City Council

City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Meeting Agenda Thursday, April 17, 2025 6:00 PM Main Library - Council Chambers City Council City Council Meeting Agenda April 17, 2025 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. 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#25-0087 April Service Awards 4.2 ID#25-0220 Arbor Day 2025 Proclamation - Ali Ismailoski, Right of Way Division Manager, Public Works 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#25-0107 Approve the April 3, 2025 City Council meeting minutes as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 4/15/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda April 17, 2025 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#25-0294 Approve the Third Amendment to Contract for Sale of City-Owned Vacant Land between the City of Clearwater, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County, Inc., and 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 and such requisite documents necessary to effectuate the sale. (consent) 6.2 ID#25-0295 Approve an amended loan term of 43 years for funding to be provided by the City of Clearwater to SAH Holdings LP for the land acquisition of real property located at 801 Chestnut St. contingent upon the satisfactory outcome of, as determined by the Economic Development and Housing Director, a subsidy analysis, the receipt of a structural evaluation, approval of all funding sources, and a tenant relocation plan; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute documents required to effect closing of the loan. (consent) 6.3 ID#25-0286 Approve an Annual General Permit, in the amount of $4,000, with Pinellas County to construct and maintain natural gas facilities and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.4 ID#25-0250 Authorize a purchase order to Orlando Freightliner of Apopka, FL for the purchase of a Freightliner 114SD with Galfab Hoist in the amount of $226,946.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Sections 2.563(1)(c), piggyback and 2.563(1)(d) non-competitive (impractical) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.5 ID#25-0265 Authorize purchase order(s) to multiple vendors as listed, for the maintenance, purchase and rental of generators, replacement parts, automatic transfer switches (ATS) and services in the cumulative amount of $1,600,000.00, for the term May 1, 2025 through November 22, 2026, with one year renewal option in the cumulative amount of $1,000,000.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Sections 2.563(1)(a), Single Source, and 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.(consent) City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 4/15/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda April 17, 2025 6.6 ID#25-0278 Authorize an increase on purchase order to Envirowaste Services Group of Tampa, FL, for Pumping and Tankering Services - Domestic Wastewater, in the amount of $85,000.00, increasing the annual not-to-exceed amount from $125,000.00 to $210,000.00 for the contract term ending on September 13, 2025, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(c), piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.7 ID#25-0280 Approve the Mayor’s appointment of Kathleen Agnew to the Clearwater Housing Authority Board for a term expiring September 30, 2028. (consent) 6.8 ID#25-0298 Approve a five-year agreement with the law firm of Bryant Miller Olive to perform bond counsel and disclosure counsel services as needed and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (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#25-0261 Approve the Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) G3A98 between the City of Clearwater and the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Installation of an Emergency Generator at the Clearwater Airpark, authorize the appropriate officials to execute same, and adopt Resolution 25-06. 8. Second Readings - Public Hearing 8.1 ID#25-0318 Adopt Ordinance 9805-25 on second reading, amending the Community Development Code to establish standards for artificial turf, require landscaped areas in front yards for residentially zoned properties, and make other associated updates. (TA2024-07002) 9. City Manager Reports 10. City Attorney Reports 11. Other Council Action City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 4/15/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda April 17, 2025 11.1 ID#25-0343 Approve collaboration with the Governor’s Department of Governmental Efficiency Team and adopt Resolution 25-07. - Mayor Rector 12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) 13. Closing Comments by Mayor 14. Adjourn City of Clearwater Page 5 Printed on 4/15/2025