City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · December 3, 2020
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, December 3, 2020
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2020
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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#20-8462 Clearwater Going Home Presentation - Ed Thiebe
5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#20-8454 Approve the minutes of the November 19, 2020 City Council Meeting 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#20-8441 Approve a Contract for Purchase of a 1.4 acre MOL parcel of land located at
Hoyt Avenue by the City of Clearwater of certain real property owned by
Intra-Urban Investments, LLC, with a purchase price of $290,000 and total
expenditures not to exceed $296,000; authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same, together with all other instruments required to affect closing; and
transfer funds from Open Space Impact Fees and Recreation Land Impact
Fees to CIP315-93133 Park Land Acquisition in a first quarter budget
amendment. (consent)
7.2 ID#20-8434 Award a Construction Contract to Gator Grading and Paving LLC, of Palmetto,
Florida, for the 2021 Roadway Resurfacing project, per Invitation to Bid (ITB)
19-0045-EN, in the amount of $2,550,000 for an initial one-year term with an
option to renew for three additional one-year renewal terms on a unit price basis
and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.3 ID#20-8463 Authorize a Purchase Order with W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Grainger) for the
purchase of maintenance, repair and operating supplies in the initial not to
exceed amount of $131,250.00, beginning December 4, 2020 through June 30,
2021, with the option for two, one-year extensions in the annual amount of
$225,000.00 through June 30, 2023 , per Clearwater Code of Ordinances
Section 2.564(1)(d) Other Government Entities’ Bids, and, authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.4 ID#20-8522 Appoint Greg A. Brown to the Municipal Code Enforcement Board with a term to
expire October 31, 2023. (consent)
7.5 ID#20-8538 Appoint Helen A. Amburgey to the Library Board with a term to expire December
31, 2024. (consent)
7.6 ID#20-8458 Approve an amended agreement for Red Light Camera Hearing Officer
services with Nancy Mag, Esq. to increase the monthly retainer to $500 and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
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8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
8.1 9396-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9396-20 on second reading, annexing certain real property
rdg whose post office address is 2079 Burnice Drive, Clearwater, Florida 33764,
into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city
to include said addition.
8.2 9397-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9397-20 on second reading, amending the future land use
rdg plan element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate the land use
for certain real property whose post office address is 2079 Burnice Drive,
Clearwater, Florida 33764, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as
Residential Low (RL).
8.3 9398-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9398-20 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the
rdg city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 2079 Burnice
Drive, Clearwater, Florida 33764, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater,
as Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR).
8.4 9429-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9429-20 on second reading, vacating a 30 foot right-of-way
rdg easement described as the South 280’ of the East 30’ of the following described
tract: Commence at the NE corner of Gulf To Bay Gardens as recorded in Plat
Book 50, Page 60, Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida; run thence S 89°
57’ 24” E, a distance of 200.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence S 89° 57’
24” E, a distance of 100.00 feet, thence S 00° 20’ 15” E, a distance of 300.00
feet, thence N 89° 57’ 24” W, a distance of 100.00 feet, thence N 00° 20’ 15” W,
a distance of 300.00 feet to the point of beginning, as recorded in Official
Records Book 5870, Page 761 of the Public Records of Pinellas County,
Florida.
8.5 9430-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9430-20 on second reading, vacating a 20 foot drainage and
rdg utility easement described as the North 20’ and South 15’ of the following
described tract: Commence at the NE corner of Gulf to Bay Gardens as
recorded in Plat Book 50, Page 60, Public Records of Pinellas County Florida;
run thence S 89° 57’ 24” E, a distance of 200.00’ to the Point of Beginning;
thence S 89° 57’ 24” E, a distance of 100.00’, thence S 00° 20’ 15” E, a
distance of 300.00’, thence N 89° 57’ 24” W, a distance of 100.00’, thence N 00°
20’ 15” W, a distance of 300’ to the Point of Beginning, as recorded in O.R.
Book 5858, Page 1539 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida.
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8.6 9431-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9431-20 on second reading, vacating portion of a 15 foot
rdg drainage and utility easement and a 10 foot drainage and utility easement
described as The East 15’ of the West 545’ of the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of
Section 17, Township 29 S, Range 16 E, less the South 285’ and the East 10’
of the West 730’ of the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 17, Township 29 S,
Range 16 E, less the South 330’, as recorded in O.R. Book 4082, Page 117 of
the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida.
8.7 9432-20 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9432-20 on second reading vacating a 20-foot drainage and
rdg utility easement described as The North 20’ of the East 200’ of the West 730’ of
the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 17, Township 29 S, Range 16 E, as recorded
in O.R. Book 5950, Page 1028 of the Public Records of Pinellas County.
9. City Manager Reports
9.1 ID#20-8262 Disapprove Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) proposal from Skanska, Inc.
of Tampa, FL, for the renovations of the Clearwater Main Library for Imagine
Clearwater (17-0031-EN) at the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of
$6,420,156.69 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
9.2 Res 20-37 Approve the Ft. Harrison Avenue Complete Streets Study Final Report, a
Complete Streets concept plan for Ft. Harrison Avenue, from Belleair Road to
N. Myrtle Avenue, authorize transmittal to Forward Pinellas and other
jurisdictions for the completion of the Forward Pinellas Complete Streets Grant
Program agreement (approved via Resolution 19-09) and adopt Resolution
20-37.
9.3 ID#20-8297 Appoint one member to the Environmental Advisory Board with a term to expire
October 31, 2024.
9.4 ID#20-8347 Appoint one member to the Nuisance Abatement Board to fill the remainder of
an unexpired term until August 31, 2023.
9.5 ID#20-8533 Confirm COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation and adopt Resolution 20-62.
10. City Attorney Reports
11. Other Council Action
11.1 ID#20-8558 Ocean Allies Pledge - Mayor Hibbard
11.2 ID#20-8498 Replace Go Vote banner with positive messages - Councilmember Beckman
12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
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13. Closing Comments by Mayor
14. Adjourn
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