September 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.

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.

September 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.

Administration of Oath of Office to City Council Chair and Vice-Chair by the Honorable John C. Lenderman, Judge of the Circuit Court.

B. Approval of Agenda with Additions and Deletions.

C. Consent Agenda (see attached)

1. Proclamation recognizing September 22, 2007 as a "Day of Caring."

2. Proclamation recognizing "The Big Read."

3. Presentation recognizing "It Starts in Parks" Campaign Award.

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

Setting October 4, 2007 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):

1. Approving the third amendment to the Development Order for the Intown Areawide Development of Regional Impact (IADRI) to clarify the requirements to reserve development capacity.

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E. Reports

F. New Business

G. Council Committee Reports

1. Housing Services Committee. (9/12/07)

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2. Policy & Planning Committee. (9/13/07)

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3. Committee of the Whole: Bright House. (9/13/07) (ORAL)

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H. Legal

I. 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 981-V approving the vacation of a 20 foot wide east-west alley in the block bound by Central Avenue and 1st Avenue North and 1st and 2nd Streets North. (City File 07-33000010)

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2. Ordinance 982-V approving the vacation of a 20 foot wide ingress-egress easement at 3950 - 34th Street South. (City File 07-33000014)

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3. Ordinance 983-V approving the vacation of a 24 foot wide ingress-egress easement (named 3rd Avenue North) to accommodate the construction of four new residential buildings at the Jamestown Apartment Complex. (City File 07-33000015)

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4. Ordinance 984-V approving the vacation of the street easements on each corner of the block bound by Central Avenue and 1st Avenue North and 17th and 18th Streets North. (City File 07-33000017)

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5. Utility Rate Increases for FY 2008:

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(a) Ordinance 845-G amending Chapter 27, Sections 27-296.2, 27-331 and 27-359 of the St. Petersburg City Code, relating to Sanitation Rates.

(b) Ordinance 846-G amending Chapter 27, Sections 27-117, 27-132, 27-133, 27-153, 27-191, and 27-192 of the St. Petersburg City Code, relating to utility rates and charges.

6. Confirming Preliminary Assessment on Securing Building Numbers 1073, 1074, 1075, and 1076.

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7. Confirming Preliminary Assessment on Building Demolition Number 336.

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8. Confirming Preliminary Assessment on Lot Clearing Numbers 1417 and 1418.

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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

CRA

St. Petersburg Canvassing Board

September 20, 2007

1. City Council Convene as St. Petersburg Canvassing Board.

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2. A Resolution of the City of St. Petersburg Canvassing Board canvassing the election results of the September 11, 2007 Primary Election.

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3. Adjourn St. Petersburg Canvassing Board.

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Consent Agenda I

Consent Agenda I

September 20, 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. Renewing a blanket purchase agreement with Odyssey Manufacturing Co., for sodium hypochlorite for the Water Resources Department at an estimated annual cost of $1,336,500.

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda II

September 20, 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 replacement cabs and chassis with roll-off hoists from Kenworth of Central Florida for the Sanitation Department at a total cost of $278,624; approving a supplemental appropriation $1,600,000 to the Sanitation Equipment Replacement fund (4027) from the unappropriated balance; and providing an effective date.

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2. Ratifying and approving the sale of three surplus vehicles to American Industrial Service and Standard Equipment Company at a total sale price of $253,151.

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3. Renewing a blanket purchase agreement with R.E. Purcell Construction Inc., for asphalt for Stormwater, Pavement and Traffic Operations at an estimated annual cost of $220,000.

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4. Renewing a blanket purchase agreement with Sungard HTE, Inc., a sole source supplier, for an annual software maintenance agreement for the ICS Department at a total cost of $144,109.75

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5. Renewing a blanket purchase agreement with The Budd Group, Inc. for security guard services for the Sanitation and Fleet Management departments at an estimated annual cost of $129,970.

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6. Accepting a proposal from Municipal Code Corporation for recodification and annual supplements of the City Code for the Office of the City Clerk at a total cost of $113,139.

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7. Approving the purchase of a refurbished street sweeper for the Fleet Management Department at a total cost of $104,562.