RESEARCH DIVISION
117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425
4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202
904-630-1377
Neighborhoods, Community
Services, Public
Health and Safety Committee
Agenda
Meeting Minutes
June 3, 2019
9:00
a.m.
Topic: NCSPHS Committee agenda meeting
Location:
City Council Chamber, 1st floor, City Hall – St. James Building, 117
West Duval Street
Attendance: Council Members Sam Newby, Terrance Freeman, Randy White and Joyce
Morgan
Also: Paige Johnston –
Office of General Counsel; Kim Taylor –
Council Auditor’s Office; Chiquita Moore–
Mayor’s Office; Richard Distel– Council
Research Division; Jessica Smith and Crystal Shemwell–
Legislative Services Division.
Councilman Newby called the meeting to order and
reviewed the marked agenda. There were nine (9) items ready for action, four (4)
items marked for deferral, and nineteen (19) items for second reading.
Meeting Convened: 9:03
2018-310 ORD-MC Amend Sec 656.152
(Certification of Use Application and Fee), Subpart E (Certificates of Use), Pt
1 (Gen Provisions), Chapt 656 (Zoning Code), require tenant affirmation and
acknowledgement be included within a COU app for leased properties. (Johnston) (Introduced by CM Morgan)(PD &
PC Apv) DEFERRED
2018-420 ORD-MC Auth All
Documents Necessary to Consummate the Installation of the National Memorial for
Peace & Justice's Duval County Memorial Monument in Hemming Park to
Commemorate the African-American Victims of Lynching in Duval County, FL btwn
1877 & 1950; Create new Chapt. 54 (Peace & Justice Memorial Monument
Oversight Committee),Ord Code; Create
New Sec 111.107 (Peace & Justice Memorial Monument Special Revenue Fund),
Chapt 111 (Special Revenue &Trust Accts.), Part 1 (Parks, Recreation,
Culture & Entertainment), Ord Code, Providing Oversight by Peace &
Justice Memorial Monument Committee; provide for codification. (Hodges)
(Introduced by CP Brosche) WITHDRAWN
2018-712 ORD-MC regarding
Prohibition of the Approval, Grant, or Issuance of Certain Licenses, Permits,
Certificates or Zoning Actions to Persons with Unpaid Civil Penalties or Current Violations of the Ord
Code; Amend Chapt 307 (Historic Preservation and Protection), Pt 1 (Gen
Provisions), Sec 307.111 (Enforcement; Civil Remedies); Amend Chapt 320 (Gen
Provisions), Pt 4 (Permits), Sec 320.402 (Application for Permit); Amend Chapt
518 (Jax Propty Safety and Management Code), Pt 1 (Gen Provisions), Sec 518.103
(Applicability); Creating a new Sec 609.110 (Prohibition of Administrative
Action); Amend Chapt 650 (Comprehensive Planning for future Development), Pt 4
(Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan), Sec 650.402 (Initiation of Proposal);
Amend Chapt 654 (Code of Subdivision Regs), Sec 654.105 (Applicability); Amend
Chapt 656 (Zoning Code), Pt 1 (Gen Provisions), Subpart B (Administration), Sec
656.109 (Administration and Enforcement; Interpretation of Zoning Code;
Administrative Deviations), and Sec 656.111 (Violations and Penalties); Amend
Chapt 780 (Property Tax), Pt 3 (Tax Exemption for Rehabilitation and Properties
in Historic Districts), Sec 780.305 (Application). (Grandin) (Introduced by CM
Crescimbeni) DEFERRED
2018-870 ORD-MC Amend Sec 656.401
(Perf Standards and Dev Criteria), Pt 4 (Supplementary Regs), Subpart A (Perf
Standards & Dev Criteria), Chapt 656 (Zoning Code), Ord Code to revise the
Perf Standards for Filling Stations, Gas Stations, Service Stations and
Automated Car Washes and to Create a new section of Performance Standards for
Auto Dealerships. (Johnston) (Introduced by CMs Wilson, Crescimbeni &
Anderson) (PD Apv) DEFERRED
2019-321 ORD-MC Chapt 714
(Neighborhood Assessment Programs), Ord Code, Amend Pt 1 (General Provisions,
Secs 714.101, 714.102, 714.104, 714.106, 714.107, 714.109, 714.110, 714.112
& 714.113 to update statutory references & clarify procedures, and
creating a new Sec 414.120 to provide for use of certain fees; Amend Pt 3
(Underground Power & Communications Prog Area), Secsw 714.302, 714.304,
714.305 and 714.306 to update procedures and requiremts, Creating new Pt 4 to
establish a water, sewer, and reclaimed water program area; Amend Chapt 111
(Spec Rev & Trust Accts), Ord Code; Amend Pt 5 (Public Works, Utilities,
and Infrastructure) to Create aq new Sec 111.511 (Neighborhood Assessment
Program Fee Trust Fund. (Eller) (Introduced by CMs Boyer, Crescimbeni &
Love) AMEND/APPROVE
2019-322 ORD Approp $90,000.00 from Loblolly
Wetlands Mitigation Fund Acct to SE Regional Pk Dev (Palmetto Leaves Park)
Acct for Constrn of 500 Linear Ft of
Wooden Boardwalk at the Palmetto Leaves Regional Pk; Providing Carryover of
Funds from Yr to Yr until Boardwalk Constrn is Completed. (BT 19-082) (McCain)
(Req of Mayor) AMEND/ACTION
2019-326 ORD Approp $102,600.00 from Fund
Balance of Mosquito Control State Subfund ERMC012 to purchase Truck-Mounted
Aerosol Spray Machines, Mobile Devices for Field Technicians, Replacemt of
Perimeter Fencing for 12 Acre Facility, & Biological Control Products in
Support of FY 2019 Operations. (BT 19-087) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) AMEND/ACTION
2019-330 ORD-MC Creating New Pt 1 (Small
Quantity Marijuana Possession), Chapt 606 (Drugs), Ord Code, to Create a Civil
Citation Prog for possession of less than 20 grams of Marijuana or Marijuana
Drug Paraphernalia in alternative to Criminal Prosecution. (Johnston)
(Introduced by CM Dennis) DEFERRED
2019-331ORD-MC Amend Chapt 652 (Floodplain Mgmt
Ord), Ord Code; Amend Pt 2 (Applicability), Sec 652.202 (Areas to which this
Chapt applies), Pt 5 (Site Plans & Constrn Docs), Secs 652.501 (Info for
Dev in Flood Hazard Areas), 652.503 (Addnl Analyses & Certification), &
652.504 (Submission of Addnl Data & Contingent Approvals), Pt 7 (Variance
& Appeals), Sec 652.704 (Restrictions in Floodways), Pt 9 (Definitions),
Sec 652.904 (Definitions), & Pt 10 (Flood Resistant Dev), Secs 652.1204
(Limitations on Sites in Regulatory Floodways), 652.1601 (Gen Requiremts for
Other Dev), 652.1602 (Fences in Regulated Floodways), 652.1603 (Retaining Walls,
Sidewalks & Driveways in Regulated Floodways), & 652.1604 (Roads &
Watercourse Crossings in Regulated Floodways) to Provide 25-ft Floodway Setback
Regs; Amend Pt 5 (Site Plans & Constrn Docs), Sec 652.502 (Info in Flood
Hazard Areas Without Base Flood Elevations (Appox Zone A)) to Address Certain
Finished Floor Elevations, & Sec 652.503 (Addl Analyses &
Certifications) to Prohibit Increase in the Base Flood Elevation in Riverine
Flood Hazard Areas; Amend Pt 7 (Variances & Appeals), Secs 652.701 (General),
652.702 (Appeals), 652.703 (Limitations on Authority to Grant Variances),
652.707 (Considerations for Issuance of Variances), & 652.708 (Conditions
for Issuance of Variances) to Auth the PD Director & the Council to Hear
Certain Appeals & Variances; Amend Pt 5 (Site Plans & Constrn Docs),
Sec 652.501, & Pt 10 (Flood Resistant Developmt), Sec 652.1205 (Limitations
on Placemt of Fill) to Provide Fill Requiremts; Amend Pt 10 (Flood Resistant
Developmt) to Create Sec 652.1207 to Address Certain Finished Floor Elevations.
(Eller) (Introduced by CMs Boyer & Love) (Co-Sponsored by CM Ferraro) AMEND/ACTION
2019-332 ORD Auth & Apv (1) An Amend One to
Redev Agreemt btwn First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Inc.
("Company") & City of Jax ("City") dtd 1/23/09
("Redev Agreemt"); (2) a Mortgage Modification Agreemt btwn the City
& Company & (3) a Renewal Promissory Note btwn the City & Company,
to Re-Amortize Remaining Balance of Loan & Extend Term of Note &
Mortgage Evidencing the Loan for a Period of 15 Yrs, to 6/1/34; Designate
Oversight by OED (Sawyer) (Req of Mayor) ACTION
2019-333 ORD Auth & Apv Mayor & Corp
Sec. to Execute & Deliver an Agreemt btwn the City of Jax & the
Wildlife Rescue Coalition of Northeast Florida, Inc. for Lease of Propty within
the Arlington Lions Club Pk, located at 4322-1 Richard Denby Gatlin Rd, for use
of an Experimental Learning Ctr for Wildlife Rescue & Rehab; Oversight by
Dept of Parks, Recreation & Community Svcs. (Johnston) (Introduced by CM
Morgan) AMEND/ACTION
2019-360 RESO Auth Issuance by Jax Housing
Finance Authority (JHFA) of its Multifamily Housing Rev Bonds (The Waves Proj),
in aggregate principal amt not to exceed $17,750,000 for the purpose of
Financing the Acquisition & Demolition of Existing Multifamily Residential
Rental Housing Facilities & Redevelopmt, Construction & Equipping of
New Scattered Site Multifamily Residential Rental Housing Facilities for
Persons or Families of Low, Middle, or Moderate Income located in City of Jax
Beach. (Lotzia) (Req of JHFA) ACTION
2019-362 ORD Auth Mayor & Corp Sec to
Execute & Deliver, for & on behalf of the City, the Funding Agreemt for
Millers Creek Dredging Proj btwn the Millers Creek Spec Dist & the City
(McCain) (Req of Mayor) ACTION
2019-376 ORD Estab a Neighborhood Assessment
Prog (NAP) for the Ortega Point N Neighborhood for Underground Power &
Communications Improvemts, Pursuant to Chapt 714 (Neighborhood Assessment
Progs), Pt 3 (Underground Power & Communications Prog Area), Ord Code; Identifying
JEA for NAP Proj Performance; Expressing Intent to Use Uniform Method for
Non-Ad Valorem Assessmts (Eller) (Introduced by CM Love)
2nd
2019-378 ORD Approp $6,246,725.33 from Various
Subfunds to Balance Revenue & Expenses as Part of a Clean-Up of Enterprise
Resource Planning, Provide Carryover of Funds to Subsequent Fiscal Years (B.T.
19-045) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-379 ORD Approp $ 2,000,000.00 from a
Capital Projects - Constrn Acct to a Capital Projects - Land Acct to Purchase
Property for New Hire Station No. 65; Amend the 2019-2023 5 Yr CIP Apvd by Ord
Code 2018-505-E to Provide funding for the Project entitled "Fire Station
#65 (New)" . (B.T. 19-094) (McCain)
(Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-381 ORD Auth & Apv Mayor & Corp Sec
to Execute & Deliver that certain lease agreemt btwn The City of Jax &
South Ortega Land Trust for 8,300 Sq. Ft. of Ofc. Space at 6331 Roosevelt Blvd
for a term of 10 Yrs & 10 months (130 months) with Two 5 Yr renewal
options; Approp $212,655.00 from the Tax Collector's fund balance to provide
funds for furniture, fixtures & equip, infrastructure technology &
other expenses relating to the relocation of the Tax Collector's Cedar Hills
Branch to 6331 Roosevelt Blvd. as well as funding for mail equipment; provide
carryover of funds to subsequent fiscal yrs; providing for Oversight by the
Real Estate Div of the Dept of P.W.
(B.T. 19-093) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-384 ORD Concerning a Continuation Grant:
Approp $ 1,732,994.00 ($1,294,383.00 in 2019-2022 (SHIP) Prog funds from the FL
Housing Finance Corp & $438,611.00 in SHIP Prog Income); Apv Positions.
(B.T. 19-092) (R.C. 19-153) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-385 ORD Concerning a Continuation Grant:
Approp $4,028,009.00 ($2,948,009.00) in Annual Fed Home Investmt Partnership
Grant Prog Funding from the U.S. Dept of
Housing & Urban Developmt & $1,080,000.00 in Prog Income) to
provide funding for a wide range of activities, include building, buying,
&/Rehab of Affordable Housing for Rent or Homeownership for, or Providing
Direct Rental Assistance to Low Income Individuals & Families: Apv
Positions. (B.T. 20-003) (R.C. 20-002) (McCain) (Req of Mayor)
2nd
2019-386 ORD Concerning a Continuation Grant:
Approp $ 536,560.00 in Annual Emerg Solutions Grant Funding from the U.S. HUD Dept to provide
Funding to (1) Engage Homeless Individuals & Families Living on the Street;
(2) Improve Number & Quality of Emerg Shelters for Homeless Individuals
& Families; (3) Help Operate the Shelters; (4) Provide Essential Svcs to
Shelter Residents; (5) Rapidly Re-House Homeless Individuals & Families
& (6) Prevent Individuals & Families from becoming Homeless. (B.T.
20-001) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-387 ORD Concerning Continuation Grant;
Providing for Participation in CDBG Prog; Approp $8,561,309.00 ($6,289,951.00 in CDBG Prog Funding,
$1,121,358.00 in Prog Income, & $1,150,000.00 in Reprogrammed Funds) for
Prog Costs; Provide for Award,
Authorization & Funding & for City to Execute Fed Prog Contracts
for CDBG Prog Funds; Provide for further Council Action if Revenue Differs. Apv
Positons. (B.T. 20-004) (R.C.20-003)
(McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-388 ORD Concerning Continuation Grant;
Approp $2,634,349.00 in Annual Housing Opportunity for Persons With Aids
(HOPWA) Prog Grant Funding) From HUD Dept, to Provide Wide Range of Housing,
Social Svcs, Prog Planning, and Developmt Costs to Low-Income Persons Living
w/HIV/Aids & Their Families in Duval County. (B.T.20-005) (R.C.20-001)
(McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-389 ORD Concerning Continuation Grant;
Approp $4, 619, 801.00 ($3, 464,850.75 from the FEMA through the FDEM & a
25% City Match of $1,154,950.25 from the Gen Fund) under the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Prog. to Acquire & Demolish 17 Flood-Prone Properties & return
them to Green Space; Auth Mayor & Corp Sec to Execute & Deliver, the
Federally-Funded Subaward & Grant Agreemt btwn FDEM & City of Jax;
Amend 2019-2023 5 Yr CIP Apvd Ord 2018-505-E to Provide Funding for Proj.
Entitled "Acquisition & Demo of 17 Floodprone Properties":
Oversight by FDEM. (McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-390 ORD-MC Amend Chapt 111 (Special Rev
& Trust Accts), Pt 8 (Education, Library & Children), Sec. 111.850 (KHA
Trust Funds), Ord Code, to Increase Access to Funding From the Youth Travel
Trust Fund for All of Duval County's At-Hope Youth; Provide for Codification.
(Davis) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-391 ORD-MC Amend Sec. 123.102 (Fees Estab.),
Pt 1 (In General), Chapt 123 (Public Fees), Ord Code, to update City Fees to
Add a New Food Truck - Annual Fire Inspection Fee; Amend City of Jax Fees at
http://www.Coj.net/fees to Modify Fees to add a New Food Truck - Annual Fire
Inspection Fee; Directive to Legislative Svcs Div to Circulate Enacted
Legislation to Webmaster for Immediate Update of Fees Online. (McCain) (Req of
Mayor) 2nd
2019-392 ORD-MC Creating a New Sec. 321.103
(Baby-Changing Table Requiremts), Chapt 321 (Adoption of Building Code), Ord
Code, to add Specified Requiremts & Certain Exemption Related to
Baby-Changing Tables. (Sidman) (Introduced by CM Crescimbeni)
2nd
2019-395 ORD-MC Repealing Chapt 27 (Office of
Sports & Entertainment), Ord Code, & Reserving the Chapt in its entirety;
Creating a New Pt 2 (Sports & Entertainment Div.), Chapt. 28 (Parks,
Recreation & Community Svcs), Ord Code, to move the Sports &
Entertainment Ofc into the Dept of Parks, Recreation & Community Svcs as a
Div.; Amend Sec 26.201 (Economic Developmt), Chapt 26 (Economic Developmt), Ord
Code, to add the functions of operating the Jax Film & TV Ofc to the Ofc Of
Economic Developmt; Amend Chapt 111 (Special Rev & Trust Acct), Pt 1
(Parks, Recreation, Culture & Entertainment), Ord Code, to clarify auth
entity for expenditure of funds; Repealing
Pt 4 (Philanthropic Officer), Chapt 20 (Executive Ofc of the Mayor),Ord
Code; Creating a New Pt 4 (Director of Strategic Partnerships), Chapt 20
(Executive Ofc of the Mayor), Ord Code, to establish a Director of Strategic
Partnerships within the Executive Ofc of the Mayor; providing for transition & codification
of the Table of Contents; Auth the Auditor's & General Counsel's Ofc to
make Technical Amendments; Providing for an Organizational Chart. (Sidman) (Req of Mayor)
2nd
2019-396 ORD Approp $30,000 from the Court Costs
$65 Fee F.S. 939.185 Subfund 1S1Fund Balance to Court Costs $65 Fee F.S.
939.185 Subfund 1S1- Judicial Support - Professional Svcs Acct to Assist the
Courts in Disposing of Post Conviction Relief - FL Rules of Criminal Procedure
3.850 Cases, as Mandated by the Dist Court of Appeal. (B. T. 19-091) (McCain)
(Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-397 ORD Auth Mayor & Corp Sec to
Execute & Deliver, an Air Rights Easement Granting to Baptist Health
Properties, Inc., South Baptist Hospital of FL, Inc., & Pavilion Assoc.,
LTD. (The "Grantees") a 35 Ft. by 60 Ft. Air Rights Easement Starting
at 15.64 Ft. above the Palm Ave r/w & Extending Upward to 48 Ft. , Needed
by Grantees to Construct the Baptist Hospital Pedestrian Bridge from the
Parking Garage to Wolfson Children's Hospital; Oversight by the Real Estate
Div. of P.W. Dept. (McCain) (Req of Mayor) 2nd
2019-399 ORD Approp $75,000.00 from Mayoral
Transition Funding with the Gen Fund/ Gen Svc Dist. to provide Funding to Gateway
Community Svc, Inc. for a Contribution for a HVAC Unit & Installation at
Gateway Community Svcs, Inc., Apv & Auth the Mayor & Corp Sec to Execute &
Deliver, an Agreemt btwn City of Jax & Gateway Community Svc, Inc. for a
Contribution for a HVAC Unit; Invoking the Exception of 125.107 (G)
(exemptions), Chapt 126 (Procurement Code), Ord Code, to District Contract with
Gateways Community Svcs, Inc.; Oversight by P.W. Dept. (Sidman) (Introduced by
CM Gulliford) 2nd
2019-400 ORD Approp $6,449.39 from Council Dist
13 Loblolly Recreation/Parks Acct to Provide Funding to the Jax Bch Elementary
Preservation Fund, Inc. to Provide Funding for Improvements to the Rhoda L.
Martin Cultural Heritage Ctr in Jax Bch, FL; Providing for Reverter Language;
Finding a Municipal Purpose; Waiving Requirements of Sec. 111.780 (Loblolly
Wetlands Mitigation Special Rev Fund) & Sec 106.315 (Dist Council
Expenditures) as to Procedures for Approp of Dist Council Funds; Waiving the
relevant Provisions of Chapt 118 (Misc. Approps.), Ord Code, as to Auditing
& Compliance Measures for Grants from the City Since the Contract Provides
Adequate Compliance; Auth the Mayor & Corp Sec to Execute a Contract;
Appointing the Dept of Parks, Recreation, Community Svcs to Oversee Proj Contractual
Svcs Pursuant to Sec 126.107 (G), Ord Code. (Sidman) (Introduced by CM
Gulliford) 2nd
2019-401 ORD Auth & Apv Mayor & Corp Sec
to Execute & Deliver (1) a Purchase & Sale Agreemt btwn City of Jax
& Ryan Companies US, Inc. & all Deeds, License Agreemts & Closing
Docs. Relating thereto, & Otherwise take All Necessary Action to Effectuate
the Purpose of the Agreemt, for the conveyance to Developer of Real Propty,
Comprised of Approx. 1.52 Acre Parcel of unimproved Real Propty at 337 W. Adams
St to Redevelop into an Approx. 207,810 Sq. Ft. Ofc Bldg & Structured
Parking Facility to Serve as New JEA Headquarters; and (2) Auth the Placement
of a Declaration of Restrictive Covenant btwn City of Jax & FDEP, Any other
Documents Necessary to Effectuate the Purposes of the Restrictive Covenant, for
r/w adjacent to Propty, so as to Place Environmental Restrictions on the Site;
Oversight by DIA.(Sawyer) (Req of DIA) 2nd
Meeting Adjourned: 9:08
Minutes:
Richard Distel, Council Research
RDistel@coj.net 904-630-1497
6.3.19 Posted 4:30 p.m.
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