OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL AGENDA OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
AMENDMENTS and SUBSTITUTES
Compiled by: Research Division
14-296	Substitute	Corrects amount of payment to Damian Cook for services to the Consolidation Task Force to $16,450; lists private organizations that pledged funding to the contract; includes account information; attaches a revised agreement.
14-416	Amendment	Per OGC, adopts PDD conditions regarding legal description, written description and site plan, and the findings, based upon competent, substantial evidence that the proposed use was compatible with, and less intense than, the use directly across the street, and that the proposed use would improve the neighborhood.
14-424	Amendment	Per OGC, adopts PDD conditions regarding the legal description, the written description, the site plan, and the Development Services Memorandum, and adopting the revised written description and site plan.
14-457	Amendment	Ethics Code: removes “Part 8 – Lobbying, Sec. 602.804” from the bill in order to leave the current language intact.
14-478	Amendment	Fire station CIP projects: attaches corrected BT to consolidate completed fire station CIP project amounts; corrects amount of transfer in bill to $106,863.75.
14-488	Amendment	Amelia Island mosquito control: attaches Revised Exhibit 2 (Revised Interlocal Agreement) to correct the rate.
14-489	Amendment	Shands Jacksonville indigent care agreement: revises bill and attaches Revised Exhibit 1 (revised Letter of Agreement with Shands) and Revised Exhibit 2 (revised letter of agreement with Florida Agency for Health Care Administration) to state that amount for FY14-15 is $26,275,594.
14-491	Amendment	Per OGC, changes the requested zoning district from RLD-70 to RLD-80.
14-492	Amendment	Per OGC, adopts PDD conditions regarding the legal description, the written description, the revised site plan dated June 27, 2014, and the Development Services Memorandum. Additionally, the retail sale of marijuana shall not be allowed and a day care center would only be allowed through exception. A monument sign is allowed, not to exceed 8’ in height, with 32 square feet with external illumination only.
14-494	Amendment	Per OGC, denies the appeal of E-14-26 requesting the retail sale and service of all alcoholic beverages for off premises consumption and thus upholding the decision of the Planning Commission denying the exception; set out Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.
14-519	Amendment Substitute	Rules: Adds a provision that no one may be hired in the Inspector General’s office who is a current City employee or has been an employee of the City within the last 24 months; provides that the Inspector General shall provide semi-annual briefings to the City Council on the activities of the office; replaces appointment of the IG by the Ethics Commission with appointment by an IG Selection and Retention Committee composed of 7 members – City Council President or his/her designee, State Attorney or designee, Ethics Commission Chair or designee, TRUE Commission Chair or designee, Public Defender or designee, Chief Judge or designee, and the Mayor or designee – selecting a candidate from a list of qualified candidates provided by the Employee Services Department for confirmation by City Council to a contractual term of 4 years; the IG may be removed by a process initiated by the IG Selection and Retention Committee for neglect of duty, abuse of power or authority, discrimination or ethical misconduct, and the removal must be confirmed by Council; the committee has the power to appoint an Interim IG to fill a temporary vacancy; adds a requirement for review of City contracting activities to determine if a vendor contract fee is a feasible means of generating revenue to fund the IG’s office; adds reference to additional recognized professional auditing standards that will govern the IG’s work and requires the IG to develop and adhere to written policies in accordance with Florida accreditation standards for IGs; provides that the IG and Council Auditor shall mutually cooperate to the extent possible, subject to their respective professional standards on confidentiality, to avoid duplication of audit functions. Finance: Rules amendment, plus adds a provision that responsibility for the biannual Government in the Sunshine compliance audit shall be transferred from the Council Auditor’s Office to the IG at such time as the IG’s office has an auditor on staff; adds a requirement that the Inspector General shall not have been found guilty or entered a plea of nolo contendere to any felony, or to any misdemeanor involving a breach of public trust.
14-551	Amendment	Project Speed: adds a reference to Sec. 288.075, FL Statutes, concerning confidentiality; corrects REV grant amount from $6.5 to $6.6 million; attaches revised project summary to correct minimum amount of capital investment from $70 million to $50 million; attaches a Revised Exhibit 1 (revised project summary); attaches a Revised On File project agreement with the following provisions: a) clarifies in the agreement and in Exhibit B that the company is not constructing a facility; b) clarifies that the REV grant is based on a total project cost of $89 million; c) includes the Base Year value of $0; d) includes a sale clawback for the EDME grant; e) revises Exhibit A to state that the project parcel is confidential pursuant to Sec. 288.075, F.S., f) includes Exhibit D – Community Service Commitment.
14-555	Amendment	Includes reference to Jax Shipyard environmental assessment as well as remediation; authorizes the spending of up to $750,000 on an assessment to be completed within 12 months and require Council approval for further spending; prohibits transfer of the funds to any other project.
14-561	Amendment	Clarifies that the Office of Sports and Entertainment will oversee the EverBank Field naming rights agreement; attaches Revised Amended and Restated Naming Rights Agreement to include an Exhibit C.
14-563	Amendment	Changes all references in the Sweetwater Farms plat vacation from I-95 to I-295.
14-566	Amendment	Arlington Expressway junkyard lien foreclosure: corrects spelling of owner’s name; corrects February reinspection date; corrects road name in the bill.
14-581	Amendment	Includes emergency language in Trail Ridge landfill mitigation fund appropriation to Baldwin Middle/High School.
14-583	Amendment	Adds appropriation section to allocate the City’s match to the State Attorney’s Office contribution toward the cost of the Inspector General’s Office from the OGC’s retained earnings account.
14-598	Substitute	Floor: makes several minor corrections of factual errors in the recipient’s military record.

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