July 12, 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.

July 12, 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. Awards and Presentations

1. Presentation of the Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) Award to Historic Kenwood Neighborhood.

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2. Presentation of American Water Works Association (AWWA) Research Foundation Award to Water Resources.

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E. Correspondence

NOTE: Only the person who has written the letter, or an authorized representative, will be permitted to speak in connection with an item of correspondence. The person speaking will be given three minutes ONLY to state the request. In some instances and at the discretion of City Council, more than three minutes speaking time will be granted.

F. 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 978-V approving the vacation of the south 311 feet of Northeast Madison Circle North, north of 62nd Avenue North. (City File 07-33000008)

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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.

2. Appeal of the Environmental Development Commission's (EDC) approval of a site plan with variances to construct a 19-story mixed-use retail and residential building at 232 - 2nd Street North. (City File 07-31000005)

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G. Reports

1. Management Evaluation of the Police Department - Matrix Consulting Group.

11:00 a.m.

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

Setting July 19, 2007 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinances:

1. The estimated 0.85 acre subject property is generally located on the northwest corner of 6th Street South and 32nd Avenue South. (City File PC-702)

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(a) Amending the Future Land Use Map designation from Residential Medium to Commercial General.

(b) Rezoning the above described property from RM-12/15 (Residential Multifamily) to CG (Commercial General), or other less intensive use.

(c) Approving a Development Agreement.

2. The subject property is a single lot, estimated to be 5,520 sq. ft. or 0.13 acres in size, generally located on the north side of 13th Avenue North, approximately 89 feet west of 4th Street North. (City File PC-706)

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(a) Amending the Future Land Use Map designation from Residential Medium to Planned Redevelopment-Mixed Use.

(b) Rezoning the above described property from NSM-1 (Neighborhood Suburban Multifamily) to CCT-1 (Corridor Commercial Traditional), or other less intensive use.

3. An ordinance ceasing any further intake of complaints pursuant to Chapter 15 of the St. Petersburg City Code; providing for the referral of human rights complaints to the Pinellas County Office of Human Rights for processing under the Pinellas County Human Relations Ordinance; repealing Chapter 15 of the St. Petersburg City Code relating to human rights; and providing for effective dates.

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I. New Business

J. Council Committee Reports

1. Policy & Planning Committee. (06/28/07)

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K. Legal

L. 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.

M. Adjournment

Consent Agenda I

Consent Agenda I

July 12, 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 a change order with Petroleum Traders Corporation and Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville, Inc. for gasoline and diesel fuel in the amount of $396,480 which increases the total contract amount to $2,964,873.

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(Internal Services)

2. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $127,606 to the contract with APAC - Southeast, Inc. for Resurfacing, Restoring and Rehabilitation of SR 595 (4th Avenue) between 5th Avenue North and 3rd Street North, SR 687 (3rd Street) from 5th Avenue South to 5th Avenue North, SR 687 (4th Street) from 5th Avenue North to 5th Avenue South, for a total cost of $9,619,198.21. (Engineering Project Nos. 02049-110, 02050-111, 02051-110; Oracle Nos. C121423, C121421, C121422)

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda II

July 12, 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. Accepting a bid from SiteSecure, Inc. to furnish electric fencing for the Water Resources Department for a total cost of $110,471.80.

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(City Development)

2. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Lease between the City of St. Petersburg ("City") and Deborah Brown and David Dahms d/b/a Peppers on the Pier ("Tenant") for Space No. 1008 at the Pier for a two (2) year term commencing June 1, 2007 and expiring May 31, 2009.

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(City Services)

3. Authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and Coordinated Child Care of Pinellas, Inc. to provide child care services for qualified families for one year commencing July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.

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(Neighborhood Services)

4. Approving an amendment to the City's Local Housing Assistance Plan ("LHAP") under the State Housing Initiatives Partnership ("SHIP") program for FY 2005/06 and 2006/07 through 2008/09 to establish a Tangerine Avenue Community Redevelopment Area Housing Assistance Strategy ("Tacra Housing Strategy"); authorizing the submission of the amendment to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation ("FHFC"); designating $200,000 in the City's SHIP allocation to fund a City program to effectuate the TACRA Housing Strategy; authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the amendment and to expend funds in accordance with the LHAP, as amended, upon approval by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.

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(Internal Services)

5. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 to Task Order No. 02-4-TBE to the Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and TBE Group, Inc. in the amount of $85,440 for replacement of the gasoline piping line at the Fleet Maintenance Yard’s East Fuel Station, for a total cost of $252,738. (Engineering Project No. 06087-125)

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6. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Supplement No. 2 to the Local Agency Program Agreement (Agreement) between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida (City) and the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) which extends the expiration date of the Agreement to December 31, 2008, and for increased costs for the resurfacing portion of the SR693/Pasadena Avenue/66th Street Project in an amount not to exceed $92,248, which brings the total project cost to an amount not to exceed $175,226; authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $145,406 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Capital Improvement Fund resulting from these additional revenues. (FDOT Financial Project No. 257076-1-58-01, Engineering Project No. 07071-111, Oracle No. 11547)

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7. Awarding a contract to Donal Enterprises, Inc. dba DM Enterprises in the credit amount of $201,500 to the City, for CSX Rail Removal Project for the Pinellas Trail Extension, from 34th Street South to west of 10th Street South; and authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $201,500 from the increase in the unappropriated fund balance of the General Capital Improvements Fund resulting from these additional revenues. (Engineering Project Nos. 06103-112 and 06103-212; Oracle No. 11060)

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8. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Joint Participation Agreement between the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of St. Petersburg, Florida (City) for participation by FDOT in the design/build activities of the City of St. Petersburg Bicycle Racks Project (Project) in an amount not to exceed $16,800; and authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $16,800 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Grants Capital Improvement Fund (3004) resulting from these additional revenues. (FDOT Financial Project No. 413076-1-58-01)

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(Miscellaneous)

9. Approving a contract with the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections for support services for the 2007 Municipal Primary Election.

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10. Approving the minutes of the City Council meetings held on May 3, May 10 and May 17, 2007.

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11. Authorizing the Mayor to accept a grant from VSA Arts of Florida in the amount of $1,000 to fund a half-day training program on accessibility in cultural organizations.

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End notes

Note: An abbreviated listing of upcoming City Council meetings.