January 8, 2009
8:30 AM
Welcome to the City
of
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,
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 8, 2009
8:30 AM
Council Meeting
A.
Meeting
Called to Order and Roll Call.
Invocation and Pledge to the Flag of the
Confirmation of Committee of the Whole Selection of Council Chair & Vice Chair.
Administration of Oath of Office to City Council Chair and Vice Chair. The Honorable John C. Lenderman, Judge of the Circuit Court
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.
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6.
Ordinance
912-G amending City Code Chapter 13 updating the Fire Code.
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7.
Ordinance
913-G amending City Code Chapter 20 implementing the Fire False Alarm Program.
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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.
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E.
Reports
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2.
Pinellas
Planning Council Report. (Council Member
Kennedy) (Oral)
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F.
New
Ordinances - (First
Setting January 22, 2009 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s):
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New
Business
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H.
Council
Committee Reports
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
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
January 8, 2009
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)
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(Neighborhood Services)
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(Internal Services)
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Grand
Central District Complete Streets Project:
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(a) Awarding a contract to Florida Safety Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $774,010.11 for Grand Central District Complete Street Central Avenue Intersections at 20th, 22nd and 28th Streets. (Engineering Project No. 07072-112, Oracle No. 11503) (FPN 413005 1 38/58 01)
(b) Authorizing
the Mayor to execute Supplement No. 2 to the Local Agency Program Agreement
between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, and the State of Florida
Department of Transportation ("FDOT") for construction activities of
the Grand Central District Complete Streets Project ("Project") in an
amount not to exceed $198,000; and approving a supplemental appropriation in
the amount of $198,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the
Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Grants Improvements Fund resulting from these
additional revenues to the Grant Central District Project (11503). (FDOT Financial Project No.
413005-1-38/58-01)(Engineering Project No. 07072-112)
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Lake
Coronado and Vicinity Storm Drainage Improvements:
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(a) Awarding a contract, in part, to Terra Excavating, Inc. in the amount of $4,769,980.95 for Lake Coronado and Vicinity Storm Drainage Improvements; approving the transfer of $694,800 from the unappropriated balance of the Stormwater Operating Fund (4011) to the Stormwater Drainage Capital Projects Fund (4013); and approving a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $694,800 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the Stormwater Drainage Capital Projects Fund (4013) resulting from the transfer, to the Lake Coronado (SDI) Project (10684). (Engineering Project No. 06043-110, Oracle Project No. 10684)
(b) Authorizing
the Mayor to execute Amendment 1 to Task Order No. 02-3-PWI/GC to the Agreement
between the City of
(c) Authorizing
the Mayor to execute a Second Amendment to the Cooperative Funding Agreement
between the City of St. Petersburg and Southwest Florida Water Management
District for the design and construction of Lake Coronado and Vicinity Storm
Drainage Improvements (7th Street South
to 11th Street South, 58th Avenue South to 60th Avenue South) (L398). (Engineering Project No. 06043-110, Oracle
No. 10684)
Consent Agenda II
Consent
Agenda B
January 8, 2009
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.
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End notes
Note: An abbreviated listing of upcoming City
Council meetings.
Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 8:00 a.m., Room 100
Public Services & Infrastructure Committee
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Community Resource Room
CRA/Agenda Review
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 1:30 p.m., Room 100
City Council Meeting
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Council Chambers
Housing Services Committee
Thursday, January 22, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - Noon, Room 100
Council Workshop Pier Operations
Thursday, January 22, 2009, 1:00 p.m., Room 100
Council Workshop Police Update
Thursday, February 5, 2009, immediately following Council meeting, Room
100
Council Procedures Committee - Update
Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:00 a.m., Room 100
Council Workshop
Thursday, February 19, 2009, 1:00 p.m., Room 100
Council Workshop Pier Visioning Update
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 2:00 p.m., Room 100
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End notes for Quasi (delete if
unneeded)
PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED
FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS:
1. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a yellow card and present
the card to the Clerk. All speakers must
be sworn prior to presenting testimony.
No cards may be submitted after the close of the Public Hearing. Each party and speaker is limited to the time
limits set forth herein and may not give their time to another speaker or
party.
2. At any time during the proceeding,
City Council members may ask questions of any speaker or party. The time consumed by Council questions and
answers to such questions shall not count against the time frames allowed
herein. Burden of proof: in all
appeals, the Appellant bears the burden of proof; in variance application
cases, the Applicant bears the burden of proof; in rezoning and Comprehensive
Plan land use cases, the Owner bears the burden of proof except in cases
initiated by the City Administration, in which event the City Administration
bears the burden of proof. Waiver of Objection: at any time during this
proceeding Council Members may leave the Council Chamber for short periods of
time. At such times they continue to
hear testimony because the audio portion of the hearing is transmitted
throughout City Hall by speakers. If any
party has an objection to a Council Member leaving the Chamber during the
hearing, such objection must be made at the start of the hearing. If an objection is not made as required
herein it shall be deemed to have been waived.
3. Initial Presentation. Each party shall be allowed ten (10) minutes
for their initial presentation.
a. Presentation by City
Administration.
b. Presentation by Applicant
and/or Appellant. If Appellant and Applicant are different entities then each
is allowed the allotted time for each part of these procedures. The Appellant shall speak before the
Applicant. In connection with land use
and zoning ordinances where the City is the applicant, the land owner(s) shall
be given the time normally reserved for the Applicant/Appellant, unless the
land owner is the Appellant.
c. Presentation by
Opponent. If anyone wishes to utilize
the initial presentation time provided for an Opponent, said individual shall
register with the City Clerk at least one week prior to the scheduled public
hearing.
4. Public
Hearing. A Public Hearing will be
conducted during which anyone may speak for 3 minutes. Speakers should limit their testimony to
information relevant to the ordinance or application and criteria for review.
5. Cross Examination. Each party shall be allowed five (5) minutes
for cross examination. All questions
shall be addressed to the Chair and then (at the discretion of the Chair) asked
either by the Chair or by the party conducting the cross examination of the
speaker or of the appropriate representative of the party being cross
examined. One (1) representative of each
party shall conduct the cross examination.
If anyone wishes to utilize the time provided for cross examination and
rebuttal as an Opponent, and no one has previously registered with the Clerk,
said individual shall notify the City Clerk prior to the conclusion of the
Public Hearing. If no one gives such
notice, there shall be no cross examination or rebuttal by Opponent(s). If more than one person wishes to utilize the
time provided for Opponent(s), the City Council shall by motion determine who
shall represent Opponent(s).
a. Cross examination by Opponents.
b. Cross examination by City Administration.
c. Cross examination by Appellant followed by Applicant, if
different.
6. Rebuttal/Closing. Each party shall have five (5) minutes to
provide a closing argument or rebuttal.
a. Rebuttal
by Opponents.
b. Rebuttal
by City Administration.
c. Rebuttal
by Appellant followed by the Applicant, if different.