Agenda
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
COMMISSION MEETING -DECEMBER 14, 1999
7:15 P.M.
AGENDA (AMENDED)
Call to order
Invocation and pledge to the flag
Approval of the minutes of the Regular Commission Meeting of November 22, 1999
2. Courtesy of Floor to Visitors:
3. Unfinished Business from Previous Meeting
A. Report and Public Hearing regarding the Mayport Road Flyover project and possible
closure of West First Street (Mayor)
B. Follow up report from previous meeting
4. Consent Agenda:
ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
ROUTINE BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION 1N THE
FORM LISTED BELOW. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS.
IF DISCUSSION IS DESIItED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
COMMISSION ON THESE ITEMS
A. Acknowledge receipt of monthly reports from Building, Code Enforcement,
Occupational License and Recreation Departments (City Manager)
B. Authorize aone-year extension of the contract with Video Industrial Services, Inc. for
sewer cleaning and televising as bid under Bid No. 9899-8 (City Manager)
C. Authorize aone-year extension of the contract with Leachem Industries for the purchase
of polymer, as bid under Bid No. 9899-2 (City Manager)
D. Acknowledge receipt of Public Works Project Status Report as of December 3, 1999
(City Manager)
E. Award contract to Military Construction for renovation ofBull Memorial Park, pursuant
to the specifications of Bid No. 9900-1 (City Manager)
F. Award contract to E & W Nursery in the amount of $64,936.16 for landscaping ofBull
Memorial Park, pursuant to the specifications of Bid No. 9900-2 (City Manager)
G. Approve purchase of playground equipment and construction for Bull Memorial -Park,
under State Contract from the Gerber Group in the amount of $43,178.00 (City
Manager)
5. Committee Reports:
A. Report relative to franchise negotiations with People's Gas (Commissioner Borno)
AMENDED TO ADD ITEM #8J
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6. Action on Resolutions:
7. Action on Ordinances:
A. Ordinance No. 95-99-72 -Public Hearing and Final Reading
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
` CHAPTER 5, BEACHES AND PARKS, ARTICLE III, PUBLIC PARKS, SEC. 5-31,
HOWELL PARK USE PROHIBITED AFTER DARK, TO PROHIBIT USE OF ALL
PUBLIC PARKS AFTER DARK, PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
THERETO, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (City Commission)
B. Ordinance No. 5-99-32 -Public Hearing and Final Reading
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE VII, FINANCE, DIVISION 1.
GENERALLY, TO PROVIDE THAT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S
OPERATING BUDGET SHALL BE AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE, AND
DELETING SEC. 2-318 RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
REVENUE; AMENDING DIVISION 2. PURCHASING, TO APPROVE CERTAIN
CHANGES IN THE CITY' S PURCHASINGPROCEDURES, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE (City Manager)
C. Ordinance No. Introduction and First Reading
AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM TO AMEND THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, TO CHANGE THE DATE OF
CITY ELECTIONS, AND IF APPROVED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING
RELATED CHANGES: TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN FUNCTIONS SHALL BE
CARRIED OUT BY THE DUVAL COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS; TO
PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE DATE WHEN NOMINATING PETITIONS
MAY BE CIRCULATED; TO PROVIDE FOR AONE-TIME ADJUSTMENT IN
THE TERMS OF CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS; TO PROVIDE FOR A
CHANGE IN THE DATE WHEN COMMISSION SEATS SHALL BECOME
VACANT AND NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS SHALL BE INSTALLED; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (Commissioner Mitchelson)
8. Miscellaneous Business:
A. Public Hearing and action on a request for aUse-by-Exception filed by Chazles E.R.
Watson to operate a wholesale distribution and food storage warehouse on property
described as Lots 1- 3, Block 26, Section H, Atlantic Beach, zoned CG (City Manager)
B. Appointments to Community Development Board (2) (Mayor)
C. Authorize the Mayor to sign the grant application for the Atlantic Beach Pursuit
Termination Project (City Manager)
D. Authorize the Mayor to write to the Duval County Legislative Delegation supporting
legislation that would firmly establish the ability of Florida cities to chazge storm water
fees (City Manager)
E. Authorize the Mayor to sign the Disaster Relief Funding Agreement with the State of
Florida for the reimbursement of expenses incurred during Hurricane Floyd (City
Manager}
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F. Authorize execution ofPart A -Preliminary Engineering Design Report, with Aikenhead
and Odom in an amount of $273,532.34; and approve additional services for sub-
Consultants, Giotto & Associates, Inc.,- (Proposal dated 11/12/99) and Ellis &
Associates, Inc. (Proposal dated 11/11/99) in an amount not to exceed $72,292.00(City
Manager)
G. Approve Change Order in the amount of $14,420.00 to provide Vent O Mat valves in
lieu of the standard air release valves at four locations for the Wonderwood Utility
Relocation project (City Manager)
H. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Conceptual Approval Agreement with Florida
Communities Trust Grant for the acquisition ofthe Dutton Island Intracoastal Waterway
Park Expansion (City Manager)
I. Authorize Suzanne Shaughnessy to attend the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation
Association workshops as a delegate representing the City of Atlantic Beach (Comm.
Mitchelson)
J. Approve the Public Works union contract for the period October 1, 1999 through
September 30, 2000 (City Manager)
9. City Manager Reports:
10. Reports and/or requests from City Commissioners and City Attorney
A. Don Phillips video (Comm. Waters)
Adjournment
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