City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · April 4, 2024
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, April 4, 2024
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda April 4, 2024
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
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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#24-0307 March/April Service Awards
4.2 ID#24-0316 Fair Housing Month Proclamation: April 2024 - Angela Emerson & Joe Farrell,
Pinellas Realtor Organization members:
4.3 ID#24-0333 Donate Life Month Proclamation April 2024 - Ms. Wetzel at LifeLink
5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#24-0225 Approve the minutes of the March 18, 2024 City Council Meeting as submitted
in written summation by the City Clerk.
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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#24-0320 Approve a Purchase Order to DevTech Sales Inc. of Avon Park, FL, for the
purchase of Itron Automated Meter Reading endpoints in an annual not to
exceed amount of $381,000.00, with two, one-year renewal options at the City’s
discretion per Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(a), Single
Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.2 ID#24-0328 Award a purchase order to Enforcement One of Oldsmar, FL, for City Wide
Vehicle Upfitting Services in the annual not-to-exceed amount of $250,000.00
for one year with two, one-year renewal options pursuant to Invitation to Bid
(ITB) No. 18-24 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
6.3 ID#24-0336 Approve a purchase order to Communications International of Vero Beach, FL
for the purchase of new additional or replacement two-way radios used
citywide in a not to exceed amount of $150,000.00 through March 31, 2025,
pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d),
Non-Competitive Purchases, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same. (consent)
6.4 ID#24-0338 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)
6.5 ID#24-0206 Approve the contract between the City of Clearwater and Eastbourne
Investments Ltd. to renew the lease at the Powell Professional Center at 401
Corbett Street, Clearwater for a cost not to exceed $275,00.00 for the
three-year period beginning June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, pursuant to
Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive
Purchases, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.6 ID#23-1621 Approve First Amendment to Lease Agreement between Fields, Inc. d/b/a
Barefoot Beach House, and the City of Clearwater to increase the length of the
Agreement, from January 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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6.7 ID#24-0298 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 a
Shred-A-Thon and Operation Medicine Cabinet event on April 27, 2024, located
at the Countryside Mall and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
6.8 ID#24-0344 Authorize purchase order(s) to Galls LLC of Lexington, KY and Signal 15, Inc of
Largo, FL for the purchase of uniforms and equipment in the cumulative annual
not-to-exceed amount of $285,000.00 for the initial one-year term with three,
one-year renewal options, pursuant to RFP 11-24 and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same. (consent)
6.9 ID#24-0315 Approve the Contract for Sale of Vacant Land from the City of Clearwater to DD
Gulf to Bay, LLC., as the winning bidder on a 10-foot-wide strip of land that was
previously declared surplus pursuant to City Charter Section 2.01(d)(5) and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute all necessary documents.
(consent)
6.10 ID#24-0199 Authorize a purchase order to U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC of Orlando,
FL for tank cleaning services in the not-to-exceed amount of $375,000.00 with
an expected date of completion on July 31, 2024, pursuant to Clearwater Code
of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback or Cooperative purchasing, and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.11 ID#24-0325 Authorize a purchase order to AdEdge Water Technologies, LLC of Duluth, GA
for Arsenic Removal Media (Bayoxide E33) at Reverse Osmosis Plant 1 (RO1)
in the annual not-to-exceed amount of $140,000.00 for the period of March 21,
2024 through March 21, 2025, with two one-year renewal options at the City’s
discretion and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.12 ID#24-0347 Approve a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Proposal from Ajax Building
Company, LLC. of Oldsmar, FL, for the Solid Waste Recycling Facility Tipping
Floor (23-0007-SW) in the amount of $447,721 pursuant to Request for
Qualifications (RFQ) 40-20, Construction Manager at Risk for Continuing
Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.13 ID#24-0324 Elect Councilmember David Allbritton to serve as Vice Mayor. (consent)
6.14 ID#24-0372 Designate Councilmember Michael Mannino as the Clearwater Representative
at Florida Housing Coalition SHIP Meeting. (consent)
6.15 ID#24-0383 Designate Mayor Bruce Rector as the Clearwater Representative on the
Tourist Development Council. (consent)
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
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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
7.1 ID#24-0345 Declare surplus for conveyance to Community Service Foundation, Inc. (CSF),
certain real property located at 0 Lee St., for the purpose of development of
affordable housing; approve the Real Property Transfer Agreement between
the City and CSF; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same
together with all other instruments required to affect closing. (APH)
8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
8.1 9755-24 Adopt Ordinance 9755-24 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year
2023/24 operating budget at first quarter.
8.2 9756-24 Adopt Ordinance 9756-24 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year
2023/24 capital improvement budget at first quarter.
9. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda - For purposes of this role,
“items pertaining to city business” includes any matter within the Council’s or the
City Manager’s power to act, any matter that the Council previously voted on or
discussed at the dais, or any matter discussed by or scheduled to be considered by
another governmental entity that affects the operation of the City. Each person who
wishes to address the Council shall complete a comment card and submit the card
to the City Clerk (right-hand side of dais) before the speaker will be permitted to
speak. However, if the speaker has just arrived or decided to speak, the Chair may
allow the card to be filled out after speaking. Individuals will limit their comments to
a maximum of three minutes. The Mayor shall advise the speaker that their time has
expired. If the person remains at the podium, thereby interfering with other persons
who may wish to be heard, the speaker’s microphone may be turned off, or the
Mayor may rule the person out of order in accordance with Rule 15.
10. City Manager Reports
10.1 ID#24-0210 North Beach Update
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11. City Attorney Reports
12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
13. Closing Comments by Mayor
14. Adjourn
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