City Council

City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Meeting Agenda Thursday, May 15, 2025 6:00 PM Main Library - Council Chambers City Council City Council Meeting Agenda May 15, 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#25-0235 May Service Awards 4.2 ID#25-0440 Proclamation for Faith and Family Month 4.3 ID#25-0247 EMS Week 2025 4.4 ID#25-0284 National Safe Boating Week Proclamation - Captain Karen Miller, US Coast Guard 4.5 ID#25-0387 Florida Water Reuse Week Proclamation - Rich Gardner, Public Utilities Director City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 5/15/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda May 15, 2025 4.6 ID#25-0427 Public Works Week Proclamation, May 18-24 - Jeremy Alleshouse, Interim Public Works Assistant Director 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#25-0109 Approve the minutes of the May 1, 2025 city council meeting and the April 29, 2025 special 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#25-0338 Approve co-sponsorship and waiver of requested city fees for eight High Impact co-sponsored special events at an estimated cost for in-kind services of $514,390, ($482,380 general fund, and $32,010 enterprise fund), and general fund funding for the Community Event Co-Sponsorship Program cash contributions of $150,000, for the purpose of Fiscal Year 2025/26 departmental budget submissions and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.2 ID#25-0361 Approve a First Amendment to an Agreement between Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, Inc. (Agency), and the City of Clearwater to change the name from Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, Inc. to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Tampa Bay and change the address from 2300 Tall Pines Drive, Suite 150, Largo, FL 33771 to 1307 N. MacDill Avenue Tampa, FL 33607, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.3 ID#25-0371 Approve a Work Order to Moffatt and Nichol, of Tampa Bay, FL, under the continuing services contract, for the design and permitting of the Clearwater Harbor Marina North Basin Repair Project (23-0030-MA) in the amount of $145,904.00, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 34-23, Engineer of Record Consulting Services (EOR) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 5/15/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda May 15, 2025 6.4 ID#25-0369 Authorize the first amendment to the agreement with Whitlock Consulting Group of Beaufort, SC, for project management and professional services in support of utility billing system upgrades for the term July 1, 2025 through December 21, 2025, in the not to exceed amount of $173,812.00, for a total not to exceed amount of $506,548.00, pursuant to RFP 20-24 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.5 ID#25-0395 Authorize a purchase order and an agreement between Divecom Services, LLC, located at 1310 10th St E Unit G, Palmetto, FL., 34221, and the City of Clearwater to provide vessel removal, towing, storage, and/or disposal services to accommodate all needs of the Clearwater Police Department and the Marine and Aviation Department in the annual amount of $100,000.00 for the initial term with two, one-year renewal options pursuant to Request for Proposal 12-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.6 ID#25-0406 Award a construction contract to Razorback , LLC of Tarpon Springs, FL, for Reverse Osmosis Plant 2 (RO2) Injection Well 1 (IW-1) Retrofit in the amount of $213,888.40 pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 20-0020 UT; approve Supplemental Work Order 2 to WSP USA, Inc. for construction oversight and SCADA programming for the RO2 IW-1 Retrofit, Project 20-0020-UT, in the amount of $57,043.80, increasing the project amount from $127,313.80 to $184,357.60 pursuant to the continuing contract awarded in Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 26-19, Engineer of Record Consulting Services (EOR) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.7 ID#25-0385 Authorize a purchase order to Razorback LLC for Clarifier Maintenance and Services in the annual not-to-exceed amount of $515,000.00 with the option for two one-year renewals pursuant to ITB 15-25 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 City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 5/15/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda May 15, 2025 7.1 ANX2025-03 Approve the annexation, initial Future Land Use Map designation of Residential 002 Low (RL) and initial Zoning Atlas designation of Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District for 1609 Levern Street and pass Ordinances 9822-25, 9823-25 and 9824-25 on first reading. (ANX2025-03002) 8. City Manager Reports 9. City Attorney Reports 10. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) 11. Closing Comments by Mayor 12. Adjourn City of Clearwater Page 5 Printed on 5/15/2025