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City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Meeting Agenda Thursday, August 15, 2024 6:00 PM Main Library - Council Chambers City Council City Council Meeting Agenda August 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#24-0845 August Service Awards 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#24-0803 Approve the minutes of the August 1, 2024 city council meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 8/13/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda August 15, 2024 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#24-0784 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. (consent) 6.2 ID#24-0847 Approve supplemental two work order from Moffatt and Nichol, of Tampa, FL for Construction Engineering Inspection (CEI), additional permitting services and grant administration for the Clearwater Beach Marina Replacement project (21-0008-MA), a $329,017.00 increase for a new total of $1,849,091.50 pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 24-21 and authorize the appropriate officials execute same. (consent) 6.3 ID#24-0881 Approve a Contract for Purchase of Real Property by the City of Clearwater (City), located at 1843 Springtime Ave, Clearwater, FL 33774, owned by James McLaughlin with a purchase price of $350,000.00 and total expenditures not to exceed $360,000.00, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same, together with all other instruments required to affect closing. (consent) 6.4 ID#24-0927 Accept a Sovereignty Submerged Lands Easement from Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida, for the construction, installation, and maintenance of gas utility facilities on real property lying U.S. 19 Alt SR 595 (Bay Shore Blvd.), over Cedar Creek, Pinellas County, Florida. (consent) 6.5 ID#24-0767 Approve Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Proposal from Biltmore Construction Co., Inc. of Belleair, FL, for repair of Fire Station 48 Burn Tower in the amount of $324,944.00, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 40-20, Construction Manager at Risk Services Continuing Contracts, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.6 ID#24-0909 Approve an agreement with Precision Contracting Services, Inc., for the installation of new, and maintenance of existing, conduit and fiber optic cabling in the not to exceed amount of $6,622,835.00 for a five-year term beginning September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2029 , pursuant to RFP 46-24 , and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 8/13/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda August 15, 2024 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#24-0923 Approve State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Annual Report and Local Housing Incentive Certification for the closeout year 2021-2022 and interim year 2022-2023 and allow appropriate officials to execute same. (APH) 7.2 ID#24-0928 Appoint 11 members to the 2024 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to include the appointment of a locally elected official and adopt Resolution 24-11. 7.3 9774-24 Approve increases of residential and commercial Stormwater Utility rates by 8.0% per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) beginning October 1, 2024, October 1, 2025, October 1, 2026, October 1, 2027, and October 1, 2028; allow for billing of property owners for services of Stormwater Management irrespective of the use of other utility services; and pass Ordinance 9774-24 on first reading. 7.4 ID#24-0951 Confirm the Declaration of a State of Emergency due to conditions surrounding Hurricane Debby and adopt Resolution 24-13. 8. City Manager Reports 8.1 ID#24-0885 North Beach Update 9. City Attorney Reports 10. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) 11. Closing Comments by Mayor 12. Adjourn City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 8/13/2024