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City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Meeting Agenda Thursday, June 5, 2025 6:00 PM Main Library - Council Chambers City Council City Council Meeting Agenda June 5, 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#25-0510 National Homeownership Month Proclamation 4.2 ID#25-0511 Federal Legislative Update - Harry Glenn, Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc. 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#25-0110 Approve the May 15, 2025 City Council meeting minutes as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. City of Clearwater Page 2 Printed on 6/3/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda June 5, 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#25-0471 Approve the Substantial Amendment to City of Clearwater’s Fiscal Year 2021/2022 Annual Action Plan and the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan and authorize the City to modify existing agreements and request new applications for funding. (consent) 6.2 ID#25-0287 Accept a Gas Utility Easement from REAL SUB LLC , for the construction, installation, and maintenance of gas utility facilities on real property located in Trinity, FL 34655. (consent) 6.3 ID#25-0473 Authorize the addition of one new bid line item with Equix Holdings, Inc., dba Equix Energy Services, LLC, of Midway, FL, for the installation of a 16-inch pipeline and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.4 ID#25-0393 Authorize Guaranteed Maximum Price proposal to Bandes Construction Company, Inc. of Dunedin, FL in the amount of $313,575.00 for permanent repairs to the Pier 60 bait house and temporary repairs to railing west of the bait house pursuant to Construction Manager at Risk Services Continuing Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.5 ID#25-0394 Authorize purchase orders to Agni Enterprises, LLC (dba) Head to Heels Safety Supplies, Aqua Triangle 1 Corp, Commercial Energy Specialists, LLC, and Harcros Chemicals Inc. to supply and deliver swimming pool grade chemicals to various facilities throughout the City in the cumulative annual amount of $225,000.00 for initial term, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with two one-year renewal options at $225,000 annually pursuant to Invitation to Bid 11-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) City of Clearwater Page 3 Printed on 6/3/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda June 5, 2025 6.6 ID#25-0416 Award purchase orders to Big Earth Landscape Supply, Consolidated Resource Recovery, Inc, Ewing Irrigation Products Inc, Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Company Inc, SiteOne Landscape Supply and The SOS Team to supply and deliver various athletic field materials for Parks Beautification Infrastructure (PBI) and Athletic Field Maintenance Divisions in the cumulative annual amount of $300,000.00 for initial term of June 6, 2025 through June 5, 2026, with two, one-year renewal options pursuant to Invitation to Bid 06-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.7 ID#25-0436 Approve an Agreement between Julie Marcus, Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections (SOE) and the City of Clearwater to use the Countryside Recreation Center (2640 Sabal Springs Drive) as an early voting site for the November 3, 2026 General Elections and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.8 ID#25-0451 Approve purchase order to Aquatic Control Group of Miami, FL, for Alligator Creek Tree Removal in the not-to-exceed amount of $250,000.00, on a unit-price basis, pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 22-25 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.9 ID#25-0454 Award a construction contract to Central Florida Contractors, Inc. of Seminole, Florida, for the 2025 Sidewalk project in the annual amount not-to-exceed $2,000,000 for an initial one-year term with option for three additional one-year renewal terms on a unit price basis, pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 25-0001-EN and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.10 ID#25-0474 Approve a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) proposal from Biltmore Construction Co., Inc. of Belleair, Florida, under the continuing services contract, for the demolition of the former Fire Station 45, in the amount of $272,437.00 pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 51-24, Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Continuing Services Contract, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.11 ID#25-0326 Approve the Fire Station 47 Funding Agreement between the City of Clearwater and Pinellas County to provide funding to reimburse the City for the construction of new Fire Station 47, in an amount up to $1,192,028.65, during the contract period concluding December 31, 2025, pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 163.01, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.12 ID#25-0376 Approve a renewal contract with Granicus, LLC of Washington, DC for software subscription maintenance and professional services in an amount not-to-exceed $1,380,048.57 for a term effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2030, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), non-competitive purchase (impractical), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) City of Clearwater Page 4 Printed on 6/3/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda June 5, 2025 6.13 ID#25-0445 Approve a purchase order to Convergint Technologies, LLC. of Schaumburg, IL, for software and existing hardware maintenance for security systems at city facilities in a not-to-exceed amount of $1,088,879.59 for the term beginning June 1, 2025 through February 18, 2029; pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback and 2.563(1)(d) Non-Competitive purchases (impractical) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.14 ID#25-0446 Authorize an increase to the purchase order with GSA Security, Inc. of Tampa, FL, for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of security cameras in the amount of $200,000.00 for the term ending October 24, 2025, bringing the total not-to-exceed amount to $400,000.00 and an increase of $150,000.00 to the subsequent one-year renewal option for a new annual not-to-exceed amount of $350,000.00 in accordance with Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and authorizes the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.15 ID#25-0382 Accept Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Grant Agreement Amendment (No. 446805-1-94-01) in the amount of $472,235.00 for the Re-mill and Overlay on portions of the Apron Asphalt at Clearwater Airpark and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.16 ID#25-0472 Authorize a Work Order under the continuing contract with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc. to provide engineering services for the design and bidding phases of tank cleaning at the City’s Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF) and the Skycrest Reclaim Booster Pump Station, project 24-0072-UT, in the amount of $109,727.00, pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services and authorize the appropriate officials to execute the 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 5 Printed on 6/3/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda June 5, 2025 7.1 9826-25 Amend the City’s fiscal year 2024/25 operating and capital improvement 9827-25 budgets at mid-year and pass Ordinances 9826-25 and 9827-25 on first reading. 7.2 9811-25 Approve to vacate the west five-foot city utility easement by request of landowner Aaron Petersen located at 2074 Douglas Ave, Clearwater, FL per Exhibits A & B and further defined as the west 5 feet of Lot 5, and the west 5 of the south 20 feet of Lot 4, all in Block X of Bay Terrace and Bay Terrace addition, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 22 of the public records of Pinellas County, FL, and pass Ordinance 9811-25 on first reading. 8. Second Readings - Public Hearing 8.1 ANX2025-03 Adopt Ordinance 9822-25 on second reading, annexing certain real property 002A whose post office address 1609 Levern Street, Clearwater, FL 33755, into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said addition. 8.2 ANX2025-03 Adopt Ordinance 9823-25 on second reading, amending the future land use 002B element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate the land use for certain real property whose post office address is 1609 Levern Street, Clearwater, FL 33755 upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Urban (RU). 8.3 ANX2025-03 Adopt Ordinance 9824-25 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the 002C city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 1609 Levern Street, Clearwater, FL 33755, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR). 9. City Manager Reports 10. City Attorney Reports 11. Other Council Action 11.1 ID#25-0500 Duke Energy Clean Energy Connection Program Review - Councilmember Cotton 12. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) City of Clearwater Page 6 Printed on 6/3/2025 City Council Meeting Agenda June 5, 2025 13. Closing Comments by Mayor 14. Adjourn City of Clearwater Page 7 Printed on 6/3/2025