PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING

September 16,2013

KIMBERLY DANIELS, 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, September 16,2013. The meeting was called to order at 4:25 P.M. by Committee Chair Kimberly Daniels. The meeting was adjourned at 4:36 P.M.

Members in Attendance: Staff Attendance:

CM Kimberly Daniels, Chair Paula Shoup, Legislative Asst.

CM Ray Holt, Vice Chair - Excused Janice Billy, Asst. Council Auditor

CM Reggie Brown Paige Johnston, General Counsel

CM Doyle Carter Margot Klosterman, Administration

CM Johnny Gaffney John Jackson, Chief of Research

Others in Attendance:

CM Boyer (13-555)

CM Crescimbeni (13-600)

1. 2013-372 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 51 (JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN'S COMMISSION), PART 1 (GENERAL), SECTION 51.107 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; EMPLOYEES), ORDINANCE CODE, TO REQUIRE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL, AND ALLOWING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMMISSION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; 6/17/2013 - Read 2nd & Rerefer

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE: June 18, 2013

Recommend be READ for the SECOND time and REREFERRED to the Committee(s) of reference.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY: September 16, 2013

Recommend to WITHDRAW.

AYES - Brown, Carter, Daniels, Gaffney, ( 4 )

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2. 2013-555 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO DEMOLITION APPLICATIONS FOR POTENTIAL LANDMARK STRUCTURES; AMENDING CHAPTER 320 (GENERAL PROVISIONS), PART 4 (PERMITS), ORDINANCE CODE; AMENDING SECTION 320.407 (DEMOLITION) TO REQUIRE DETERMINATIONS ON LANDMARK STATUS TO OCCUR AT THE SAME MEETING AS THE DETERMINATION ON A DEMOLITION APPLICATION PERTAINING TO A POTENTIAL LANDMARK STRUCTURE AND CLARIFYING THAT DENIAL OF LANDMARK STATUS BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AUTOMATICALLY ISSUES THE ASSOCIATED DEMOLITION PERMIT APPLICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

Recommend to APPROVE.

AYES - Brown, Carter, Daniels, Gaffney, ( 4 )

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3. 2013-600 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $143,595 ($132,995 FROM OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL AND $10,600 FROM COURT ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) TO THE COURT ADMINISTRATION FOR CREATION AND FUNDING OF A CITY MAGISTRATE POSITION; APPROPRIATING $129,367 FROM JUVENILE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO A RESERVE ACCOUNT WITHIN JUVENILE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATED POSITION; REQUESTING ONE CYCLE EMERGENCY PASSAGE; PROVIDING A PROSPECTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 2013; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

Recommend to AMEND and APPROVE as an EMERGENCY measure.

AYES - Brown, Carter, Daniels, Gaffney, ( 4 )

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2^ND READINGS

4. 2013-592 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING A CONTINUATION GRANT; APPROPRIATING $106,567.77 IN FEDERAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) REPROGRAMMED FUNDS TO RIVER REGION HUMAN SERVICES, INC. FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING FOR PERSONS WITH HIV/AIDS AS WELL AS SALARY AND BENEFITS ASSISTANCE FOR ITS STAFF, AS INITIATED BY B.T. 13-090; PROVIDING A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS FROM YEAR TO YEAR UNTIL SUCH FUNDS ARE EXPENDED OR LAPSE ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINATING STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM GRANT; PROVIDING FOR THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION SECRETARY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE AWARD; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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5. 2013-593 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,923 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ("FDEM") FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING HOMELAND SECURITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND ADOPTING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NATIONAL INITIATIVES, AS INITIATED BY B.T. 13-096; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, AND THE CORPORATION SECRETARY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THE FEDERALLY-FUNDED SUBGRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND FDEM; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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6. 2013-594 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 932.7055, FLORIDA STATUTES, $124,000 FROM THE SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE $100,000 TO THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF JACKSONVILLE, INC. AND $24,000 TO LUMEN ENTERTAINMENT INC., AS INITIATED BY B.T. 13-098; PROVIDING A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS TO FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014; APPROVING, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, AND THE CORPORATION SECRETARY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THE MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF JACKSONVILLE, INC.; APPROVING, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, AND THE CORPORATION SECRETARY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THE MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND LUMEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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7. 2013-595 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING A CONTINUATION GRANT; APPROPRIATING $2,608,329 IN FEDERAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) PROGRAM FUNDING TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND RELATED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN DUVAL COUNTY, AS INITIATED BY B.T. 14-001; PROVIDING A CARRYOVER OF FUNDS FROM YEAR TO YEAR UNTIL SUCH FUNDS ARE EXPENDED OR LAPSE ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINATING STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM GRANT; PROVIDING FOR THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION SECRETARY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE AWARDS; APPROVING HOPWA MANAGEMENT POLICIES; APPROVING POSITION, AS INITIATED BY R.C. 14-001; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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8. 2013-601 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA APPROVING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 147(f) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, THE ISSUANCE NOT TO EXCEED $150,000,000.00 OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS (SHANDS HEALTHCARE JACKSONVILLE PROJECT) BY THE FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND EQUIPPING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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9. 2013-608 AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING AND/OR DISCLAIMING A PORTION OF PHYLLIS STREET, A PLATTED, OPENED, AND IMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY IN RIVERSIDE GARDENS AS RECORDED AND ESTABLISHED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGE 67, DATED MARCH 23, 1910, IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, AT THE REQUEST OF TOM NEHL TRUCK COMPANY (THE "APPLICANT") TO EXPAND ITS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY FOR A SITE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO PROVIDE SECURE ACCESS TO ADJOINING PARCELS, SUBJECT TO RESERVATION UNTO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND JEA OF EASEMENTS OVER THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR ALL UTILITIES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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10. 2013-609 AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING, AND/OR DISCLAIMING A 60 FOOT WIDE UNOPENED AND UNIMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY DESCRIBED AND ESTABLISHED IN DEED BOOK 1538, PAGE 272, DATED JANUARY 17, 1952, AND CHANCERY ORDER BOOK 445, PAGE 536, DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1951, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, AT THE REQUEST OF 121 FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION ("APPLICANT") TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF ITS PROPERTY, EXPAND PARKING, AND INSTALL LANDSCAPING, SUBJECT TO RESERVATION UNTO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND JEA OF EASEMENTS OVER THE CLOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR ALL UTILITIES AND SUBJECT TO RESERVATION UNTO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF AN EASEMENT OVER THE CLOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND DRAINAGE; CONVEYING CLOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY TO APPLICANT FOR ITS APPRAISED VALUE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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11. 2013-610 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION SECRETARY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER, (1) A CITY DEED CONVEYING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) A FEE SIMPLE PARCEL, PARCEL 157, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSECTION OF SR9B AND CITICARDS WAY AND (2) A PERPETUAL EASEMENT GRANTING TO FDOT A PERPETUAL EASEMENT IN, OVER, AND UNDER PARCEL 814 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAST ARM AND RELATED EQUIPMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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