May 3, 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:

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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.

May 3, 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

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 829-G authorizing encumbrances on Albert Whitted Municipal Airport property in accordance with Section 1.02(c)(5)B, St. Petersburg City Charter, for a Federal Aviation Administration grant in the estimated amount of $26,600 for the design and construction of the re-marking of Runway 6-24, and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this grant.

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2. Approving an amendment to the City's FY 2006-2007 Annual Action Plan to: 1) provide $550,000 in funding for acquisition, relocation assistance, appraisal and environmental assessment of the two lots laying between the City-owned property at 2201 and 2245 First Avenue North, for the purpose of providing affordable housing; and 2) provide these additional funds from the uncommitted balance of the Community Development Block Grant budget; authorizing the Mayor to submit the amendment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and to execute all documents necessary for implementation of the amendment.

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E. Reports

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

G. New Business

H. Council Committee Reports

1. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (4/26/07)

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2. Policy & Planning Committee. (4/26/07)

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3. Public Safety, Services & Infrastructure Committee. (4/26/07)

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4. Committee of the Whole - Weeki Wachee Update & Kenwood Dog Park. (4/26/07)

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I. Legal

1. Confirmation of Special Counsel for pension related tax matters of a highly specialized nature.

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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

May 3, 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. Approving the purchase of replacement trucks from Duval Motor Company d/b/a Duval Ford for the Fleet Management department at a total cost of $731,440.

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(Internal Services)

2. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Task Order No. 06-2-URS/GC to the Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and URS Corporation Southern in an amount not to exceed $556,834 for the design of 30th Avenue North, 29th Street North and Vicinity Storm Drainage Improvements, and approving a supplemental appropriation of $1,378,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the Stormwater Drainage Capital Projects Fund resulting from revenues from a Southwest Florida Water Management District grant. (Engineering Project No. 05085-110; Oracle No. 10527)

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda II

May 3, 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 a change order to the agreement with Wetlands by Design, Inc for exotic nuisance vegetation removal in an amount not to exceed $66,783 for a revised estimated total cost not to exceed $164,453; authorizing the Mayor to accept $66,783 from the Southwest Florida Water Management District ("SWFWMD") to fund the change order and to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this transaction; and approving a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $66,783 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Capital Improvement Fund resulting from these additional revenues to the Lake Maggiore/Boyd Hill project.

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2. Awarding a one year blanket purchase agreement to Ameron International, Inc. for street lighting poles for the Internal Services Department at an estimated annual cost of $369,000.

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(City Services)

3. Authorizing the Mayor to accept a grant from the Florida Sports Foundation, Incorporated's Junior Golf Grant Program in the amount of $30,000 for The First Tee of St. Petersburg Junior Golf Program and to execute a grant agreement and all other documents necessary to effectuate this transaction.

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(Internal Services)

4. Authorizing the Mayor to accept a Southwest Florida Water Management District ("SWFWMD") Community Education Grant in the amount of $2,864 for the creation of a supplement to the 2006 Step-By-Step Sprinkler System Checkup Guide, an educational publication on outdoor water conservation practices.

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5. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Task Order No. 04-2-BE/W to the Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and Boyle Engineering Corporation in the amount of $164,159 for Design Services for Lift Station 61, Pasadena Master Station (6800 Travelers Way South) Rehabilitation, for a total cost of $255,528. (Engineering Project No. 06066-111; Oracle No. 10978)

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6. Approving a supplemental appropriation of $200,000 from the unappropriated balance of the City Facilities Capital Improvement Fund 3031 to the Sunshine Center HVAC Replacement Project Number 11518; and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this resolution.

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(Miscellaneous)

7. Setting May 17, 2007 as the public hearing date for Preliminary Assessment for Lot Clearing Numbers 1411 and 1412.

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8. Setting May 17, 2007 as the public hearing date for Preliminary Assessment for Building Demolition Number 331.

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9. Setting May 17, 2007 as the public hearing date for Preliminary Assessment for Building Securing Number 1067.

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10. Approving the minutes of the City Council meetings held on March 15 and March 22, 2007.

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11. Approving the amendment to City Council Resolution No. 2003-185, concerning Consolidated Plan Application and Project Criteria and Appointment, Composition, and Term of Members of the Consolidated Plan Ad Hoc Application Review Committee to provide that: the Committee size shall be eleven members, some of whom, at the Mayor’s sole discretion, may be members of City Council, to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council; providing that all provisions of Resolution No. 2003-185 not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect; waiving the policy set forth in Resolution No. 88-616 that citizens who serve on City committees can serve on no more than one committee at a time for Michael R. Gilson; and confirming the Mayor’s appointments to the Committee for FY 2008,

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12. Confirming the appointment of Lynn E. Hanshaw as an alternate member to the Human Relations Review board to fill an unexpired three-year term ending 9/30/08.

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13. Confirming the appointment of Christopher M. Lovelady as an alternate member to the Committee to Advocate for Persons with Impairments to fill an unexpired three-year term ending 12/31/07.

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End notes

Note: An abbreviated listing of upcoming City Council meetings.

Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee

Thursday, April 26, 2007, 8:15 a.m., Room 100

Policy & Planning Committee

Thursday, April 26, 2007, 9:30 a.m., Community Resource Room

Public Safety, Services & Infrastructure Committee

Thursday, April 26, 2007, 10:30 a.m., Room 100

Council Workshop – Port Dredging

Thursday, April 26, 2007, 1:30 p.m., Room 100

Committee of the Whole

Thursday, April 26, 2007, immediately following Port Dredging Workshop, Room 100

Weeki Wachee Fund Quarterly Update

Kenwood Dog Park

Council/CRA Agenda Review

Thursday, April 26, 2007, immediately following the Committee of the Whole, Room 100

Committee of the Whole - Panhandling

Thursday, May 3, 2007, immediately following the City Council Meeting, Room 100

Mirror Lake Complex Charrette

Friday, May 4, 2007, 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m., Shuffleboard Ballroom

Saturday, May 5, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-Noon, The Coliseum

FY 2007-2008 Budget Meetings

Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 9:00 a.m., Council Budget Workshop

Thursday, May 24, 2007, 6:00 p.m., Budget Forum

Thursday, May 31, 2007, 1:00 p.m., Council Budget Workshop

Thursday, July 5, 2007, Adoption of Preliminary Budget & Tentative Millage Rate

Thursday, August 23, 2007, 6:00 p.m., 1^st Budget Public Hearing

Thursday, September 6, 2007, 6:00 p.m., 2^nd Budget Public Hearing

Civil Service Board 1 Alternate Member (Term expires 6/30/07) City Beautiful Commission 1 Regular Member (Term expires 12/31/09) Civilian Police Review Committee 15 Regular and 3 Alternate Members (Terms expire 6/30/10) Commission on Aging 1 Regular Member (Term expires 12/31/07) Committee to Advocate for Persons with Impairments (CAPI) 1 Alternate Member (Term expires 12/31/07)

Health Facilities Authority 1 Regular Member (Term expires 12/31/07) Human Relations Review Board 1 Alternate Member (Term expires 9/30/08)