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Meeting Name: Council Work Session Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/28/2026 1:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Main Library - Council Chambers
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ID#26-1119 12.1Sept. Service Awards 9.28.2026 Work SessionPresentationSeptember Service Awards   Not available Not available
ID#26-1108 12.2 PresentationPlumb House Presentation - Councilmember Teixeira, Allison Dolan and Sheri Aguilar   Not available Not available
ID#26-1211 13.1Approve the First Amendment to the City of Clearwater’s State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Local Housing Assistance Plan covering Fiscal Years 2024-2027.Action ItemApprove a First Amendment to the City of Clearwater’s State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Local Housing Assistance Plan covering Fiscal Years 2024-2027 and adopt Resolution 26-17.   Not available Not available
ID#26-1212 13.2Recommend City Council approval of the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Annual Report and Local Housing Incentive Certification for the 2023-2024 closeout year and 2024-2025 interim year and allow appropriate officials to execute sameAction ItemApprove the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program Annual Report and Local Housing Incentive Certification for the 2023-2024 closeout year and 2024-2025 interim year and authorize appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1190 14.1Approve an agreement with PCSO in the amount not to exceed $515,725.50Action ItemApprove an agreement with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in the amount not to exceed $515,725.50 for forensic crime scene processing, latent prints, property and evidence storage, and Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center security services, during the one-year agreement period commencing on October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1191 14.2Approve an agreement with PCSO in the amount of $242,260.00Action ItemApprove an agreement with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida, in the amount of $242,260.00 for two co-responder crisis response specialists as part of the Mental Health Co-Responder Program to team with Clearwater Police officers to handle mental health related calls during the one-year agreement period commencing on October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-0933 15.1Approve a purchase order to Cale America, Inc. d/b/a Flowbird, of Clearwater, FL, for the purchase and installation of EMV tap-to-pay parking kiosk readers and associated Secure Gateway services, in the amount not to exceed $261,884, pursuant to ClearwateAction ItemAuthorize a purchase order (PO) to Cale America, Inc. d/b/a Flowbird, of Clearwater, FL, for the purchase and installation of Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) tap-to-pay parking kiosk readers and associated services, in the amount not to exceed $234,812.00; authorize an increase to an existing purchase order for secure gateway services for back-office payment security and transaction processing, in the amount of $15,792.00, increasing the purchase order from $812,005.00 to $827,797.00, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c) Piggyback or Cooperative Purchasing, and Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchase (Impractical), and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1047 15.2Approve a two-year funding agreement in the amount of $689,572.57 between the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) and the City of Clearwater for Jolley Trolley beach route service and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)Action ItemApprove the Fourth Renewed and Restated Clearwater Beach Route Funding Agreement between Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) and the City of Clearwater for Jolley Trolley service in an amount not to exceed $689,572.57 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-0800 15.3Authorize an increase to CPH Consulting to provide Public Works Department program consulting services, in the amount of $850,000Action ItemApprove a contract increase to CPH Consulting, LLC of Tampa, Florida, for professional services related to the Public Works Department Program consulting services project (24-0048-EN), in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $850,000.00, increasing the contract from $350,000.00 to $1,200,000.00, pursuant to Request for Qualifications 37-24, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent).   Not available Not available
CPA2025-10001 2nd Rdg 16.12nd Rdg CPA2025-10001 - Comprehensive Plan Review for North Greenwood Community Overlay District, Ord. 9860-26, City of Clearwater, North Greenwood Community Overlay DistrictPlanning CaseApprove amendments to the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan to establish a new Planned Redevelopment District (PRD) Overlay future land use category with associated bonuses, incorporate policies for a new North Greenwood Community Overlay District, and add Comprehensive Plan policy support for existing nonconformity procedures in the Community Development Code; and pass Ordinance 9860-26 on second reading. (CPA2025-10001)   Not available Not available
LUP2025-11005 2nd Rdg 16.22nd Rdg LUP2025-11005 - North Greenwood Community PRD Overlay, Ord. 9861-26, City of Clearwater, North Greenwood Community Overlay DistrictPlanning CaseApprove Ordinance 9861-26 on second reading, approving a City-initiated Future Land Use Map amendment to apply the Planned Redevelopment District (PRD) Overlay within the North Greenwood Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), excluding areas designated Central Business District (CBD), Industrial Limited (IL), Transportation/Utility (T/U), Water, Preservation (P), and Recreation/Open Space (R/OS). (LUP2025-11005)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1188 17.124-0078-UT Recovery & Retreatment of Flushed Drinking WaterAction ItemApprove a Work Order to McKim and Creed for professional engineering services for the Recovery and Retreatment of Flushed Drinking Water for Conservation Project, 24-0078-UT, in the amount of $294,506.00 pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services and authorize the appropriation officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1214 17.2Authorize the award of a construction contract to Odyssey Manufacturing Co. for RO1 Storage and ImprovementsAction ItemAuthorize the award of a construction contract to Odyssey Manufacturing Co. of Tampa, Florida, for the RO1 Chemical Storage and Feed System Improvements in the amount of $426,548.10, pursuant to Invitation to Bid (ITB) 23-0051-UT; authorize a scope change to the previously approved Work Order with Mead and Hunt, Inc. of Tampa, FL, for the RO1 Chemical Storage and Feed System Improvements project (23-0051-UT), adding construction phase engineering, construction administration, construction observation, and project closeout services in the amount of $153,281.10, with no increase to the previously approved Work Order not-to-exceed amount of $495,731.00, pursuant to RFQ 34-23, Engineer of Record (EOR) Consulting Services, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1213 17.3Public comment opportunity on Plan submission for FDEPAction ItemSeek public comment on the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) Facility Plan for submission to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for State Revolving Fund loan consideration by the October 7, 2026 deadline. (APH)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1182 18.1Viva Florida Grant - MLNP Pollinator GardenAction ItemApprove a grant agreement between Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc. and the City of Clearwater for new native plantings at the Moccasin Lake Nature Park Pollinator Garden in the amount of $923.00 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1184 18.22027 Carpenter Complex Carlton Field ImprovementsAction ItemAuthorize Guaranteed Maximum price proposal to Bandes Construction Company, Inc. of Dunedin, FL for field improvements to Carpenter Complex’s Carlton Field in the amount of $1,694,465.40 pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 51-24, Construction Manager at Risk Services Continuing Contracts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1121 19.1Approve additional expenditures of $330,000 with Clearwater Vehicle Towing Service, Inc., under Contract No. 902211Action ItemApprove additional expenditures of $330,000 with Clearwater Vehicle Towing Service, Inc., under Contract No. 902211, resulting from RFP 53-24, for vehicle towing services, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1207 19.2Approve a purchase order with Maire Company (Maire) in the amount of $196,496.00 for services provided under the lease agreement and additional services outside the lease for the fifth termAction ItemApprove a purchase order to Maire Company Inc. in the total amount of $196,496.00 for services provided under that certain connected service agreement dated October 1, 2022, for the final renewal term, beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and for additional services outside the scope of the agreement, pursuant to City of Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchases; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
ID#26-1199 11Pinellas County EMS ALS First Responder Agreement Amendment No. 2 2026Action ItemApprove Pinellas County EMS ALS First Responder Agreement Amendment No. 2 between Pinellas County and City of Clearwater, which will include a budget increase of 19.9% if Florida Constitutional Amendment 3 is ratified, or a 25.4% budget increase if Amendment 3 is not ratified, stipulates the reimbursement caps for vehicles and hourly reimbursement caps, Pinellas County will provide the Learning Management System, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)   Not available Not available
9889-26 2nd Rdg 110.1Adopt Ordinance 9889-26 on 2nd reading to approve the vacation request from Clearwater Village, L.C.OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance 9889-26 on 2nd reading to Approve the Right-of-Way Vacation request from Clearwater Village, L.C. for portions of city rights-of-ways, as recorded in Plat Book 13, page 59 in the Public records of Pinellas County, Florida consisting of the Mall, Lantana Avenue, Idlewild Drive, Evergreen Avenue, Gardenia Court, Woodlawn Terrace, No Name Streets, and Shore Drive, abutting Tract B, Clearwater Village Phase 1, as recorded in Plat Book 126, Pages 6-8 of the Public records of Pinellas County, Florida.   Not available Not available
9908-26 2nd Rdg 110.2Adopt Ordinance 9908-26 on 2nd reading to vacate certain ROW & Alley.OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance 9908-26 on second reading, approving a rights-of-way vacation request from Myrtle Development LLC for city rights-of-way and alleyway more particularly described as those portions of Laura Street, a 15 ft. platted alley, and North Street, also known as Grove Street, lying east of East Street, also known as East Avenue and abutting blocks 14, 15, and 16, in Gould and Ewing’s 2nd Addition according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 52 of the Public Records of Hillsborough County, Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part.   Not available Not available
9939-26 110.3Adopt Ordinance 9939-26 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year 2025/26 operating budget at third quarter.OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance 9939-26 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year 2025/26 operating budget at third quarter.   Not available Not available
9940-26 110.4Adopt Ordinance 9940-26 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year 2025/26 capital improvement budget at third quarter.OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance 9940-26 on second reading and amend the City’s fiscal year 2025/26 capital improvement budget at third quarter.   Not available Not available
ID#26-1124 117.1Manufacturing Month 2026 Proclamation - Beth Galic, Bay Area Manufacturers Association President, and Megan Meyers with MoninPresentation(s) for Council MeetingManufacturing Month 2026 Proclamation - Beth Galic, Bay Area Manufacturers Association President, and Megan Meyers, Monin.   Not available Not available
ID#26-0969 117.2Community Planning Month Proclamation - Lauren Matzke, Planning & Development DirectorPresentation(s) for Council MeetingCommunity Planning Month Proclamation - Lauren Matzke, Planning and Development Director   Not available Not available
ID#26-1054 117.3Public Natural Gas Week 2026 Proclamation - Brian Langille, Executive Director Gas SystemPresentation(s) for Council MeetingPublic Natural Gas Week 2026 Proclamation - Brian Langille, Executive Director Gas System   Not available Not available
ID#26-1186 117.4 Presentation(s) for Council MeetingFire Prevention Week Proclamation, October 4-10, 2026 - Clearwater Fire Chief Chad Pittman   Not available Not available