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Item 9AAGENDA ITEM # 9A NOVEMBER 13, 2007 November 5, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the Commission FROM: City Manager SUBJECT: City M er's Report Grant for Bulletaroof Vests; The City has been awarded a grant from Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $881.00 to purchase bulletproof vests. Since 1999, this grant program has provided over 11,900 jurisdictions with the funding needed to purchase over 640,000 bulletproof vests. Emer>~encv Purchase of Generator; A generator at the city's lift station "A" at 460 Palm Avenue recently failed. It was scheduled to be replaced in the current year's budget for an estimated amount of $30,000. The replacement generator costs $27,161 and was purchased through the annual contract that the Jacksonville Electric Authority has with the Ring Power Company. This report is made because it was an emergency purchase costing over $10,000. Sale of Alcohol to Minors; The Police Department has conducted several sting operations for sale of alcohol to minors. The results of these have been reported to the City Commission after each one. In some cases, over 50% of the businesses checked sold alcohol to a minor. In the most recent alcohol operation on 10/26/07, 12 businesses were checked. Employees at only one of the businesses sold alcohol to the minor; the Kangaroo gas station at 2425 Mayport Road. As has been the case with other businesses in the past, the Police Department will continue to conduct alcohol stings and will specifically check those businesses where minors have been able to purchase alcohol in the past. If continued violations occur, the State may take actions to suspend or revoke the alcoholic beverage license for the business. Reuort on Rainfall versus Inflow at the Wastewater Treatment Plants; A considerable amount of rain fell in Atlantic Beach in September and October of this year. One Commissioner asked how this affected the amount of wastewater entering the city's two wastewater plants. The correlation between rainfall and wastewater flows at the plants is often dramatic and indicates leaking pipes in the city's sewer collection system. The city's ten-year plan for water and sewer anticipates spending several million dollars on sewer system rehabilitation, and Donna Kaluzniak will make a brief report at the city commission meeting on November 13th.