December 20, 2007

3:00 PM

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.

December 20, 2007

3:00 PM

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 $8,000 donation from Mirror Lake area residents to the City of St. Petersburg.

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

Setting February 7, 2008 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):

1. Approving the designation of the Dodd Residence located at 103 Wildwood Lane Southeast as a local historic landmark. (City File HPC #07-01)

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F. Reports

1. Approving funding for various arts, cultural and education agencies and non-departmental agencies in the amount of $319,993 for the period October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008; authorizing the Mayor to execute agreements and all documents necessary to affect the intent of this resolution with each agency.

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2. Update on Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation (TBARTA). (Councilmember Danner) (Oral)

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3. Request by Florida International Museum to forgive the Museum's remaining debt to the City.

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G. New Business

1. Referral to the Public Safety, Services & Infrastructure Committee for review an amendment to Section 3-7 of the St. Petersburg City Code, to make it unlawful to dispense any alcoholic beverage from any City right-of-way or City owned facility or park, subject to the exceptions as currently exist in the City Code.

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H. Council Committee Reports

1. Housing Services Committee. (12/12/07)

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2. Policy & Planning Committee. (12/13/07)

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3. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (12/13/07)

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4. Public Safety, Services & Infrastructure Committee. (12/13/07)

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5. Council Procedures Committee. (12/18/07)

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6. Committee of the Whole: Panhandling & Weeki Wachee. (12/18/07)

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I. Legal

1. Declaring the 23rd Annual National Martin Luther King Drum Major for Justice Parade which is to take place on January 21, 2008, to be a special event within the meaning of Section 29-213(l) of the St. Petersburg City Code; and delineating boundaries and time within which the declaration is to be effective.

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J. Public Hearings and Quasi-Judicial Proceedings - 6:00 p.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 859-G authorizing the grant of four (4) Public Utility Easements to Florida Power Corporation d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc., a Florida Corporation, to relocate their utility poles as a result of the 62nd Avenue North Bike Path Project No. 04061-110 at the City owned Mangrove Bay Golf Course.

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2. Ordinance 861-G authorizing the grant of a ten (10) foot wide Public Utility Easement to Florida Power Corporation d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation, to relocate and maintain electrical service and related accessories along the northern portion of Albert Whitted Airport.

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3. Ordinance 862-G authorizing the grant of two (2) Public Utility Easements to Florida Power Corporation d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc., a Florida Corporation, to maintain existing electrical service improvements on the northern portion of Albert Whitted Airport.

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4. Ordinance 863-G authorizing the grant of two (2) Public Utility Easements to Florida Power Corporation d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation, to install and maintain pad mounted transformers and associated cabling necessary to provide electrical service to improvements at Albert Whitted Park.

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5. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Building Securing Number SEC 1079.

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6. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Building Demolition Number DMO 340.

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7. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Lot Clearing Number 1422.

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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.

8. Future Land Use Map and Official Zoning Map amendments to the perimeter of the St. Petersburg Golf and Country Club golf course. The total estimated size is 53,416 sq. ft. or 1.23 acres. The parcels are generally located at the intersection of Cortez Way South and 35th Terrace South (Area "A") and the intersection of Madrid Way South and Columbus Way South (Area "B"). (City File PC-708)

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(a) Ordinance 686-L amending the Future Land Use Map designation for the above described property from Recreation/Open Space to Residential Low.

(b) Ordinance 711-Z rezoning the above described property from NSE (Neighborhood Suburban Estate) to NS-2 (Neighborhood Suburban Single Family-2), or other less intensive use.

(c) Resolution requesting amendment to the Countywide Future Land Use Plan, as described above, to comply with the requirements of the Pinellas Planning Council and Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners.

Second Reading and Second Public Hearings

9. Ordinance 707-Z amending, with conditions, the Official Zoning Map designation from NMH (Neighborhood Mobile Home) to NPUD-1 (Neighborhood Planned Unit Development), or other less intensive use, property estimated to be 25.95 (upland) acres in size, or 29.76 acres including submerged lands, generally located south of Gandy Blvd. and east of Snug Harbor Road NE, along the waters of Tampa Bay. (City File ZO-95)

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K. 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.