March 1, 2007

8:30 AM

Welcome to the City of St. Petersburg City Council meeting. To assist the City Council in conducting the City’s business, we ask that you observe the following:

1. If you are speaking under the Public Hearings, Appeals or Open Forum sections of the agenda, please observe the time limits indicated on the agenda.

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3. Please do not address Council from your seat. If asked by Council to speak to an issue, please do so from the podium.

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GENERAL AGENDA INFORMATION

For your convenience, a copy of the agenda material is available for your review at the Main Library, 3745 Ninth Avenue North, and at the City Clerk’s Office, 1^st Floor, City Hall, 175 Fifth Street North, on the Monday preceding the regularly scheduled Council meeting. There is also a copy of the material located on the podium just outside the Chamber doors on the day of the meeting.

If you are hearing impaired an require the services of an interpreter, please contact the City Clerk, 893-7448, or call our TDD Number, 892-5259, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and we will provide that service for you.

March 1, 2007

8:30 AM

Council Meeting

A. Meeting Called to Order and Roll Call.

Invocation and Pledge to the Flag of the United States of America.

B. Approval of Agenda with Additions and Deletions.

C. Consent Agenda

(see attached)

D. Public Hearings and Quasi-Judicial Proceedings - 9:00 a.m.

Public Hearings

NOTE: The following Public Hearing items have been submitted for consideration by the City Council. If you wish to speak on any of the Public Hearing items, please obtain one of the YELLOW cards from the containers on the wall outside of Council Chamber, fill it out as directed, and present it to the Clerk. You will be given 3 minutes ONLY to state your position on any item but may address more than one item.

1. Ordinance 971-V approving the vacation of a 10 foot wide north-south alley and a 16 foot wide east-west alley in the block southwest of 4th Street North and 91st Avenue North. (City File 06-33000024)

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2. Ordinance 813-G amending Section 21-90 of the St. Petersburg City Code to add new Subsections (15) and (16); naming property consisting of four medians located on Lake Maggiore Boulevard South between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street South and 4th Street South to be Bayou Highlands Neighborhood Park; and naming property located north of 22nd Avenue South between 40th Street South and 42nd Street South to be Queen Dennis Park.

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3. Ordinance 814-G amending Section 21-89 of the City Code to add a new Subsection (8); and renaming the Northwest Recreation Center at Northwest Park.

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E. Reports

F. New Ordinances - (First Reading of Title and Setting of Public Hearing)

Setting March 15, 2007 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s).

1. City File PC-701: The 0.17 acre subject property is generally located 125-feet west of the southwest corner of 4th Street North and 53rd Avenue North.

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(a) Amending the Future Land Use Map designation from Residential Medium to Residential Office Retail.

(b) Rezoning the above described property from RM-12/15 (Residential Multifamily) to ROR-1 (Residential Office Retail), or other less intensive use.

G. New Business

H. Council Committee Reports

1. Affordable Housing Committee. (2/14/07)

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2. Committee of the Whole: Jamestown Project. (2/15/07)

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I. Legal

1. Approving Settlement Authority for Workers' Compensation claims of former employee, Walter Bolack, in the amount of $55,000.

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2. Approving settlement authority for Workers' Compensation claims of former employee, George Cromartie, in the amount of $75,000.

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J. Open Forum

If you wish to address City Council on subjects other than public hearing or quasi-judicial items listed on this agenda, please sign up with the Clerk prior to the meeting. Only the individual wishing to speak may sign the Open Forum sheet and only City residents, property owners, or business owners may speak. All issues discussed under Open Forum must be limited to issues related to the City of St. Petersburg government.

Speakers will be called to address Council according to the order in which they sign the Open Forum sheet. In order to provide an opportunity for all citizens to address Council, each individual will be limited to one appearance per month and each speaker will be given three (3) minutes. The nature of the speakers' comments will determine the manner in which the response will be provided. The response will be provided by City staff and may be in the form of a letter or a follow-up phone call depending on the request.

K. Adjournment

Consent Agenda I

Consent Agenda I

March 1, 2007

NOTE: Business items listed on the yellow Consent Agenda cost more than one-half million dollars while the blue Consent Agenda includes routine business items costing less than that amount.

(Purchasing)

1. Renewing a strategic partnership agreement with HD Supply Waterworks, LTD formally known as National Waterworks, Inc., for water and sewer supplies for the Water Resources Department at an estimated annual cost of $1,784,000.

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2. Approving the purchase of replacement police cruisers from Duval Motor Company dba Duval Ford for the Fleet Management and Police departments at a total cost of $1,303,330.

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3. Renewing blanket purchase agreements with Morelli Landscaping, Inc; G.D.K Leasing, Inc. d/b/a Amplex; Landscape Flower Growers, Inc; Amerson Nursery, Inc.; and Florida Contract Growers, LLC for trees, shrubbery and flowers at an estimated annual cost of $966,720.

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4. Renewing a blanket purchase agreement with Progress Energy, Inc., for decorative street lighting installation for the Internal Services Administration at an estimated final cost of $931,222 for a revised estimated total cost not to exceed $1,699,622.

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5. Accepting a proposal from Dell Marketing LP for desktop and laptop computers and peripherals at an estimated annual cost of $637,000.

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda II

March 1, 2007

NOTE: The Consent Agenda contains normal, routine business items that are very likely to be approved by the City Council by a single motion. Council questions on these items were answered prior to the meeting. Each Councilmember may, however, defer any item for added discussion at a later time.

(Purchasing)

1. Approving the purchase of defibrillators from Philips Electronics North America Corporation, dba Philips Medical Systems, for the City of St. Petersburg at a total cost of $238,050; authorizing the Mayor to accept a donation for the total cost; approving a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $238,050 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Fund (0001) resulting from these additional revenues; executing all documents necessary to effectuate this transaction.

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