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Bruce D. Page, Esq ORIGINAL Bruce D. Page Attorney at Law 1410 Windsor Place Jacksonville FL 32205 August 29, 2013 Ms. Patty Drake Purchasing Agent 800 Seminole Road Atlantic Beach FL 32233 Re: RFP 13 -04: Code Enforcement Special Magistrate Dear Ms. Drake, This letter and enclosed documents are my application for the position of Code Enforcement Special Magistrate for the enforcement of the dangerous dog sections of the city code. I have extensive experience in code enforcement and animal control matters including the related administrative hearings. In addition I have many years of experience in both litigation and administrative matters representing local governments and their various departments. For the past five years I represented the Volusia County Animal Control Division. In addition to advising animal control officers on various operational questions, I represented the division at administrative hearings and county court hearings regarding dangerous dogs. I was also counsel for the county's Code Enforcement Division. My duties included advising code enforcement officers and county management in day -to -day operational procedures and preparing cases for presentation to the Code Enforcement Board each month. I also handled code enforcement cases in circuit court. For the 21 years prior to my service in Volusia county I served as an assistant general counsel for the City of Jacksonville. As an assistant general counsel I handled litigation and appeals in state and federal courts and before administrative tribunals. These experiences have required a thorough familiarity with and understanding of both state statutes and local code provisions including Chapters 162 and 767, ORIGINAL Fla. Stat. The city's recently amended animal control code is similar to the Volusia County code provisions. Based on my experience with animal control administrative hearings, I expect that the average hearing would require less than one hour of preparation time and no more than one hour of post hearing review and order writing. I would charge $175 per hour for actual hearing time plus the actual time spent in preparation and order writing. There would be no other expenses or charges. I would expect to conduct the hearings in city facilities. Scheduling and coordination would be done directly with animal control personnel. By law animal control hearings must be held within a certain number of days from the notice of violation. Because of my retirement status I am available on short notice. I urge you to call the following to assess my experience and qualifications: Larry Smith, Esq. 386 - 736 -5950 LawmanLarry20@aol.com Charles Cino, Esq. ** 386 - 673 -3420 Rob Walsh 386 - 736 -2700 rwalsh @volusia.org ext. 16597 Sergio Pacheco* 386 -740 -5241 spacheco @volusia.org Dee Ferguson* 386- 822 -3504 dferguson@volusia.org Don Vancini 386 - 736 -2700 dvancini @volusia.org ext. 12765 Cindy Laquidara, Esq. 630 -1728 cindyl @coj.net * Animal Control officer ** Hearing officer and counsel to Code Enforcement Board Additional references and information available upon request. Cordially, Bruce D. Page ORIGINAL RESUME of BRUCE D. PAGE, SR. Florida Bar #0651389 Education: B.S. - English and Speech Iowa State University - 1964 - Ames Iowa M.S. - Aeronautical Engineering Naval Postgraduate School - 1975 - Monterey California J.D. - Florida State University -' 1986 - Tallahassee Florida Professional: Naval Aviator 1964- 1984 Held various operational & administrative leadership positions including: Air Station (Admin Officer, Assistant Operations Officer), Squadron (Executive Officer, Operations Officer, Safety Officer, Weapons Delivery Officer, Flight Instructor), USS Saratoga (Catapult & Arresting Gear Officer), Viet Nam service 1966, 1967, 1972 (16 personal combat decorations) Attorney Member Florida Bar since May 1987 Assistant State Attorney - January - October 1987 Assistant General Counsel - City of Jacksonville October 1987 -May 2008 Assistant County Attorney, County of Volusia May 2008- May2013 As Assistant County Attorney in Volusia County, I represented the Animal Control Division in hearings before administrative magistrates & county courts. As counsel assigned to the county's Code Enforcement staff, I represented the Code Enforcement Division before the Code Enforcement Board and as counsel for the county's Building Official (Plans & Permits) before the Contractor Licensing and Construction Appeals Board. I also represented the county in a variety of administrative and trial court proceedings including appeals. Cases included land use litigation, eminent domain and construction litigation. As Assistant General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville I was lead trial attorney represen- ting the City and its many agencies in state and federal courts and before administrative law judges, the Florida Public Service Commission and FERC. I represented the School Board in Special Education hearings and was counsel for the Civil Service Board. Board. As Assistant State Attorney I prosecuted criminal cases in both County and Circuit Courts. Married; 5 adult children; 13 grandchildren; dog owner since 1969. Form W OR INAL -9 Request for Taxpayer Give Form to the (Rev. January 2011) Identification Number and Certification requester. Do not Department of the Treasury send to the IRS. Internal Revenue Service Name (as shown on your income tax return) Bruce D. Page N Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above N rn a Check appropriate box for federal tax o classification (required): ©IndividuaVsole proprietor ❑ C Corporation ❑ S Corporation ❑ Partnership 0 Trust/estate O :? Li Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation, P= partnership) ► ❑Exempt payee o 2 c o. Li Other (see instructions) ■ E Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) Requester's name and address (optional) 1410 Windsor Place m City, state, and ZIP code cc' Jacksonville FL 32205 -7911 List account number(s) here (optional) Part I Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on the "Name" line 1 Social security number to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is your social security number (SSN). However, for a 47� — 48 — 8101 resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part I instructions on page 3. For other l entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 3. Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose I Employer rdentfication number number to enter. Part I1 Certification Under penalties of perjury, I certify that 1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or 1 am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and 2. I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that 1 am no longer subject to backup withholding, and 3. I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below). Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and divid , you are t required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions on page 4. Sign Signature s. n 2�C� Here u. parson■ a 1,e- Date► , General Instructions requester gives you If a uester ives ou a form other than Form W -9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester's form if it is substantially similar Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise to this Form W -9. noted. Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are Purpose of Form considered a U.S. person if you are: A person who is required to file an information retum with the IRS must • An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report, for • A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or example, income paid to you, real estate transactions, mortgage interest organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, you paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation • An estate (other than a foreign estate), or of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA. • A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701 -7). Use Form W -9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or requester) ster) and, when r applicable, to: alien), to provide your correct TIN to the person requesting it (the business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding r tax on any foreign partners' share of income from such business. 1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a Further, in certain cases where a Form W -9 has not been received, a number to be issued), partnership is required to presume that a partner is a foreign person, 2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or and pay the withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a 3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your States, provide Form W -9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business status and avoid withholding on your share of partnership income. is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income. Cat. No. 10231X Form W -9 (Rev. 1-2011) SWORN STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 287.133(3)(A), OR I G I NAL FLORIDA STATUTES, ON PUBLIC ENTITY CRIMES THIS FORM MUST BE SIGNED AND SWORN TO IN THE PRESENCE OF A NOTARY PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER OATHS. k. 1. This sworn statement is submitted to ,% /- ATE. A177 WE4 ff (print name of the public entity) by Ruse �r / ( rint individual's, mee and title) for R(/Ci i . fJ (print name of entity submitting sworn statement) c whose business address is / 4 /1 0 WIN he/2 Ptfe c// SoA/Vi6.LE FL (7zz ° S- and (if applicable) its Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) is (If the entity has no FEIN, include the Social Security Number of the individual signing this sworn statement: </g •) 2. I understand that a "public entity crime" as defmed in Paragraph 287.133(lXg), Florida Statutes, means a violation of any state or federal law by a person with respect to and directly related to the transaction of business with any public entity or with an agency or political subdivision of any other state or of the United States, including, but not limited to, any bid or contract for goods or services to be provided to any public entity or an agency or political subdivision of any other state or of the United States and involving antitrust, fraud, theft, bribery, collusion, racketeering, conspiracy, or material misrepresentation. 3. I understand that "convicted" or "conviction" as defmed in Paragraph 287.133(lxb), Florida Statutes, means a fmding of guilt or a conviction of a public entity crime, with or without an adjudication of t adJ guilt, any federal or state trial court of record relating to charges brought by ' y indictment or information after July 1, 1989, as a result of a jury verdict, nonjury trial, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. 4. I understand that an "affiliate" as defmed in Paragraph 287.133(lxa), Florida Statutes, means: 1. A predecessor or successor of a person convicted of a public entity crime; or 2. An entity under the control of any natural person who is active in the management of the entity and who has been convicted of a public entity crime. The term "affiliate" includes those officers, directors, executives, partners, shareholders, employees, members, and agents who are active in the interest in another person, or a pooling of equipment or income among persons when not for fair market value under an arm's length agreement, shall be a prima facie case that one person controls another person. A person who knowingly enters into a joint venture with a person who has been convicted of a public entity crime in Florida during the preceding 36 months shall be considered an affiliate. 5. I understand that a "person" as defined in Paragraph 287.133(1)(e), Florida Statutes, means any natural person or entity organized under the laws of any state or of the United States with the legal power to enter into a binding contract and which bids or applies to bid on contracts for the provision of goods or services let by a public entity, or which otherwise transacts or applies to transact business with a public entity. The term "person" includes those officers, directors, executives, partners, shareholders, employees, members, and agents who are active in management of an entity. ORIGINAL 6. Based on information and belief, the statement which I have marked below is true in relation to the entity submitting this sworn statement. (Indicate which statement applies.) /k Neither the entity submitting this sworn statement, nor any of its officers, directors, executives, partners, shareholders, employees, members, or agents who are active in the management of the entity, nor any affiliate of the entity has been charged with and convicted of a public entity crime subsequent of July 1, 1989. The entity submitting this sworn statement, or one or more of its officers, directors, executives, partners, shareholders, employees, members, or agents who are active in the management of the entity, or an affiliate of the entity has been charged with and convicted of a public entity crime subsequent to July 1, 1989. The entity submitting this sworn statement, or one or more of its officers, directors, executives, partners, shareholders, employees, members, or agents who are active in the management of the entity, or an affiliate of the entity has been charged with and convicted of a public entity crime subsequent to July 1, 1989. However, there has been a subsequent proceeding before a Hearing Officer of the State of Florida, Division of Administrative Hearings and the Final Order entered by the Hearing Officer determined that it was not in the public interest to place the entity submitting this sworn statement on the convicted vendor list. (Attach a copy of the final order) I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUBMISSION OF THIS FORM TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER FOR THE PUBLIC ENTITY IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 1 (ONE) ABOVE IS FOR THAT PUBLIC ENTITY ONLY AND, THAT THIS FORM IS VALID THROUGH DECEMBER 31 OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH IT IS FILED. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT I AM REQUIRED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ENTITY PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT IN EXCESS OF THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT PROVIDED IN SECTION 287.017, FLORIDA STATUTES FOR CATEGORY TWO OF ANY CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN F . -- e1,44 (signature) (ate) STATE OF re, ,e' COUNTY OF Vl5 c o s' o .4 PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, 6 k_o - 1) , /0i¢6-E' who, after first being sworn by me, affixed (name of individual signing) his/her signature in the space provided above on this d y of dctL e,,., t20 . ,.``. . 4,,NOTAR J$ a ` �`� � Notary Public - lusts of Florida My commission expires: 1 yf► Comm. Expires Jul 22, 2016 y;` _ .. Commission # EE 163609 ut: ` flooded Through Woad Notary Assn. ORIGINAL DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE CERTIFICATION Section 287.087, Florida Statues, effective January 1, 1991, specifies that preference must be given to vendors submitting a certification with their bid/proposal certifying they have a drug -free workplace. This requirement effects all public entities of the State and is as follows: IDENTICAL 'FIE BIDS - Preference shall be given to business with drug -free workplace programs. Whenever two or more bids which are equal with respect to price, quality and service are received by the State or by any political subdivision for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a bid received from a business that certifies that it has implemented a drugfree workplace program. In order to have a drug -free workplace program, a business shall: 1) Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition. 2) Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business's policy of maintaining a drug -free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations. 3) Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are under bid a copy of the statement specified in subsection (1). 4) In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working on the commodities or contractual services that are under bid, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contenders to, any violation of Chapter 893 or of any controlled substance law of the United States or any state, for a violation occurrence in the workplace no later than five (5) days after such conviction. 5) Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program if such is available in the employee's community, by any employee who is so convicted. 6) Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug -free workplace through implementation of this section. AS THE PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE STATEMENT, I CERTIFY THAT THIS FIRM COMPLIES FULLY WITH THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS. _4IA 4 . - / Ate - 1 a2/2 zae V R'S SIGNA DA 6 t ORIGINAL Member Sinee 05/13/1987 Bruce Dean Page 1111111111 Ubb1389 — � Honda. ORIGINAL IAWYERS ' btu t u a l Insurance Company. Created by The Florida Bar for its members. Lawyers Professional Liability Policy This is a Claims Made and Reported Policy. Please read It carefully. RETROACTIVE DATE SCHEDULE ENDORSEMENT Named Insured Bruce D. Page Policy Number: 20130355 Endorsement Number: 1 Effective Date: 08/28/2013 It is understood and agreed that the Retroactive Date of each lawyer is as shown below: Name Retroactive Date Bruce D. Page 08/28/2013 All other terms and conditions of the Policy remain unchanged. August 30.2013 Date Issued ut ., . % epee FLPL -103 (808/01/2011) ' - : " 1 of 1 ORIGINAL Florida 541 E. Mitchell Hammock Road • Oviedo, Florida 32765 Phone: 800- 633 -6458 • Fax: 800-781-2010 11 www.f Insurance Company, Created by The Florida Bar for its members. Lawyers Professional Liability Policy This is a Claims Made and Reported Policy. Please read it carefully. Declarations Policy Number: 20130355 Item 1. Named Incurred Bruce D. Page Mailing Address: 1410 Windsor Place Jacksonville, Florida 32205 Item 2. Policy Period From 08/28/2013 re 08/28/2014 at 12 :01 A.11LL Standard Time at Your Address Shown Above Item 3. Limit of Liability: $100,000 Per Claim $300,000 Total Limit Item 4. Deductible: $1,000 Annual Aggregate Item 5. Premium: $584.00 Annual Premium + $7.59 Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund + $4.61 Florida Insurance Guano* $596.20 Total Amount Item 6. Forms and Endorsements Attached at Policy Issuance: FLPL- 101(R.08 /01/2011) FLPL-200 (8.08/01/2011) FLPL -103 (R.08/01/2011) The Policy is not valid mill signed by Our authorized representative. August 30, 2013 Date Issued FLPL -100 (R.08/01/2011) Page 1 C of � 1 11 07 7 1 4 3 ®2013 sy p c oo 4 Bruce D. Page, Esq. 1410 Windsor Place 1 Jacksonville FL 32205 Ms. Patty Drake Purchasing Agent 800 Seminole Road Atlantic Beach FL 32233