January 24, 2008

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.

2. Placards and posters are not permitted in the Chamber. Applause is not permitted except in connection with Awards and Presentations.

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.

5. Please be courteous to other members of the audience by keeping side conversations to a minimum.

6. The Fire Code prohibits anyone from standing in the aisles or in the back of the room.

7. If other seating is available, please do not occupy the seats reserved for the hearing impaired.

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.

January 24, 2008

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. 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 partial vacation of the eastern 150 feet of the 20-foot wide east-west alley in the block bound by Central Avenue, 1st Avenue North, 16th Street North and 17th Street North. (City File 07-33000026)

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2. Establishing the Snug Harbor Center Community Development District.

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E. Reports

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

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..Update on the Pinellas Planning Council. (Councilmember Kennedy) (Oral)

F. New Business

G. Council Committee Reports

1. Legislative Affairs & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. (1/16/08)

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H. Legal

I. Public Hearings and Quasi-Judicial Proceedings - 6:00 p.m.

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.

1. The 5.55 acre subject property is generally located on the east side of San Fernando Blvd. NE, approximately 180 feet south of Gandy Blvd. (City File PC-705)

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(a) Ordinance 683-L amending the Future Land Use Map designation from Residential Urban to Planned Redevelopment Mixed-Use.

(b) Ordinance 712-Z rezoning the above described property from NPUD-1 (Neighborhood Planned Unit Development) to CCS-1 (Corridor Commercial Suburban), or other less intensive use.

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

2. The subject property, estimated to be 4.69 acres in size, is generally located south of 5th Avenue South and north of 6th Avenue South, between Dr. M.L. King Jr. Street South and 10th Street South. (City File ZO-96)

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(a) Ordinance 713-Z amending the Official Zoning Map designation from CRT-1 (Corridor Residential Traditional) to CCT-1 (Corridor Commercial Traditional), or other less intensive use.

(b) Ordinance 870-G approving a Development Agreement.

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.

3. Ordinance 871-G amending Chapter 20, Article VI, Section 20-147 of the St. Petersburg City Code relating to false alarms.

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4. Ordinance 872-G creating a new Section 20-82 of the St. Petersburg City Code to prohibit sleeping, lying or reclining on rights-of-way during daylight hours.

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5. Ordinance 873-G amending Chapter 8-321 of the St. Petersburg City Code; changing the title; expanding the prohibition of items stored outdoors on private and public property, including rights-of-way; changing the notice requirements for removal of items; providing for the disposal of removed items; providing for temporary storage facilities; making minor technical corrections; correcting and clarifying inconsistent or ambiguous terminology; and designating Code Enforcement Officers to ensure compliance with F.S. 705 concerning lost or abandoned property.

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Second Reading and Second Public Hearings

6. ~~Ordinance 867-G annexing property located south of the St. Petersburg City Limits in Boca Ciega Bay and west of Pinellas Bayway in Tierra Verde, containing approximately 31.15 acres.~~ [THIS ITEM IS BEING DEFERRED]

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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

January 24, 2008

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 change orders to Imagineering, Inc., Alfred Conhagen, Inc. of Florida and J. W. Appley and Son, Inc. for machine shop, welding and fabrication services in the amount of $130,000 which increases the estimated annual contract amount to $509,600.

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(Neighborhood Services)

2. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a State-funded Subgrant Agreement for $500,000 with the State of Florida, Department of Financial Services ("DFS") for implementation of the My Safe Florida Home ("MSFH") Program and MSFH Program Agreements with homeowners pre-selected by the State of Florida whose homes have already been inspected and determined eligible for assistance and who's Homesteads are within the corporate limits of the City of St. Petersburg, with MSFH Program expenditures not to exceed a total of $500,000; approving a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the Housing Capital Improvement Fund resulting from these additional revenues.

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(Internal Services)

3. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Joint Project Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County in the estimated sum of $785,148 for relocation of the City's Water Mains on the County's 46th Avenue North Road Widening Project from 80th Street to 62nd Street North, PID 922493. (Engineering Project No. 06102-111; Oracle No. 11115)

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4. Awarding a contract to Florida Safety Contractors, Inc. in the amount of ~~$1,045,037.37~~ $1,331,401.46 for 1st and 2nd Streets South between Central Avenue and 5th Avenue South Installation of Mast Arm Traffic Signals (Engineering Project No. 06086-112; Oracle No. 11913, 11316 and 11651)

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda II

January 24, 2008

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 fire rescue vehicles from Ten-8 Fire Equipment, Inc. for the Fire department at a total cost of $259,850; and approving a supplemental appropriation of $260,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Medical Services Fund to the Fire Department.

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