August 20, 2009

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

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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 20, 2009

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. Awards and Presentations

1. Presentation concerning the 2009 Elections by Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clarke.

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2. Student Ambassador Report on Trip to Sister City Takamatsu, Japan - Anneliese Delgado-Cate.

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E. Correspondence

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

Setting September 3, 2009 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinances:

1. Ordinance providing for the declaration of states of emergency and for the exercise of emergency powers following any such declarations including the clearance and removal of disaster-generated debris; increasing the maximum limit on the necessary emergency expenditures without authorization of a higher limit by the City Council; and amending Article VIII of Chapter 2 of the St. Petersburg City Code.

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2. 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.

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3. Ordinance relating to Code Enforcement; amending Section 9-20 of the St. Petersburg Code to define "repeat violation."

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4. Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 702-G to establish "Race Days" for future Honda Grand Prix Automobile Races.

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G. Reports

1. Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. (Requires affirmative vote of at least six (6) members of City Council.)

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2. Police Update. [To be heard at 3:30 p.m.]

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H. New Business

1. Referring to the Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee for discussion, the feasibility of adopting a City Council Resolution which directs the utility tax revenue beyond the 2010 fiscal year budget to be placed in a utility tax rebate fund and a program for distribution to be developed. (Councilmember Nurse)

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2. Requesting City Council support the repair of the Friendship Trail Bridge and the application for TIGER funding (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) through the Federal Recovery Act. (Councilmember Kennedy)

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I. Council Committee Reports

1. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee. (8/6/09)

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J. Legal

1. Confirming the appointment of a replacement part-time Assistant City Attorney.

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K. 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. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Lot Clearing Numbers 1460, 1461, and 1462.

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2. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Building Demolition Number 361.

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3. Confirming the Preliminary Assessment for Building Securing Numbers 1122.

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4. Ordinance 943-G 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."

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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, business owners or City employees 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 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

St. Petersburg

Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)

August 20, 2009

1. City Council Convenes as Community Redevelopment Agency.

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2. Resolution of the St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) finding the "Center for the Arts Plaza," located at the Progress Energy Center for the Arts (400 block of Bayshore Drive Southeast), consistent with the Intown Redevelopment Plan, as reviewed in Community Redevelopment Agency report IRP 09-7A.

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3. Adjourn Community Redevelopment Agency.

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Consent Agenda I

Consent Agenda A

August 20, 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)

1. Awarding three-year blanket purchase agreements to Bob Lee's, Inc. and Superior Auto Centers, Inc. for tires for the Fleet Management Department and Golf Courses at an estimated annual cost of $570,000.

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(Miscellaneous)

1. Authorizing the Mayor to accept a Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters subgrant in the amount of $641,620 for the specific purpose of the purchase of a video/visual communications system for the Fire and Rescue Department under the grantor's Operations and Safety Program, and to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this transaction; approving a supplemental appropriation of $428,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Fund resulting from these additional revenues to the Fire Department.

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Consent Agenda II

Consent Agenda B

August 20, 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)

1. Renewing agreements with Cross Construction Services, Inc; Cross Environmental Services, Inc.; E.L. Trevena, Incorporated; H & H Fergusons' Contracting, Inc; Huffman General Contractors, Inc; Kimmins Corp; and Sonny Glasbrenner, Inc; for demolition and removal of structures at an estimated annual cost of $390,000.

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