March 20, 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.

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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.

March 20, 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 April 3, 2008 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):

1. Approving the vacation of an unimproved alley between 3rd and 4th Streets North, south of 110th Avenue North, and to vacate 206 feet of 110th Avenue North, east of 4th Street North. (City File 07-33000030)

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2. Approving a vacation of Blackburn Court between Dr. M.L. King Jr. Street South and 10th Street South, the east one-half of 10th Street South between 5th and 6th Avenues South, and the north 40 feet of 6th Avenue South between Dr. M.L. King Jr. Street South and 10th Street South. (City File 06-33000028)

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E. Reports

F. New Business

G. Council Committee Reports

1. Legislative Affairs & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. (3/7/08)

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2. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (3/13/08)

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3. Committee of the Whole - Weeki Wachee. (3/13/08)

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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 988-V amending Ordinance No. 844-V; amending the description of the portion of 12th Avenue South being vacated; providing for a permanent street closing of that portion.

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2. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Lot Clearing Number 1427, 1428, 1429 and 1430.

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3. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Building Demolition Number 343.

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4. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Building Securing Number 1082, 1083 and 1084.

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Second Reading and Second Public Hearings

5. Proposed amendments to the Local Government Comprehensive Plan. (City File LGCP/CHHA-2008-01)

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(a) Ordinance 860-G implementing new legislative requirements related to the Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA) by amending the General Introduction, Future Land Use Element, Coastal Management Element and Capital Improvements Element of the Comprehensive Plan.

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.

6. Future Land Use Map and Official Zoning Map amendments pertaining to a parcel of land, generally located on the southeast corner of 38th Avenue North and Ithaca Street North, estimated to be 14,016 sq. ft. or 0.32 acres in size. (City File FLUM-1)

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(a) Ordinance 687-L amending the Future Land Use Map designation from Planned Redevelopment-Residential to Residential/Office General.

(b) Ordinance 714-Z rezoning the above described property from NT-1 (Neighborhood Traditional) to CRS-1 (Corridor Residential Suburban), 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.

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

March 20, 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 the purchase of replacement vehicles from Duval Motor Co. d/b/a Duval Ford and Garber Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc. at a total cost of $1,559,087.

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2. Renewing blanket purchase agreements with Premier Chemicals, LLC and Siemens Water Technologies Corp., sole source suppliers, for wastewater odor control services for the Water Resources Department at an estimated annual amount of $610,000.

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(Internal Services)

3. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $188,358.34 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 $9,807,556.40. (Engineering Project Nos. 02049-110, 02050-110, 02051-110; Oracle Nos. C121423, C121421, C121422)

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4. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 4 in the amount of $17,005.53 to the contract with Hennessy Construction Services Corp. for the Jamestown Apartments and Town Homes for a total cost of $4,100,216.71. (Engineering Project Number 05350-019; Oracle Number 11065)

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5. Authorizing the Mayor to execute a District Seven Highway Landscape Reimbursement and Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the Florida Department Of Transportation for the purpose of performing highway beautification on State Road rights-of-way within the corporate limits of the City of St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, Florida at a maximum reimbursement amount of $2,000,000; and approving a supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Capital Improvement Fund resulting from these additional revenues.

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6. Authorizing the acceptance of the property insurance coverage proposal submitted by Brown and Brown, Inc.

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda B

March 20, 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 a change order to St. Petersburg College for Police cadet training in the amount of $170,000 which increases the estimated annual amount to $260,000.

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