PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE

 

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING

 

March 31,2014

 

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, March 31,2014.  The meeting was called to order at 4:02 P.M. by Committee Chair Kimberly Daniels.  The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 P.M.

 

 

                   Members in Attendance:                                                     Staff Attendance:

 

      CM Kimberly Daniels, Chair                                                 Jessica Morales, Legislative Asst.

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

                  CM Reggie Brown                                                               Paige Johnston, General Counsel

                  CM Doyle Carter - Excused                                                 Margo Klosterman, Administration

                  CM Johnny Gaffney                                                             Yvonne Mitchell, Research

                 

                 

 

 

 

Others in Attendance:

 

 

 

Kurtis Wilson, Fire Operations (14-189)

 

Jim Robinson, Public Works report on Impact Traffic Signals for the Visually Impaired Citizens

 

Beth Meyer, ADA , Disabled Services Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.    2014-189   AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $309,000 FROM THE 2011 AUTHORIZED CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT TO PURCHASE 1,030 PERSONAL ESCAPE SYSTEMS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) 1983 LIFE ROPE SAFETY & EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES 2012 EDITION AND AS INITIATED BY B.T. 14-041; REQUESTING ONE CYCLE EMERGENCY PASSAGE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

 

Recommend to AMEND and APPROVE as an EMERGENCY measure.

 

AYES - Brown, Daniels, Gulliford, Holt, ( 4 )

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2.    2014-177   A RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT A NEED EXISTS FOR MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE CIVIL CITATION PROCESS FOR ELIGIBLE FIRST-TIME MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

 

Recommend to APPROVE.

 

AYES - Brown, Daniels, Gulliford, Holt, ( 4 )

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2ND READINGS

 

3.    2014-187   AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING A CONTINUATION GRANT; APPROPRIATING $165,426.79 BY (1) APPROPRIATING TO THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH $649.79 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM INCOME RECAPTURED FROM THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY AT 45 ROBERT STREET REHABILITATED UNDER THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AREA NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AS INITIATED BY B.T. 14-009, AND (2) APPROPRIATING $164,777.00 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTER FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ITS FACILITY AT 623 BEECHWOOD STREET, INCLUDING REPLACING THE HVAC SYSTEM, EXPANDING THE KITCHEN, AND RENOVATING THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND SERVICE AREA, IN ORDER TO SERVE 100 LOW AND MODERATE INCOME CLIENTS CHALLENGED WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND HIV/AIDS ISSUES, AS INITIATED BY B.T. 14-036; 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 AN EFFECTIVE DATE

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