City of Clearwater Pension Trustees. At this time, we call the order of the work session of the Clearwater City Council of April 20, 2026. Before we move into presentations, I'd like to make an important announcement because hopefully we would have done this earlier. But today is our city clerk, Bruce Marie Calls, birthday. Yes. I wish her a very happy birthday and promised I would not ask everybody to sing to her. I appreciate that. But happy birthday. That moved item 2.1, our April service awards. And we have four service awards. First one, I'd like to call forward for the 20-year employee award. I'd like to call forward Ann Lopez, who I guess is not here. But I'd ask the city manager to go ahead and read her write-up. You want me to read it? Okay. Thank you for the presentation. Okay. For Ann, who I'm sure is watching from home, we appreciate you. Ann began her journey with the city in April of 2006 as the city manager's office assistant. From day one, she served as the welcoming face of the city manager and city council's offices and helped develop procedures still in use today. Coming from the private sector, Ann quickly embraced public service and learned how local government impacts residents every day. She has always invested in her growing skills, supporting payroll, P-cards, invoice processing with precision, volunteering for day caring and paint your heart out, Clearwater, and coordinating city hall tours for students, teaching them about the roles of the city manager, the mayor, and the city council. In 2011, Ann was promoted to the executive assistant to the city manager, getting exposure to citywide initiatives and major projects. She later joined the Community Redevelopment Agency, which became her career's defining chapter. When the CRA became its own department in 2016, Ann served as executive assistant, managing project funding, payroll, purchasing, drafting grant agreements, and coordinating programs funded through the CRA and the Downtown Development Board. She became the DDB's primary point of contact, guiding trim, budgets, event funding, board elections, and serving as a staff liaison. Her leadership and attention to detail earned promotions to CRA Senior Division Manager and Interim CRA Executive Director in 2023, where she led the distribution of the $1.25 million in ARPA funding through the North Greenwood Community Service Grants, ensuring meaningful community impact. Today, as CRA Assistant Director, Ann advances city strategic priorities supporting economic and housing opportunities, strengthening community well-being, and helping ensure CRA operates as a high-performing organization, delivering superior public service. Ann has also earned the reputation as the CRA historian, understanding the full picture, and always asking, is it in the statute, is it in the plan, and is it in the budget? She continues to invest in her professional growth, earning a digital media marketing certification, graduating from the Florida Redevelopment Agency as a Florida Redevelopment Professional in 2023, and joining the city's inaugural Executive Leadership Academy in 2024. Ann is also the proud mother to Noah and Skyler, who'd like to tell their friends that their mom works for the city and helps lead important projects and make a difference in the community. Ann has been steady, knowledgeable, and deeply committed to Clearwater's success. If something needs to get done, she's probably already reviewed it, approved it, funded it, and can likely tell you the budget code from memory. Thank you, Ann, for your continued commitment to the city in helping make Clearwater thrive, and we hope you feel better. Playing the role of Ann this afternoon is CRA Director Jesus Nino, so if we have something to give to Ann, we can give it to Jesus, and he'll make sure she gets it. So Ann is out, and her gift is at the office. It'll be okay. It's very safe. No, I'm sure she appreciated it. I echo everything that the city manager said. She is definitely one of our stars, so thank you. Thank you, Ann, for your 20 years of service to the city. It's greatly appreciated, and we appreciate you. Next, we'll move to our 30-year employee award. I'd like to call forward Andrew Blevout from the Public Utilities Department. It is with great pride and appreciation that we recognize Andrew on his 30-year anniversary with the city of Clearwater. Since beginning your career on April 29th of 1996, you have grown from a dedicated technician into a cornerstone of the Public Utilities Team, demonstrating a long commitment to service, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Throughout your three decades of service, you have successfully navigated many flows of city operations, starting in the Wastewater Collection Division, transitioning to a construction inspector role within the public works, and ultimately returning to Public Utilities as assistant manager over the Wastewater Collection and Reclaimed Water Divisions. While the work of Wastewater Services is often behind the scenes, it is critical to public health, environmental stewardship, and quality of life. You have consistently met those challenges with professionalism, adaptability, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to keep the city running safely and efficiently. Your career path is a true example of working your way up through the ranks through dedication, experience, and a commitment to learning. You are widely recognized as the expert, frequently sought after by homeowners, contractors, and colleagues alike for guidance on complex issues and design challenges. Your ability to provide clear, practical solutions while maintaining a professional and approachable demeanor reflects the city's commitment to superior public service. In your current role as assistant manager, your impact is felt every day. You work closely with your team, mentoring and developing staff within the Wastewater Collection and Reclaimed Water Divisions. By sharing your institutional knowledge and leading by example, you support the city's strategic priorities of work force development, operational excellence, and a high-performing government. Your leadership helps ensure reliable infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and long-term sustainability for the community. Andrew, on behalf of the public utilities team and the city manager's office, thank you for 30 years of dedicated service to the city of Clearwater. Your expertise, leadership, and commitment to excellence embody what it means to deliver superior public service and contribute to a high-performing organization. Thank you. 30 years. Appreciate your dedication to the city's Clearwater and to our citizens. This time I'd like to call forward Melody Yang from Public Works for the Employee of the Month Award for April 2026. Melody demonstrated outstanding customer service to the Public Utilities Department by managing the recovery of an electric vehicle procurement after the original vehicle was scrapped by the manufacturer. Recognizing the risk to time-sensitive federal grant funding, she remained persistent in working with the vendor while also evaluating technical alternatives to keep the project on task. Through several months of consistent follow-up and oversight, Melody ensured the successful delivery of the replacement vehicle and coordinated the necessary logistics to complete the purchase. Her efforts protected critical grant funding and supported the city's commitment to sustainability and its strategic priority of environmental stewardship through continued expansion of clear vehicle technologies. Melody's proactive approach, problem-solving, and dedication to the city's commitment to superior public service and high-performing government. Her work exemplifies the spirit of innovation and responsibility that helps Clearwater thrive, strengthening our community today while building a sustainable, resilient future. Thank you. Okay, for next is the Bi-Monthly Team Award for March-April of 2026. I'd like to call forward the Public Works grant writing team. Melody Yen, Sam Riley, Annabella Hullen, Leanne Skinnerossi, Robert Kazmer, Nate Josephic, Cassie Cordova, Sarah DeLorenzo, Jean Henry, Sarah Kessler, and Michael DeCoto. The Public Works team, along with dedicated staff from other departments, demonstrated exceptional collaboration, perseverance, and expertise in developing and submitting grant applications and funding requests following Hurricanes Milton and Helene. In a very short time frame, this cross-departmental team produced six hazard mitigation grant program applications covering stormwater improvements, property acquisition, seawall upgrades, traffic signal hardening, and roadway elevation, as well as four resilient Florida applications addressing stormwater, traffic signal infrastructure, roadway elevation, and long-term shoreline planning. In addition to these ten competitive grant applications, the members of the team are simultaneously advancing three major state and federal funding allocations, including Clearwater Solar Projects, the North Beach Stormwater Improvement Project, and Living Seawalls. The combined efforts directly support the city's resilience, sustainability, and fiscal responsibility by reducing long-term risks from flooding and storms, improving critical infrastructure, and producing renewable energy. This team's outstanding achievement represents the highest level of public service, collaboration, and commitment to protecting Clearwater residents, infrastructure, and natural resources. Their efforts will bring in millions of dollars outside funding, saving taxpayers substantial local dollars that would otherwise be required to complete these critical projects. Good job, team. Good job. Thank you. Good job. How did you see you before? Thank you. You again. Thank you. Watch your step. Thank you. Take your time. Good job. Watch your step. Good to see you. Thank you. You don't have to fall on. Thank you very much. No falling alone. Way to go, Sarah. Yes. Watch your step there on that ramp. You've got to look out. All right. All right. We'll now continue our evening meeting for City Council to have a move to agenda 3.1. 2-2. Excuse me. 2-2. Jumping ahead. And I'd like to thank Ms. Crockett for her patience. She's been here for a long time. So thank you for coming tonight. It's been interesting. Thank you. Susan Crockett with Ruth Eckert Hall. And I am going to – I don't know what it is about us art people, but we have problems with these. It's not for us. Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here this evening with you. And I know that this is – the intention of this was to give a quarterly update on the sound. But I do want to share with you a recent economic impact study that we had done that includes all three venues because the city owns all three venues and we're your operator for those pieces. The study was based on 2025 attendance. It was done by Johnson Consulting out of Chicago, which is a company that not only does economic impact studies and feasibility studies, but also specialize in arts and entertainment. So they know our business, which gives them a running start on knowing, you know, what the right questions to ask are. The data is confined to the show activity. As you know, we also do rentals of the facilities for weddings and community events. We also do extensive education programming, but this is confined to people that attend events at the venues. The touring production crew was also included in here because we have significant groups coming through, numbers of people coming through and staying in the area. The Johnson Consulting used the Pinellas County tax structure in terms of figuring out the fiscal impact. They utilized the USGSA per diem for Pinellas County and the in-plan multipliers, obviously, you know, this is – it's based on a methodology that is widely accepted. And then I will note that this is just a summary here, and if you are interested in having the full report, I'd be more than happy to forward that on to you. So the methodology in this, I know you're all familiar with economic impact studies, but for those who are not, for the sake of those that are watching that are not, we're looking at the attendance of the people that are coming to the events, whether they're touring, they're performing, or if they're ticket purchasers. And we're looking at where they originate from, whether they're overnight attendees, day trip attendees, and whether they're touring through the state. And from there, we're looking at what their average daily spending you would expect. Again, it doesn't assume that everyone who's traveling here from out of town is actually staying at a hotel, but there's a certain percentage that they use as what those in-plan multipliers come into effect. And so you're looking at what the direct spending they're doing while they're in town, also looking at what the indirect or the induced spending would be in terms of the amount of people that you're employing because of the activity and what they're spending in the environment, as well as any indirect spending, such as in this case Ruth Eckert Hall would be doing spending in the community in order to support our business. But the main thing I think we're probably interested in is what impact are these events having in terms of our attendance. So in 2025, we had 148 shows at Ruth Eckert Hall, 114 at the Bilheimer Capital Theater, 65 at the Baycare Sound, for a total of 327 events that were specifically Clearwater-based. We did nine events off-site of the venues. I would say about half of those were in Pinellas County. The attendance at the Clearwater-based events reached over 451,000, and Ruth Eckert Hall on the road delivered about another 18,000, of which about 9,000 were in Pinellas County. If you look at the origin of where our ticket buyers are coming from, for all of our stages, there's about 11% that live within a Clearwater, have a Clearwater mailing address. Another 29% are outside of Clearwater but within the county. About half of the people that are attending our venues actually come from Florida outside of the county itself. Another 11% are from another state. And then we have about 1% that identify as coming from overseas or Canada. Interesting, I found, was that the Baycare Sound pretty much follows very close, the same thing, about 50% were coming from Florida but outside of the county. And then about 11% were coming from the rest of the states and then 1% from outside. I also thought it was interesting to note that a lot of times when an act is performing at the hall, I mean, at the sound but also in Orlando when someone lives halfway between the two, they're coming to Clearwater, which I thought was really interesting. So I would assume they're coming because maybe they want to stay the weekend and we're seeing that the people are talking about how they want to make a whole weekend out of it if they're coming. In terms of the tax base, the fiscal impact is about $7.8 million estimated for all of our activities. And then $1 million of that is for the tourist development tax and then another $167,000 for county discretionary, the surtax that's charged from hotels. And if you look at the sound itself, it's $3.6 million in terms of the additional tax revenue coming from the activities. Overall, if you're looking at the economic impact for all of our stages, you see that they're estimating that there's a total of $252.2 million, which obviously is significantly more since the BayCare Sound came alive. We're seeing that it also is increasing employment by 1709 full-time equivalents. And then for the BayCare Sound itself, they're estimating $110.4 million economic impact. And I see the mayor is smiling, so that's a good thing. You've got some characters in the gallery. Obviously, we're very pleased with this. It is a work in progress, as you know. Three years, we're in our third year now, and that for this kind of a venue is really just the beginning of where it can go. We had goose there Friday night to a really lively crowd. And this afternoon, we got a text from them saying they really want to make this their home stop on their tours going forward. They really love it here. They had a night. They had their day off on their tour, and they decided to spend it in Clearwater. So they stayed an extra day and just could not say enough about what a unique opportunity that we give them by coming to this area of the state. So we're very pleased with that. We expect that to continue. Again, if you're interested in more of the details on this, I'm happy there's a lot of equations, a lot of data involved in it, and I'm going to be very happy. I don't want to spend too much time with that. The other thing that I do want to point out, I know the last time that we gave the report, the mayor asked a question about the sunshade. So I do want to do a follow-up. We're actually working on two projects right now that will improve the venue. One is the sunshade. And then we're also looking at doing some electrical work. We have a lot of power that's dedicated to that building, delivered to that building, but it's not as distributed outside as we would like. And what that translates to is we end up using anywhere from 9 to 20 generators every time we have an event, which for a number of reasons is not ideal. So we've actually been working with the city now to look at, you know, what does it take? We have a plan. We've gone through the bidding process, and now it really is just going through permitting and just crossing some T's, dotting some I's, to be able to improve the electrical system within the grounds itself to get it out to the various areas out in the park. And the sunshade is also in permitting right now, and I want to just thank Assistant City Manager Slaughter has been a tremendous help in helping facilitate that permitting process, getting the engineers together. So it looks like we're green lighting. Now it's just getting it inside the venue, and we're just thrilled with that. And that is, I'm proud to say, is another about a quarter of a million dollar investment that we're making in the venue that will stay with the venue long after all of us are gone. So I'm very happy about that. In terms of the shows right now, we've got about, we're looking at 50 shows this year. It's always dependent on what product is touring, but it is a, it's going to do well again this year as well. So I'm happy if you have any questions. Any questions? Is T-Pain one of those 50? I'm sorry? Is T-Pain one of those 50? Is he coming back? He's not scheduled yet. This is just through December 31st. And we're actually, we haven't announced yet where Bobby is working on a, we're really interested in doing a few signature. We've been doing some festivals in collaboration with radio stations. Some of those are annual festivals that have, they've brought it here now to the sound from another location. But we're actually looking at doing some of our own. And we're in the midst of doing one for, I believe right now it's in November. So our idea is to do something, it's kind of like what Clearwater Jazz Holiday has, that we're establishing other types of festivals that are unique to Clearwater, that bear the Clearwater name. And we think we say it every time you come in, I appreciate you and your staff, your entire team, what a beautiful venue, a great job you do. Every event I think we go to, you can see and you can feel the investments that your group continues to make it. It's a better experience every time for our fans and the travelers that are coming in for, thank you for that. It's funny you said Goose. I'd never really heard of them. And I heard it was Council Member Albritton's favorite band. So we went. And it was packed. It was an awesome show. But what amazed me, and my wife will kill me for this, but for three hours of this show, they never made eye contact with the crowd one time or said hello or hi. And all I kept asking was, please just say hi, Clearwater, or hello. And I think it took maybe, what, three hours in, and we got a Clearwater, Florida out of them. So that was a win for me. I would have went home having a hard time going to sleep with that. But they killed it. It was a great show, and it's good to hear they had such a good experience. They want to call it home base, and I think Council Member Albritton will welcome them. Thank you. I'd just like to say I'd like to see Goose come back when we have the duck at the same time. Thank you for the charts that you showed. I think we've talked about how you put these venues together. It's amazing the attendance of all the venues together and how you showed on the visitor origin how it's a similar demographic. for all the venues, Ruth Record Hall, Capitol Theater. It's folks from outside of not just Clearwater but outside Canellas County. And certainly Ruth Record Hall is known for music entertainment. There are other things there, comedy shows and other things too, but primarily that. And one of the premier places in the region, even among Straths or Mahaffey, there are shows you can see at Ruth Record Hall that you can't see at those other two venues. So I appreciate all that good work. And I think it's important for the community to know that's an important role that you all play here, is attracting folks from all over. I mean, it's 68% or so. They're coming from outside Canellas County to see shows. And they're spending money when they're here. And in addition to providing geek entertainment like Goose and the others for our citizens to enjoy. So thank you for the work you do. I just want to make a comment. Do you remember when we were talking about planning, you know, putting the sound here, and we were talking about how many events we were going to have? We just had 50. You're planning 50 events? That's one a week. And I don't even think we were even a tenth of that. We were like, we had no idea. So I commend you for doing that and having that much entertainment here because it's really, really made a big difference. And thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you for your trust. The only other thing I'd add, too, is that, I mean, you look at the attendance for the sound and Reed-Argent Hall, which are significant, but I think we have, we can't ignore, you know, 51,000, almost 52,000 for the Capitol Theater. You have shows that, oh, I forget how many shows you showed on here, but, I mean, you have really inspired and made a lot of those restaurants, particularly on Cleveland Street, successful. They really have depended on you to bring in those shows. So I appreciate your attention to helping downtown Clearwater and Cleveland Street. Thank you. And we've been talking with the Denunzio Group as well with the ballot opening up and doing some partnerships there. It's just a wonderful opportunity for, it's a great amenity for our guests that are coming from out of town. Thank you again. Thank you. Okay, with that, we will now move to item 3.108. Approve a term sheet between the City of Clearwater, Pinellas County, and Phillies, Florida, LLC for the redevelopment and improvements to BayCare Ballpark Stadium Facility and authorize the approved official sex keeps in. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I thank everybody for their patience. Certainly thank the Phillies for their patience on this item. We are excited to bring forward the term sheet, the long-awaited term sheet. As you all are aware, the Phillies have been a partner with the City since 1947, and this term sheet is for 20 years, which will bring us to the 100-year anniversary. I would like to invite up Brian Onks, Jr. to do a presentation regarding the funding request, and then we'll go through the rest of the item. Thank you, City Manager Poirier. Mayor, Councilmembers, it is an honor to be here representing the Philadelphia Phillies in this term sheet renewal request that you all and our partners in Pinellas County have worked so hard and so diligently for a number of years, going back to your predecessors, going back even to the 2016-2017 time frame. And it's such an honor to be able to say that through all that collaboration, through nurturing that relationship, through participating in that relationship, we have arrived here today with a term sheet that we are hopeful that you will be able to support to keep that very special relationship between bright and beautiful Clearwater and the City of Brevardly Love going for another 20 years through the 100th anniversary. The Phillies have been intrinsically intertwined in the fabric of the Clearwater community for 80 years, and my friend John Timberlake has been here for half of those, and he will tell you very proudly, he is a Clearwater resident, and he's not going anywhere, so we better approve this term sheet. The city, as you know, enjoys the second longest continuous spring training relationship in the history of Major League Baseball at 79 years. We're only one year behind Lakeland and the Detroit Tigers, which just shows that Clearwater was incredibly forward-thinking in its collaboration and its investment in spring training baseball, and that seed has grown into just an incredibly, incredibly beneficial relationship. And also the fact that that 80-year relationship has really had no bumps in the road. I mean, there really haven't been any bumps in the road, no disagreements. It's always been a handshake and a collaboration between friends and partners. As you know, the Philadelphia Philly organization exudes excellence throughout the entire organization. It is the longest continuously operating single-name, single-location team in the history of Major League Baseball, founded in 1883. They are the epitome of stability. They are the epitome of stability. They exude excellence in everything they do throughout the organization, from here in Clearwater to Philadelphia to everywhere in between. And as you know, their fans are committed to Clearwater. I never thought they'd get me saying that, but here we are. It's contagious. We have the updated statistics from 2026 spring training. We had 143,352 paid attendees. We led the Grapefruit League in percentage of capacity of paid attendance at 106% capacity of paid attendance. And we had the highest single attended game in the Grapefruit League this year, which is consistent with what you've seen throughout this 80-year history, and particularly when the city invested in BayCare Ballpark and that facility. We also have a city-initiated economic impact study that demonstrates a $1.6 billion economic impact over the next 20 years based on historic data. So that's not speculative based on if you build this, this is what it will produce. This is based on the data that we have from attendees, from hotel room nights, from the direct economic impact of that tourism and of that retail sales and services, and that is about $80 million a year, which means the city at $30 million will double 2.5 times that in the first year of recovery of that. I would like to move on now to the tourism marketing assets. So as you know, one of the key components of the term sheet is an agreement with Pinellas County and Visit St. Pete Clearwater to continue the excellent collaboration we've had in marketing this market to the Philadelphia, Delaware Valley area, whether it's New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philly, Delaware, Maryland, that group travels. They come to Clearwater. They're committed to Clearwater. It doesn't matter what's going on in the economy. They're going to be here. And over those last 80 years, tens of thousands have come every year, and many of them have bought second homes. Many of them have retired here. Many of them have relocated their businesses here or started businesses here. And, again, that just shows you how that seed has grown through the nurturing relationship that the city and the Phillies have collaboratively developed. Historically, this was about a $587,500 value. In 2021, the Phillies' contractual obligation to provide the tourism assets ceased, but they continued to do it at cost because it was the right thing to do and because they're invested in making sure that this stays an incredibly strong leader market for this community. And the value in recent years has been about $650,000. Under the terms of this new term sheet with Pinellas County, that value would increase to $850,000. And then there would be a 3% escalator starting in 2032 for a total net present value of just over $21 million. So the Phillies will be giving $21 million in net present value to marketing assets to continue the Visit St. Pete Clearwater television commercials through the majority of the games, which are so effective. And they'll continue that direct collaboration with Pinellas County in developing those assets. It's no wonder, then, that Philadelphia is the largest feeder market for hotel revenue in Pinellas County. This is a chart that was provided to the TDC, I believe, in February or March. Mayor, you can tell us because you were there. Philadelphia doubles any other market in the United States other than New York City. It's still about a quarter more than New York City in terms of hotel revenue generated. And that is a direct result of nurturing that relationship and the growth of that relationship. And the commitment of that Philadelphia community to not being just here in March or February, but they're here year-round. They're here year-round. This is their second home for the Philadelphia market. And even though it's only the fourth largest market in the country, it's still by far the largest market for this community, and that is not a coincidence. So I did want to just make clear a couple of things for the public and the council. You know this well. Not $1 that's being contributed by Pinellas County or the City of Clearwater is going to the Phillies. This is going into a city-owned asset. BayCare Ballpark is owned by the City of Clearwater. It is leased by the Philadelphia Phillies. And so what is happening here is a renovation of an existing Clearwater asset to retain an A-plus tenant, the Philadelphia Phillies, for another 20 years through the 100th anniversary of that relationship. The Phillies are committing a minimum of $75 million and are also responsible for all cost overruns. The Phillies did purchase the property to the south, that shopping center, for $22.5 million in 2022. The Phillies are not receiving any ownership or the conveyance of any property from the city or the county. The Phillies, on their own, invested in the property next door to the city's campus because it's part of our long-term plan to activate that key corner, that key U.S. 19 Special Area Plan Activity Center corner. And the fruition of this term sheet will allow for that to proceed over the coming years, and I'm incredibly excited to see what that is going to look like. This is something you will not be able to read. It is in your agenda packets. This is the aerial site plan that shows the key project elements or key project components. So in the term sheet, we have an exhibit of key project components and key project elements that are broken out between Baycare Ballpark and Carpenters Complex. We also have a line item budget that addresses each of those key project elements, so you can tie the project element to the budget and get the amount of value allocated to that. I did want to go over some of the key fan amenities. Some of these have already been installed. Others are in progress and will be in progress. The video board replacement, replacing the field lights, larger expanded concourse with additional capacity, upgrade the West Plaza fan entrance plaza, expand and enhance concessions, fan seat replacement, so replacing all of the seats, center field fan deck, which is above the batter's eye, which will expand capacity, retail store expansion. As you know, that retail store is incredibly popular, and there are lines around the corner, so we've taken note of that market analysis. It's not very hard to see, and we'll make sure we have some extra capacity for that. Center field restrooms, which will be new to service the berm area, diamond dugout restrooms upgrade, enclosure of the first base club area and suite hallway, addition of south and west fan servicing elevators, refresh suite interiors and home plate concessions, and update ground cruise area wayfinding signage. So we do have some renderings. This is the left field third baseline area. This will undergo a dynamic change. We're adding some additional concessions where that playground area is now. We're moving the playground over to this covered area, which is part of an expanded breezeway. You know the capacity there gets bottlenecked. There's always people there hanging out. Right now there's a bunch of fan chillers providing some cooling there. But this will now be a covered playground area with expanded capacity for people to move about and have ingress, egress. The tiki deck is remaining. The footprint will expand. But the Frenchie's tiki deck, which is incredibly popular, will remain, and, again, with an expanded footprint. This is the batter's eye, which exists. That batter's eye is one of the Major League Baseball required elements. It certainly isn't active right now unless you're trying to hit a fastball. So we are going to activate it for everybody else who's not playing, and we're going to add this fan deck on top, which I'll show you an image from that perspective. And we're also going to add these restrooms in the rear, which will service that berm area. And, again, there are no restrooms right now out in the outfield area. So that was something that would be important. This is an image of the expanded capacity above the batter's eye. We think that's a really innovative, dynamic use of right now what is essentially underutilized space for the fan experience. This is a view from Carpenter's Complex of that left field area. You can see, again, the playground here. Concessions would be over here on this side, and then here's some offices that will be added for administrative purposes. This is a view towards the left field area and the existing administrative offices with expanded office and player development area. And that concludes our presentation. I want to thank very, very sincerely City Manager Poirier, Mayor Rector, Council Member Menino, Cotton, Teixeira, All-Britain, City Attorney Kohler, everyone on the city team. Every city department played a crucial role in this, whether it was economic development, whether it was legal, whether it was planning, whether it was, obviously, Mr. Ravens and his team. This was a holistic city project that took many, many years to come to fruition. And I think that the quality of that committed collaboration is why you've got such a good project here before you, and I think why it's coming in with a lot of support. And I'm very proud of that process, and I'm proud of everyone who's contributed to that process. I also would like to thank our county partners. We're going to be going before the county commission tomorrow at 2 p.m., hopefully for their approval of their commitment of the TDC funding and also their part of the term sheet. So we'd definitely like to thank Administrator Burton, who's been involved with this throughout the process, Chairman Eggers, and the rest of the county commissioners, and also for all of your advocacy with the commissioners for those TDC dollars. That is greatly appreciated. That was a significant part in getting this deal completed. So at this time, I know you know as much about this project as you probably would ever want it to know, but if there's any other questions you have, I have Mr. Timberlake and Mr. Nicholas here that can answer any questions, and we'd be happy to do that. Okay. Questions? Vice Mayor. Yes, I have no questions, just comments. I have to applaud the team as well, city manager, acting city attorney, and the rest of the staff that played an integral part in this, as well as you, Brian. Thank you, Mr. Nicholas. Thank you, Mr. Timberlake. You know, it's an extraordinary feat to try and get this done between the state, county, and cities, but I think that we all played well in the sandbox together. We got the deal done. Parties are happy, and to extend this to the 100-year anniversary is going to be phenomenal. So looking forward to the next 20 years of Phillies baseball in Clearwater and the future projects that entail with that. So thank you all. Sincerely appreciate our staff here, and looking forward to a great future relationship, partnership. Excuse me. So thank you. Thank you, sir. That's right. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. Exact same sentiment. Thank you for all the hard work, heavy lifting. Took the entire team. Obviously, thanks to staff as well. County, and obviously to our Philly partners that have become much more than just partners, but friends. Brian, I thank you for all the work you've done. Probably underestimated how many phone calls and e-mails and the lifting you've done to get this done. I think we had these conversations back in 2007, maybe, and we're finally getting close. You said it best. Your words were, and I couldn't say it better, intrinsically intertwined in the fabric of Clearwater, and those are absolutely perfect words, and it is truly meaningful. I have memories with my grandfather in elementary school at Jack Russell Stadium in the MLK community going to baseball games, shopping with my father when this stadium was a Home Depot. So this is intrinsically entwined in my memories as well. This is a win, not just for Clearwater, but the entire region, state of Florida, and our country. Philly's do exude excellence, and we believe we do here in Clearwater as well, and what a match. I look forward to the many years moving forward, and that 100th year celebration should be quite a party for the whole year. So thank you for believing in Clearwater and putting that Philly's name next to Clearwater for many years to come. Well, you guys are like family. I mean, really. Well, as far back as I can remember, Philly's very, very close relationship with Clearwater, and I've always been a big supporter of, you know, a lot of beaches in Florida. You know, they tout, you know, college spring break and all that stuff. You know, we have Philly's spring training here. We've got better than that. We have families that come from Philly, and they come down and they stay on the beach because they like to watch the sunset, but their whole life is revolved around going to see the game. And they're beautiful people. I've met so many of them over the years that they just keep coming back, and they're like family. So I'm glad, I'm so glad that now we have a term sheet. We're going to move forward to this, and I look forward to our 100-year celebration. I'm going to save some time. I would like to echo everything that's been said before me, but I do want to add that I came on to the council starting to work on this. So thank you so much for all of you for allowing me to check off this box before I go. Okay? I'll go last, and just want to thank everybody involved. Again, thank our staff for all they've done throughout. I was pointed out, every department has leaned in, city attorney, city manager, were heavily involved in the discussions. But, you know, I remember a morning or two after Hurricane Milton, I was at Bay Care Ballpark. I think Mr. Nicholas was there, too, and Mr. Timberlake was there. And our Parks and Rec staff do a tremendous amount to support this organization and have four years. And they were out there that morning with eels up the aisle way, baseballs floating in the batting cages because the water had inundated the stadium. And the work our Parks and Rec team does to support the Phillies, thank you for all that. I know you were heavily involved in sharing information with staff and how the relationship works and all the support that you give the Phillies all year long. So thank you for that. And I want to thank the Phillies. As was said, you know, I have been fortunate to go to some mayor's meetings and connect with lots of mayors from not just Florida, Arizona, who have spring training and have professional baseball in their communities. And I can tell you, we have a really good year. Our relationship with the Phillies is a lot different than a lot of the relationships with cities that host spring training from around the country. It is family, as you said. You've been here for 80 years. And you treat this community in a tremendous way. And we appreciate not only the last 80 years but hopefully the next 20 to get us to 100. We are unique, and this relationship is unique, because we are able to work with one of the best organizations in all of professional sports. Professional, they care about our community, and we value our relationship with Phillies. We also value our relationship with the Delaware Valley and all the Phillies fans. Having lived out on Clearwater Beach for a long time, I was even out there recently with a friend having dinner, and no fewer than a half dozen folks walked by our table at Sukushi on Clearwater Beach wearing Phillies gear. And so my friend said, well, you know, spring training, is that still going on? I said, no. It ended about three weeks ago. And I can tell you out there, you see Philly fans out there all year long, not just when the Eagles come to town and play the Bucs in the fall. They come here. We have one of the most loyal, residual fan bases in the Delaware Valley. They come here all year long, not just for baseball, for other reasons. And I'm glad our county commission and others have come to realize that. They've seen it too, because that's the other special part of our relationship. We have, they have, through baseball, they've come to visit here and come to love Clearwater, and they come back for numerous reasons. So we couldn't be any more thankful and grateful for that relationship with the Phillies and the Phillies fans. And the only two things I want to say is what Mr. Rocks pointed out was this is our asset. This is our facility. We are investing in a city-owned asset, which we have had for years. It was over at Jack Russell Stadium, which I pointed out earlier today. We've had a city asset that's been used in professional baseball, going way back to the Brooklyn Dodgers when they played at Clearwater Athletic Field 110 years ago. So, you know, we have for a century invested in a community asset to support baseball. And so that's all we're doing here. We're putting money into our asset. And the location of this asset is important because we have talked about, as a city, even before I became mayor, in the importance of driving economic development on the U.S. 19 corridor. And this is an important piece of that. And that intersection of Durham and U.S. 19 has huge potential. I think even more potential now that the flyovers are being completed north of us, that will allow more people from North County and Pasco County to travel down further without, you know, having to hit stoplights. So it's important. And we saw the map of the opportunity that the Phillies have to maybe do some things as a property. But that's not it. There are other properties around there, up and down that U.S. 19 corridor, that can really benefit by our investment in this city asset. So I could go on and on, but I won't because we are into the evening when we didn't expect to be. But thank you for everyone who's participated in this. The term sheet, to me, is a good result. And thank you to our county partners, the Pinellas County Commission, for agreeing to participate in this. And a great result for our city and for the citizens of Clearwater. So thank you for coming tonight. Is there anything further? Okay. Appreciate you. And thank you for your partnership. That will move to a gen item. Mayor, can we place it on consent? Oh, it wasn't for consent. Okay. If there's consent. It's on consent. For sure. Okay. Okay. We have consent. Yes. Gen item 4.1. Award a construction contract to Southern Road and Bridge LLC of Palm Harbor for slope stabilization. Good evening, Mayor, members of Council. My name is Kelly Petrich. I'm the Engineering Division Manager here in the City of Clearwater in the Public Works Department. As you know, the high velocities from Hurricane Helene and Milton destabilized the bank in six locations along Alligator Creek, resulting in large washouts, endangering not only both private but public infrastructure. These damages were both inspected and submitted for FEMA reimbursement. Southern Road and Bridge LLC was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder out of the four submitted bids. This contract includes a wide variety of unit price items to address slope stabilization, seawall repairs, pipe replacement, and erosion control as needed. This low bid approach actually allows the city to respond quickly and efficiently to both emergency and routine infrastructure repairs without delays associated with special procurements. This contract also will provide flexibility for future emergency response and storm recovery efforts for the citywide as an infrastructure. Also, we see this as being able to provide a more long-term resiliency for future storms as well. Any questions? Do we have consent? Yep. Do we have consent on 4.1? Thank you. Thank you. 4.2. Approve a locally funded agreement between the State of Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Clearwater to provide $200,000 for preliminary engineering. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I am Anna Holland Transportation Division Manager for Public Works. I'm requesting approval of a locally funded agreement between the State of Clearwater and FDOT for the State Road 60 Corridor Study. This study will evaluate traffic operations, multimodal connectivity, and access management to identify data-driven safety improvements while maintaining the corridor's capacity and function. FDOT will administer the project, including managing a qualified consultant and providing overall project oversight, while the City will actively participate in coordination, review, input, and input throughout the study. The City will contribute $200,000 towards the study. This agreement creates a partnership between the City and FDOT, and it ensures the City has an active role in shaping improvements along this important corridor, and I'm happy to answer any questions. Okay, so I have questions. So this is a request from us, or who requested this study? I think we originally initiated a conversation with FDOT to have a corridor study performed, and more recently, Council Member Menino brought up the study that was being performed by FDOT, but there wasn't sufficient funding to continue to achieve the goals of the study. We had a state, a Safe Streets for All grant that was put on hold by the administration, and we haven't received the funding from that grant. We were looking to contribute $400,000 from the grant into the study, and since we haven't received the funding, the funding hasn't moved forward, we were approaching, we were going to give them $200,000 just to keep the study rolling. So I ask that because my conversations with FDOT have been, we've studied it to death. It's like, how many more studies are we going to do, how much more money, their money too, not just our money. But the feeling I got was that they were willing to do it, but they felt like they already had enough information. They were ready to fund the work without the study. So, but that this may have been coming either from us or for Pinellas, the request for another study. And they were willing to participate, but they also didn't feel like they needed another study to do this kind of work. So that's why I'm asking. If you want to address the question, I'll add, don't let me jump in front of you. You want to go ahead. Yeah, thank you. Mayor, that's a good question. I think what, just for history of what happened with this study, Belcher became the biggest concern in Belcher Intersection and Gulf of the Bay. And what happened with the study originally, they proposed three options, and our county commission rejected all three and didn't like any of them to go back to the drawing board and find out other alternatives. Some of the challenges they were having was additionally that if they did put changes, which is a safety concern. It's been recognized for years. No questions about it. Data shows. If they did make changes to that Belcher-Gulf of the Bay intersection, previous studies didn't show what that change would do to subsequent intersections. So they wanted to make sure that before they spend millions and millions of dollars moving forward that they understand what the full unintended consequences are as well as give the county an opportunity to find some direction to go because they did reject all three options, whether it was a flyover, a no left turn, U-turns only. There was multiple, and they weren't happy with any of them. So that's why Ford Pinellas and FDOT did go back to the drawing board to restudy, come up with additional plans and options to do it fully. FDOT, to my understanding, was going to come to a place where the funding would die short of figuring out some of those safety mitigations and continuing the study. And that's where Ford Pinellas asked us if we had the ability to step forward because we already committed, as you said, via the $400,000, but it was frozen. We weren't seeing it. So that's why the $200 in its place, $200,000, was requested so that this study doesn't stop, so that FDOT doesn't get to a place of pencils down after all this work. As you said, it has been studied quite extensively. I think, you know, what's our deadline on this? Do we feel like there's a deadline? Do we have to spend this grant money before a certain time, before it? We haven't been awarded the grant. I think the study will eventually run out of money, so they can't fully complete it. And just to complement what Councilman Mermanino stated about the Belcher intersection, this does not cover specifically Belcher intersection. It just covers the entire corridor just to get a more holistic view of how that intersection will impact the entire study. And this is more of a safety-related study as well. I think, too, it's not just FDOT, but the conversations we have in which Tallahassee were, you know, they don't like funding studies at the state. They like funding projects that let's get things done. And, you know, this, hey, granted, I told somebody just today, you know, the path from Tampa International to the Round of Backwater Beach is one of the most important arteries in all of Tampa Bay. So, yes, we need to update and improve and do all that. That said, we can't keep studying and studying and studying. We've got to take some action. Yeah, Mr. Mayor, thank you. To that point, and forgive me, correction might be needed, it was Pinellas County that ditched three opportunities, but it's our budget that we have to pay to get another study done for them to hopefully like what they see to approve it? Should the county not fund it? Am I not correct in saying that Ford Pinellas is a funding partner on this? I don't see them. I did hear Ford Pinellas, for sure. Yeah, I don't see them on this sheet. Sorry, guys. Contributing also, if you remember, was it Ford that Ford Pinellas has also contributed? It was not as large as our force, but they are contributing to the effort. But it's not our intersection, it is the county's intersection? So the county's specifically funding the Belcher intersection. They were strictly stated that their funding would only go towards the Belcher intersection. Listen, I'm of the mayor's point of view. I don't want to throw good money at bad money if we've already studied the heck out of this thing, but I also need to know, you know, is the county going to approve what they've got? And I'm hearing one of the major funding partners, it's not here tonight to share with us, but when I'm hearing that one of the major funding partners, Roger, doesn't think it's necessary, I just, that's why I'm questioning whether or not, you know, it's the best use of our money to participate as well. They don't feel like they need it. And I think we can pivot however we need to pivot. So we were going to shuffle money around. We had just made that $400,000 commitment earlier, so we were looking to do some internal shuffling. If you want, we can certainly reach out to FDOT. We can have our staff reach out and have those questions in terms of, you know, your conversations with them and see what they recommend on this item prior to Thursday night. If that's helpful and agreeable to the council, happy to do that. I agree a thousand percent because my conversations with FDOT have been completely different from a Ford-Pinella standpoint as well. So let's make sure we bring clarity to this because this is a pretty big deal. I don't believe that the county or we see the Belcher intersection is not a big deal. I don't think the state would. I mean, data, crash data, death speak much louder than that. I mean, it is the most dangerous intersection in our entire city and community, so it probably deserves that clarity for us to make that decision, and I respect that. Yeah, it's the most dangerous intersection in the entire county. Yeah, right. But to my point, it has been for a long time, and we just sit and study it to death instead of doing something. Well, I was just going to add, and to fix it, it's going to be the most expensive intersection. We've been talking about that for years and coming up with all these different – I mean, you know, nobody really wants to have a flyover. They don't want to have that there. And then the only other way to fix it is to buy up all the property around it, enlarge it, make it look like Keene. That's too expensive to do. There's already, you know, development around it. So I don't know. I don't know what the – I think we need to go ask again what we're doing here. Yeah, we will reach out to FDOT and bring that back on Thursday night for further consideration. Okay. Thank you. Off consent. I'm sorry. We will circulate that information prior to Thursday so that, you know, council has an opportunity to review that and then make a decision on Thursday. Does council want it off consent then? Off consent. Take it off consent. Okay, thank you. Attend item 4.3. Approve a community forestry capacity grant agreement between the City of Clearwater and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Hi, Mayor, City Council, City Leadership, Cassie Cordova, Sustainability Division Manager in Public Works. As Rose just mentioned, this is a grant for $50,000 for a $100,000 total project. The grant will fund a citywide tree canopy assessment and development of an urban forestry management plan. That will help us identify canopy gaps, prioritize planting areas, and guide long-term management of our urban forest. This is especially important. The timing, we did lose quite a bit of our canopy in the storms, so this will help strengthen our resilience. Urban forestry trees are important to help us reduce heat, manage stormwater, and support Colorado's quality of life and tourism. And this is a good opportunity to leverage outside funding to create long-term strategy for strengthening our tree canopy. So staff recommends award. Happy to answer any questions. Any questions? Okay. Not do we have consent? Yes. We have consent on 4.3. Thank you, Ms. Cordova. 10-9-4.4. Approve an ordinance of the City of Clearwater, Florida, vacating City of Right-of-Way, Alley, Drainage, and Utility Easements. As more particularly described and recorded in Bayview City Subdivision Platte, Book 9, page 43, and the abutting Bayview Territ Subdivision. Thank you, Ms. McCall. Good afternoon, Mayor, Council Members, City Manager, Mr. Kohler. The vacation item before you today is a vacation request from the four-city right-of-way alley and easement from the applicant, Audemars Pujot. I apologize if I didn't pronounce that correctly. This request is in support of the redevelopment of the applicant's abutting-owned properties. Let me show you a quick, Ariel. Okay. The items in green, they own. The items in the red hatch is going to be the affected right-of-way and with a crossing alley with a drainage easement on 3040 Gulf to Bay. The vacated area includes improved and unimproved portions of right-of-way to include Tennessee Ave, Blocks 3 and 6, the unimproved adjacent portion of Bay Street, Blocks 6 and 7, the non-named unimproved 16-foot alley in Blocks 6, and an improved portion of Carolina Ave, along with a drainage and utility easement there on 3040 Gulf to Bay. Please also know that the requested improved portions of right-of-way are not constructed to city standards, and the city has not performed or incurred any significant expense to maintain or keep these roads as they are. The planted road system of Bayview City Subdivision, which this parcel rests therein, was never constructed per the plat, and the city has previously vacated other right-of-way easements in this area. The proposed vacation is conditioned upon the applicant conveying easements to cover any and all utilities as necessary when they reconfigure the land. Public Works staff has reviewed the request and recommends approval. Any questions, please? Is there any questions on this agenda? Yeah. Council Member Rolberg. Yeah. It seems to me I went and looked at this thing about a year ago, or last year sometime. Was it delayed coming to us now, or? Not that I'm aware of. This is the first that it was presented to us. I remember going out there because one of the vacations, there's a roadway that goes into that hotel next door. Last year we did do vacations for Calvary within the same area. No, that was further, yeah, that was Calvary, though. Metal Ark Lane. You know, Exhibit A, I mean, where you're showing Exhibit A, there's not even a road there. It's just... That's correct. It's unimproved right-of-way. Yeah. There is basically a ditch with water flowing through. All right. That will be improved as, again, abutting owned property. They would then retain half of the right-of-way. Again, that road will be improved or generated for access around the development. You know, these are right-of-ways that, again, are not improved. They're grass and trees. Right. And they will be developed into roads for access. Okay. And I'm sure now... Oh, I'm sorry. Jumped the gun. Jumped in the gun. I have a question. Go ahead. Thank you, sir. And I'm sure now, if anybody's watching and listening, they're probably wondering what development this is going for. So could you just speak to that for a second? Okay. What they intend on putting there, the housing? From what I've been told, they will be putting some housing development for apartments. I don't really have the full plans. I was not given that portion of it. But I believe the representative, Mr. Ongs, was here earlier, his departure for dinner. So I do not have the full answer to that ultimate design. No, I appreciate it. From what I understand it, is that there is some affordable workforce housing type thing, the project that will be going in there. So if anybody in the public that's watching is wondering what's going there, I believe that's the project. So thank you, sir. Again, I'm not really quite sure. I wasn't really told what their full development plans would be, but I could find out certainly before Thursday. No, I don't mean throwing you on the spot. I was just wanting some clarity out there. So thank you, Robin. Appreciate it. Okay. Okay. Any other discussion? If not, we need to... No, I guess we'll have a reading. It's not consent. Yeah, there's no consent. It's a public hearing item. Thank you. Leave the agenda on 5.1. Accept drainage easement with indemnification from Emmeline Little Bowers at 1202 Vista Way. Good evening, Mayor, Councilmembers, City Manager, Mr. Kohler again. The item before you this evening is a consent item to approve two easements and one purchase agreement as they pertain to 1202 Vista Way. This location is part of the Lower Spring Branch Bridge Replacement Project. This location is right on Douglas Avenue where the wing wall will impact the rear of the parcel property. That being said, the landowner has brought forth concerns and we have addressed them. The main focus for your approval this evening is to approve the hold harmless and indemnification language found in the drainage easement and the temporary construction easement. The agenda item that you have before you, as you know, real estate is rather fluid. Documents change rather quickly sometimes. But what you have in front of you, I've printed out. You do have the accurate language within the drainage easement as well as the TCE requesting indemnification to hold harmless. So you do have in hard copy what you need to approve this easement as well. You will have it on the agenda on Thursday as well. But it's not on consent. I'm sorry? I called for 5.1, but I was going off the... You may not have the revised. I didn't go off the revised. We just have the revised. So this is 4.5. Oh, okay. It's on consent. And it's on consent. And it's on consent. Oh, there you go. Any questions on this? Do we have consent? Yes. We have consent on 4.5. 5.1 now. Approve the annexation initial future land use map designation of commercial general and initial zoning atlas designation of commercial C district for 1903 Douglas Avenue. Very good. Thank you. Have a good evening. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor and Councilmembers. My name is Marcy Stenmark, long-range planning manager. This evening we have before you a voluntary annexation request. For a .28-acre parcel located on the east side of Douglas Avenue, approximately 107 feet east of Douglas Avenue, together with certain rights of way for Douglas Avenue and Sunset Point Road, not currently within the city limits. The parcel is currently occupied with a vacant commercial building, and the applicant is requesting annexation in order to receive sanitary sewer and solid waste from the city. Planning and development staff have analyzed and concluded this annexation position is consistent with a comprehensive plan and a community development code. I'm here if you have any questions. Thank you. Any questions on this agenda? Customer Money. Don't have questions. More excitement. Looking forward to it. That's the old Coles, Guns, and Ammo location. Just to give everybody a heads up. I know I've been hounding staff for quite a while. What's going on? The owner has bought just about every single property he can around there, trying to fix up the neighborhood. And I appreciate staff helping him make this happen and welcoming him into the city of Clearwater. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Canada 5.2. Improve connecting Clearwater and active transportation plan for the city of Clearwater and adopt resolution 26-04. I'll take this one as well. So at your March 2nd work session, a consultant from Fair and Peers presented the connecting Clearwater active transportation plan and draft resolution. Did you, I'm sorry, did you wish to, I'm sorry. Oh, I am, no, please do not pay any attention to me right now. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 10 points. I just thought I'd set the table and then, I'm sorry, sorry. It was requested that we edit the draft resolution and that the resolution has been amended. And in your backup, you have the strike through underlying clean versions. And I'm here, and staff is here if you have any questions. Thank you. Okay. After reading this resolution, I appreciate staff for making proper adjustments to appease me because I know I was really the only noisemaker to this issue. So thank you very much. And I can get behind this one. Thank you. All right. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you. Tend item 5.3. Provide direction regarding the city's tree preservation ordinance. What's that? Okay, perfect. We can continue this item to the next meeting if we're okay with that. Thank you. 5.3. 5.3. 3? 5.3 of the trees, yeah. Thank you. Okay. Tend item 6.1. I approve a purchase order to GovConnection, doing business as Connection Public Sector Solutions for software licensing and maintenance. Mayor, council members, Dan Mayer, IT Director. This purchase is for software that manages all our phones and tablets. It's replacing a product that's been retired, and I'll answer any questions you may have specifically. Okay. Any questions on this, Jim? Not do we have consent. We have consent on 6.1. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Tend item 7.4. Approved a construction contract and purchase order to Kelly Brothers, Inc. for Harbor Marina South North wave attenuator replacement. Good evening, Mayor, Council, Mike McDonald, Marine and Aviation Director. This item before you is a construction contract for the replacement of the South Basin wave attenuators at Thorwater Harbor Marina. They were severely damaged during Hurricane Ian in September of 2022. Following the storm, our engineer of record completed a failure assessment and determined the structures were beyond repair and require full replacement. This project will remove the damaged wave attenuators and replace them with new, more resilient concrete wave attenuators supported by upgraded steel piling system, new gangways and replacement of associated electrical and mechanical utilities that were impacted by the storm. The project was competitively bid through our invitation to bid process. Three bids were received, and Kelly Brothers was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder with the total not to exceed contract amount of approximately $4.33 million. Construction is anticipated to take approximately 365 calendar days from notice to proceed. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Any questions on the agenda item? If not, do we have consent? Yes, but I have a... We have consent on 7.1. Comment? Yeah. I have a question for you. Yes, sir. It's not on this particular item, but at Clearwater Marina, where they've taken out the old, the end of all the docks there, we've got four big posts in the middle of the bay. At the beach marina. At the beach marina I'm talking about. Is that new docks going out to those posts, or what are they out there for? No, sir. So those were set up for the barge to tie up to during the construction. So during the dredging phase, you know, they put their big barge out there, and that's what they anchored to. But the B dock, the dock that's being put there, is going to be close to that. That'll be the very end of it. Okay. So. Thank you. For a while, they were putting the barge there and removing debris. Yeah. I just thought, wow, it's going all the way out to there. Okay. Thank you. Yep. Absolutely. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. June 9, 8.1. Award a construction contract to Innovative Masonry Restoration, LLC, for the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility Clarifier, Splitter Boxes. Good evening, Mayor, Councilor. Also, happy birthday. Thank you. My name is Kaylin Price. I'm the Public Utilities Engineering Manager. And today I'm requesting your approval to award a construction contract to Innovative Masonry in the amount of $656,342.50. And also for approval of $212,097 to Blackman Beach for the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility Clarifier Splitter Box Rehab. This project is essential for maintaining the operational integrity of our wastewater plants and includes the rehab of the splitter box, the replacement of the eight slide gates, and critical concrete crack repairs at our facility. Innovative Masonry was identified as the lowest and responsive and most responsible bidder following the competitive solicitation opened in October. Their selection is recommended by our engineering consultant, Blackman Beach. And this action directly supports our strategic priority of high-performing government for proactively maintaining public infrastructure. I'm happy to respond to any questions. Any questions on this agenda? If not, do we have consent? We have consent on 8.1. Thank you. Agenda item 9.1. Approve an increased legal services contract with Gray Robinson for a representation of certain law matters. Yes, counsel, in 2024, the city hired Nugent to study the cost of municipalizing the electric system. The city is currently in negotiations with Duke for a new franchise agreement. In 2024, the former city attorney hired Gray Robinson to assist with these municipal law matters. The procurement manual allows either the city manager or the city attorney to approve contracts up to $100,000 per fiscal year. So, as it relates to this item involving Gray Robinson, additional funds are needed for this project. The city attorney's office is requesting an additional $100,000 not to exceed amount. Keep in mind that those funds aren't necessarily going to be spent. Attorney's invoice per month. So, even though you may commit to $100,000, we may not spend that entire amount. And I'm open for questions. Do we have consent? We have consent on 9.1. 9.2. Items 9.2 and through 9.4 are second readings. No, sir. Oh, I'm sorry. No. I'm sorry. 9.2, amend. Clearwater Code of Warrants is Section 28.04 related to trading and selling on streets. So, counsel, this is a follow-up from an item on the Downtown Development Board, which was 4.6, about the mobile vending initiatives. Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances prohibits the trading and selling of goods, wares, and merchandise on any street, right-of-way sidewalk, or park within the city limits. Pursuant to the earlier discussion and some prior items in front of the CRA and Downtown Development Board, city would like to help to activate that area. So, what this ordinance proposes to do, it makes an exception, and it adds subsection three. So, mobile vendors will be allowed just in the 400 and 500 blocks of Cleveland Street. They must obtain a downtown mobile vendor right-of-way permit prior to operating. They need to be readily movable at all times. They cannot be anchored down. While not in operation, mobile vendors must leave the site and be stored off-site. The use of outdoor speakers and amplified music is prohibited. Mobile vendors may only operate during approved days and hours. They must, they're also responsible for the cleanliness and the waste removal. And the city may limit the number of mobile vendors or approved locations due to capacity. So, Mr. Battle has some additional comments, if you have any questions. Thank you, Owen. So, we heard a lot about this earlier. This is really putting into ordinance form the ability for vendors to do their thing in the right-of-way as envisioned in a legal way. So, all of these activations that we've done over time have been to create an opportunity to do it really in a special event format. So, this is testing, you know, testing proof of concept on a day-to-day basis. We don't know how many we'll get. We don't know how many days a week people will take advantage of it, but it'll create the opportunity. This will not compete with the restaurants. You know, the goal is to have vendors providing services that you can't get at a brick-and-mortar location. So, we want to be very specific about that as well. And CRA, DDB staff, they'll come back with the program guidelines to give you an overview of that at one of our coming meetings. But we're very excited about this. This is, I think, a step further kind of building our toolkit to keep, you know, providing opportunities for downtown to continue to be a place for people to come and enjoy themselves. So, we're excited about this. Okay. Discussion? No? Okay. Once again, thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you. Okay, all right, anything else? If not, we'll move to 9.3. 9.3 and item 9.4, seconded. Seconded. Okay, very good. We've got item 10, city manager verbal. Nothing, sir. Okay, item 11, city attorney verbal. Nothing, sir. 12, new business. No request to add anything for additional discussion? Item 13, council comments. Anyone want to add anything? I'll add something, yeah. You know, last week, on the 12th, at Cinecon in Las Vegas, Evo Entertainment and WDigital with Atmos released a press release that they plan to bring a theater down here, the world's largest theater. So, that looks exciting. I don't know what that project looks like. We don't have anything tangible at this moment, but it's an exciting news release because it was released at one of the largest conventions ever for the cinematography world, and it put Clearwater directly in the limelight of that. So, whatever that holds and wherever it's going, I look forward to it. Whenever staff has that, I think there's a lot of people that are eager for it. So, it's fun and exciting. World's largest. Yes. Any other, not closing comments by mayor, I just want to, again, wish our city clerk a happy birthday. Thank you. And most of them have gone now, but I want to thank our staff who endured a very long meeting. Important for us to hear from the community, but I appreciate all of you who stayed here late. Those of you who are still here and those who stayed until just now to make presentations to it. So, I appreciate you helping us get through a lot of business today. So, thank you for that. With that, we will adjourn the work session of Clearwater City Council for April 20, 2026. Marcus. Thank you.