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I.	CALL TO ORDER – At 1:07 P.M. by Mayor Bob Hackworth, Chairman
	A.	Invocation and Pledge – Led by Vice Mayor Sandra Bradbury
	B.	Identification of Members Present – Acknowledgement of Members in Attendance – Council welcomed new Councilmember Jim Kennedy representing the City of St. Petersburg
II.	CONSENT AGENDA
	A.	Minutes of December 5, 2007 Meeting – Approved
	B.	Financial Statement for November and December 2007 – Approved
	C.	Countywide Planning Authority Actions – December and January – Received
	D.	Annexation Report – December – Received
	E.	Preliminary February Agenda – Received
	F.	Correspondence – Received
III.	PUBLIC HEARING - To begin at 1:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as agenda permits
	A.	Public Hearing Format Announcement and Oath
	B.	Proposed Amendments to the Countywide Future Land Use Plan
		Group 1: Subthreshold Amendments
		1.	Case CW 08-01: Pinellas County – Recommended Approval from Residential Medium to Residential/Office General
		2.	Case CW 08-04 (A&B): City of St. Petersburg – Recommended Approval from Recreation/Open Space to Residential Low
		3.	Case CW 08-08: City of Safety Harbor – Recommended Approval from Residential Low and Water/Drainage Feature to Residential/Office Limited
		Group 2: Regular Amendments
		4.	Case CW 08-02: City of St. Petersburg – Recommended Approval per Attachment 1 - Table of Proposed Amendments, subject to the City of St. Petersburg submitting a modified infrastructure analysis by September 30, 2008, indicating the cumulative impacts expected from incremental Countywide Plan Map amendments to the Special Area Plan (SAP), and that updates all other relevant portions of the SAP, including but not limited to: maps, acreage calculations, and other relevant analysis and discussion; and inclusive of withdrawal of Area 78 by the City.
		5.	Case CW 08-03: City of Belleair Bluffs – Continued to the Pinellas Planning Council meeting of February 20, 2008.
		6.	Case CW 08-05 (A&B): City of St. Petersburg – Recommended Approval from Commercial General to Planned Redevelopment – Mixed Use, subject to the condition that the City of St. Petersburg submit a modified infrastructure analysis by September 30, 2008, indicating the cumulative impacts expected from incremental Countywide Plan Map amendments to the Special Area Plan (SAP), and that updates all other relevant portions of the SAP, including but not limited to: maps, acreage calculations, and other relevant analysis and discussion.
		7.	Case CW 08-06: Pinellas County – Recommended Approval from Residential Suburban to Institutional, subject to approval of the accompanying development agreement by the County.
		8.	Case CW 08-07: Pinellas County – Recommended Approval from Industrial Limited to Commercial General.
IV.	REPORTS/OTHER ACTION
	A.	Ability to Serve Report No. 08-1 – City of St. Petersburg – Continued to the Pinellas Planning Council meeting of February 20, 2008.
	B.	Annexation Report – Quarterly Summary – Received and Accepted
	C.	Local Assistance – Quarterly Status Report – Received and Accepted
	D.	Consistency Report Follow-up Actions – Status Report – Received and Accepted
	E.	Annual Report – Received/Authorized Printing and Distribution
V.	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ITEMS
	A.	Annual Audit F.Y. 2006/07 (3:00 P.M.) – Received/Accepted/Authorized Executive Director to File with Auditor General and Transmit Copy to the Board of County Commissioners
	B.	Industrial Land Study – Preliminary Draft – Received/Discussed
		- Appendices
	C.	Annexation Subcommittee Update – Received/Discussed/Provided Direction
	D.	Joint Meeting with PPC and CPA – Received
	E.	Verbal Reports –
		1.	Memorandum from Jim Smith, Property Appraiser, re: Millage Process, received December 18, 2007
		2.	State Board of Administration Local Government Investment Pool
		3.	Article by William Fulton, “The New Industrial Age,” Governing Magazine, December 2007, Pg. 57
VI.	OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS
	A.	Chairman/Member Items
VII.	ADJOURNMENT– 3:55 P.M.

Note: Dependent upon the length of the agenda, the Council may recess for approximately ten (10) minutes at 2:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as is convenient.

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For more information concerning the Pinellas Planning Council and the countywide planning process see the PPC website at www.pinellasplanningcouncil.org, call 464-8250, or write to: 600 Cleveland Street, Suite 850, Clearwater, Florida 33755-4160.

This meeting is scheduled to be aired live and replayed in Pinellas County on Bright House cable channel 622, Knology channel 18 and Verizon channel 44. Effective December 11, 2007, Bright House Cable has moved Pinellas 18 to channel 622. If you have Bright House Cable you must have digital cable to access channel 622. If you do not have digital cable and want to watch your government television station, please call Bright House customer service at (727) 329-5020 for more information. You can also watch Pinellas 18 live on the Internet or view archived videos at: www.pinellascounty.org/media.