June 7, 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.

4. Please do not pass notes to Council during the meeting.

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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.

June 7, 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)

Proclamation recognizing St. Pete Pride month.

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 975-V approving the vacation of a 30 foot wide unimproved east-west street and utility easement located along the south property line of the Nautico mixed-use development. (City file 07-33000003)

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2. Ordinance 976-V approving the vacation of a portion of Plaza Comercio between San Merino Boulevard NE and Savona Drive NE. (City File 07-33000007)

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3. Ordinance 831-G approving an amendment to the City's Courtesy Docks Ordinance; amending Sections 7-211 through 7-213 of the St. Petersburg City Code; increasing vessel lengths for selected slips; clarifying certain prohibited uses; establishing fees for violations of certain prohibited docking activities and, amending and adding terminology

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4. Ordinance 832-G amending Sections 25-401(1)(b) and 25-417 of the City Code relating to cable service and open video service providers using public rights of way; requiring registration; providing for cable and video services for public facilities; imposing requirements for governmental and educational access channels; defining terms; and providing for severability.

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5. Ordinance 833-G amending Section 3-7 of the St. Petersburg City Code, relating to enforcement of conditions and requirements of street closure permits.

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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.

6. Appeal of the Environmental Development Commission's (EDC) approval of a site plan modification for Westminster Shores to construct a six-story, 40-unit residential building with common facilities at 125 - 56th Avenue South. (City File 07-32000008)

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E. Reports

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

Setting June 21, 2007 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):

1. Repealing the existing Section 22-30 of the current City Code regarding the Civil Service Board and creating a new Section 22-30 providing for a Civil Service Board as required by the City Charter and enumerating the composition, procedures and powers of the Board.

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G. New Business

1. Referring to the Public Safety, Services & Infrastructure Committee for review any ordinances pertinent to ice cream trucks. (Councilmember Danner)

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2. Requesting that the August 9, 2007 City Council Meeting starting time be changed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with public hearings to be heard at 6:00 p.m. to accommodate the second readings and second public hearings for the Land Development Regulations. (Chair Bryan)

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H. Council Committee Reports

1. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (5/31/07)

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I. Legal

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

June 7, 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. Library Books and Materials:

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(a) Approving the purchase of library books and related materials from the Nubro, Inc. d/b/a Brodart Co., Baker & Taylor, Inc., The Gale Group, Inc. and nine other vendors at an estimated annual cost of $537,500.

(b) Awarding annual blanket purchase agreements to Book Wholesalers, Inc., Regent, Inc. and four other vendors for library books and related materials for the Library at an estimated annual cost of $302,980.

2. Accepting proposals from Professional Staffing ABTS Inc., dba Able Body Labor and E.S.S.I., Inc. for temporary staffing services at an estimated annual cost of $700,000.

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda II

June 7, 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 a replacement fire apparatus for the Fire Department from Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus, Inc. at a total cost of $369,191; and approving a supplemental appropriation of $369,191 from an increase in the authorization level of the Equipment Replacement Fund.

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