| 1 | Representative G. Thompson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 467-484 and insert: |
| 5 | (10) CREATION OF ORLANDO CHILDREN'S ZONE PILOT PROJECT.-- |
| 6 | (a) There is created within the Parramore Heritage |
| 7 | Community in the City of Orlando a 10-year-pilot project zone |
| 8 | that shall be the Orlando Children's Zone, which shall be |
| 9 | managed by the City of Orlando or a not-for-profit corporation |
| 10 | designated by the City of Orlando to manage the pilot project |
| 11 | and designated as a children's zone. |
| 12 | (b) This pilot project zone encompasses a 1.4 square-mile |
| 13 | community in which more than 2,000 children from birth to 18 |
| 14 | years of age reside and encompasses an area that is large enough |
| 15 | to include all of the necessary components of community life, |
| 16 | including , but not limited to, schools, places of worship, |
| 17 | recreational facilities, commercial areas, and common space, yet |
| 18 | small enough to allow programs and services to reach every |
| 19 | willing member of the neighborhood. The geographic boundaries of |
| 20 | the Orlando Children's Zone pilot project are: |
| 21 | 1. State Road 50 to the north; |
| 22 | 2. Gore Street to the south; |
| 23 | 3. Interstate 4 to the east; and |
| 24 | 4. Orange Blossom Trail to the west. |
| 25 | (c) The Orlando Children's Zone pilot project shall be |
| 26 | managed by the City of Orlando or a not-for-profit corporation |
| 27 | designated by the City of Orlando to manage the pilot project. |
| 28 | Pilot project funding shall be dispersed through a donor-advised |
| 29 | fund. The term "donor-advised fund" means a management and |
| 30 | investment vehicle for the receipt of charitable contributions, |
| 31 | the assets of which are owned and held by a charitable not-for- |
| 32 | profit corporation for distribution for such charitable purposes |
| 33 | as determined by the entity establishing the fund. |
| 34 | (d) The Orlando Children's Zone pilot project shall |
| 35 | include, in an advisory capacity, representatives from business, |
| 36 | governmental, and community groups operating within the Orlando |
| 37 | Children's Zone pilot project boundaries. |
| 38 | (e) The Orlando Children's Zone pilot project shall submit |
| 39 | an annual report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker |
| 40 | of the House of Representatives by January 31, 2009, and by |
| 41 | January 31 of each year thereafter, which shall include a |
| 42 | comprehensive and detailed report of operations, activities, and |
| 43 | accomplishments for the prior year as well as its goals for the |
| 44 | current year. |
| 45 | Section 2. The Department of Children and Family Services |
| 46 | shall contract with an existing private not-for-profit |
| 47 | corporation or with the lead agency of a children's zone |
| 48 | community coalition created for the purpose of identifying, |
| 49 | funding, supporting, and evaluating programs and community |
| 50 | initiatives to improve the development and life outcomes of |
| 51 | children and to preserve and strengthen families with a primary |
| 52 | emphasis on education and community support. The existing |
| 53 | private not-for-profit corporation or municipality shall be |
| 54 | responsible for the evaluation, fiscal management, and oversight |
| 55 | of the Magic City Children's Zone, Inc., the Jacksonville |
| 56 | Children's Zone, and the Orlando Children's Zone pilot projects. |
| 57 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, |
| 58 | subject to a specific appropriation to provide a grant for a 3- |
| 59 | year period for the purpose of implementing this act, which |
| 60 | includes contracting with a not-for-profit corporation for the |
| 61 | development of a business plan and for the evaluation, fiscal |
| 62 | management, and oversight of the Magic City Children's Zone, |
| 63 | Inc., the Jacksonville Children's Zone, and the Orlando |
| 64 | Children's Zone pilot projects. |
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| 68 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 69 | Remove lines 33-39 and insert: |
| 70 | reports to the Legislature; establishing the Orlando Children's |
| 71 | Zone pilot project; providing for management by the City of |
| 72 | Orlando or a not-for-profit corporation; providing geographic |
| 73 | boundaries for the zone; providing for funding for the zone to |
| 74 | be disbursed through a donor-advised fund; providing a |
| 75 | definition; providing for advisory groups; providing for reports |
| 76 | to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Children and |
| 77 | Family Services to contract with certain private not-for-profit |
| 78 | corporations for specified purposes; requiring the corporation |
| 79 | to provide evaluation, fiscal management, and oversight of the |
| 80 | Magic City Children's Zone, Inc., the Jacksonville Children's |
| 81 | Zone, and the Orlando Children's Zone pilot projects; providing |
| 82 | a contingent effective |