090608.
| 0 | | Settlement of Worker's Compensation Claim - Charles Jempson (NB) | Staff Recommendation | Settlement of Worker's Compensation Claim - Charles Jempson (NB)
This item involves the full and final settlement of Charles Jempson's worker's compensation claim(s), which will include all future medical, indemnity and Medicare Set-Aside payments. The total settlement amount is $280,586.26 and represents a significant cost advantage to the City. | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090611.
| 0 | | Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Major Issues (B) | Staff Recommendation | Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Major Issues (B)
The purpose of this item is to provide the proposed Major Issues for the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) on the 2000-2010 City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan EAR to the City Commission, and to request a Letter of Understanding from the Florida Department of Community Affairs.
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090613.
| 0 | | Northeast Pool Blankets, Reels and Reel Covers Purchase Authorization (B) | Staff Recommendation | Northeast Pool Blankets, Reels and Reel Covers Purchase Authorization (B)
This item involves a request for the City Commission to authorize the purchase of pool blankets, reels and reel covers for Northeast Pool from Commercial Energy Specialist, Inc. (CES) in conjunction with the installation of the geo-thermal heating project currently underway. | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090615.
| 0 | | Depot Park Construction Documents - Approval of Work Order #5 (B) | Staff Recommendation | Depot Park Construction Documents - Approval of Work Order #5 (B)
This item is submitted by the CRA, which is acting as the City's agent to develop Depot Park. City Commission approval is needed to initiate a work order to complete park construction documents and specifications under the existing contract with park designer Carol R. Johnson Associates. | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090620.
| 0 | | Reimbursement for Oversizing of Wastewater Facilities at Christ Community Church (NB) | Staff Recommendation | Reimbursement for Oversizing of Wastewater Facilities at Christ Community Church (NB)
Reimburse Christ Community Church of Gainesville, Inc., developer of Christ Community Church, for the oversizing of wastewater facilities in accordance with provisions of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27-179 Oversized Facilities. | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090605
| 0 | | LAURA ROBERTS f/k/a LAURA DEMETREE and NATHAN ROBERTS vs CITY OF GAINESVILLE and UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION; EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COURT CASE NO. 01-2009-CA-2046 (NB) | Staff Recommendation | Laura Roberts f/k/a Laura Demetree and Nathan Roberts vs. City of Gainesville and United Services Automobile Association; Eighth Judicial Circuit, Court Case No. 01-2009-CA-2046 (NB) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090612.
| 0 | | MICHAEL WOHL vs CITY OF GAINESVILLE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE DIVISION, CASE NO. 1:08cv149 (NB) | Staff Recommendation | Michael Wohl vs. City of Gainesville, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Gainesville Division, Case No. 1:08cv149 (NB) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090607.
| 0 | | CLISTA BROWN vs. CITY OF GAINESVILLE; ALACHUA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT; CASE NO.: 01-09-CA-5621 (B) | Staff Recommendation | CLISTA BROWN vs. CITY OF GAINESVILLE; ALACHUA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT; CASE NO.: 01-09-CA-5621 (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090614.
| 0 | | City Commission Minutes (B) | Staff Recommendation | City Commission Minutes (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090628
| 0 | | Appointments to City Commission Advisory Boards and Committees (B) | Staff Recommendation | Appointments to City Commission Advisory Boards and Committees (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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| 0 | | Student Seat Appointments to City Commission Advisory Boards and Committees for a term to expire January 2012 (B) | Staff Recommendation | Student Seat Appointments to City Commission Advisory Boards and Committees for a term to expire January 2012 (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090601.
| 1 | | City Election Issues - Permanent Election Date Referral (B) | Discussion Item | City Election Issues - Permanent Election Date Referral (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090602.
| 1 | | Review of General Fund Forecasted Revenues and Other Sources of Funds for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2010 (B)
| Staff Recommendation | Review of General Fund Forecasted Revenues and Other Sources of Funds for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2010 (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090603.
| 1 | | Review of Local Business Tax Revenues (B) | Staff Recommendation | Review of Local Business Tax Revenues (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090604.
| 1 | | Review of Landlord Permit Revenues – Driveway Parking Plans (B) | Staff Recommendation | Review of Landlord Permit Revenues - Driveway Parking Plans (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090603.
| 1 | | Review of Local Business Tax Revenues (B) | Staff Recommendation | Review of Local Business Tax Revenues (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090604.
| 1 | | Review of Landlord Permit Revenues – Driveway Parking Plans (B) | Staff Recommendation | Review of Landlord Permit Revenues - Driveway Parking Plans (B) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090618.
| 0 | | The Community Initiative on Race and Race Relations (NB) | Discussion Item | The Community Initiative on Race and Race Relations (NB) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090646.
| 0 | | Cabot-Koppers - GRU Contract - (NB) | Discussion Item | Cabot-Koppers - GRU Contract (NB) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090647.
| 0 | | Expanded Research on Superfund Sites in Other Communities (NB) | Discussion Item | Expanded Research on Superfund Sites in Other Communities (NB) | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090648.
| 0 | | Contaminants from the Cabot-Koppers Superfund Site - Referral to the Community Development Committee (B) | Discussion Item | Contaminants from the Cabot-Koppers Superfund Site (B) | Referred | Pass |
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090572.
| 1 | | Business plans for City projects that could be funded from the recent two percent increase in the Tourism Development Tax (B) | Discussion Item | Business plans for City projects that could be funded from the recent two-percent increase in the Alachua County Tourism Development Tax (B)
This agenda item provides an opportunity for the City Commission to receive an update on submission of the Cade Museum, Downtown Conference Center and Hotel and expansion of the Martin Luther King Jr. Sports Complex for potential funding through an increase in the Tourism Development Tax. | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090581.
| 0 | | Amendment to Government Services Group Contract (NB) | Staff Recommendation | Amendment to Government Services Group Contract (NB)
This item requests authorization for the City Manager to expend additional funds to cover the costs of mailing the first class notices to property owners required for the fire assessment project. | Approved as Amended | Pass |
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090629.
| 0 | | Comments on Federal Trade Commission Light Bulb Labeling (NB) | Discussion Item | Comments on Federal Trade Commission Light Bulb Labeling (NB)
The FTC has proposed new labeling requirements for "lamps," commonly known as light bulbs, in response to a congressional mandate. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was released on October 27 and staff was recently made aware of it by the County. It was recommended by EPAC that both the City and County provide comments supporting this new labeling that will help consumers better understand the energy efficiency value of certain bulbs and be able to make comparisons. Consumers can submit comments to the FTC by December 28, 2009. | Approved as Recommended | Pass |
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090652.
| 0 | | Adopting an Official Song for the City of Gainesville (NB) | Discussion Item | Adopting "Tree City Fanfare" as the Official Song for the City of Gainesville (NB) | Referred | Pass |
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090657.
| 0 | | PROHIBITING SMOKING AT RTS BUS STOPS AND BUS SHELTERS (B) | Ordinance | PROHIBITING SMOKING AT RTS BUS STOPS AND BUS SHELTERS (B)
Ordinance No. 0-10-05
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, relating to outdoor smoking at a City Facility; providing legislative findings, amending Article IV in Chapter 11.5 of the Code of Ordinances; creating new section § 11.5-41.1; prohibiting the smoking of tobacco, or any other weed or plant at all RTS bus stops and bus shelters, and within a certain distance from said stops and shelters, creating new section § 11.5-42.1 providing for the posting of signs; amending §2-339 of the Code of Ordinances to permit enforcement by civil citation; providing directions to the codifier; providing for severability; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date. | Referred | Pass |
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090642.
| 0 | | RESOLUTION - INITIATING CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES (B) | Resolution | RESOLUTION INITIATING CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES (B)
A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Gainesville, Florida, initiating conflict resolution procedures per Section 164.101, Florida Statutes, the Florida Governmental Conflict Resolution Act, pertaining to a conflict between the City of Gainesville and the Alachua County School Board, Florida; and providing an immediate effective date. | Adopted (Resolution) | Pass |
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090184.
| 1 | | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EXCEPTION AREA (B) | Ordinance | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EXCEPTION AREA (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-34, Petition PZ-09-67CPA
An ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan, relating to concurrency and the transportation concurrency exception area (TCEA); amending the Concurrency Management Element by revising the standards and requirements for existing TCEA zones, by creating new TCEA zones with related standards and requirements, by deleting the prohibition on TCEA zones west of I-75, by clarifying the status of annexed property, by creating trip credits for certain redevelopment projects, by creating requirements for certain developments on vacant acreage, by providing for implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit Study and express bus service, by clarifying the requirements for drive-through facilities, by requiring large developments to address regional impacts and by deleting legal descriptions of the existing TCEA zones; amending the Future Land Use Element by specifying TCEA zone requirements for annexed property and by requiring large developments t | Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation, as amended | Pass |
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090185.
| 1 | | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EXECEPTION AREA MAPS (B) | Ordinance | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EXECEPTION AREA MAPS (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-35, Petition PZ-09-68LUC
An ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan, relating to the transportation concurrency exception area (TCEA); amending the Future Land Use Element map series, the Transportation Mobility Element map series and the Concurrency Management Element map series by deleting the existing TCEA maps and adopting new maps that depict the updated TCEA and its zones; providing directions to the city manager; stating intent to adopt the amended map series within the elements as part of the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date. | Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation | Pass |
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090089
| 5 | | LAND USE CHANGE - TOWNHOMES OF WESTWOOD, LLC (B) | Ordinance | LAND USE CHANGE - TOWNHOMES OF WESTWOOD, LLC (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-43, Petition PZ-09-129LUC
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; by changing the land use category of certain properties, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the Alachua County land use category of "Medium High Density Residential (8-14 DU/acre)" to City of Gainesville "Residential Medium Density (8-30 units per acre)" and "Conservation," generally located southwest of the intersection of Southwest 20th Avenue and Southwest 43rd Street; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date. | Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation | Pass |
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071190.
| 2 | | LAND USE CHANGE - 7100 SOUTHWEST 41st PLACE (B) | Ordinance | LAND USE CHANGE - 7100 SW 41st PLACE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-08-25, Petition No. 26LUC-08PB
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; by changing the land use category of certain properties, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the Alachua County land use category of "Recreation" to the City of Gainesville land use category of "Public Facilities" consisting of approximately 134 acres; located in the vicinity of 7100 Southwest 41st Place, commonly known as "Kanapaha Water Reclamation Facility"; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date. | Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation | Pass |
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090199
| 3 | | LAND USE CHANGE - 1500 NORTHWEST 45TH AVENUE (B) | Ordinance | LAND USE CHANGE - 1500 NORTHWEST 45TH AVENUE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-40, Petition PZ-09-59LUC
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; by changing the land use categories of certain properties owned by the City, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the City of Gainesville land use categories of "Commercial," "Single-Family (up to 8 units per acre)," "Residential Low-Density (up to 12 units per acre)" and "Residential Medium-Density (8-30 units per acre)"; to the City of Gainesville land use category of "Conservation"; consisting of approximately 61.60 acres, located in the vicinity of 1500 Northwest 45th Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date. | Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation | Pass |
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070210.
| 8 | | LAND USE CHANGE - HATCHET CREEK (B) | Ordinance | LAND USE CHANGE - HATCHET CREEK (B)
Ordinance No. 0-07-97; Petition 23LUC-07PB
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element and Future Land Use Map; by overlaying the "Planned Use District" category over certain property with the underlying land use categories of "Single-Family (up to 8 units per acre)," "Industrial," and "Recreation," as more specifically described in this ordinance, consisting of approximately 498 acres, generally located in the vicinity of Waldo Road on the East, NE 39th Avenue on the South, NE 15th Street on the West, and NE 53rd Avenue on the North; by creating and adopting Policy 4.3.5 in the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan; providing time limitations; providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date. | Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation, as amended | Pass |
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080025
| 1 | | REZONING - 7100 SW 41ST PLACE (B) | Ordinance | REZONING - 7100 SW 41ST PLACE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-08-26, Petition No. 30ZON-08PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the Alachua County zoning category of "Conservation (C-1) district" to the City of Gainesville zoning category of "PS: Public services and operations district"; to allow a public utility - wastewater treatment plant and ancillary facilities as a use permitted by right without approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of 7100 Southwest 41st Place, commonly known as "Kanapaha Water Reclamation Facility"; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date. | Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance) | Pass |
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090340.
| 1 | | REZONING - 1500 NORTHWEST 45TH AVENUE (B) | Ordinance | REZONING - 1500 NORTHWEST 45TH AVENUE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-59, Petition No. PZ-09-60ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the City of Gainesville zoning categories of "BUS: General business district"; "RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district"; "RMF-5: 12 units/acre single-family/multiple-family residential district"; and "RMF-6: 8-15 units/acre multiple-family residential district" to "CON: Conservation district"; consisting of approximately 61.6 acres; located in the vicinity of 1500 Northwest 45th Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date. | Continued (1st Reading) | Pass |
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090529.
| 1 | | FALSE FIRE ALARM ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS (B) | Ordinance | FALSE FIRE ALARM ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-72
An Ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, relating to the City of Gainesville False Fire Alarm Ordinance; amending section 10-31, Definitions, by adding a new definition for “Deterrent system;” adding an additional exception to the definition of “False fire alarm;” providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; and providing an immediate effective date. | Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance) | Pass |
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090389.
| 1 | | CHANGE IN PERMITTED USE - POSSUM CREEK PARK (B) | Ordinance | CHANGE IN PERMITTED USE - POSSUM CREEK PARK (B)
Ordinance No.0-09-69, Petition No. PZ-09-53
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the "PS: Public services and operations district" for the public park commonly known as Possum Creek Park, to permit by right certain uses, recreational facilities and areas, trails and boardwalks, as more specifically provided in this ordinance, and accessory uses customarily and clearly incidental to the permitted principal uses; including the approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of 4009 Northwest 53rd Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date. | Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance) | Pass |
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090078.
| 5 | | ELECTION CODE (B) | Ordinance | ELECTION CODE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-71
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, Chapter 9, Elections; amending Section 9-3 of the Code of Ordinances by providing that the regular and runoff elections shall be considered as one election for purposes of poll worker training required by state law; amending Section 9-14 of the Code of Ordinances providing for the composition of the Board of Canvassers; providing directions to the Codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date. | Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance) | Pass |
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090601.
| 2 | | City Election Issues - Permanent Election Date Referral (B) | Discussion Item | City Election Issues - Permanent Election Date Referral (B) | Referred | Pass |
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