Council Work Session
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · June 2, 2025
Agenda
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Work Session Agenda - Final-revised
Monday, June 2, 2025
1:30 PM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Council Work Session
Council Work Session Work Session Agenda - June 2, 2025
Final-revised
1. Call to Order
2. Presentations
2.1 ID#25-0236 June Service Awards
2.2 ID#25-0447 Graduation and Recognition of the Inaugural Cohort of the Executive
Leadership Academy
3. Economic Development and Housing
3.1 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)
4. Gas System
4.1 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)
4.2 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)
5. Office of Management and Budget
5.1 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.
6. Parks and Recreation
6.1 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)
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6.2 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)
6.3 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)
6.4 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)
6.5 ID#25-0442 Provide direction regarding the permanent repairs and renovations to Pier
60. (WSO)
7. Public Works
7.1 9811-25 Approve to vacate the west five (5’) 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.
7.2 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)
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7.3 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)
7.4 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)
8. Fire Department
8.1 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)
9. Information Technology
9.1 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)
9.2 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)
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9.3 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)
10. Marine & Aviation
10.1 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)
11. Public Utilities
11.1 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).
12. City Attorney
12.1 ANX2025-03 Adopt Ordinance 9822-25 on second reading, annexing certain real
002A property 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.
12.2 ANX2025-03 Adopt Ordinance 9823-25 on second reading, amending the future land
002B use 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).
12.3 ANX2025-03 Adopt Ordinance 9824-25 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas
002C of the 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).
13. City Manager Verbal Reports
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14. City Attorney Verbal Reports
15. Council Discussion Item
15.1 ID#25-0500 Duke Energy Clean Energy Connection Program Review -
Councilmember Cotton
16. New Business (items not on the agenda may be brought up asking they be
scheduled for subsequent meetings or work sessions in accordance with Rule 1,
Paragraph 2).
17. Closing Comments by Mayor
18. Adjourn
19. Presentation(s) for Council Meeting
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