# City of Clearwater – CRA / Pension Trustees / Council Work Session - 10/12/2026

The City of Clearwater’s Community Redevelopment Agency and Council work session on October 12, 2026, included a major CRA litigation settlement proposal and several procurement and capital-project items. CRA trustees considered settling Crumb Properties II LLC’s claims for $7.5 million; staff said proceeding to trial could expose the CRA to a substantially larger award. A motion to approve the settlement was made and seconded, but the transcript does not capture the vote outcome. Public speakers urged the city to continue discussions with descendants and the North Greenwood community about honoring those buried at St. Matthew Cemetery. In the Council session, the city reviewed proposals for the city-owned property at 1875 Airport Drive: a roughly $180 million sports and entertainment development and the existing golf-course operator’s proposal, including about $1 million in improvements over seven years. Council deferred its decision to Wednesday. The session also included approval by consent of a seventh amendment extending the sale agreement for a 24-unit affordable townhome project at 1454 S. MLK Jr. Avenue; the transcript does not state the vote on the purchase order for Rush Truck Center Tampa’s $288,237.50 replacement tractor.

Other procurement items included a $100,000 police training and academy sponsorship request with St. Petersburg College, along with fire and EMS training sponsorships at the college; library-material purchase orders of $191,000 to Ingram Library Services and $217,000 to the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative; a $36,000 increase to Chemtrade Chemicals contract 902592 for alum; and a $6 million CNT Construction contract for a solid-waste truck wash, following a rebid that produced three bids and a lower price. Council also considered a replacement aeration assembly at the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility, on-call construction estimating and advisory services, a Gulf Boulevard improvement funding extension, and FEMA-funded Harbor Marina dock repairs. The work session included review of North Greenwood redevelopment overlays and other administrative matters; several items were placed on consent, though individual vote results are not consistently included in the transcript.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** October 12, 2026

### Sources
- [City of Clearwater – CRA / Pension Trustees / Council Work Session - 10/12/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tu2Qjc4hE) - City of Clearwater