City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · October 21, 2021
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, October 21, 2021
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda October 21, 2021
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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#21-9768 October Service Awards
4.2 ID#21-9872 Keeping The Lights On After School Day Proclamation - (TBD), R'Club
4.3 ID#21-9873 Red Ribbon Week Proclamation - Michele Edwards, Clearwater Neighborhood
Family Center
5. Approval of Minutes
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5.1 ID#20-8641 Approve the minutes of the October 7, 2021 City Council Meeting as submitted
in written summation by the City Clerk.
5.2 ID#21-9877 Approve the minutes of the August 24, 2021 Special Council Meeting and the
September 30, 2021 Special Council Meeting.
6. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda
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#21-9802 Approve a proposal by Construction Manager at Risk Khors Construction, Inc.
of Pinellas Park, Florida in the amount of $116,195.46 for the demolition and
replacement of the existing deck at the Clearwater Beach Recreation Center
located at 69 Bay Esplanade and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
7.2 ID#21-9803 Approve acceptance of Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Stormwater
Outreach and Education Grant Award in the amount of $9,100 for Anti-Littering
Campaign marketing materials and vehicle wraps and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.3 ID#21-9761 Approve a work order to Halff Associates, Inc. of Tampa, FL for the design of
utility relocations associated with Lakeview at Keene Drainage Rd.
Improvements, project 20-0038-UT, in the amount of $132,361.00 pursuant to
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 26-19, Engineer of Record Consulting
Services (EOR), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
7.4 ID#21-9800 Approve a proposal from Biltmore Construction Co., Inc, of Belleair, FL for the
2021 Bridges Repair Project (20-0027-EN) in an amount of $3,900,259.00
pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 40-20, Construction Manager at
Risk for Continuing Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
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7.5 ID#21-9796 Approve a renewable 5-year term Interlocal Agreement between Pinellas
County Government and City of Clearwater to provide Ross Norton
Recreational Complex as a Public Disaster Shelter during times of emergency
and authorize the Clearwater Emergency Manager to execute same. (consent)
7.6 ID#21-9753 Approve a purchase order to Communications International of Vero Beach, FL
for the maintenance and repair of the citywide two-way radio communication
system and equipment in the amount of $165,564.00 for term October 1, 2021
through September 30, 2022 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances
Section 2.563(1) (a), Single Source , and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same. (consent)
7.7 ID#21-9806 Approve a Legal Services Agreement with Unice Salzman Jensen for
representation for the Municipal Code Enforcement Board and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.8 ID#21-9809 Approve a Legal Services Agreement with Trask Daigneault, LLP for
representation for the Civil Service Board and authorize the appropriate officials
to execute same. (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 TA2021-080 Approve amendments to the Clearwater Community Development Code
03 Chapter 51, Flood Damage Prevention, to allow for the use of best available
data when establishing flood hazard areas, including Pinellas County’s
Vulnerability Assessment (2021), to address accessory structures used for
parking and storage, to modify provisions for manufactured homes, to modify or
delete various definitions, and to make other administrative amendments and
pass Ordinance 9508-21 on first reading . (TA2021-08003)
8.2 ANX2021-0 Continue to a date uncertain: Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use
8014 Map designation of Residential Low (RL) and initial Zoning Atlas designation of
Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District for 2322 Anna Avenue, and
pass Ordinances 9503-21, 9504-21, and 9505-21 on first reading.
(ANX2021-08014)
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9. Second Readings - Public Hearing
9.1 9507-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9507-21 on second reading, vacating public right-of-way
rdg described as that certain portion of Rogers Street lying west of the east
boundaries of lots 2 and 17, Wm. Brown’s Subdivision of Bayview, Florida, per
map or plat thereof as recorded in plat book 1, page 13, of the public records
of Hillsborough County, Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part;
and east of that portion of said Rogers Street vacated per Resolution No.69-18
as recorded in Official Records Book 3095, Page 79, of the public records of
Pinellas County, Florida, and that portion of Rogers Street conveyed to the City
Of Clearwater by deed recorded in Official Records Book 6302, Page 1729 of
the public records of Pinellas County, Florida.
10. City Manager Reports
11. City Attorney Reports
12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
13. Closing Comments by Mayor
14. Adjourn
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