councilmember Cundiff to serve as Vice Mayor. (consent)
7.15 ID#18-5483 Appoint Councilmember Allbritton to Forward Pinellas to fill the remainder of an
unexpired term through September 30, 2021 as the Clearwater representative.
(consent)
7.16 ID#18-5393 Request for authority to initiate foreclosure actions on behalf of the City to
recover amounts owed on municipal liens imposed against certain real
property. (consent)
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
8. Administrative Public Hearings
- Presentation of issues by City staff
- Statement of case by applicant or representative (5 min.)
- Council questions
- Comments in support or opposition (3 min. per speaker or 10 min
maximum as spokesperson for others that have waived their time)
- Council questions
- Final rebuttal by applicant or representative (5 min.)
- Council disposition
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8.1 ID#18-5451 Approve the City of Clearwater’s Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Consolidated Annual
Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). (APH)
8.2 9210-19 Approve the request from the owner of property addressed 1285 S. Missouri
Ave. to vacate a gas line easement located on their property and pass
Ordinance 9210-19 on first reading. (VAC2019-01).
8.3 ID#18-5449 Provide direction on the proposed first amendment to an existing Development
Agreement between NESC, LLC (the property owner) and the City of
Clearwater for property located at 443 East Shore Drive, which includes a
revision to the number of overnight accommodation units, revises the notice
addresses for the developer, includes a revision to Exhibit B to provide new
conceptual site plans and elevations, and confirm a second public hearing in
City Council Chambers before City Council on January 17, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., or
as soon thereafter as may be heard. (HDA2012-03001A)
8.4 TA2018-040 Approve amendments to Appendix C, Downtown Zoning District and Design
02 Standards of the Community Development Code, to establish new sign
regulations for the Downtown District and pass Ordinance 9217-19 on first
reading. (TA2018-04002)
8.5 ID#18-5443 Continue to January 17, 2019: Provide direction on the proposed Development
Agreement between Decade Properties, Inc. (the property owner) and the City
of Clearwater, providing for the allocation of 27 units from the Hotel Density
Reserve under Beach by Design and confirm a second public hearing in City
Council Chambers before City Council on February 7, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as may be heard. (HDA2018-10002; 850 Bayway Boulevard).
9. Second Readings - Public Hearing
9.1 9147-18 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9147-18 on second reading, vacating the 50 foot right-of-way
rdg of East Avenue, depicted as East Street on Jones Subdivision of Nicholson
Addition to Clearwater Plat as recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 82 of the public
records of Hillsborough County, Florida, from the southerly right-of-way line of
the vacated Hart Street to the Northerly right-of-way line of Jones Street.
9.2 9207-18 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9207-18 on second reading, annexing certain real properties
rdg whose post office addresses are 505 and 806 Moss Avenue and 3059 Grand
View Avenue, all within Clearwater, Florida 33759, into the corporate limits of
the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said additions.
9.3 9208-17 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9208-18 on second reading, amending the future land use
rdg element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate the land use for
certain real properties whose post office addresses are 505 and 806 Moss
Avenue and 3059 Grand View Avenue, all within Clearwater, Florida 33759,
upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Low (RL).
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9.4 9209-18 Adopt Ordinance 9209-18 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the
city by zoning certain real properties whose post office addresses are 505 and
806 Moss Avenue and 3059 Grand View Avenue, all within Clearwater, Florida
33759, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Medium Density
Residential (LMDR).
9.5 9204-18 2nd WITHDRAWN: Adopt Ordinance 9204-18 on second reading, annexing certain
rdg real property whose post office address is 2101 North Hercules Avenue,
Clearwater, Florida 33763, together with abutting right-of-way of North Hercules
Avenue, into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of
the city to include said addition.
9.6 9205-18 2nd WITHDRAWN: Adopt Ordinance 9205-18 on second reading, amending the
rdg future land use plan element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate
the land use for certain real property whose post office address is 2101 North
Hercules Avenue, Clearwater, Florida 33763, upon annexation into the City of
Clearwater as Residential Low (RL).
9.7 9206-18 2nd WITHDRAWN: Adopt Ordinance 9206-18 on second reading, amending the
rdg Zoning Atlas of the city by zoning certain real property whose post office
address is 2101 North Hercules Avenue, Clearwater, Florida 33763, upon
annexation into the City of Clearwater as Low Medium Density Residential
(LMDR).
10. City Manager Reports
10.1 ID#18-5469 Approve the First Amendment to Partnership and Support Grant Agreement
between the Clearwater Historical Society (CHS) and the City of Clearwater to
extend a grant in the amount of $12,000 annually, from November 1, 2018
through September 30, 2022, for operational expenses associated with the
South Ward Elementary School property and authorize the appropriate officials
to execute same.
10.2 18-22 Support the submission of a grant application for the Forward Pinellas
Complete Streets Grant Program to develop a complete streets design and
concept for the Ft. Harrison Avenue corridor from South Ft. Harrison Avenue at
Belleair Road to North Ft. Harrison Avenue at the Pleasant Street merge with
Myrtle Avenue, and pass Resolution 18-22.
11. City Attorney Reports
12. Other Council Action
12.1 ID#18-5480 Appoint an individual to serve as Councilmember, City Council Seat 2, to fill the
remainder of an unexpired term through March 2020.
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13. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
14. Closing Comments by Mayor
15. Adjourn
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