City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · February 18, 2021
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, February 18, 2021
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda February 18, 2021
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1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval of Minutes
4.1 ID#20-8625 Approve the minutes of the February 4, 2021 City Council Meeting as submitted
in written summation by the City Clerk.
5. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda
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6. 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.
6.1 ID#21-8785 Approve a recommendation by the Public Art & Design Board for the
commission of a public art installation for Crest Lake Park located at 201 S.
Glenwood Avenue, as designed by Donald Gialanella for a total cost of
$61,900.00; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.2 ID#21-8813 Approve a professional services agreement and work order with Ardurra Group
Inc., of Tampa, Florida, for Northeast Water Reclamation Facility (NE WRF)
Improvements project (19-0029-UT) per RFQ 08-21, in the amount of
$2,234,715; ratify and confirm task 1.4 in Exhibit A of the Work Order, in the
amount of $22,146, for a total of $2,256,861; and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
6.3 ID#21-8816 Approve Supplemental Work Order Two to Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., of
Tampa, Florida, for design services for Imagine Clearwater (17-0031-EN) in the
amount of $1,394,900.00, increasing the work order from $6,478,560 to
$7,873,460 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.4 ID#21-8780 Approve an agreement between the City of Clearwater and the School Board of
Pinellas County, Florida providing for the continuation of the School Resource
Officer program at Clearwater High School, Countryside High School, Oak
Grove Middle School and Clearwater Fundamental for a three-year period
commencing July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
7. 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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7.1 ID#21-8689 Declare surplus, for the purpose of donation for development of affordable
housing, real property located at 1112 Palm Bluff Street; approve the Real
Property Donation Agreement between the City and Corporation to Develop
Communities of Tampa, Inc. (CDC of Tampa); and allow appropriate officials to
execute same, together with all other instruments required to affect closing.
(APH)
7.2 ORD Approve the correction of a scrivener’s error in the title block of Ordinance
#9436-21 9431-20, adopted on December 3, 2020, vacating portions of a 15-foot drainage
and utility easement and a 10-foot utility easement, and pass Ordinance
9436-21 on first reading.
7.3 ID#21-8812 Declare as surplus, certain city owned real property located at 701 Missouri
Avenue N. for the purpose of entering a Business Lease Contract with Lutheran
Services Florida, Inc. (LSF) for lease of the site for the Head Start Program.
(APH)
8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
8.1 9419-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9419-21 on second reading, annexing certain real property
rdg whose post office address is 2776 N. Terrace Drive, Clearwater, Florida 33759,
into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city
to include said addition.
8.2 9420-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9420-21 on second reading, amending the future land use
rdg plan element of the Comprehensive Plan to designate the land use for certain
real property whose post office address is 2776 N. Terrace Drive, Clearwater,
Florida 33759, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Low
(RL).
8.3 9421-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9421-21 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the
rdg city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 2776 N.
Terrace Drive, Clearwater, Florida 33759, upon annexation into the City of
Clearwater, as Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR).
8.4 9433-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9433-21C on second reading, approving changes to the
rdg Clearwater Gas System utility rates to become effective for all gas bills and
services rendered on or after March 1, 2021.
8.5 9434-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9434-21 on second reading, vacating an alley described as all
rdg of the platted alley lying within Block 10 of Jones Subdivision of Nicholson
Addition to Clearwater Blocks 7, 8, 9, and 10, as recorded in Plat Book 4, Page
82 of the Public Records of Hillsborough County, of which Pinellas County was
once a part.
9. City Manager Reports
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9.1 ID#21-8848 Confirm COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation and adopt Resolution 21-07.
9.2 ID#21-8814 Approve a Business Lease Contract between the City of Clearwater (City) and
Lutheran Services Florida, Inc. (LSF) (Tenant) for the use of a city-owned
property located at 701 Missouri Avenue N for a Head Start Preschool and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
9.3 ID#21-8810 Review the Value Engineered Items in the redesigned Coachman Park and
provide direction.
9.4 ID#21-8818 Authorize commencement of the Memorial Causeway Bridge Lighting Project,
approve the transfer of $1,485,000 from general fund reserves at first quarter,
authorize a Community Aesthetic Feature Agreement between the city of
Clearwater and the Florida Department of Transportation, authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same and adopt Resolution 21-06.
9.5 ID#21-8811 Authorize moving forward with a North Ward Community Preservation and
Restoration plan for the historically significant North Ward Elementary School
and establish initial project funding to respond to immediate maintenance
needs.
9.6 ID#21-8815 Strategic Visioning Process
10. City Manager Verbal Reports
10.1 ID#21-8883 PSTA/Forward Pinellas Update - Vice Mayor Allbritton
11. City Attorney Reports
12. Other Council Action
12.1 ID#21-8874 TBARTA Resolution - Councilmember Hamilton
13. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
14. Closing Comments by Mayor
15. Adjourn
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