August 6, 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 individuals who
are deaf/hard of hearing.
GENERAL AGENDA INFORMATION
For
your convenience, a copy of the agenda material is available for your review at
the Main Library,
If
you are deaf/hard of hearing and 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.
August 6, 2009
8:30 AM
Council Meeting
A.
Meeting
Called to Order and Roll Call.
Invocation and Pledge to the Flag of the
B. Approval of Agenda with Additions and Deletions.
C. Consent Agenda (see attached)
D. Awards and Presentations
E. Correspondence
F.
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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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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G.
Reports
1.
Baywalk
Revitalization Plan.
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2.
Airport
Terminal Restaurant Lease.
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3.
Graham
Rogal Update. (Oral)
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5.
Pinellas
Planning Council Update. (Councilmember
Kennedy) (Oral)
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8.
International
Relations Committee. (Councilmember
Kennedy) (Oral)
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H.
New
Ordinances - (First
Setting September 3, 2009 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance:
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I.
New
Business
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J.
Council
Committee Reports
1.
Council
Procedures Committee. (7/23/09)
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(a) Resolution consolidating and amending the City Council Policy concerning the Open Forum portion of the agenda.
(b) Council
action on televising Council Committees meetings.
2.
Budget,
Finance & Taxation Committee. (7/30/09)
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3.
Public
Services & Infrastructure Committee.
(7/30/09)
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(a) Ordinance amending Section 2-370 of the City Code naming the new terminal building at the Albert Whitted Airport as the "John and Rosemary Galbraith Terminal."
(b) Ordinance relating to lot clearing required by overgrowth of vegetation, and appeals from Notices of Violation for such overgrowth; amending Sections 16.40.060.4.1.B, 16.40.060.4.2.A and B, and 16.70.010.6.A of the St. Petersburg Code, providing for a shortened appeal period for notice given to repeat violators.
(c) Ordinance
relating to Code Enforcement; amending Section 9-20 of the St. Petersburg Code
to define "repeat violation."
4.
Housing
Services Committee. (7/30/09)
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(a) Acquisition of four (4) bank-owned, foreclosed and unoccupied parcels under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program; and to sell the property in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Section 2301(d)(2) of Housing and Economic Recovery Act 2008: (1) Authorizing the purchase of 2320 Melrose Avenue South, St. Petersburg, for the sum of $22,770; to pay closing related costs not to exceed $7,500; and to rehabilitate or reconstruct the property for an amount not to exceed $100,000; (2) Authorizing the purchase of 1825 44th Street South, St. Petersburg, for the sum of $19,701; to pay closing related costs not to exceed $7,500; and to rehabilitate or reconstruct the property for an amount not to exceed $100,000; (3) Authorizing the purchase of 917 10th Street South, St. Petersburg, for the sum of $15,840; to pay closing related costs not to exceed $7,500; and to rehabilitate or reconstruct the property for an amount not to exceed $100,000; and (4) Authorizing the purchase of 1830 19th Street South, St. Petersburg, for the sum of $29,700; to pay closing related costs not to exceed $7,500; and to rehabilitate or reconstruct the property for an amount not to exceed $100,000.
(b) Approving
the disbursement of $290,934 to the Pinellas County Housing Finance Authority
("PCHFA") for use as a grant to Catholic Charities Foundation of
Tampa Bay, Inc. ("Catholic Charities") from the Special Needs
Permanent Rental Housing Category of the City's FY 2006-2007 Housing Trust Fund
Program for the construction of a special
needs efficiency apartment building ("Development") in
accordance with City Council Resolution No. 2008-254 and the City's FY2009
budget; authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the PCHFA to manage
the funding and construction of the Development, and to execute all documents
necessary to effectuate this transaction.
5.
Legislative
Affairs & Intergovernmental Relations Committee. (7/30/09)
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K.
Legal
1.
Proposed
settlement Emver Marquez v. City.
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L.
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.
M.
Adjournment
CRA
August 6, 2009
1.
City
Council Convenes as Canvassing Board.
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Consent Agenda I
Consent
Agenda A
August 6, 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.
(Neighborhood Services)
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Consent Agenda II
Consent
Agenda B
August 6, 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.
(Purchasing)
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(City Development)
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(Midtown Economic
Development)
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(Miscellaneous)
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5.
Approving
minutes of the May 7 and May 14, 2009 City Council meetings.
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End notes
Note: An abbreviated listing of upcoming City
Council meetings.
Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee
Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:00 a.m., Council Chamber
Public Services & Infrastructure Committee
Thursday, August 20, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Council Chamber
Council Procedures Committee
immediately following Public Services & Infrastructure Committee
August 20, 2009, Room 100
Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee
Thursday, August 27, 2009, 8:00 a.m., Council Chamber
Public Services & Infrastructure Committee
Thursday, August 27, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Council Chamber
Housing Services Committee
Thursday, August 27, 2009, 10:30 a.m., Council Chamber
CRA/Council Agenda Review (8/6/09 Agenda)
Thursday, August 27, 2009, 1:30
p.m., Room 100
FY 2010 Budget Public Hearings
Thursday, September 3 and September 17, 2009, 6:00 p.m., Council
Chamber
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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.