City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · October 20, 2022
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, October 20, 2022
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda October 20, 2022
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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#22-1015 October Service Awards
4.2 ID#22-1116 Red Ribbon Week 2022 Proclamation - Michele Edwards, Special Projects and
Rising Above Committee Coordinator at the Clearwater Neighborhood Family
Center
4.3 ID#22-0885 Inflation Reduction Act - Harry Glenn, Van Scoyoc Associates
5. Approval of Minutes
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5.1 ID#22-1084 Approve the minutes of the October 6, 2022 City Council Meeting as submitted
in written summation by the City Clerk.
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#22-1076 Approve payments totaling $150,415.29 to settle claim 22000125 for damages
to Solid Waste vehicle G3973 and surrounding properties, pursuant to
Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.645, Payment of claims. (consent)
7.2 ID#22-1031 Approve the first addendum to the collective bargaining agreement as
negotiated between the City of Clearwater and IAFF Local 1158 for Fiscal Year
2022/2023 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.3 ID#22-1090 Authorize a Guaranteed Maximum Price proposal to Keystone Excavators, Inc.
of Oldsmar, Florida, in the amount of $138,446.00, for park improvements at
Soule Road Park, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (REQ) 40-20,
Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Services Continuing Contracts; transfer
$79,200 from Recreation Facility Impact Fees (142-343962) at first quarter; and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.4 ID#22-1073 Accept a 4-foot-wide Drainage and Utility Easement from William B and Lauren
V Corser, husband and wife, for installation, repair, maintenance, and
replacement of underground utilities on real property located at 1242 Idlewild
Drive, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.5 ID#22-1081 Approve Supplemental Two Work Order to Mead and Hunt, Inc. of Tampa, FL,
for On-Call Traffic Engineering Technical Support Services (21-0035-EN) in the
amount of $195,000, increasing the work order from $300,000 to $495,000,
pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 26-19, Engineer of Record
Consulting Services (EOR), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
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7.6 ID#22-1058 Authorize a purchase order to Ferguson Enterprises, LLC dba Ferguson
Waterworks for the supply of backflow devices and parts in the annual
not-to-exceed amount of $227,000.00 with the option for two, one-year
renewals, pursuant to Invitation to Bid No. 48-22, and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
7.7 ID#22-1078 Authorize an increase on purchase order to Odyssey Manufacturing Company
of Tampa, FL, for Liquid Sodium Hypochlorite, in the amount of $355,000.00,
increasing the annual not-to-exceed amount from $533,500.00 to $888,500.00
through the term of the contract and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same. (consent)
7.8 ID#22-1074 Approve amendment to Retainer Agreement with Matthew D. Weidner, P.A., for
representation in lien foreclosures 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 ID#22-1085 Approve the Third Substantial Amendment to the City of Clearwater’s
2019-2020 Annual Action Plan to reallocate existing funding provided by the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to address
needs resulting from the COVID-19 Emergency.
8.2 9634-22 Amend Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.421 to re-establish a
cost-of-living benefit for firefighters and pass Ordinance 9634-22 on first
reading.
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8.3 ORD Approve the request from the owner of real property, described as Parcel ID:
9636-22 15-29-15-38574-015-0060, Court Street, Clearwater to vacate the 5-foot-wide
platted Utility Easement on the south property line of lot 45, and the west half of
lot 44 along with the abutting 5-foot-wide platted Utility Easement on the north
property line of lots 8,7,6,20, and the west half of lot 21, located in Hibiscus
Gardens, Blk O, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book
14, Pages 55-59, Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, and pass
Ordinance 9636-22 on first reading.
9. Second Readings - Public Hearing
9.1 9609-22 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9609-22 on second reading, vacating that certain portion of a
rdg 28-foot-wide alley right-of-way lying west of Lots 20,19,18, 17, and 16 of Block
B, being described in the plat titled “John R. Davey, et. al. Resubdivision”
located in Plat Book 1, Page 87 of the public records of Hillsborough County,
Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part.
9.2 9619-22 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9619-22 on second reading, vacating the 18-foot-wide
rdg drainage & utility easement as recorded in Book 926, Page 157, official records
of Pinellas County, Florida, being further described as the south 18 feet of Lots
3, 4, and 5, “Rompon’s & Baskin’s Corrected Map of Causeway Business
District” as recorded in Plat Book 57, Page 1 of the official records of Pinellas
County, Florida.
9.3 9633-22 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9633-22 on second reading, vacating the south 5 feet of the
rdg 10-foot-wide platted utility and drainage easement located on Lot 50,
Countryside Tract 5, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat
Book 78, Pages 57-58 of the public records of Pinellas County, Florida, less
and except the east 5 feet thereof.
10. City Manager Reports
10.1 ID#22-1035 Approve a purchase order to Shade Systems, Inc., of Ocala, Florida for the
purchase and installation of Athletic Shade Structures in an amount of
$715,376.50, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c),
Piggyback; increase project C2212, Athletic Field Shade Structures by $70,000
in donations revenue; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
11. City Attorney Reports
12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
13. Closing Comments by Mayor
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14. Adjourn
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