City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · August 1, 2024
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, August 1, 2024
6:00 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda August 1, 2024
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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#24-0662 Diversity Poster Contest Presentation - Karen Swafford, H.R. Diversity
Manager; Michelle Sheldon, H.R. Analyst
4.2 ID#24-0857 US Coast Guard Appreciation Month Proclamation, August 2024
4.3 ID#24-0698 End of Session Report - Representative Berfield
4.4 ID#24-0766 End of State Session Report - Peter Dunbar and Martha Edenfield, Jones
Walker Law Firm
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5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#24-0802 Approve the minutes of the July 15, 2024 city council meeting as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk.
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#24-0877 Approve the First Amendment to Contract for Sale of City-Owned Vacant Land
between the City of Clearwater and Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County,
Inc./Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. for real property
located at 1454 South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.2 ID#24-0846 Authorize a purchase order to W.W. Grainger of Lake Forest, IL., for citywide
purchases of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies in the not to exceed
amount of $1,700,000.00, from August 1, 2024 through November 8, 2026, with
two, one-year renewal options of $800,000.00 per year, per Clearwater Code of
Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback purchasing, and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.3 ID#24-0855 Declare list of vehicles and equipment surplus and authorize disposal through
auction pursuant to Clearwater Code Sections 2.623(6) and (8) and authorize
the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.4 ID#24-0832 Approve a purchase order to ArborPro Inc., of Yorba Linda, CA, for Tree
Assessment/Inventory Survey, on a unit price basis, in the cumulative amount
of $200,000.00 for a five-year term beginning October 1, 2024 through
September 30, 2029, pursuant to Invitation to Bid 27-24 and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.5 ID#24-0813
Authorize a purchase order to ICON Supply, Inc. of Tampa FL for the purchase
of Yaskawa Variable Frequency Drives in the annual not-to-exceed amount of
$200,000.00 for term July 16, 2024 through July 15, 2025, with two, one -year
renewals at the City’s discretion pursuant to ITB 42-24 and authorize the
appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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6.6 ID#24-0851 Approve a purchase order to Ferguson Enterprises, LLC of Tampa, FL for
Neptune Ultrasonic Meters in the not-to-exceed amount of $278,000.00 for the
term of August 20, 2024 through August 19, 2025, pursuant to Clearwater Code
of Ordinances Sections 2.563(1)(d), impractical to bid, and 2.563(1)(c),
piggyback purchasing, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute the
same. (consent)
6.7 ID#24-0841 Authorize an assignment of a purchase order from Angelo’s Aggregate
Materials LTD dba Angelo’s Recycled Materials (Angelo’s) to Wrangler Holdco
Corp dba GFL Solid Waste Southeast LLC (GFL SWS) of St. Petersburg, FL
for Yard Waste, Class III Waste, and Construction Demolition Debris Disposal,
approve an additional two-year renewal option in the amount of $2,300,000.00
pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c) Cooperative
purchasing and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
6.8 ID#24-0852 Authorize purchase orders to Wastequip Manufacturing Company LLC, of
Charlotte, NC, and Wazobia Global LLC, of Orlando, FL, to provide front load
containers in a cumulative not to exceed amount of $250,000.00, from
September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, with two, one-year renewal
options at the City’s discretion pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 39-24,
Front Load Containers, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
(consent)
6.9 ID#24-0880 Cancel the October 14, 2024 work session and the October 16, 2024 council
meeting. (consent)
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
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#24-0876 Approve the City of Clearwater’s FY2024/2025 Annual Action Plan, which is the
fifth and final Action Plan of the FY2020/2021 - FY2024/2025 Consolidated
Plan, to implement the goals and objectives set forth in the Consolidated Plan
and authorize the appropriate officials to enter into agreements with HUD and
organizations approved for funding, together with authorization to execute
administrative adjustments to same as needed. (APH)
7.2 ID#24-0833 Approve a feasibility study with NewGen in a not-to-exceed amount up to
$504,000.
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8. Second Readings - Public Hearing
8.1 9773-24 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9773-24 on second reading, amending special
rdg 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.
9. City Manager Reports
9.1 ID#24-0217 North Beach Update
10. City Attorney Reports
11. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
12. Closing Comments by Mayor
13. Adjourn
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