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1 August 2, :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: 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, 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. The agenda and backup material is also posted on the City s website at and generally electronically updated the Friday preceding the meeting and again the day preceding the meeting. The updated agenda and backup material can be viewed at all St. Petersburg libraries. An updated copy is also available on the podium outside Council Chamber at the start of the Council meeting. If you are deaf/hard of hearing and require the services of an interpreter, please call our TDD number, , or the Florida Relay Service at 711 as soon as possible. The City requests at least 72 hours advance notice, prior to the scheduled meeting, and every effort will be made to provide that service for you. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this/these proceedings or have any questions, please contact the City Clerk s Office at

2 Council Meeting August 2, :30 AM A. Meeting Called to Order and Roll Call. Invocation and Pledge to the Flag of the United States of America. A moment of silence will be observed to remember fallen Firefighters and Police Officers of the City of St. Petersburg that lost their lives in the line of duty during this month: Detective Herbert R. Sullivan - August 18, 1980 B. Approval of Agenda with Additions and Deletions. C. Consent Agenda (see attached) 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, owners of property in the City, owners of businesses in the City or their 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. D. Public Hearings and Quasi-Judicial Proceedings - 9:00 A.M. Public Hearings 1. Approving the FY 2018/19 Annual Action Plan ("Plan"); authorizing the Mayor or his designee to submit the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and to execute all documents and contracts necessary for implementation of the Plan; and providing an effective date. 2. Ordinance 332-H amending Section of the City Code relating to designations of Charter Park properties; adding a new Section 21-84(13) redesignating Little Bayou Park from a wilderness area to a nature preserve. 3. Ordinance 333-H adopting Amendments to the Intown Redevelopment Plan (IRP) increasing the redevelopment program budget in Revised Table 2 from $ million to $ million to fund Waterfront, Transit, and Parking Improvements and Rehabilitation and Conservation of Historic Resources in the IRP east of 8th Street as well as Redevelopment Infrastructure Improvements in the IRP west of 8th Street; deleting from IRP Revised Table 2 projects that will not be funded by tax increment financing 2

3 (TIF); and allowing reductions in TIF contributions to the IRP Redevelopment Trust Fund by the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County. 4. Ordinance 334-H of the City of St. Petersburg amending Chapter 8, Article II of the City Code relating to Administrative Amendments to the Florida Building Code; adding a new subsection entitled Alternative Plans Review and Inspections to Section Ordinance 335-H concerning lease limitations imposed by City Charter Section 1.02 and the map of park and waterfront property approved by voters in 1984; making findings regarding the application of current ten-year lease limitation for the Pier Building parcel (D) on that map to the entire overwater structure extending east from the parcels of land identified on that map as Pier Parking Area (G) and Spa Beach (30); calling a referendum to amend the City Charter for that purpose; providing the text of the proposed charter amendment; and providing a ballot title and summary for the referendum. 6. Ordinance 336-H calling a referendum in accordance with City Charter Section 1.02 to authorize an amendment to the Lease Agreement with Harborage Marina, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, to provide for the expansion of the scope of the leased premises to allow for a new dock and other improvements and to provide for a new term of thirty (30) years. 7. Ordinance 337-H calling special municipal election for municipal referendum questions that may be put to the City's electors in conjunction with statewide general election scheduled to occur on November 6, Ordinance 338-H of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, amending the definitions of active park uses and passive park uses in Section of the City Code. [DELETED] 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. 9. Two appeals of the Development Review Commission (DRC) denial of an appeal thereby upholding a streamline approval of a Site Plan to construct a 19-story, 20-unit multifamily development, with floor area ratio bonuses at the southwest corner of 4th Avenue North and 1st Street North (356 1st Street North and 116 4th Avenue North). (City File Appeals) E. Reports 1. St. Petersburg Police Department Quarterly Report 2. Ferry Report 3

4 (a) A resolution authorizing the Mayor or his designee to accept a grant and execute a Joint Participation Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, and the State of Florida Department of Transportation ( FDOT ) for participation and financial assistance from FDOT in the Cross Bay Ferry seasonal service in an amount not to exceed $438,131; approving a supplemental appropriation from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Fund (0001), resulting from this funding from FDOT, to the Transportation And Parking Management Department, Transportation Administration Division ( ), Cross Bay Ferry Project (TBD). (b) A resolution approving the interlocal agreement between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas County, Florida, City of Tampa, Florida, and Hillsborough County, Florida for funding for Season One of the seasonal (i.e., November 1 through April 30) ferry service; authorizing the City Attorney s Office to make non-substantive changes to the interlocal agreement; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the interlocal agreement; approving a transfer in the amount of $150,000 from the balance of the General Fund contingency for Fiscal Year 2018 to the Transportation and Parking Management Department, Transportation Administration Division ( ) to provide the City s funding for Season One of the seasonal ferry service. (c) A resolution approving the License and Operating Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida ( City ), and HMS Ferries, Inc. ( HMS ) for HMS to manage and operate a seasonal passenger ferry service between St. Petersburg and Tampa for up to the next three years; authorizing the City Attorney s Office to make non-substantive changes to the license and operating agreement; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the License and Operating Agreement. 3. Janet Echelman Net Sculpture and Pier Carry-Over Item (a) Artist Agreement between the City and Janet Echelman, Inc. (b) A resolution approving the Fourth Amendment to the Construction Manager at Risk Agreement with a Guaranteed Maximum Price between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Skanska USA Building, Inc. ( Skanska ) for the Pier Project dated July 13, 2015, as amended, for Skanska to provide additional preconstruction phase services related to the pier head building tenant improvements, education building tenant improvements, and pavilion tenant improvements for an amount not to exceed $55,000, and to revise the project schedule; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the Fourth Amendment; Authorizing the City Attorney s Office to make nonsubstantive changes to the Fourth Amendment; Superseding Resolution No ; and providing an effective date. (c) A resolution approving the Fourth Amendment to the Construction Manager at Risk Agreement with a Guaranteed Maximum Price between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Skanska USA Building, Inc. ( Skanska ) for the Pier Approach Project dated January 10, 2017, as amended, for Skanska to provide additional preconstruction phase services related to the Janet Echelman Net Sculpture for an amount not to exceed $20,000; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the Fourth Amendment; authorizing the City Attorney s Office to make non-substantive changes to the Fourth Amendment; and providing an effective date. (d) A resolution approving the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Architect/Engineering Agreement between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida ( City ) and W Architecture and Landscape Architecture, LLC. ( A/E ) dated August 25, 4

5 2016, as amended, for A/E to provide additional design and construction administration services for the Pier Approach Project in an amount not to exceed $ 274,875 for the infrastructure design of the Janet Echelman sculpture and the redesign of portions of the Pier Approach project; Providing that the total contract amount shall not to exceed of $2,732,159; authorizing the City Attorney s office to make nonsubstantive changes to the Second Amendment; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the Second Amendment; approving a transfer in the amount of $300,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Downtown Redevelopment District Fund (1105) to the General Capital Improvement Fund (3001) to provide funding for the design services, project inspection, testing and contingency for the JEI net-sculpture; approving a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $300,000 from the increase in the unappropriated balance of the General Capital Improvement Fund (3001), resulting from the above transfer to the Pier Approach Project (15377) (ECID Project No ; Oracle Project No ) and providing an effective date. (e) A resolution approving the Third Amendment to the Architect/Engineering Agreement dated July 13, 2015, as amended, between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Associated Space Design, Inc. ( A/E ) in association with Rogers Partners, for A/E to provide additional design and construction administration services for the new St. Pete Pier project in an amount not to exceed $24,000; Providing that the total contract amount shall not to exceed of $4,574,800; authorizing the City Attorney s Office to make non-substantive changes to the Third Amendment; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the Third Amendment; and providing an effective date. 4. Sewer Report (a) Approving the purchase of flow monitors and rain gauges equipment from ADS LLC for the Water Resources Department, at a total cost of $472, (b) Acknowledging the selection of Wade Trim, Inc. (Wade Trim) as the most qualified firm to provide Architect/ Engineering (A/E) professional services for the Pasadena 36" Force Main Replacement - Phase III Project; supporting Administration entering into an A/E Agreement with Wade Trim to perform preliminary design, detailed design, and bidding services for the Pasadena Force Main Replacement project for an amount not to exceed $424,999; authorizing Administration to negotiate the construction phase services; providing that the amendment to incorporate the construction phase services into the Agreement is subject to City Council approval; and providing an effective date. (Engineering Project No ; Oracle No ). (c) Authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute Task Order No MC/UIS (Task Order) to the architect/engineering agreement between the City of St. Petersburg, Florida and McKim & Creed Inc. (A/E), dated June 15, 2017, for A/E to provide professional engineering services related to the NE & NW WRF Sludge Transfer PS & Discharge MH Odor Control PLC & SCADA Project in an amount not to exceed $98,193 (ECID Project No ; Oracle Nos and 16387) 5. A resolution superseding Resolution , which approved the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Interlocal Intown Redevelopment Plan (IRP) Interlocal Agreement. F. New Ordinances - (First Reading of Title and Setting of Public Hearing) 5

6 Setting August 23, 2018 as the public hearing date for the following proposed Ordinance(s): 1. Ordinance amending section 17.5 of the City Code to revise the City's definitions of very low, low, and moderate income to remain consistent with the definitions found in Florida statute ; providing for new and revised definitions; revising the City's Workforce Housing Program ("WFH") to clarify the actions required related to increases in tenant income; revising the City's WFH Program to amend the middle income category; revising the City's WFH Program to clarify that exemptions from floor area ratio ("FAR") calculations also require compliance with the WFH program; providing for grandfathering provision. 2. Ordinance approving an owner-initiated Local Historic Landmark Designation of the Foster-Grove House, located at 3650 Foster Hill Drive North. (City File HPC ) 3. FY19 Utility Rates (a) Ordinance relating to sanitation rates and charges; amending Chapter 27, Section of the St. Petersburg City Code; amending rates and charges for sanitation services; providing for severability of provisions; providing an explanation of words struck through and underlined; establishing date to begin calculating new rates for billing purposes. (b) Ordinance relating to stormwater management system fees; amending Chapter 27, subsection (b) (1) amending the stormwater system utility fee; providing for severability of provisions; providing an explanation of words struck through and underlined; establishing a date to begin calculating new rates for billing purposes. (c) Ordinance relating to utility rates and charges; amending Chapter 27, Subsections (a), (a), (c), (d), (a) (a), (a), and (d) of the St. Petersburg City Code; amending volume charges for water service; amending wholesale water service charges for the City of Gulfport; amending volume charges for irrigation only accounts; amending monthly charges for commercial water only accounts; amending base and volume charges for wastewater service; amending wastewater service charges for wholesale customers; providing for severability of provisions; providing an explanation of words struck through and underlined; establishing a date to begin calculating new rates for billing purposes. 4. Ordinance approving a substantial change of use of park property at Spa Beach Park; allowing the construction of an interactive playground system, a vessel docking facility with passenger loading/unloading, a large plaza that may be used as an outdoor amphitheater, and a kayak and paddleboard rental facility; and providing an effective date. G. New Business 1. Requesting a discussion to allocate $250,000 for FY19 for the St. Petersburg Museum of History as well as a discussion for a multi-year commitment of $250,000 per year for a period of three years to support the expansion of the Museum and construction of the Welcome Center as part of the Pier District. (Councilmember Rice) 2. Requesting a discussion regarding the playground equipment at the St. Pete Pier for the August 23rd Public Services and Infrastructure Committee meeting. This referral was a staff request and I am submitting this New Business Item as a method of informing City Council of this request. (Vice-Chair Kornell) 6

7 3. Request a discussion of funding for the expansion and/or renovation of the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, at the same time that we discuss funding for the St. Petersburg Museum of History. (Councilmember Kornell) 4. Referring to the Youth and Family Services Committee for a discussion on community requests related to the 2018 and 2019 MLK Celebrations. (Councilmember Foster) H. Council Committee Reports 1. Budget, Finance & Taxation Committee (7/26/18) 2. Public Services & Infrastructure Committee (7/26/18) 3. Health, Energy, Resiliency & Sustainability Committee (7/26/18) 4. Committee of the Whole: Reclaimed Water System; Potable Water Audit (7/26/18) I. Legal J. Open Forum K. Adjournment A 7