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Thursday, March 5, 2026 6:00 PM City of Clearwater Main Library - Council Chambers 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 33755 Main Library - Council Chambers City Council Meeting Agenda - Final

March 5, 2026City Council Meeting Agenda - Final Welcome. We are glad to have you join us. If you wish to address the Council, please complete a Comment Card. Comment Cards are on the right-hand side of the dais by the City Clerk. When recognized, please hand your card to the Clerk, approach the podium and state your name. Persons speaking before the City Council shall be limited to 3 minutes unless otherwise noted under Public Hearings. A spokesperson for a group may speak for 3 minutes plus an additional minute for each person in the audience that waives their right to speak, up to a maximum of 10 minutes. Prior to the item being presented, please obtain the form to designate a spokesperson from the City Clerk. Up to 60 minutes of public comment will be allowed for an agenda item. No person shall speak more than once on the same subject unless granted permission by the City Council. The City of Clearwater strongly supports and fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please advise us at least 48 hours prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations at 727-562-4090. Assisted Listening Devices are available. Kindly refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices during the meeting. Citizens wishing to provide comments on an agenda item are encouraged to do so in advance through written comment. The City has established the following two options: 1) eComments via Granicus - eComments is integrated with the published meeting agenda . Individuals may review the agenda item details and indicate their position on the item. You will be prompted to set up a user profile to allow you to comment, which will become part of the official public record. The eComment period is open from the time the agenda is published. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will become part of the official record. 2 ) E m a i l – I n d i v i d u a l s m a y s u b m i t w r i t t e n c o m m e n t s o r v i d e o s t o ClearwaterCouncil@myclearwater.com. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will become part of the official record. 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Special recognitions and Presentations (Proclamations, service awards, or other special recognitions. Presentations by governmental agencies or groups providing formal updates to Council will be limited to ten minutes.) 4.1 ID#26-0191 Flood Awareness Week 2026 Proclamation - Cassie Cordova, Gene Henry, and Sarah Kessler 5. Approval of Minutes 5.1 ID#26-0148 Approve the minutes of the February 19, 2026 City Council meeting as submitted in written summation by the City Clerk. Page 2City of Clearwater Printed on 3/3/2026

March 5, 2026City Council Meeting Agenda - Final 6. Consent Agenda The Consent Agenda contains normal, routine business items that are very likely to be approved by the City Council by a single motion. These items are not discussed, and may all be approved as recommended on the staff reports. Council questions on these items were answered prior to the meeting. The Mayor will provide an opportunity for a Councilmember or a member of the public to ask that an item be pulled from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Items pulled will receive separate action. All items not removed from the Consent Agenda will be approved by a single motion of the council. 6.1 ID#26-0207 Approve funding of a deferred loan in an amount not to exceed $1,391,938 provided by the City of Clearwater for the development of real property, located at 1718 North Betty Lane, into affordable multifamily housing and authorize the appropriate officials to execute documents required to affect closing of the loan. (consent) 6.2 ID#26-0203 Approve the purchase of excess Property Insurance, including Bridges, Boiler and Machinery, Terrorism, UAV/Drone, and Docks and Pier coverages, from April 1, 2026 through April 1, 2027, at the level of insurance provided for in this agenda item in a not-to-exceed amount of $5,901,000 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.3 ID#26-0204 Approve a not-to-exceed amount of $265,000 for reconstruction and replacement work for the Beach Marina building performed by SERVPRO of Largo and various city departments and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.4 ID#26-0119 Authorize a purchase order to Ten-8 Fire Equipment Inc of Bradenton FL, for the purchase of one new Pierce Heavy Duty Velocity Platform and one Pierce Heavy Duty Velocity Pumper in the amount of $3,497,068.01 pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(c) Piggyback; declare G3405 (truck) and G3725 (engine) surplus effective upon receipt of the purchased apparatus and authorize disposal at auction or trade-in, whichever is deemed to be in the best interest of the City, pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 2.623 (7) and (8); authorize lease purchase under the City's Master Lease Purchase Agreement or internal financing via an interfund loan from the Capital Improvement Fund, whichever is deemed to be in the City's best interests; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.5 ID#26-0166 Authorize a purchase order to Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Motorola) of St. Petersburg FL, for the purchase of a Mach Alert Fire Station Alerting (FSA) system in an amount not to exceed $108,940.46 pursuant to Code of Ordinances - Section 2.563(1)(c), Piggyback, and Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-Competitive Purchase (Impractical) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) Page 3City of Clearwater Printed on 3/3/2026

March 5, 2026City Council Meeting Agenda - Final 6.6 ID#26-0077 Approve a three-year maintenance and support agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc. of Yarmouth, ME for Munis Financials, Human Capital Management (HCM), and Tyler Time & Attendance Management software in a not to exceed amount of $2,115,445.57 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-competitive purchases (Impractical) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.7 ID#26-0199 Approve a Work Authorization with Register Construction and Engineering, Inc. for Pre-Construction and Technical Services related to the Clearwater Executive Airport North Hangar project in the amount of $63,666.00 pursuant to RFQ 51-24 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.8 ID#26-0208 Authorize respective Agreements between the City of Clearwater and the Palm Pavilion Hotel located at 10 Bay Esplanade, Pier 60 Concessions and Barefoot Beach House located at 1 Causeway Boulevard and 332 South Gulfview Boulevard, respectively, Shephards - Makin Waves located at 619 South Gulfview Boulevard, Hilton located at 400 Mandalay Avenue, Dolphin Sands located at 655 South Gulfview Boulevard and Hampton Inn and Suites located at 635 South Gulfview Boulevard, authorizing the limited use of certain vehicles on public beaches by permit pursuant to recent amendments to F.S. 161.58; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent) 6.9 ID#26-0263 Reappoint Michael Boutzoukas to the Community Development Board with a full term expiring February 28, 2030. (consent) 6.10 ID#26-0268 Appoint Chelsea Gird to the Municipal Code Enforcement Board to fill an unexpired term through November 1, 2028. (consent) 6.11 ID#26-0261 Cancel the August 17, 2026 and November 2, 2026 work session meetings. (consent) 6.12 ID#26-0237 Approve an increase to the legal services agreement with Gray Robinson to defend claims bills relating to plaintiff Maximus Giannikos. (consent) Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM 7. Administrative Public Hearings - Presentation of issues by City staff - Statement of case by applicant or representative (5 min.) - Council questions - Comments in support or opposition (3 min. per speaker or 10 min maximum as spokesperson for others that have waived their time) - Council questions - Final rebuttal by applicant or representative (5 min.) - Council disposition Page 4City of Clearwater Printed on 3/3/2026

March 5, 2026City Council Meeting Agenda - Final 7.1 ID#26-0167 Approve Connecting Clearwater: An Active Transportation Plan for the City of Clearwater, and adopt Resolution 26-04. 7.2 ID#26-0205 Approve a Resilient Florida Program Grant Agreement (Agreement No. 26SRP20) between the City of Clearwater and the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) in the amount of $4,000,000 for construction of resiliency improvements at the Clearwater Beach Marina, adopt Resolution 26-07, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. 8. Second Readings - Public Hearing 8.1 9875-26 2nd rdg Adopt Ordinance 9875-26 on second reading, annexing certain real property whose post office address is 1604 Bonair Street, Clearwater, Florida 33755, into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said addition. 8.2 9876-26 2nd rdg Adopt Ordinance 9876-26 on second reading, amending the future land use element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate the land use for certain real property whose post office address is 1604 Bonair Street, Clearwater, Florida 33755, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Low (RL). 8.3 9877-26 2nd rdg Adopt Ordinance 9877-26 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 1604 Bonair Street, Clearwater, Florida 33755, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR). 8.4 9872-26 2nd rdg Withdrawn: Adopt Ordinance 9872-26 on second reading, annexing certain real property whose post office address is 2941 Abbey Lake Road, Clearwater, Florida 33759 into the corporate limits of the city and redefining the boundary lines of the city to include said addition. 8.5 9873-26 2nd rdg Withdrawn: Adopt Ordinance 9873-26 on second reading, amending the future land use element of the Comprehensive Plan of the city to designate the land use for certain real property whose post office address is 2941 Abbey Lake Road, Clearwater, Florida 33759, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Residential Suburban (RS). 8.6 9874-26 2nd rdg Withdrawn: Adopt Ordinance 9874-26 on second reading, amending the Zoning Atlas of the city by zoning certain real property whose post office address is 2941 Abbey Lake Road, Clearwater, Florida 33759, upon annexation into the City of Clearwater, as Low Density Residential (LDR). Page 5City of Clearwater Printed on 3/3/2026

March 5, 2026City Council Meeting Agenda - Final 9. Citizens to be Heard on topics pertaining to city business but not on the agenda. Comments shall be limited to 30 minutes, or ten individual speakers, whichever is greater. No speaker shall give or receive additional time or minutes to or from another member of the audience. Submit a completed comment card to the City Clerk prior to speaking. 10. City Manager Reports 11. City Attorney Reports 12. Other Council Action 12.1 ID#26-0303 Provide direction regarding the September 3, 2026 council meeting. 13. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes) 14. Closing Comments by Mayor 15. Adjourn Page 6City of Clearwater Printed on 3/3/2026