February 7, 2008

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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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.

February 7, 2008

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. 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 986-V 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. Ordinance 874-G establishing the Snug Harbor Center Community Development District.

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3. Ordinance 875-G repealing Ordinance 243-G which created the Crescent Lake Dependent Special District; providing for the dissolution of the Crescent Lake Dependent Special District.

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First Reading and First Public Hearings

Setting February 21, 2008 as the second reading and second public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s).

4. Ordinance 876-G amending City Code Chapter 16, Land Development Regulations. (City File LDR-2007-04)

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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.

5. Ordinance 066-HL approving the designation of the Dodd Residence located at 103 Wildwood Lane SE as a local historic landmark. (City File HPC 07-01)

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6. Appeal of the Development Review Commission (DRC) approval of a special exception use (self-storage), with a variance for parking at the southeast corner of 11th Street and 1st Avenue North. (City File 07-32000032)

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E. Reports

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

G. New Business

1. Referring to the Public Services & Infrastructure Committee for review Land Development Regulations/Zoning Regulations related to "assembly" designation. (Councilmember Danner)

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2. Referring to the Budget, Finance and Taxation Committee a proposal to establish a Trust Fund for Social Services. (Councilmember Kennedy)

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H. Council Committee Reports

1. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (1/24/08)

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2. Public Services & Infrastructure Committee. (1/24/08)

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3. Housing Services Committee. (1/24/08)

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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 A

February 7, 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.

(Internal Services)

1. Awarding a contract to APAC - Southeast, Inc. in the amount of $1,795,000 for Citywide Street Milling and Resurfacing FY 2008. (Engineering Project Nos. 08003-130 and 08042-119; Oracle Nos. 11609 and 11674)

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2. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract extension and increase to the contract amount with AKCA, Inc. in the amount of $150,000 for the Bicycle Lane Installation - Roadway Re-Striping Annual Contract, for a total contract amount of $800,000. (Engineering Project Nos. 05054-112, 05055-112, and 07003-130; Oracle Nos. 10099 and 11142)

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda B

February 7, 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. Awarding a three-year blanket purchase agreement to Consolidated Resource Recovery, Inc. for yard waste grinding services for the Sanitation Department at an estimated annual cost of $439,875.

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2. Rescinding a portion of the award for printers for the Police Department from Solutions4Sure.com, Inc. dba Tech Depot (Tech Depot) in the amount of $58,091 and ratifying and approving an award to PC Specialists Inc. in the amount of $59,742 for a net increase of $1,651 and a total purchase cost of $227,251.

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(City Development)

3. Approving the plat of San Martin Village Replat, generally located southwest of Gandy Boulevard and San Martin Boulevard. (City File 06-20000015)

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4. Approving the plat of Mercy Hospital Partial Replat and First Addition, generally located at the southwest corner of 13th Avenue South and 21st Street South. (City File 07-20000001)

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5. Approving the plat of Andover Bay Townhomes, a 3.7 acre tract being subdivided into 46 townhouse units. The property is generally located at the west end of 39th Avenue North, west of 74th Street North. (City File 07-20000005)

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6. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a First Amendment to the January 27, 2006 Property Disposition Agreement by and between the City of St. Petersburg and Osprey S.P. Properties, L.L.C ("PDA") to provide for an extension of certain deadlines in the PDA.

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7. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Partial Release of Certain Deed Restrictions together with Tarpon Ridge, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Halkey-Roberts Corporation, a Florida Corporation, and Pinellas VP LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Corporation, that modifies Deed Restriction No. 1 to exempt residential construction on the property commonly referred to as the Sod Farm from the requirement to construct all buildings with masonry construction or its equivalent or better.

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(Internal Services)

8. Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cooperative Funding Agreement with the Southwest Florida Water Management District for the City of St. Petersburg Sensible Sprinkling Program Phase 3 in the amount of $100,000.

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9. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Task Order No. 04-13-CE/W to the Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and Carollo Engineers, P.C. in the amount of $324,107 for Design Services for the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility Dewatering System Improvements, for a total cost of $370,507. (Engineering Project No. 07042-111; Oracle No. 11421)

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10. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Task Order No. 02-2-HDR/GC to the agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and HDR Engineering, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $20,000 for 1st and 2nd Street South between Central and 5th Avenues South - Installation of Mast Arm Traffic Signals, for a total amount of $280,204. (Engineering Project No. 06086-112; Oracle No. 11913)

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11. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Local Agency Program 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 activities of the Booker Creek Bicycle/Pedestrian Trail Project ("Project") in an amount not to exceed $50,000; authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Capital Improvement Fund resulting from these additional revenues; and providing an effective date. (FDOT Financial Project No. 406484-9-38-01)

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(Miscellaneous)

12. Authorizing the Mayor to accept a State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management federally funded subgrant in the amount of $258,145 for the specific purposes of performing eligible activities as identified in the Office for Domestic Preparedness Fiscal Year 2007-08 State Homeland Security Grant Program consistent with the Department of Homeland Security State Strategy; and to execute a grant agreement with the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management and all other documents necessary to effectuate this transaction; approving a supplemental appropriation of $258,145 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Fund resulting from these additional revenues.