City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · December 2, 2021
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, December 2, 2021
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda December 2, 2021
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1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval of Minutes
4.1 ID#20-8645 Approve the minutes of the November 18, 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#21-9988 Approve the Term Sheet to modify the terms of an existing loan between the
City of Clearwater and Greenwood Apartments, LLC, and to facilitate a change
in ownership, debt repayment restructure, and substantial rehabilitation of
Palmetto Park Apartments, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
instruments required to affect closing of the transfer of the property. (consent)
6.2 ID#21-9960 Approve a purchase order and agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. of
Scottsdale, AZ, for the purchase of in-car video equipment and digital evidence
storage and management in the amount of $187,200.00, for a five-year term
ending December 31, 2026, pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563
(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
6.3 ID#21-9970 Authorize one Pierce Heavy Duty Velocity Pumper (engine) G#2611, previously
authorized to surplus, to temporarily remain in fleet reserve, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.4 ID#21-9980 Authorize a purchase order to Municipal Emergency Services (MES) of Pinellas
Park, FL, for Personal Protective Equipment for Clearwater Fire and Rescue
(CFR) personnel in an amount not-to-exceed $200,000.00 for term November
29, 2021 through June 30, 2022, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances
Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same. (consent)
6.5 ID#21-9979 Authorize a purchase order to Ten-8 Fire and Equipment, Inc of Bradenton, FL
for one Osage Warrior Type I Rescue 2022 Ford F450 Extended Cab Chassis
in the amount of $219,850.00, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances
Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and Section 2.563(1)(d), non-competitive
purchase; authorize the surplus of G3869 a 2010 Ford F650 pursuant to
Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.623 (7)(c), public auction, or (e),
trade-in, whichever is in the best interest of the City and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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6.6 ID#21-9946 Ratify and confirm purchase orders to Garland/DBS, Inc., of Cleveland, OH, for
roof replacement at Fire Station 49 and the gymnasium roof at the Countryside
Recreation Center in a cumulative amount of $784,328.00, which includes a 5%
contingency to include Fix Points for Solar Ready Installation and any other
unforeseen site conditions, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section
2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
6.7 ID#21-9985 Approve a purchase order to Communications International of Vero Beach, FL
in the amount of $2,564,944.35 for the purchase of 283 XL-185P, 50 XL-200P
portable radios and 265 XL-185M mobile radios for the Clearwater Police
Department (CPD), replacing the current M7300 and P7300 radios pursuant to
Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(a), Single Source; authorize
lease purchase under the City's Master Lease Purchase Agreement or internal
financing via an interfund loan from the Capital Improvement Fund, whichever is
deemed to be in the City's best interest; authorize the surplus of L3Harris
P7300 and M7300 radios pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section
2.623(7)(e), trade-in, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
6.8 ID#21-9944 Reappoint Marita Lynch to the Environmental Advisory Board with a term to
expire December 31, 2025. (consent)
6.9 ID#21-1000 Appoint Sheila Sullivan to the Environmental Advisory Board to fill the remainder
0 of an unexpired term through September 30, 2022. (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 Ord. Approve the request from the owner of property addressed as 300 Jones
9516-21 Street, Clearwater to vacate a portion of North Osceola Avenue described as
that certain portion of North Osceola Avenue lying west of the west boundary of
Block 2, Jones’ Subdivision of Nicholson’s Addition to Clearwater Harbor 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 lying east of the east
boundary of Block 1, of said Jones’ Subdivision of Nicholson’s Addition to
Clearwater Harbor, and lying east of the east boundary of a portion of Lot B,
Clovis C. Lutz Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 35, Page 76, of the Public
Records of Pinellas County, Florida and pass Ordinance 9516-21 on first
reading.
7.2 Ord. Approve the request from the City of Clearwater vacating public right-of-way
9517-21 described as that certain portion of State Street abutting Lot 11 and Lot 18 of
E.A. Marshall Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 44 of the Public
Records of Pinellas County, Florida, and pass Ordinance 9517-21 on first
reading.
7.3 ID#21-9993 Approve the proposed second amendment to an existing Development
Agreement between the City of Clearwater and 411ES, LLC, which provides for
certain changes to the conceptual site plan and elevations and increases the
overall number of hotel units and height proposed for the subject site; adopt
Resolution 21-26 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(HDA2019-03001B; 400/405/408/409/411 East Shore Drive).
8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
8.1 9509-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9509-21 on second reading, annexing certain real property
rdg whose post office address is 1882 Lakeview Road, Clearwater, Florida 33764,
into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city
to include said addition.
8.2 9510-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9510-21 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 1882 Lakeview Road, Clearwater,
Florida 33764, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Low
(RL).
8.3 9511-21 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9511-21 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the
rdg city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 1882 Lakeview
Road, Clearwater, Florida 33764, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater,
as Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR).
9. City Manager Reports
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9.1 ID#21-9987 Approve additional loan financing in an amount not to exceed $1,800,000 for an
81-unit affordable housing development project at 610 Franklin Street and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
9.2 ID#21-9962 Approve Supplemental 1 Work Order to Cardno, Inc., of Clearwater, FL., to
complete Expanded Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey at the St.
Matthew’s Baptist Church Cemetery, in the amount of $48,223, increasing the
work order from $87,888 to $136,111 pursuant to Request for Qualifications
(RFQ) 26-19, Engineer of Record Consulting Services (EOR), and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same.
9.3 Res. 21-35 Accept a sidewalk easement from Sarah L. Williamson for the construction,
installation and maintenance of a public sidewalk on real property located at
1157 Russell Street and adopt Resolution 21-35.
9.4 Res. 21-36 Accept the assignment of a Drainage Easement from Pinellas County, a
political subdivision of the State of Florida, as recorded in Official Records Book
2780, Page 68 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, for the
construction, installation and maintenance of city drainage facilities on real
property located at 2701 Via Cipriani and adopt Resolution 21-36.
9.5 ID#21-9989 Appoint one member to the Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board, as a citizen who resides within the City of Clearwater, with a term to
expire November 30, 2025.
10. City Attorney Reports
11. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
12. Closing Comments by Mayor
13. Adjourn
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