City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · September 19, 2019
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, September 19, 2019
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
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.
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#19-6649 September Service Awards
4.2 ID#19-6710 Life Insurance Awareness Month Proclamation - Ms. Katherine Jones, National
Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA).
4.3 ID#19-6711 United Way Month Proclamation - Tony Magganas, Clearwater Gas System
4.4 ID#19-6771 Energy Efficiency Day Proclamation - Sheridan Boyle, Sustainability
Coordinator
4.5 ID#19-6788 State of the City Presentation - City Manager Bill Horne
5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#19-6778 Approve the September 5, 2019 City Council Meeting Minutes as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk.
6. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda
City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 9/19/2019
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
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#19-6738 Approve an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Clearwater and the
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to provide staffing, Information
Technology Services and telephone services for the CRA, provide for the
reimbursement of certain expenses by the CRA to the City, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.2 ID#19-6787 Approve the amendment to the collective bargaining agreement as negotiated
between the City of Clearwater and Communications Workers of America,
Local 3179 (CWA) for Fiscal year 2019/2020 and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.3 ID#19-6651 Approve a 5-year Revocable License Agreement, from September 1, 2019
through August 31, 2024, between the City of Clearwater and Sunsets at Pier
60 Society, Inc. (Agency) to provide a nightly festival at Pier 60 Park to promote
tourism to Clearwater and Clearwater Beach and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.4 ID#19-6767 Accept membership into the World Health Organization’s and AARP’s Network
of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Initiative. (consent)
7.5 ID#19-6768 Approve a one-year Agreement with Juvenile Welfare Board (JWB) and the City
of Clearwater for funding youth programs, approve a first quarter 2019/2020
budget amendment of $453,032 in special program 181-99872, Coordinated
Child Care Ross Norton, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
7.6 ID#19-6533 Approve a contract with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in
the amount of $531,419 plus contingency of $30,961 for forensic crime scene
processing, latent prints, property and evidence storage, and Pinellas Juvenile
Assessment Center services, during the one-year contract period commencing
on October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent).
City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 9/19/2019
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
7.7 ID#19-6634 Approve an agreement with Axon, Incorporated, of Scottdale, AZ, in the amount
of $917,068, for Taser 7 equipment, licensing, maintenance, and training, in
accordance with City Code of Ordinances Section 2.564(1)(d) Other
Government Entities Bids and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
7.8 ID#19-6750 Approve an Interlocal Agreement between the Clearwater Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and the City of Clearwater to provide CRA
funding in Fiscal Year 2019-2020 in the amount of $186,291 to underwrite the
cost of additional Community Policing services by the Clearwater Police
Department in the Downtown Gateway District, Town Lake District, and
Downtown Core District, encompassed by the CRA (Community
Redevelopment Area) to address quality of life issues, drug dealing, prostitution,
and homelessness and authorize the appropriate officials execute same.
(consent)
7.9 ID#19-6755 Approve renewal of the TriTech Software Support Agreement, in the amount of
$187,976, for a 12-month period beginning October 1, 2019 and ending
September 30, 2020 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
7.10 ID#19-6766 Approve an Interlocal Agreement between the Clearwater Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and the City of Clearwater to provide CRA
funding in Fiscal Year 2019-2020 in the amount of $99,640 to underwrite
activities in the Clearwater Main Library that support community learning in the
areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM),
Entrepreneurship and small business growth and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.11 ID#19-6774 Approve a contract (purchase order) to Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores,
CA for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 for software
maintenance, at a cost not to exceed $294,000.00 in accordance with Sec.
2.564(1) (b) Code of Ordinances, sole source, and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.12 ID#19-6786 Authorize the piggyback State Contract FL- 43190000-18-NASPO-ACS-1 for
Public Safety Communications Support Equipment, in the amount of
$104,600.00, to Xybix Systems, Inc. of Littleton, CO, pursuant to Clearwater
Code of Ordinances Section 2.564(1)(d) Exceptions to Bid - Other
Governmental Entity Bids and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 9/19/2019
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
7.13 ID#19-6785 Authorize the piggyback of NASPO Contract Number ADAPO16-130651,
Software Value Added Reseller Services - OpenGov, SHI International Corp., of
Somerset, NJ; initial term amount of $97,500 with four one-year annual renewal
options, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.564(1)(d)
Exceptions to Bid - Other Government Entities’ Bids and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.14 ID#19-6422 Authorize a blanket purchase order to Odyssey Manufacturing Company of
Tampa, FL, for the purchase of liquid sodium hypochlorite, in the annual
not-to-exceed amount of $550,000, with option for three one-year term
extensions, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.564
Exceptions to Bidding and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
7.15 ID#19-6709 Authorize the piggyback of Pinellas County Contract Number 167-0456-B,
Pumping and Tankering Services, to EnviroWaste Services Group, Inc. of
Palmetto Bay, FL, T. Wayne Hill Trucking, Inc. of Mulberry, FL, and FCS, Inc. of
Clearwater, FL in the annual not-to-exceed amount of $750,000 with option for
renewal terms per contract, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances
Section 2.564(1)(d) Exceptions to Bid - Other Government Entities’ Bids, and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.16 ID#19-6729 Authorize surplus disposition of G2179 and G3943 via auction to the highest
bidder, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.622, Surplus
Personal Property. (consent)
7.17 ID#19-6739 Approve the 2020 City Council Meeting Schedule. (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
8.1 9322-19 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9322-19 on second reading, declaring the millage rate for the
rdg Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2020, for operating purposes including the
funding of pensions, debt service, and road maintenance for capital
improvement expenditures at 5.9550 mills.
City of Clearwater Page 5 Printed on 9/19/2019
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
8.2 9323-19 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9323-19 on second reading, adopting an Operating Budget for
rdg the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2020, authorizing the City Manager to
issue such instructions that are necessary to achieve and accomplish the
service programs so authorized; authorizing the City Manager to transfer
monies and programs among the departments and activities within any fund as
provided by Chapter 2 of the Clearwater Code of Ordinances.
8.3 9324-19 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9324-19 on second reading, adopting the Capital Improvement
rdg Program budget for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2020, approving the
six-year Capital Improvement Program which hall be reevaluated at the
beginning of each Fiscal Year; authorizing the City Manager to issue such
instructions that are necessary to achieve and accomplish the capital
improvements so authorized; authorizing the City Manager to transfer money
between projects in the Capital Improvement Program; and appropriating
available and anticipated resources for the projects identified.
8.4 ANX2019-0 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designation of
6001 Residential Low (RL) and initial Zoning Atlas designation of Low Medium
Density Residential (LMDR) District for 1819 Audubon Street and 1015
Woodside Avenue, and pass Ordinances 9298-19, 9299-19 and 9300-19
on first reading. (ANX2019-06001)
8.5 ATA2019-0 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designation of Residential
6001 Low (RL) and initial Zoning Atlas designation of Low Medium Density
Residential (LMDR) District for 712 Moss Avenue and 3047 Lake Vista Drive,
and pass Ordinances 9301-19, 9302-19, and 9303-19 on first reading.
(ATA2019-06001)
8.6 ID#19-6781 Approve the first amendment to an existing Hotel Development Agreement
(HDA2014-07004) between Decade Sea Captain, LLC (the property owner) and
the City of Clearwater for property located at 40 Devon Drive, which replaces
Exhibit A to provide an updated legal description and replaces Exhibit B to
provide new conceptual site plans and elevations, reduce the overall height of
the proposed hotel building, add a detached dwelling to the portion of the
property within the Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District; adopt
Resolution 19-18, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(HDA2014-07004A)
9. City Manager Reports
9.1 9325-19 & Amend the City’s fiscal year 2018/19 operating and capital improvement
9326-19 budgets at third quarter and pass Ordinances 9325-19 and 9326-19 on first
reading.
City of Clearwater Page 6 Printed on 9/19/2019
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
9.2 ID#19-6770 Authorize award of Request for Proposals Number 40-19, Tourism Marketing
Services, to Bandwagon, LLC, for destination marketing, in the annual amount
of $200,000 for the initial two-year term ($400,000), and $200,000 per year for
one, two-year renewal option (for a total of $800,000) and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same.
9.3 ID#19-6671
Ratify and confirm additional expenditures of $176,146 at Moccasin Lake Park;
approve a proposal by Construction Manager at Risk Keystone Excavators, Inc.
of Oldsmar, Florida, in the amount of $48,037, for parking lot improvements at
Moccasin Lake Park; approve an increase in the Moccasin Lake Park Master
Plan Renovations project of $224,183; approve necessary budget transfers to
provide additional project funding and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same.
9.4 Resolution Accept a 10-ft. by 25-ft. Water Main Easement from the property owners for the
19-26 construction, installation, and maintenance of water main facilities on real
property located at 626 N. Highland Avenue and adopt Resolution 19-26.
9.5 Resolution Accept a Drainage Easement from Woodland Villas Condominium 1
19-17 Association, Inc. for the construction, installation and maintenance of drainage
facilities on real property located at 2465 Northside Drive and adopt Resolution
19-17.
9.6 Ordinance Approve the request from the property owner to vacate the Utility Easement
#9321-19 lying within the South 5 feet of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block D, and the North 5
Feet of lots 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block D, Hibiscus Gardens, according to the
map or plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 14, Pages 55 through 59,
inclusive, of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida and pass Ordinance
9321-19 on first reading.
9.7 Ordinance Approve the request from the City of Clearwater to vacate a portion of a
#9327-19 right-of-way, lying in the North 10 ft. of the South 30 ft. of Lot 12, Block G,
Fairmont Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 85, of the Public
Records of Pinellas County, Florida and pass Ordinance 9327-19 on first
reading.
10. City Attorney Reports
11. Other Council Action
11.1 ID#19-6807 Gun Resolution - Mayor Cretekos
12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
City of Clearwater Page 7 Printed on 9/19/2019
City Council Meeting Agenda September 19, 2019
13. Closing Comments by Mayor
14. Adjourn
City of Clearwater Page 8 Printed on 9/19/2019
Get email alerts for Clearwater
A daily email when new agendas and minutes are posted.