OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL AGENDA OF DECEMBER 9, 2014
AMENDMENTS and SUBSTITUTES
Compiled by: Research Division
13-628	Amendment	Per OGC, rezoning at 3160 Division St. approved with conditions: • Original legal description, written description, and site plan; • Property to be developed in accordance with Development Services Memo dated October 21, 2014; • Litter must be picked up daily; • A clean edge between sidewalk and grass must be maintained; and • Grass height must not get above 6”.
14-386	Substitute	Rules Sub: 1) Where legally permitted, change the DROP rate of return for employees to have a floor of 0% instead of 5%; 2) where legally permitted, change the COLA for current employees to be equal to the amount of the annual Social Security adjustment, capped at a maximum of 4%; 3) strike the provision waiving the City’s right to impose benefits by unilateral action upon reaching collective bargaining impasse; 4) provide that City Council-appointed PFPF board trustees must have at least 10 years of professional finance experience, shall be limited to a maximum of two 4-year terms, and shall not be a participant in a City pension plan; 5) strike the language regarding the Senior Staff Voluntary Retirement Plan of the PFPF; 6) insert language stating that adoption of this ordinance shall not become effective until implementation of a permanent funding source has been advanced by the Mayor and adopted by Council ordinance that provides a minimum of $40 million each year for 10 consecutive years, or an equivalent net present value amount, to be used solely to reduce the unfunded liability of the PFPF; if the City fails to make the minimum additional annual payment to the plan during the term of October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2021, then the PFPF board shall have the option to distribute the Chapter 175/185 funds it receives to the Share Plan; 7) add clarification that approval of this ordinance does not approve the “30-year agreement” but rather the attached agreement is a stand-alone agreement that incorporates surviving provisions of the “30-year agreement”, which is otherwise superseded; 8) requires the Executive Director of the PFPF to file the limited financial disclosure Form 1 with the State of Florida; 9) requires the PFPF Board of Trustees to take action on the approved ordinance by January 15, 2015 for the agreement to become effective. Rules amendment: 10) Allows an active member of the PFPF who is not a retiree of nor has a vested status in another governmental public safety retirement system to purchase time service credit of up to 5 years provided such service has not been used for entitlement to benefits under any other public safety pension system. Finance Sub: incorporate Rules #1-10 above with the following exceptions: · Amend Rules item #10 above to limit purchase of public safety time service credit to service performed in public safety in other jurisdictions within Duval County; · Amend the savings clause of the ordinance to provide that if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the agreement or this ordinance violates state law due to the length of term, then the agreement and ordinance shall become effective for the maximum term the courts deem to be legally allowable.
14-433	Amendment	Deletes Magnolia Street Bridge Repair and its budget of $255,000; adds Belfort Road Bridge Repair project and funding of $221,969; corrects B.T. and CIP listings to reflect project revisions and corrected fiscal year
14-476	Amendment	On pg. 1, line 28 of Load King lease, corrects “tenant” to “landlord”; corrects square footage to 47,740; places revised lease agreement On File to clarify and corrects payments for taxes and insurance, correct square footage, and replaces Exhibit D (tenant improvements).
14-477	Amendment	Changes appropriation year from Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund for Load King project to 2014-15.
14-523	Amendment	Clarifies Children’s Commission’s rules for funding purchase of food and beverages; allows the JCC to award grants utilizing a competitive application and evaluation process established by the board; strikes proposed Section 51.109 that would have permitted administrative transfer of funds among program sites within a program.
14-650	Amendment	Clarifies the parameters of the Ridgewood Road right-of-way closure.
14-678	Amendment	Per OGC, rezoning at Assisi Lane approved with conditions: • Original legal description, written description and site plan; and • Property to be developed in accordance with Development Services Memo dated October 21, 2014.
14-698	Amendment	Per OGC, approves sign waiver at 11990 Beach Blvd.
14-710	Amendment	Michael Stewart JIA CRA board appointment is for a second, not first, term.
14-715	Amendment	Corrects appropriation amount for Castle Boulevard tree planting to $15,875; attaches Revised Exhibit 1 (revised proposal).
14-719	Amendment	TEU: Per OGC, makes revisions to Eastland Timber/Skinner Parkway extension project: • Adopts Gulliford amendment regarding language of Exhibit 1 (Mobility Fee Contract) except retaining paragraph 8(e) of the Contract, which clarified that City shall not be obligated to repay Eastland with anything other than Mobility Fee Credits, or equivalent credits under any new regulatory scheme. • Adds Public Works letter as Exhibit “D” to Exhibit 1 approving $34,693,525 as total cost of construction of Transportation Improvement Project (R. G. Skinner Parkway Extension). • Within Exhibit 1, based on the Report of the Planning Dept., deducts from the approved total cost of construction the cost of 75 feet of right-of-way extending from the proposed interchange on 9B through Phase I of the Transportation Improvement Project. Said cost is $684,437; $34,693,525 - $684,437 = $34,009,088 in Mobility Credits awarded to Eastland. • Revises scrivener’s errors. Finance: Per OGC, adopts TEU amendment and revises Contract to eliminate Exhibit “E” (Allocation Letter Sample).
14-732	Amendment	Amends Railex agreement to attach Second Revised B.T. and include the B.T. number in the bill; formatting correction on page 6; removes and replaces Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 with Second Revised Exhibit 1 and Revised Exhibit 2 and attaches new Exhibit 3 (project summary sheet) to: a) Include revised Supplemental Agreement #1 as requested by FDOT b) Include capital investment amount and location of project c) Attach revised project sheet and incorporate CIP amendment
14-735	Amendment	Corrects monthly rent in bill for Grace Electronics lease at Cecil Commerce Center to $1,741.25; attaches Revised On File document (revised lease agreement).
14-739	Amendment	Attaches Revised Exhibit 1 – narrative description of boundaries of One Spark festival zone.
14-741	Amendment	Inserts the name “Community First” Park as the Armada soccer pitch designation.
14-748	Amendment	Attaches Revised On File document for Hallmark Partners 200 Riverside project to: a) In Section 3.1 delete the phrase “effective date” and insert “the date a permit is issued to pour the foundation”. b) In Section 4.3 correct the base year amount to $1,125,150. c) In Section 9.6 remove “performance schedule (to the extent allowed in the Resolution)”.
14-749	Amendment	Attaches Revised Exhibit 1 (Project Summary for Ecolab project) to correct the amount of the REV grant; places “on file” a revised Agreement to include the address of the new proposed location, fill in assessed value for the base year, and place on file the required QTI and REV grant payout schedule for current and future years.
14-765	Amendment	Attaches report and recommendation from Planning and Development Department on Beaches Community Development District boundary change; inserts emergency passage language.

Contact: Jeff Clements, Chief of Research (904) 630-1405 or jeffc@coj.net