City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · February 16, 2023
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, February 16, 2023
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda February 16, 2023
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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#22-1343 February Service Awards
4.2 ID#23-0067 Newspaper in Education Week March 6 -10, 2023 Proclamation
4.3 ID#23-0076 Visit St. Pete Presentation - Steve Hayes, President/CEO
5. Approval of Minutes
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5.1 ID#23-0111 Approve the minutes of the February 2, 2023 City Council Meeting Minutes 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#23-0074 Authorize purchase orders to 22ndCentury Technologies, Inc. (TSCTI) of
McLean, VA and COGENT Infotech Corporation of Pittsburgh, PA for citywide
staffing services in the cumulative not-to-exceed amount of $2,000,000.00 for
the initial term of February 16, 2023 through February 15, 2024, pursuant to
Request for Proposals 31-22, Citywide Staffing Services, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.2 ID#23-0075 Approve First Amendment to Contract for Exchange of Real Property between
Barnell Evans and Sandra Evans, Owners and the City of Clearwater, and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same, together with all other
instruments necessary to affect closing. (consent)
7.3 ID#22-1452 Approve a Contract for Purchase of Real Property by the City of Clearwater
(City), for certain real property located at 697 Oberlin Drive, Clearwater owned
by Louis Chaconas and Nicole Chaconas, husband and wife, with a purchase
price of $50,000 and total expenditures not to exceed $55,000, and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same, together with all other instruments
required to affect closing. (consent)
7.4 ID#23-0052 Approve a Service Agreement with ParkMobile, LLC. of Atlanta, GA, for pay by
cell phone technology, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, pursuant to
Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same (consent).
7.5 ID#23-0058 Approve purchase orders with SHI International Corp. of Somerset, NJ, CDW
Government LLC (CDW-G) of Vernon Hills, IL, and Carahsoft Technology
Corp. of Reston, VA in a total amount not to exceed $1,850,000 for cyber
security related software and hardware, including network security devices,
network management software licensing, software maintenance, and network
monitoring, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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7.6 ID#23-0059 Approve a purchase order with SHI International Corp. of Somerset, NJ, for
software, telephony and security licensing, software licensing, software
maintenance and storage for a five-year term beginning March 1, 2023 through
February 28, 2028, in the not to exceed amount of $4,875,000 and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.7 ID#23-0071 Approve Vehicle Use Agreement between the School Board of Pinellas County,
Florida and the City of Clearwater through August 23, 2023 for the City to utilize
Pinellas County School buses, at a cost of $1.75 per mile plus $34.50 per hour,
for a total estimated cost of $30,000 and appropriate the officials be authorized
to execute same. (consent)
7.8 ID#23-0068 Authorize an increase on purchase order to Odyssey Manufacturing Co. of
Tampa, FL, for the continuous supply of Sodium Hydroxide and Sodium
Bisulfite Aqueous Solution, in the amount of $70,000.00 for the initial term
ending March 20, 2023, bringing the total amount to $470,000.00, and increase
year 2 by $140,000.00 modifying the annual amount from $400,000.00 to
$540,000.00, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.9 ID#23-0053 Declare list of vehicles and equipment surplus and authorize disposal through
auction pursuant to Clearwater Code Section 2.623(6) and (8) and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute the same. (consent)
7.10 ID#23-0118 Authorize an increase on purchase order to WM Recycle America, LLC
(WM/RA) and issuance of a purchase order to Waste Connections of Florida,
Inc., for the processing of municipal single stream recycling commodity at the
contractors’ Materials Recovery Facilities in a cumulative not to exceed amount
of $300,000, bringing the total amount to $400,000 pursuant to Clearwater
Code of Ordinances, Section 2.563(1)(d), non-competitive purchase
(Impractical), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
7.11 ID#23-0124 Approve a funding agreement between the City of Clearwater and the Pinellas
Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) to provide enhanced Jolley Trolley service
during Spring Break period of March 1, 2023 through April 30, 2023, with the
City contributing a lump sum not to exceed $100,879, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
7.12 ID#23-0093 Approve an Amendment to the Legal Services Agreement between the City and
GrayRobinson, P.A. for the legal representation in the matter of Nathaniel
Brooks v. City of Clearwater and Joseph Roseto, Civil Action No.
8:21-CV-02967-SDM-TGW, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
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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#23-0078 Approve the third amendment to an existing Development Agreement between
Triprop Clearwater, LLC (as assigned by Alanik Properties; Anco Holdings,
LLC; Nikana Holdings, LLC) and the City of Clearwater for property located at
400 Coronado Drive, formerly addressed as 421 and 431 South Gulfview
Boulevard, which adds Exhibit A-2 to provide an updated legal description to
include 0.1837 acres of the adjacent proposed to be vacated South Gulfview
Boulevard right-of-way to the subject site and replaces Exhibit B with Exhibit
B-2 to provide new conceptual site plans, and sets a new date by which time
site plan approval must be obtained, adopt Resolution 23-02, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (HDA2014-06004B).
8.2 ID#23-0129 Approve amendments to the Clearwater Community Development Code,
addressing community gardens, detached dwellings and residential infill
projects in the MDR District, fences, vertical mixed-use projects, landscaping
standards, residential and commercial parking restrictions, signs, permit
renewals, pre-application meetings, development agreements, definitions, US
19 Zoning District and Development Standards and Downtown District and
Development Standards, and pass Ordinance 9643-23 on first reading.
(TA2022-09001)
9. Second Readings - Public Hearing
9.1 9650-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9650-23 on second reading, vacating the East 5 foot
rdg right-of-way easement located on Lot 16, Bayside Subdivision Clearwater
Beach Island, according to the map or plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book
23, Page 17 of the public records of Pinellas County, Florida.
9.2 9651-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9651-23 on second reading, vacating the rear platted 5 foot
rdg public utility easement located on Lot 6, and the North 30 feet of Lot 5,
Mandalay, according to the map or plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 14,
Pages 32-35 of the public records of Pinellas County, Florida.
9.3 9652-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9652-23 on second reading, vacating the North 30-foot
rdg ingress/egress easement located on Lot 1, Block A, Earl Scheib - Commercial
Center, according to the map or plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 74, Page
22 of the public records of Pinellas County, Florida.
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10. City Manager Reports
10.1 ID#23-0073 Provide direction on the future of Clearwater Gas System’s Propane business
division.
10.2 ID#23-0119 Provide direction on issuing customer credits for recycling service charges for
the period of July 2022 through December 2022.
11. City Attorney Reports
12. Other Council Action
12.1 ID#23-0070 Use of Interest Earned on ARPA Funds - Vice Mayor Beckman
12.2 ID#23-0171 Invasive Removals - Councilmember Allbritton
12.3 ID#23-0172 Requests for external and county organizations to provide presentations to
Council - Vice Mayor Beckman
13. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
14. Closing Comments by Mayor
15. Adjourn
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