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- Agenda approval: motion passed unanimously with Councilmember Garbutt absent.
- Consent agenda: approved unanimously with Councilmember Gabbard absent.
- F1 (Artonomy LLC — Sunshine City Mosaic): Motion to defer consideration to the June 5, 2025 council meeting. Passed unanimously with Councilmember Garbutt absent.
- F2 (Portland Apartments sale and related assignments/subordinations): Approved unanimously with Councilmember Garbutt absent; council approved language edits in-session to protect affordability covenants in the event of foreclosure.
- F3 (Fort Pinellas micro-mobility planning grant / professional services): Approved unanimously with Councilmember Gabbard absent. Funding: $120,000 Fort Pinellas; professional services agreement not to exceed $150,000 (city match $30,000).
- G1 (Referral: Basin C project briefing): Approved unanimously.
- G2 (Storm-season analysis report referral): Approved unanimously.
- H1 (Authorization for Florida Public Utility refunding revenue bonds series 2025A/2025B — not-to-exceed amounts): Approved unanimously.
- H2 (Remove items from PSI committee referral list): Approved unanimously.
- H3 (Remove Universal Basic Mobility Pilot Program from HLUT list): Approved unanimously.
- H4 (Three-year micromobility operating agreements including renewal options): Approved unanimously.
- CRA 2 (Consistency finding — proposed 16-story mixed-use building at 300 Central Avenue): Approved unanimously.
- CRA 3 (Consistency finding — proposed twin 31-story buildings at 800 Second Avenue South): Approved unanimously.
- J1, J2, J3 (Confirming preliminary assessments): Approved unanimously with Councilmember Gabbard absent.

Notes: When the clerk announced outcomes the meeting repeatedly noted one or more councilmembers absent for particular votes (Garbutt/Gabbard as announced). Specific vote tallies were not provided on the record for each item beyond the clerk’s summary statements of unanimous passage when so announced. In several items, council asked administration or legal to prepare revised language or follow-up reports to be returned to council (notably F1 and F2).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","St. Petersburg City Council\tMay 15, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","A compact summary of formal votes taken May 15, 2025, at the St. Petersburg City Council meeting, including agenda, consent items and resolutions approved or deferred.","taxTitle","St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida","taxId",3508,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6559880,"Council accepts Fort Pinellas grant to study expansion of micromobility outside downtown",603,3855000,4458000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5503142-75b29bdf9aa0eb21f44f12d782c55a13&start=3855&end=4458","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5503142-75b29bdf9aa0eb21f44f12d782c55a13/thumbnail_3855000.jpg","/articles/6559880/St-Petersburg/Pinellas-County/Florida/Council-accepts-Fort-Pinellas-grant-to-study-expansion-of-micromobility-outside-downtown","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6559880-88e7fbaa185573066a1761faa95d100b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770434476&Signature=FNrtRZ~jgO7SaWY-K1X7YMiM48PERhnzi1-Ha4612UCJf4ZnBErsibfrQcMLxjbm-FFiAQKmeV9yJFCskP1zt8YDMGt4PUJgOf8li9~ksk3ff9JjmfIjUCyFipmQkXWhN494CEDt2-ZdDAFPPLUqC7MAce4xVng2c2Ldl7IZjSlCbdD9PmYYKbFfGlf~6ub7JdiPFu~CE3NgWlFs2--jtRx6XjYD~KMDCEdB-R2oIfUmJSCaqcPtbvRCtQEX26emPG6RwagI0zYhBYTqLvjyKCRvpdncAhGuiRIZ1WMI5T7mjNeVibGDQ7gFr6UgAgj265D2bC4WpQWLp1Rm~1tEgQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City Council on May 15 approved a resolution to accept a Fort Pinellas planning grant and to execute a professional services agreement to study citywide micromobility expansion, including scooters and bike share outside the downtown core.

Cheryl Stacks, Transportation and Parking Management, described the scope: a feasibility analysis of up to five geographic areas, a review of existing infrastructure and regulations, market analysis, community engagement and recommended regulatory updates. Fort Pinellas made $120,000 available for planning; the proposed professional services agreement with consultant Benish would not exceed $150,000, with $30,000 of city funds allocated from FY25 Transportation and Parking Management.

Stacks said the study will account for recent state-level changes to micro-mobility definitions, current city regulations (the micro-mobility ordinance adopted in 2019 and an older bike ordinance from 2009), average trip lengths for scooters (about 1.12 miles) and bikes (about 1.8 miles), and operator business models; staff recommended including providers in the planning process so recommendations do not undercut the financial model of private operators. She noted recent bike-share hubs along the Pinellas Trail that have produced early trips and said the study should take about 10 months once a notice to proceed is issued.

Council approved the funding agreement and the professional services agreement; the clerk announced the vote passed unanimously with Councilmember Gabbard absent.

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Mark Van Loo, presenting for the city, said the Portland consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units restricted to households at 60% or less of area median income, with seven units restricted at 35% or below. The current owner notified the city in February of intent to sell. The proposed buyer is Sunrise Affordable Housing Group; the buyer plans a partnership with the Pinellas County Housing Authority to acquire the land in fee simple and ground-lease the project back to Sunrise on a 99-year ground lease. Sunrise expects to pursue tax-exempt bond financing and 4% low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) in a future resyndication and to undertake a substantial rehabilitation.

Van Loo summarized requested council actions: assignment and assumption of city SHIP and LHALF loans, approval of assignment and assumption of the Workforce Housing Bonus Density and Intensity Agreement (2009) and the 2010 recorded Declaration of Restrictions, subordination of those instruments to the first mortgage lender, and extension of loan maturities from Aug. 1, 2045 to Aug. 1, 2070.

Council members raised detailed legal questions about subordination. Vice Chair Hanawitz asked why affordability covenants would need to be subordinated in foreclosure. Haley Sawyer, attorney for Sunrise, said the buyer does not intend to remove affordability and plans to add deeper affordability through the planned resyndication; lenders, however, require the ability to take title if foreclosure ever occurs, and they raised concerns about transfer-restriction language in the workforce density agreement.

Assistant City Attorney Isabella Sobel said the city’s code requires administrative approval for transfers of properties subject to the workforce housing density agreement and that the city has not previously explicitly subordinated that particular agreement. Her office and Sunrise’s counsel described negotiations with the buyer’s lender (KeyBank) and said a narrowly tailored agreement to allow a lender to take title on foreclosure (while keeping affordability restrictions in place) would address lender concerns without wiping out workforce protections. Counsel said the lender is not incentivized to remove affordability restrictions because those agreements allow the increased density that underpins the project’s value.

Van Loo said the proposed buyer is funding purchase with equity, a new senior loan and plans to assume existing subordinate loans to the city; the financing would be leasehold-mortgage-based because of the ground lease.

The council asked whether subordinating or extending city loans would change affordability; Van Loo and staff said the extended maturity would slow the city’s repayment schedule but would be paired with longer and deeper affordability through the proposed ground-lease structure. Councilmember Richie Floyd and others said the involvement of the Pinellas County Housing Authority and the buyer’s stated plan to pursue LIHTC resyndication mitigated the council’s concerns.

The council approved the sale and related assignments with language revisions negotiated in the meeting to preserve the city’s affordability protections in the event of foreclosure. The clerk announced the motion passed unanimously with Councilmember Garbutt absent.

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Celeste Davis, director of Arts, Culture and Tourism, told the council the Public Arts Commission selected Artonomy to design, fabricate and install the 172-foot mosaic under a $50,000 agreement the council approved April 12. Davis said Artonomy had previously received a 90-day extension and later amendments; the company requested additional time because final pieces must be cut and fit on site.

Artists Laura Spencer, Alex Kaufman and George Redkesch said the project comprises roughly 800 square feet and 15,000 tiles. They told the council fabrication relies on a specialty water-jet cutter at MGA Sculpture Studios; mechanical downtime and two hurricanes interrupted cutting access and slowed progress. The artists said they expect assembly and installation to begin June 1 if granted time and described a plan to install most sections and cut “a handful of pieces” on site to match as-built sidewalk dimensions.

Council members asked for certainty in the contract language. James Corbett, city development administrator, said city staff must align the written agreement with what will actually be fabricated off-site and what will be cut after the mosaic is laid in place. Assistant City Attorney Isabella Sobel and other staff advised the council that, because the project’s prior agreement term has already expired, any reinstatement and amendment must clearly reflect the parties’ ongoing performance and the revised deadlines.

Councilmember Gina Driscoll, whose district contains the site, said she supported the artists and wanted the city to avoid repeated amendments. Several council members expressed frustration at multiple prior extensions and urged stronger timeline certainty. Artists and staff agreed that July 31 would be a practicable final completion date, with installation taking roughly three to five weeks if weather cooperates.

Councilmember Driscoll moved to defer the item to the June 5 city council meeting to allow administration to prepare revised contract language that explicitly exempts a small number of on-site cuts from the May 31 fabrication deadline and to present a final amendment with the July 31 completion date. The motion passed unanimously; the clerk announced the deferral passed with Councilmember Gabbard absent.

The mosaic team said they have received $40,000 of the $50,000 contract (two payments of $20,000) and that $10,000 remains outstanding to be paid on completion. City staff said future amendments will be structured to avoid returning to council again, if possible.

The council’s June 5 meeting will include the administration’s revised amendment for council review, the artists said.

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Votes at a glance: May 15 St. Petersburg City Council

Council accepts Fort Pinellas grant to study expansion of micromobility outside downtown

Council approves sale of Portland Apartments; legal edits added to protect affordability in foreclosure

Council defers decision on Sunshine City Mosaic completion timeline; artists ask for longer installation window