City Council

City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Meeting Agenda Thursday, August 17, 2023 6:00 PM Main Library - Council Chambers City Council City Council Meeting Agenda August 17, 2023 Welcome. We are glad to have you join us. If you wish to address the Council, please complete a Comment Card. Comment Cards are on the right-hand side of the dais by the City Clerk. When recognized, please hand your card to the Clerk, approach the podium and state your name. Persons speaking before the City Council shall be limited to 3 minutes unless otherwise noted under Public Hearings. For other than "Citizens to be heard regarding items not on the Agenda," a spokesperson for a group may speak for 3 minutes plus an additional minute for each person in the audience that waives their right to speak, up to a maximum of 10 minutes. Prior to the item being presented, please obtain the form to designate a spokesperson from the City Clerk. Up to 60 minutes of public comment will be allowed for an agenda item. No person shall speak more than once on the same subject unless granted permission by the City Council. The City of Clearwater strongly supports and fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please advise us at least 48 hours prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations at 727-562-4090. Assisted Listening Devices are available. Kindly refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices during the meeting. Citizens wishing to provide comments on an agenda item are encouraged to do so in advance through written comment. The City has established the following two options: 1) eComments via Granicus - eComments is integrated with the published meeting agenda . Individuals may review the agenda item details and indicate their position on the item. You will be prompted to set up a user profile to allow you to comment, which will become part of the official public record. The eComment period is open from the time the agenda is published. Comments received during the meeting will become part of the official record, if posted prior to the closing of public comment. The City Clerk will read received comments into the record. 2) Email – Individuals may submit written comments or videos to ClearwaterCouncil@myclearwater.com. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting (March 17) will become part of the official record. The City Clerk will read received comments into the record. 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#23-0897 August Service Awards 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#23-0958 Approve the minutes of the August 3, 2023 City Council Meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. 6. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 8/15/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda August 17, 2023 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 23-0909 Approve the Utility Easement conveyance request from DD Gulf to Bay, LLC., to install, repair, and maintain as affecting real property at 2975 Gulf to Bay Boulevard located in Clearwater, Florida. (consent) 7.2 ID#23-0944 Authorize an increase on purchase order to Charter Communications dba Spectrum Enterprise (Spectrum) of St. Louis, MO, for cable, internet access and point-to-point data network services in the amount of $31,500.00, from $320,000.00 to $351,500.00, through September 30, 2023; authorize a purchase order to Charter Communications dba Spectrum Enterprise (Spectrum) of St. Louis, MO, for cable, internet access and point-to-point data network services in the not-to-exceed amount of $155,000.00 from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(d), Impractical, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.3 ID#23-0831 Approve a Purchase Order to Polydyne Inc., of Riceboro, GA, for cationic dewatering polymer to be used at the City’s three Wastewater Reclamation Facilities (WRF) in the annual not-to-exceed amount of $915,000.00 with the option for three, one-year renewals, pursuant to ITB 17-23 Cationic Dewatering Polymer, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.4 ID#23-0903 Approve Change Order 2 to Poole and Kent Company of Florida, in Tampa, FL, for Marshall Street Water Reclamation Facility (MS WRF) Process Control Gates Repairs (City Project 18-0047-UT) in the amount of $287,416.00, increasing the contract amount to $3,765,152.02 and extend project completion by 270-days from July 3, 2023 through April 8, 2024; approve Supplemental Work Order 3 to Engineer of Record (EOR) Brown and Caldwell in the amount of $351,570.00 for additional engineering services during construction, increasing the work order total to $784,128.00; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 8/15/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda August 17, 2023 7.5 ID#23-0959 Approve a Purchase Order(s) to Ferguson Waterworks of Tampa, FL and Fortiline, Inc. of Tampa, FL, for ductile iron pipes, fittings, mechanical joint restraints, and polyethylene tubing in the cumulated annual not-to-exceed amount of $386,000.00 for the term August 18, 2023, to August 17, 2024, with two, one-year renewal options pursuant to ITB 25-23 Ductile Iron Pipes, Fittings, Mechanical Joint Restraints, and Polyethylene Tubing and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.6 ID#23-0945 Authorize the purchase of vehicles (heavy and light duty) and equipment in the not-to-exceed amount of $10,097,700.00, budgeted in the Fiscal Year (FY) 24 budget, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c) Piggyback or Cooperative Purchasing, 2.563(1)(d) Non-competitive purchases, and 2.561(5) Small Purchases; declare the vehicles and equipment being replaced as surplus and authorize for disposal at auction or trade-in, whichever is in the best interest of the City, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Sections 2.623(6), (7)(c), (7)(e), and (8); 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 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.7 ID#23-0954 Declare list of vehicles and equipment surplus and authorize disposal through auction pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Sections 2.623(6) and (8) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute the same. (consent) 7.8 ID#23-0985 Authorize a contract to Waste Connections of Florida, Inc., for a period of one year, for the processing of municipal single stream recycling commodity at the contractors’ Materials Recovery Facilities in a cumulative not to exceed amount of $1,020,000.00, pursuant to Invitation to Negotiate 29-23 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.9 ID#23-0971 Reappoint Frank Persechino to the Nuisance Abatement Board with a term to expire September 1, 2027. (consent) 7.10 ID#23-0972 Reappoint Gary Baker to the Nuisance Abatement Board with a term to expire September 1, 2027. (consent) 7.11 ID#23-0961 Appoint Emily Pano to the Sister Cities Advisory Board with a term to expire August 17, 2027. (consent) 7.12 ID#23-0963 Appoint Jarvis Sheeler to the Brownfields Advisory Board, as the Government/Agency representative, to fill an unexpired term through June 30, 2025. (consent) 7.13 ID#23-0962 Appoint Mahalee Marshall to the Brownfields Advisory Board to a term set to expire August 17, 2027. (consent) City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 8/15/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda August 17, 2023 7.14 ID#23-0976 Appoint Daniela Sherrod to the Nuisance Abatement Board with a term to expire September 1, 2027. (consent) 7.15 ID#23-0984 Appoint Phillip Rugari to the Marine Advisory Board to fill the remainder of an unexpired term through March 31, 2025. (consent) 7.16 ID#23-0978 Appoint Jonathan Barnes to the Public Art and Design Board as the Clearwater Arts Alliance representative to fill the remainder of an unexpired term through March 31, 2026. (consent) 7.17 ID#23-0986 Approve the Second Amendment to the Contract for Sale of Real Estate between the City of Clearwater, the DeNunzio Group and Gotham Property Acquisitions to provide for a mutual extension of due diligence regarding the purchase of the old City Hall site and authorize 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#23-0975 Approve State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Annual Report and Local Housing Incentive Certification for the closeout year 2020-2021 and interim year 2021-2022 and allow appropriate officials to execute same. 8.2 ANX2023-05 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designations of 005a Residential Estate (RE) and Drainage Feature Overlay and initial Zoning Atlas designation of Low Density Residential (LDR) District for an unaddressed parcel on Tanglewood Drive, and pass Ordinances 9684-23, 9685-23, and 9686-23 on first reading. (ANX2023-05005) 8.3 ANX2023-06 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designations of 006 Residential Estate (RE) and Water and initial Zoning Atlas designation of Low Density Residential (LDR) District for an 1862 McCauley Road, and pass Ordinances 9694-23, 9695-23, and 9696-23 on first reading. (ANX2023-06006) 9. City Manager Reports City of Clearwater Page 5 Printed on 8/15/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda August 17, 2023 9.1 ID#23-0969 Approve $250,000 for startup and one-year ongoing operating expenses of AMPLIFY Clearwater Tourism Incubator to be located at 1346 S Ft Harrison Ave, Clearwater. 9.2 23-11 Approve a street name change from Wistful Vista Drive to Chabad Drive and adopt Resolution 23-11. 9.3 ID#23-0979 Approve issuing customer credits/refunds for recycling service charges for the period of July 2022 through December 2022. 9.4 ID#23-0977 Appoint an individual to fill an unexpired term through April 30, 2025 on the Public Art and Design Board in the Resident knowledgeable in fields of public art, education, or community affairs category through April 30, 2025. 10. City Attorney Reports 11. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) 12. Closing Comments by Mayor 13. Adjourn City of Clearwater Page 6 Printed on 8/15/2023