TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES COMMITTEE

 

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING

 

February 16,2016

 

REGGIE BROWN, CHAIR

 

CHERYL L. BROWN, COUNCIL SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

 

 

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING of the Council of the City of Jacksonville, held in Council Chambers, City Hall, Jacksonville, Florida, February 16,2016. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M. by Committee Chair Reggie Brown.  The meeting adjourned at 3:24 P.M.

 

 

                      Members in Attendance:                                                   Staff Attendance:

                 

                      CM Reggie Brown, Chair                                                   Katrin MacDonald, Legislative Aide

                      CM Tommy Hazouri, Vice Chair                                        Phillip Peterson, Asst. Auditor

                      CM John Crescimbeni                                                       Paige Johnston, General Counsel

                      CM Al Ferraro                                                                   John Jackson, Chief of Research

                      CM Reggie Gaffney                                                          Jordan Elsbury, Administration

                      CM Joyce Morgan                                                            Laurie Santana, Planning Dept

                      CM Scott Wilson                                                              

                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

Others in Attendance:

 

Zika Virus Update - Dr. Kelli Wells, DPH

John Shellhorn, Mosquito Control

 

CP Anderson (15-764)

CM Boyer (15-764 & 16-66)

 

LED Street Lights Q & A

John Pappas, PW

Jordan Pope, JEA

Tom Ventresca, JEA

 

Solar Power Update

Nancy Kilgo, JEA

 

1.    2016-66   AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $175,000.00, FROM THE CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FUND TO UPDATE THE MOBILITY PLAN; PROVIDING FOR A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS TO FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017; PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF SECTION 655.509 (MOBILITY PLAN WORKING GROUP), ORDINANCE CODE, TO EXTEND CERTAIN TIMING REQUIREMENTS TO MARCH 30, 2017; WAIVING PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 655.208(2) (SCHEDULE OF FEES) AND 655.302(F) (DEPOSIT OF FAIR SHARE ASSESSMENTS; APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS), ORDINANCE CODE, REGARDING USE OF FUNDS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; 2/1/2016 - Read 2nd & Rerefer

 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES: February 16, 2016

 

Recommend to APPROVE.

 

AYES - R. Brown, Crescimbeni, Ferraro, R. Gaffney, Hazouri, Morgan, Wilson ( 7 )

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2.    2015-764   AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 21 (JEA) OF THE CITY CHARTER, SECTION 21.07, RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT CALCULATION FOR JEA'S ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION PAYMENT; ADDITIONAL PROVISION FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTION MAP (BMAP) CREDITS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

 

Recommend to SUBSTITUTE and REREFER to the Committees of Reference.

 

AYES - R. Brown, Crescimbeni, Ferraro, R. Gaffney, Hazouri, Morgan, Wilson ( 7 )

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3.    2016-61   AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FROM THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT SPECIAL LIEN REVENUE FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION 111.470, ORDINANCE CODE, $796,003.00 ($390,041.47 TO MUNICIPAL CODE COMPLIANCE FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT CONTRACTING TO REMOVE PROPERTY CODE VIOLATIONS CITY-WIDE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 518, ORDINANCE CODE, AND THE BALANCE OF $405,961.53 TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN MOWING AND LANDSCAPE - PRIVATE PROPERTY ($202,980.77) AND MOWING AND MAINTENANCE - PRIVATE PROPERTY TREE REMOVAL ($202,980.76)), AS INITIATED BY B.T. 16-023; PROVIDING A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS TO FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; 2/1/2016 - Read 2nd & Rerefer

 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES: February 16, 2016

 

Recommend to AMEND and  APPROVE.

 

AYES - R. Brown, Crescimbeni, Ferraro, R. Gaffney, Hazouri, Morgan, Wilson ( 7 )

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4.    2016-75   AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8,510 FROM THE TREE PROTECTION AND RELATED EXPENSES TRUST FUND TO PLANT 24 TREES (2 ON CASTLE BLVD, BETWEEN SOUTEL DRIVE AND DUNSTAN ROAD AND ALSO THE REMOVING OF A TREE; 4 ON SIBBALD ROAD BETWEEN PORTSMOUTH AVENUE AND FREDERICKSBURG AVENUE; 5 ON SIBBALD ROAD NORTH OF GILCHRIST ROAD; AND 13 ON NORFOLK BLVD. BETWEEN SOUTEL DRIVE AND ROCHDALE ROAD), IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10; PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE UTILIZING THE CONTINUING CONTRACT OF DAVEY TREE SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; 2/1/2016 - Read 2nd & Rerefer

 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES: February 16, 2016

 

Recommend to AMEND and  APPROVE.

AYES - R. Brown, Crescimbeni, Ferraro, R. Gaffney, Hazouri, Morgan, Wilson ( 7 )

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5.    2016-93   AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING AND/OR DISCLAIMING A PORTION OF CHELSEA STREET, AN APPROXIMATELY 80 FOOT BY 273 FOOT OPENED AND IMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY CONTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF EDISON AVENUE TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FOREST STREET, AS ESTABLISHED IN BROOKLYN EXTENSION, PLAT BOOK AJ, PAGE 273 OF THE FORMER PUBLIC RECORDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, AT THE REQUEST OF WARE FAMILY REALTY, LLC (THE "APPLICANT"), SUBJECT TO RESERVATION UNTO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND JEA OF AN ALL UTILITIES EASEMENT OVER THE CLOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR ALL UTILITIES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; 2/1/2016 - Read 2nd & Rerefer

 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES: February 16, 2016

 

The Chair OPENED the Public Hearing and extended the floor to anyone desiring to address the Council.  The Chair CLOSED the Public Hearing.

 

Recommend to APPROVE.

 

AYES - R. Brown, Crescimbeni, Ferraro, R. Gaffney, Hazouri, Morgan, Wilson ( 7 )

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2ND READINGS

 

6.    2016-96   AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING/REAPPROPRIATING $1,961,000.00 ($1,442,313.23 APPROPRIATED FROM THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM REHABILITATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO THE BRIERWOOD ROAD, CHAMPLAIN ROAD, CORBETT STREET, DUVAL STATION ROAD, GRANT AVENUE, AND HOBART AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS, AND $518,686.77 REAPPROPRIATED FROM THE HAMILTON/JERSEY OUTFALL TO ROOSEVELT PROJECT TO THE SUNNYSIDE OUTFALL REPLACEMENT PROJECT), AS INITIATED BY REVISED B.T. 16-025; PROVIDING A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS TO FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017; AMENDING THE 2016-2020 FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPROVED BY ORDINANCE 2015-505-E TO 1) REDUCE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT ENTITLED "DRAINAGE SYSTEM REHABILITATION" AND TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS ENTITLED "BRIERWOOD ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS", "CHAMPLAIN ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS", "CORBETT STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS", "DUVAL STATION ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS", "GRANT AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS", AND "HOBART AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS" AND 2) REDUCE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT ENTITLED "HAMILTON/JERSEY OUTFALL TO ROOSEVELT PROJECT" AND TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT ENTITLED "SUNNYSIDE OUTFALL REPLACEMENT"; PROVIDING FOR CITY OVERSIGHT BY THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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7.    2016-97   AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $900,000.00 FROM FUND BALANCE TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE 1) BUILD-OUT OF INTERIOR SPACE TO REPLACE CURRENT WESTSIDE BRANCH OFFICE OF THE DUVAL COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR DUE TO EXPIRING LEASE, AND 2) PURCHASE OF BANKING EQUIPMENT TO FACILITATE EFFICIENCIES IN OPERATIONS FOR COIN AND CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS, AS INITIATED BY B.T. 16-027; PROVIDING A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS TO FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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8.    2016-113   AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW PART 4A (SITE LEASES FOR COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ON CITY IMPROVEMENTS), CHAPTER 711 (CITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY), ORDINANCE CODE; ESTABLSHING AN ACCOUNT FOR SITE LEASE APPLICATION FEES AND ANNUAL SITE LEASE FEES; PROVIDING FOR CITY OVERSIGHT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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9.    2016-127   AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CONVEYANCE OF TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY TO THE JACKSONVILLE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("JTA") FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER FERRY AS FOLLOWS: R.E. NUMBERS 168964-0000, 168965-0000, 168967-0000, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 13, AND 168242-0000, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, AND AUTHORIZING CONVEYANCE OF TITLE TO THE VESSEL NAMED "JEAN RIBAULT" AND SUCH OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY RELATING TO THE ST. JOHNS RIVER FERRY OPERATIONS; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF THE OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER FERRY AND THE EXECUTION OF THE CONSENT AND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A POST-CLOSING AND FURTHER ASSURANCES AGREEMENT; AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE TRANSFER OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER FERRY ASSETS AND OPERATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF CLOSING COSTS TO EFFECTUATE THE TRANSFER; PROVIDING FOR JTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVAL; SUNSETTING OF CHAPTER 93, (ST. JOHNS RIVER  FERRY COMMISSION), ORDINANCE CODE, ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2016; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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