April 3, 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:

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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.

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April 3, 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 987-V approving a vacation of 56th Avenue North, a 60-foot wide right-of-way located between Interstate 275 and 22nd Street North. (City File 07-33000021)

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2. Ordinance 989-V 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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3. Ordinance 990-V 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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4. Verizon Florida, LLC:

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(a) Renewal of registration of Verizon Florida, LLC, as communication vendor.

(b) Approving a supplemental appropriation of $160,000 from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund to the Engineering Department, Stormwater and Permits Division (130-1361) to provide for engineering permit and inspection services for the construction by Verizon Florida, LLC, of a fiber optic ("FIOS") network within St. Petersburg.

E. Reports

1. Reclaimed Water Usage. (Oral)

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

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

Setting April 17, 2008 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):

1. Approving a partial street vacation consisting of a 20-foot wide, 45-foot long section of 9th Avenue North adjacent to the northern boundary of 5226 - 9th Avenue North, legally described as Lot 15, Block 12, Crestmont Revised Subdivision. (City File 07-33000033)

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2. Approving a vacation of the northern 880-feet of an alley in the block bound by 8th Avenue South, 11th Avenue South, 3rd Street South and 4th Street South. (City File 07-33000034)

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G. New Business

H. Council Committee Reports

1. Legislative Affairs & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. (3/26/08)

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2. Housing Services Committee. (3/27/08)

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I. Legal

1. Westminster Shores, Inc. v. City of St. Petersburg Settlement.

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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 A

April 3, 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. Renewing a strategic partnership agreement with HD Supply Waterworks, LTD. for water and sewer supplies for the Water Resources Department at an estimated annual cost of $1,700,000.

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(Internal Services)

2. Albert Whitted Water Reclamation Facility Clarifiers Nos. 3 and 4 and Miscellaneous Rehabilitation Projects:

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(a) Awarding a contract to Wharton Smith, Inc. in the amount of $2,072,000 for the Albert Whitted Water Reclamation Facility Clarifiers Nos. 3 and 4 and Miscellaneous Rehabilitation Project. (Engineering Project No. 06054-111; Oracle Nos. 10930 and 11693)

(b) Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Task Order No. 04-7-CE/W to the Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg and Carollo Engineers, P.C. in the amount of $63,477 for construction services for the Albert Whitted Water Reclamation Facility Clarifiers Nos. 3 and 4 and Miscellaneous Rehabilitation Project, for a total task order cost of $160,412. (Engineering Project No. 06054-111; Oracle Nos. 10930 and 11693)

Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda B

April 3, 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 No. 2 to R.E. Purcell Construction Co., Inc., for asphalt for Stormwater, Pavement and Traffic Operations in the amount of $152,540 which increases the estimated annual cost to $352,540.

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2. Renewing a cooperative blanket purchase agreement with Smith Industries, Inc. dba Smith Fence Company for fencing at an estimated annual cost of $250,000.

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3. Accepting a bid from Concrete Modular Systems, Inc. for concrete modular buildings for the City Services Administration at a total cost of $234,757.10.

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4. Grounds Maintenance:

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(a) Renewing blanket purchase agreements with Creative Cultivations Landscape Maintenance, Green Thumb, Inc, and The Budd Group for grounds maintenance services for the Water Resources Department at an estimated annual cost of $174,000.

(b) Awarding annual blanket purchase agreements to Luke Brothers Inc., Buccaneer Landscape Management Corporation and Green Thumb Inc. for grounds maintenance services at an estimated annual cost of $45,300.

5. Accepting a proposal from Viewtech Financial Services Inc., for management services for the toilet replacement program at an estimated annual cost of $150,000.

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6. Renewing a blanket purchase agreement with Ameron International Corporation for street lighting poles for the Internal Services Administration at an estimated annual cost of $120,000.

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(City Development)

7. Approving the 2007 Annual Report for the Gateway Areawide Development of Regional Impact (GADRI).

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8. Approving the 2007 Annual Report for the Gateway Centre Development of Regional Impact.

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9. Approving the plat of Coast Capital Replat, generally located at the southwest corner of 5th Avenue South and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street South. (Our File: 07-0000004).