April 5, 2007
8:30 AM
Welcome to the City
of
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.
2.
Placards and posters
are not permitted in the Chamber.
Applause is not permitted except in connection with Awards and
Presentations.
3.
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Council from your seat. If asked by
Council to speak to an issue, please do so from the podium.
4.
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5.
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to other members of the audience by keeping side conversations to a minimum.
6.
The Fire Code
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7.
If other seating is
available, please do not occupy the seats reserved for the hearing
impaired.
GENERAL AGENDA INFORMATION
For
your convenience, a copy of the agenda material is available for your review at
the Main Library,
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.
April 5, 2007
8:30 AM
Council Meeting
A.
Meeting
Called to Order and Roll Call.
Invocation and Pledge to the Flag of the
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.
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First
Setting April 19, 2007 as
the second reading and second public hearing date for the following proposed
Ordinances:
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(a) Ordinance amending the Intown Redevelopment Plan.
(b) Ordinance amending the Bayboro Harbor Redevelopment Plan
(c) Ordinance amending the Sixteenth Street Commercial Revitalization Plan
(d) Ordinance amending the Intown West Redevelopment Plan
(e) Ordinance amending the Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Redevelopment Plan
(f) Ordinance
amending the Tangerine Avenue Community Redevelopment Plan
Quasi-Judicial Proceedings
Swearing in of witnesses.
Representatives of City Administration, the applicant/appellant,
opponents, and members of the public who wish to speak at the public hearing
must declare that he or she will testify truthfully by taking an oath or
affirmation in the following form:
"Do you swear or affirm that the
evidence you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth?"
The oath or affirmation will be
administered prior to the presentation of testimony and will be administered in
mass to those who wish to speak. Persons
who submit cards to speak after the administration of the oath, who have not
been previously sworn, will be sworn prior to speaking. For
detailed procedures to be followed for Quasi-Judicial Proceedings, please see
yellow sheet attached to this agenda.
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E.
Reports
1.
State
property tax reform issues. (Oral)
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F.
New
Ordinances - (First
G. New Business
H. Council Committee Reports
1. Affordable Housing Committee. (3/14/07)
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(a) Resolution approving an amendment to the City's current Working to Improve our Neighborhoods ("WIN") Homebuyer Assistance Program to allow the City to take a third position behind State funded housing loans or other government funded housing loans; to allow the reduction of a borrower's down payment from 2% to 1% or less; and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this resolution.
(b) Resolution authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and provide a 1% interest loan to the Lansing Apartments, Ltd, a Florida Limited Partnership in the amount of $500,000 for the proposed construction of the Lansing Apartments, to be located at 333 Dr. M. L. King Street North; subject to appropriation and contingent on Lansing obtaining Florida Housing Finance Corporation administered Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding approval by October 2007 and closing on financing of the project within two years of the effective date of this resolution; and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this transaction.
(c) Resolution
authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and provide a 1% interest loan to the
Sacramento Apartments, Ltd, a Florida Limited Partnership in the amount of
$500,000 for the proposed construction of the Sacramento Apartments, to be
located at 1007 Arlington Avenue North; subject to appropriation and contingent
on Sacramento obtaining Florida Housing Finance Corporation administered Low
Income Housing Tax Credit funding approval by October 2007 and closing on
financing of the project within two years of the effective date of this
resolution; and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to
effectuate this transaction.
2.
Budget,
Finance & Taxation Committee.
(3/22/07)
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3.
Policy
& Planning Committee. (3/22/07)
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(a) Resolution authorizing a change of use for the Louise Graham Regeneration Center 2006 Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") funding in the amount of $66,400, a reduction of the percentage of City residents Louise Graham serves from 90% to 75%, and an increase in the annual number of low- to moderate-income residents of the City of St. Petersburg required to be provided services by Louise Graham from 39 to 55; and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this resolution.
(b) Approving
the Public Art Deaccession Policy.
4.
Public
Safety, Services & Infrastructure Committee. (3/22/07)
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(a) Resolution
establishing criteria for initiating the vacation of public rights-of-way and
easements.
5.
Legislative
Affairs & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. (3/22/07)
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6.
Co-Sponsored
Event Committee. (3/23/07)
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I.
Legal
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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
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.