OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL AGENDA OF DECEMBER 10, 2013
AMENDMENTS and SUBSTITUTES
Compiled by: Research Division
13-384	Amendment	Replaces Exhibits 1 & 2 (License Agreement and Initial Scope of Services) with Revised Exhibit 1 (Restoration and Construction Agreement) and Public Works as the Oversight Dept and require OGC and Public Works approval of Revised Exhibits pursuant to the Agreement terms; provides for a 7 year Restoration Agreement and a 5 year License Agreement plus two 5 year renewals.
13-493	Substitute	Clarifies that any sign required to be removed under an existing settlement agreement will not be eligible for sign removal credits; clarifies that there will never be any more billboards in Jacksonville than there are today (no replacement of a billboard allowed that would increase the total number of then-existing billboard structures); removes CO, CRO and CN as allowable zoning districts for replacement signs; provides that roadways that have become “billboard-free” because of removal obligations in settlement agreements will remain billboard free; caps height of replacement off-site signs at 50 feet when located anywhere other than on an interstate roadway; clarifies that all billboards are entitled to be maintained and repaired in accordance with the provisions of the Jacksonville Building Code, unless such signs are already subject to an amortization schedule pursuant to a judicially approved settlement agreement (which signs shall be governed by the terms of said agreement); clarifies that any billboard damaged by a natural disaster may be replaced (subject to the new zoning rules for spacing requirements); however, any replacement sign must be the same height, size and type of construction as the storm-damaged sign.
13-683	Amendment	Floor (Lee): changes appropriation from Code Compliance from $207,000 to $197,000; adds several “transfer to” and “transfer from” lines to the BT to reclassify use of $3,500 in affordable housing grant funds; changes “transfer to” and “transfer from” amount from $12,051,394.03 to $12,046,894.03; split a “transfer to” amount into two separate allocations to Parks and Recreation for in-house mowing and to Private Property Mowing for better accounting; split a “transfer to” amount into two separate allocations within Public Works to better account for use of nuisance abatement lien revenue on private property abatement. Rules: appropriates up to $900,000 from the City’s Emergency Reserve Fund (018) to enhance funding for the new Mowing and Landscape Maintenance Division for the remainder of FY13-14. Finance: appropriates up to $1,080,000 from the City’s Operating Reserve Fund instead of the Emergency Reserve Fund. RCD: appropriates $1,506,587.67 from the Special Council Contingency – Emergency Blight reserve account, $123,537.27 from the Cemetery Trust Fund, $183,678.23 from Stormwater Services and $342,338 from General Fund fund balance and transfers $9,892,590.04 from various Public Works, Parks and Recreation and Code Enforcement Division accounts for a total appropriation of $12,051,394.03 to fund creation of the new Mowing Division.
13-704	Amendment	Per OGC, the Amendment grants the sign waiver subject to the following condition: The sign shall be set back a minimum of four (4) feet from the property line.
13-713	Substitute	Adds language to clarify that Constitutionally protected political speech does not fall under the definition of “soliciting” and therefore is not affected by this ordinance.
13-716	Amendment	Corrects amount of appropriation to $110,870 in bill and attaches a Revised Exhibit 1.
13-727	Amendment	Attaches Revised Exhibit 1 (Parking Agreement) to add language that the parking spaces will not be available during scheduled events (e.g. Kingfish Tournament) and attaches Revised Exhibit 2 (Standard Use Agreement) with blanks for times, dates, # of parking spaces, and rates.
13-733	Amendment	Specifies that appointment is for a first full term; Pg 1, line 8: insert “L” after “Broderick”
13-734	Amendment	Changes unexpired term to a first full term.
13-755	Amendment	Rules: Changes the name “Customer Service Center” to “Customer Service/Community Center”; attaches a Revised Exhibit 1 – Revised Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement. TEU: Changes the name “Customer Service Center” to “Customer Service/Community Center”; attaches a Second Revised Exhibit 1 – Second Revised Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement – TEU.
13-756	Amendment	Attaches a Revised Exhibit 1 - Revised BT.
13-758	Amendment	Corrects amount of State QTI payment to $590,400; adds account appropriation language; attaches Revised Exhibit 1 - Revised Project Summary to correct amount of Capital Investment from $750,000 to $735,000; attaches revised agreement to Section 4.1 to correct total QTI payments from $756,000 to $738,000; amends State QTR grant from $374,000 to $368,000; corrects date of letter; places on file required QTI payout schedule.
13-766	Amendment	Adds justification for emergency action.

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