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City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Meeting Agenda Thursday, September 7, 2023 6:00 PM Main Library - Council Chambers City Council City Council Meeting Agenda September 7, 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. All comments received by 11:00 p.m. the day before the meeting (September 6) will become part of the official record. 2) Email – Individuals may submit written comments or videos to ClearwaterCouncil@myclearwater.com. All comments received by 11:00 p.m. the day before the meeting (September 6) will become part of the official 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.) 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#23-1004 Approve the August 17, 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 City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 9/6/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda September 7, 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 ID#23-1002 Approve a one-year Agreement with Juvenile Welfare Board (JWB) and the City of Clearwater for funding youth programs, approve a first quarter budget amendment of $486,211 in special program G2107, JWB Youth Programming, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.2 ID#23-1048 Approve a purchase order to Shade Systems, Inc., of Ocala, Florida for the purchase and installation of Athletic Shade Structures at Baycare Ballpark in an amount of $131,004.00, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Sections 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and 2.563(1)(d), Impractical, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.3 ID#23-0980 Approve an Event License Agreement between Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc, in its capacity as agent for the owner of the premises known as Countryside Mall, located at 27001 US Highway 19 North, Clearwater, Florida, and the City of Clearwater Police Department for the purpose of hosting the National Night Out Event on October 3, 2023, located at the Countryside Mall and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.4 ID#23-0989 Renew Financial Assistance Agreement between the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the City of Clearwater, necessary to facilitate a current mutual aid agreement between the two entities, effective upon execution through June 30, 2024, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.5 ID#23-1009 Approve an agreement with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in the amount not to exceed $499,861.50 for forensic crime scene processing, latent prints, property and evidence storage, and Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center services, during the one-year contract period commencing on October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 9/6/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda September 7, 2023 7.6 ID#23-1024 Approve acceptance of University of North Florida Training and Services Institute, Inc., d/b/a Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM), High Visibility Education (HVE) and Enforcement Campaign for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Grant Award in the amount of $27,233.22 for police overtime, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.7 ID#23-0992 Approve the final plat for Landmark of Clearwater, whose physical address is 2680 Landmark Drive, located on the southwest corner of State Road 580 and Landmark Drive. (consent) 7.8 ID#23-1008 Approve the termination and issuance of a three-year Lease Agreement by request of Intercultural Advocacy Institute (HOC) to the mutually agreeable prior terms and conditions affecting 612 Franklin Street in Clearwater, Florida and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.9 ID#23-1022 Approve a purchase order to American Grinding Company, of Grand Rapids, MI, in the amount of $500,000 for sidewalk grinding on a unit price basis pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(C), piggyback on City of Orlando contract IFB23-0119, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.10 ID#23-1046 Approve the Drainage Easement conveyance request from the landowner Weaver Enterprises, Inc., in support of necessary stormwater culvert upgrades and repairs affecting 1875 Gulf to Bay Boulevard, in Pinellas County, Florida. (consent) 7.11 ID#23-1039 Approve Pinellas County EMS ALS First Responder Agreement Amendment No. 1 between Pinellas County and City of Clearwater, which will include a budget increase of 3.2%, reimbursement of Rescue 48, implementation and installation of a Traffic Preemption System in Pinellas County and municipal traffic control systems, require Clearwater Fire and Rescue employees to pass a background check to access the new 911 CAD System, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.12 ID#23-1054 Approve an agreement with New World Communications of Tampa, INC., on behalf of its television station WTVT Fox 13, to allow the City to obtain certain rights to use the film/tape footage as set forth and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.13 ID#23-1041 Approve a purchase order to Toter Incorporated of Statesville, NC for residential container purchases in the not to exceed amount of $43,883.45 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same . (consent) City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 9/6/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda September 7, 2023 7.14 ID#23-1053 Approve a purchase order to Pinellas County Solid Waste for the disposal of solid waste at the Pinellas County waste-to-energy plant/landfill in the not-to-exceed amount of $5,100,000 for the period October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1) (a), Single Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 7.15 ID#23-1109 Appoint David Harder to the Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory Board to fill an unexpired term through June 30, 2024. (consent) 7.16 ID#23-1110 Appoint Rick Broom to the Marine Advisory Board to a term set to expire September 8, 2027. (consent) 7.17 ID#23-1108 Appoint Kelly Dobbin to the Environmental Advisory Board to fill the remainder of an unexpired term through September 30, 2026. (consent) 7.18 ID#23-1007 Approve agreement with HR and A consultants as a ratify-and-confirm. (consent) 7.19 ID#23-0990 Ratify and confirm a Sister Cities Partnership between the City of Clearwater and the City of Ixmiquilpan, of the State of Hidalgo 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#23-1051 Approve the 2023 Affordable Housing Inventory List pursuant to requirements of Chapter 166.0451, Florida Statutes; adopt Resolution 23-13 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (APH) 9. Second Readings - Public Hearing City of Clearwater Page 5 Printed on 9/6/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda September 7, 2023 9.1 9684-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9684-23 on second reading, annexing certain unaddressed rdg real property located on the north side of Tanglewood Drive approximately 675 feet west of Oak Creek Drive East, Clearwater, Florida 33761, into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said addition. 9.2 9685-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance. 9685-23 on second reading, amending the future land use rdg- plan element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City to designate the land use for certain unaddressed real property located on the north side of Tanglewood Drive approximately 675 feet west of Oak Creek Drive East, Clearwater, Florida 33761, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Estate (RE) and Drainage Feature Overlay. 9.3 9686-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9686-23 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the rdg- City by rezoning certain unaddressed real property located on the north side of Tanglewood Drive approximately 675 feet west of Oak Creek Drive East, Clearwater, Florida 33761, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Density Residential (LDR). 9.4 9694-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9694-23 on second reading, annexing certain real property rdg whose post office address is 1862 McCauley Road, Clearwater, Florida 33765, into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said addition. 9.5 9695-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance No. 9695-23 on second reading, amending the future land use rdg plan element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City to designate the land use for certain real property whose post office address is 1862 McCauley Road, Clearwater, Florida 33765, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Estate (RE) and Water. 9.6 9696-23 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9696-23 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the rdg City by rezoning certain real property whose post office address is 1862 McCauley Road, Clearwater, Florida 33765, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Density Residential (LDR). 11. City Manager Reports 11.1 ID#23-1107 Appoint 11 members to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, including Councilmember Kathleen Beckman as a locally elected official, and adopt Resolution 23-12. 11.2 ID#23-1123 Confirm the Declaration of a State of Emergency due to conditions surrounding Tropical Storm Idalia and adopt Resolution 23-16. City of Clearwater Page 6 Printed on 9/6/2023 City Council Meeting Agenda September 7, 2023 11.3 ID#23-1111 Appoint two individuals to the Community Development Board to fill the remainder of an unexpired term through February 28, 2026 and one through April 30, 2026. 12. City Attorney Reports 12.1 23-14 Amend Council Rule 6, Order of Business, adopt Resolution 23-14, and authorize appropriate officials to execute same. 12.2 23-15 Amend Council Rule 15, Rules of Conduct, adopt Resolution 23-15, and authorize appropriate officials to execute same. 13. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) 14. Closing Comments by Mayor 15. Adjourn City of Clearwater Page 7 Printed on 9/6/2023