City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · July 15, 2024
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Monday, July 15, 2024
3:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 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
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 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will become part of the official 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 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.)
4.1 ID#24-0554 July Service Awards
4.2 ID#24-0760 Florida Orchestra Presentation - Ignacio Barrón Viela, President and CEO
5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#24-0801 Approve the minutes of the June 20, 2024 city council meeting as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk.
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 7/9/2024
City Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 2024
6. 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
6.1 ID#24-0798 Adopt a tentative millage rate of 5.8850 mills for fiscal year 2024/25; and set
public hearing dates on the budget for September 4, 2024 and September 17,
2024, to be held no earlier than 6 p.m.
6.2 9773-24 Amend special conditions of Ordinance 9167-18 referencing 385 S. Gulfview
Blvd. vacating a portion of Gulfview Boulevard Right-of-Way lying in the
Southwest ¼ of Section 8, Township 29 South, Range 15 East, Pinellas
County, Florida, as recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 12 of the Official Records of
Pinellas County, Florida, subject to special conditions, and pass Ordinance
9773-24 on first Reading.
6.3 ID#24-0754
Authorize purchase orders to multiple vendors for polyethylene pipe/fitting and
steel pipe/fittings in the cumulative annual not-to-exceed amount of
$2,100,000.00 for the initial term of August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025, with
two, one-year renewal options pursuant to Invitation to Bid No. 34-24 and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.4 ID#24-0721 Authorize an increase to an existing purchase order with Pennoni Associates,
Inc. of Clearwater, Florida, for professional services in connection with
providing GIS and engineering services for a mapping of the Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, located at 1300 South Myrtle Avenue in the amount of
$27,806.00 bringing the total to $167,906.00 and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same.
6.5 ID#24-0722 Approve an increase to existing purchase order with Pennoni Associates, Inc.
of Clearwater, FL for professional services in connection with the repairs of
Pier 60 in the amount of $28,350.00 bringing the total to $127,850.00 and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.6 ID#24-0705 Approve purchase orders to O’Neils LLC, of Ozona, FL, Pete and Ron’s Tree
Service Inc., of Tampa, FL, and TreesForYou.com Inc, of Belleair Beach, FL,
for citywide tree care services, on a unit price basis, in the cumulative annual
not-to-exceed amount of $700,000.00 with two, one-year renewal options
pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 26-24, Tree Care Services and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same.
City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 7/9/2024
City Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 2024
6.7 ID#24-0750 Authorize acceptance of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of
State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program formula award in the amount of
$169,090.00 by approving the special terms and conditions of the equipment
rebate voucher application and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same.
6.8 ID#24-0575 Approve the extension of a piggyback contract and issuance of a purchase
order to Cale America, of Clearwater, FL, for a service/maintenance
agreement, parking payment technologies and back-office support in an
amount not to exceed $812,005.00 for a four-year term through June 30, 2028,
pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances, Sections 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback
or Cooperative Purchasing, and 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchases, and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.9 ID#24-0796 Award a purchase order to Sign-Age of Tampa Bay in Clearwater, FL, for
citywide custom vehicle and/or equipment wrap services in the annual
not-to-exceed amount of $165,000.00 for one year with three, one-year renewal
options pursuant to Request for Proposals (RFP) 36-24 and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same.
6.10 ID#24-0752 Approve a purchase order to Garland/DBS, Inc. for roof replacement at General
Services/Fleet Maintenance Facility in the not-to-exceed amount of
$2,505,725.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c),
Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.11 ID#24-0751 Approve purchase orders with multiple vendors for citywide mechanical,
electrical, plumbing and specialty services in the cumulative annual
not-to-exceed amount of $4,000,000.00 with three, one-year renewal options
pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 45-24 and authorize appropriate officials to
execute same.
6.12 ID#24-0774 Approve purchase orders to Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Monro Inc.
and Mavis Tire Express Services Corp, for the purchase of Goodyear tire
products and services for city motorized equipment in the cumulative amount
of $2,550,000.00 for term July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, pursuant to
Clearwater Code of Ordinance Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.13 ID#24-0775 Approve a purchase order to Hadronex Inc. DBA SmartCover System located
in Escondido, California, for the purchase of 30 new SmartCover units for
online application of mapping and monitoring service of the wastewater system
for term August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2026, in the amount not to exceed
$208,695.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d),
non-competitive purchase, and authorize the appropriate official to execute
same.
City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 7/9/2024
City Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 2024
6.14 ID#24-0753
Award a Purchase Order to Murphy Pipeline Contractors, LLC, of Jacksonville,
FL, for Island Estates Cast Iron Water Main Replacement Project in the amount
of $4,377,879.00 pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) No.23-0056-UT and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.15 ID#24-0769 Approve a purchase order to Oracle America, Inc. of Redwood Shores, CA for
software maintenance in a not-to-exceed amount of $195,097.04 for a one-year
term pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(a), single
source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.16 ID#24-0779 Approve an increase and proposal from Kokolakis Contracting, Inc., of Tarpon
Springs, FL., for the construction of the Clearwater Beach Marina (21-0008-MA)
in the amount of $43,469,475.00 bringing the total to $43,568,739.00 pursuant
to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 19-22; approve a not to exceed loan of
$18,000,000.00 from the Capital Improvement Fund to the Marine Fund and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
6.17 ID#24-0799 Appoint Candace Gardner to the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board with a
unexpired through May 31, 2025.
6.18 ID#24-0800 Appoint two individuals to the North Greenwood Community Redevelopment
Area Citizens Advisory Committee as follows: one with a term expiring
September 30, 2025 and one with a term expiring September 30, 2026.
6.19 ID#24-0827 Appoint Marilyn Turman to the North Greenwood Community Redevelopment
Area Citizens Advisory Committee, as the Ex Officio member, with a term
expiring September 30, 2027.
6.20 ID#24-0831 Approve a supplement to a legal services agreement between the City and
Bush Graziano Rice and Hearing, 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.
6.21 ID#24-0835 Update Council Rules and adopt Resolution 24-10.
6.22 ID#24-0784 Approve First Amendment to the Venue License Agreement between the City
and Ruth Eckerd Hall Inc. for the management and operation of The BayCare
Sound and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
7. Second Readings - Public Hearing
7.1 9753-24 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9753-24 on second reading, to vacate a part of Kentucky
rdg Avenue, a 60’ foot platted right of way, Michigan Boulevard, a 60’ foot platted
right of way, and the platted 16’ foot Alley in Block 4, all being contiguous with
Block 4 of Bayview City Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 9, page 43, Public
Records of Pinellas County, Florida.
City of Clearwater Page 5 Printed on 7/9/2024
City Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 2024
7.2 ID#24-0761 Adopt Ordinance 9765-24 on second reading, to change the land use
designation for certain real property located on the northeast corner of South
Saturn Avenue and Gulf to Bay Boulevard, whose post office address is 407
South Saturn Avenue, from Institutional (I) to Commercial General (CG).
7.3 ID#24-0762 Adopt Ordinance 9766-24 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the
city by rezoning certain real property located on the northeast corner of South
Saturn Avenue and Gulf to Bay Boulevard, whose post office address is 407
South Saturn Avenue, from Institutional (I) to Commercial (C).
7.4 9767-24 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9767-24 on second reading, vacating a 5-foot portion of a
Rdg 10-foot drainage utility easement located at 1317 Melonwood Avenue,
Clearwater as shown on Exhibit A and further defined as the Westerly 5 feet of
a rear drainage utility easement in Lot 10, Block 4, Woodvalley Unit No. 5, a
subdivision according to Plat Book 68, Page 32, in the Public Records of
Pinellas County, Florida.
7.5 9768-24 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9768-24 on second reading, vacating a 10-foot utility
Rdg easement by request of the Landowner at 1760 Catherine Drive, Clearwater as
shown on Exhibit A further defined the South 5-foot utility easement of Lot 31,
Block C, and the North 5’ foot utility easement, of Lot 32, Block C, as recorded
in Plat Book 66 Page 16, Sall’s Lake Park, of the Public Records of Pinellas
County, Florida.
7.6 9771-24 Adopt Ordinance 9771-24 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year
2023/24 operating budget at mid-year.
7.7 9772-24 Adopt Ordinance 9772-24 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year
2023/24 capital improvement budget at mid-year.
8. 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.
9. City Manager Reports
City of Clearwater Page 6 Printed on 7/9/2024
City Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 2024
10. City Attorney Reports
11. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
12. Closing Comments by Mayor
13. Adjourn
City of Clearwater Page 7 Printed on 7/9/2024
Get email alerts for Clearwater
A daily email when new agendas and minutes are posted.