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Committee to vote on Baker subpoenas in JEA probe
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Developer wants to tranform old Springfield school into apartments
Investigator says there were “close connections” between the city and FPL during last year’s sale attempt.
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BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
structures as commercial space “should conversion not be feasible.” The proposal includes construction of a single-family bungalow on Ninth Street. In total, the project would comprise 49 apartments and the bungalow, according to the GNP application. The site is in southwest Springfield, west of North Pearl Street between
The City Council Rules Committee will vote on issuing subpoenas for companies linked to Mayor Lenny Curry’s former political consultant Tim Baker. The Council Special Investigatory Committee voted 3-0 on Oct. 12 to advance subpoenas for Baker and four of his companies — Bold City Strategic Partners L LC ; Co n ventus LLC; Baker Data Targeting Research LLC; and Timothy Baker Consulting LLC. At issue is Baker’s work for NextEra Energy Inc. subsidiary Florida Power & Light. NextEra offered to pay $11.05 billion for JEA in the city-owned utility’s canceled invitation to negotiate in August 2019. Smith Hulsey & Busey attorney Stephen Busey, who is aiding Council’s JEA investigation, said his team found “close connections” between the city and Florida Power & Light in the lead up to and during the ITN. He said it falls within the committee’s legislative charge to find out how the attempted sale happened. “I think that the committee would be subject to criticism now that we’ve uncovered these facts that I just outlined if you do not pursue the communications between Mr. Baker and Florida Power & Light while he was advis-
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GNP Development Partners wants to redevelop the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida Teen Center and Beulah Beal Elementary School at 330 W. Ninth St. into an apartment community.
Tampa-based GNP Development is asking the city to rezone the property. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
A Tampa-based developer plans to expand its Springfield portfolio by transforming the former Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida Teen Center into apartments. GNP Development Partners LLC and Jacksonville-based architect PQH Group Design Inc. filed an application with the city Aug. 31 to rezone the 1.71-acre, four-
parcel site at 330 W. Ninth St. to planned unit development. GNP proposes renovating the main two-story brick building, once used as classrooms, into a multifamily project with efficiency, one- and two-bedroom apartments, according to the application and site plan. A pair of two-story buildings on Pearl Street would be converted into apartments. The developer is asking the city to reserve the right to continue to use the
Ascension St. Vincent’s files plans in St. Johns Ascension St. Vincent’s filed civil engineering plans Oct. 7 with the St. Johns River Water Management District for its St. Johns County hospital. The $115 million, 150,000-square-foot facility will house 56 beds, including eight intensive care unit beds. Plans show the proposed hospital; three parking lots; a helipad; an ambulance entrance; and three areas for future growth. The hospital is part of the Fountains North development under construction at Interstate 95 and County Road 210. The project is expected to create 600 jobs.
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