May 1, 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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May 1, 2008

8:30 AM

ouncil 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 991-V 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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3. Ordinance 992-V 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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4. Ordinance 877-G amending Section 21-100 of Article IV - use of proceeds from the sale of Weeki Wachee property by amending the definition of principal; and creating a new Section 21-106 to allow for the interest income to be added to the principal.

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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). (Council Vice Chair Danner) (Oral)

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

Setting May 15, 2008 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):

1. Amending Ordinance No. 844-V; amending the description of the portion of 12th Avenue South and the alley between 12th Avenue South and 13th Avenue South being vacated; providing for a permanent street closing of that portion; and superceding Ordinance No. 988-V.

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G. New Business

H. Council Committee Reports

1. Legislative Affairs & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. (4/17/08)

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2. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (4/24/08)

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3. Public Services & Infrastructure Committee. (4/24/08)

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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

May 1, 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. Awarding three-year blanket purchase agreements to Mid-State Machine and Fabrication Corporation, J.W. Appley & Son, Power & Pumps, Inc. Alfred Conhagen, Inc. of Florida for machine shop work, welding and fabrication services at an estimated annual cost of $500,000.

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(Internal Services)

2. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 6 to the Construction Management Project Agreement with Hennessy Construction Services, Inc. for a not-to-exceed amount of $1,600,000 for Mahaffey Theater Improvements FY08 Project, for a new Guaranteed Maximum Price of $16,301,477.46. (Engineering Project No. 08206-019; Oracle No. 11639)

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3. City of St. Petersburg Downtown Resurfacing Project:

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(a) Authorizing the Mayor to execute Supplement No. 6 to the Local Agency Program Agreement ("Agreement") between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida ("City") and the State of Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") for FDOT's participation in three (3) resurfacing projects ("Project") including SR 687 (4th Street) from 5th Avenue North to 5th Avenue South Project, which extends the expiration date of the Agreement to December 31, 2010, and increases Project costs in an amount not to exceed $350,000, for increased construction costs for installation of textured crosswalks along 4th Street, for a total Project cost not to exceed $12,369,300; and authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $350,000 from the increase in the unappropriated fund balance of the General Capital Improvement Fund resulting from these additional revenues to the FDOT - LAP Resurfacing SR 687 Project; and approving an effective date. (FDOT Financial Project No. 405573-1-58-01; Engineering Project No. 02051-110; Oracle No. C121422)

(b) Authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $350,000 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 $10,157,556.40. (Engineering Project Nos. 02049-110, 02050-110, 02051-110; Oracle Nos. C121423, C121421, C121422)

Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda B

May 1, 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 addition of The Pier's HVAC systems to the agreement ("Blanket Agreement") with Air Mechanical & Service Corp ("Air Mechanical") for monthly maintenance and repair service at a cost not to exceed $19,085; accepting a proposal from Air Mechanical for repair and replace HVAC units at The Pier in an amount not to exceed $207,900; approving an increase to the Blanket Agreement with Air Mechanical for FY 2008 in an amount not to exceed $226,985 for a revised estimated total annual cost not to exceed $696,985; and authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to effectuate these transactions.

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