FORT MYERS CITY COUNCIL Mayor Randall P. Henderson, Jr. Ward 1 Teresa Watkins Brown Ward 2 Johnny W. Streets, Jr. Ward 3 Terolyn P. Watson Ward 4 Kevin Anderson Ward 5 Fred Burson Ward 6 Gaile H. Anthony OSCAR M. CORBIN, JR. CITY HALL, 2200 SECOND STREET FORT MYERS, FLORIDA For full agenda Packet Click Here. Larger files may take longer to download. Please complete a Request to Speak form if you plan to address the City Council and submit to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER Opening Prayer Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America Roll Call PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Introduction of 40 new Police Officers hired in 2018 by Chief Derrick Diggs, Police Department 2. Accept annual $2,500 donation from George and Mary Jo Sanders Foundation Inc. and recognize Officer Athena Mitchell as recipient of the George Sanders Distinguished Police Officer of the Year Award 3. Proclamation proclaiming, as Thomas Gray Watkins, Jr. Day in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the game of baseball and developing young professionals and presentation of a Key to the City Page 1 of 8
4. Recognize Bertha Wilcox Eady as a teacher and business owner by presenting her with a Key to the City 5. Accept donation in the amount of $1,500.00 from Carissa Garden Club to be used at Jefferson Park (Ward 4) 6. Receive annual report from the Lee County Black History Society on the activities at the Black History Society Museum, 3265 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard by Jarett Eady, Chairman (Ward 1) APPROVAL OF WALK-ON AGENDA ITEMS (NONE) PUBLIC INPUT NON-PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS: (Three (3) minute time limit per speaker) Public Hearings: (Public input will be heard during the public hearing) CONSENT AGENDA Any Councilperson may have an item removed from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for discussion following the consent agenda. 7. Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held on January 7, 2019 8. Submittal of Fiscal Year 2019/ 2020 WCIND grant application, in the amount not to exceed $135,000, for the purchase of a Munson Firefighting and Rescue Vessel, with a City inkind match not to exceed $135,000 for a total project cost not to exceed $270,000 Page 2 of 8
9. Participation in the Florida Sheriff s Bid# ASL- 2019FSA, in the amount of $149,222.27, for procurement of a reconstructed new automated side loader body to be mounted by Sunbelt Waste Equipment onto existing Solid Waste Truck Chassis SAR-293. And Approve budget amendment increasing Automated Side Loading Garbage Truck Capital Improvement Project by $107,700 and decreasing the capital project for Front Loading Garbage Truck by $90,000 and decreasing the capital project for Side/Rear Loader Truck by $17,700 10. Donation of fitness equipment from Global Fitness to the Fire Department 11. Supplemental Task Authorization No. 2 to Construction Manager-At-Risk, RFQ #0020-18 Continuing Contract, in the amount of $997,261.00 with Wharton-Smith, Inc. for Fort Myers Billy s Creek Restoration (Ward 1) 12. Change Order No. 2 to Purchase Order No. 0902-002224 increasing purchase order, in the amount of $52,970.00, with Forestry Resources Ecological, Inc. for the South Street Environmental Improvement Project for tree removal and disposal at 3348 South Street (Ward 2) 13. Change Order No. 1, in the amount of $60,000 from $200,000 to $260,000 to the Robert Half Management Resources proposal to provide finance consultants to assist in the operation and revenue reviews for Utility Billing, Skatium, Eastwood Golf Course and Fort Myers Country Club, Community Development and Yacht Basin 14. Acceptance of a public utility easement at 4950 Challenger Boulevard from Challenger Lot LLC, a/k/a Goodwill (Ward 6) Page 3 of 8
15. Acceptance and maintenance of potable water and sanitary sewer utilities for Bridgetown at the Plantation Phase 3-7 (Parcel B-19) at 11403 Treeline Avenue from Centex Homes (Ward 6) 16. Acceptance and maintenance of potable water and sanitary sewer utilities for Bridgetown at the Plantation Phase 4-2 (Parcel B-24) at 11403 Treeline Avenue from Centex Homes (Ward 6) 17. Acceptance and maintenance of potable water and sanitary sewer utilities for Pelican Preserve Materita Phase 2A at 10501-11999 Cypress Grove Drive from WCI Communities, LLC (Ward 6) 18. Acceptance and maintenance of potable water and sanitary sewer utilities for Challenger 6 a/k/a Goodwill at Challenger located at 4950 Challenger Boulevard from Challenger Lot LLC (Ward 6) 19. Arborwood Preserve Phase 2C Final Plat located within the Arborwood DRI, north of the intersection of Commerce Lakes Drive and Gladstone Way. (Ward 6) 20. Ranking of firms for Request for Qualifications No. 0007-19, East Storage Tank and Booster Pump Station Construction Manager-At-Risk, and authorize staff to negotiate with the number one ranked firm. If negotiations are not successful with the first firm authorize the same with the second and if necessary third firm. 1. Wharton-Smith, Inc. 2. Wright Construction Group, Inc. 3. GATES Butz Institutional Construction, LLC 4. PWC Joint Venture LLC (Ward 6) Page 4 of 8
21. Purchase of the Vermont Systems hosting software providing for a point of sale system for use at City recreation and golf course facilities utilizing the City of Missoula, MT contract; And Budget amendment appropriating ITS Fund reserves, in the amount of $110,250, and increasing ITS software expenditures account by like amount CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 22. Donations, in the total amount of $4,305, to reimburse Ward 3 public relations expenses for providing support to Holiday Blessings from the following: North Law Firm, P.A. - $500 Prima Luce, LLC - $1,000 Strayhorn & Persons, P.L. - $1,000 Sam Galloway - $250 Life Church - $1,500 Anonymous Donor - $5 Dr. Gregory Adkins - $50 (Councilperson Watson) 23. Provide an update on the development plan for First Street, Second Street, and Palm Beach Boulevard, including the timeline, and whether any money will be coming from FDOT, and discuss Community input meetings (Councilperson Streets) 24. Discuss Improvements of Dunbar-Dabney Park located at Indian Street & Raleigh Street (Councilperson Streets) 25. Appoint Danielle L. O Halloran, as a regular member, to the Citizens Police Review Board, term effective through January 21, 2022 (Councilperson Anderson) Page 5 of 8
26. Reappoint Kenneth Pariser to the Economic Development Advisory Board, term effective, through January 21, 2022 (Councilperson Burson) 27. Reappoint Candice Zizlias to the Special Events Advisory Board, term effective January 22, 2019 through January 21, 2022 (Councilperson Anderson) 28. Report on 38 advisory board vacancies PUBLIC HEARINGS (on or about 5:15 o clock p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard) 29. Ordinance No. 3856 amending the City Code, Chapter 62, Pensions, Retirement and other Employee Benefits, Article V, General Employees' Pension Plan; Section 62-183, Board of Trustees, Subsection (a)(1); Section 62-188, Disability Benefits, Subsection (a), Eligibility; Section 62-196, Miscellaneous Provisions, adding Subsection (i); Section 62-205, Employment After Retirement; Section 62-208, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, Subsections (f)(8) through (f)(13); Repealing All Ordinances In Conflict herewith; Providing for Severability; and providing an effective date 30. Ordinance No. 3857 amending the City Code, Chapter 62, Pensions, Retirement and other Employee Benefits, Article IV, Firefighters' Retirement System at Section 62-160 Supplemental Benefit; Chapter 175 Florida Statutes Share Accounts 31. FIRST PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance 3858, amendments to Chapter 118 Smart Code of the Land Development Regulations in support of the adopted Future Land Use Element to increase density in the downtown and midtown areas (Ward 2) Page 6 of 8
32. Ordinance No. 3861 amending Chapter 78 Article I of the City Code of Ordinances by adopting a new section 78-4 Prohibition on Public Urination or Defecation 33. Ordinance No. 3862 amending Chapter 34 Emergency Services, Article II Alarm Systems, Section 34-53 Alarm Registration Required, Section 34-60 False Alarm Fines, Section 34-62 Alarm Registration Suspension, Fees, Fines, Violation to make Alarm Dispatch Request for Suspended Alarm Site and Section 34-63 Appeals of Determinations Regarding Alarm Registrations, Fees and Fines 34. Purchase Agreement and Donation Letter for a donation of a portion of City property 3380/3450 Ortiz Avenue, to the Florida Department of Transportation for the Ortiz Avenue and Colonial Boulevard roadway construction projects (Ward 2) 35. Vacant Land Contract, in the amount of $11,500, plus associated closing costs with E + V Great Professionals, Inc., owner, for the purchase of 3336 South Street, to be combined with 3348 South Street, pursuant to City Code 3-39 PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE 36. Permission to advertise Ordinance No. 3863 for a public hearing on February 4, 2019, amending Chapter 14 of the City Code of Ordinances by adopting a new Section 14-2 Removal of animal excrement; exceptions 37. Permission to Advertise for a public hearing on February 19, 2019 for the sale of a portion of the City owned right-of-way, Hanson Street Phase 3, to Champions Development Corporation, in the amount of $270,000. Pursuant to City Code 2-39 (Ward 6) Page 7 of 8
CITY MANAGER S ITEMS 38. Resolution No. 2019-01 amending the Police-Related Off-Regular-Duty Employment Pay 39. City of Fort Myers 2019 Legislative Agenda and Appropriations Requests for the 2019 General Session of the Florida Legislature 40. Legal Services Agreement with Boy Agnew Potanovic, PLLC CITY ATTORNEY S ITEMS PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEMS: Speakers may speak on subject matters not listed on the agenda, provided the subject matter is within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Each speaker must complete and submit a Request to Speak form to the City Clerk prior to the beginning of the meeting. (Three (3) minute time limit per speaker.) Adjourn If a person decides to appeal any decision made by City Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Special Requirements: If you require special aid or services as addressed in the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the City Clerk s Office at (239) 321-7035 or for the hearing impaired, TDD telephone number (239) 332-2541. Page 8 of 8